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Sphalerite from
Whim shaft, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Shaft
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Whim shaft, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:759481
Long-form Identifier:1:3:759481:6
GUID (UUID V4):9cae8a8c-c014-481c-92af-37f7d62d1ca2
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Perkiomen Copper Mine, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) Ecton Mine, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) Phoenixville tunnel (Conrail tunnel; Black Rock tunnel), Phoenixville, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) Wheatley Mines, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) Chester County Mine, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) Southwest Chester County Mine (New Chester County Mine), Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) Brookdale Mine, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) Charleston Mine, Charlestown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Marlborough Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) Ridge Avenue and School Lane Quarries, East Falls, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
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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
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...lithograph showingthe Ecton, "Whim" and "new" Perkiomen mines(left to right, from the east). Courtesy of
Report (issue)
PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES BULLETIN M5 LEAD AND ZINC ORES of PENNSYLVANIA Henry a;...lead and zinc in Pennsylvania notwithstanding that all of the old lead and zinc mines have long been closed...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...spending money and labor in attempts to develop mines in those places where all the evidence is against
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 (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
Journal (issue)
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Milton J. Shapp , Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES Maurice... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geology of Pennsylvania Supports Mar's Theory . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . Pennsylvanian Heads U.S. Bureau of Mines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 6 7 8 10 10 11...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
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and fore-delta cyclothems of the Brigantian and Lower Pendleian are traced and shown to have a bearing...subordinate fluorite, remain in residues adjacent to the mines. P]ate 1 Section of a lead vein from Gra ·sington...4 History of mining 7 References Chapter 2 The Lower Palaeozoic Ordovician Arenig Series 8 Ashgill Series...Chapter 6 Structure Introduction 71 Structure of the Lower Palaeozoic basement 72 Structures marginal to the...Mineral deposits: Details Area 12 The Richmond Copper Mines 119 155 163 Chapter 11 Mineral deposits: Details
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British Mining No.13. : THE MINES OF ? GRASSINGTON . -~: • ,~J i . • -· ,::: -, ·:•,: .;:...The results of significant research on individual mines or mining areas will also be considered for publication...0308-2199. ISBN 0 BRITISH MINING NO. 13. THE MINES OF GRASSINGTON MOOR & WHARFEDALE N .M .R . S ....Section Through Middle Vein Etc. Bycliffe Mine Etc. Mines of Grassington Moor - Plan of main workings. Water...Main Shafts at Yarnbury Section of Greenhowbottom Shaft Cupola Mill Flues Cupola Furnace & Coalgrovehead
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iii 017 workings. The accounts of the various mines do not provide a mining report upon the property...listed in the Catalogue of Plansof Abandoned Mines (Mines Department) vol. ii, 1929, have freely given...Geological Department of the Camborne School of Mines, and his successor Mr. J. Robson ; the late Lt.-Col...Bridford Barytes Mine, who supplied information on the mines of Devonshire which he had collected from many sources...specimens collected during his investigations of mines in north Devon and west Somerset; and Mr. J. H
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the JII workings. The accounts of the various mines do not provide a mining report upon the property...listed in the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned! Mines (Mines Department) vol. ii, 1929, have freely given...Geological Department of the Camborne School of Mines, and his successor Mr. J. Robson; the late Lt.-Col...Bacytes Mine, who supplied information on th.e mines of Devonshire which he had collected from many sources...specimens collected during his investigations of mines in north Devon and west Somerset; and Mr. J. H.
Report (issue)
THE MINES OF CARDIGANSHIRE ,' NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS Papers dealing with any aspect of industrial...considered for publication research on individual mines as a complete ·monograph. or mining areas will...MINING 0 0308-2199 901450 14 No .12. THE MINES OF CARDIGANSHIRE J.R. FOSTER-SMITH. A MONOGRAPH...identifiable nonferrous metal mines and trials in Wales. Each monograph covers a county of major importance or...some brief notes upon as many non-ferrous metal mines as it has been possible to trace during a long period
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
James Blight and Jens Andersen Camborne School of Mines, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical...sulphidedominated mineralisation comprises chalcopyrite-sphalerite with minor cassiterite/stannite. The last significant...although, ferberite is developed at grain margins. Sphalerite is a minor mineral but generally exhibits ‘chalcopyrite...Rollinson, G.K.1 and Colgan, B.2 1 Camborne School of Mines, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical...Gibson1 and Kevin N. Page2 1 Camborne School of Mines, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical
Report (volume)
Deposits and mines...................................................... Clark County.................prospects...................................... Elko County.................................................... 64 CONTENTS. 5 Deposits and mines Continued. Elko County Continued. Mud Springs district Continued........................................ 76 Tramp shaft.......................................... 76 Dolly...... 82 6 CONTENTS. Deposits and mines Continued. Elko County Continued. Dolly Varden (Mizpah) district
Report (issue)
