Carter (Texas) mine (Record #639) occurrence of asbestos in Lancaster county, PA

Carter (Texas) mine

occurrence of asbestos in Lancaster county, PA

Geologic information

Name of site	Carter (Texas) mine
Development	occurrence
State	PA
County	Lancaster
Geographic location:	-76.1, 39.731
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Fibrous mineral	clinochrysotile
Associated minerals	stevensite hydromagnesite dolomite brookite magnetite chromite magnesite zaratite
Host rock types	serpentinite
Geologic map unit	-76.1, 39.731
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Reference information

Gordon, S.G., 1922, The mineralogy of Pennsylvania: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication No. 1, 255 p.

Faust, G.T., and Fahey, J.J., 1962, The serpentine-group minerals: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 384-A, 92 p.

[http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp384A]

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]