The federal science agency for geology and mineral resources. It mapped where asbestos occurs, described the minerals themselves, and since 1996 has published the asbestos chapters of the Minerals Yearbook and the Mineral Commodity Summaries.
Reports in the Library
- 1932–2019Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos ChaptersMinerals Yearbook
- 1962The Serpentine-Group MineralsProfessional Paper 384-A
- 1969Asbestos Occurrence in the Eagle C-4 Quadrangle, AlaskaCircular 611
- 1978Petrology, Structure, and Genesis of the Asbestos-Bearing Ultramafic Rocks of the Belvidere Mountain Area in Vermont: Geological Survey Professional Paper 1016
- 1996–2025Mineral Commodity Summaries: AsbestosMineral Commodity Summaries
- 2002Asbestos Geology, Mineralogy, Mining, and UsesOpen-File Report 02-149
- 2006Worldwide Asbestos Supply and Consumption Trends from 1900 through 2003Circular 1298