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FILE NAME: RT Vanderbilt (RTV) DATE: 1977 May
DOC#: RTV092 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: US Dept of Health Report - Analysis of Talc by X-Ray Diffraction and Polarized Light Microscopy
ANALYSIS OF TALC BY X-RAY DIFFRACTION AND POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY
Lucy B. MeCrone
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Walter C. MeCrone Associates, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois 60616 '
Contract No. CDC 210-75-0083
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE
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Public Health Service
Center for D isease Control
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
May 1977
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PRODUCT TALC SAMPLES FOR LABORATORY ANALYSIS
DSHEFS Sample
Company and Sample Designation
Gouverneur Talc Company (NY)
001
Nytal 300
Gouverneur Talc Company (NY)
002
Nytal 400
Gouverneur Talc Company (NY)
003
5X
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Gouverneur Talc Company (NY)
004
325 .
Source of
Sample
Supplier
Supplier 1 l
Supplier
Supplier
'005
Gouverneur Talc Company (NY) X
Supplier
Gouverneur Talc Company (NY)
006 FT
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Gouverneur Talc Company (NY)
007
3X
' Supplier |
i Supplier
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Johnson & Johnson,^Vermont 009 Product Talc (98% Pure)
Company
Hitchcock Talc Company 034 Murphy, N.C., Product Talc
Harvard
Windsor Minerals, Gassets "37".
035 July 29, 1975 (Vermont)
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Harvard
Windsor Minerals, West Windsor 036 Mineral Ray Grind Composite, Verroor Harvard
Windsor Minerals, Ludlow "36" ti 037 July 29-30, 19 7"5 (Vermont) "
. Harvard
Windsor Minerals, "Gassetts" 03S 36, July 28-30, 1975 (Vermont)
Harvard
Vermont Talc Co- Bagging Bulk
039 Sample, 7/16/75, 2nd shift, VT _ Harvard
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PRODUCT TALC SAMPLES FOR LABORATORY ANALYSIS
DSHEFS Sample
A
Company end Sample Designation
Source :
of
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Sample
Vermont Talc Company - Bagging
j
Bulk Sample, vertal- XXXD
040
9/17/75 1st shift rve-rmontl '
Harvard
Southern Talc Co. (Cohutta Mill)
Chatsworth, Ga. Product (Powder)
.041--- ample Mine- I.D-. -04-00493.....
MESA
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Packer Station #3, Vanderbilt Talc,
Mill it1 Gouvemeur, N.Y.
NIOSH -
042 . . 1st-shift 11/4/75 (FT) ......
Survey -
Packer Station #2, Vanderbilt Talc, NIOSH Mill #1 Gouverneur, N.Y.
043
(Nytal 100), 1st shift 11/4/75
Survey
Ceramicalc HDT, Vanderbilt Talc Co.
1st shift 11/4/75 (NY) 044
NIOSH Survey
Bagging Station #3, Vanderbilt Talc
Co., Mill #1, Gouverneur, N.Y.
NIOSH
045
11/4/75 (Nvcal 200)
Survey
Hitchcock Corp. #5 Mine
046
I M 3100222 INC)
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Hitchcock Corp., #3 Mine
ID#3100683 (NC)
'
047
MESA MSA
Wray Mine l Mill, Int.
Minerals and chemicals 048 . _ ID# 31-0008 (Vermont)
. MESA
Bagging Station, Vandervilt Talc Co. 2nd shift, Mill #1
NIOSH
049
Gouverneur', N.Y. (Nytal 300) 11/3/7.purvey
Bagging Station, Vanderbilt, 2nd
shift, 11/3/75 (Nytal 200)
NIOSH
050
Mill #1, Gouverneur, N.Y.
Survey
Southern 'laic g o ., Southern Mill
Product Talc sample, Chatsworth, Ga
051
Rock Cliff Mine, ID# 0900492, 9/3/7' MESA
Gjr* Southern Talc Co., Southern Mill,
Chatsworth, Ga. ore from Rock Cliff
052
IDft 09-00492
MESA
(qn Southern Talc Co., Southern Mill
Ore from Judge Hole Mine
053
ID# 09-00492
MEAS
iinterboro Mine A Mill. American
054 TMianlec, CoO.r,e Aflrpoimne(,MoAnlta)., W1i0l5l0o1-c0r0e4e5k5 1MESA
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PRODUCT TALC SAMPLES FOR LABORATORY ANALYSIS
DS1IEFS Sample
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Company and Sample Designation
Source ) Of '
Sample
055 056. 057 058 059 060 061
Thompscm-Weiman Co., Cartersville, MESA
Plant, Cartersville, Ga., Ore from Brady Mine, ID#09~00224
9/5/74
Cohutta Mill, Southern Talc Co.
