Situated just 1 km south of the Harvey Hill Mine on the 15th Rang (Rang XV) in St-Pierre-de-Broughton, Quebec. The mine is an open pit about 500m long by 150 m wide, and 15m deep. It was a talc mine mining talc in a talc/carbonate schist. This deposit is associated with the Thetford mines ophiolitic complex. The last operator of the mine was Luzcan, the Canadian subsidiary of Group Luzenac. It should be noted that the name of the town is West Broughton in older literature.
Refs.:
- Musee mineralogique et miniere Thetford Mines.
- HORVÁTH, L., PFENNINGER-HORVÁTH, E. (2006) Brookite et anatase à Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Québec, Canada: Une minéralisation de type “fentes alpines.” Le Règne Minéral, No.71, 28-42 (in French).
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Map Reference: 46°15'36"N , 71°13'8"W
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