American Asbestos Company mine (Record #687) past producer of asbestos in Bedford county, VA

American Asbestos Company mine

past producer of asbestos in Bedford county, VA

Geologic information

Name of site	American Asbestos Company mine
Development	past producer
State	VA
County	Bedford
Geographic location:	-79.49, 37.2
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Fibrous mineral	anthophyllite asbestos
Associated minerals	pyroxene hornblende olivine
Host rock types	peridotite, pyroxenite
Geologic map unit	-79.49, 37.2
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Reference information

Watson, T.L., 1907, Mineral resources of Virginia: Lynchburg, Va., J.P. Bell Company, 616 p.

Diller, J.S., 1911, The types, modes of occurrence, and important deposits of asbestos in the United States, in Contributions to economic geology (short papers and preliminary reports), 1910--Part 1, Metals and nonmetals except fuels: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 470, p. 505-524.

[http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b470]

Dietrich, R.V., 1953, Virginia mineral localities: Bulletin of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Engineering Experiment Station Series No. 88, v. 46, no. 11, 57 p.