Pelham asbestos quarry (Record #473) past producer of asbestos in Hampshire county, MA

Geologic information

Name of site	Pelham asbestos quarry
Development	past producer
State	MA
County	Hampshire
Geographic location:	-72.441, 42.35
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Fibrous mineral	anthophyllite asbestos, chrysotile
Associated minerals	antigorite olivine enstatite chromite magnetite talc chlorite anorthite rutile tourmaline allanite apatite zoisite biotite vermiculite actinolite corundum hornblende epidote
Host rock types	metaharzburgite
Geologic map unit	-72.441, 42.35
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location

Reference information

Adams, J.H., 1870, Notice of asbestus and corundum with other minerals at Pelham, Mass.: American Journal of Science and Arts, v. 49, no. 146, p. 271-272.

Emerson, B.K., 1898, Geology of Old Hampshire County, Massachusetts, comprising Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties: U.S. Geological Survey Monograph 29, 790 p., 35 plates.

[http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/m29]

Emerson, B.K., 1917, Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 597, 289 p., 10 plates.

[http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b597]

Pearre, N.C., 1956, Mineral deposits and occurrences in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, exclusive of clay, sand and gravel, and peat: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map MR-4, scale 1:500,000.

[http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mr4]

Shannon, E.V., 1919, Famous mineral localities--The Pelham asbestus mine, Massachusetts: American Mineralogist, v. 4, no. 4, p. 37-39.

[http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM4/AM4_37.pdf]

Veblen, D.R., 1980, Anthophyllite asbestos--Microstructures, intergrown sheet silicates, and mechanisms of fiber formation: American Mineralogist, v. 65, nos. 11 and 12, p. 1075-1086.

[http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM65/AM65_1075.pdf]