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Asbestos mines, prospects, and occurrences in the US

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

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

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Distribution of asbestos locations in the continental US.
Distribution of asbestos locations in the continental US.