Mine detail: Asbestos Island

Previously called 'Isle
*mianteAmiante Island'

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Location

Lat / long:

49.96526, -74.15283

Resource(N)

Primary:	Asbestos
Ore:	Chrysotile
Discovery year:	1904

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Dunite
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization

References

MRDS	I000401
DEP	10023440
Reference	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
Reporter	Orris, Greta J.