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Serpierite from
Ecton Mine, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Serpierite
Formula:Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Serpierite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ecton Mine, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:759484
Long-form Identifier:1:3:759484:7
GUID (UUID V4):8910b9df-88bb-4442-a20a-7f7e537c1635
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE MINERALOGY OF THE ECTO,N MINE, MONTGO,MERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA By JOHN B. RANKIN, JR. 5138 Gramercy...section of the the Ecton and the adjacent Perkiomen Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin newspaper mine. The ore was...at Phoenixville, Chester Audubon, the famed naturalist, for several County Penna., several miles west...west of years when he was in this country. The Ecton. Wetherill family of Philadelphia owned After attending..."Mill Grove" until the Mineralogical Societyof Pennsylvania, 1951 when it was sold to the Montgom- of which
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)
= 7.102–7.112 X-ray Powder Pattern: Bastenberg mine, Ramsbeck, Germany. 7.090 (100), 3.549 (25), 1.776...16.75 Total 97.0 [100.0] 100.00 (1) Bastenberg mine, Ramsbeck, Germany; SO4 by photometry, CuO, ZnO...(SO4 )4.00 (OH)19.76 • 9.84H2 O. (2) Ecton mine, Pennsylvania, USA; by electron microprobe, H2 O by difference...Association: Chalcopyrite, linarite, brochantite, serpierite, schulenbergite, smithsonite, hydrozincite, connellite...posnjakite, serpierite (Ecton mine, Pennsylvania, USA). Distribution: In Germany, from the Bastenberg mine, Ramsbeck
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS...index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between 1992 and 2000. Information...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
was first found by KOKKOROS (1950) in the Kamariza Mine, Laurium (Greece); the mineral had monoclinic symmetry...subsequently found in Ecton Mine, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania) (RANKIN, 1969) and in 79 Mine, Gila Co. (Arizona):...(1977) described ktenasite from Glomsrudkollen zinc mine, lVIodum (Norway), as monoclinic, space group P...~[(CLl,Zn)2(OH)30J- octahedral sheets 135 serpierite Ca(Cu,Zn)4(OH)6(S04!2' 3H20 (SABELLI and ZANAZZI...0.41 4.00 2.88 6.88 1.12 7.06 0.94 Cu Zn Serpierite (SABELLI and ZANAZZI, 1972) Cu( t) CII(2) Cu(3)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
was first found by KOKKOROS (1950) in the Kamariza Mine, Laurium (Greece); the mineral had monoclinic symmetry...subsequently found in Ecton Mine, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania) (RANKIN, 1969) and in 79 Mine, Gila Co. (Arizona):...(1977) described ktenasite from Glomsrudkollen zinc mine, lVIodum (Norway), as monoclinic, space group P...~[(CLl,Zn)2(OH)30J- octahedral sheets 135 serpierite Ca(Cu,Zn)4(OH)6(S04!2' 3H20 (SABELLI and ZANAZZI...0.41 4.00 2.88 6.88 1.12 7.06 0.94 Cu Zn Serpierite (SABELLI and ZANAZZI, 1972) Cu( t) CII(2) Cu(3)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Hirao mine Volume at Minoo99, page 19 ─ 24, 2004 19 Ramsbeckite from the Hirao mine at Minoo, Osaka...vein forming mineral in altered shale at the Hirao mine, Minoo, Osaka, Japan. It occurred as aggregates...manganese dioxide, schulenbergite, brochantite, serpierite, limonite and an unidentified mineral. It was...g/cm3. It is likely that ramsbeckite at the Hirao mine crystallized from Cu and Zn − bearing fluids. Introduction...Bastenberg mine near Ramsbeck, and four other localities (the Glücksrad mine, the Friedrichssegen mine, the
Journal (issue)
Anglesey, with thanks to C.J.Williams, of Clwyd County Records Office. DavidGrem 3 FRO TISPIECE CALCITE...CALCITE on HEMATITE Fred Bull 4 MI The UK Jouma/ of Mines and .Minerals publishes articles of interest to... N'(Olbl L'K Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 15 -2- UK Journal of Mines & 1'.lincrals No. 15 -J-...rescue dig on the spoil heap of the Alva silver mine near Stirling. Remarkable specimens of dendritic...has taken place over many years concerning early mine working. Was the area worked for its copper either
Report (issue)
