Mine detail: Continental

Previously called 'MeganticPar'

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Location: Quebec, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 45.98496, -71.39166
dep_id: 10023389
mrds_id: I000286
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Asbestos
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Asbestos, Chrysotile
model: 18: Serpentine-hosted asbestos
alteration: Serpentinization
Reporter: Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta J.)
hrock_type: Peridotite
Year first produced: 1886
prod_yrs: 1886-1889, 1921-1929
References:
  • Deposit:: CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, 1980, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN 1980: MINERAL POLICY SECTOR INTERNAL REPORT MRI 80/7. 294 P.
  • Deposit:: CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, 1984, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN 1985: CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES MINERAL BULLETIN 198, 308 P.
  • Reserve-Resource:: ORRIS, 1985.
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