Barnes Hill locality (Record #718) occurrence of asbestos in Washington county, VT

Barnes Hill locality

occurrence of asbestos in Washington county, VT

Geologic information

Name of site	Barnes Hill locality
Development	occurrence
State	VT
County	Washington
Geographic location:	-72.6923, 44.4005
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Fibrous mineral	chrysotile
Associated minerals	antigorite magnesite dolomite talc magnetite chromite olivine pyroxene chlorite
Host rock types	serpentinite
Geologic map unit	-72.6923, 44.4005
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Reference information

Chidester, A.H., Stewart, G.W., and Morris, D., 1952, Geologic map of the Barnes Hill talc prospect, Waterbury, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Field Studies Map MF-7.

[http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf7]

Chidester, A.H., 1962, Petrology and geochemistry of selected talc-bearing ultramafic rocks and adjacent country rocks in north-central Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 345, 207 p., 7 plates.

[http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp345]