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Sphalerite from
Phoenixville, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Borough
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Phoenixville, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:133099
Long-form Identifier:1:3:133099:1
GUID (UUID V4):4b053e06-8702-4c96-916c-b8b20118f0a0
Localities for Sphalerite in this Region
Phoenixville tunnel (Conrail tunnel; Black Rock tunnel), Phoenixville, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (volume)
Mineralogy of Pennsylvania. THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. TIKIS Mineralogy of Pennsylvania, BY JOHN...(funth's "Preliminary Report on tlir Mineralogy of Pennsylvania,*' luted n* ...Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. Academy MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 1. SILVER. (4)i According...occur in Berks countv, at North Reading, in Oley township, and on Cushion Mt. 2. Native copper east of...probably resulting from the dcsulphuration of the sphalerite. 4. GRAPHITE. (8) Graphite occurs, with gneiss
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...and before 1Si0 lead ore was being mined near Phoenixville. within 25 miles of Philadelphia. The ore at
Report (volume)
KESOUKCES OF THE HONEYBKOOK AND PHOENIXVILLE QUADBANGLES, PENNSYLVANIA BY F. BASCOM AND G. W. STOSE ...____-______-_-._ . 16 Rocks of Honeybrook and Phoenixville quadrangles.___-__.___-__ 18 Pre-Cambrian...____________ Newark group in Honeybrook and Phoenixville quadrangles.________________________________________...anticline__---___-_-__--_---_______-___-_-_._.. Chester Valley syncline________________________________...Geologic map and cross sections of Honey brook and Phoenixville quadrangles, Pa_ ________ In pocket 2. A.
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 (issue)
Sketches ©§ ®foM RSnanaang nan Montgomery ©®monty9 Pennsylvania by F. Harold Evans with Forward and Appendix...Special Publication No. 2 FRIENDS OF MINERALOGY, PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER, INC. / Historical Sketches of Copper...Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania by F. Harold Evans with Forward and Appendix...Special Publication No. 2 FRIENDS OF MINERALOGY, PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER, INC. - Historical Sketches of Copper...Montgomery County, Pennsyl­ vania. Copyright © 1980 by Friends of Mineralogy, Pennsylvania Chapter and
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STATE LIBRARY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 II II II nil 3 014 4 00050005 «k. 1 ’^^jklTL% i ^IH ^ 1 k...of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...(icologist G BULLETIN 33 Mineral Collecting Pennsylvania in by Davis M. Lapham Mineralogist Alan ...Environmental Geologist JiU-ateJ VanOiden PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG...Commonweath of Pennsylvania book may be pubished if credit this is given to the Pennsylvania Geological
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINES CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA By F. HAROLD EVANS Doylestown, Pa. FOREWORD The Pennsylvania Geological...Early History of Iron Manufacturing Chester fir Berks Co. in Pennsylvania The Colonies of New England and...this metal was found until twenty years later. Pennsylvania, which was not settled until later, started...Rutter, a smith, on the Manatawny Creek in Berks County. Iron mines, furnaces and forges depend on one...wave of iron mines and furnaces sprang up in the Schuylkill and Delaware Valleys. Capital was very scarce
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...given in the categories of : 1. name and location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2...stream, or town. County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude Information in the county, state, quadrangle
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)
Cassedanne A vivianite occurrence in Contra Costa County,California ... 337 by C. B. DeWitt Essay: minerals...mineral localities: The Phoenixville lead-silver mines, Chester County, Pennsylvania ......................location in the city of Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California. The occurrence is in a newly excavated...Map of the Walnut Creek Quadrangle, Contra Costa County, California. U.S. Geo­ logical Survey Open-File...Walnut Creek 7V2 minute Quadrangle, Contra Costa County, California. California Division o f Mines and
Report (Issue volume)
Earth and 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... ROOM 54, MAIN CAPITOL BUILDING HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 Bulletin M50, Part 2-8, Sheet 1 Page...of the mines of clay and shale companies in Pennsylvania supplying data for use in Part 2-B, of this...concerning 106 clay and shale mines operating in Pennsylvania during 1965 are given on 79 maps of the State
Report (edition)
PENNSYLVANIA STATE LIBRARY OF 0144 00141189 1 v < 2 £ m- c oi; c» tt*s“S S Si! at tss^s isl^j...1 ' s WJ= ~S 5! s „3 &«eq Sjg® . . PENNSYLVANIA 1 .8 ^2»SS 3 d 5-s &s z l|lt« 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
Report (Issue volume)
Part 1, Supplement, Limestones and Dolomites of Pennsylvania · by George F. Deasy, Phyllis R. Griess, Ronald...Earth a.nd 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...STATE BOOK STORE, P.O. BOX 1365, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 Bulletin MSO, Part 1, Supplement, Sheet...of limestone and dolomite mining companies in Pennsylvania supplying data for use in Part 1, Supplement
