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Whim shaft, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania, USA
A shaft intermediate between the Ecton and Perkiomen mines. Minerals could be collected on the dumps close to the shaft.
Note on mineral list: all species listed for Perkiomen Mines might be found at this location as well.
Mineral List
| Cerussite Chalcopyrite Dolomite var: Ferroan Dolomite | Galena Goethite 'Limonite' Linarite | Malachite Pseudomalachite Pyromorphite Quartz | Silver Sphalerite Wulfenite |
15 entries listed. 13 valid minerals.
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References
Smith, II, R. C. (1977) Chapter 45 Perkiomen-Ecton Mine Area, Montgomery County in Zinc and Lead Occurrences in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th series, Mineral Resouurce Report 72, p. 247-262 including 18 figures and Plate 6b.
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 591, 893.
Encyclopedia of Minerals, 2nd. Ed.: 834.
Rocks & Minerals (1946): 21: 17, 140.
Rocks & Minerals (1949): 24: 492-495.
Barnes, John H. (1973), "Three New Minerals for Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Geol., Vol 4(4): 30-31.
Grant, Raymond W. (Sep, 1974), "Pennsylvania Mineral Species as of August, 1974," in Pennsylvania Minerals (PM), PM(141).
Smith, Robert C., II (1974), "Interesting Minerals from Pennsylvania Zinc-Lead Occurrences," Pennsylvania Geol., Vol. 5(3): 9.
Mineral collecting in Pennsylvania: 186-188.
Geyer, Smith, Barnes (1976), MATRIX: 11(2), C. M. Wheatley: the Pennsylvania Years, Part 1, The Ecton-Perkiomen Mine, 65-86.
Smith, II, R. C. (1978) Pseudomalachite Chapter in The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania, 1966-1975, Friends of Mineralogy, Pennsylvania Chapter, Special Publication No. 1, p. 197-200.
Reed, Juliet C. (1976), Annotated Bibliography of Minerals New to the Pennsylvania List 1965-1974, The Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania, Inc.: 52, 64-65.
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 591, 893.
Encyclopedia of Minerals, 2nd. Ed.: 834.
Rocks & Minerals (1946): 21: 17, 140.
Rocks & Minerals (1949): 24: 492-495.
Barnes, John H. (1973), "Three New Minerals for Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Geol., Vol 4(4): 30-31.
Grant, Raymond W. (Sep, 1974), "Pennsylvania Mineral Species as of August, 1974," in Pennsylvania Minerals (PM), PM(141).
Smith, Robert C., II (1974), "Interesting Minerals from Pennsylvania Zinc-Lead Occurrences," Pennsylvania Geol., Vol. 5(3): 9.
Mineral collecting in Pennsylvania: 186-188.
Geyer, Smith, Barnes (1976), MATRIX: 11(2), C. M. Wheatley: the Pennsylvania Years, Part 1, The Ecton-Perkiomen Mine, 65-86.
Smith, II, R. C. (1978) Pseudomalachite Chapter in The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania, 1966-1975, Friends of Mineralogy, Pennsylvania Chapter, Special Publication No. 1, p. 197-200.
Reed, Juliet C. (1976), Annotated Bibliography of Minerals New to the Pennsylvania List 1965-1974, The Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania, Inc.: 52, 64-65.
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