(Mine Normandie)
An abandoned asbestos mine located near Coleraine, in the Black Lake - Thetford Mines area. Mineralization is in ultrabasic, serpentinized rock. The mine closed in 1982.
References:
- Sabina, A.P. (1966) Rocks & minerals for the collector: Eastern Townships and Gaspé, Quebec; and parts of New Brunswick. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 66-51, 46-47.
- Gaudard, S. (1993) Voyage au coeur des Appalaches, Guide des curiosités minérales de la M.R.C. de l'Amiante. Publ. by: Musée minérologique et minier Thetford Mines, 59-60.
- De, A. (1972) Petrology of dikes emplaced in ultramafic rocks of southeastern Quebec and origin of the rodingite. Geological Society of America Memoir 132, 489-501.
- Grubb, P.L.C. (1965) An unusual occurrence of diopside and uvarovite near Thetford, Quebec. Can. Min. 8, 241-248.
Note: chromian diopside and uvarovite reported by Grubb (1965) are respectively diopside and grossular, both Cr-bearing.
Mineral List:23 entries listed. 21 valid minerals.
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