Atlas Asbestos Co. (Hidden Splendor, Todd) mine (Record #90) past producer of asbestos in Fresno county, CA

Geologic information

Name of site	Atlas Asbestos Co. (Hidden Splendor, Todd) mine
Development	past producer
State	CA
County	Fresno
Geographic location:	-120.5888, 36.3237
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Fibrous mineral	chrysotile
Associated minerals	serpentine hydromagnesite chromite crystalline carbonate magnetite uvarovite
Host rock types	serpentinized peridotite
Geologic map unit	-120.5888, 36.3237
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Reference information

Merritt, P.C., 1962, California asbestos goes to market: Mining Engineering, v. 14, no. 9, p. 57-60.

Mumpton, F.A., and Thompson, C.S., 1975, Mineralogy and origin of the Coalinga asbestos deposit: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 23, no. 2, p. 131-143.

Rice, S.J., 1963, California asbestos industry: California Division of Mines and Geology Mineral Information Service, v. 16, no. 9, p. 1-7.

Ross, M., and Nolan, R.P., 2003, History of asbestos discovery and use and asbestos-related disease in context with the occurrence of asbestos within ophiolite complexes, in Dilek, Y., and Newcomb, S., eds., Ophiolite concept and the evolution of geological thought: Geological Society of America Special Paper 373, p. 447-470.

Southern Pacific Company, 1987b, Minerals for industry--Volume III, southern California: California Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 95, 242 p., 4 plates.