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Chrysotile from
Premier Asbestos Mine, Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysotile
Formula:Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Comments:Occurs as verins cutting the antigorite body.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Antigorite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysotile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Premier Asbestos Mine, Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:646137
Long-form Identifier:1:3:646137:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysotile
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘJamestown Mine (Jamestown group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Asbestos occurrence [3], Sugarloaf Mountain, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘCopperopolis Mine, Sugarloaf Mountain, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) ⓘTurner and Lloyd prospect (Turner & Lloyd prospect; Turner & Lloyd and Skipper claims), Elkhorn Station, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
24.0km (14.9 miles) ⓘAshley property (Ashby property), Moccasin, Jacksonville Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
26.7km (16.6 miles) ⓘNuner prospect, Mountain Ranch, Mountain Ranch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) ⓘUnspecified Asbestos occurrence [1], Mountain Ranch, Mountain Ranch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
43.9km (27.3 miles) ⓘNeugebauer Mine, Camp Pardee, Pardee Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
59.1km (36.7 miles) ⓘMace Mine (Mace Ranch prospect), Sunnybrook, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
References
Wiebelt, F.J. and Smith M.C. (1959) A reconnaissance of asbestos deposits of the serpentine belt of northern California. U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 7860, 52 pp.: 49-50
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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