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Chrysotile from
Blue Hill, Media, Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Chrysotile
Formula:Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysotile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blue Hill, Media, Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:520989
Long-form Identifier:1:3:520989:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysotile
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘDickson's Quarry (Dixon's Quarry), Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
36.5km (22.7 miles) ⓘKeim's Mine, French Creek Mines, Saint Peters, Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
58.8km (36.6 miles) ⓘGoat Hill Barrens, West Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
59.5km (37.0 miles) ⓘWhite Rock, Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
64.0km (39.8 miles) ⓘWood's Chrome Mine, Texas, Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
66.7km (41.4 miles) ⓘCedar Hill Quarry (Stoltzfuss Quarry), Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
67.6km (42.0 miles) ⓘHaines & Kibblehouse Penn-Maryland Materials Quarry, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
68.1km (42.3 miles) ⓘJenkins Mine (Jenkins Corner; North Rock Springs), Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
68.8km (42.7 miles) ⓘRock Springs Iron Mine, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
69.6km (43.3 miles) ⓘLine pit (Lowe's Mine), Cecil County, Maryland, USA
References
Min PA 1922 S. Gordon pg. 199
 
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