Mine detail: Cassiar

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Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 59.3179, -129.82135
dep_id: 10084820
mrds_id: W700032
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Asbestos
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chrysotile
gangue: Antigorite, Brucite, Jade, Magnetite, Talc, Tremolite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
model: 18: Serpentine-hosted asbestos
alteration: Serpentinization
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Sylvester Group
hrock_type: Serpentinite
References:
  • Deposit:: BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES
  • Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1984, ASBESTOS, IN GEOLOGY OF THE NONMETALLICS: NEW YORK, METAL BULLETIN INC., P. 324-335.
  • Deposit:: CIM BULLETIN, APRIL, 1977.
  • Deposit:: ASBESTOS, 1981, V. 62, NO. 7.
  • Deposit:: ASBESTOS, 1983, V. 64, NO. 7.
  • Reserve-Resource:: ESTIMATE OF G. ORRIS (1984), BASED ON PUBLISHED INFORMATION.
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