| Abstract: | An asbestos occurrence was discovered in a remote part of the Eagle quadrangle, Alaska, in the summer of 1968 during geologic reconnaissance in connection with the U.S. Geological Survey‘s Heavy Metals program. The exposed part of the deposit consists of large joint blocks of serpentine which are cut by closely spaced subparallel veins. Most of the veins are about ? inch thick, and they consist of cross-fiber chrysotile asbestos. The asbestos appears to be of commercial quality, but the total quantity is unknown.
The asbestos occurs in a serpentinized ultramafic mass which appears to intrude metamorphic rocks. Many other serpentinized ultramafic masses are known in the Eagle quadrangle, but this is the first one in which considerable asbestos has been found. The deposit is of importance because it shows that geologic conditions are locally favorable for the formation of asbestos in the Yukon-Tanana Upland, and hope of finding commercial asbestos deposits thus seems possible. |
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| ProdID: | 3941 |
| Citation Author: | Foster, Helen Laura |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iii, 7 p. :maps. ;26 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | [U.S. Geological Survey], |
| Citation Series: | Circular |
| Citation Series Code: | CIR |
| Citation Series Number: | 611 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Asbestos occurrence in the Eagle C-4 quadrangle, Alaska; 1969; CIR; 611; Foster, Helen Laura |
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| Citation Year: | 1969 |
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| Text: | Asbestos occurrence in the Eagle C-4 quadrangle, Alaska; 1969; CIR; 611; Foster, Helen Laura |
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| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1969/0611/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | [U.S. Geological Survey], |
