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Morenosite from
Gap Mine, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Morenosite
Formula:NiSO4 · 7H2O
Comments:morenosite and retgersite are found as apple- to yellowish-green waxy coatings on millerite, verified by XRD - see R. C. Smith reference
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Morenosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gap Mine, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:65797
Long-form Identifier:1:3:65797:8
GUID (UUID V4):86b39e81-33a7-4f21-9876-fd7b1004bc43
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with ferroan chalcanthiteat the Gap Nickel Mine, LancasterCo.,Pennsylvania. Tetragonaltrapezohedral, witlr'a:c:l:2...the twenty-threereportednatural occurrences of morenosite,orthorhombic NiSOI' 7HrO, can be said definitely...mineralogists under the name morenosite. Most of the reported occurrences of morenosite are open to doubt as...of so-called morenosite in the Harvard collection verified the existence of morenosite in one instance...a chemical analysis. The mineral occurs with morenosite, described beyond in more detail, and with blue
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
Journal (issue)
owned subsidiary of Meadowview Graphics Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation. The MATRIX Publishing Company is...States: Historical Notes on the Sterling Mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York by Steven Chamberlain 82...HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE Joseph Wharton and His Gap Mine: The Founding of the American Nickel Industry...millerite, col­ lected in the l 980's Crom the Sterling Mine dumps. The spray is 13 mm. high. Chamber­ lain collection...by one such local histor­ ical society. The Tri County Her­ itage Society at Morgantown, PA is a small
Report (issue)
00] 99.60 100.00 (1) Cottonwood Canyon, Nevada, USA; H2 O by difference. (2) Jáchymov, Czech Republic;...Association: Nickeline, gersdorffite, nickelian pyrite, morenosite, chalcanthite, annabergite. Distribution: Crystallized...Minasragra, 46 km from Cerro de Pasco, Peru. In the USA, in Cottonwood Canyon, at the Nickel and Lovelock...Churchill Co., Nevada; from the Gap Nickel mine, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; at Mine La Motte, Fredericktown...Thuringia; and from Antweiler, Eifel; in the Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar, Harz Mountains. From “Menimuir Burn”
Report (issue)
Morenosite NiSO4 • 7H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...from Richelsdorf, Hesse-Nassau; in the Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar, Harz Mountains; at Ramsbeck, Sauerland...Sauerland, and elsewhere. In the St. Patrick’s copper mine, Avoca, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. In Australia, from...Ontario, Canada. In the USA, from the Gap Nickel mine, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; in California, at the...the Friday Ni–Co–Cu mine, San Diego Co., and in the Island Mountain copper mine, Trinity Co.; from the
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 (volume)
-----------------------------------Alexo Nickel mine ____________________________________ - ___ Kenora...--------Limerick township ___ ---------_---------------------------Raglan township ____ -------- ________...________________________________________ ----- _--La ~otte township ___ ------------------------------------U nga...----------------------------------------Saline CountY--------------------------------------------Cal...---------------------------------------Boulder CountY------------------------------------------Conne
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Acquisition and evaluation of thermodynamic data for morenosite-retgersite equilibria at 0.1 MPa I-MING CHOU*...Virginia 20192, U.S.A. ABSTRACT Metal-sulfate salts in mine drainage environments commonly occur as solid solutions...present study extends to the system containing Ni. Morenosite (NiSO4·7H2O)-retgersite (NiSO4·6H2O) equilibria...this study for dehydration equilibria between morenosite and retgersite explain the more common occurrence...occurrence of retgersite relative to morenosite in nature. INTRODUCTION Efflorescent metal-sulfate salts
Report (chapter)
closed-basin lakes, in rock outcrops, and in mines and mine wastes has been noted since early antiquity. The...rocks, coal deposits, metallic ore deposits, and mine wastes. The composition of the salts reflects the...was shipped in large quantities from the Bluestone mine, Nevada (Palache et al. 1951). Many of the soluble...pentahydrate with Cu:Fe:Zn = 70:24:6, from Alameda County, California, gave a melanterite-type X-ray pattern...Co analog of morenosite. Mountain is a massive sulfide that hosts extremely acidic mine waters, some
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Society, which was held at the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, on November 11-13, 1948, was attended...Bates,PennsylvaniaState College,State College,Pennsylvania. G. F. Claringbull, British Museum (Natural...Lindo Patterson,Bryn Mawr College,Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Raymond Pepinsky,AlabamaPolytechnicInstitute...rrrl-DEBRAND,AND ADA SWTNEI,ORD Pennsylvania State College, State College, Pennsylvania The development of the...REMAINS OF'A GABBRO-GRANITE TRANSITION IN NORI'OLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS IELIX CIIAVES Geophysical Laboratory
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Society, which was held at the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, on November 11-13, 1948, was attended...Bates,PennsylvaniaState College,State College,Pennsylvania. G. F. Claringbull, British Museum (Natural...Lindo Patterson,Bryn Mawr College,Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Raymond Pepinsky,AlabamaPolytechnicInstitute...rrrl-DEBRAND,AND ADA SWTNEI,ORD Pennsylvania State College, State College, Pennsylvania The development of the...REMAINS OF'A GABBRO-GRANITE TRANSITION IN NORI'OLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS IELIX CIIAVES Geophysical Laboratory
