Castle Point occurrence (Record #578) occurrence of asbestos in Hudson county, NJ

Castle Point occurrence

occurrence of asbestos in Hudson county, NJ

Geologic information

Name of site	Castle Point occurrence
Development	occurrence
State	NJ
County	Hudson
Geographic location:	-74.024, 40.745
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Fibrous mineral	chrysotile
Associated minerals	serpentine chlorite dolomite calcite chromite talc aragonite brucite hydromagnesite magnesite magnetite anthophyllite
Host rock types	serpentinite
Geologic map unit	-74.024, 40.745
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location

Reference information

Newland, D.H., 1901, The serpentines of Manhattan Island and vicinity and their accompanying minerals: New York City, N.Y., Columbia University, The School of Mines Quarterly, v. 22, p. 307-317, 399-410.

Germine, Mark, 1981, Asbestiform serpentine and amphibole group minerals in the northern New Jersey area: Newark, N.J., Rutgers University M.S. thesis, 239 p.

Germine, Mark, and Puffer, J.H., 1981, Distribution of asbestos in the bedrock of the northern New Jersey area: Environmental Geology, v. 3, p. 337-351.