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Newfoundland and Labrador
Advocate asbestos mine, Baie Verte
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: serpentine, magnetite, virginite float.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Serpentine belt open pit worked until the 1990s on the Baie Verte Peninsula
Documented ophiolite mining site in provincial geology.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
asbestos fibreDo not disturb dusty waste
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