 | | 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) | | 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 |  | | 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) | | SERIFS MINERAL COLLECTING PENNSYLVANIA COMMOWl FAITH OF PENNSYLVANIA PY G345/4.3 G33 1959 Snrrtary...Lapham, Davis M. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania c.l PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN G 33 ... MINERAL COLLECTING IN PENNSYLVANIA by Davis M. Lapham and Alan R. Geyer JMluitrationi lu _JtU...14 Adams County 15 Allegheny County Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Cumberland County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County |  | | 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 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) | | p4,, Over two million residents Arizona's Pinal County welcomes everyone as a V.I.P.!!! ?ieU S ~ , ae...MINERALS MAY-JUNE 1978, Volume 53 Number 3 PENNSYLVANIA! EXECUTIVE EDITORS Rudy Bradbury John Hanahan...Hanahan Jr Richard S. Mitchell GUEST PENNSYLVANIA EDITOR Delbert L. Oswald FOUNDER Peter Zodac MANAGING EDITOR...Schmerling 94 Pennsylvania- A Geological Gem Beth Schooler 99 The Paleontology of Western Pennsylvania Richard...Chert in Western Pennsylvania Richard L. George 108 Rare Earth Minerals from Pennsylvania Ralph G. Wells |  | | 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............ 49. Other fire clay processed at the mine: quantity ..... .. ............ .... .. .......... 31 18 53. Plastic fire clay processed at the mine: value......................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | front cover photo this issue fea tures a pair of hematite nodules collected in Montana. The largest specimen...THE PENNSYLVANIA COPPER MINES By W I L L I A M JOSEPH KLUNK R.D. # 1 , Brodbecks Pennsylvania We... About the base level near the quartz, earthy hematite. On the right portion of the dump, nice fern fossils...'Over The End') to the clearing at the lake. Russell Mine is in the woods, just north of this small lake and...the Copper Run Creek, make a left. Reed H i l l Mine is 150 yards back stone road. Between two mounds |  | Deasy, G. F., Griess, P. R., Balazik, R. F., Burtnett, J. W. (1967) Atlas of Pennsylvania’s Mineral Resources - Supplement, Limestones and dolomites of Pennsylvania, in Atlas of Pennsylvania's Mineral Resources. Mineral Resource Report M50-1S, Pennsylvania Geological Survey. | 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...man-hours devoted to specific mine operations during the year 5. Mine or mine-plant equipment modernized |  | | Report (issue) | | COPPER IN SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.0 By L. C. GRATON. INTRODUCTION. LOCATION. Shasta County lies just south...and western boundaries of the State. The Shasta County copper region is a somewhat ill-defined area lying...lying near the middle of the western half of the county, 80 to 100 miles east of the Pacific and at about...statement of the salient features of the Shasta County copper region aad of some of the general conclusions...at some intervening points. COPPER IN SHASTA COUNTY, CAL. 73 There is also a common division of the |  | | Book (edition) | | Oxyd of Manganese — Platinum—Red Copper Ore—Refl Hematite—Red Silver Ore—Rensselaerite—Rock Crystal— Rock...the owner from ruinous bargains, and may reveal a mine of mineral wealth, more sure and more profitable...Connecticut Rivers; Crescent City, Cal.; Hancock County, Ga.; near Tampa Bay, Fla.; Fulton, Penn.; Yellowstone...TREASURES. streaks. Cape Sable, Md.; Cleveland County, N. C.; coal slates on Ohio River, and in caves...Md. ; Aurora, Nev. ; San Amedio Canon and Tulare County, Cal. 6 —Asbestus. Occurs finely fibrous, flax-like |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Goodwin et al., 1998). Bakker et al. (2006) and Snively and Cox (2008) recently reviewed evidence regarding...Chihuahua and Coahuila, Mexico (Fig. 1). In Presidio County and adjacent Chihuahua, these beds have been assigned...