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Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA

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Mineral List:
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania; Rocks & Minerals (1955) 30:394]
  		•  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]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania]
  		•  Goslarite
    ZnSO
     
    4
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania]
  		•  Greenockite
    CdS
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1955) 30:394]
    Site Photo
    Ueberroth Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
    © M.Heintzelman
  		•  Hemimorphite
    Zn
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Ueberroth Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
    © M.Heintzelman
  		•  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]
  		•  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: [Rocks & Minerals: 6: 26; Rocks & Minerals: 10: 33-36, 58.]
    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]
  		•  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.]
  		•  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]
  		•  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
  		•  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]


    22 entries listed. 20 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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    • Pennsylvania
      • Lehigh Co.
        • Upper Saucon Township
          • Saucon Valley

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