 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH CREEK MINES CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA By F. HAROLD EVANS Doylestown, Pa...Pa. FOREWORD The Pennsylvania Geological Survey, and the United States Geological Survey, have published...published several Bulletins on the French Creek Mines. Very little of the history has been mentioned. It was...collect some of the early and late history of this mine, that after two years of research, this paper is...not survive without the other. Specimens from this mine, have been observed in many of the large museums |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | following trips. (1) Devil's Pool, Wissahickon Creek. About 200 feet north of the pool is an exposure...length. (2) Deshong's qusrry, Leiperville, Delaware County. Ia,rge microcline crystals were obtained and one...(3) Gottscholt's mine, I mile northwest of Capella Hill, Alsace township, Berks County. Nickeliferous pyrrhotite...Hartnann's mine on Antietam Creek, 1 mile west of Spies Cburch, Alsace township, Berks county. Only inferior...3)l miles southwest of Pricetown, Alsace Township, Berks County. Fine limonite, stalactitic and mammillary |  | | Report (volume) | | THE HONEYBKOOK AND PHOENIXVILLE QUADBANGLES, PENNSYLVANIA BY F. BASCOM AND G. W. STOSE UNITED STATES..._-___-_-___---_. Mine Ridge anticline__---___-_-__--_---_______-___-_-_._.. Chester Valley syncline_...Flint___--_------___________________-___-_---___.______ Magnetite ore.--_-___-___-__----__-_---------_--_---_-_-_-____...Plain _______ 3. Reconnaissance geologic map of Chester Valley east of Phoenixville quadrangle. ______...______ 4. Generalized geologic map of part of Chester Valley showing overlap of Conestoga limestone. |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | thickness; mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted...south prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles...miles. Down to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | complex base-metal assemblage from the Sterling mine, New Jersey ......................................mineral localities: The French Creek mine, St. Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania........................Dickinson Famous mineral localities: The Burra Burra mine, Burra, South Australia ..........................Saddle-shaped rhodochrosite crystals from the Foote mine, North Carolina ..................................institutions already, including the Colorado School of Mines and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. (See the |  | | Report (edition) | | STATE LIBRARY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 II II II nil 3 014 4 00050005 «k. 1 ’^^jklTL% i ^IH ^ 1 k...Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine (yellow veinlets), and magnetite-limonite...(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 (volume) | | Water-Hydrological Data.. Juneau, Alaska. Alaska Div. Mines and Minerals Mineral Inv. Rept.-State of Alaska...Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines and Minerals, Mineral Investigations Report. Juneau...Columbia Dept. Mines and Petroleum Resources Aim. Rept.~British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum...Sacramento, Calif. California Div. Mines and Geology Bull.Callfornia Div. Mines and Geology Mineral Inf. Service...Service.California Div. Mines and Geology Rept. State MineralogistCalifornia Div. Mines and Geology Spec. Rept |  | | Report (volume) | | value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...Sanford. Upon Mr. Sanford's transfer to the Bureau of Mines the work was put into the hands of Frank L. Hess...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; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | unsuspectedlocalities. THE MINES AT THE FALLS OF FRENCH CREEK, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA GBoncn Veux, J*.....brucite from Woodrs Chrome Mine, the amethyst, garnet, and titanite of Delaware County, to bring to mind some...than passing importance except the mines at the Falls of French Creek. A brief account of this locality...later editions the Keim's Iron Mine (near Knauertown). Elizabeth Mine is added. Also the name of Crossley's...literature. The present mines, which are known as those of the Falls of French Creek, cover much more extensive |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | MINERAL RESOURCES Part 3, Metal Mines and Occurrences in Pennsylvania by Arthur W. Rose Mineral Conservation...