Every asbestos fiber that reached a factory started in the ground. This category covers the ore bodies, mining districts, and geological formations that supplied the world's asbestos, plus a few deposits where the mineral shows up as an unwanted contaminant.
The deposits sort roughly by fiber type. Chrysotile, the most-mined form, came from places like the Jeffrey Mine in Quebec, the Cassiar Mine in British Columbia, and the vast Bazhenov Deposit in Russia. Crocidolite and amosite, the amphibole fibers linked most strongly to mesothelioma, came from the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe and the Cape Province operations in South Africa.
Some entries aren't asbestos mines at all. The Mesabi Range and its taconite, and the Gouverneur Talc district, matter because asbestos fibers turned up alongside the target ore, which put workers at risk they never signed up for.
Knowing which deposit fed a product can help an expert trace a specific fiber type back to a source. Every term below links to a full plain-language definition.
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- Asbestos HillAsbestos Hill is a former chrysotile asbestos mining site in the Ungava region of northern Quebec, Canada, op…
- Balangero MineThe Balangero mine, located near Turin in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, was one of the largest chrys…
- Bazhenov DepositThe Bazhenov (or Bazhenovskoye) deposit is a massive chrysotile asbestos ore body located in the Ural Mountai…
- Belvidere MountainBelvidere Mountain is a peak in Eden and Lowell, Vermont, that hosted the largest chrysotile asbestos mine in…
- Bluerock MineThe Bluerock Mine is a historic chrysotile asbestos mine located in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada, …
- Burnsville MineThe Burnsville Mine refers to a tremolite-bearing talc deposit located near Burnsville in Yancey County, Nort…
- Cana Brava MineCana Brava is a chrysotile asbestos mine in Goiás, Brazil, and for decades was one of the largest sources of …
- Cape ProvinceCape Province is the historical region of South Africa (split in 1994 into the Eastern, Northern, and Western…
- Cape Province Crocidolite OperationsThis refers to the historical mining and milling of crocidolite (blue asbestos) in the Northern Cape Province…
- Cassiar MineThe Cassiar Mine was a large chrysotile asbestos mine located in northern British Columbia, Canada, that oper…
- CochabambaCochabamba is a department and region in central Bolivia notable in mineralogical science as the type localit…
- Compassionate Coast Range Tremolite NOACoast Range Tremolite NOA refers to naturally occurring asbestos of the tremolite variety found in serpentini…
- Elcor mineThe Elcor Mine is a former asbestos mine in Culberson County, West Texas, that produced tremolite asbestos in…
- Gouverneur TalcGouverneur talc is industrial talc mined from the Gouverneur mining district in St. Lawrence County, in upsta…
- Gouverneur Talc DistrictThe Gouverneur Talc District is a talc-mining region in St. Lawrence County, northern New York, that produced…
- Great DykeThe Great Dyke is a long, narrow geological intrusion running roughly north-south through Zimbabwe for about …
- Hippy MineThe Hippy Mine is a small chrysotile asbestos prospect located in the Belvidere Mountain area of northern Ver…
- Homestake Gold MineThe Homestake Gold Mine was a deep underground gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, operated from 1876 until its …
- Jeffrey MineThe Jeffrey Mine was a vast open-pit chrysotile asbestos mine located in Asbestos (now Val-des-Sources), Queb…
- Jenkins MineThe Jenkins Mine was a chrysotile asbestos mine located in northern Vermont, part of the Belvidere Mountain a…
- Kuruman districtThe Kuruman district is a region in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa that contains some of the worl…
- Marra Mamba Iron FormationThe Marra Mamba Iron Formation is a banded iron formation (BIF) in the Hamersley Range of Western Australia, …
- Mashaba MineThe Mashaba (Mashava) Mine is a chrysotile asbestos mine in south-central Zimbabwe that was one of Africa's l…
- Mesabi RangeThe Mesabi Range is a large iron-ore mining district in northeastern Minnesota, the source of much of the tac…
- Munro mineThe Munro Mine refers to historic chrysotile asbestos mining operations in Munro Township, in the Timmins–Mat…
- Paakkila MineThe Paakkila Mine was an anthophyllite asbestos mine located in Tuusniemi, eastern Finland, that operated fro…
- Penge MineThe Penge Mine was a large amosite (brown asbestos) mine in the eastern Transvaal region of South Africa, ope…
- Peter Mitchell MineThe Peter Mitchell Mine is a large open-pit taconite (iron ore) mine in northeastern Minnesota that supplies …
- Piedmont BeltThe Piedmont Belt is a long band of ancient, deformed metamorphic and igneous rocks running along the eastern…
- Pietersburg districtThe Pietersburg district is a region in the northern part of South Africa (now known as Polokwane, in Limpopo…
- Pomfret mineThe Pomfret Mine is a chrysotile asbestos mine located in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, near th…
- Quebec ChrysotileQuebec chrysotile is the variety of chrysotile (white) asbestos mined from the serpentine deposits of southea…
- Rainy Creek complexThe Rainy Creek complex is a geological formation in northwestern Montana, near Libby, that hosts an unusual …
- Sall MountainSall Mountain is a chrysotile asbestos deposit and historic mining site located near Sall Mountain in White C…
- Shabani MineThe Shabani Mine (now Zvishavane Mine) is a large chrysotile asbestos mine in southern Zimbabwe that, togethe…
- Sierra Nevada FoothillsThe Sierra Nevada Foothills are the lower-elevation flanks of California's Sierra Nevada range, a geologic be…
- Susa ValleyThe Susa Valley (Val di Susa) is an alpine valley in Piedmont, Italy, west of Turin, containing extensive ser…
- TaconiteTaconite is a hard, low-grade iron ore rock found in large deposits, most famously in the Lake Superior regio…
- TransvaalThe Transvaal is a historical region in northeastern South Africa that contained some of the world's most pro…
- Troodos MassifThe Troodos Massif is a large mountainous geological formation in central Cyprus that represents one of the w…
- Wandrag mineWandrag Mine was a chrysotile (white asbestos) mine located in the Barberton region of Mpumalanga (formerly t…
- Woodsreef MineThe Woodsreef Mine is a former chrysotile (white asbestos) mine and mill located near Barraba in New South Wa…
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