Calhoun Mining Company property (Record #443) occurrence of asbestos in White county, GA

Calhoun Mining Company property

occurrence of asbestos in White county, GA

Geologic information

Name of site	Calhoun Mining Company property
Development	occurrence
State	GA
County	White
Geographic location:	-83.715, 34.66
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Fibrous mineral	anthophyllite asbestos
Associated minerals	talc chlorite
Host rock types	ultramafic intrusion
Geologic map unit	-83.715, 34.66
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location

Reference information

Hopkins, O.B., 1914, A report on the asbestos, talc and soapstone deposits of Georgia: Geological Survey of Georgia Bulletin No. 29, 319 p.

Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, 1951, Mineral resources of Union, Towns, Lumpkin and White Counties, Georgia: Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology map, scale 1:126,720.