Quebec localities and minerals
Kukharenkoite-wormhole found at DeMix Quarry, Varennes, one of the popular Quebec localities. Mont Saint Bruno Quarry, another popular Quebec locality. Quebec is a center-eastern canadian province. Quebec is Canada’s largest province by area with substantial natural ressources. It has about 30 mines, 158 exploration companies and fifteen primary processing industries. Many metallic minerals are exploited, the principals are gold, iron, copper and zinc. Many other substances are extracted including titanium, asbestos, silver,magnesium, nickel and many other metals and industrial minerals. However, only 40% of the mineral potential of Quebec is currently known. In 2003, the value of mineral exploitation reached Quebec 3.7 billion Canadian dollars. Moreover, as a major centre of exploration for diamonds Quebec has seen, since 2002, an increase in its mineral explorations, particularly in the Northwest as well as in the Otish Mountains and the Torngat Mountains. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec#Natural_resources )
Quebec is the host of famous mineral localities: Mont-St-Hilaire, Asbestos, Thetford-Mines, Chibougamau, Francon Quarry and many more. This section covers those lesser known localities such as Demix-Varennes quarry that offer many interesting finds and specimens. For more information on the Demix-Varennes quarry located on the borders of Varennes & St-Amable, Quebec, go to the following link at:
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