Tea Pond area serpentine (Record #504) occurrence of asbestos in Franklin county, ME

Tea Pond area serpentine

occurrence of asbestos in Franklin county, ME

Geologic information

Name of site	Tea Pond area serpentine
Development	occurrence
State	ME
County	Franklin
Geographic location:	-70.5303, 45.23
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Fibrous mineral	clinochrysotile
Associated minerals	serpentine chlorite magnesite talc carbonate chromite muscovite olivine orthopyroxene epidote sulfides
Host rock types	serpentinite
Geologic map unit	-70.5303, 45.23
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location

Reference information

Wing, L.A., and Dawson, A.S., 1949, Preliminary report on asbestos and associated rocks of northwestern Maine: Augusta, Maine, Maine Development Commission, Maine Geological Survey, Report of the State Geologist 1947-1948, p. 30-62.

Boudette, E.L., 1982, Ophiolite assemblage of early Paleozoic age in central western Maine, in St-Julien, P., and Beland, J., eds., Major structural zones and faults of the northern Appalachians: Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 24, p. 209-230.

King, V.T., and Foord, E.E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine--Volume 1, Descriptive mineralogy: Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation, 418 p.