 | | Report (edition) | | SERIFS MINERAL COLLECTING PENNSYLVANIA COMMOWl FAITH OF PENNSYLVANIA PY G345/4.3 G33 1959 Snrrtary...Lapham, Davis M. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania c.l PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN G 33 ... MINERAL COLLECTING IN PENNSYLVANIA by Davis M. Lapham and Alan R. Geyer JMluitrationi lu _JtU...14 Adams County 15 Allegheny County Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Cumberland County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County |  | | Report (edition) | | STATE LIBRARY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 II II II nil 3 014 4 00050005 «k. 1 ’^^jklTL% i ^IH ^ 1 k...of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...(icologist G BULLETIN 33 Mineral Collecting Pennsylvania in by Davis M. Lapham Mineralogist Alan ...Environmental Geologist JiU-ateJ VanOiden PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG...Commonweath of Pennsylvania book may be pubished if credit this is given to the Pennsylvania Geological |  | | Book (edition) | | and often gems can be found. valuable For the mountain ranges and level for the ist to States contain...of the heavy metal copper, or hematite, an ore of iron, will be heavy in the hand. a little experience...or more metallic eleto ments, such as calcium, iron or magnesium, with silicon and oxygen, and as a...the mother rock. In general, the United States mountain them. is divided geologically into the areas...the east and west, and the plains between The mountain regions in the east from Maine down through |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | unusual Pennsylvania mineral collecting areas is complete without including the South Mountain area of...of Adams County. Though the minerals of the area have been known since the early part of the nineteenth..."first-time" col lector to Adams County, and in particular to the South Mountain area, may be frustrated...collecting in Adams County. The author will be glad to answer spe cific inquiries on this area. Adams County... 140 Adams County is the fourth county west of Delaware on the southern line of Pennsylvania comprising |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8...[University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mine—1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the |  | | Report (edition) | | Geyer Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania I COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS... ' BULLETIN G 33 Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania by Davis M. Lapham Mineralogist Alan R. Geyer...Geyer Assistant State Geologist PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG First Edition...1965 Copyrighted 1965 b y the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published... . .... . .. . Adams County .... . .. ... ............... . . ... . Allegheny County .... . ...... . |  | | Report (volume) | | deposits of some others, such as clay, coal, and iron ore, are mentioned only in general terms. One material...value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...Oregon............Prof. A. J. Collier, Eugene. Pennsylvania.... .Mr. R. R. Hice, Beaver. Prof. Florence...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Journal (issue) | | p4,, Over two million residents Arizona's Pinal County welcomes everyone as a V.I.P.!!! ?ieU S ~ , ae...MINERALS MAY-JUNE 1978, Volume 53 Number 3 PENNSYLVANIA! EXECUTIVE EDITORS Rudy Bradbury John Hanahan...Hanahan Jr Richard S. Mitchell GUEST PENNSYLVANIA EDITOR Delbert L. Oswald FOUNDER Peter Zodac MANAGING EDITOR...Schmerling 94 Pennsylvania- A Geological Gem Beth Schooler 99 The Paleontology of Western Pennsylvania Richard...Chert in Western Pennsylvania Richard L. George 108 Rare Earth Minerals from Pennsylvania Ralph G. Wells |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | October 2014 Mineral Index by Counties Alfalfa County Carmen, 2 mi. NE of Carmen, 1 .1 mi. W of Highway...Permian-age Crisfield Sandstone: malachite. Adair County Bunch, near Bunch, secs.l.5, 16, T.14N, R.24E:...fluorescent and phosphorescent) (Gilmore 1963). Beckham County Malachite localities, SW1/4 SE1/4 sec.36 and SE1/4...at Great Salt Plains, Alfalfa County. Joe Lobell photo. Blaine County Southard, quarries of the U.S... T.17N, R.11W, plus others, Permian-age Cedar Springs Dolomite and Flowerpot Shale: malachite (Fay 1962 |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Pennsylvania...............................................deposits of some others, such as clay, coal, and iron ore, are mentioned only in general terms. One material...value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...and Ehrenfeld, Frederick, Minerals of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Top. and Geol. Survey Comm. Kept. No...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...pitsBarite, Geodes, Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Iron minerals; area mines, as important producersBarite |  | | Book | | Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood L a k e Pennsylvania: S c h u y l k i l l R i v e r Vi r g i n i...