Kutcho Creek deposit, British Columbia

Kutcho Creek was an asbestos prospect in northern British Columbia: in 1965 Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported that Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Limited "carried out a reconnaissance geophysical survey of Kutcho Creek Asbestos Company Limited," and in 1967, citing The Northern Miner, that the company "has explored and drilled the Kutcho deposit."^1,2 In 1976 Cassiar named the deposit "the first target for exploration" in its search for a replacement for its Clinton mine.³ Drilling resumed in 1977, when Asbestos reported "fiberized serpentine" in "five of the six holes thus far completed."^4,5 In 1979 the journal wrote that the drilling "confirmed a substantial tonnage of asbestos fiber mineralization, but present-day economic conditions do not warrant further development," and that the claims were "being held in good standing."⁶

The documents describe this as a deposit or prospect: they report exploration or describe the deposit, not mining for sale.⁶

Year by year

Every statement about this mine in the documents, in each document's own words, by the year it is about.

1965

• Exploration: “carried out a reconnaissance geophysical survey of Kutcho Creek Asbestos Company Limited” (Kutcho Creek Asbestos Company Limited; Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Limited), p. 3¹

1966

• Exploration: “The company has explored and drilled the Kutcho deposit” (Kutcho Creek Asbestos Company), as reported by The Northern Miner, p. 21²

1975

• Exploration: “it is expected the Kutcho Creek property will be reassessed in light of current conditions” (Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd.), p. 32⁷

1976

• Exploration: “The first target for exploration will be the deposit at Kutcho Creek” (Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd.), p. 31³

1977

• Exploration: “Exploration diamond drilling has been resumed at Kutcho Creek; Fiberized serpentine has been encountered in five of the six holes” (Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd.), p. 28⁴
• Exploration: “resumption of exploration of its Kutcho Creek deposit in northern British Columbia” (Cassiar Asbestos Corp. Ltd.), p. 9⁵

1978

• Exploration: “A diamond drilling program was carried out at the asbestos prospect at Kutcho Creek” (Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd.), p. 32⁸

1979

• Exploration: “confirmed a substantial tonnage of asbestos fiber mineralization, but present-day economic conditions do not warrant further development” (Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd.), p. 31⁶

Other names

Documents call this mine “Kutcho Creek deposit”, “Kutcho deposit”.

See also

• Cassiar Asbestos Corp. Ltd.: the company's documents, people, products and plants
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1965, December 1965 (December 1, 1965), p. 3.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1967, January 1967 (January 1, 1967), p. 21.
3. Asbestos Magazine, 1976, December 1976 (December 1, 1976), p. 31.
4. Asbestos Magazine, 1977, December 1977 (December 1, 1977), p. 28.
5. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1977 (January 1, 1978), p. 9.
6. Asbestos Magazine, 1979, December 1979 (December 1, 1979), p. 31.
7. Asbestos Magazine, 1975, December 1975 (December 1, 1975), p. 32.
8. Asbestos Magazine, 1978, December 1978 (December 1, 1978), p. 32.