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Smithsonite from
Bamford, East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Unincorporated Community
Classification
Species:Smithsonite
Formula:ZnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smithsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bamford, East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:10215
Long-form Identifier:1:3:10215:9
GUID (UUID V4):d9fdaa56-a8cf-4db6-8a6e-6b627ce08d50
Nearest other occurrences of Smithsonite
30.3km (18.8 miles) Codorus Stone & Supply Co. Quarry, Emigsville, East Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
73.5km (45.7 miles) Montgomery Mine, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
80.6km (50.1 miles) Ecton Mine, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
81.1km (50.4 miles) Perkiomen Copper Mine, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
88.4km (55.0 miles) Cox Mines (Mountain View Mine), Frederick County, Maryland, USA
96.6km (60.0 miles) Unionville Mine, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
98.5km (61.2 miles) Friedensville Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
98.5km (61.2 miles) Ueberroth Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
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Report (volume)
Zinc, Lead, Copper, and Silver, Lancaster Valley, Southeastern Pennsylvania GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Zinc, Lead, Copper, and Silver, Lancaster Valley, Southeastern Pennsylvania By JACOB FREEDMAN CONTRIBUTIONS...patterns of zinc, lead, copper, and silver in the Lancaster area UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...Mineral deposits ________________________________ Bamford zinc mine _____________________________ History...___________________ Other zinc prospects in the Bamford vicinity ____________ Pequea silver mine _____
Report (issue)
PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES BULLETIN M5 LEAD AND ZINC ORES of PENNSYLVANIA Henry a;...revival of interest in mining lead and zinc in Pennsylvania notwithstanding that all of the old lead and...the occurrence of lead and zinc ores in Pennsylvania and in other parts of North and South America...is re counted that: lead ore was mined in Blair County in 1778 lo supply bullets for the Revolutionary...Phoenixville. within 25 miles of Philadelphia. The ore at Bamford and at New Galena was discovered by men digging
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...and "new" Perkiomen mines(left to right, from the east). Courtesy of Allen V. Heyl, U.S. Geological Survey
Report (issue)
wjth author at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Penna.) 1968 C <- l°<* CONTENTS Page Introduction...Introduction ............................. i Bamford zinc mine ......................... ]. Pequea...Geologic map of Bamford area Geochemical map showing concentrations of copper jn the Bamford, Pa., area ...Geochemical map showing concentrations of lo-jd In the Bamford, Pa., area Id Geochemical map showing concentrations...vicJnity of Pequea Silver Mine, southeastern Pennsylvania 2b Overlay of geochemical map of "Thrust Belt"
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:...100. Analysis: Railroad cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540
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 (article/letter/editorial)
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by A. L. 384 ROCKS & MINERALS Means; it was...secondary minerals of these metals, such as smithsonite, hemimorphite, cerussite, and anglesite. However...zones. Commonly associated minerals include smithsonite, aurichalcite, rosasite, hydrozincite, and a...Harborside open pit of Callahan Mining Company, Hancock County, Maine. Small, well-formed hemimorphite crystals...Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The zinc deposits of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey
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University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals. Most...interest, including malachite, azurite, cuprite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, and rosasite. A...Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke, Washington County. It has also...at the old lead mines at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; as good micromount material at the...Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as
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
Report (volume)
limestone samples from the Faircloth vein, Woodford County, Ky _. 5. Mercury content of limestone wallrock...wallrock from the Hoover vein, shaft 1, Cannon County, Tenn _____ 6. Mercury content of a wallrock suite along...major ore body in the Mascot-Jefferson City belt, east Tennessee F7 16 19 23 23 25 III CONTRIBUTIONS...Carolina contain the most mercury. Sphalerites from east Tennessee, other Appalachian Valley, and Upper Mississippi...collected from Triassic border-zone deposits in Pennsylvania and Connecticut are similar in trace-element
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...of limestone and dolomite mining companies in Pennsylvania supplying data for use in Part 1, Supplement
Journal (issue)
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Milton J. Shapp , Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES Maurice... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geology of Pennsylvania Supports Mar's Theory . . . . . . . . . . ....Laure l Creek Reservoir, near Lewistown , Pa. PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGY is published bimonthly by the Topographic...Dept . of Environmental Resources, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17 120. JUNE1974 Correction: The volume notation...notation on the April 197 4 issue of Pennsylvania Geology was in error . Instead of reading Volume 2/
Report (issue)
oxides of zinc, and most are of supergene origin. Smithsonite and hemimorphite are the main oxidized zinc minerals...rocks and are rare east of the Rocky Mountains. Saprolitic accumulations of smithsonite and hemimorphite...Alaska.. a Includes 550 tons from Davis, Murray County, Okla. 'Production to 1934 only. PART 1. GENERAL...deposits in the United States Main zinc minerals Smithsonite and monheimite Hemimorphite (calamine) Hydrozincite...sphalerite in deposits of supergene origin, smithsonite, the carbonate of zinc, and hemimorphite, a hydrous
