 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ornwall- Type Iron Mines r GRACE MINE • CORNWALL MINE • A JONES' » MINE _ by BRYON BROOKMYER Box 19...19 Blue Ball, Pennsylvania 17506 Introduction where a diabase dike of triassic age intruded calcar...sedimentary rocks (limestones). This diabase Pennsylvania has a long history of prominence in caused an...its original characteris were discovered in Pennsylvania and production tics although being completely...replaced. Not all of started in 1683 at the Jones mine. Many additional the surrounding rock has been replaced |  | | 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 |  | | 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 .... . ...... . .. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Iron Mines of DiDsburg, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania is known for three types of iron deposits: limonite...O. Box 1962 York, Pennsylvania 17405 JAN GOODMAN Kenray Avenue Dover, Pennsylvania 17315 1908, p. 7...distributed for use in various furnaces in central Pennsylvania (Frazer 1877; Spencer 1908). Several of the...associated w i t h the Triassic rocks of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New Y o r k . T h e type locality...deposits is the famous Cornwall mine i n southern Lebanon County, Pennsylvania ( L a p h a m and G r a y 1972) |  | | 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) | | occur at shipping many tons and the mine shows the old Lane bismuth mine, at Monroe, promise of being another...(fluorDELAWARE — Gray cleavable masses ite) from this mine is of all colors and of orthoclase have been found...just like a 20 inch quartzite band which has been mine. I have been informed so many injected and locally...Georgia. The Cobb p:bbles have been found in Chicago, County specimen was collected by Bob Cook Co., III., on...away." Delphi is in the western part of Carroll County in the central part of the state. IOWA — A nice |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Grove, Pennsylvania 17362 jlj276@aol.com LARRY EISENBERGER 25 Filbert Street Hanover, Pennsylvania 17331...Adams County, Pennsylvania W ithin the Gettysburg-Newark section of the Piedmont in Pennsylvania lie...the Cornwall Iron mine in Lebanon County and the French Creek mine in Chester County, have yielded world-class...2.2 miles southeast of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, along U.S. 97. The locality was opened...Company in 1959. Valley Quarries of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, bought the property in 1985, and the company |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Apatite area and a chance to work in a newly blasted mine resulted in members of the Coastal Maine Mineral...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, as a part of its Safety Education Program...Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Pennsylvania, addressed the members of the Delaware Valley...enough to find good examples of galena, sphalerite, selenite, NEW HAMPSHIRE A day of swapping, talking and...limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite crystals. PENNSYLVANIA President Ralph Morgan showed slides of the |  | | Report (issue) | | Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........Occurrences located in the Newark basin and vicinity, Pennsylvania ..................... 110 F. Section F: Occurrences...located in the Gettysburg basin and vicinity, Pennsylvania ..................... 147 G. Section G: Occurrences...location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2. deposit size (occurrence type - mine, prospect...south and east to west. The most prevalent name of a mine or prospect which was used in reference descriptions |  | | Book (edition) | | «s m •p ■* ; sms •v ■1 mm D 'A ©F PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY By Scott Stepanski and Karenne...changes due to man or nature, Gem Trails of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, its publisher and all other...Physiographic Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 5 6 7 9 10 12 PENNSYLVANIA SITE NO. PAGE NO. 1...Williamsport Ammonites........... Crystal Point Diamond Mine....... Montour Fossil Pit............................... Deer Lake Brachiopods.............. . Morgantown Minerals............... . Vera Cruz Jasper.. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | reads: "Rose quartz. Clora May Mine, Trout Creek Pass, Chaffee County, Colo." The locality is described...localities swell this book to 223 pages). Chaffee County is in the central part of Colorado. CONNECTICUT—"I...astringent metallic taste. Thompson, in N / E Windham County, is in N / E Connecticut. FLORIDA—"I am mailing...specimens consist of drusy, lustrous, colorless selenite xls on dark gray calcite—the calcite fl. brown...brown, l.w. Belle Glade, in western Palm Beach County, is in southern Florida. I N D I A N A — "The enclosed |  | | Report (issue) | | LEAD OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA Robert C. Smith, II COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL...ZINC AND LEAD OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA Robert C. Smith, II PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...1977 Copyright 1977 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published...published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological Survey COVER ILLUSTRATION: Photograph of 1852 lithograph...STATE BOOK STORE, P. O. BOX 1365 HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 PREFACE The purpose of this report