Mine detail: Clinton Creek Mine

Previously called 'Porcupine Pit , Creek Pit, SnowshOe Deposit and Bear Creek Zone'

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Location

Lat / long: 64.34478, -140.66957

Resource(N)

Tertiary: Asbestos
Other material: Serpentine
Discovery year: 1957

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1967

Geology

References

MAS1220600004
DEP10279110
Reference{Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, CLINTON CREEK MINE CLOSES TO SOUND OF}{Deposit:: AUCTION GAVEL; OCT. 19, 1978, P.A21.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINER, CASSIAR ASBESTOS, MINING-MILLING AT HIGHER}{Deposit:: RATES; AUGUST, 1974, P.20,21.}{Deposit:: CASSIAR ASBESTOS CORP. LTD. STAFF, THE CLINTON CREEK MINE;}{Deposit:: IN MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN WESTERN CANADA, THE TENTH}{Deposit:: COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS, SEPT.2-28}{Deposit:: 1974, SECTION V, ARTICAL B, P.1-16.}
ReporterPorter, Kenneth E.