Former Clinton Creek asbestos mine

摘要

The former Clinton Creek Asbestos Mine is located about 100 km northwest of Dawson City in the Yukon. The site lies 9 km upstream of the confluence of Clinton Creek with the Forty Mile River. From 1968 until depletion of economic reserves in 1978, approximately 12 million tonnes of serpentine ore was extracted from the bedrock in three open pits. Over 60 million tonnes of waste rock from the open pits was deposited over the south slope of the Clinton Creek valley at what is referred to as the Clinton Creek waste rock dump. Over the same period of time, about 10 million tonnes of asbestos tailings from the milling operation were deposited over the west slope of the Wolverine Creek valley.