 | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | «s m •p ■* ; sms •v ■1 mm D 'A ©F PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY By Scott Stepanski and Karenne...changes due to man or nature, Gem Trails of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, its publisher and all other...Physiographic Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 5 6 7 9 10 12 PENNSYLVANIA SITE NO. PAGE NO. 1...28 29 30 31 ....16, 28 .... 18, 28 Shelocta Siderite Concretions..... New Paris Fluorite.............Road (PA) EH] Forest Road (PA) | 626 | Spur 563 County Route (NJ) PHI Interchange I___ jQ Town or Park |  | | 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) | | QUARRY is located in the small town of Winfield, Pennsylvania, overlooking the west branch of the Susquehanna...SHOW opal in pelrified wood lrom Virgin Valley. USA. Photo by KonradGdlz. Hotel reservation: Munich...Rocks & Minerals on “Calcite from Thomasville, Pennsylvania” (May/June 1992). Table 2. Unusual calcite...England Rossie, New York Upper Peninsula, Michigan Union Springs, New York Rossie, New York Sterlingbush...are known from several localities in St. Lawrence County, New York, including Rossie (Whitlock 1910), Oxbow |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | has published articles every month 746 The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, was host to G i..." F a l l lapidary classes are fin progress. PENNSYLVANIA The Gem City Rock and Mineral So ciety, Erie...hunt for fossils Twenty-six from the Central Pennsylvania Rock and Min eral Club, Harrisburg, went to...agate T h e Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless ROCKS A N D MINERALS Hills, heard member...William Bryant of the Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania had the privilege of addressing the InterMicro |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | November/December: Gold on quartz, Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California. Wayne and Dona Leicht specimen, Harold...310-13 Amethyst Discovery on Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine, W. B. Thompson, 44-51 Anatase, Colorado...Walker Vein, Caldwell Stone Company Quarry, Boyle County, Kentucky, 254-58 Andorite, 27 Andradite, Arkansas...332; Kentucky, 258, 327; Minas Gerais, 313; Pennsylvania, 260-70; Wyoming, 167 California: benitoite...Barite, Wasta, Pennington County, South Dakota, 188-90; Benitoite, San Benito County, California, 392-95; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the text is devoted to the American Indians. PENNSYLVANIA The Che Hanna Rock and Mineral Club, Sayre.... The Yark. Rock and Mineral Club went to the WInfield Quarry for strontinanite, celestite, fluo********...Mineral Club of Class II (Multiple Page) Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, deChips and Facets scribe a field...The Mineralogical Society of Rock Bottom Facts Pennsylvania, continues to report many Triangle Rockbound...Le- of the Mobile Rock and Gem Society high, Pennsylvania. The cover, a draw- was badly mangled in transit |  | | Journal (volume) | | on some Microminerals from the Ohio pit, Baraga County, Michigan Al Falster 920 McIntosh Wausau, Wl 54401...54401 I I r i The Ohio pit in Baraga County, Michigan, is an old open-pit iron mine. In vugs and cavities...cavities of the carbonate-rich zones (calcite, siderite, etc ), numerous species of fine micro minerals...calcites is in most cases white or colorless. Siderite, ankerite, and possibly other related carbonates...AUSTRALIA, GERMANY RUSSIA, NORWAY, ITALY, NEW ZEALAND, USA & MEXICO Write for free list. Dealer prices available |  | | 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) | | PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES Bulletin M 18-B The Minerals of Pennsylvania IRON ORES...ORES OF PENNSYLVANIA By WILLIAM 0. HICKOK, IV Department of Internal Affairs Thomas A. Logue, Secretary...Geologist Harrisburg, Pa. 1939 CONTENTS PABT I Pennsylvania Ikon Ores Page Introduction 1 Historical...What will the future bring? I9 IRON ORES OF PENNSYLVANIA By WILLIAM 0. HICKOK, IV Parti INTRODUCTION...and value. The last comprehensive report on Pennsylvania iron ores was written many years ago and changing |  | | Journal (issue) | | y·>_by the Topographic and Geologic Survey, Pennsylvania. Dept. of Envirbn~ental --... Resour~es·, ....Busbee Quadrangle, Cochise County, Arizona; Unpublished M.S. Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, 42...of the Carbonate Rocks of the Lebanon Valley, Pennsylvania; Pa. Geol. Survey, 4th ser., Water Resources...Folded and Faulted Carbonate Rocks in Central Pennsylvania; Water Resources Research, vol. 7, no. 5. Snyder...Tool for Groundwater; Unpublished Report, The Pennsylvania State University, 22 pp. 4 DISTINGUISHED |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tanelli Firenze, Heidelberg, SI - Smithonian Wash. USA Institution, Hamburg, TB - Technische Universit~t...Pe Jiangxi 45 SI 86807 Bisbee (Arizona) Winfield (Colorado) Bi2S 3 + 1.6 py - 1.1 Bi2S 3...