Johns River mine (Record #552) past producer of asbestos in Caldwell county, NC

Johns River mine

past producer of asbestos in Caldwell county, NC

Geologic information

Name of site	Johns River mine
Development	past producer
State	NC
County	Caldwell
Geographic location:	-81.703, 35.884
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Fibrous mineral	anthophyllite asbestos
Associated minerals	serpentine olivine magnetite chlorite magnesite talc
Host rock types	dunite
Geologic map unit	-81.703, 35.884
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Reference information

Conrad, S.G., Wilson, W.F., Allen, E.P., and Wright, T.J., 1963, Anthophyllite asbestos in North Carolina: North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development, Division of Mineral Resources, Bulletin No. 77, 61 p., 7 plates.