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Thorianite from
Chestnut Hill, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Thorianite
Formula:ThO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Thorianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chestnut Hill, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:132842
Long-form Identifier:1:3:132842:4
GUID (UUID V4):a9503bcc-ece0-4982-9515-8561fe11d4b9
Localities for Thorianite in this Region
Sherrer Quarry, C.K. Williams Quarry complex, Chestnut Hill, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Thorianite
0.4km (0.3 miles) Sherrer Quarry, C.K. Williams Quarry complex, Chestnut Hill, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HIGH-THORIAN URANINITE NEAR EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA* Anruun M oNrcounnu, Laf ayetteColl,ege,Easton, P ennsylaanio....occurrences of high-thorian uraninite in serpentine near Easton, Pa., are described. seven *-ray fluorescence analyses...high-thorian uraninite rather than high-uranoan thorianite as supposed six samples contajn from about l5/o...lower intensity. It is concluded that thorium-rich Easton uraninite does not alter readily to secondary minerals...high-uranoan thorianite,1occursin serpentinerock at three localitiesjust north and northeast of Easton, Pennsylvania
Report (issue)
READING PRONG OF BERKS, LEHIGH, AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA Robert C. Smith, II John H. Barnes...Barnes COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Tom Corbett, Governor DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES...READING PRONG OF BERKS, LEHIGH, AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA by Robert C. Smith, II, and John...Barnes Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG ...Prong of Berks, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser
Report (edition)
SERIFS MINERAL COLLECTING PENNSYLVANIA COMMOWl FAITH OF PENNSYLVANIA PY G345/4.3 G33 1959 Snrrtary...Lapham, Davis M. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania c.l PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN G 33 ... MINERAL COLLECTING IN PENNSYLVANIA by Davis M. Lapham and Alan R. Geyer JMluitrationi lu _JtU... Adams County 15 Allegheny County Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Cumberland County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County
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 .... . ...... . ..
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 (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
Journal (issue)
88 Some Minerals of the Serpentine Range near Easton, Pa. By George W. Gehman .... ...................of the rare mineral piedmontite in Adams County, Pennsylvania. Following the directions of Mr. 1'1artiu...Railroad, southeast of Charmian Station in Ada1ns County: at Blue Ridge Summit on the Pennsyh·arua-1\Iaryland...Pennsyh·arua-1\Iaryland border ; and, rarely, in Franklin County at scattered places on Jack's Mountain. In eYery case...Some Minerals of the Serpentine Range Near Easton, Pennsylvania By GEORGE W . GEHMAN In tbis article only
Report (volume)
THE DELAWARE WATER GAP AND EASTON QUADRANGLES, NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA BY W. S. BAYLEY UNITED STATES...area._________________________________________ Chestnut Hill area_-----_------_-_---______-._-_____Structure... bank of Delaware River about 2 miles north of Easton, Pa.; B, Photomicrograph of quartzsericite schist...of Losee gneiss near Mountainville, Tewkesbury County, N. J.; B, Photomicrograph of Byram gneiss, road...north of Williams mine, Vernon Township, Sussex County, N. J_______---_-_____------______._ 53 4. Sections
Report (issue)
Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Pennsylvania ....... 78 Table 13 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Pennsylvania..................................82 Figure 18...North Carolina; a belt extending from eastern Pennsylvania, across northern New Jersey, to southeastern...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...1969; Ui radioactivity is 5 to 7 times background. Hill copper mine. RM 1968. Source ol informal Phyllite
Journal (issue)
COVER::·- cooperative U.S. Geological Survey-Pennsylvania Geological Survey core-hole drilling in Jurassic...Environmeri~ (~J;.J~j1'~,e,),?9J9s'~;::t:!~ri'l$,~Uf~,~·Pennsylvania 1·~~20~~~~ · ,- :t(·::.;, · ·· ~·, ·. · ·\....resources and natural beauty are made. This issue of Pennsylvania Geology proudly focuses on geological research...sectors who investigate the geological nature of Pennsylvania. This year's compilation marks the completion...on the geologic research being conducted in Pennsylvania, an annual service we intend to continue. In
Book
JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND GUIDEBOOK OF EXCURSIONS ND SOME l^irg OP HILL AND DOWN dale, knapping...OF SELECTED AREAS IN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND GUIDEBOOK OF EXCURSIONS SEYMOUR SUBITZKY...Province between Delaware Water Gap and Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania, by Jack Epstein and Anita Epstein 132 Structural...of stream capture in the Strouds¬ burg area, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, by Jack B. Epstein 206 IC...Mississippian and Pleistocene deposits of northeastern Pennsylvania, by William Sevon 214 Post-Meeting Field Trips
