Mine detail: Mount Vernon Deposit

Previously called 'Oregon AsbestosCoast Asbestos Co.'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.44346, -119.05884

Resource(N)

Primary:	Asbestos
Ore:	Chrysotile
Orebody form:	CROSS FIBER AND SLIP FIBER

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	ACTIVE IN 1962

Geology

Host type:

Serpentinite

References

MRDS	M014865
DEP	10109355
Reference	{Deposit:: WAGNER, N. S., (OCTOBER) 1963 , COAST ASBESTOS CO. OPERATIONS GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI, THE ORE BIN, VOL. 25 , NO. 10 , P. 171 .}{Deposit:: BRIGHT, J. T., AND RAMP, L., (MARCH) 1965 , OREGO * ASBESTOS POTENTIAL: ODGMI, THE ORE BIN, VOL. 27 , NO. 3 , P. 53 .}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P. 39}
Reporter	Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.