 | | Report (issue) | | Salina Group in Pennsylvania William B. Fergusson Bruce A. Prather COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT... BULLETIN M 58 Salt Deposits in the Salina Group in Pennsylvania by William B. Fergusson Villanova University...University Bruce A. Prather Penn Central Company PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG ...1968 Copyrighted 1968 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published...published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological Survey ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | 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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in Plumose County, Arizona. N o one knows better than we do that there is no such county in Arizona and...Franklin Co., Kansas. KENTUCKY—For many years Elliott County, in eastern Kentucky, has been known as a possible...reason for these many attempts is that in Elliott County is found a rock, called kimberlite, which is identical...attempt is being made to find diamonds in Elliott County—this time by core drilling. Part of the clipping...Diamond, he is. "The drilling for gems is in Elliott County, financed by people there, including Circuit Judge |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Pennsylvania...............................................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...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan...on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991). i i • I...Denton Donley Duval Edwards E l Paso Ellis Fannin Fayette Fisher Foard Fort Bend Galveston 41 Garza 42 Gillespie...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? — — — — best occurrence..."specimen quality" questionable occurrence Angelina County Lufkin, 1 mile N of Lufkin in railroad cuts, in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. K entucky...Commonwealth is Black Mountain in the Appalachians (Harlan County) at 4,139 feet. The lowest point is the floor of...of the Reed quarry near Grand Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky, at 100 feet below sea level...small, nondiamondiferous kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnöite intrusions in Crittenden...Greb, Kentucky Geological Survey. in Crittenden County has one major shaft called the “Rock shaft.” The |  | | 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:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Report (issue) | | includes parts of Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia and...subsurface liquidwaste disposal were described for Pennsylvania by Rudd (1972) and for Ohio by Clifford (1975)...Geological Surveys of Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, the...Appalachian Plateaus, and Valley and Ridge provinces County line FIGURE 1. Location of study area. WASTE-STORAGE...surface in study area. b K-Kentucky, 0-Ohio, P-Pennsylvania. T-Tennessee, V-Virginia, W-West Virginia c |  | | 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 (issue) | | Mineral News 4 Pag e The No. 1 Conveyer: Boomer, Fayette Co., West Virginia Tony Nikischer tonv@exca liburmineral...Company was one of more than I20 that operated in Fayette County at the ti me, and I was able to first identi...in the Emmons granite pcgmatite di ke in Oxford County. Maine. U.S.A. It occurs as anhedral masses (0...perfect boWld for just: $35.00 Postpaid in ti~ USA; add II8forfo~ign.. Rxcalibur Mineral Corp Figure...aph thi1ali1e. anhydrite. fluoborite. sylvite. halite. pseudobrookite. urusovite. johillerite. ericlaxmanite |  | | Report (edition) | | (formerly Stoneco, Inc.}, near Junction, Pau lding County, Ohio. Specimen is 3.8 x 2.4 cm with the largest...Huron River, resulting in the discovery of two County, Ohio, August 2006. John Medici photo. minerals...ineralogical and Lap idary Society of Michigan Stark County Gem & M ineral Club Summit Petroleum, Inc. $1-$100... .. .. BuLke,e rurnace Stale Memorial, Jackson County .... Loc.:ition ....... ............................... Crystal Cave, South Bass Island, Ottawa County........ Location .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. |  | | Book | | 1984) .............................. 6.6.3.4. Fayette County (Hunter et al. 1984) ........................(Mitchell 1976), Kundelungu (Verhoogen 1938), and Riley County, Kansas (Meyer 1976); (2) provinces consisting...their study, kimberlites in eastern Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. These lie between supposed hot...for megacryst garnets from the Sloan-Nix and Fayette County kimberlites (Eggler et al. 1979, Hunter and... Colorado-Wyoming (Eggler et al. 1979); 3, Fayette County (Hunter and Taylor 1984); 4--6, Colorad(}-Wyoming |  | | Journal (issue) | | calcium silicate, one of the rarer zeolites • Grant County, Oregon • tiny crystals with a striking pearly...matrix. 