 | | Report (edition) | | STATE LIBRARY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 II II II nil 3 014 4 00050005 «k. 1 â^^jklTL% i ^IH ^ 1 k...of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...(icologist G BULLETIN 33 Mineral Collecting Pennsylvania in by Davis M. Lapham Mineralogist Alan ...Environmental Geologist JiU-ateJ VanOiden PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG...Commonweath of Pennsylvania book may be pubished if credit this is given to the Pennsylvania Geological |  | | Report (edition) | | PENNSYLVANIA STATE LIBRARY OF 0144 00141189 1 v < 2 ÂŁ m- c oi; c» tt*sâS S Si! at tss^s isl^j...1 ' s WJ= ~S 5! s â3 &«eq SjgÂź . . 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 (edition) | | PENNSYLVAN1 A & NEW JERSEY «s m âąp â * ; sms âąv â 1 mm D 'A ©F PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY By Scott...due to man or nature, Gem Trails of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, its publisher and all other persons...Physiographic Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 5 6 7 9 10 12 PENNSYLVANIA SITE NO. PAGE NO. 1...Haven Ripple Marks............ Jersey Shore Calcite & Quartz.... Antes Creek Fossils.......................Fossil Pit....................... Eastern Industries Quarry.......... Carbondale Fossil Ferns............. |  | Deasy, G. F., Griess, P. R., Balazik, R. F., Burtnett, J. W. (1967) Atlas of Pennsylvaniaâs Mineral Resources - Supplement, Limestones and dolomites of Pennsylvania, in Atlas of Pennsylvania's Mineral Resources. Mineral Resource Report M50-1S, Pennsylvania Geological Survey. | 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...active mines, 1962 .. 2. Types of active mines (quarry andjor underground) 3. Number of months that mines |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | October 2014 Mineral Index by Counties Alfalfa County Carmen, 2 mi. NE of Carmen, 1 .1 mi. W of Highway...Permian-age Crisfield Sandstone: malachite. Adair County Bunch, near Bunch, secs.l.5, 16, T.14N, R.24E:...fluorescent and phosphorescent) (Gilmore 1963). Beckham County Malachite localities, SW1/4 SE1/4 sec.36 and SE1/4...at Great Salt Plains, Alfalfa County. Joe Lobell photo. Blaine County Southard, quarries of the U.S...and Schleicher 1961). Watonga, Universal Atlas quarry, 6 mi. NE of Watonga, Nescatunga Gypsum of the |  | | 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...of the mines of clay and shale companies in Pennsylvania supplying data for use in Part 2-B, of this...concerning 106 clay and shale mines operating in Pennsylvania during 1965 are given on 79 maps of the State |  | | Book | | knowledge and enjoyment of this great owners, mine and quarry operators and science by collecting. Thanks too...these states. The cool summer spots are the north shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota, and the Keweenaw...standard prospector's pick. If the hunt is in a quarry for fossils which must be worked out of thick limestone...forested recreation areas. Except for the north shore of Lake Superior and the iron ranges, most of the...through Itasca and St. Louis Counties into Lake County. Hibbing is about the center of this historic area |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...knapsack you can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic |  | | 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...STATE BOOK STORE, P. O. BOX 1365 HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 PREFACE The purpose of this report is |  | | Report (volume) | | ................................ 190 201 New Jersey............................................................................................. Pennsylvania...............................................value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...and Ehrenfeld, Frederick, Minerals of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Top. and Geol. Survey Comm. Kept. No...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...the vicinity of Paris? Have you heard, Mr. New Jersey, of your famous pearls?" citing other notable collecting...especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. In the West, the...a Jersey's Limecrest quarry, for instance, is open to a year; the Foote quarry in North Carolina one...or goggles, and safety-toe shoes in an operating quarry or mine. They are prudent precautions against disaster |  | | Book | | Red and gray sandstone shale, and limestone. PENNSYLVANIA 40 I 60 50 Ml I 80 KM 76° -, I II --...l0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Mark Schweiker, Governor DEPARTMENT...Geology Slippery Rock University Published by PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PITTSBURGH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...from Hyner View, Hyner Run Slate Park, Clinton County, showing accordant ridges in the Appalachian Plateaus...of the Ridge and Valley province in Huntingdon County. Flooded meanders of Raystown Lake on the Raystown |  | | Report (issue) | | ......................................... 