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Chrysotile from
Wood's Chrome Mine, Texas, Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysotile
Formula:Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Dozyite1 photo of Chrysotile associated with Dozyite at this locality.
Lizardite1 photo of Chrysotile associated with Lizardite at this locality.
Chromite1 photo of Chrysotile associated with Chromite at this locality.
Chromium-bearing Clinochlore1 photo of Chrysotile associated with Chromium-bearing Clinochlore at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysotile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wood's Chrome Mine, Texas, Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:132711
Long-form Identifier:1:3:132711:3
GUID (UUID V4):a287f1b7-5802-452e-9974-c057a54c7a2b
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysotile
2.7km (1.7 miles) Cedar Hill Quarry (Stoltzfuss Quarry), Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) Haines & Kibblehouse Penn-Maryland Materials Quarry, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) Jenkins Mine (Jenkins Corner; North Rock Springs), Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) Rock Springs Iron Mine, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) Line pit (Lowe's Mine), Cecil County, Maryland, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) Line pit (Lowe's Chromite Mine), Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) White Rock, Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
20.0km (12.4 miles) Maryland Green Marble Corporation Quarry (Cardiff Serpentine Quarry), Cardiff, Harford County, Maryland, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) Reed Mine, Jarretsville-Dublin Mining District, Harford County, Maryland, USA
41.4km (25.7 miles) Dickson's Quarry (Dixon's Quarry), Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
References
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Report (issue)
DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA 104 Na 2Al 2 Si3 Oi .2H 2 O; SiO 2 47.4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na...Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis: Fe 2 O3 CaO...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating
Report (issue)
PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES Bulletin M 18-C THE MINERALS of PENNSYLVANIA NON-METALLIC... CONTENTS Introduction Asbestos Barite Franklin County Fulton and Bucks Counties Corundum Page 1 1 5...Magnesite Phosphate minerals Cumberland County Juniata County 18 23 25 25 26 Potash 29 Quartz-Mint...Quartz-Mint 32 Rock salt 36 Crawford County Elk County 36 37 Erie and Forest Counties 38 McKean, Potter...inquiries about the occurrence of minerals in Pennsylvania that cannot be answered by referring the inquirer
Report (issue)
clinochrysotile curve______--_____-___.. The collection of chrysotile and lizardite curves..--Detailed analysis of...collection of chrysotile and lizardite curves Con. Detailed analysis of the chrysotile and lizardite...___________ Clinochrysotile (Globe-type), Gila County, Ariz___________________________________________...Clinoehrysotile (iron-bearing serpentine), Stillwater County, Mont_________________________ Clinochrysotile...Hill, Harford County, Md____________________ Clinochrysotile and lizardite, Morris County, N.J________
Report (issue)
Serpentine Rocks Of the Piedmont Upland Maryland, Pennsylvania And Delaware By NANCY C. PEARRE and ALLEN V...districts ______ -._-_____-_____-___._. Montgomery County, Md_-_-_---_---_-_-----------_-__--_-_-_Soldiers...____________ Mine descriptions_______________________________________ Montgomery County, Md___-_______________________...and Harris mines..-_---_-_-_--__-_______. Choate mine._________________________________ Unnamed mine__...mine__.-___-___-_-_-__.__-_.___-____ Calhoun mine---------.-.------------..------- 724 725 726 726 726 727
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Book (edition)
in this part of the series the mineralogist has little occasion to take note. Minerals differ in specific...separate fore. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY. 11 With a little ingenuity the student may construct a goniometer...forms under each of the systems that differ but little in angles from some of other systems for example...right one of the six planes will be 3c f & la. By a little study, the expressions for the other five adjoining...adjoining faces are at right angles to one another. The little ridges of the striated surfaces are made up of
Catalog/List
COVER PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped...... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite with austinite...fluo­ rescence under ultraviolet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...calcium hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite...Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue micro xls and coatings on
Report (volume)
California. Economic geology. Chromite, El Dorado County: Cater, F. W., Jr. Healdsburg quadrangle: Gealey...W. K. Mercur~·, New Almaden mines, Santa Clara County: Bailey, E. H. San Francisco Bay counties: Bowen...Bowen, 0. E , Jr., 3 Mineral resources, Fresno County: Logan, C. A. Geologic maps. Bitterwater Cre€k area:...Am. Jour. Botany-American Journal of Botany. Lancaster, Pa. Am. Jour. Sci.-American Journal of Science...Commission, Division of Geology Information Circular. Little Rock, Ark. Asoc. Mex. Ge6logos Petroleros Bol.-Asociaci6n
Report (volume)
Pub. Co. Texas, Tordilla Hill area, color: Shale nomenclature: Clark, T. H. ,6. South Texas Geol. Soc...described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:...J.,4. Excursion, Tertiary type-localiMontgomery County: Reade, ties: Rainwater, E. H. , 1. H. L. , Jr
Book (edition)
from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...cut gem 4. Mounce diamond crystal 5. Gibson's Ruby mine, Cowee Creek, North Carolina 6. Corundum Hill, North...Eldorado Bar, Montana 8. W. D. Baltzley 9. Ellis mine pocket, Hiddenite, North Carolina 10. View of American...Pedro mine, Pala, California 15. Morganite crystal from Pala, California 16. Hazel W. pegmatite mine, Pala
