The federal agency for mining safety, mineral resources and mineral statistics. Its geologists surveyed asbestos deposits, its economists followed the industry year by year in the Minerals Yearbook, and its health and safety staff measured dust in mines and mills. When Congress closed the Bureau in 1996, its minerals information work moved to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Reports in the Library
- 1926Asbestos: Sources and TradeTrade Information Bulletin No. 442
- 1932–2019Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos ChaptersMinerals Yearbook
- 1934Asbestos: Domestic and Foreign DepositsInformation Circular 6790
- 1935Asbestos: Milling, Marketing, and FabricationInformation Circular 6869
- 1937Asbestos: Bureau of Mines Bulletin 403Bulletin 403
- 1955The Asbestos IndustryBulletin 552
- 1956Chrysotile-Asbestos Deposits of Arizona (Supplement to Information Circular 7706)
- 1959A Reconnaissance of Asbestos Deposits in the Serpentine Belt of Northern CaliforniaInformation Circular 7860
- 1959Asbestos: A Materials SurveyInformation Circular 7880
- 1962Mount Eddy and Shasta View Asbestos Deposits, Siskiyou County, CaliforniaReport of Investigations 5948
- 1970Asbestos (Minerals Yearbook 1970)
- 1973Airborne Asbestos Fiber Concentrations in Asbestos Mines and Mills in the United StatesHealth and Safety Program Technical Progress Report 72
- 1977Selected Silicate Minerals and their Asbestiform VarietiesInformation Circular 8751