15 Aragonite ................................................Found less abundantly are anhydrite, apatite, aragonite, barite, celestite, copiapite, epsomite, fluorite...collection of geodes from Big Walnut Creek, Putnam County; and many quarry operators for granting us permission...Indians knew of and used Wyandotte Cave in Crawford County (4).2 Ball (1941, p. 39) summarized the various...The Indians found that Wyandotte Cave, Crawford County, Ind., contained two desirable products, a jaspery |  | | Book (edition) | | thickness; mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted...south prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles...miles. Down to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Book (edition) | | NORTH CAROLINA weight plac« date Brindletown Creek, Burke Co. 1843 2 stones Twitty gold placer,...Mecklenberg Co. Portis mine, Franklin Co. Muddy Creek headwaters, McDowell Co. Dysortville, of fine water...yellow Cleveland Co. GEORGIA Branch of Muddy Creek, 1843 Williams' Ferry, Hall Co. Horshaw mine...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 Opaque...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900 |  | | Book | | P. Forey CRESCENT BOOKS NEW YORK âą AVENEL, NEW JERSEY Acknowledgment The producers of this book would...House Company, 40 Engelhard Avenue, Avenel, New Jersey 07001. Random House New York âą Toronto âą London...crystal or mineral fragments they might find on the shore, in the desert, in the National Parks, on old mine...if you are looking at a huge piece of stone in a quarry or in a road cutting or at a cliff, you are looking...Brownstone, which is used for building in eastern USA, comes from Conn., Wy., Neb. Californian and S. Dakotan |  | | Report (issue) | | - -- 23 Selected mineral localities listed by county - - - - - - 26 Cross index of some minerals found...GARNET (Dodecahedron) I I I I I I I I I I ARAGONITE (Prism) DOLOMITE (Rhombohedron) CALCITE (Scolenohedron)... It has t he same c h e m ic al fo r mula as aragonite, but its a toms ar e arrange d in a diffe rent...igneous and in this form. metamorphic rocks. ARAGONITE - CaC03 (Calcium carbonate) Hardness 3.5 to 4;...needlelike; cleavage very poor in two direcâą tions. Aragonite is distinguished from most minerals by its strong |  | | Report (volume) | | value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur......Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.......Oregon............Prof. A. J. Collier, Eugene. Pennsylvania.... .Mr. R. R. Hice, Beaver. Prof. Florence...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...skimmed over the water as you walked along a lake shore were some from which beautiful gems could be cut...especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. In the West, the...hazards as well. Rocks can fall from a shattered quarry wall, a cliff, or an overhang. Someone on a rocky...associated with the gem material. Oregon thunder a quarry, eggs, for example, are in volcanic beds; tourmaline | | | Book | | 100 maps geared to leading the " hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...easier for you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...be discovered by locating the porous layers In a quarry or other exposure and following them along the...rich mines rn Arrzona and Montana 7 - (Left) Quarry 1n Val di Serra, Trenhno, Italy. On the front of |  | | Book | | ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...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...AJlactite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey (by P. J. Dunn) 14:251-252 ALLCHAR Famous mineral...magnesian alleghanyite from Sterling Hill, New Jersey (by 0. V. Petersen, J. BoUhorn & P. J. Dunn) 15:299-302 |  | | Book | | fluorescing minerals. The fieldâmine, mine dump, or quarryâcan be richly rewarding in its production of...Connecticut, and Richard Bostwick of Bloomfield, New Jersey. James Ferraiolo has provided prepublication data...program. Helen Brumbaugh of the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Library managed to obtain a seemingly endless...red fluorescence of calcite from Franklin, New Jersey? If you have not, find an opportunity to do so...from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from Franklin, New Jersey, or the intense | | | Book | | fluorescing minerals. The fieldâmine, mine dump, or quarryâcan be richly rewarding in its production of...Connecticut, and Richard Bostwick of Bloomfield, New Jersey. James Ferraiolo has provided prepublication data...program. Helen Brumbaugh of the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Library managed to obtain a seemingly endless...red fluorescence of calcite from Franklin, New Jersey? If you have not, find an opportunity to do so...from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from Franklin, New Jersey, or the intense |  | | Book | | granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...are cubic. Fluorite is a common example. Aragonite (Utah, USA) 27 Crystals Crystal Morphology The...crystal form. Other crystals Wulfenite (Arizona, USA) 29 may show lesser symmetry on a scale at the...rubbish which may harm animals. If the site is a quarry careful arrangements with respect to equipment...the potential for specimen sales. Shale (Pennsylvania, USA) 57 Mineral Descriptions For each species |  | | Journal (issue) | | Dam gold prospect is located in central Dickinson County, Michigan, approximately ten kilometers north of...the dominant exposed bedrock in this part of the county. Excavated near the tum of the 20th century, the...obvious even when visiting some of the Garland County mines. I also planned to do some Magnet Cove collecting...erroneously attempted to follow placer gold up Pine Creek-failing to recognize that in recently-glaciated...fishers, fowlers, and day hikers, with beautiful Pine Creek flowing through a steep, craggy, pinnacled canyon |
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