Chatsworth, Ga. 9/3/74, Ore from
Ernest.Mine ID#09-00493
MESA
American Talc Co., Alpine, Ga. .
Winterboro Mine & Mill, 9/5/75 _ #01-00433, Final Prod.Ore from Mont MESA
Pioneer Tale Co, Garren" Pit Prod.
#6, Allamore, Hudspeth Co., Texas
ID# 41-00869
MESA
Pioneer Talc Co. Inc., Apache
Pit Product, #4, Texas ID# 41-00869
MESA
Pioneer Talc Co. Inc., #4
Texola Pit Product, Texas
ID# 41-00869
MESA
Southern Clay Products, it2,
i
Bottom Product, Allamore, Hudspeth
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Co,, Texas #18
MESA
!
Miiwhite Co. Inc., Van Horn,
1
Cumbarson Co, Texas ID#4l701527
I
062
Ground Calcined Product
MESA
|
Miiwhite Co. Inc., #11, Van Horn,
Culberson Co. Texas,.Eagle Hat 063 Pit Crude ID#41-01527
MESA
Pioneer Talc Co., Allamore, Hudapetl
Co, Texas, #8 Garren Ceramic
064
ID# 41-00869
MESA
Miiwhite Co. Inc., Van Horn, Texas
#14 Tumble Down Pit Product, 065 ID# 41-01527
MESA
Emtal 42, Eastern Magnesia Talc .
066 Co. Vermont 8/28/75
HARVARD !
Pfizer (Barretts Mill) Montana
NIOSH
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067 minus 12 micron '
** Survey |
Pfizer (Barretts Mill) Montana
068
minus 325 mesh
NI0SH Survey
Pfizer (Barretts Mill) Montana 069 ainus 20 microns
STIOSH Survey
PRODUCT TALC SAMPLES FOR LABORATORY ANALYSIS
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"dsheTfs Sample t) 070
071
072
073
074 075
Company 2.nd Sample Designation
Cyprus (Three Forks Mill) Montana minus 325 mesh
Cyprus (Three Forks Mill) Montana Mistron Vapor (minus 10 micron)
Cyprus (Three Forks Mill)' Montana Floor Sweepings (Bagging Area) .
Cyprus (Yellowstone Mine) Montana
Drill Hole
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Southern Talc (Southern Mill). Ga.
982 passing 200 mesh
Southern Talc (Southern Mill) Ga. 99% passing 325 mesh (il 1767)
Source ; of j
Sample i NIOSH Survey NIOSH Survey NIOSH Survey NIOSH Survey NI0SH Survey NIOSH Survey
Southern Talc (Cohutta Mill) Ga.. NIOSH
95% passing 325 mesh 76
Survey
2
Southern Talc (Cohutta Mill) Ga. NIOSH
077 25% passing 200 mesh
Survey
Milwhite Talc Co. Inc. (Tex.) Finished CM4 product m 078 -
NIOSH Survey
Westex Talc Co. (TDM) Dark'-(Milwhite Inc.) 079
Tex.
NIOSH
Survey
Milwhite Talc Co. (Tex) Marshal mix - 92-200 mesh 080
NIOSH Survey
Westex Talc Co. (Milwhite Inc.)(Tex NIOSH
White mine 93-200 mesh 081
Survey
Southern Clay Products - Tex.
NIOSH
082
Garten Mine #2
*' Survey
Texas Talc Co. - TP1 (Tex.)
083
line (Texas Pacific)
1I0SH
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Survey
Texas Talc Co. 084 David Mine
Tex.
NIOSH Survey
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PRODUCI TALC SAMPLES FOR LABORATORY ANALYSIS
DSHEFS Saahle
f
085
Cc-p&ny and Sample Designation
Texas Tale Co. (Tex.) TP2 Mine
086 '
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Co. Loyce Pine Mine (Tex.) '
Pioneer Talc Co. Inc. (Tex.)
087
Texola Mine
'
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Pioneer Talc Co. Inc. (Tex.)
088
Dees Mine
Milwhite Co. Inc. Bryant
089
Soapstone Mine Arkansas
Source of
Sample NIOSH Survey NIQSH Survey NI0SH Survey NIOSH
Survey NIOSH Survey .
Laws Mill (Calif.) .
. NIOSH
090
Clay sample, kaolin + 1% glue
Survey
Laws Mill Micro talc from
NIOSH
White Eagle Mine (Calif)
091
Standard Industrial Minerals
Survey
Laws Mill (Calif)
.
NIOSH
Desert Talc
092
Standard Industrial Minerals
Survey
^aws Mill (Calif) *
NIOSH
093 . *StandZriaA?dustrial Minerals
Survey
siosh
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Keeler T-076 (Cyprus) (Calif)
094
Tecopa Mine (1002 Panamat)
Survey
*I0SH Keeler HGO-55 Blend (Cyprus)(Cal)
095
4 Panamint, 3 Oasis, 3 White Eagle Survey
OSH Keeler Sierra Cloud Blend (Cyprus)
096
^P^n^nint, 1 White Eagle
Survey
iioSfi Keeler, MSC Mistron (Cyprus)(Calif
097
Panamint + 0.5% stearite
Survey
NIOSH Keeler Sierralite (Cyprus)(Calif
Talc City (Frisco) 098
Survey
NIOSH Keeler Glacier 200 (Cyprus)(Calif
Talc City (Tailings) 399
Survey
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PRODUCT TALC SAMPLES FOR LABORATORY ANALYSIS
DSHBFS Staple
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Corpar.y and Sapple Designation
Source of
Sample
Keeler USP
(Cyprus)(Calif) NIOSH
100
Oasis Mine (100%)
Survey
Keeler (Calif) (Cyprus)
io i
White 'Eagle Screenings
NI0SH Survey
Keeler (Calif) (Cyprus)
NIOSH
102
Suggar Mine
- Survey
Pfizer (Cal) Taleron CP 44-31
NIOSH
103
Eclipse, Bonnie, Mongolian
Survey
NIOSH
Pfizer (Cal) Cercron CF 96-38
104
Eclipse, Acme, Mongolian
Survey
Pfizer cercron CF 96-36 (Calif) NIOSH
105
White Eagle, Mongolian, Apex
Survey
NIOSH Cyprus (LA) Furnace Creek (Calif)
106
Tecopa (100% Panamint)
Survey
Cyprus (LA) Vanderbilt crude
107
Soft LB (Calif)
NIOSH Survey
American Talc (Alabama) 84 Color SIIOSH
Dark 200 Mesh ore from Willow
Survey
108 1 Creek Mine in Mont.
American Talc (Alabama) 92 Color SIOSH
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99% 400 Mesh ore from Willor Creek
109
tti Mrtrtt.
*
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Ludlow Gassetts Mill (Vermont)
no
Windsor Minerals
Product
West Windsor Mill (Vermont)
111
Windsor Minerals
Product
West Windsor Mill (Vermont)
Hamraondsville Mine
112
Windsor Minerals
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Vermont Talc Company (Vermont)
113
Chester Mill
Vertal 77
Vermont Composite Sample .
114
Moretown, Vermont
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DSKEFS SAMPLE
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DESIGNATION
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R.T. Vanderbilt NY).-
115 Mouidene
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117 Resubmittal of #089
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SOURCE OF
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Company
R.T. Vanderbilt (NY) U 9 Fibertal 1
Company
R.T..Vanderbilt (NY) 120 Fibertal 6
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R.T. Vanderbilt (NY) 121 Fibertal 12
Company
California Mine no longer in 122 operation
MESA
Western Talc (California) 123 (R.T. Vanderbilt) MESA ID #0401138 MESA
American Talc Co, Alpine, Ala.
Wmterboro Mine e Mill Primary
Crusher, Sample 9/S/74..ID#01-0043:
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MESA
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United States Department of the Interior
MINING ENFORCEMENT AND SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
F.O. DOX 25367 DENVER FEDERAL CENTER
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DENVER. COLORADO 80225
DENVER TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER Industrial Health Group
March 30, 1976 File: HLS 3-l-6h
Memorandum:
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To: From:.
Sarkis Ampian, Physical Scientist Bureau of Mines, Washington, D. C.
Chief, Industrial Health Group
Subject: Gouverneur Talc Fiber Samples
Enclosed Is a listing of 25 samples collected at the Gouverneur
Talc Company, Balmat, NY. The samples, submitted by personnel
in the Albany Subdistrict Office, Northeast District, MESA,
were evaluated for fiber concentration using the method described
in the NIOSH criteria document.
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The filters submitted are not representative of the fiber concen
trations found but were selected to include different occupational
exposures and concentrations of one fiber/ral or greater as deter
mined by the technique mentioned above. A wedge was removed from
the filter when it was received to prepare a microscopic slide for
count evaluation. We have split the remaining portion of the filter
sending one-half to you and retaining the remaining portion. To
protect the face of the filter, it has been shipped in a petrie
disc (dust side up) with a small piece of tape securing the filter
to'the base of the disc with the tape covering only the clean edge
of the filter.
