 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | discussion of the more interesting and unusual Pennsylvania mineral collecting areas is complete without...without including the South Mountain area of Adams County. Though the minerals of the area have been known...well studied, the "first-time" col lector to Adams County, and in particular to the South Mountain area...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) | | COLLECTING THE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA By PAUL BROUGHTON American University, Washington 16...in southern Pennsylvania was at the West Ridge Quarry at Blue Ridge Summit, Adams County. This quarry...Rubberoid Corporation, Roofing Granule Division, Blue Ridge Summit, Pa., from whom you must have written permission...the quarry, take Route 16 northwest from Blue Ridge Summit. Turn right onto old Route 16, about five...clearly visible from the town of Thomasville, York County, which is seven miles west of York on U. S. Route |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint Ridge, between Newark (Licking Co.) and Zanesville (Muskingum...include the highly colored Vanport flint of the Flint Ridge and the Upper Mercer flint exposed in Hocking, Perry...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Book (volume) | | This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint Ridge, between Newark (Licking Co.) and Zanesville (Muskingum...include the highly colored Vanport flint of the Flint Ridge and the Upper Mercer flint exposed in Hocking, Perry...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | beautiful copper mineral a lustrous, deep azure blue drusy azurite. The locality for this extra fine specimen...mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. This locality may also be given as 6 miles east...in Georgia (pp. 9-21). One locality in Habersham County should fascinate many of our readers. Here is Dr... Crystals are of different colors, white, pale, blue, and straw color predominating. I am told some of...Counties) . Samples enclosed consist of: "From Madison County — Lot 1 10 crystal, V4 to 1 inch. — Lot 2 - 15 |  | | Book (volume) | | along the southern slopes and ridges of the Pine Ridge Escarpment and along Whiteclay Creek near the Sioux...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford and Harrisonchalcedony (some blue). CRAWFORD: |  | | Journal (issue) | | \{t;_t:l'!'P_erland County, 5 miles southwest of Carlisle. Photo courtesy~'of Pennsylvania Historical and...Interesting Notes on the Minerals Industry of Pennsylvania A recent report prepared by the U.S. Bureau...Bureau of Mines, updated in part by the Pennsylvania Geological Survey, provides some interesting information...information concerning the minera l industry of Pennsylvania. The mining industry in Pennsylvan ia presently...way of living. Statistics for 1977 show that Pennsylvania ranks first among the states in the production |  | | Report (volume) | | _______________________ Palia quarry type__ .. - - - Blue Ridge or Catoctm type___________________________ \...ores______________ - 15 Origin of ores of the Blue Ridge type____.__________ 15 Maine___________________...character of ores____________________ Hartford County deposits__________________________ Simsbury (Newgate)...mine_________________________________ New Haven County deposits________________________ New York ____...Anaconda mine __.______._____ __ _ 82 S3 83 83 83 S3 Blue Wing mine___________ __ 84 High Hill mine____ |  | | Book | | Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee...waterworn crystals of aluminum silicate found as clear blue gemmy pebbles), and turquoise. About 2000 B.c. the...been left to adorn her in the afterlife: opaque blue turquoise and lapis lazuli, clear red carnelian...heavy gold settings that were further decorated with blue enamel. Foreword xv The designs represented...turquoise, well known to the Israelites, this hard, sky-blue mineral was not included on Aaron's breastplate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | te from a newly discovered locality in Yavapai County, Ariz., on the Verde River near Camp Verde, Ariz...be of interest. These were collected in Yavapai County, East of Prescott, Arizona. "They were taken from...much deeper pink than at the center." ARKANSAS—Azurite occurs in the copper mines at Tomahawk, Searey...asbestos, from a deposit near Jamestown, Tuolumne County, to its plant in Baltimore, Md. "Asbestos experts...and she had been fishing on Duke's Creek in White County (Ga.) with her nephew, Jere Chambers. Mrs. Lanier |  | | Report (volume) | | THE ANCIENT VOLCANIC ROCKS SOUTH MOUNTAIN, PENNSYLVANIA FLORENCE BASCOM WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING...the Ancient Volcanic Kocks of South Mountain, Pennsylvania. This work was done in the field during the... THE ANCIENT YOLCANIC ROCKS OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN, PENNSYLVANIA. By FLORENCE BASCOM. INTRODUCTION. The mountain...Highlands, is the South Mountain in Pennsylvania and Maryland, the Blue Eidge in Virginia, and the Smoky...Mountains in North Carolina. The South Mountain in Pennsylvania lies just east of the middle of the State, and |  | | Report (volume) | | of M assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland , North Carolina, and other...geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland , North Carolina, and South...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg |  | | Journal (issue) | | Young People An Historical Hobby So What Do You Do Blue John Stone Letters . . . . . . . Put Your Shop on...VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES, Tab Books Inc Blue Ridge Summit 6. D McKenzie, 1991 , THE DAYTHE EARTH MELTED...on throat and third eye, and ht:art depending if blue or green. Rock 'n' Gem AVENTURJNE - Fro m thl·...together and help th e qua lirie of the mind (Azurite) to interac t sm oothl y wirh the qualities of...uniqu e h ea li ng stone recently found in th e USA m ade up mainly from Pyrite and Palladium . They |  | | Report (issue) | | Description of a selected deposit: The Canyon deposit (USA) ..................... 241 3.9. 3.10. 3.11. ...262 Sandstone-hosted roll-front deposits in the USA ...................................................sediments: sandstones (Wyoming and Colorado Plateau (USA)), black shale, coal and lignite, and phosphorites...shallow crustal levels, such as Schwartzwalder (USA) and mineralization 8 resulting from synmetamorphic...margin (e.g. Ilimaussaq, Greenland; Bokan Mountain, USA); (b) MPm: magmatic partial melting deposits represented |
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