Camp Albion mining district (Record #734) occurrence of asbestos in Boulder county, CO

Camp Albion mining district

occurrence of asbestos in Boulder county, CO

Geologic information

Name of site	Camp Albion mining district
Development	occurrence
State	CO
County	Boulder
Geographic location:	-105.5939, 40.0429
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Fibrous mineral	asbestiform ferrian winchite
Associated minerals	pyroxene quartz feldspar calcite galena pyrite sphalerite
Host rock types	syenite dike
Geologic map unit	-105.5939, 40.0429
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location

Reference information

Wahlstrom, E.E., 1934, An unusual occurrence of asbestos: American Mineralogist, v. 19, no. 4, p. 178-180.

[http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM19/AM19_178.pdf]

Wahlstrom, E.E., 1940, Ore deposits at Camp Albion, Boulder County, Colorado: Economic Geology, v. 35, no. 4, p. 477-500.

[http://econgeol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/35/4/477]

Lovering, T.S., and Goddard, E.N., 1950, Geology and ore deposits of the Front Range, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 223, 319 p., 30 plates.

[http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp223]

and an unpublished study by B.S. Van Gosen