Coast Asbestos Co. property, Grant County, Oregon

The Coast Asbestos Co. worked a small chrysotile mine in Grant County, Oregon: the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook reported that in 1961 the company "reported a small production of chrysotile from its property in Grant County," and that in 1962 "small quantities of chrysotile were produced and sold by the Coast Asbestos Co., from its Grant County, Oreg., mine."^1,2 The yearbook for 1963 reported that "no asbestos was produced in Oregon in 1963."³

The documents report small or short-lived production of asbestos fiber for sale.²

Location

Year by year

Every statement about this mine in the documents, in each document's own words, by the year it is about.

1961

• Fiber: “chrysotile” (Coast Asbestos Co.), p. 2¹
• Worked: “reported a small production of chrysotile from its property in Grant County” (Coast Asbestos Co.), p. 2¹

1962

• Worked: “Small quantities of chrysotile were produced and sold by the Coast Asbestos Co., from its Grant County, Oreg., mine” (Coast Asbestos Co.), p. 2²
• Fiber: “chrysotile” (Coast Asbestos Co.), p. 2²

1963

• Idle: “No asbestos was produced in Oregon in 1963”, p. 2³

See also

• Asbestos exposure sites in Oregon
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1961 (January 1, 1962), p. 2.
2. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1962 (January 1, 1963), p. 2.
3. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1963 (January 1, 1964), p. 2.