Jenkins (Todd) mine (Record #494) past producer of asbestos in Harford county, MD

Jenkins (Todd) mine

past producer of asbestos in Harford county, MD

Geologic information

Name of site	Jenkins (Todd) mine
Development	past producer
State	MD
County	Harford
Geographic location:	-76.377, 39.699
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Fibrous mineral	tremolite asbestos, anthophyllite asbestos
Associated minerals	talc dolomite calcite actinolite limonite malachite tetrahedrite picrolite quartz psilomelane
Host rock types	dunite
Geologic map unit	-76.377, 39.699
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location

Reference information

Ostrander, C.W., and Price, W.E., Jr., 1940, Minerals of Maryland: Baltimore, Md., Natural History Society of Maryland, 92 p.

Bangs, Herbert, 1946, Asbestos in Maryland: Baltimore, Md., Natural History Society of Maryland, Maryland Journal of Natural History, v. 16, no. 4, p. 67-73.

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]

Bowles, Oliver, 1955, The asbestos industry: U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 552, 122 p.