DHHS Logo Department of Health and Human Services

Naturally Occurring Asbestos Sites in N.C.


Alamance County

No data available at this time

Alexander County

No data available at this time

Alleghany County

No data available at this time

Anson County

No data available at this time

Ashe County

  1. Site NC-50: Todd Ultramafic Body (pdf)
Avery County

  1. Site NC-9: Burleson Mine (pdf)
  2. Site NC-17: Frank Mine (pdf)
  3. Site NC-43: Unnamed Prospect (on Big Elk Mountain) (pdf)
  4. Site NC-44: Unnamed Prospect (on Hawshaw Mountain) (pdf)
Beaufort County

No data available at this time

Bertie County

No data available at this time

Bladen County

No data available at this time

Brunswick County

No data available at this time

Buncombe County

Naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) is found in ultramafic rock formations. This county has been identified as having ultramafic rock but there is no additional information available at this time.

Burke County

No data available at this time

Cabarrus County

No data available at this time

Caldwell County

  1. Site NC-27: Johns River Mine (pdf)
Camden County

No data available at this time

Carteret County

No data available at this time

Caswell County

No data available at this time

Catawba County

No data available at this time

Chatham County

No data available at this time

Cherokee County

No data available at this time

Chowan County

No data available at this time

Clay County

Naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) is found in ultramafic rock formations. This county has been identified as having ultramafic rock but there is no additional information available at this time.

Cleveland County

No data available at this time

Columbus County

No data available at this time

Craven County

No data available at this time

Cumberland County

No data available at this time

Currituck County

No data available at this time

Dare County

No data available at this time

Davidson County

No data available at this time

Davie County

No data available at this time

Duplin County

No data available at this time

Durham County

No data available at this time

Edgecombe County

No data available at this time

Forsyth County

No data available at this time

Franklin County

No data available at this time

Gaston County

No data available at this time

Gates

No data available at this time

Graham County

No data available at this time

Granville County

No data available at this time

Greene County

No data available at this time

Guilford County

No data available at this time

Halifax County

No data available at this time

Harnett County

No data available at this time

Haywood County

Naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) is found in ultramafic rock formations. This county has been identified as having ultramafic rock but there is no additional information available at this time.

Henderson County

Naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) is found in ultramafic rock formations. This county has been identified as having ultramafic rock but there is no additional information available at this time.

Hertford County

No data available at this time

Hoke County

No data available at this time

Hyde County

No data available at this time

Iredell County

No data available at this time

Jackson County

  1. Site NC-1: Addie chromite prospect (Addie Olivine Mine) (pdf)
  2. Site NC-2: Alders Mine (pdf)
  3. Site NC-3: Asbestos Mine (pdf)
  4. Site NC-4: Bad Creek Prospect (pdf)
  5. Site NC-5: Balsam Gap Olivine Deposit (pdf)
  6. Site NC-7: Brockton Mine (pdf)
  7. Site NC-8: Bryson Mine (pdf)
  8. Site NC-12: Chestnut Gap Chromite Prospect (pdf)
  9. Site NC-13: Coldsides Mountain Mine (pdf)
  10. Site NC-15: Day Book Dunite Deposit (pdf)
  11. Site NC-18: Harris Prospect (pdf)
  12. Site NC-19: Henderson Mine (pdf)
  13. Site NC-21: Hogback Creek Mine (pdf)
  14. Site NC-22: Holden Mine (pdf)
  15. Site NC-26: Jennings No. 2 Mine (pdf)
  16. Site NC-30: Manus Mine (pdf)
  17. Site NC-35: Rattlesnake Corundum Mine (pdf)
  18. Site NC-36: Round Mountain Mine (pdf)
  19. Site NC-38: Sapphire Mine (Sapphire Valley Gem Mine) (pdf)
  20. Site NC-48: Dark Ridge Olivine Deposit (pdf)
  21. Site NC-49: Sylva- US 23 Bypass Dunite (pdf)
Johnston County