is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral occurrences of amazonite—smoky quartz and selenite-calcite-aragonite as they are found in nature...most noteworthy meteorite, the Johnstown (Weld County) achondrite, is on exhibit with an interpretation...alloys. Also on display is the Bear Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado, iron meteorite which weighed 500 pounds...piece of allanite, Lookout Mountain area, Fremont County, Colorado, part of the recently donated E. W. Heinrich...7/8 inches. Upper left: "Penn Hill" nugget, Park County, Colorado. This 2'/2-by-3-inch nugget, the largest |  | | 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...320 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:...Railroad cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 0 9 0 1 , Corresponding Editor. President: Mrs. Grace Dearborn, 146 Lincoln St., Newton Highlands, Mass...dreams, it is still a beautiful world." —Aloha Grace Dearborn President—EFMLS A belated compliment to...ization of the Museum of Science for Vir ginia. PENNSYLVANIA The Mineralogical Society of Pennsyl vania...the Department of Geology and Geophysics of Pennsylvania State University verified the finding of zircons...Hill Quarry — a first for this quarry, — The Pennsylvania Earth Sciences Association, Lehigh Valley |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Journal (issue) | | Eyre By Pat Raia 42 ROCK & GEM FIELD GUIDE: SELENITE 56 WHY DO ANIMALS EAT ROCKS? By Chris Bond 44...Gross on this issue’s Field Guide feature about selenite, I was reminded of a time when my kids were much...much younger. I know what you’re thinking. Selenite. Kids. What? Bear with me on this… As I’m sure most...were on a mission. My kids fell in love with the selenite towers that came with a light-up pedestal that...packed bags and a discussion with security about selenite towers. In the end, we were able to keep them |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | , Hackensack, N. J . 07601 l st V. Pres.: MRS. GRACE DEARBORN, 146 Lincoln St., Newton Highlands, Highlands...Gem, Lapidary and Afineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, arranged an Open House Field Trip for...Qualitative Analysis". NIEW YORK The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Suffern, heard a talk...Growing" was shown to the members of the St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club, Potsdam. . . . The guest...Southern Tier Geology Club, Johnson City. Miss Grace Fox had a short Mineral identification session via |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Md. 20901, Corresponding Editor. President: Mrs. Grace Dearborn, 146 Lincoln St., Newton Highlands, Mass...--... _-----_._~---_.-- ALABAMA The Calhoun County Rock and Mineral Club, Jacksonville, is the newest...editor. The club went to Kerhonkson, N. Y. for selenite. DELAWARE The Delaware Mineralogical Society...subject of Forrest Cole when he talked with the Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta. A field trip to...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Rockville, presented the pro~ram of the Society |  | | Journal (issue) | | locality for uvarovite garnet is the Saranovski Mine, in Sarany, in the Urals region of Russia. WWW...from the Kelly Mine in Socorro County, New Mexico. 8 9 Drusy azurite from Morenci Mine, Arizona, is cut...serve a variety of purposes. Not only might they grace expensive rings for jewelry, “perfect” crystals...structure and clarity are rare and expensive to mine. Perfect gems can be produced synthetically in quantity...Giant _________________ crystals in the Naica silver mine were four feet wide and 40 to 50 feet tall. They |  | | Catalog/List | | mining district has always been the most revered mine for silver in the world. Officially opened in 1623...and the main mine were named for him, “The Kings Mine” (Kongens Grube, His Majesty’s Mine.) The strength...strength, grace and form of this thick ropey wire silver are unparalleled. The natural patina is as fine as...1944–45, Kongsberg Silver Mines. Silver, Kongsberg Mine, Buskerud, Norway 15.3 cm tall x 12.8 cm wide RHODONITE...examples from this discovery. Rhodonite, Morro da Mina Mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.8 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Organization Aids; Louis Eaton Shaw the Rules Committee; Grace D. Dearborn was in charge of the program to obtain...National Competition Mr. W. E. Merritt, Jr., 109 Grace St., Mt. Airy, North Carolina, won the Henry B....September 24 and 25 The Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania announce its I960 Earth Science and Gem Show...St., Miami, Fla. Lynchburg, Va. The Chautauqua County Gem and Mineral Society, of Dunkirk, New York The...Society, of Richmond Hill, Long Island, N. Y. Moore County Rockhounds Club, Inc., of Pinehurst, N. C. Northland |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Ohio, and the unusually formed selenite crystals from Mexico grace museum col lections all over the...refined techniques would be called upon to deter mine the difference between these two minerals. There...One such area is the Bisbee district, Conchise County, Arizona. The crystals found there are dark green...of these are available anymore. x The Shattuck mine, near Bisbee, is another locality which has produced...Mexico material. . The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine in Pinal County, Arizona, is known not only for its choice |  | | Book (volume) | | Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |
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