(Lehman, 1996). Correlative strata in Brewster County, Texas, and adjacent Coahuila, Mexico, are assigned...San Carlos Formation, on the Coal Mine Ranch in western Presidio County, Texas (Fig. 1). The collection...was obtained from the Aguja Formation in Brewster County by W. Langston, Jr. in 1975. It comprises several |  | | Book (edition) | | of Manganese — Platinum — Red Copper Ore — Red Hematite — Red Silver Ore — Rensselaerite — Rock Crystal—...any bank. in the sure a and and farm from mine more List of Illustrations. PROSPECTING THE...21 and City, Connecticut Rivers; Hancock County, Cal.; Tampa Bay, Fla.; Fulton, Penn.; Yellowstone...coal slates N. and Franklin or Sable, Cape County, TREASURES. — Rock Amethyst. Crystal, bluish...Milford, and and Patterson, Phillipstown, ten County, flax-like; lamp-wicks, Localities. of the |  | | Book | | WYOMING AND OHIO A GUIDE TO TREASURE IN PENNSYLVANIA TO TREASURE IN VIRGINIA A GUIDE TO TREASURE...States began in New Mexico. The oldest known surface mine, as well as the first underground one, is in New...indelibly on their minds: 1) Do not enter any old mine unless you are properly equipped and know how to...ahead with your search—and good luck! Bernalillo County—In 1840, San Jose was a little village about five...the bodies of Felipe’s two helpers. Bernalillo County—The original Isleta Pueblo is on a mesa about 14 |  | | 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 (volume) | | THE ANCIENT VOLCANIC ROCKS SOUTH MOUNTAIN, PENNSYLVANIA FLORENCE BASCOM WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING...the Ancient Volcanic Kocks of South Mountain, Pennsylvania. This work was done in the field during the... THE ANCIENT YOLCANIC ROCKS OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN, PENNSYLVANIA. By FLORENCE BASCOM. INTRODUCTION. The mountain...Jersey as the Highlands, is the South Mountain in Pennsylvania and Maryland, the Blue Eidge in Virginia, and...Mountains in North Carolina. The South Mountain in Pennsylvania lies just east of the middle of the State, and |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | least four alternatinggenerationsof magnetiteand hematite. The rangein fo•.is 10-xsto 10-•'5atm. Coexistingpyrite...suggestions came from Drs. C. H. Behre, Jr., Norman Snively, H. D. Holland, Paul Barton, Jr., P.M. Bethke,and...Spaniardsfor their gold; the town'snamecamefrom a mine which reportedlyproduced400 gm of gold per ton....one,manganiferous hedenbergitefrom the San Antonio mine, is unusual. It occursas dark green,radiating,bladed...replacesminorgarnetand calcite. Quartz, chalcopyrite and hematite also are interbladedbetweenthe hedenbergitecrystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | contained in a drill corespecimen from the Tracy mine,southof Negaunee, Michigan. The nacriteoccupies...highlyalteredwall rock of the Tennessee-Schuylkill mine of the Wallapei district, Arizona; this identificationis...pocketsand fissuresin the ore and in goethite-hematite oxidizediron-forma- tion andalsoin disseminated...ore, Tracy mine. 3. 6(2)-layer aluminous serpentine(Type B) from drill corein ore, Tracy mine. * = line...hematiticore in three different drill coresfrom the Tracy mine area, Marquette district, Michigan. The chlorite |  | | Book | | Mexico's most famous treasure tale is that of the Adams Diggings. Somewhere in far western New Mexico is...then lost by Adams in the early 1860s. Also still awaiting rediscovery is the Josephine Mine in southwestern...San Rafael 81 17 Train Robber's Loot 87 18 The Adams Diggings 92 19 Salt on the Frontier 98 20 From a...Treasure of the Plum, Jose Trujillo 146 The Padre's Mine at Canon de la Soledad, Cleofas M. Jaramillo 146...Note on the Adams Diggings 152 A Hint to Prospectors 152 A Bizarre Hoax 154 Lost Spanish Mine Found 160 |  | | Report (issue) | | "The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Southern Yuma County" is the most pretentious bulletin of the kind that...in many parts of the county, it has not been easy to prospect southern Yuma County at all thoroughly, but............................ Silver Clip or Blaine mine...................................................Saxon mine................................ .................................... Princess mine............................................... Red Cloud mine.......................................... ..... |  | | Book | | was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood L a k e Pennsylvania: S c h u y l k i l l R i v e r Vi r g i n i...Washington D.C. area visit Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...trippers visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | muscovitesamplesintergrownwith sulfideore from the Providencia Mine, and III) three albite-adulariamixtures from late...worth checking, especially as somegeologists (N. Snively,personal communication) haveexpressedthe opinionthat...Oro stock the ore consistslargely of magnetite,hematite,pyrite, and chalcopyrite,whereasin the Providenciadepositsiron...muscoviteintergrownwith sulfide ores in the Providencia Mine; and (III) albite-adularia mixturesfromlatehydrothermal...Mixturesfroma Late HydrothermalVein At the Promontorio Mine in the Concepciondel Oro camp albite and adularia |
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