 | | Report (edition) | | 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 (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 .... . ...... . .. |  | | 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...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................................... THE OVER-MONTGOMERY- SCHORTMANN EXHIBITION SALE- JANUARY 17 · 18...Quatty INCOMPLETE LOCAl _.lTIES 'fhe Over - Montgomery - Schortmann I:xhibition SaJe held in New York...white cards but it was complete, too. Thus we saw: Goethite, Restormel Iron Mine, Lanlivery, Cornwall, England;...specimens whose localities are given simply as a county or province, or what is worse yet, state or country...project. The Lincoln Tun• ways, Park Ave. and Hudson County nel embraces a complicated system of via- Boulevard |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania The Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania held a field trip to the...Quarry (a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel Co. ) at Bridgeport, Pa., on July 13, 1958. More than 150 members...members and guests of the Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania were the guests of Bethlehem Steel Cornwall...Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania field trip to Bethlehem Limestone Quarry, Bridgeport, Pa., July 13, 1958...ROCKS A N D MINERALS Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania field trip to Bethlehem Steel Cornwall Corp |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."—on label. ARKANSAS—In the March-April...(west of the city). That would be in Jefferson County."—letter dated—June 31, 1956, from Marie Kennedy...of a fish. Nokomis, in the S.W. part of Sarasota County, is on the Gulf of Mexico. GEORGIA—The following...between Canton and Ball Ground (both in Cherokee County, Ga.). It is 2 cm. across, dark red apparently...5 miles southwest of Monroe, Iowa, in Marshall County."—on label. KANSAS—"I am mailing you a limonite |  | | Journal (issue) | | .............. CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES: 372 BRIDGEPORT MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....near Mayaguez, in western Porto Rico, near coast, goethite and other hard varieties have been observed. A...Cheyenne River. Custer is in north central Custer County. The mine is practically in the heart of the Black...Hills. There you take the rigbt hand turn onto the County Road . Toe mine is about 6 miles from here and...prospecting. Dunseith is in the western part of Rolette County 1n the northern part of the state. 366 ROCKS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 07:55 02 December 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse...listed. L O CA L I T I E S B Y C O U N T Y Albany County Indian Ladder: brookite; F. Old Callanan quarry:...11 August 1859: olivinebronzite chondrite. Bronx County Various excavations: chabazite, harmotome, quartz...quartz (amethyst), stilbite; F. Clinton County Au Sable Forks, iron mines north of: microcline (sunstone)...stilbite, titanite, zircon, others; F, C. Columbia County Ancram lead mines: barite, galena, sphalerite, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the mountain, for 3 miles. The gravel road is a county road, usually fair except after heavy rains. At...the N. W . part of Dade County, Fla., due west of Miami and near the Monroe County line. Among the samples...Lots 612 580 and 649, 19th District of Paulding County."—Spring 1954 issue, page 48. IDAHO—"I am sending...This new find is near Gilmore, Idaho, in Lemhi County."—letter dated July 28, 1954, from Clarence Martin...N O R T H CAROLINA — Orville M. Hewitt, Colonel USA Ret'd, 6 East Forest Road, Biltmore Forest, Ashville |  | | Journal (issue) | | Clemson University Paul Seel Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania George L. Holloway Northridge, Califomia Curt...HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy...encompasses south central Lancaster County as well as northeastern Kershaw County {Fig. I). These areas are sparingly...abandoned Kelly Bank iron-manganese mine in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Because of its light color and friable...crystallized turquoise from Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia (Mitchell, 1977), and also it is unlike |  | | Journal (issue) | | Clemson University Paul Seel Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania George L. Holloway Northridge, Califomia Curt...HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy...encompasses south central Lancaster County as well as northeastern Kershaw County {Fig. I). These areas are sparingly...abandoned Kelly Bank iron-manganese mine in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Because of its light color and friable...crystallized turquoise from Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia (Mitchell, 1977), and also it is unlike |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sec. 20, T.36., R.8W., Rolla Quadrangle, Phelps County, Missouri. The ore first mined was hematite from...deposited simultaneously with goethite since quartz crystals contain goethite needles radiating from the...decom(Continued on page 341) 331 Jack Ryason, Box 245, Bridgeport, Nebr. Larry Volkert, 54 N. Pleasant St., Middlebury |  | | Journal (issue) | | ......................................... 