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets...Excited collectors took home from old quarries in Pennsylvania and Maryland, pieces of apple green precious...green gem spodumene, was discovered in Alexander County, North Carolina, in 1880 and named for one of its |  | | Book (edition) | | though the more exten sive deposits, such as coal and iron fields, gold belts, etc., are mentioned in general...by Prof. John G. Smock, and that for the Eocky Mountain region by Mr. C. Whitman Cross. To these gentlemen...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...crystal from Graves Mountain, approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iron, Nickel-Iron ............................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Azurite ........................................................................................... 170 County Index ........................................ |  | | Book (volume) | | ........................................343 Pennsylvania...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Book (volume) | | ........................................343 Pennsylvania...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Report (issue) | | INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation...district-Aura district -Beaver district Black Mountain district Bootstrap district Burner district Burns...Dolly Varden district --Edgemont district---Elk Mountain district-----Elko district ' Ferber district -Ferguson...Creek district '-Huntington Creek district Island Mountain district. Ivanhoe district Jarbidge district-...Descriptions of mining districts continued Lime Mountain district Loray district Lucin district Merrimac |  | | 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 (volume) | | BIKECTOK THE ANCIENT VOLCANIC ROCKS SOUTH MOUNTAIN, PENNSYLVANIA FLORENCE BASCOM WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...An account of geological surveys in the South Mountain below the Susquehanna...........................sandstone at the east end of the tunnel through Jacks Mountain on the Gettysburg Railroad .....................on the Ancient Volcanic Kocks of South Mountain, Pennsylvania. This work was done in the field during...of ancient volcanic rocks, not merely in South Mountain, but in many other regions of the Eastern United |  | | Book (edition) | | twinned after the Japanese law Banded malachite and azurite ; Copper Silver 2 3 3 6 i 14 14 Malachite in...in calcite Malachite replacing an azurite crystal Cuprite Cerussite Cerussite on dioptase Cyanotrichite...Aurichalcite Boleite Brochantite Brochantite with azurite Caledonite Carnotite and weeksite Cerussite Chabazite...Libethenite Lindgrenite Malachite pseudomorph of azurite crystals Fine-grained malachite Natrolite Offretite...208 TABLES 208 Crystal Drawings Antlerite Azurite Azurite 82 84 96 102 111 112 tS 120 Dioptase Flagstaffite | | | Book (edition) | | twinned after the Japanese law Banded malachite and azurite Copper Silver 2 2 2 3 3 6 13 14 14 Chalcotricbite...calcite Malachite in calcite Malachite replacing an azurite crystal Cuprite Cerussite Cerussite on dioptase...Aurichalcite Boleite Brochantite Brochantite with azurite Caledonite Carnotite and weeksite Cerussite Chabazite...Libethenite Lindgrenite Malachite pseudon1orph of azurite crystals Fine-grained malachite Natrolite Offretite...202 207 207 208 Crystal Drawings Antlerite Azurite Azurite Bermanite Brochantite Butlerite Calcite Cerussite |  | | Book (edition) | | mine, Si/County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution. Fornzer!y in...The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St. Anthony...Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll The Cameron... Apache County 435 Cochise County 436 Coconino County 437,438 Gila County 439 Graham County 440 Greenlee...Greenlee County 441 La Paz County 442 Maricopa County 443 Mohave County 444 Navajo County 445 Pima County |  | | Book (edition) | | Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...by the Chemical Publishing Company of Easton, Pennsylvania. Guild was a professor of chemistry and mineralogy...gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue... He lists garnet, olivine, quartz, turquoise, azurite, malachite, and petrified wood from Arizona. In...the most important. Azurite Arizona has hundreds of azurite localities, and azurite from many of Arizona's |  | | Book | | as spectacular mountain ranges, erupting volcanoes, earthquakes and even hot springs and caverns. But...be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...sulfide) oxidizes to form anglesite (lead sulfate). Azurite (blue copper carbonate) can react to form malachite...this way keeps the original crystal shape of the azurite, it is called a pseudomorph, meaning “false form...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS | | | Book (edition) | | mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution. Formerly in...See Wena we & = ce *= a. ~ Ve Shiki a Per, pine ea : he ‘ H . ¥ Ls eo » 4 ty ae aL...Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine...Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S: The Cameron...Apache County — 435 Cochise County 436 Coconino County 437, 438 Gila County 439 Graham County Greenlee |
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