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metals, sulfur, and acidity at active and abandoned mine sites. Sulfate salts of Fe, which form from the...orthorhombic and belongs to the epsomite group, wherein morenosite [NiSO4·7H2O] and goslarite [ZnSO4·7H2O] are additional...bieberite-epsomite, bieberite-goslarite, and bieberite-morenosite (Aslanian et al. 1972; Balarew et al. 1973; Siebke...with nickelhexahydrite at 61 °C, and a miscibility gap exists at lower temperatures (Rohmer 1939). FeO substitution...–238.73 kJ/mol (Chou and Seal 2003a), and for morenosite-retgersite equilibria is –237.44 kJ/mol (Chou
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)
\{t;_t:l'!'P_erland County, 5 miles southwest of Carlisle. Photo courtesy~'of Pennsylvania Historical and...Interesting Notes on the Minerals Industry of Pennsylvania A recent report prepared by the U.S. Bureau...Bureau of Mines, updated in part by the Pennsylvania Geological Survey, provides some interesting information...information concerning the minera l industry of Pennsylvania. The mining industry in Pennsylvan ia presently...way of living. Statistics for 1977 show that Pennsylvania ranks first among the states in the production
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.........................................
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)
OF MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES ALLANITE Inyo County: 1, Coarse grained allanite occurs in a pegmatite...quadrangle, McAllister (4) p. 52. Los Angeles County: Additional reference, Patchick (2) p. 237. This...diagrams. 1, AMPHIBOLES ACTINOLITE San Bernardino County: 3, Additional Wrightwood, reported by Berkholz...locality in alluvium, near 21. HORNBLENDE Inyo County: 1, In large prismatic crystals up to 2.5 inches...Panamint Range, McAllister (4) p. 52. San Bernardino County: 2, Pargasite variety of hornblende occurs in coarsely
Journal (issue)
index. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then site name. To avoid the confusion...century boundary changes in the British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act...referred to as Glamorgan. The new counties and county boroughs brought in by the Lieutenancies Act of...Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R
Journal (issue)
from many working mines and ancient but untouched mine dumps. The metalliferous mining industry is now...his untimely death last August has left a great gap and he will be greatly missed by his wife and th...office at South Crofty Mine, and later on, in the same capacity at Geevor Mine. In 1978, Richard and his...died. We were far undergound in a disused Cornish mine, and although he was very weak due to this illness...illness and the exertion required getting through the mine, followed by two hours hard work with hammer and
Report (volume)
Band XLI, Lieferung 3-6. Stuttgart, Germany. Pennsylvania, Geological Survey: Final Report, Vol. Ill,..............................:,.............. Pennsylvania.......................................................................................... Pennsylvania ......................................................................................... Pennsylvania...............................................................................I....-.-... Pennsylvania ...........................................
Book
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...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187
Journal (issue)
Vahle Jr. ISSN 0035-7529 1978 by All - Pennsylvania Issue Coming in the Summer A NEW LOOK ROCKS...ROCKS AND MINERALS focusing on the state of PENNSYLVANIA. Scheduled for publication in early June, this...lections and collectors found in PENNSYLVANIA. This all-PENNSYLVANIA issue will also contain complete...Convention July 7, 8, 9, 1978 in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Look for a detailed floor plan of the show...behold the splendid sparkle of the distant mica-mine dumps in New England sunshine to agree with tftis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
....... 64'6 U nited States, the celp,brated Gap Mine, appears to trials, made at Annapolis, Maryland.............. ......... 32'8 Wharton acquired the Gap property, and put it into cent., with a reduction...tough, tenacious material flows under the im­ Morenosite, NiSo. + 7H.O . .. .... . ..... ... 20'9 quantities...conNickel .silicates were discovered in Dougla:s County, sequently �he la:rge excess of metal produced...entitled nickel ores were proved to exist in Churchill County, tends steadily downward, we may confidently expect
Book (volume)
Verde Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona. In Nevada along the Virgin River in Clark County, and in distorted...distorted crystals from Humboldt County. From Borax Lake, San Bernardino County, California. In the Permian basin...near Silver City, New Mexico; Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona; in the Rand district and in the Calico...Calico and Barstow mines, San Bernardino County, California. A mass of cerargyrite weighing over six tons...Bullfrog district, Nye County, and in the Rochester district, Halides 14 Humboldt County. In the Silver City
Book (volume)
........................................402 Pennsylvania .............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..................................................................45 Arizona – Yuma Co. Hull Mine Site Map ......................................
 
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