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Carleton quarry (Chester talc mine)

occurrence of asbestos in Windsor county, VT

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Geologic information

Name of siteCarleton quarry (Chester talc mine)
Developmentoccurrence
StateVT
CountyWindsor
Geographic location:-72.6336, 43.272
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Fibrous mineralanthophyllite asbestos, actinolite(?) asbestos
Associated mineralsserpentine
talc
dolomite
calcite
chlorite
biotite
magnetite
jimthompsonite
clinojimthompsonite
chesterite
tourmaline
pyrite
apatite
pyrrhotite
quartz
spinel
Host rock typesmeta-ultramafic intrusion, serpentinite
Geologic map unit-72.6336, 43.272
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Reference information

Gillson, J.L., 1927, Origin of the Vermont talc deposits, with a discussion on the formation of talc in general: Economic Geology, v. 22, no. 3, p. 246-287.
[http://econgeol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/22/3/246]
Phillips, A.H., and Hess, H.H., 1936, Metamorphic differentiation at contacts between serpentinite and siliceous country rocks: American Mineralogist, v. 21, no. 6, p. 333-362.
[http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM21/AM21_333.pdf]
Zodac, Peter, 1940, A talc quarry near Chester, Vermont: Rocks and Minerals, v. 15, no. 11, p. 369-371.
Bain, G.W., 1942, Vermont talc and asbestos deposits, in Newhouse, W.H., ed., Ore deposits as related to structural features: Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, p. 255-258.
Chidester, A.H., Billings, M.P., and Cady, W.M., 1951, Talc investigations in Vermont--Preliminary report: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 95, 33 p., 1 plate.
[http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/cir95]
Veblen, D.R., Buseck, P.R., and Burnham, C.W., 1977, Asbestiform chain silicates--New minerals and structural groups: Science, v. 198, no. 4315, p. 359-365.
Veblen, D.R., and Burnham, C.W., 1978a, New biopyriboles from Chester, Vermont--I, Descriptive mineralogy: American Mineralogist, v. 63, nos. 9-10, p. 1000-1009.
[http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM63/AM63_1000.pdf]
Veblen, D.R., and Buseck, P.R., 1979, Chain-width order and disorder in biopyriboles: American Mineralogist, v. 64, nos. 7-8, p. 687-700.
[http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM64/AM64_687.pdf]