Mount Cuba serpentine body (Record #420) occurrence of asbestos in New Castle county, DE

Mount Cuba serpentine body

occurrence of asbestos in New Castle county, DE

Geologic information

Name of site	Mount Cuba serpentine body
Development	occurrence
State	DE
County	New Castle
Geographic location:	-75.625, 39.795
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Fibrous mineral	asbestos
Associated minerals	serpentine talc magnetite augite olivine magnesite anthophyllite marmolite
Host rock types	serpentinite
Geologic map unit	-75.625, 39.795
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location

Reference information

Booth, J.C., 1841, Memoir of the Geological Survey of the State of Delaware, including the application of the geological observations to agriculture: Dover, Del., S. Kimmey, 188 p.

Pearre, N.C., and Heyl, A.V., Jr., 1960, Chromite and other mineral deposits in serpentine rocks of the Piedmont Upland, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1082-K, p. 707-833, plates 40-47.

[http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1082K]