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Asbestos mines, prospects, and occurrences in the US

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Online link https://mrdata.usgs.gov/asbestos/
Description Location and mineralogical characteristics of former mines, prospects, and occurrences of asbestos in the continental US. No asbestos producing mines are currently active. Data here are drawn from several previously published reports.
Originators Van Gosen, Bradley S.
Publication U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
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Related topics

Nonmetallic mineral resources, Geospatial datasets, Economic geology, Metamorphic rocks, Mineral deposit areas, Mine sites, Serpentinite, Asbestos, DBF, Shapefile, KML, Comma-delimited text, Tab-delimited text, HTML table

States or counties

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Distribution of asbestos locations in the continental US.
Distribution of asbestos locations in the continental US.

Geospatial Web Services (OGC)

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WMS Locations of asbestos mines, prospects and occurrences with mineralogy https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/asbestos?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.3.0
WFS Location and mineralogy of asbestos mines, prospects, and occurrences in the continental US https://mrdata.usgs.gov/wfs/asbestos?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS&version=1.0.0&