Lili property, Cleveland Township, Quebec

The Lili property in Cleveland Township, Quebec, appears in the sources as a chrysotile deposit being explored and readied for a production decision: in December 1972 Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported that Pathfinder Resources Ltd. and Pan Ocean Oil Corporation were negotiating an agreement that, "if consummated," would lead to the development of Pathfinder's Lili property, and that "confirmatory drilling indicated over 45 million tons of asbestos-bearing material."¹ In 1975 the journal wrote that Pathfinder had spent "more than $700,000 in exploration," had outlined "3 ore zones of asbestos-bearing fiber totaling 49-million tons," and did "not intend to develop the property" itself but was seeking a major company "to place it into production."² In 1976 it said Pathfinder was to recalculate the reserves first given as "49-million tons of drill-indicated ore" of chrysotile.³ The journal described the property in 1977 as "a 750-acre site" about "5 miles southwest of the town of Asbestos," with "Chrysotile Grades 4-7," where "a 100,000-tons-per-year-plus operation is envisioned"; the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook for 1977 listed it among properties "undergoing exploration or awaiting development or financing decisions."^4,5 In 1979 Asbestos reported resumed talks with Soquem and gave the property "an estimated 30-million tons of asbestos-bearing ore averaging 4.37% fiber content."⁶

The documents describe this as a deposit or prospect: they report exploration or describe the deposit, not mining for sale.²

Location

Year by year

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

1972

• Reserves: “Confirmatory drilling indicated over 45 million tons of asbestos-bearing material” (Pathfinder Resources Ltd.; Pan Ocean Oil Corporation), p. 22¹

1973

• Reserves: “three large separate zones of Chrysotile fiber-bearing material were outlined as having 49-million tons of drill-indicated ore” (Pathfinder Resources Ltd.), p. 34³

1975

• Exploration: “Work to date has outlined 3 ore zones of asbestos-bearing fiber totaling 49-million tons” (Pathfinder Resources Ltd.), p. 34²

1977

• Exploration: “planning several moves toward reaching a production decision regarding its Lili asbestos property, a 750-acre site; a 100,000-tons-per-year-plus operation is envisioned” (Pathfinder Resources Ltd.), p. 30⁴
• Exploration: “Pathfinder Resources Ltd. and its 750-acre Lili property in Cleveland Township, Quebec” (Pathfinder Resources Ltd.), p. 9⁵

1979

• Reserves: “The property is reported to contain an estimated 30-million tons of asbestos-bearing ore averaging 4.37% fiber content” (Pathfinder Resources Ltd.), p. 34⁶

Other names

Documents call this mine “Lili property”, “Lili asbestos property”.

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1972, December 1972 (December 1, 1972), p. 22.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1975, December 1975 (December 1, 1975), p. 34.
3. Asbestos Magazine, 1976, December 1976 (December 1, 1976), p. 34.
4. Asbestos Magazine, 1977, December 1977 (December 1, 1977), p. 30.
5. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1977 (January 1, 1978), p. 9.
6. Asbestos Magazine, 1979, December 1979 (December 1, 1979), p. 34.