No data available at this time

Jones County

No data available at this time

Lee County

No data available at this time

Lenoir County

No data available at this time

Lincoln County

No data available at this time

Macon County

  1. Site NC-14: Commissioner Creek Prospect (pdf)
  2. Site NC-16: Deposit Number Nine (Higdon Mine) (pdf)
  3. Site NC-20: Higdon Mine (Deposit Number Nine) (pdf)
  4. Site NC-34: Peterman Mine (pdf)
  5. Site NC-41: Unnamed Occurrence (Corbin Knob 7.5’ Quadrangle) (pdf)
  6. Site NC-45: Unnamed Prospect (Corbin Knob 7.5’ Quadrangle) (pdf)
  7. Site NC-47: Corundum Hill Mine (pdf)
Madison County

Naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) is found in ultramafic rock formations. This county has been identified as having ultramafic rock but there is no additional information available at this time.

Martin County

No data available at this time

McDowell County

No data available at this time

Mecklenburg County

No data available at this time

Mitchell County

  1. Site NC-24: J. H. Pannell Prospect (pdf)
  2. Site NC-39: Soapstone Branch Prospect (pdf)
  3. Site NC-42: Spruce Pine Unnamed Occurrences (pdf)
Montgomery County

No data available at this time

Moore County

No data available at this time

Nash County

No data available at this time

New Hanover County

No data available at this time

Northampton County

No data available at this time

Onslow County

No data available at this time

Orange County

No data available at this time

Pamlico County

No data available at this time

Pasquotank County

No data available at this time

Pender County

No data available at this time

Perquimans County

No data available at this time

Person County

No data available at this time

Pitt County

No data available at this time

Polk County

Naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) is found in ultramafic rock formations. This county has been identified as having ultramafic rock but there is no additional information available at this time.

Randolph County

No data available at this time

Richmond County

No data available at this time

Robeson County

No data available at this time

Rockingham County

No data available at this time

Rowan County

No data available at this time

Rutherford County

No data available at this time

Sampson County

No data available at this time

Scotland County

No data available at this time

Stanly County

No data available at this time

Stokes County

No data available at this time

Surry County

No data available at this time

Swain County

No data available at this time

Transylvania County

  1. Site NC-25: Jennings No. 1 Mine (pdf)
  2. Site NC-28: Kilpatrick Mine (pdf)
  3. Site NC-29: L. E. Cash Property (pdf)
  4. Site NC-31: Miller Mine (pdf)
  5. Site NC-33: Oakland Mine (pdf)
  6. Site NC-40: Socrates Corundum Mine (pdf)
  7. Site NC-46: Walnut Cove Mine (pdf)
Tyrrell County

No data available at this time

Union County

No data available at this time

Vance County

No data available at this time

Wake County

No data available at this time

Warren County

No data available at this time

Washington County

No data available at this time

Watauga County

Naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) is found in ultramafic rock formations. This county has been identified as having ultramafic rock but there is no additional information available at this time.

Wayne County

No data available at this time

Wilkes County

No data available at this time

Wilson County

No data available at this time

Yadkin County

No data available at this time

Yancey County

  1. Site NC-6: Blue Rock Mine (pdf)
  2. Site NC-10: C. W. Allen Prospect (pdf)
  3. Site NC-11: Cas Thomas Prospect (pdf)
  4. Site NC-23: J. C. Woody Mine (pdf)
  5. Site NC-32: Newdale Mine (pdf)
  6. Site NC-37: Sam Grindstaff Mine (pdf)




[ Topics A-Z | Communicable Disease Control | Exposure to Chemicals | Environmental Contaminants ]
[ Fish Consumption Advisories | HIV/STDs | Hurricane Information | Indoor Air Quality ]
[ Medical Evaluation & Risk Assessment | Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology ]
[ Occupational Illness & Injury | Ozone | Pfiesteria ]
[ Rabies | Tuberculosis | Veterinary Public Health ]
[ North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services ]

Page last updated on May 02, 2012