authority of the Hon. D. G. May, M.L.A., Minister for Mines 94792-1 PREFATORY NOTE This is the first Bulletin...202 202 203 203 203 203 APPENDIX1 List of gold mines containing minor amounts of lead and zinc minerals...APPENDIX2 Catalogue of plans of lead-zinc mines held by Mines Department or published .... Plate 1. 2.... .... .... .... Production from miscellaneous mines in Northampton Mineral Field .... .... Annual production...contain significant quantities of galena and/or sphalerite in their primary ore. It is not concerned with
Journal (issue)
i i i Journal of Mines an�1 Minerals I s s u e No. 15i ,;. ,;�'S '' ` . / . � 1 • •� • ' 4... Sрeгirнcvг: 70 х t30 .r 45»гт UK Journal of Mines and I b i e r a l s Issue No 8 A U T U M N 1 9 9...(UK) Non UK £16.50 Equiv for 3 issues inc. р & р. USA $30 for 3 issues inc. p & p. Note: Non UK prices...Schmitt. 812 Imperial Court, Hartland, Wisconsin 53029 USA Tel: (0414) 3673674 Cyril Kovac Gemcraft Pty. Ltd...Doncaster, South Yorkshire. 2 3 0 Sainte Marie-Aux-Mines Show Report D.I. Green. 3 9 Mineralisation of
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.. .. ... iv CHAPTER V . — Details OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 8. St...Okehampton district . . .. .. . Mines in the granite (p. 750); Mines in the Culm Measures (p. 751); Newton...section .. .. FIG . 36 . — The Phoenix United Mines Lode . . FIG . 37. — South Phoenix Mine; transverse...CASTLE-AN -DINAS WOLFRAM MINE. .. . . 513 New Shaft, at the southern end of the workings, on the southern...house is behind the headgear. " Trucks from the shaft cages are run along the gantry to dump waste rock
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EXPLANATION OF PLATES V CHAPTER V.-DETAILS OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 509 ...13. Okehampton district . . 750 Mines in the granite (p. 750); Mines in the Culm Measures (p. 751); Newton...longitudinal section 524 FIG. 36.-The Phoenix United Mines Lode 592 FIG. 37.-South Phoenix Mine; transverse...PLATE XI. A.-CASTLE-AN-DINAS WOLFRAM MINE. New Shaft, ' at the southern end of the· workings, on the...house is behind the headgear . Trucks from the shaft cages are run along the gantry to
Report (issue)
(upper left); molybdenite and quartz from Kingsgate (lower left, see Photograph 34); and crystals of cassiterite...Molybdenite-bearing quartz vein material, Glen Eden mines ............................ High-quality blue sapphires...that much of the Suite was derived from mantle or lower-crustal melts (Bryant, Arculus & Chappell 1997)...ignimbrites and sedimentary units derived from these Lower part of one ignimbrite flow Depositional Environment...Steeper dips (locally up to 35°) characterise the lower part of the sequence, particularly close to the
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from the workings. The accounts of the various mines do not provide a 1nining report upon iv the property...listed in the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines (Mines Department) vol. ii, 1929, have freely given...Geological Department of the Cambome School of Mines, and his successor Mr J. Robson; the late Lt-Col...specimens collected during his investigations of mines in north Devon and west Somerset; and Mr J. H. Trounson...for pennission to inspect plans and reports of mines on these estates and holdings; also to the mining
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.............. CHAPTER V-DETAILS iv V OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET ...................................... Mines in the granite (p. 750); Mines in the Culum Measures (p. 751 );................. 524 FIG. 36.-The Phoenix United Mines Lode ................................... 592 FIG...... 513 A.-cASTLE-AN-DINAs WOLFRAM MINE. New Shaft, at the southern end of the workings, on the southern...engine house is behind the headgear. Trucks from the shaft cages are run along the gantry to dump waste rock
Journal (volume)
Photograph originally published in the UK Journal of Mines & Minerals no. 29 (2008) . NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS...A review of the mineralogy of the Roughton Gill Mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: Part 2 The Roughton Gill...volborthite and tangeite. Strontianite is described from County Mayo in Ireland, and postmining stalactitic rancieite...volume and in volume 29 (2008) of the UK Journal of Mines & Minerals. Michael Wolfe, compiler of the Mineral...A REVIEW OF THE MINERALOGY OF THE ROUGHTON GILL MINES, CALDBECK FELLS, CUMBRIA: PART 2 THE ROUGHTON GILL
Report (issue)
BRITISH MINING No. 49 Aw eis) WHARFEDALE MINES M.C. GILL BRITISH MINING THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION...lecturer in mechanical science at the Royal School of Mines and, in addition to his work on the annualMineral...edited Ures Dictionary of Arts Manufactures and Mines. The latter was an encyclopedia of 19th century...hand, Monographs are complete entities on specific mines or mining fields and are written by members with...Society, its activities centred upon the study of mines, mining and speleology in northern England. Subsequently
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(1968 - 2013) Julie and David at the bottom of Whim Shaft, Whitesmith Mine, Strontian in April 2009. Photograph:...more involved with the team at the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals and became its webmaster, designer...uncovered some of the secrets of the abandoned mines. We explored the local hills making the long horseshoe...to Sgurr Donald several times. The descent of Whim Shaft was one of our most ambitious adventures. At...Funeral. 25 July 2013. I first met George at a Welsh Mines Society event back in the early 1980s. He was already
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shows in Tucson, Denver, Munich and Ste-Marie-aux-Mines Tel.: 949-494-5155 • www.kristalle.com • Email:...the Mineralogical Record. BENEFACTORS Arthur Montgomery (deceased) Randolph S. Rothschild (deceased)...geographically tiny St. Andreasberg District of silver mines has an outsized reputation: it is among the most...abandoned for more than a century after that, these mines produced world-class specimens of pyrargyrite, dyscrasite...the late 15th century and 1910, St. Andreasberg mines gave up some of the world’s The Mineralogical Record
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Investigation of polymetallic mineralisation in Lower Devonian volcanics near Alva. central Scotland .... The presence of reefal limestones within the lower part of the Carboniferous was well known from the...Craven Basin, although the values are generally lower than those reported in Irish areas of similar geolobry...parisons with the important sulphide deposits in the Lower Carboniferous of Eire suggest that the most pro­... GEOLOGY The Craven Basin is an area of thick Lower Car­ boniferous sedimentation, in contrast to the
 
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