John Stacker's quarry (Record #661) occurrence of asbestos in Delaware county, PA

John Stacker's quarry

occurrence of asbestos in Delaware county, PA

Geologic information

Name of site	John Stacker's quarry
Development	occurrence
State	PA
County	Delaware
Geographic location:	-75.368, 40.047
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Fibrous mineral	amphibole asbestos, chrysotile
Associated minerals	serpentine enstatite chromite vermiculite sepiolite genthite quartz chalcedony
Host rock types	metapyroxenite, metaperidotite
Geologic map unit	-75.368, 40.047
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]