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Wulfenite from
Phoenix Mine, Charlestown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wulfenite
Formula:Pb(MoO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wulfenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Phoenix Mine, Charlestown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:107576
Long-form Identifier:1:3:107576:2
GUID (UUID V4):21873adc-b5ba-42c0-8b18-ec39f86e3b6d
Nearest other occurrences of Wulfenite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ā“˜Brookdale Mine, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ā“˜Southwest Chester County Mine (New Chester County Mine), Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ā“˜Chester County Mine, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ā“˜Wheatley Mines, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ā“˜Charleston Mine, Charlestown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) ā“˜Ecton Mine, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) ā“˜Whim shaft, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
8.3km (5.1 miles) ā“˜Perkiomen Copper Mine, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
38.5km (24.0 miles) ā“˜Doan's Lead Mine (New Britain Mine), New Galena, New Britain Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
69.4km (43.1 miles) ā“˜Pequea Silver Mine, Pequea Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
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Report (issue)
LEAD OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA Robert C. Smith, II COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL...ZINC AND LEAD OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA Robert C. Smith, II PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...1977 Copyright 1977 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published...published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological Survey COVER ILLUSTRATION: Photograph of 1852 lithograph...STATE BOOK STORE, P. O. BOX 1365 HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 PREFACE The purpose of this report is
Report (issue)
PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES BULLETIN M5 LEAD AND ZINC ORES of PENNSYLVANIA Henry a;...revival of interest in mining lead and zinc in Pennsylvania notwithstanding that all of the old lead and...the occurrence of lead and zinc ores in Pennsylvania and in other parts of North and South America...is re counted that: lead ore was mined in Blair County in 1778 lo supply bullets for the Revolutionary...pumping engine in the world was installed at a zinc mine at Friedensville in 1872, and attracted wide attention
Journal (issue)
Cassedanne A vivianite occurrence in Contra Costa County,California ... 337 by C. B. DeWitt Essay: minerals...Moore Phosphate minerals from the Leveaniemi iron mine, Svappavaara, Sweden .............................Hollabaugh Laueite from Hagendorf-Siid andthe Palermo mine ................. 363 by L. C. Pitman New data...The Phoenixville lead-silver mines, Chester County, Pennsylvania ......................................10, 1990. The topic of the symposium will be wulfenite, the featured mineral of the 36th Tucson Gem and
Report (issue)
Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........Occurrences located in the Newark basin and vicinity, Pennsylvania ..................... 110 F. Section F: Occurrences...located in the Gettysburg basin and vicinity, Pennsylvania ..................... 147 G. Section G: Occurrences...location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2. deposit size (occurrence type - mine, prospect...south and east to west. The most prevalent name of a mine or prospect which was used in reference descriptions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
it was the many minerals from localities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey which I found the most inĀ­ teresting...Philadelphia. Here, the Wheatley, Brookdale, and Chester County mines operated in gneiss and red shale to extract...found at these locationsā€” malachite, azurite, wulfenite, and barite. Taken together, this suite of minerals...of green pyromorphite crystals from the Wheatley mine. Pyromorphite from this locality in this size is...the American market in recent years. The Rosenberg mine at Ems has produced specimens consisting of crystals
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...colorless crystals), Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating
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
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Frontcover Wulfenite with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange...Thomas noticed tbe beautifĆ¼l red crystals of wulfenite and vanadinite in the ore. He collected a suite...and collected specimens in 1864, described tbe wulfenite and vanadinite specimens in an 1881 article published