-3~, Gustafson, SnO2, siderite, SiO 2 tin-W-deposit/py, SnO2, siderite, SiO2, SiO2, wolframite...5 hydrothermal Co-Ni-mineralization/SiO2, py, siderite, barite (634S-galena: -IC~ ~ -24~, Nielsen, 1981)...5°/~, galena: ccp ~ O.O Bi2S 3 -11.5 skarn/siderite, Bi2S 3 - 5.1 Mo-W- mineralization chlorite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | this century. H i s clientele included men like Winfield Scott Stratton, a carpenter, who is reputed to...bonus from h i m was a sample of the botryoidal siderite from the center of nearby Spokane, Washington...pyrrhotite, aluminum, lead, pyrite, kyanite, galena, siderite, cryolite, cerussite, nickel, corundum, anglesite...Moto-Shop $54.95 B a s k i n & S o n s Inc. 7 3 2 Union Ave., Middlesex, N. J . 0 8 8 4 6 Include Postage |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........... 60 by Brian M. England F.G.A.A. Pennsylvania Minerals: II. Strontianite....................Mineralization of the Four Peaks Amethyst Deposit, Maricopa County, Arizona......................... 72 by Jack Lowell...for the meeting date with the University of Pennsylvania, State College, Pa. to be our host. There may...ores and metallic minerals. The minerals of Pennsylvania is one of Dr. Heyl’s favorites. While living...Allentown, Pa., he collected in many of the S.E. Pennsylvania locali ties. We sincerely hope that Dr. Heyl |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey |  | | Report (issue) | | minerals Alteration type and style Quartz, calcite, siderite, dolomite Argillization, sericitization, silicification...pyrite Chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite Dolomite, barite, siderite, fluorite Regional dolomitization, local silicification...sphalerite, tetrahedrite, scheelite Quartz, calcite, siderite, barite Silicification, argillization, sericitization...volcanic field (Ba and Sr); and (5) the Boulder County tungsten district (W). 6 Geochemical Maps of...Independence, Monarch, Red Mountain, Marshall Pass, and Winfield districts. Near the Lake George district, one |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral contains. For example, if someone says “siderite and hematite both contain iron,” it does not mean...of different charge, as in the case of Fe2+ in siderite and Fe3+ in hematite. These two ions are referred...whether as an essential part of their makeup (as in siderite (FeCO3) and malachite (Cu2(CO3)(OH)2)), or as...localities in northwest Ohio (white, cream); Hardin County, Illinois (white); Bingham, New Mexico (blue or...magnesite and smithsonite often fluoresce, but not siderite or gaspeite, which contain the fluorescence-quenching |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from 10 to :37m.y. However, with the exceptionof Winfield, Colorado (:37m.y.) and Cave Peak, Texas (:36m...silicic assemblage; magnetite,topaz,fluorite,and siderite are also common. Neither the A-K-F or the Ab-Or-Q...1978), TreasureMountaindome (Mutschler,1968), and Winfield (Ranta, 1974), Collevel at which the systemis...x x X x x x X x Climax Mount Antero x • X Winfield Leavenworth Creek • • x • • • Marysvale ...Berylliumdepositsof the Mount Antercregion, Chaffee County, Colorado:U.S. Geol. SurveyBull. 982-D, p. 95-119 |  | | Report (volume) | | recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would be classed as...feldspar, and mica, occur in some form in every county in the State. Among mineralogists, Colorado is...mineral belt that extends southwestward from Boulder County to the southern limits of the San Juan Mountains... lefferson County, the contact-metamorphic minerals of Italian Mountain, Gunnison County and elsewhere...minerals in the alkalic rocks of Iron Hill, Gunnison County. Colorado pegmatite bodies, considered as a unit |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell...mind. We have only one small rock outcrop in my county (Orange) at Rock Springs near Apopka. "The beaches...ROCKS AND MINERALS KANSAS — On a recent visit to Winfield, Kan., by the conductor of this column, he had...Camp Parole, just south of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. "The casts are thickly consolidated...of Ironton, Crow Wing Co-, Minn. MISSISSIPPI — Siderite, the carbonate of iron, has been found in the |  | | 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) | | the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 first printing December...........................................402 Pennsylvania .............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map .......................................... |  | | 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 (volume) | | are present In the dike that extends from the Winfield shaft to the head of Tin Creek. In earher studies...sulfide minerals found in the area is exposed 1n the WInfield shaft near the contact of the granite and hmestone...the Vatney shaft or about 2,000 feet east of the WInfield shaft, an area in the general v1c1nity of the...determined in commerCial assays of ore from the Winfield shaft, and a gold content of 14 to 42 cents per...After some unsuccessful pitting, tin claims at the Winfield Site were staked In 1903 and a shaft was sunk |
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