Moro Phillips' chromite mine (Record #656) occurrence of asbestos in Delaware county, PA

Geologic information

Name of site	Moro Phillips' chromite mine
Development	occurrence
State	PA
County	Delaware
Geographic location:	-75.392, 39.969
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Fibrous mineral	chrysotile, amphibole asbestos
Associated minerals	serpentine chromite magnetite anthophyllite chlorite talc quartz limonite
Host rock types	metaperidotite
Geologic map unit	-75.392, 39.969
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location

Reference information

Genth, F.A., 1875, Preliminary report on the mineralogy of Pennsylvania: Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania--1874, Mineralogy, B, 238 p.

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.

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