Moro Phillips' chrome mine (Record #641) occurrence of asbestos in Chester county, PA

Moro Phillips' chrome mine

occurrence of asbestos in Chester county, PA

Geologic information

Name of site	Moro Phillips' chrome mine
Development	occurrence
State	PA
County	Chester
Geographic location:	-76.016, 39.737
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Fibrous mineral	chrysotile, amphibole asbestos
Associated minerals	lizardite talc olivine chromite pyroxene magnetite chlorite kammererite zaratite
Host rock types	metaperidotite
Geologic map unit	-76.016, 39.737
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location

Reference information

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

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.