Slade-Forbes Mine, Deloro Township, Timmins, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canadai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Slade-Forbes Mine | Mine |
| Deloro Township | Township |
| Timmins | City |
| Cochrane District | District |
| Ontario | Province |
| Canada | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
48° 24' 2'' North , 81° 13' 24'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Timmins | 42,997 (2017) | 10.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
194959
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:194959:2
GUID (UUID V4):
f031ee79-b611-4308-b996-f0bbeab87e28
Asbestos
From Asbestos in Ontario, 1953, p. 12-13
Slade-Forbes Mine
The Slade-Forbes property is located in southeastern Deloro township, district of Cochrane, and consists of one claim, number P. 6886. The Slade-Forbes Asbestos Company produced 10 tons of asbestos valued at $2,150 from an open pit on this claim in 1917.
In August, 1943, the property was optioned to Canadian Johns-Manville Company, Limited, for a 12-month period. A test shipment of 1,500 pounds of ore and 500 pounds of hand-cobbed fibre was shipped to the company laboratory for testing. The option was dropped.
From January, 1948, to October, 1949, the Bell Asbestos Company held the property under option and tested a small shipment of material from the open pit. The option was dropped.
Teegana Mines, Limited, optioned the property in October, 1949. Five neighbouring claims were also optioned. A limited amount of work was done on the property and, in 1951, a shipment of 38 tons of fibre valued at $6,300 was reported. In the fall of 1951 the property was optioned to Van Packer Mines of Canada, Limited. Detailed geological and geophysical mapping of the deposit was carried out, and 1,000 feet of diamond-drilling was done in 1951.
Chrysotile asbestos occurs in cross-fibre veinlets in granular, serpentinized dunite of apple-green colour. An open pit, 40 feet square and 10-15 feet deep, was sunk on the main showing by the Slade-Forbes Asbestos Company.
Fibre occurs on the outcrops, in the neighbourhood of the pit, and in the pit itself. The veinlets are up to 2 inches wide and are rather harsh; considerable talc-carbonate alteration is present. Fibre is also present in a second showing, 350 feet southeast of the pit. A dike of fine-grained, grey granite, 100 feet wide, striking N. 80 0 E., cuts the serpentinized peridotite south of the open pit.
In the open pit, a fault is exposed striking east-west and dipping 75 0 N. One set of fractures, carrying fibre, parallels this fault; another set strikes N.100 E. and also carries fibre. In the open pit the fibre appears to make up approximately 5 percent of the rock and is exposed over an area about 50 feet in diameter.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| β 'Asbestos' References: |
| β 'Clinochrysotile' References: |
| β 'Serpentine Subgroup' Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| β 'Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite' Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn References: |
| β Talc Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Talc | 9.EC.05 | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| β | 'Clinochrysotile' | 9.ED. | |
| Unclassified | |||
| β | 'Asbestos' | - | |
| β | 'Serpentine Subgroup' | - | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| β | 'var. Picrolite' | - | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| H | β Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| H | β Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| O | β Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| O | β Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | β Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Mg | β Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | β Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Si | β Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| Si | β Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | β Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| Ni | Nickel | |
| Ni | β Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | β Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
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