Latitude: 42°21'0"N
Longitude: 72°26'27"W
Mine operated 1873-1874. Host rock is metaharzburgite.
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26 entries listed. 17 valid minerals.
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References
Emerson, B. K. (1895): A Mineralogical Lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties, Massachusetts (USGS Bulletin 126).
Emerson, B. K. (1917). Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. (USGS Pub.597)
Shannon, Earl V. (1919). Famous mineral localities: the Pelham asbestos mine (American Mineralogist 4:37-39).
Chute, Newton E. (1945). The Talc, Soapstone and Asbestos Deposits of Massachusetts (USGS Open File Report 69-39).
Van Gosen, B.S. (2005). Reported Historic Asbestos Mines, Historic Asbestos Prospects, and Natural Asbestos Occurrences in the Eastern United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005–1189.
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