Report (issue)
The Wolfram, Molybdenite, and Bismuth Mines of Bamford, North Queensland. Ibid., No. 248, 1915. 42e. The...The Mining Geology of the Kanowna Main Eeef North-east Coolgardie Gold-field. Line, Bull. Geol. Surv...32-35. 264. Wolfram at Mt. Murphy, Buckwong River, County Benambra. Rec. Geol. Surv. Viet., ii, 1907, pp...Geological Notes on the Mitta Mitta River, North-East District. Ihid., pp. 122-123. 265a. The Chiltern...Publication No. 241^ 1913. Eakle (A. S.) 286. East Topaz Crystals in the Mineral Collection of the
Report (issue)
Cover Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy...Title page Smithsonite, 9.2 cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico...Minette) Both photos are by Jeff Scovil. No. 13: Smithsonite Think Zinc! ISBN 978-0-9790998-6-1 Publisher...Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria Staebler Gunther Neumeier Nancy Stevens...Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, C O 80211 • USA Phone 1.303.495.5521 • Fax 1.303.482.1238 www.lithographie
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Virginia Timherville, Virginia Friedensville, Pennsylvania III Southeast Missouri IV • Cent.nsl M/ssour/...and Tennessee, but also in easternand central Pennsylvania. The two main clustersare concentratedin the...convexbendsin the Appalachianfoldedbeltsin Tennessee and Pennsylvania. The solutionsthat depositedthe ores in the...inclusionsfrom ore and ganguemineralscollectedin the East Tennesseeand Friedensville, Pa., districts indicate...S•s•g, of cu%ic Wis. •ne, .• •r• Wis. •, east of D•i•e, Wis. Wis., n•th- Wis. 1.167 2•.•
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never did get around to the dealers at the north-east end! Which I regret very much. This was a wonderful...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...Fifties, i.e. chiastolite crystals from Madera County, CA. They used to be very common, almost ubiquitous...Manhattan, NV, from the Twin Creek Mine, Humboldt County, NV. The crystals are about 3/g to 5/g inch (1...with fresnoites from the Junnila Mine, San Benito County, CA, which he described in the Mineral News of
Report (volume)
did not permit this being carried out. In Jasper county, small tracts, 100 ft. or 200 ft. square, are usually...24 Native Zinc, Sphalerlte, 24-Calamlne, 25- Smithsonite, 26-Hydrozlnclte, Zlnclte, 27Wlllemtte, Minor... ... . ................................ 118 Pennsylvania . .. . .... .. . ..... .. .. . .......... ....Fredensville, 121-Blair county, 122-Lancaster county, 123-Northumberland county, Ches ter county, 12~. New Jersey....... 125 Sterling Hlll , Mine Hill, 126-Warren county, 127. Maryland ............. . .. ..... .....
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Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...Santa Cruz Co., (5 mi S. of, Alunite PHOENIX, East of Barite PICKET POST, Pinal Co. Opal PEUBLO VIEJO...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite
Report (issue)
.................................... Tintic and East Tintic districts, Utah ...................... Gilman.................................................. East Shasta district ..................................South Carolina ............................ Pennsylvania and New Jersey ...................................................................... 46. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, northern Virginia, and West Virginia...distribution in 25 samples of jasperoid from the Tintic and East Tintic districts, Utah ........................
Report (volume)
24 Native Zinc, Sphalerlte, 24-Calamlne, 25-Smithsonite, 26-Hydrozinclte, Zlnclte, 27Wlllemlte, Minor.... ............ . ...................... 118 Pennsylvania . .... ................. .. ....... . ........Fredenevllle, 121-Blair county, 122-Lancaeter county, 123-Northnmberland county, Chester county, 12~. New Jersey........ 125 Sterling Hlll, Mine Hill, 12G-Warren county, 127. Maryland ............. .... ..............Washington mine, Silver Valley mine, 132-Cabarrus county, Union connt:r, Montgomery conn ty, 133. Tennessee
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
94-100. Metallurgical Societyof AIME, Warrendale, Pennsylvania. Chatillon-Colinet, C., Newton, R.C., Perkins...oxidation of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. In C.H. Bamford and C.F.H. Tipper, Eds., Comprehensivechemical...magnesite, calcite, rhodocrosite, siderite, smithsonite, and dolomite, with discussion of some aspects...p.975-986. Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Kelley, K.K., and Anderson, C.T. (1935) Contributions
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Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...(for me) included a superb, sharp, pink Tsumeb smithsonite thumbnail for $95, a Kaokoveld dioptase thumbnail...in general, shows an increase in abundance from east to west in the district. Developing a topographic...them from the typical calc-silicate skams of the East Camp. The silicate bodies occur as both mantos and...at the Medical College of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where “in his spare time he
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ths kali 2 Taking the east-west valley linking Castleton, Hope and Bamford as the boundary, the Peak..."flats" and "pipes" formed. The major rakes trend east-west, a reflection of the general trend of cracking...lead deposits. 'Cerussite ttfklte Kake.. /I SMITHSONITE ZnCO.> . Zinc carbonate. Usually found as3 thin...varied diameters from 2" to 3*. Dirtlow Rake to the east affords beautiful pink to red banded material. Ladywash...Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath. Associated with smithsonite and hydrozincite. Reported from the Odin Mine
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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
 
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