Commodities
PrimaryAsbestos
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model18: Serpentine-hosted asbestos
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysotile
GangueTalc
Geology
Host rockDunite
AlterationSerpentinization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1957
Identification
Deposit ID10111283
MRDS IDW700033
Alternate namesAmiante Hill
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates62.00021, -72.99924
References
STEWART, R.V., 1981, GEOLOGY AND EVALUATION OF THE ASBESTOS HILL ORE BODY, IN RIORDAN, P.H., ED., GEOLOGY OF ASBESTOS DEPOSITS: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS INC., P. 53-62.HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1984, ASBESTOS, IN GEOLOGY OF THE NONMETALLICS: NEW YORK, METAL BULLETIN INC., P. 324-335.TIPHANE, MARCEL, 1973, ASBESTOS IN QUEBEC: QUEBEC DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SPECIAL PAPER 14, P. 61-63."ASBESTOS IN QUEBEC", 1973ASBESTOS, 1980, V. 63, NO. 1.ASBESTOS, 1981, V. 64, NO. 2."ASBESTOS IN QUEBEC"; ASBESTOS, 1980; ASBESTOS, 1981.MINIMUM ESTIMATE OF ORRIS (1984).