Documents in our library name Lemesurier Island occurrence at Lemesurier Island, Alaska as an asbestos deposit. Fiber: amphibole (unspecified).
The documents describe this as a deposit or prospect: they report exploration or describe the deposit, not mining for sale.1
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Every statement about this mine in the documents, in each document's own words, by the year it is about.
1944
- Exploration: “An occurrence of paligorskite, an amphibole asbestos classed as mountain leather, has been discovered on Lemesurier Island, Southeastern Alaska”, p. 31
- Reserves: “A large enough tonnage may be available in this region to encourage development of commercial uses for it”, p. 31
See also
References
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1944 (January 1, 1945), p. 3.
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