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Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA

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Mineral List:
  		•  Apatite-(CaF)
    var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[(F,O)|(PO
     
    4
    		,CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [P Cristofono collection]
    Site Photo
    Catasauqua (slag locality), Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
    © 2006 Peter Cristofono
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania; Rocks & Minerals (1955) 30:394]
    Site Photo
    Ziegenfuss Quarry, Allentown, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
    © 2007, JGW
  		•  Bianchite
    (Zn,Fe)SO
     
    4
    		·6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 6:26; 10:33-36, 58; Reed, Juliet C. (1976), Annotated Biblio. of Minerals New to the Pennsylvania List 1965-1974, The Mineralogical Society of PA, Inc.: 20; Grant, R.W. (Jan, 1971), PA Mins. (PM)(97), Keystone Newsletter; Montgomery, A. (Aug]
    Site Photo
    Ueberroth Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
    © M.Heintzelman
  		•  'Calamine'
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1955) 30:394]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania]
  		•  'Clay'
    Reference: []
  		•  Corundum
    Al
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania - 1922; Samuel S. Gordon pg. 209]
    Site Photo
    Shimersville, Upper Milford Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
    © M.Heintzelman
  		•  Cuprite
    Cu
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Dana 7:I:493.]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania]
  		•  Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Habit: geodes
    Reference: [ref.: "Mineralogy of Pennsylvania", by S. G. Gordon, p. 209, 1922, Special Publication No. 1 The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia]
    Site Photo
    Alburtus, Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
    © 2008, JGW
  		•  Goslarite
    ZnSO
     
    4
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania]
  		•  Graphite
    C
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 17:344.]
  		•  Greenockite
    CdS
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1955) 30:394]
    Site Photo
    Ueberroth Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
    © M.Heintzelman
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Hemimorphite
    Zn
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Hydrozincite
    Zn
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [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: 248; Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania.; Rocks & Minerals (1955) 30:394]
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania - 1922; Samuel S. Gordon pg. 209]
  		•  Kaolinite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 6:26; 10:33-36, 58.]
  		•  Lanthanite-(La)
    (La,Ce)
     
    2
    		[CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    3
    		 · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [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: 242.]
    Site Photo
    Ueberroth Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
    © luigi chiappino
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania - 1922; Samuel S. Gordon pg. 209]
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Collected by David S. Bernstein, August 2009]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 6:26; 10:33-36, 58.]
  		•  Melanterite
    FeSO
     
    4
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 6:26; 10:33-36, 58.]
  		•  Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Reference: [Montgomery, Mineralogy of Pennsylvania 1922-1965, p. 78]
  		•  Nontronite
    Na
     
    0.3
    		Fe
     
    2
    		(Si,Al)
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Mineral Museum no. 14929.]
    Site Photo
    Mountainville, Salisbury Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
    © 2008, JGW
  		•  Prehnite
    Ca
     
    2
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    12
    		(OH)
    Reference: [Arthur Montgomery, Minerals of Pennsylvania 1969 p87]
    Site Photo
    Coopersburg, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
     
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania]
  		•  Pyrolusite
    MnO
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1955) 30:394]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Ferruginous Quartz
    Reference: [http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/lvgeology/_932.html]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Jasper
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Vera Cruz Mines (Vera Cruz Jasper Pits), Vera Cruz, Upper Milford Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
    © M.Heintzelman
  		•  Sauconite (TL)
    Na
     
    0.3
    		Zn
     
    3
    		(Si,Al)
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Friedensville Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
    Habit: earthy masses, clay-like
    Colour: pale yellow
    Fluorescence: none
    Description: First described in Dana's System of Minerology 5th edition (1868, p.409) as a pale-yellow zinciferous clay discovered in the upper workings of the Uebberoth Zinc Mine by J. M. Blake. (MSP Newsletter, May 1963, p. 5, PM7) analyzed in 1875 by Prof. W. T. Roepper of Lehigh University. Found in large quantity durring mining operations close to the surface, tonnage of the material was shipped to the Oxide furnaces for recovery of it's zinc content (20-30 percent of Zinc Oxide). ref: B. L. Miller, Lehigh Co., PA; Geol. Surv. Bill. C39, 1941, p. 340)
    Reference: [Arthur Montgomery; The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania, 1922-1965, pg. 52 ; pub#9 Acadamy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA; Rocks & Minerals (1955) 30:394]
    Site Photo
    Friedensville Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
    © M.Heintzelman
  		•  Schorl
    [Na][Fe
    2+
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: [The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania - 1922; Samuel S. Gordon pg. 209]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Gordon, S.G. (1922) "The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania," Special Publication No. 1, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: p. 208.]
  		•  Smithsonite
    ZnCO
     
    3
    Reference: [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: 180.; Rocks & Minerals (1955) 30:394]
    Site Photo
    Ueberroth Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
    © 1Joseph Polityka
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1955) 30:394]
    Site Photo
    Friedensville Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
    © Mark J. Sigouin
  		•  Spinel
    MgAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania]
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    AD
     
    3
    		G
     
    6
    		(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		[T
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]Y
     
    3
    		Z
    Reference: [ref.: "Mineralogy of Pennsylvania", by S. G. Gordon, p. 209, 1922, Special Publication No. 1 The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia]
  		•  'Wad'
    Reference: [Gordon, S.G. (1922) "The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania," Special Publication No. 1, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: p. 208.]


    40 entries listed. 32 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

    Localities in this Region:
    USA
     
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lehigh Co.
        • Ironton
        • Lower Milford Township
          • Limeport
        • Wescosville

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