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Casper Mountain asbestos deposits

past producer of asbestos in Natrona county, WY

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Geologic information

Name of siteCasper Mountain asbestos deposits
Developmentpast producer
StateWY
CountyNatrona
Geographic location:-106.33, 42.74
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Fibrous mineralcross-fiber chrysotile
Associated mineralsserpentine
olivine
quartz
carbonate
Host rock typesserpentinite
Geologic map unit-106.33, 42.74
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Reference information

Barrow, F.H., 1910, The asbestos industry in central Wyoming: The Engineering and Mining Journal, v. 90, no. 12, (Sept. 17), p. 559.
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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]
Bowles, Oliver, 1937, Asbestos: U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 403, 92 p.
Bowles, Oliver, 1955, The asbestos industry: U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 552, 122 p.
Beckwith, R.H., 1939, Asbestos and chromite deposits of Wyoming: Economic Geology, v. 34, no. 7, p. 812-843.
[http://econgeol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/34/7/812]
Osterwald, F.W., Osterwald, D.B., Long, J.S., Jr., and Wilson, W.H., 1959, Mineral resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin No. 50, 259 p.
Harris, R.E., 2002, Asbestos and serpentine in Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Industrial Minerals Report IMR 95-2 (Revised, 2002), 12 p.