Mine detail: Continental

Previously called 'MeganticPar'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.98496, -71.39166

Resource(N)

Primary: Asbestos
Ore: Asbestos, Chrysotile

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1886-1889, 1921-1929
First production started: 1886

Geology

Host type:Peridotite
Alteration processes:Serpentinization

References

MRDSI000286
DEP10023389
Reference{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.}
ReporterCarbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta J.)