Keener Branch area (Record #802) occurrence of asbestos in Llano county, TX

Keener Branch area

occurrence of asbestos in Llano county, TX

Geologic information

Name of site	Keener Branch area
Development	occurrence
State	TX
County	Llano
Geographic location:	-98.7777, 30.5084
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Fibrous mineral	amphibole asbestos
Associated minerals	serpentine talc anthophyllite tremolite magnetite
Host rock types	serpentinite
Geologic map unit	-98.7777, 30.5084
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Reference information

Barnes, V.E., Dawson, R.F., and Parkinson, G.A., 1942, Building stones of central Texas: Austin, Texas, The University of Texas Publication No. 4246 [Issued 1947], 198 p.

Barnes, V.E., 1943, Soapstone and serpentine in the central mineral region of Texas, in Texas mineral resources: Austin, Texas, The University of Texas Publication No. 4301 [Issued 1946], p. 55-91.

Dietrich, J.W., and Lonsdale, J.T., 1958, Mineral resources of the Colorado River Industrial Development Association Area: The University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 37, 84 p., 9 plates.