Rose's quarry (Record #664) occurrence of asbestos in Montgomery county, PA

Geologic information

Name of site	Rose's quarry
Development	occurrence
State	PA
County	Montgomery
Geographic location:	-75.276, 40.059
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Fibrous mineral	amphibole asbestos
Associated minerals	enstatite hypersthene serpentine talc prochlorite dolomite bornite millerite
Host rock types	metapyroxenite, metaperidotite
Geologic map unit	-75.276, 40.059
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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