Book (edition)
«s m •p ■* ; sms •v ■1 mm D 'A ©F PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY By Scott Stepanski and Karenne...changes due to man or nature, Gem Trails of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, its publisher and all other...Physiographic Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 5 6 7 9 10 12 PENNSYLVANIA SITE NO. PAGE NO. 1...73 75 77 80, 82, 84, 86, 88 88 89 89 32 Phoenixville Dolomite 33 Chrome Run Minerals 34 Prospect...lt38ol Township Road (PA) Is. R-10061 State Road (PA) EH] Forest Road (PA) | 626 | Spur 563 County Route
Book (volume)
375 9 f-2. 162 fiQl c, THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA PART TWO JOHN ETEKMAN < 1 > w Q O UJ 5...>CQ uf S B o i s UJ THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA PART TWO CHEMICAL ANALYSES JOHN EYERMAN EASTON... CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA: PART 1 490: 425: 426: A:...pink Lenni, Delaware county VIII crystals green crystals. Rocksville, Bucks county light green crystals...crystals. No. 1 shaft, St. Peter's, Chester county radiating, columnar crystals of light green to pink color
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
Report (edition)
Geyer Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania I COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS... ' BULLETIN G 33 Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania by Davis M. Lapham Mineralogist Alan R. Geyer...Geyer Assistant State Geologist PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG First Edition...1965 Copyrighted 1965 b y the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published....... . .. . Adams County .... . .. ... ............... . . ... . Allegheny County .... . ...... . ..
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Denver, Colorado 80225, USA 2 US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA 3 US Geological Survey...94025, USA 4 Department of Geology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington 99004, USA 5 US Geological...Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA Received: 8 October 1993/Accepted: 17 June 1994 Abstract...(lat. 41~ The Ellenville (Ulster) mine in Ulster County, New York, n o w situated within the limits of...Shawangunk deposits contain pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena. In addition, brookite is a late
Journal (issue)
quent occurrence; some of them contain massive sphalerite, others are geodes. "' 162 THE MINERAL COLLECTOR...pink and white dolomite, but did not find much sphalerite or selenite, though the cherty concretions were...of dolomite. On the dolomite rest crystals of sphalerite (one a perfect twin), crystals of calcite, anker...formations? In 1857 Dr. William D. Hartman of \Vest Chester, Pa., his son, and myself, made a journey to the...the chrome mines of Little Britain Township, in Lancaster County. ' Our design was to explore the mines
Journal (issue)
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Milton J. Shapp , Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES Maurice... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geology of Pennsylvania Supports Mar's Theory . . . . . . . . . . ....Laure l Creek Reservoir, near Lewistown , Pa. PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGY is published bimonthly by the Topographic...Dept . of Environmental Resources, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17 120. JUNE1974 Correction: The volume notation...notation on the April 197 4 issue of Pennsylvania Geology was in error . Instead of reading Volume 2/
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...See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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;
Journal (issue)
on July 20 from the pos1t1on of Chief of the Pennsylvania Geological Survey's Oil and Gas Geology Division...everlastingly grateful. Born in Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, with a family background in the oil industry...from the Pennsylvania State University, Bill Lytle came to work full time with the Pennsylvania Survey...vital to the energy and industrial needs of Pennsylvania. Lytle's report on the calculated oil reserves...Continued on page 28 GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN PENNSYLVANIA 1977 1\THOIH CTIO\ This publication is the
Report (issue)
famous Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California, the star of the show (to my taste)...the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California. Ex Bryant Harris collection. Dave...the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California. Ex Bryant Harris collection. Dave...many fine pieces from the Pala district, San Diego County, especially from the Stewart mine. And from the...Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande district, San Diego County, Dave offers (besides plenty of elbaites) such
Report (volume)
Mercury and Other Trace Elements In Sphalerite and Wallrocks From Central Kentucky, Tennessee And Appalachian...1251-F Mercury and Other Trace Elements In Sphalerite and Wallrocks From Central Kentucky, Tennessee...germanium, gallium, and strontium content of sphalerite from ore deposits of the Central and Eastern...Mercury in sphalerite ______________________________. Cadmium, germanium, and gallium in sphalerite ____________...24 TABLES Page TABLE 1. Mercury content of sphalerite from Central and Eastern U.S. mineral districts
 
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