3 x 1.5 in. $65.00. NEPTUNITE. San Benito County, California. A fine m atrix specim en with six...Very attractive. $10.00 each. ARTINITE. San Benito County, Cali fornia. A selection of twelve specimens...borate bearing areas in Fig. 2. Borax Lake, Lake County, California, the scene of the first commercial...the edge of the salar, whereas the more soluble halite occupies the center or lower parts. It characteristically |  | | Book (edition) | | mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville...Luttrell, Another of .78 carat, light yellow, Union County. was reported found in 1888 on the Henry Burris |  | | Book (volume) | | beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | | Book | | Office Building Portland 1, Oregon Cf 7 J o ( Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey ✓...Department of Internal Affairs , .., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Rhode Island Development Council Roger Williams...Reconnaissance report on Tennessee, by C. W. Hayes. 5 the Fayette Gas Field, Alabama, 1892. by M. J. Munn. 1911....northeast part of the Coosa Coal Field, St. Clair County, Alabama, by H. E. Rothrock. 1949. 69 B. 50 Well...and G. L. Richardson. 91 1940. district, Franklin County, Alabama, by E . F. Burchard and H. D. Pallister |  | | Journal (issue) | | Chairman of Com• mercial exhibits. FIELD TRIPS FOR PENNSYLVANIA L. J. Duersmith, 933 Spruce St., Columbia, Penn...limestone quarries of York County, chromite and lead-silver mines of Lancaster County, and the large iron mine...Cornwall, Lebanon County, are but a few of the many good localities in southeastern Pennsylvania which are within...his city. The most famous localities in Lancaster County are the Wood's and Line Pits chromite mines which...those land-locked lakes ::ir seas. The valuable halite salt beds, extending across the great central plain |  | | Report (issue) | | University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA Abstract—Industrial minerals and rocks in the tri-state...sulfur production in adjacent Culberson County, west Texas. Halite, gypsum, and barite have also been produced...sedimentary rocks host Frasch sulfur mining in Culberson County, Texas (Fig. 2), and the evaporitic facies in the...Kline Mountain in the Black Range uplift, Sierra County, New Mexico (Fig. 1). The deposit was discovered...New Mexico, potash was discovered in 1925 in Eddy County, in the Snowden and McSweeny Oil Company well No |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Report (chapter) | | underground fuel storage (UFS) facilities; the majority at USA SPR facilities. Since UGS was first undertaken in...trap and retain hydrocarbons) and salt caverns (halite is impermeable and viscoplastic, such that faults...incidents seen at UFS facilities, most notably in the USA, where fatalities have occurred (Fig. 3). The Preesall...facilities are operational worldwide (Fig. 4). The USA operates the greatest number of UGS facilities, with... 1998; Thoms & Gehle 2000). Some caverns in the USA and Russia have been used for the underground testing |  | | Report (issue) | | of the Wilcox: (1) the Sabine Uplift area, a 12-county area in far East Texas, centered on the semicircular...ringing the outcrop and (2) east-central Texas, a 15•county area between the Neches and Colorado Rivers, extending...flow is inferred to be down dip and, in Anderson County, toward the Neches and Trinity Rivers. Empirical...favorable prospect. The Port Arthur field, Jefferson County, Texas, was selected from over 150 gas fields that...wholecore samples from the Frio Formation in Kenedy County, Texas, where cap rock is exceptionally well developed |  | | Report (issue) | | __ _ Bituminous coal resources ___________ _ Pennsylvania anthracite ________________ _ The industry ...belt__________ West Virginia slate belt______________ Pennsylvania slate belt______________ Other slate-bearing...pinnacles beneath soil cover, Bluegrass, Highland County, Va_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...transverse joints cutting shale at Poverty, Highland County, V a_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...regions of Pennsylvania ___________ _ 44. Generalized cross sections of the Pennsylvania anthracite fields |
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