Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk), Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk) | Borough |
| Carbon County | County |
| Pennsylvania | State |
| USA | Country |
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Type:
Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Jim Thorpe | 4,641 (2017) |
Mindat Locality ID:
212583
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:212583:4
GUID (UUID V4):
c46931b7-8bbd-4eba-bc69-82fe20f68515
Other Languages:
French:
Jim Thorpe, comté de Carbon, Pennsylvanie, États-Unis
German:
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Jim Thorpe, contea di Carbon, Pennsylvania, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Джим-Торп, Карбон, Пенсильвания, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
吉姆索普, 卡本縣 , 宾夕法尼亚州, 美国
Spanish:
Jim Thorpe, Condado de Carbon, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
Arabic:
جيم ثورب , مقاطعة كربون, بنسيلفانيا, الولايات المتحدة
Basque:
Jim Thorpe , Carbon konderria , Pennsylvania
Bulgarian:
Джим Торп, Карбън, Пенсилвания, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Chechen:
Джим-Торп , Пенсильвани, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Cornish:
Jim Thorpe, Konteth Carbon, Pennsylvani, Statys Unys
Dutch:
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
Haitian:
Jim Thorpe, Pènsilvani, Etazini
Hungarian:
Jim Thorpe, Carbon megye, Pennsylvania, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
ジム・ソープ , カーボン郡, ペンシルベニア州, アメリカ合衆国
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Jim Thorpe, Carbon Kūn
Pennsylvania German:
Jim Thorpe, Carbon Kaundi, Pennsilfaani, Amerikaa
Portuguese:
Jim Thorpe, Condado de Carbon, Pensilvânia, Estados Unidos
Serbian:
Џим Торп , Округ Карбон , Пенсилванија, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Tatar:
Джим-Торп , Пенсилвания, Америка Кушма Штатлары
Turkish:
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pensilvanya, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Джим-Торп, Карбон, Пенсильванія, Сполучені Штати Америки
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Jim Thorpe , Pennsilvaniya, Amerika Qoʻshma Shtatlari
Vietnamese:
Jim Thorpe, Quận Carbon, Pennsylvania, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Volapük:
Jim Thorpe, Pensülvän, Lamerikän
Welsh:
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, Unol Daleithiau America
A borough and small town founded in 1818.
Originally a coal and railroad town.
The town name was changed from Mauch Chunk to Jim Thorpe in 1954.
Jim Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal (two, in fact) at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm (pentatholon and decathlon). Thorpe also played six seasons of professional baseball. He also played for six teams in the National Football League and also as a professional basketball player with an all American Indian team.
Coal was originally mined in Summit Hill, approximately eight miles west of the town. Anthracite coal was initially transported via the river and later by the railroad from 1827.
Mineralization is in conglomerate, Mauch Chunk Formation (Mississippian).
Autunite was first reported in 1874 near the town of Mauch Chunk (Jim Thorpe), however test mining was not conducted until 1953 at the Mount Pisgah deposit (https://www.mindat.org/loc-4080.html)(observations noted as mineralization in pods and rolls in the basal conglomerate of the Mauch Chunk Formation).
Two sub localities, both with mineralized zones in ridges along Route 209, include:
- Mauck Chunk Ridge (https://www.mindat.org/loc-204634.html), just south;
- and Pisgah Mountain (https://www.mindat.org/loc-4080.html), just north of Route 903 bridge to Jim Thorpe.
Additional localities aprox. 4-5 mi. North along the Lehigh River in the ridges along an abandoned railway:
- The Penn Haven Junction occurrence (https://www.mindat.org/loc-125861.html) is just south of the point where Black Creek runs into the Lehigh River.
- Butcher Hollow (https://www.mindat.org/loc-213313.html) is approx. 0.9 mi further south (0.4 mi. S. of Penn Haven Junction).
- The Packerton Junction uranyl occurrence (https://www.mindat.org/loc-29583.html) is less than a mile South of Jim Thorpe, along Route 209, just North of Packerton.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Torbernite Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Torbernite | 8.EB.05 | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
Fossils
There are 1 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.BETA TEST - These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | 331 Ma (Carboniferous) | ||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 347 Ma (Carboniferous) | ||||||
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| Fossil Localities | Click to show 1 fossil locality |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q1025791 |
| GeoNames ID: | 5195460 |
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Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA