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Limonite from
Benjamin Franklin Mine, Chester Springs, West Pikeland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:Iridescent.
Colour:Iridescent
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Benjamin Franklin Mine, Chester Springs, West Pikeland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:150191
Long-form Identifier:1:3:150191:9
GUID (UUID V4):8435515f-e4e8-4a6f-aba5-e58c1d16c2f6
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
5.3km (3.3 miles) General Trimble's Mine, East Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) Samuel Coffman Mine, East Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
8.1km (5.1 miles) Southwest Chester County Mine (New Chester County Mine), Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) Brookdale Mine, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) Mill Lane Farms (Great Valley Corporate Center), Valley Store, East Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
9.4km (5.9 miles) Morris Mine, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Wallace Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
13.0km (8.1 miles) French Creek Mines, Saint Peters, Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
15.2km (9.4 miles) Ecton Mine, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
15.7km (9.7 miles) Whim shaft, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
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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
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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...serpentine (yellow veinlets), and magnetite-limonite magnified 600 times. (black); COMMOXW'KAL H OF PEN DEPARTMEX...(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
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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 .... . ...... . ..
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_____________ Benjamin Franklin and Just mines..___._-._________ ._._____ Anselma mine._-______---_-...Geologic map of Crystal Graphite mine, Beaverhead County, Mont. 10. Map of mine and treatment plant of Southwestern... Geologic map of the Benjamin Franklin and Just graphite mines, Chester County, Pa. Page FIGURE 12. Map...of graphite mines and prospects in part of Clay County, Ala-_--_-----_----------------_--------24. Map...Dixon-American Graphite Co. and Faxon mine properties, near Graphite, Warren County, N.Y_____ 29. Geologic map of
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p4,, Over two million residents Arizona's Pinal County welcomes everyone as a V.I.P.!!! ?ieU S ~ , ae...MINERALS MAY-JUNE 1978, Volume 53 Number 3 PENNSYLVANIA! EXECUTIVE EDITORS Rudy Bradbury John Hanahan...Hanahan Jr Richard S. Mitchell GUEST PENNSYLVANIA EDITOR Delbert L. Oswald FOUNDER Peter Zodac MANAGING EDITOR...Schmerling 94 Pennsylvania- A Geological Gem Beth Schooler 99 The Paleontology of Western Pennsylvania Richard...Chert in Western Pennsylvania Richard L. George 108 Rare Earth Minerals from Pennsylvania Ralph G. Wells
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Bull.; County Rpt.-Maryland Department of Geology, Mines and Water Resources Bulletin; County Report...Papers. Andover, Mass. Pa. Acad. Sci. Proc.-Pennsylvania Academy of Science Proceedings. Harrisburg,... Pa. ·Pa. Dept. Int. Affairs Monthly Bull.-Pennsylvania Department of In· ternal Affairs Monthly Bulletin...Harrisburg, Pa. Pa. Geol. Survey, 4th ser., Bull.-Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th series, Bulletin. Harrisburg...Indus. Expt. Sta. Bull.; Circ.; Tech. Paper-Pennsylvania State College Mineral Industries Experiment
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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...Park, Clinton County, showing accordant ridges in the Appalachian Plateaus province. The West Branch Susquehanna...of the Ridge and Valley province in Huntingdon County. Flooded meanders of Raystown Lake on the Raystown
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JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG WINERALOGICAL SOGSETY VOLUME 14 NUMBER 2 www.FOMSNJ.org The contents...Hardyston School, intersection of Routes #23 and #517, Franklin, N. J. Pre meeting activities start at 1:30 P... Field trip - Cellate Quarry, Cork Hill Road, Franklin, N.J. 9=00 A.M. to Noon Meeting - 2:30 P.M. Speaker...Paragenesis of the Franklin Ore Body. Saturday, October 20th Field trip - Old Andover Mine (opposite Aeroflex...* ** Daily Franklin Attractions Buckwheat Mineral Dump - entrance through the Franklin Mineral Museum
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1683; The American Philosophical Society by Benjamin Franklin in 1743; The American Academy of Arts and...Society in 1798; The American Journal of Science by Benjamin Silliman in 1802; and many others. In regard to...geology in 1816. Amos Eaton had surveyed Rensselaer County, N. Y., and the route of the Erie Canal; further...Observations on the Geology of the United States (1909) ; Benjamin De Witt on the Origin of the Drift; William Bertram...OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST In Troy, Orleans County, titaniferous magnetite had been discovered in
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California. Economic geology. Chromite, El Dorado County: Cater, F. W., Jr. Healdsburg quadrangle: Gealey...W. K. Mercur~·, New Almaden mines, Santa Clara County: Bailey, E. H. San Francisco Bay counties: Bowen...Bowen, 0. E , Jr., 3 Mineral resources, Fresno County: Logan, C. A. Geologic maps. Bitterwater Cre€k area:...Investigations. Lexington, Ky. Los Angeles County Museum Quart.-Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly. Los Angeles....Bull.; County Rept.--Marylan(l Department of Geology, Mines, and Water Resources Bulletin; County Reports
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and the corresponding citation (Hudson Bay 309 mine). in Ref. 4, line Z, for 670 read 676. 310 in...say that this guarantee did much to deterrepaid. mine the award of the grant. To Mr. W. 0. Wiley, Chairman...of chemical elements used as varietal 2' A. H. Chester, A Dictionary of the Names of Minerals including...Deutsche mineralogische Gesell- 1, Franklin Inst., J. Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. Journal: vol...American Mechanics Magazine. Vol. 1-6, 1826-28 as Franklin Journal, and American Mechanics Magazine. Also
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examples: Ontario Economic geology Beatty Township Garrison Township Gold, Konoeivmi Lake area Porcupine...11 Los Angeles County Mus. Quart.; Science Ser. [Paleontology Pub.] Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly;...Americana. Ithaca, N. Y. Pa. Acad. Sci. Proc. Pennsylvania Academy of Science Proceedings. Harrisburg,... Pa. Pa. Dept. Int. Affairs Monthly Bull. Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs Monthly Bulletin...Pa. Geol. Survey, 4th ser., Bull.; Prog. Rpt. Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th series, Bulletin; Progress
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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... 4 Aca Acanthicone. syn . of epi.dote. A.H. Chester ( 1896) Diet. Names Mi11 .. p. t . Acanthite. Ag2...A.H. Chester ( 1 896) Diet. Names Min., p. I . Acanticonite. variant of acanticone. A.H. Chester ( 1 896)
 
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