Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Schuylkill County | County |
| Pennsylvania | State |
| USA | Country |
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Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Pottsville | 13,802 (2017) |
| Tamaqua | 6,829 (2017) |
| Schuylkill Haven | 5,228 (2017) |
| Shenandoah | 4,873 (2017) |
| Minersville | 4,258 (2017) |
| Mahanoy City | 4,070 (2017) |
Mindat Locality ID:
27701
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:27701:2
GUID (UUID V4):
a77ead94-8ef7-4dd9-a016-cb66a6a6365a
Other Languages:
French:
comté de Schuylkill, Pennsylvanie, États-Unis
German:
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Скулкилл , Пенсильвания, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
斯古吉爾縣, 宾夕法尼亚州, 美国
Spanish:
Schuylkill, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة شيلكيل, بنسيلفانيا, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Սկուկիլ շրջան, Փենսիլվանիա, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Schuylkill konderria , Pennsylvania
Bavarian:
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Vaoanigte Stootn
Belarusian:
Шуйлкіл, Пенсільванія, Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
স্কুইলকিল কাউন্টি, পেনসিলভানিয়া, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Скулкил, Пенсилвания, Съединени американски щати
Catalan:
comtat de Schuylkill, Pennsilvània, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Cebuano:
Schuylkill County , Pennsylvania
Cornish:
Konteth Schuylkill, Pennsylvani, Statys Unys
Dutch:
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان سکویلکیل، پنسیلوانیا, پنسیلوانیا, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Georgian:
შუილკილის ოლქი, პენსილვანია, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Hebrew:
מחוז שווילקיל, פנסילבניה, ארצות הברית
Hungarian:
Schuylkill megye, Pennsylvania, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Irish Gaelic:
Contae Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá
Japanese:
スカイルキル郡, ペンシルベニア州, アメリカ合衆国
Latin:
Schuylkill Comitatus, Pennsilvania, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Schuylkill Gông, Pennsylvania
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Schuylkill Kūn
Norwegian:
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
Pennsylvania German:
Schuylkill Kaundi, Pennsilfaani, Amerikaa
Polish:
Hrabstwo Schuylkill, Pensylwania, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Schuylkill, Pensilvânia, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Scottish Gaelic:
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Na Stàitean Aonaichte
Serbian:
Округ Скулкил , Пенсилванија, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
Traditional Chinese:
斯古吉爾縣, 賓夕凡尼亞州, 美國
Turkish:
Schuylkill İlçesi, Pensilvanya, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Скайлкілл, Пенсильванія, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
سکیلکل کاؤنٹی، پنسلوانیا, پنسلوانیا, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, Estados Unidos
Western Punjabi:
شیوکل کاؤنٹی, پنسلوانیا, امریکہ
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Rock Types Recorded
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| ⓘ Alum-(K) Formula: KAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O |
| ⓘ Bararite Formula: (NH4)2[SiF6] |
| ⓘ Berndtite Formula: SnS2 |
| ⓘ Boussingaultite Formula: (NH4)2Mg(SO4)2 · 6H2O |
| ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 Localities: |
| ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' Localities: Habit: platy aggregates Colour: green with pearly luster Description: The majority of PA cholrite group minerals have tested positive for a Clinochlore ID (Ref, the Mineralogy of Pennsylvania 1966-1975 Smith pgs76-90), however, the occurence at this locality has not as yet been tested to determine positive species ID. |
| ⓘ Clinosulphur Formula: S8 |
| ⓘ Cryptohalite Formula: (NH4)2[SiF6] Description: An occurrence in burning anthracite culm. |
| ⓘ Dickite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 Localities: Habit: minute crystals Colour: white to nearly clear (clarity visible only under microscope) Description: found associated with quartz crystals |
| ⓘ Downeyite (TL) Formula: SeO2 Type Locality: |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Godovikovite Formula: (NH4)Al(SO4)2 |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Herzenbergite Formula: SnS |
| ⓘ Hieratite Formula: K2[SiF6] |
| ⓘ Mascagnite Formula: (NH4)2SO4 Localities: |