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...Smith, Universitv.Arizona_ ___Dr. Burt Ogburn, Phoenix. Prof. F. N. Guild, Tucson. Arkansas____L.Dr. A...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Journal (issue)
2017 CALCITE & ARAGONITE CaCO3, 5.3cm, Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province...Mineral Collections at UA Gem & Mineral Museum 11 Wulfenite is Loved 12 Page 13 Editors Corner 13 The...October 12th program by Evan Jones about ā€œHow Wulfenite Became Official Arizona Mineralā€ was especially...especially sweet as we had most of MSAā€™s grassroots Wulfenite is Loved campaigners in attendance to enjoy Evanā€™s...baton to spread the news to Arizona clubs on wulfenite, our awesome new state mineral! November 9th is
Journal (issue)
May, 2017 WULFENITE, PbMoO4, 7cm, Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA; Evan Jones...MSA/Arizona Campaign Wulfeniteā€ Heart Shaped Matrix & Wulfenite Crystal, made perfect Wulfenite is Loved ICON...March 22, 2017, Wulfenite became Official Mineral of Arizona, so May, we celebrate Wulfenite with a program...8th program speaker is Dr. Jan Rasmussen about ā€œWulfenite in Arizona.ā€ The program is based on molybdenum...Curator of the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum in Phoenix. Our April 13th program presented by MSA Milestone
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Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...overall light smoky shade, and one from Saline County, Arkansas, failed to turn color at all. Crystals...ā€œHot Springs areaā€ * ā€œHot Springs areaā€ Lincoln County Veta Grande Claim, Yuma Co. Arkansas Arkansas...collectibles, and miscellaneous subjects such as mine bell signal signs, scales, m useum reports, and...from Upper ProvĀ­ idence, D elaw are C ounty, Pennsylvania; 36.2 carats, NM NH #G 1 2 8 3 . Photo by Chip
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.................... 5 W. E. Wilson Arizona Wulfenite in the News, 1877ā€“1940 .................................. 15 W. E. Wilson The Piedmont mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ........................................ 29 B. L. Muntyan The San Manuel mine, Pinal County, Arizona ..................................Alexander The Morenci and Metcalf mines, . Gila County, Arizona ........................................& W. E. Wilson Mineral collecting at the Magma mine, . . Superior, Arizona .......................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
W. Bangalor Drive Or0 Valley, Arizona 85737 WULFENITE HAS BEEN A FAVORITE of mineral collectors for...most wulfenite specimens, not only to the mine, but also often to the particular place in the mine and...and even to the period of collection. Wulfenite is known from hundreds of localities, although most are...Chemistry and Color In chemical composition, wulfenite is a combination of the rather common metallic...molybdate [PbMoO,]. Like other lead minerals, wulfenite is heavy, with a density of 6.88 gm/cc ā€˜when pure
Journal (issue)
Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...the participating collectors. Contents How wulfenite became the official State Mineral of Arizona by...Steve Maslansky Bill Yedowitz Denis Menard How Wulfenite Became the Official State Mineral of Arizona Alexander... the Arizona State Legislature voted to make wulfenite the official state mineral of Arizona. Considering...source of the worldā€™s most beautiful and treasured wulfenite, and has not just one but many world-class occurrences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
36849-5305 WULFENITE Downloaded by [Virginia Tech Libraries] at 04:18 15 March 2015 San Francisco Mine, Magdalena...specimen of wulfenite ud assodIIted mimelile W85 mined In lbe early 1970s al the San Fruclsco mine (also known...known 85 lbe Cerro Prieto mine), Magel. . ., Sonora, Mexico. The largest crystal is 4 em across, ud Ihe...consider Ihis localily 10 be Mexico's best modem wulfenite SOUIU. Today, it Is being worked by a group of...of intensely red, orange, or yellow crystals, wulfenite has been one of the most important collector minerals
Journal (issue)
