Asbestos
Issue Date
1915Keywords
Arizona Geological Survey BulletinsRecent
Georgia
United States of America
Arizona
electric installation
mass fibre asbestos
slip fibre asbestos
cross fibre asbestos
mining industrymineralsasbestos
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University of Arizona Bureau of MinesDescription
For many years the United States has lead all other countries in the manufacture and use of asbestos, drawing most of the raw material from Canada. Now, however, we are producing some excellent asbestos in our own country. The most notable feature of the asbestos industry in 1914 was thedevelopment of a new field in Grand Canyon. Arizona, which is furnishing a grade of fibre that compares very favorably with the Canadian. For electric installation the Arizona asbestos is even better than the Canadian, as it contains a lower percentage of iron. 10 p.Additional Links
http://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/azgs/dlio/1136Language
enSeries/Report no.
Bulletin No. 8Mineral Technology Series No. 4
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Public Domain: This material has been identified as being free of known restrictions under U.S. copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.Collection Information
Documents in the AZGS Document Repository collection are made available by the Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) and the University Libraries at the University of Arizona. For more information about items in this collection, please contact azgs-info@email.arizona.edu.North Bounding Coordinate
48.939South Bounding Coordinate
25.5057West Bounding Coordinate
-125.64East Bounding Coordinate
-67.9834Collections
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