Pattern: SÌŒpania Dolina, Slovakia (similar to serpierite). 10.22 (100), 5.099 (93), 3.392 (67), 2.098...Distribution: In England, from Cornwall, at several mines around St. Just, St. Hilary, and Gwinear; at Wheal...the Monte Rosso gypsum cave; from the Baccu Locci mine, near Villaputzu, Sarrabus district, Sardinia. At...Nyukaku mines, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. At the Tui mine, Mt. Te Aroha, New Zealand. In the USA, from the...the Ecton mine, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; at Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, New Jersey; from Majuba Hill
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
compositions of granitic rocks occurring in Glamorgan township, Ontario. Based on unpublished analyses. Type...zones of a phacoidal body of granite in Glamorgan township and the same pluton contains ill-defined patches...province of southeastern Ontario. Ontario Dept. Mines prelim, report 1964-4, 37 pp. R~A]) (H. H.), 1949...[Manuscript received 29 January 1968] Serpierite f r o m Ecton, Staffordshire SERrIERITE (Cu,Zn,Ca)5(SO4)~(OH)6...report the occurrence of serpierite in small quantities in Clayton adit, Ecton Hill, Wetton, Staffordshire
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society Serpierite and devilline from the Northern Pennine Orefield...SOCIETY, VOL. 46, PART 2, 1987 SHORT COMMUNICATION Serpierite and devilline from the Northern Pennine Orefield...BRIDGES SUMMARY: T h e rare supergene minerals serpierite, Ca(CuZn) (SO ) (OH) .3H 0, and devilline, C...Pennine Orefield at Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill [NY 739 418] a n d Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead [NY 788 430]. 4...both Smallcleugh a n d T y n e b o t t o m mines serpierite a n d devilline a n d t h e accompanying supergene
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite...occurrences including the Cape Rosier mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, where it was found with smithsonite...Jones mine at Garland (King and Foord 1994). It is known in microcrystals from the Mascot mine (Graham...(Graham or Galena King mine), Coos County, and Mineral Hill near Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire. It...Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York, and in the zinc ores at Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
England SUMMARY.Ktenasite from Glomsrudkollen zinc mine, Modum, Norway, is menoclinic, space group P21/c...originally described by Kokkoros (195o) from the Kamariza mine, Laurium, Greece, where it occurs sparingly as blue-green...association with smithsonite, glaucocerinite, and serpierite. The symmetry of ktenasite, determined by Weissenberg...mentioned by Rankin (1969) from the Ecton mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, but no data are given and there...collectors on material from the Glomsrudkollen zinc mine, Modum, Norway. It was subsequently identified as
Journal (issue)
Geological Survey Richard V. Gaines Pottstown, Pennsylvania Donald R. Peacor Univ. of Michigan Abraham Rosenzweig...by R.S.W. Braithwaite Graphite from the Lead Hill mine, Ticonderoga, New Y o r k ........................uncommon lithium-mica from Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California .....................................Reduced Funds 1. Try to get what you like at a lower price. The most common way of doing this is to haggle...anyone might take a shot at micromounting. 4. Buy lower quality specimens. This is perhaps the most difficult
Report (issue)
Serpierite Ca(Cu, Zn)4(SO4 )2 (OH)6 • 3H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal...Cu–Zn-bearing hydrothermal mineral deposits; commonly a post-mine product. Association: Smithsonite, devilline, posnjakite...malachite, gypsum. Distribution: From the Kamariza mine, Laurium, Greece. On Ross Island, Lough Leane, Co... in the Waterbank mine, Ecton, Staffordshire; from the Potts Gill and other mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria;...at the Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Northumberland. From the West Blackcraig mine, near Newton Stewart
Journal (issue)
