Day Book dunite deposit (Record #558) occurrence of asbestos in Yancey county, NC

Day Book dunite deposit

occurrence of asbestos in Yancey county, NC

Geologic information

Name of site	Day Book dunite deposit
Development	occurrence
State	NC
County	Yancey
Geographic location:	-82.289, 35.97
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Fibrous mineral	anthophyllite asbestos
Associated minerals	olivine talc vermiculite chromite enstatite tremolite antigorite ferroan phlogopite bronzite chlorite
Host rock types	dunite
Geologic map unit	-82.289, 35.97
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location

Reference information

Kulp, J.L., and Brobst, D.A., 1954, Notes on the dunite and the geochemistry of vermiculite at the Day Book dunite deposit, Yancey County, North Carolina: Economic Geology, v. 49, p. 211-220.

[http://econgeol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/49/2/211]

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.