Salt Creek vermiculite deposits (Record #736) occurrence of asbestos in Jackson county, CO

Geologic information

Name of site	Salt Creek vermiculite deposits
Development	occurrence
State	CO
County	Jackson
Geographic location:	-106.332, 40.9836
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Fibrous mineral	asbestiform tremolite
Associated minerals	hornblende biotite vermiculite chlorite serpentine olivine
Host rock types	serpentinite, hornblendite
Geologic map unit	-106.332, 40.9836
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location

Reference information

Argall, G.O., Jr., 1949, Industrial minerals of Colorado: Golden, Colo., Quarterly of the Colorado School of Mines, v. 44, no. 2, p. 465-477.

Bush, A.L., 1951, Sources of lightweight aggregates in Colorado: Denver, Colo., Colorado Scientific Society Proceedings, v. 15, no. 8, p. 305-368.

Goldstein, August, Jr., 1946, The vermiculites and their utilization: Golden, Colo., Quarterly of the Colorado School of Mines, v. 41, no. 4, 64 p.

Neubert, J.T., and Dersch, J.S., 1994, Mineral appraisal of Routt National Forest, Colorado: U.S. Bureau of Mines Mineral Land Assessment Open File Report MLA 13-94, 64 p. plus appendixes, 2 plates.

Steven, T.A., 1960, Geology and fluorspar deposits, Northgate District, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1082-F, 422 p., 5 plates.

[http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1082F]

an unpublished study by B.S. Van Gosen