Laurel Creek mine (Record #460) past producer of asbestos in Rabun county, GA

Laurel Creek mine

past producer of asbestos in Rabun county, GA

Geologic information

Name of site	Laurel Creek mine
Development	past producer
State	GA
County	Rabun
Geographic location:	-83.177, 34.948
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Fibrous mineral	anthophyllite asbestos
Associated minerals	olivine diopside antigorite corundum talc vermiculite chromite
Host rock types	dunite, peridotite
Geologic map unit	-83.177, 34.948
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.

Hunter, C.E., 1941, Forsterite olivine deposits of North Carolina and Georgia: North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development, Division of Mineral Resources, Bulletin No. 41, 117 p.

Teague, K.H., and Furcron, A.S., 1948, Geology and mineral resources of Rabun and Habersham Counties, Georgia: Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology map, scale 1:126,720.