Mine detail: Foster Asbestos

Previously called 'Bear Placer'

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Location: Josephine County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.2176, -123.71894
dep_id: 10032269
mrds_id: M013652
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Asbestos
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
Reporter: Lee, W, Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Josephine Periodotite
hrock_type: Serpentinite
References:
  • Deposit:: ORE BIN, VOL. 27, NO. 3, P. 50
  • Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, P.39.
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