If you have any questions concerning these filters, please contact me,(phone 234-4824).
Glen W. Sutton
Enclosure CCS A. 2. Dimitroff
A. Goodwin Subdistrict Manager
Albany, NY
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GOUVERNEUR TALC FIBER SAMPLE KE5ULTS
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Filter No.
HS-105 KA-272 NA-261 CC-130 CC-90 GH.-193 EF-281 Jf-24 MS-168 HS-115 WV-125 JK-23 MP-36 MP-31 GR.-176 LL-110 LP-173 RF-25 RL-123 KF-60 AI-262 GH-205 GH-192 WB-42 IL-136
Card No,
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005541 005512 005514 005545 006246 006987 005502
005494 005539 005538 0C5327 005485 006972 006970 006984 006704 006266 006335 006322 006341 006243 006230 006228 006959 006708
Location
#3 mine/423 stope, (tramming)
if 2 mine/drilling
#2 raine/drillJ-ng
if1 mi.il/bagging
i f l mill/pallatizing .
33 mill/pallatizing
31 mine/crushing 700 level
6N mi.il/marki.ng bags
33 mine/423 stope, (tramming)
33 mine/423 stope, (tramming)
vX mill/in control room
6N mill/equipment survalence
6N mill/conveying bags
6N mill/conveying bags
33 mill/pallatizing bags
31 mill/conveyer repair
33 mill/bagging
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6N mill/bagging
31 mill/equipment survalence
6N mill/bagging
32 mine/drilling-quarry
33 mill/operating fork lift
33 mill/operating fork lift
32 mill/pallatizing
31 mill/pallatizing
Fiber/ml
2.2 5.9 3.3 3.3 4.4 3.1 2.8 2.5 5.0 4.0 2.3 2.2 4.6 ' 2.9 4.2 1.0 8.2 2.0 2.3 2.0 2.9 3.9 3.1 2.0 1.3
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL
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January 30, 1976
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n a tio n a l in st itu te tor occupational
s a p e t v ANO h e a l t h W - POST OFFICE ANO COURTHOUSE
CINCINNATI. OHIO *5202
Room 532
E.J. Podgorski, Subdistrict Manager MESA, Metal and Mon-metal Mine
Health and Safety Room 309, Federal Building Albany, New iork 12201
Dear Mr. Podorski: ,
The fifteen airborne dust samples collected by MESA at the Gouverneur Talc Company, No. 3 Mine and Mill which were submitted by Glen Sutton on November 11, 1975 have been analyzed for asbestos fibers by our labora tory. Asbestos fibers (3 to 1 aspect ratio) greater than 5 pm in length were counted using a Zeltz phase contrast microscope at 400X magnification. . The counting field area for this microscope is 0,0074 mm2.
The results of our analyses are attached and compared with concentrations determined by MESA's Denver Technical Support Center. In general, our counts are 2 to 10 times the MESA values. We have verified our counts by having 3 different counters count several of these samples. In all cases, results were within + 15%.
The reasons for the large disparity in lab results is unclear; however,
before your report is submitted to the company, 1 would suggest another
counting comparison and discussion of techniques. I am sending Glen
Sutton 15 of our samples collected at the Gouverneur Talc Company,
No. 1 Mine and Mill for theIk comparison counts.
o
Should you have any questions, please call me at (513) 684-3255.
Sincerely yours**
L L t /ftf.
cct Glen Sutton Jim Salosls Aurel Goodwin
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John M. Dement
Assistant Branch Chief
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Environmental Investigations Branch
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WES000497
RESULTS OP NIOSH FIBER COUNTS ON 15 GOUVERNEUR TALC COMPANY, NO, 3 MINE AND MILL AIR SAMPLES
. 1 fl
Sample v
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MS-155 (34) n p r - >
MS-171 (35) c '-* *
DJ-104 (44)
D J - 92 (45) r - ^
DJ-170 (46) /';> '
DJ-190 (47)
MS- 70 (49)
JA-106 (51)
JA-188 (57) i iJ
JA-188- (58)
DJ-114 (63) A'.i-t
GR-195 (96)
GR-178 (98)
GR-184 (9 9 ) <*
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GR-185 (1 0 1 ) f
Fiber Cone., Fibers > 5 pm/cc
MESA
3.0
2.3
4.3
t
No Count
3.7
1-5 No Count
0.7
0.8
0.09 2.9
2.8
4.1
35 25
NIOSH ' .., i> _ . .
10.2
6.4
10.5
14.9*
10.7 9.0
15.7* 6,5 8.5
1.0
17.7
13.7 '
19.0
20.6
16.4
* Very heavy, .concentrations reported represent minimum le v e ls
WES000498
