Taylor's quarry (Record #657) occurrence of asbestos in Chester county, PA

Taylor's quarry

occurrence of asbestos in Chester county, PA

Geologic information

Name of site	Taylor's quarry
Development	occurrence
State	PA
County	Chester
Geographic location:	-75.614, 39.974
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Fibrous mineral	amphibole asbestos, chrysotile
Associated minerals	serpentine chromite epidote talc magnetite deweylite calcite aragonite magnesite
Host rock types	metaperidotite
Geologic map unit	-75.614, 39.974
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location

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]