95 Bridgeport Mineral Club .......... .. .. .. .. .... .. ...of the rare mineral piedmontite in Adams County, Pennsylvania. Following the directions of Mr. 1'1artiu...Railroad, southeast of Charmian Station in Ada1ns County: at Blue Ridge Summit on the Pennsyh·arua-1\Iaryland...Pennsyh·arua-1\Iaryland border ; and, rarely, in Franklin County at scattered places on Jack's Mountain. In eYery case...feldspar and granite; it was in this u1ass that the goethite ,vas found. Even after the entire mass was cleaned |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Report (issue) | | I3fls£®[pS@®Il Sketches ©§ ®foM RSnanaang nan Montgomery ©®monty9 Pennsylvania by F. Harold Evans with Forward and...MINERALOGY, PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER, INC. / Historical Sketches of Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County...County, Pennsylvania by F. Harold Evans with Forward and Appendix by Dr. Allen Van Heyl Special Publication...MINERALOGY, PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER, INC. - Historical Sketches of Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County... Copyright © 1980 by Friends of Mineralogy, Pennsylvania Chapter and F. Harold Evans. All rights reserved |  | | Journal (issue) | | White Horse Ranch to the Blitzen Valley, (Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces...looked like slag from a furnace. This was in Grant County, Oregon, about 5 miles from Seneca. I was on a...3x3x8 feet in the Luella Mine near Avon, Latah County, Idaho ; and etc. Origin The crystals have reached...Embudo, T aos County, New Mexico, has been mined and sent to Washington, Pennsylvania, for use in making...been noted in the lithia pegmatites of San Diego County, California. One very large pocket was discovered |  | | Report (issue) | | .......................................... 31 Goethite ................................................calcite, clay minerals, dolomite, glauconite, goethite, gypsum, hematite, limonite (hydrous iron oxides)...collection of geodes from Big Walnut Creek, Putnam County; and many quarry operators for granting us permission...Indians knew of and used Wyandotte Cave in Crawford County (4).2 Ball (1941, p. 39) summarized the various...The Indians found that Wyandotte Cave, Crawford County, Ind., contained two desirable products, a jaspery |  | | Journal (issue) | | annual event that was first started by Arthur Montgomery, of New York City, some years ago. In 1940 the...the same policy and plan as that adopted by Mr. Montgomery- featuring the finest specimens, fully labelled...Schortmanns are following ( as adopted by Mr. Montgomery) is to display specimens from some new finds...enter the room, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Moore, of Bridgeport, Conn., spotted us and without giving us an opportunity...some-· thing to crow about. The locality is Kern County, Calif. Apatite: This calcium phosphate is always |  | | Journal (issue) | | secured. These fluorspar mines are all in Chaffee County. Fluorspar comes in veins of approximately 20 feet...Feldspar is found in the Turrett District, in Chaffee County. The dikes run from two to fifty feet in width...blanket form in the Turrett District, in Chaffee County, and a very good showin,g of graphite. Near one...below, takes you to Fairystone Park in Patrick County, Virginia, where the proprietor of the little souvenir...in North Carolina, and thence to Gap in Stokes County ( see a road n1ap) . The vicinity of Fancy Gap |  | | Journal (issue) | | content approached 15, 26 or 35 per cent. Turgite, goethite and limonite-all hydrous oxides of iron but differing...locality. The Town of Trumbull bounds the City of Bridgeport ( the industrial capitol of Connecticut) on the...of Natural History, 0 . Ivan Lee, and Arthur Montgomery, all of New York City. The prize-winning articles...interesting trip. The party started from the Washoe County Court House, known the world over, at 7 o'clock...entered California. From this point onward to Bridgeport the road courses through some rugged mountains |  | | Journal (issue) | | Trinidad, in the southwestern part of Las Animas County, is the coal mining center of southern Colorado...shale red, running the particles together, and the County uses this dump material for surfacing road and...hydromagnesite and marcasite. The Boston and Bridgeport Mineral Clubs visited Tilly Foster last Summer...about an unusual ice spring located in Millard County, in Cen• tral Utah. This spring is accessible from...THE OPALITE DISTRICT, _ MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGO N, AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA 1 n- ~r- ,e, )0 )0 |  | | Catalog/List | | mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE BISMUTH...(Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE TeO...matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE Ag Cl good...micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 up to 1.5cm £7 242 KOLBECKITE Scandium Phosphate...metallic mass in ■ matrix. (Mohawk Mine,Keenaw County Michigan USA) 1x1 £3 095 CALCIOVOLBORTHITE Ca Cu VO/4 |
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