| ⓘ Ottemannite Formula: Sn2S3 Description: Occurs in burning anthracite culm. |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrophyllite Formula: Al2Si4O10(OH)2 Colour: white to tan Description: from the reference: "Exceptionally preserved plant fossils from St. Clair, Pennysylvania, have long been part of museum and private collections. Fossil fern leaves and stems from the underclay of the Buck Mountain Coal (Reading Anthracite Company quarry), lowest Llewellyn Formation (late Pennsylvanian, Virgilian), combine outer layers of coalified organic material (phytoleim) with strikingly white kaolinite, quartz, and the low-grade metamorphic mineral pyrophyllite in the interior. The surficial dark, coalified material appears to preserve the dense outer layers (cuticle, epidermis, and palisade layer) and some cell walls of fossilized leaves. XRD spectra of separated phytoleim contain graphite peaks. Raman spectra with peaks near 1600 and 1320 cm-1 indicate that the phytoleim is composed of disordered graphitic material. ID/IG ratios from ca. 0.3 to 0.45 are consistent with greenschist facies metamorphic conditions forming the anthracite coal. The interior pyrophyllite is highly crystalline, with large crystals often oriented perpendicular to leaf surfaces. Hydrothermal formation of pyrophyllite requires relatively limited groundwater flow conditions and temperatures between ca. 275 and 350°C. Although many fossil leaves are compressed, some are near original thickness. We infer that the remains were replaced prior to significant burial and compression of the sediment by an early-forming mineral phase, possibly pyrite, which was in turn replaced by kaolinite and then pyrophyllite at higher temperature and pressure. Woody structures such as cuticle and veins, which had resisted replacement by the initial low temperature phase, were coalified at higher temperatures." |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Localities: Saint Clair, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA Wadesville, New Castle Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA Philadelphia and Reading coal mine (Reading Anthracite Co.), Wadesville, New Castle Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA Smoky Mountain Crystal prospect, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA Habit: prismatic Colour: Clear to Milky white Description: Crystals found in frequent association with dickite |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Rock Crystal Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Smoky Quartz Formula: SiO2 Localities: |
| ⓘ Radvaniceite Formula: GeS2 Localities: |
| ⓘ Salammoniac Formula: NH4Cl |
| ⓘ Selenium Formula: Se |
| ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 |
| ⓘ Steklite Formula: KAl(SO4)2 |
| ⓘ Sulphur Formula: S8 Localities: References: |
| ⓘ Tschermigite Formula: (NH4)Al(SO4)2 · 12H2O |
| ⓘ 'Unnamed (K-Al Fluoride)' Formula: KAlF4 |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Clinosulphur | 1.CC. | S8 |
| ⓘ | Sulphur | 1.CC.05 | S8 |
| ⓘ | Selenium | 1.CC.10 | Se |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Herzenbergite | 2.CD.05 | SnS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Ottemannite | 2.DB.10 | Sn2S3 |
| ⓘ | Radvaniceite | 2.EA. | GeS2 |
| ⓘ | Berndtite | 2.EA.20 | SnS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Salammoniac | 3.AA.25 | NH4Cl |
| ⓘ | Bararite | 3.CH.10 | (NH4)2[SiF6] |
| ⓘ | Cryptohalite | 3.CH.15 | (NH4)2[SiF6] |
| ⓘ | Hieratite | 3.CH.15 | K2[SiF6] |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Rock Crystal | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| ⓘ | var. Smoky Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
| ⓘ | Downeyite (TL) | 4.DE.05 | SeO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Godovikovite | 7.AC.20 | (NH4)Al(SO4)2 |
| ⓘ | Steklite | 7.AC.20 | KAl(SO4)2 |
| ⓘ | Mascagnite | 7.AD.05 | (NH4)2SO4 |
| ⓘ | Alum-(K) | 7.CC.20 | KAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O |
| ⓘ | Tschermigite | 7.CC.20 | (NH4)Al(SO4)2 · 12H2O |
| ⓘ | Boussingaultite | 7.CC.60 | (NH4)2Mg(SO4)2 · 6H2O |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrophyllite | 9.EC.10 | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Dickite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Unnamed (K-Al Fluoride)' | - | KAlF4 |
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Fossils
There are 16 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 | 91 |
|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | 299 Ma (Permian) |
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 443 Ma (Silurian) |
| Stratigraphic Units | Click here to view 7 stratigraphic units. |
| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. |
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 16 fossil localities |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuylkill_County,_Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q494207 |
| GeoNames ID: | 5211208 |
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