Windsor

CA / QC

•45.95913, -71.32666View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Windsor is a historic mining site in Quebec, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Dunite. Reported specimens include Chrysotile; logged ore minerals are Asbestos, Chrysotile. The site was discovered in 1914; production is recorded for 1921-1922.

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Chrysotile

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Dunite
Deposit model: 18: Serpentine-hosted asbestos

Ore minerals

AsbestosChrysotile

Alteration

Serpentinization

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Discovered: 1914
Production years: 1921-1922

Records and references

Cited references

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. 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.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10023396 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 45.95913, -71.32666

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