Village Green (Hannum) asbestos pits (Record #648) past producer of asbestos in Delaware county, PA

Village Green (Hannum) asbestos pits

past producer of asbestos in Delaware county, PA

Geologic information

Name of site	Village Green (Hannum) asbestos pits
Development	past producer
State	PA
County	Delaware
Geographic location:	-75.433, 39.865
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Fibrous mineral	amphibole asbestos
Associated minerals	serpentine talc clinochlore
Host rock types	metaperidotite
Geologic map unit	-75.433, 39.865
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Reference information

Rand, T.D., Jefferis, W.W., and Cardeza, J.T.M., 1893, Mineral localities of Philadelphia and vicinity: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia--1892, v. 44, p. 174-202.

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]