Verde Antique quarry and Ropes gold mine property (Record #786) occurrence of asbestos in Marquette county, MI

Verde Antique quarry and Ropes gold mine property

occurrence of asbestos in Marquette county, MI

Geologic information

Name of site	Verde Antique quarry and Ropes gold mine property
Development	occurrence
State	MI
County	Marquette
Geographic location:	-87.7246, 46.5252
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Fibrous mineral	chrysotile
Associated minerals	serpentine dolomite
Host rock types	serpentinite
Geologic map unit	-87.7246, 46.5252
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Reference information

Snelgrove, A.K., Seaman, W.A., and Ayres, V.L., 1944, Strategic minerals investigations in Marquette and Baraga Counties, 1943: Michigan Department of Conservation, Geological Survey Division, Progress Report Number 10, 69 p.

Broderick, T.M., 1945, Geology of the Ropes Gold mine, Marquette County, Michigan: Economic Geology, v. 40, no. 2, p. 115-128.

[http://econgeol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/40/2/115]

Heinrich, E.W., 1976, The mineralogy of Michigan: Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey Division Bulletin 6, 225 p.