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Jeffrey mine (Jeffrey quarry; Johns-Manville mine), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada

Formerly: Jeffrey mine (Jeffrey quarry), Asbestos, Asbestos RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada

Formerly: Jeffrey Mine (Jeffrey Quarry), Asbestos, Shipton Township, Richmond Co., Québec, Canada

A huge open pit asbestos mine in ultrabasic, serpenitized rocks. For many years owned and operated by by Canadian Johns-Manville Co., Ltd., it is now owned by a local consortium. The mine is now (2008) mostly inactive and the lower levels are filling with water.



References:
- Min.Rec.:20(5):393
- Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.493
- Amabili, M. , Miglioli, A. and Spertini, F. (2004). Recent discoveries at the Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec. The Mineralogical Record. 35: 123-135.
- Grice, J.D. and Williams, R. (1979). "Famous mineral localities: The Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec." Mineralogical Record, 10(2),pp:69-80.
- Spertini, F. (2001). "La mine Jeffrey, Asbestos, Québec, Canada." Le Règne Minéral(37),pp:10-34.
- Horváth, L. & Spertini, F. (2008) Die Jefrey Mine in Asbestos, Québec, Kanada. Teil I. Mineralien Welt, 19(5), 42-67 (in German).
- Horváth, L. & Spertini, F. (2009) Die Jefrey Mine in Asbestos, Québec, Kanada. Teil II. Mineralien Welt, 20(1), (in press)(in German).





Map Reference: 45°46'11"N , 71°57'0"W

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Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
Albite
Allanite-(Ce)
var: Chromian Allanite-(Ce)
Almandine
Andalusite
Andradite
Annite
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
Apatite-(CaF)
Apatite-(CaOH)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)

'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
Artinite
Atacamite
Augite
Awaruite
Baryte
Biotite
Bornite
Brucite
Brugnatellite
Calcite
Celestine
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysotile
Clinochlore
Clinozoisite
Coalingite
Copper
Corundum
Cubanite
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
Diaspore
Diopside
Dolomite
Elbaite
Enstatite
'Epidote Group'
Galena
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Grossular
var: Hessonite
Groutite
Halloysite
Heazlewoodite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Hydromagnesite
Hydrotalcite
Ilmenite
Iowaite
Jeffreyite (TL)
Kaolinite
Laurionite
Lizardite
Löllingite
Magnesiochromite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Margarite
Maucherite
Microcline
Moissanite
Molybdenite
Monazite-(Ce)
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Nickeline
Okenite
Orthoclase
Palygorskite
Paratacamite
Pectolite
Phlogopite
Prehnite
Pumpellyite-(Mg)
Pyrite
Pyrochroite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rutile
Schorl
Scolecite
Shandite
Spertiniite (TL)
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Stilpnomelane
Tacharanite
Talc
Theophrastite
Thomsonite-Ca
Titanite
Tochilinite
Tremolite
Uvarovite
Uvite
Vesuvianite
Wollastonite
Xonotlite
Zircon
Zoisite


115 entries listed. 107 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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