 | | Report (edition) | | STATE LIBRARY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 II II II nil 3 014 4 00050005 «k. 1 ’^^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) | | Geyer Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania I COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS... ' BULLETIN G 33 Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania by Davis M. Lapham Mineralogist Alan R. Geyer...Geyer Assistant State Geologist PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG First Edition...1965 Copyrighted 1965 b y the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published....... . .. . Adams County .... . .. ... ............... . . ... . Allegheny County .... . ...... . .. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 494 ROCKS AND MINERALS MALACHITE AT BRIDGEPORT, PENNSYLVANIA By CHARLES A. THOMAS 706 Church Street...anything but seafood. On the West rim of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in the dolomite belt, is the thriving...thriving small city of Bridgeport on the West bank of the Schuylkill River, just across the bridge from the...the sprawling city of Norristown, the County seat, on route 202. Philadelphia claims that Norristown...eyes, the huge hole in the ground, just west of Bridgeport would appear to be its eye. Perhaps twenty or |  | | Journal (issue) | | .............. CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES: 372 BRIDGEPORT MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....chalcocite, chalcopyrite, chrysocolla, cuprite, malachite, and tetrahedrite. The only crystals of these...east center of the Island, and of azurite and malachite found near Ciales; ( north center of the Island)...olive-green color, is listed as being found with malachite and chrysocolla at Luquillo, Porto Rico, and named...trace of the mine now exists except for a little malachite visible below. Lead and Zinc: Lead minerals have |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania The Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania held a field trip to the...Quarry (a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel Co. ) at Bridgeport, Pa., on July 13, 1958. More than 150 members...oxide. A very few specimens of the crystallized malachite were found, and sphalerite was also reported....members and guests of the Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania were the guests of Bethlehem Steel Cornwall...Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania field trip to Bethlehem Limestone Quarry, Bridgeport, Pa., July 13, 1958 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cut for the begin ning students. The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Club, Spring Valley, went to the...Members Annette and George Hade of the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, spent a part of their...—Swap Even!" PENNSYLVANIA William Yocum, president of the Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania, states in...states in-order to stimulate the as turquoise, malachite, tourmaline and collecting enthusiasm we had when...Club Rock and Mineral Club, Sayre. of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, MARYLAND went to the Teeter Quarry |  | | Journal (issue) | | CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES : 39d 399 407 409 410 BRIDGEPORT MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....ahout 20 miles north of Barstow, San Bernardino County, Calif. th th SC fr 0 ROCKS AND MINERALS...opographical Map for the Ellenville Quadrangle (Ulster County, N ew Y o k) shows ice caves in Shingle Gully on...74°21'20" W . Long., and 41 °42'55" N. l at. Ulster County is in the southeastern pa t of New York. If our...Experiment Station, 4800 Forbes Street, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. and should state specifically that the borrower |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | luck and won the whole catch, which consisted of malachite, fossils in shale, Jurassic red sandstone, selenite... a test core, and a book on minerals. Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society New York At our regular...trip was held at the Bethlehem Steel Quarry at Bridgeport, Penna. Quartz, calcite, pyrites, sphalerite...Hill, Penna. Pennsylvania The annual meeting of the Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania, was held on...known as the Facenda Quarry, near Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Although some tourmaline, beryl, doubly terminated |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... 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...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Book (volume) | | Mineralogy of Pennsylvania. THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. TIKIS Mineralogy of Pennsylvania, BY JOHN...(funth's "Preliminary Report on tlir Mineralogy of Pennsylvania,*' luted n* ...Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. Academy MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 1. SILVER. (4)i According...page in Dr. Genth's Report. MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 5. GALEN1TK. (10) Galcnite occurs in many...near Shannonville. Montgom- MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. According to P. Frazer, Jr., chalcocite (in |  | | Report (volume) | | value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |  | | 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) | | radiating masses of malachite also present. "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."—on...(west of the city). That would be in Jefferson County."—letter dated—June 31, 1956, from Marie Kennedy...of a fish. Nokomis, in the S.W. part of Sarasota County, is on the Gulf of Mexico. GEORGIA—The following...between Canton and Ball Ground (both in Cherokee County, Ga.). It is 2 cm. across, dark red apparently...5 miles southwest of Monroe, Iowa, in Marshall County."—on label. KANSAS—"I am mailing you a limonite |  | | Journal (issue) | | type of localities are available to eastern Pennsylvania schools doing similar work. THE FRENCH CREEK... Peters in Chester County, and several places west of the point into Berks County. Two of the mining...in operation for many years. THE CHESTER-MONTGOMERY COUNTY LEAD, ZINC, AND COPPER MINES All these mines...near Phoenixville. Most of them are south of the borough along Pickering Creek, but FRENCH CREEK MINES several...Mont• Station in French Creek valley. First gomery County. In each mine the veins opened about 1850 and worked |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountain, Trinity County, Calif."—on label. Island Mountain, in the S / W corner of Trinity County, is in N ...crystal shapes in cavities. Calcite, chalcocite, malachite, azurite, bornite, and a few unknowns occurred...from Richard Conrod, Jr., 300 Lafayette St., Bridgeport, Conn. This is the first notice received by R&M...Middletown and Meriden are in northern New Haven County in central Connecticut. ILLINOIS—From George A...area."— on label. Niota is in northern Hancock County of western Illinois. INDIANA—"I found a small new |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quarry: garnet, blue qrartz, zircon, and traces of malachite- Other trips reported were: Easton (aragonite...and asbestos); Mineral Hill (actinolite); Bridgeport (malachite, sphalerite) ; Parlin and South River, N... pyrite, amber on pyrite and lignite); Stanley County, N. C. (limonite pseudomorph after pyrite). Mr...prospecting experiences and collections. Mr. Arthur Montgomery described his experiences in the Thomas Range |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Richard G. Conrod Jr., 300 Lafayette Street, Bridgeport, Conn. GEORGIA — "I am enclosing a few pebbles...at Mille Lacs Lake (North Minnesota) in Aitkin County, about 2y2 miles west of Opstead at Liberty Beach...pieces have been found around Knife Lake in Kanabec County, Minn. " W e are keeping the nugget for our collection...comes from a gravel pit in the hills of Panola County, Miss., between Sardis and Batesville. This is...from an old diggings on Angora Hills — north of Bridgeport (Morrill Co.), Nebr. The opal can be found right |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | Deasy, G. F., Griess, P. R., Balazik, R. F., Burtnett, J. W. (1967) Atlas of Pennsylvania’s 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...of limestone and dolomite mining companies in Pennsylvania supplying data for use in Part 1, Supplement |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | observed in a vug at the Bethlehem Steel Quarry near Bridgeport, Pa., a few years ago and which we could not...be the last few showings of the famous Bridgeport, Pa., malachite on quartz. Many were sent to micro enthusiasts;...crystals associated with the brilliant green malachite. Sorry we cannot send everyone some . . . that's...that Cohansey points are rare or unknown in Pennsylvania. Warren Yenney, our hunting companion, and we...checked do not make the material as common in Pennsylvania as was our impression—perhaps from picking up |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...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 (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |
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