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Talc from Massachusetts, USA

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Talc

Old Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
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Talc

Florida, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
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Talc

Old Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
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Talc, etc.

Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
08375820014946694701715.jpg
Talc

Old Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
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Talc

Florida, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
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Talc

Old Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
02635080015000145662292.jpg
Talc, etc.

Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
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Talc

Old Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
05644690014948561857100.jpg
Talc

Florida, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
09379800014946694703539.jpg
Talc

Old Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
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Talc, etc.

Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Massachusetts
    • Berkshire County
      • Adams
Western Massachusetts Geologic Resource Inventory, 3rd Ed., Alan R. Plante (Privately Published), 1994
"Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities" by Plante, A.R., Valley Geology Press, 1992
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
      • Cheshire
"Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities" by Plante, A.R., Valley Geology Press, 1992
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
Western Massachusetts Geologic Resource Inventory, 3rd Ed., Alan R. Plante (Privately Published), 1994
Western Massachusetts Geologic Resource Inventory, 3rd Ed., Alan R. Plante (Privately Published), 1994
Western Massachusetts Geologic Resource Inventory, 3rd Ed., Alan R. Plante (Privately Published), 1994
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
pubs.usgs.gov (n.d.) http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1189/downloads/asbestos_sites.xls.
        • Berkshire Talc Mine
Western Massachusetts Geologic Resource Inventory, 3rd Ed., Alan R. Plante (Privately Published), 1994
      • Lee
"Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities" by Plante, A.R., Valley Geology Press, 1992
      • Savoy
Western Massachusetts Geologic Resources Inventory, 3rd Ed., Alan R Plante (Privately Pubkished), 1994
Western Massachusetts Geologic Resource Inventory, 3rd Ed., Alan R. Plante (Privately Published), 1994
[var. Steatite] Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
Western Massachusetts Geologic Resource Inventory, 3rd Ed., Alan R. Plante (Privately Published), 1994
Western Massachusetts Geologic Resource Inventory, 3rd Ed., Alan R. Plante (Privately Published), 1994
    • Essex County
      • Andover
[var. Steatite] Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
      • Lynnfield
[var. Steatite]
[var. Steatite]
    • Franklin County
      • Rowe
Chute, Newton E. (1969) The talc, soapstone, and asbestos deposits of Massachusetts
"Western Massachuetts Mineral Localites" by Plante, A.R., Valley Geology Press, 1992
USGS Open-File Report 69-39, p. 8-10.
    • Hampden County
      • Blandford
"Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities" by Plante, A.R., Valley Geology Press, 1992
      • Chester
Lincks, G. Fred (1978) The Chester Emery Mines [Massachusetts]. The Mineralogical Record, 9 (4) 235-242
Lincks, G. Fred (1978) The Chester Emery Mines [Massachusetts]. The Mineralogical Record, 9 (4) 235-242
Alan R. Plante, Personal field notes, 1981-1985
Alan R. Plante, Personal field notes, 1965-1987
Lincks, G. Fred (1978) The Chester Emery Mines [Massachusetts]. The Mineralogical Record, 9 (4) 235-242
Alan R. Plante, Personal field and lab notes, 1985-1987
Alan R. Plante, Personal field and lab notes, 1982-1985
      • Holyoke
(1917) Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Bulletin Vol. 597. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b597
      • Russell
Foshag, William F., Wherry, Edgar T. (1922) Notes on the composition of talc. American Mineralogist, 7 (10) 167-170
Brownlow, 1960. Serpentine and Associated Rocks and Contact Minerals Near Westfield MA (MIT thesis)
Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication.
    • Hampshire County
[var. Steatite] Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
Chute, Newton E. (1969) The talc, soapstone, and asbestos deposits of Massachusetts
Holland, Gilbert H. (1855): History of Western Massachusetts, Vol. 1.
USGS Open-File Report 69-39, p. 8-10.
      • Pelham
Van Gosen, Bradley S. (2005) Reported historic asbestos mines, historic asbestos prospects, and natural asbestos occurrences in the eastern United States. USGS Open-File Report 2005-1189.
    • Middlesex County
Jackson, 1844. Final Report on The Geology and Mineralogy of NH, p. 169
      • Groton
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
    • Norfolk County
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
    • Worcester County
[var. Steatite] Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
      • Bolton
(1917) Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Bulletin Vol. 597. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b597
      • Fitchburg
Hitchcock, Edward (1841): Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts, Vol. 1., p. 157.
      • Millbury
[var. Steatite] Bullen, Ripley P. (1940). The Dolly Bond Steatite Quarry (Bull. of the Mass. Arch. Soc. 2:14).
[var. Steatite] Bullen, Ripley P. (1940). The Dolly Bond Steatite Quarry (Bull. of the Mass. Arch. Soc. 2:14).
      • Petersham
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
      • Shrewsbury
[var. Steatite] (1917) Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Bulletin Vol. 597. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b597
 
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