Ramsbeckite, an American occurrence at the Ecton mine, Pennsylvania ........................................]. Dunn & B. D. Sturman Neotocite from the Foote mine, North C arolina..................................by /. S. White Phosphosiderite from the Champion mine, California.......................................QUARTZ (rose, smoky and colorless) from the Sapucaia mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The specimen measures 8 cm...Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and even California. Many letters
Journal (issue)
chose Eclusham Mountain Wedding Cave Mine at Bwlchgwyng, Bryngwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain, and Great Orme...Llangollen (OS GR SJ 255.503). At nearby Wedding Cave Mine (OS GR SJ 265.541) there is galena mineralisation...of the Geological Survey. HMSO 1921 Bryn Gwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain (OS GR SJ 194.697) was one of...Unfortunately the mine shaft has been capped and the site levelled by the old Clwyd County Council and the...carboniferous fossils. Permission from Wimpey or the mine manager must be obtained before visiting. Minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[Manuscript received 29 January 1968] Serpierite f r o m Ecton, Staffordshire SERrIERITE (Cu,Zn,Ca)5(SO4)~(OH)6...report the occurrence of serpierite in small quantities in Clayton adit, Ecton Hill, Wetton, Staffordshire...Staffordshire (Portal at Nat. Grid. Ref. SK096581). The serpierite forms minute tufts of sky-blue needles on limestone...with gypsum and decomposing chalc0pyrite. The serpierite underlies gypsum, some of which is copper stained...colourless fluorite cubes. The identity of the serpierite was confirmed by comparison of its infra-red
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(~umberland. hansmannite. 976. INDEX Ecton, Staffordshire, serpierite, 882. Mells quarry, Frome, Somerset...quarry; Sheltor ; and Staple Vor. WALES Benallt mine, Caernarvonshire, bannisterite, ganophyllite, 893;... 661. Braunau, Bohemia, meteorite, 1139. Rakha mines, Singhbhum, amphibolite, Kadov, Moravia, grossular...Jublatola; Kalajhor; Kharudihi; Mankidih; Mosaboni mine; Phulberia; Punda; Purnapani; Raipur; Sasagora;...Province, anandite, 1,871. Japan (Nippon) Kaso mine, Totiki prefecture, kasoite, 914. Miyake, anorthite
Report (issue)
= 10.540(2) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Aberllyn mine, Wales. 10.59 (100), 2.71 (42), 2.63 (41), 4.15...[25.03] Total 99.2 [91.26] [105.25] (1) Aberllyn mine, Wales; by AA, SO3 and H2 O by TGA; corresponds...)Σ=3.99 (SO4 )(OH)6 • 4.34H2 O. (2) Smallcleugh mine, England; by electron microprobe, H2 O calculated...schulenbergite, serpierite, ktenasite, devilline, gypsum. Distribution: In Wales, from the Aberllyn lead mine, about...Gwynedd, and at the Frongoch mine, Dyfed. In England, from the Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, and in
Report (issue)
106–7.183 Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: [Glücksrad mine,] Germany. 7.186 (100), 2.700 (80), 2.527 (80),...39 [18.68] Total 100.4 [100.00] (1) [Glücksrad mine,] Germany; CO2 by gas chromatograph, H2 O by TGA;...16 )]Σ=2.05 (OH)9.90 • 3.43H2 O. (2) Cap Garonne mine, France; by electron microprobe, average of nine...post-mine; in Cu–Zn slags. Association: Namuwite, brochantite, posnjakite, ktenasite, serpierite, linarite...the Harz Mountains, from dumps at the Glücksrad mine, near Oberschulenberg, and in slag at the Ochsenhütte
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Authors are printed in SMALLCAPITALS, Subjects in lower-case roman, and Localities in italics. The minerals...rltungameteorite, metallography, 1139. Aroostook County, Maine, ganophyllite, 893. Arrojadite, Rhodesia...Belnhausen, Darmstadt, Germany, ankerite, 138. Benallt mine, Caernarvon~hire, Wales, bannisterite and ganophyllite...minerals of the Rakha mines area, Singhbhum, India, 671. Big Creek, Fresno County, California, celsian...BRAITHWAITE (R. S. W.) • KNIGHT (J. R.), Serpierite from Ecton, Stafford. shire, 882. Braunau meteorite
Catalog/List
refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National Grid Reference...CUNOCLASE 17 ANGLESITE 18 PYROMORPHITE 19 CALCITE 20 SERPIERITE 21 ETTRINGITE 22 BROCHANTITE 23 CASSITERITE 24...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland
 
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