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...manuscript sent to him. Part 3 Metal Mines and Occurrences in Pennsylvania TYPES OF DEPOSITS by Arthur W |  | | 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 (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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and the mica, in some cases, a vermiculite. Mill Creek flows into the Schuylkill River about three hundred...bank. When the inclined plane was abandoned the Pennsylvania Railroad made a curved cut through these rocks...that found on Ridley and Crum Creeks in Delaware County, contained segregated masses of coarse orthocl...halotrichite occur occasionally, but on the Pennsylvania Railroad at 59th street there was an old quarry...largest quarry, situated northeast of Frankford Creek and between Adams and Church Streets, chiefly towards |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Pennsylvania...............................................value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur... Willis, C. F., and others, Arizona State Bur. Mines Bulls. 1-8, 1915-16. Comstock, T. B., A preliminary...Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico mines and minerals, World's Fair edition, 1904. Genth...and Ehrenfeld, Frederick, Minerals of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Top. and Geol. Survey Comm. Kept. No |  | | Journal (issue) | | . ~· ....... ,_ '.·._ COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Milton J. Shapp, Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL...Pequea Silver Mines 2 Engineering Problems in Areas of Limestone Springs 6 Yo rk County Ann ual "Rock.... . . 9 Ouiggleville Gap Prospect - Lycoming County ............ 10 New From the U. S. Geological... . . . . . . . . 14 First Geologic Map of Pennsylvania Urgently Needed 14 Meet the Staff - Alan R...gives scale. Photo courtesy of William Bolles. PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGY is published bimonthly by the Topographic |  | | Journal (issue) | | VOL. 33, NO. 1 GEOLOGY COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Edward G. Rendell, Governor DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION...us/topogeo DCNR web site: www.dcnr.state.pa.us Pennsylvania home page: www.state.pa.us CONTENTS Many ideas................ 1 The 1949 discovery of the Grace mine iron deposit ................................. 2...celestine, a mineral that was first described from Pennsylvania specimens. Celestine, which is composed of strontium...mineral of Pennsylvania (see article on page 14). Photograph by John H. Barnes. PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGY PENNSYLVANIA |  | | 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......................................... |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...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...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...PAYNE, DeKalb Co. Hematite FREDONIA, Chambers Co. Magnetite GADSEN, Etowah Co. Hematite GAYESVILLE, Cherokee |  | | Report (issue) | | INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Inventory of Metal Mines and Occurrences Associated with the early Mesozoic...the U.S. Government. 1992 INVENTORY OF METAL MINES AND OCCURRENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EARLY MESOZOIC...Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude ................. .14 VII. Table 1: Inventory of metal mines and occurrences associated with the early Mesozoic...Occurrences located in the Newark basin and vicinity, Pennsylvania ..................... 110 F. Section F: Occurrences |  | 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...Acknowledgments 2 Section I-Active limestone and dolomite mines 3 Section Il-Crushed and broken limestone and |  | | Report (issue) | | some existing native sulfur mines in the United States and by opening new mines, by greater recovery of byproduct... Coal mines or districts that have produ,:ed pyrites. A considerable number of pyrite mines and coal...coal mines that produced pyrites prior to and during World War I stopped production shortly after that...for sulfuric acid manufacture. For that reason, mines whose pyrite production ceased prior to Jan. 1,... 1925 are distinguished on the map from those mines that have produced pyrites between that date and |  | | Report (volume) | | BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1966 Alaska Div. Mines pnd Minerals Geochem. Rept. - State of Alaska Department...Resources, Division of Mines and Minerals Geochemical Report. Juneau, Alaska. Alaska Div. Mines and Minerals Geol...Resources, Division of Mines and Minerals Geologic Report. Juneau, Alaska. Alaska Div. Mines and Minerals Rept...Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines and Minerals Report. Juneau, Alaska. Alaska Univ...AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1966 Arizona Bur. Mines Bull.- Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin. Tucson, Ariz. Arizona |  | | Book | | regarding the type of ABANDONED MINES Guest editorial: collecting in abandoned mines (by S. Voynick) 20: 178-180...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...minerals from [the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines,] Sardinia [Italy] (by F. Olmi, C. Sabelli & G....AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298 |
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