Conowingo Marble and Mineral Company serpentine quarry (Record #496) occurrence of asbestos in Cecil county, MD

Conowingo Marble and Mineral Company serpentine quarry

occurrence of asbestos in Cecil county, MD

Geologic information

Name of site	Conowingo Marble and Mineral Company serpentine quarry
Development	occurrence
State	MD
County	Cecil
Geographic location:	-76.187, 39.709
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Fibrous mineral	chrysotile
Associated minerals	antigorite talc chromite calcite
Host rock types	serpentinite
Geologic map unit	-76.187, 39.709
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Reference information

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]

Puffer, J.H., Germine, M., Hurtubise, D.O., Mrotek, K.A., and Bello, D.M., 1980, Asbestos distribution in the Central Serpentine District of Maryland-Pennsylvania: Environmental Research, v. 23, p. 233-246.