Book (edition)
mortised and tied together, so as to admit of a little movement at centre. Then, the model when in its...expressions, appearing at first sight possibly a little obscure, may be translated into simple language...[i-i] a [6>] As The abridged symbols need very little explanation additional to that given on p. 25....These relations may perhaps be made more clear by a little further through the vertical axis at Suppose a...; when this is not the case the relations are a little less simple. m MATHEMATICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
Book (edition)
aster, star.] HavThe ing the appearance of a stai mine. An oxyd having an acrid within. Alkali. Containing... a hammer,] 65. Mammillary, [Lat. mu?Kmilla, a little teat,] Micaceous, 53. Changed Containing man-...temperature of our globe rock as limestone but a little lower than it is, we should rarely see water except...by drop, and each drop as it dries, deposits a little carbonate of lime. At first it forms but a mere...the primary form, there would be comparatively little of that variety and beau ty which we actually find
Book (edition)
aditus, an entrance.] horizontal entrance to a mine. The material under chem* blowpipe examination...Hexagonal system, 33, Feldspathic. Of the same texas a principal ingredient con- Homogeneous. ture and...iesselated structure. Magnesian. Containing magnesia. little Nitrate. acid. A compound crystal, or one Mammillary...; and \vere the temperature of our globe but a little lower than it is, we should rarely see water Our...by drop, and each drop as it dries, deposits a little carbonate of lime. At first it forms but a mere
Book (edition)
COPYRIGHT BT EDWARD S. DANA 1877. Press of J. J. Little & Co* Astor Place, New York. PREFACE. " " Text-Book...mortised and tied together, so as to admit of a little movement at centre. Then, the model when in its...expressions, appearing at 'first sight possibly a little obscure, may be translated into simple language...oo : : # a a The abridged symbols need very little explanation additional to that given on p. 25....These relations may perhaps be made more clear by a little further explanation. Suppose a plane to pass through
Book (edition)
^ fe o -• vO y MINERALOGY AND MINING. Mine Accidents —Ventilation — Ore Dressing, Etc. DESCRIPTIVE...lific of valuable treats and advice." PRACTICAL MINE VENTILATION. WILSON. For the Use of Mining Engineers... Copyright bt EDWARD S. DANA 1877. Press of J. J. Little & Co* Astor Place, New York. ; PREFACE. preparation...above, there is also the department of Economic Mine) alogy, which is not here and (3) in the coarser...mortised and tied together, so as to admit of a little movement at centre. Then, the model when in its
Report (volume)
are as follows: COLORADO. Mineralogy. Montrose County, uranium-vanadium deposits: Weeks, A. D., 13R....origin of hard hematite: Park, C. F., Jr., 6. Pennsylvania, eastern: Gray, C., 10. Use of index. In general...Iron, Cook County, titaniferous magnetite: Grout, F. F., 5. IRON. Minnesota, Cook County, titaniferous...Journal. Birmingham, Ala. Ala. Geol. Survey Bull.; County Rept.; Inf. Ser.; Map; Mus. Paper; Special Rept...Rept. Alabama Geological Survey Bulletin; County Report; Information Series; Map; Museum Papers; Special
Book (edition)
the outstanding sho,vs of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections... I t is short but so discerning that it leaves little doubt of the existence of a limited but accurate...of the Middle Ages (c. 1100 A.D.), produced very little progress in mineralogy or at least no significant...treatises on mineralogy ,vere , vritten ,;,vhen little was known about minerals except ,vhat they looked...attractive forces emanating from the nuclei, leaving little attraction for outermost electrons, especially
Book (edition)
at the outstanding shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...Bet,-veen these extremes of literature there is little specifically aimed at the interests of amateurs...one species only, or even specimens only from one mine. Whatever limits the collector imposes on himself...twins of quartz which, to the beginner, may look little different from hundreds of other specimens of rock...earliest treatises on mineralogy were written when little was known about minerals except vvha t they looked
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...jointly by T he I\Iineralogical Society of G reat Britain and T he Mineralogical Society of Arnerica. Mineralogical...in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID... mud ness, for locating nodules for many A little embedded make will •" the trip need and hunting...tools you light in other purposes. such as little specimens freeing for or soft incrustations
Book (volume)
published by the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain. As formerly, an effort w^as made to remedy recognized...Verde Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona. In Nevada along the Virgin River in Clark County, and in distorted...distorted crystals from Humboldt County. From Borax Lake, San Bernardino County, California. In the Permian basin...of southeastern New Mexico and adjacent parts of Texas. Obtained from the waters of Great Salt Lake, Utah...southeastern New Mexico and adjacent parts of Texas. ^^ Alter. Sometimes formed as a Name. The compound
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and the Clanmullen Quarry, near Edenderry, King's County, presented by Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Bart., F.G...casts of corals from the Carboniferous Limestone of County Dublin, presented by H. B. Brady, Esq., F.G.S....several sheets of the Geological Survey-map of Great Britain and Ireland, presented by the Director-General...G.S., and of the Ordnance Survey-map of Great Britain, on the 1-inch and 6-inch scales, presented by...by Dr. A. Petermann. Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland. England. Nos.4, 6, 7, 9, 45 (N.E.
 
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