Geological Survey Richard V. Gaines Pottstown, Pennsylvania Donald R. Peacor Univ. of Michigan Abraham Rosenzweig...by D. Jones The minerals of Malpais Hill, Pinal County, Arizona..............................109 by R...by W. Hunt Famous mineral localities: the Hilltop mine ..........................................121 by...by D. K. Miller and W. E. Wilson The Silver Bill mine, Gleeson, Arizona ................................of an Indian miner was found preserved in a salt mine, where he had been killed in a cave-in (see Thompson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tourmaline crystal was noted in the Luella mine near Avon, Latah county, Idaho, which measured 3x3x8 feet. Other...Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county, Alabama, was 10 inches in diameter and from 3...length. Other crystals have been noted at the Baer mine near Orange, New Hampshire, to 10 inches in diameter...noted in the School Section pegmatite of Fremont county, Colorado. ROCKS AND MINERALS Maine, Connecticut...pink and green crystals at Ohio City, Gunnison county, Colorado; dark green, pink, and indicolite tourmalines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Knolltop Dr., DIV. RM, Rochester, NY 14610. PENNSYLVANIA FOSSIL PLANTS. White/ black impressions. $150...free list, write to: B L A I N E R E E D , 907 County Rd. 207 #17, Durango, CO 81301. METEORITESā€”RARE...Min. (602) 870-0075 ā€¢ 42 W. Hatcher, Dept. L, Phoenix, AZ 850211 I Lapidary at Its Finest" HiNBHAW...sizes, including vanadinite, azurite, calcite, wulfenite, and many others. Over 1,000 pieces being sold...octahedrons Vi" down $2.50each, Vi"-\" $5.00 NEW FINDS: Wulfenite, Nevada; pyrrhotite, each, \"-\Vi" $10.00 each
Report (Issue volume)
RESOURCES Part 3, Metal Mines and Occurrences in Pennsylvania by Arthur W. Rose Mineral Conservation Section...Earth & Mineral Sciences The Pennsylvania State University PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if credit Is given to the Pennsylvania Geological...1365, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 Bulletin MSO, Part 3, Sheet 1 M50 Pennsylvania Geological Survey...him. Part 3 Metal Mines and Occurrences in Pennsylvania TYPES OF DEPOSITS by Arthur W. Rose CONTENTS
Journal (issue)
Scholten) leader. ā€¢ September 29th to Anderson Uranium Mine for Carnotite, Weeksite, Agate, Fluorite (Jeff Craig)...COMPETITIONS THUMBNAIL SELF COLLECTED DIOPTASE, Sanda Mine, Mindouli Region, West of Brazzaville, Central African...Chris Whitney-Smith. WULFENITE, Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mts., La Paz County, Arizona, USA; Ā© Chris Whitney-Smith...Harvard Collection it is called the Electric Meatball Mine. At least mineral collectors have a good imagination...at for lapidary material. One is the Burro Barite Mine south of Bouse with veins of pink to white barite
Report (edition)
PENNSYLVANIA STATE LIBRARY OF 0144 00141189 1 v < 2 Ā£ m- c oi; cĀ» tt*sā€œS S Si! at tss^s isl^j...1 ' s WJ= ~S 5! s ā€ž3 &Ā«eq SjgĀ® . . PENNSYLVANIA 1 .8 ^2Ā»SS 3 d 5-s &s z l|ltĀ« 7* < OF ...GEOLOGY REPORT 1976 33 MINERAL COLLECTING IN PENNSYLVANIA by Alan R. Geyer Robert C. Smith, John H....Graphics by Albert E. VanOlden COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES TOPOGRAPHIC...II Copyrighted 1976 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if
Journal (issue)
12-5 [evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE ā€” RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona...Geological Survey Richard V. Gaines Pottstown, Pennsylvania Mary E. Mrose U.S. Geological Survey Abraham...copyright 1980 @ Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R............................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona .......................................213 by J. A. Crowley The Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona ..............................219
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shows in early 1974 ā€” New York Hilton, Feb. 22-24; Phoenix, Mar. 1-3; Rochester, N.Y., May 4 & 5; Denver,...1973. Mr. Bryant was born and raised in Oxford County, Maine, the site of the two famous tourmaline discoveries...Topographic and Geologic Survey Harrisburg, Pennsylvania A #T he material described above first hit...understandably calling it ā€œstar micaā€. The specific mine is not known by any of our associates but the localĀ­...Friedrichssegen mine (closed since 1880) is halfway between Bad Ems and BrauĀ­ bach. The old Rosenberg mine (closed
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track, to collect specimens underground at the Kelly mine, famous for exceptional blue-green botryoidal smithsonite...nearby Graphic mine, noted for azurite and malachite crystals, and visit the Blanchard mine to collect fine...included that of Ms. Blanchard at the Blanchard mine, who greeted someone she didnā€™t know with a shotgun... including periodic visits to Elk Creek, Meade County, to collect superb transparent golden barite found...CHAPTER: Bruce Kelley; bruce.kelley@gmail.com PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER: Joe Marchesani; Jmarch06@comcast.net
 
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