Hemet magnesite mine (Record #186) occurrence of asbestos in Riverside county, CA

Hemet magnesite mine

occurrence of asbestos in Riverside county, CA

Geologic information

Name of site	Hemet magnesite mine
Development	occurrence
State	CA
County	Riverside
Geographic location:	-117.026, 33.697
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Fibrous mineral	chrysotile
Associated minerals	magnesite magnetite chlorite actinolite talc olivine
Host rock types	metaperidotite
Geologic map unit	-117.026, 33.697
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Reference information

Schwarcz, H.P., 1960, I, Geology of the Winchester-Hemet area, Riverside County, California; II, Geochemical investigations of an arkosic quartzite of the Winchester-Hemet area, California: Pasadena, Calif., California Institute of Technology, Ph.D. dissertation, 427 p.