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Uraninite from
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Park
Classification
Species:Uraninite
Formula:UO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Uraninite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:243748
Long-form Identifier:1:3:243748:4
GUID (UUID V4):e0a24710-daf8-4d47-85b7-3d28c7495434
References
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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...quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
collector mineral, uraninite, has been suggested for this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. Uraninite is typically...brownish-black, grayish, or greenish, and in thin section uraninite is dark brown, yellowish, or greenish. It is brittle...at the addresses above. 328 ROCKS & MINERALS Uraninite is cubic (4/m 3 2/m). When well-crystallized,...aggregates, or scattered small grains. Ideally, uraninite is simple uranium oxide (UO,); however, it commonly...of Ce, La, and other rare earths; Al; and Ca. Uraninite is found in diverse geologic occurrences. It is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Leiperville in Delaware Co. and Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, all in Pennsylvanial, Johnston (1915)...unanalyzed but apparently distinct sulfate from Gilpin County, Colorado, which he refers to as uraconite, and...ocher in an oxidized gold quartz vein containing uraninite [?] in the Rathgeb Mine, San Andreas, Calaveras...the course of this study proved to contain only uraninite and liebigite. The uranocher of Vogl (1857) from...a coating on oxidized vein material in which uraninite and sulfides were primary constituents. Gypsum
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
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...mined near Phoenixville. within 25 miles of Philadelphia. The ore at Bamford and at New Galena was discovered
Book (edition)
so as to be distinc tive. Found only in Benito County, Cali fornia, the mineral is reported to fluo resce...equally good speci mens. The agate from Sweetwater County, Wyoming, exemplifies the uranium-acti vated quartz...between black lines shown on photo. The secondary uraninite is carried in a thick seam of crude gypsite, with...brown zircons from Henderson County, North Carolina, and Placer County, Calif., have an orange-brown...medium yellow-white fluorescence; that from South Park Colo rado, shows a weak flesh glow with long waves
Journal (issue)
the probable ef- average collector, including ; uraninite fect of the atomic age upon mineral col- (pitchblende)...Stansbury Island is located in northeastern Tooele County, Utah, almost due north of the Ellerbeck Station...Grand Central Parkway is prtserved in Cunningham Park while an area to the south has been but little encroached...we had better bring One very large one in Inwood Park erod- this little jaunt to a close. catand ciat... Pottstown is a beehive of industry between Philadelphia and Reading on the Schuylkill River. Potts'
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
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE... Onyx Marble HAPPY JACK MINE, Santa Cruz Co. Uraninite HELVETIA, Pima Co. ♦Fluorspar HOLBROOK, Adamana...Bradshaw Mts.) near Yavapai Co. Onyx Marble MINERAL PARK, Maricopa Co. Turquoise MORENCI, Modoc Point, Greenlee
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)
so as to be distinc­ tive. Found only i11 Benito County, Cali­ fornia, the mineral is reported to fluo­...hrown zircons from Henderson County, North Carolina. and Placer County, Calif., have an orange-brown...medium yellow-white fluoresce11ce ; that front South Park, Colo­ rado, s110,,�s a ,,· eak flesl1 glo,v with...No:1h Dakota Rolla, Kansas Searsmont, Maine Sioux County, Nebraska Tabory, Russia Tyron, Nebraska Washougal...fluoresce and phosphoresce shades of yellow. The Lake County, Calif. , Paterson, N.J., and Ber­ gen, N. J.,
Book (volume)
Verde Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona. In Nevada along the Virgin River in Clark County, and in distorted...distorted crystals from Humboldt County. From Borax Lake, San Bernardino County, California. In the Permian basin...near Silver City, New Mexico; Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona; in the Rand district and in the Calico...Calico and Barstow mines, San Bernardino County, California. A mass of cerargyrite weighing over six tons...Bullfrog district, Nye County, and in the Rochester district, Halides 14 Humboldt County. In the Silver City
Book
Extensive hydrothermal areas in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; Wairakie, New Zealand; Japan; Iceland;...assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....Iceland, New Zealand, Japan, and Yellowstone National Park, in the U.S.A, calcium-rich zeolites can be deposited...seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM photo by Donald
Book
Extensive hydrothermal areas in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; Wairakie, New Zealand; Japan; Iceland;...assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....Iceland, New Zealand, Japan, and Yellowstone National Park, in the U.S.A, calcium-rich zeolites can be deposited...seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM photo by Donald
Book (volume)
Valley (Calif.) Nacionalni park Kornati (Croatia) UF Kornati, Nacionalni park (Croatia) BT National parks...Nacionalni park Paklenica (Croatia) UF Nationalpark Paklenica (Croatia) Paklenica National Park (Croatia)...reserves—Croatia Nacionalni park PlitviCka jezera (Croatia) UF Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia) BT National...(Argentina) BT Lakes—-Argentina Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina) USE Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi (Argentina)...USE Naika (Indie people) Naikoon Park (B.C.) UF Naikoon Provincial Park (B.C.) BT Parks—British Columbia
Report (volume)
___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______
Book
Alfonso la Iberia, pp. 12. 14. Lapidario Philadelphia Venice, 13. M. Banco Bogota: Travels ... F. The 1913. Curious Lore and London: Philadelphia 20. ofPrecious J. B. 1730. 2 vols. Gemme... E. A. W. Budge, phia: 27. Henry pp. Philadelphia Michigan London: 17. or a Bhattacharya.... Amsterdam. 64, Indien, ou Egyptian Magic. Park: le 176 pp. University Fac- Books. 234 pp...time carving weighed jewelry firm in a Philadelphia, houses the Julius dealer, and Napoleon.
 
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