Report (volume)
value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...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;
Report (volume)
........................................... Pennsylvania...............................................value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...1909. Guild, F. N., The mineralogy of Arizona, Easton, The Chemical Publishing Co., 1910. Willis, C....and Ehrenfeld, Frederick, Minerals of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Top. and Geol. Survey Comm. Kept. No...Albany. North Carolina_.Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota_.Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Mr
Report (volume)
Colebrookdale Township near Boyertown, Pa. (Pennsylvania Geology, 1987, v. 18, p. 1-7). A residence was...and Geochemistry of Soils in Boyertown and Easton, Pennsylvania." Soil characteristics are examined in two..."Use of Radon Measurements in Carters Creek, Maury County, Tennessee, To Determine Location and Magnitude...Water in the Chickies Quartzite, Southeastern Pennsylvania," by Cecil, Senior, and Vogel, an anomalously...radon in domestic wells in Boyertown and eastern Pennsylvania is the subject of the paper "Geochemistry of
Book (edition)
abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Rare-with scorodite in U-bearing lignite in the Caves Hill and Slim Buttes areas, both Harding Co .. South...coal dumps at Shamokin, Northumberland co., Pennsylvania, and at Chervonograd, LvivVolhynia basin, Ukraine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, U.S.A. 11 mindat.org,...uraninite (UO2). Uraninite with a significant thorianite (ThO2) component, which is typical for the late-stage
Report (volume)
NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte, Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Public Library Durham, Duke University Library...Portland Public Library PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Library Pittsburgh, Carnegie...Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh University Park, Pennsylvania State University, Pattee Library PUERTO RICO...Antonio, San Antonio Public Library UTAH *Moab, Grand County Public Library *Provo, Brigham Young University...Milwaukee Public Library WYOMING * Casper, Natrona County Public Library * Cheyenne, Wyoming State Library
Book (edition)
Diffracrio11 File, 1601 Park Lane. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA. Introduction This volume is the third edition...Green River Formation in (TL) Uintah Co .. Utah. USA. Named for P.H. Abelson. 20.7.3 AbernalhJile. K(U00As0...26 A. Z=4 [PDF 1 6-386]. (TL) Temple Mts. Utah. USA. Named for J . Abernathy. Abhurite. S n 30(0HhCl...Sun,. \ler111011t, I . 484. (TL} Derby. Vermont. USA. G. Brush ( 1 862) Amer. J. Sci. 34. 2 1 6. classed...muscovite and albite. (TL) Goshen. Massachusells. USA. Named from cxy1..cxoC · shining' . from its silvery
Report (issue)
in uranium ore from the Runge mine, Fall River County, South Dakota, by means of a spectrographic and...----23. Lead-isotope age studies in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, by T. W. Stern, L. R. Stieff, Harry Klemic...-----24. Uranium at Palangana salt dome, Duval County, Texas, by Alice D. Weeks and D. Hoye Eargle _________________...unusual mineral occurrence at Hicks Dome, Hardin County, Illinois, by Robert D. Trace ___________ _ Phosphate...beryllium deposit at the Mount Wheeler mine, White Pine County, Nevada, by H. K. Stager _______________ _ Pre-mineralization
Journal (volume)
1969 ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAt’™ A McGRAW-HILL PUBLICATIQROSS 5! ‘ vances the art of mill automation...effect ve. POS . nes ae oe ‘@: + Q: a MCGRAW-HILL Hy E/MJ—January, 1969 These belts have a busy...ENGINEERING/MINING published JOURNAL monthly by McGraw-Hill Inc. Founder: James H. McGraw (1860-1948). enero...Editorial, Circulation and Advertising Offices: McGraw-Hill Building, 33¢ West 42nd Street, New York, N. Y....U. S. Patent Office. © Copyright 1969 by McGraw-Hill Inc. All rights reserved. The contents of this publication
Book (edition)
Earth Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Thalassa Skinner: Cambridge, Massachusetts...Tuscon, Arizona. John S. White: Stewartstown, Pennsylvania. Hans J. Wilke: Eppertshausen/Hessen, Germany...M. J. Buerger (1958), The Powder Method, McGraw Hill, New York. (B) Bunn, C. W. (1961), Chemical Crystallography...North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Isand South Carolina South...important gold mining districts in Australia, including Hill End, Hillgrove, and Mt. Boppy, NSW;; Mt. Morgan
Book (edition)
in its position; that is, if it went forward as a hill-like wave, it will return as a trough. If, just...4. Broccoli-brown: brown, with and zircon. 5. Chestnut-brown: blue, red, gray; 6. Yellowish brown: pure...particles forming one similar formation in Pike County, Ark. also in the form per cent of the meteorite...with platinum. In 1906 diamonds were found in Pike County, Ark., both loose in the soil and enclosed in a...Wales among which are Hillgrove, Mount Bpppy and Hill End. Rich districts in Victoria are the Bendigo
 
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