 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ROCKS AND MINERALS 243 WOOD'S CHROME MINE, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNA. By L. J . D U E R S M I T H Curator...Mineralogy Franklin and Marshall College M u s e u m , Lancaster, Penna. During the year of 1950, the writer had...concerning the famous Wood's Chrome Mine, in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, that he came to the...article describing and bringing up to date this mine would be in order. History There seems to be some...some discrepancy as to what mineral this mine first produced. One source states that the first mineral |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | >%ff Li : i Wood's chrome mine, Sunday, December 3, 1 9 5 0 . View looking...finding of green grossularite at the Line Pit Chrome Mine near Rock Springs, Md. Efforts are now under..."The Minerals of Lancaster County ", by Herbert H. Beck. 2. "The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania", Samuel G. Gordon...of Investigations 4383. 5. "The Geology of Lancaster County", Second Geol. Surv. Penna., Rep. C3. NAVY...California containing Lead Pipe springs and Blue Chalcedony springs, favorite haunts of rockhounds, have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Investigation of Gilley Fluorspar Deposits in Cherokee County, Alabama, by James F. O'Neill. It is interesting...Birmingham, in Cherokee County, located in West 1/2, West V2 of Section 16, Township 12 South, Range 9 East... Here barite occurs in the Stanley shale of Pennsylvania age on both limbs of a syncline. The ore bed...crystal'ized cinnabar which comes from the Culver-Baer mine, Sonoma Co., Calif. Colorado—An interesting article...pegmatite district lies across the Park-Fremont County line in south-central Co'crado, a few miles northwest |  | | 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) | | an ore of iron, will be heavy in the hand. a little experience, the gem "heft" of a specimen to...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...should always ask permission it may be un- or a mine dvmip. Cleanliness around a camp site and removal...collectors because a many material others of the Texas ranches are closed few carted away agate by the...Lincoln Co. Todd's Branch, Mecklenberg Co. Portis mine, Franklin Co. Muddy Creek headwaters, McDowell |  | | Journal (issue) | | LIBERTI COPPER MINE, MARYLAND. By Vernon / . ~filler .................... 665 THE ALICE ZINC MINE OF SOUTHERN.......................... 670 COMMENTS ON SOME LANCASTER CO., PENN., LOCALITIES ........671 THE AMATEUR...THE (llJ..4ltltY San Diego County-A Great GemBearing Area San Diego County, California, was at one time...of the readers of Rock.r and Minerals may know little or nothing about San Diego's proud history of the...Olympics a very difficult geologic problem. What little geologic exploration that has been done has been |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hammer's trusty automobile to the Brookes Iron & Copper Mine, St. Peters, Pa. The trip proved very pleasant because...Mineral Society, Richmond Hill, N.Y. 592 Fulton County Mineral Club At the meeting held July 29 '57,...paper was read on the origin of the working of the mine. Lewis Valachovic reported on a field trip that...trip for the club. A report on a hematite (iron) mine near Northville was given by Bob Bedford—a possible...Schuylerville. There the group were to visit a graphite mine; Lester Park, and Stark's Knob. Lester Park is a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the dumps of Wood's Chrome mine were being removed. Mr Leonard Morgan exhibited chalcedony frorn Buckmanville...MINI]RT\LOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT AND IRELAND BRITAIN MrNBner,ocrcar, Socrctv, March 15.-Sln JonN S |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...easily discernible quartz crystals surrounded by chalcedony that is crystalline only to the eye of the microscope...a quality closely allied to fracture pattern; chalcedony and jasper, because of their cryptocrystalline...chemical tests so useful with many minerals are of little value in distinguishing one silicate from another...rock cools, leaving a mold in which casts of chalcedony form. Or the tree substance may be replaced slowly |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | . . . . . . . 1.25 GADOLINITE, Barringer Hill. Texas. Solid mass. 3 x l v2xl ' '2 I 12 oz.I . 4.00 LIMONITE...Consoli- former president of the Federation, mandated Mine near Eureka, Utah. H e plans aged the contest. The...as a Tilly Foster Unit. The old abandoned iron mine (magnetite) at Tilly Foster, Putnam Co., N. Y. is...town is located near the western edge of Morrill County which is in western Nebraska. Flowing south of...crystals occur on numerous stones ranging from chalcedony to Jasper. As in any sand deposit, many specimens |  | | 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) | | 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 | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | 66. AcICULAR, [Lat. The horizontal entrance to a mine. Alkali An oxyd having an acrid taste, and caustic;...of an Mammillary, [Lat. mammilla, a octahedron. little teat,] 53. Odor of minerals, p. 66. Manganesian~...limestone ; and were the temperature of our globe 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 beauty which ,ve actually find |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | ewewewsewewewewywe” FROM WOOD'S CHROME MINE... ... LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNA., one of the earliest...pyrighted 195 by The Earth Science Pu S. and Great Britain. All rights Title registered in U. S. Patent Office...worth through soil accumulations, is that there is little if any soil present on the hills. There is scant...summer months. This might explain why there is little displacement of the artifacts which occurred from...cores and lamellar flakes used material such as chalcedony which was not native to the area. No assignable |  | | 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) | | 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 |
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