Asbestos Statistics and Information

Asbestos is a generic name given to six fibrous minerals that have been used in commercial products.  The six types of asbestos are chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, anthophyllite asbestos, tremolite asbestos, and actinolite asbestos.  Several properties that make asbestos so versatile and cost effective are high tensile strength, chemical and thermal stability, high flexibility, low electrical conductivity, and large surface area.  The leading domestic markets are roofing products, gaskets, and friction products.  Nearly all of the asbestos produced worldwide is chrysotile.

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Annual Publications

Mineral Commodity Summaries

• Asbestos
    PDF Format:
       | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |2013 |2014 |2015 |2016 |2017 |2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
• Appendixes

Mineral Industry Surveys

• World Asbestos Consumption (updates USGS Circular 1298 "Worldwide Asbestos Supply and Consumption Trends from 1900 through 2003")
    PDF Format:
  | 2003-2007 |
    XLS Format:
  | 2003-2007 |

Minerals Yearbook

• Asbestos
    PDF Format:
       | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
    XLS Format:
       | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 tables-only release | 2021 tables-only release | 2022 tables-only release | 2023 tables-only release |
• Archive
       | 1932-1993 |

Special Publications

• Asbestos: Geology, Mineralogy, Mining, and Uses
  OF-02-149
• Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities in the United States
  Data Series 140
  • Asbestos
• Mineral Commodity Profiles -- Asbestos
  Circular 1255-KK
• Mineralogy and Morphology of Amphiboles Observed in Soils and Rocks in El Dorado Hills, California
  OF-2006-1362
• Reconnaissance Study of the Geology of U.S. Vermiculite Deposits—Are Asbestos Minerals Common Constituents
  Bulletin 2192
• Reported Historic Asbestos Mines, Historic Asbestos Prospects, and Other Natural Asbestos Occurrences in California
  OF-2011-1188
• Reported Historic Asbestos Mines, Historic Asbestos Prospects, and Natural Asbestos Occurrences in the Eastern United States
  OF-2005-1189
• Reported Historic Asbestos Prospects and Natural Asbestos Occurrences in the Central United States
  OF-2006-1211
• Reported Historic Asbestos Mines, Historic Asbestos Prospects, and Natural Asbestos Occurrences in the Rocky Mountain States of the United States (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, and Wyoming)
  OF-2007-1182
• Reported Historic Asbestos Mines, Historic Asbestos Prospects, and Natural Asbestos Occurrences in the Southwestern United States (Arizona, Nevada, and Utah)
  OF-2008-1095
• Reported Historic Asbestos Mines, Historic Asbestos Prospects, and Other Natural Occurrences of Asbestos in Oregon and Washington
  OF-2010-1041
• Tabulation of Asbestos-related Terminology
  OF-02-458
• A USGS Study of Talc Deposits and Associated Amphibole Asbestos within Mined Deposits of the Southern Death Valley Region, California 
  OF-2004-1092
• Worldwide Asbestos Supply and Consumption Trends from 1900 through 2003
  Circular 1298 (Supersedes Open-File Report OF-03-083)
  Note: Data are updated via the Mineral Industry Surveys publication listed in the annual publication section of this page.