Mont Wright, Quebec
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Mont Wright is a mountain
in Fermont, Quebec
, a site of major iron ore mining operations since the 1970s by Québec Cartier Mining Company
. It is located in Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality
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Mont Wright itself does not exist anymore; it's now a 200 m (656 ft) deep pit. Today's production of Québec Cartier ore comes from nearby Mont Survie and Paul's Peek mountain.
Mountain
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in Fermont, Quebec
Fermont, Quebec
Fermont is a town in northeastern Quebec, Canada, near the Quebec-Labrador border about from Labrador City on Route 389, which connects to the Trans-Labrador Highway...
, a site of major iron ore mining operations since the 1970s by Québec Cartier Mining Company
Québec Cartier Mining Company
Québec Cartier Mining Company was one of the leading producers of iron ore products in North America, now part of ArcelorMittal.The company was founded in the late 1950s by multiple Canadian and American investors, based in Quebec, Canada. The first open pit mine was located in Lac-Jeanine, Quebec....
. It is located in Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality
Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Caniapiscau is a regional county municipality in northeastern Quebec, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Fermont. It is located in the northwest corner of the Côte-Nord region of Quebec. It has a land area of and a 2006 census population of 3,948 inhabitants, two-thirds of whom lived...
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Mont Wright itself does not exist anymore; it's now a 200 m (656 ft) deep pit. Today's production of Québec Cartier ore comes from nearby Mont Survie and Paul's Peek mountain.