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Antigorite from
Line pit (Lowe's Mine), Cecil County, Maryland, USA


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Antigorite
Formula:Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Comments:Found near the numerous porphyry dykes and not uncommon in the Sacramento contact zone. Cole Shaft-1400 level, as a white-green flaky material with pyrite. Holbrook shaft-500 level, 555 drift, banded pink and green layers of platy antigorite with calcite, pyrite and hematite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Antigorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Line pit (Lowe's Mine), Cecil County, Maryland, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:244303
Long-form Identifier:1:3:244303:4
GUID (UUID V4):e222d9c6-1125-4906-ab62-6b81c38df7fb
Nearest other occurrences of Antigorite
0.0km (0.0 miles) Line pit (Lowe's Chromite Mine), Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) Rock Springs Iron Mine, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Red Pit Mine, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Jenkins Mine (Jenkins Corner; North Rock Springs), Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Haines & Kibblehouse Penn-Maryland Materials Quarry, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Cedar Hill Quarry (Stoltzfuss Quarry), Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) Wood's Chrome Mine, Texas, Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) Maryland Green Marble Corporation Quarry (Cardiff Serpentine Quarry), Cardiff, Harford County, Maryland, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) Cherry Hill Mine, Jarretsville-Dublin Mining District, Harford County, Maryland, USA
27.3km (17.0 miles) Wilkins Mine (Wilkens Mine; John W. Carman Property), Jarretsville-Dublin Mining District, Harford County, Maryland, USA
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Deposits in Serpentine Rocks Of the Piedmont Upland Maryland, Pennsylvania And Delaware By NANCY C. PEARRE...districts ______ -._-_____-_____-___._. Montgomery County, Md_-_-_---_---_-_-----------_-__--_-_-_Soldiers...district..__-_---_-_-__--_-__--_---_-________ State Line district.-.----.._-_-_-------_-----_-----------_----West...Creek quarfies---__-__-____-___-__.___.-____ State Line district__-------___..____.___._... Cedar Hill (Geiger)...____________ Mine descriptions_______________________________________ Montgomery County, Md___-_______________________
 
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