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Montgomery Mine, Phoenixville Mining District, Schuylkill Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Latitude: 40°6'18"N
Longitude: 75°13'32"W

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A Pb mine located near Charlestown.

Smith (1977), relying on earlier reports, noted one 118' shaft, three other shallow shafts, and an adit. In addition to the main vein, the adit cut four small, parallel veins, each 3 to 16" thick. The deposit apparently consisted of high angle, sphalerite-rich veins of Mesozoic age cutting Precambrian gneiss.

Mineral List

Anglesite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite

Dolomite
Galena
Hematite

Pyrite
Pyromorphite
Smithsonite

9 entries listed. 9 valid minerals.

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References

Turnbull, L. (1854) A visit to the lead and copper mines of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 3rd series, volume 27, p. 52-54.

Lawler, J. P. (1981) Fluid inclusion evidence for Ore-forming Solutions: Phoenixville, Audubon, and New Galena Mine Areas, PA, unpublished M. A. thesis, Bryn Mawr College, 74 p.

Miller, B. L. (1924) Lead and Zinc ores of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th series, Mineral Resource Report 5.

Smith, II R. C. (1977) Chapter 42. Montgomery County Mine, Chester County in Zinc and Lead Occurrences in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th series, Mineral Resource Report 72, p. 236-237. Also, Plate 6a, a map of the district.

Sloto, R.A. (1989). "Famous mineral localities: The Phoenixville, Lead silver mines, Chester County, Pennsylvania." Mineralogical Record: 20(5): 369-386.

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