Split Rock Pond iron mine (Record #597) occurrence of asbestos in Morris county, NJ

Split Rock Pond iron mine

occurrence of asbestos in Morris county, NJ

Geologic information

Name of site	Split Rock Pond iron mine
Development	occurrence
State	NJ
County	Morris
Geographic location:	-74.438, 40.9763
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Fibrous mineral	chrysotile, asbestiform actinolite
Associated minerals	pyroxene hornblende serpentine calcite dolomite magnetite chondrodite mica
Host rock types	marble, pyroxene skarn, hornblende skarn
Geologic map unit	-74.438, 40.9763
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location

Reference information

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.