 | | 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...colorless crystals), Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville...Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE MINERALS OF BRINTON'S QUARRY, CHESTER COUNTY, PA. HUGH E. MCKINSTRY Wesl, Chester,Pa. BRrNroN's Quennv... The quarry is locatedin WesttownTownship,ChesterCounty, Pa., thrge miles south of West Chester. It is...Birmingham road (continuation of South New Street, West Chester) southeastof its crossingwith the Street Road....West Chester quadrangle5322. It is variously referred to in mineralogies as West Chester, 'Westtown, Birmingham...ChesterCounty. Hrsrony eNo Pnnsnwr Cor.rprrrox The quarry was first openedin 17301and many farmhouses of |  | | Journal (issue) | | ocwrre11ce was Brinton's Quany, located three miles south of the village of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Brinto11's...Brinto11's Quarry, also identified in early In this issue: A Remarkable Mineral Region: A Visit to Brinton's...James D. Dana, 1858;: Josialt P. Cooke, I 867). Brinton's Q11any clinoc/Iiores were "T/1e ivurk111e11 save...mineral collections around the world. In 1899 Brinton's Quarl)' was in the twilight of its productive...s11111mer of 1899. Willard Brinton, a,1 active West Chester mineralogist d,uring tlte turn of the centu1y prepared |  | | Report (issue) | | Serpentine Rocks Of the Piedmont Upland Maryland, Pennsylvania And Delaware By NANCY C. PEARRE and ALLEN V...districts ______ -._-_____-_____-___._. Montgomery County, Md_-_-_---_---_-_-----------_-__--_-_-_Soldiers...----.._-_-_-------_-----_-----------_----West Chester district...-_._.. --__- .. .._.__ Philadelphia...___________ 715 716 716 718 719 720 721 721 722 723 Quarry descriptions.-___._-_-_-_-_-_-_---_-___--______-_...___--___-________--____.__.__ Cardiff "green marble" quarry...._._._-__________ Jarrettsville-Dublin district |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | length. (2) Deshong's qusrry, Leiperville, Delaware County. Ia,rge microcline crystals were obtained and one...mile northwest of Capella Hill, Alsace township, Berks County. Nickeliferous pyrrhotite and augite are...Creek, 1 mile west of Spies Cburch, Alsace township, Berks county. Only inferior specimens are now obtainable...3)l miles southwest of Pricetown, Alsace Township, Berks County. Fine limonite, stalactitic and mammillary...I milg gsu66 of Pricetown, Ruscombmanor Township, Berks County; this is surrounded by extensive, but practically |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | river this rock was largely quarried. The first quarry opened was irnmediately on the river bank. When...When the inclined plane was abandoned the Pennsylvania Railroad made a curved cut through these rocks extending...from about 30th Street to 34th Street, and a large quarry, or a series of quarries afterwards merged into...that found on Ridley and Crum Creeks in Delaware County, contained segregated masses of coarse orthocl...the Park north of Girard Avenue, and also in a quarry on Girard Avenue about 38th Street, menaccanite |  | | 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) | | Property, Chester, Windsor County.................... 253 254 Talc and Verde Antique Quarry, Stockbridge...Windsor County Williams Mine, RochesterTownship, Orange County........ ... Verde Antique Quarry, North...Talc Prospect at Hammondsville, Reading Township, Windsor County ........................................Deposit in Southwest Corner of Moretown Township, Washington County.................................... Waterbury...similar members of the amphibolegroup,apatite,magnetite,titanite, and pyrrhotite. All of thesemineralsare |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | granite pegmatite cutting Moine limestone in a quarry 900 m. to the north-east. Marginally to the albitite...granular quartz at the centre of an albitite in Brinton's Quarry, West TABLE I Parageneses in the Zoned Hydrothermal...X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X i X X X Chester, Penn. Serpentinite in contact with albitite, and...albite. Larsen (1928, pp. 414-15) describing a Pennsylvania occurrence writes: " In many of the veins albite...lacking and this is especially well shown in Brinton's Quarry where a network of veins with centres of vermiculite |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1945 CONTENTS FOR AUGUST, 1945 CH1PS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................(Obituary Notice). By P. Z odac .................... MAGNETITE SANDS ON BouGAINVILLE . By Pfc. Floyd R. Johnson...o o a O O O O *-LL!' O 00 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY e e e e o o o e o e o o e e o o o +as e o e o o... w tides on mineral localities of Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, and other states...al a1 tl "Cl Garnets Seven Miles From West Chester, Pa. Has any reader of Rocks and Mi11eral1 visited |  | | Journal (issue) | | following : A. Bands of chert and amorphous 1. | CHESTER BEDS. St. Louis LIMESTONE . geodes, in shale and...The Sub -Carboniferous is divided as follows : Chester Group .. St. Louis Group . Keokuk Group Burlington...Keokuk limestone is to be seen ; geologically, Lee County appears thus : Alluvium. Drift or Boulder .. Coal...and botryoidal forms of chalcedony. In Des Moines County geological aspect is somewhat changed, ap pearing...COLLECTOR . 105 Three miles south of West Chester, Pa. , are “ Brinton's Serpen tine Quarries,” celebrated |  | | 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; |  | | Report (volume) | | Boletin de Minas, no. 1. Habana, Cuba. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 7, nos...St. Louis, Mo. Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania: Proceedings, vol. 31, no. 10; vol. 32, nos...Chicago, 111. West Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Lewis and Gilmore; Raleigh, Summers, and.... 3. The Weedon or McDonald copper mine [Wolf County, Province of Quebec, Canada] : Canadian Min. Inst...General map of the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania and adjoining counties showing the position |  | | Book (edition) | | six planes. have the axial 4 3), 5 f 1 : 73 Magnetite. : : : 20 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY. The preceding...dodecahedral plane. 275 276 Pyrite. The same 277 Magnetite. method of composition is often seen in dendritic...brownish-black mineral in the mica from Pennsbury, Pa., is magnetite in this form (f 277), as first observed by G....examples are the striation on the cubic faces Magnetite. of pyrite parallel with the intersections of...of the pyritohedron ; also the striations on magnetite the octahedron and dodecahedron. (f. 337) due |  | | Book (edition) | | MINERALS, CHESTER. Alphabetically arranged, with their Chemical Composition By Prof. A. H. Chester, Hamilton...planes. have the axia. 4 3), 5 4 : 1 : 73 Magnetite. : : OKTSTALLOGRAPHT. 20 In preceding' figures...dodecahedral jplane. The same ; 276 275 Pyrite. 277 Magnetite. method of composition is often seen in dendritic...brownish-black mineral in the mica from Pennsbury, Pa., is magnetite in this form (f. 277), as first observed by G...crystals of quartz are often tajjered to a to Magnetite. point, without the usual pyramidal terminations |  | | Book (edition) | | six planes. huve the axia 4 3), 5 4 f : 78 Magnetite. : : : ORYST ALLOGRAPH Y. In figures show...dodecahedral plane. 275 276 Pyrite. The same 277 Magnetite. method of composition is often seen in dendritic...brownish-black mineral in the mica from Pennsbury, Pa., is magnetite in this form (f 277), as first observed by G-...point, without the usual pyramidal terminations. Magnetite. Other examples are the striation on the cubic...of the pyritohedron ; also the striations OR magnetite (f. 337) due to the oscillation between the octahedron |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...a Jersey's Limecrest quarry, for instance, is open to a year; the Foote quarry in North Carolina one...or goggles, and safety-toe shoes in an operating quarry or mine. They are prudent precautions against disaster...trespassers or even fenced in some states. Mine and quarry owners are often reluctant to give permission for...physical hazards. Rocks can fall from a shattered quarry wall, a frost-weakened cliff, or an overhanging |  | Van Alstine, R. E., Worl, R.G., Heyl, A.V., Trace, R.D., Parker, R.L., Griffitts, W.R., Sainsbury, C.L., Cathcart, J.B. (1976) Geology and resources of fluorine in the United States. Professional Paper 933. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp933 | Report (issue) | | ................................... . Cheshire County-Westmoreland, New Hampshire .... . North Chatham...Map of Cave in Rock fluorspar district, Hardin County, Ill.............................................veins such as fluoritequartz veins in the Cheshire County-Westmoreland district, New Hampshire, and complex...along the Appalachian belt from Alabama into Pennsylvania in Cambrian-Ordoviciancarbonaterocks. The largest... Disseminated deposits are found in central Pennsylvania, northeastern New York, northeastern Iowa, northwestern |  | | Report (volume) | | Mexico. New York. North Carolina. Ohio. Oregon. Pennsylvania. Ehode Island. South America. South Carolina...subheadings as follows : New England. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Maryland to Alabama. Great Lakes...England. KEY TO SUBJECT ENTRIES. 9 New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Southern Appalachians (Maryland...subheadings as follows: New England. New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia. Ohio. Kentucky, Tennessee...subheadings as follows: New England. New York. Pennsylvania. 10 NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY. [BULL. 127. |  | | Book (edition) | | and Rabun County, Georgia. Between 1900 and 1905 the corundum deposits of Gallatin County, Montana, were...to a small extent. The Corundum Hill mine, Macon County, North Carolina, is about 8 miles northeast of...occur in peridotite. The most important Jackson County deposits are in the extreme northeastern part,...counties, but the Lucas mine at Laurel Creek, Rabun County, is one of the best known corundum mines in the...vicinity of Elk Creek in the central part of Gallatin County, Montant., where the ore c>ccur11 in ayenite!J |  | | Journal (volume) | | of the gabbro family, but were looked gabbros. Magnetite and titanic iron were mentioned as accessory in...associated only now and then a grain of pyroxene or magnetite. It differs from " forellenstein" in containing...Microscopical Examination of eleven rocks from Ashland County, : Lawson Ueber das Norian oder ober-Laurentian...states, New those of Massachusetts, York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri...importance of the differ- ent products. The Pennsylvania New that of value of York, as exhibit |  | | Journal (volume) | | Salem field is part lignite field, S. Morton County, North Dakota. Geo! Surv. Bull. 726-A. Pp. 39... Ground water for irrigation near Gage, Ellis County, Okla- homa. David G. Thompson. U. S. Geol. Surv...and occurrence of ground water in a part of Ellis County in western Oklahoma. The region and in years when...been appointed assistant state geologist of Pennsylvania and has resigned from the U. S. Geological vSurvey...J. Harvey BasslER Oil prospects in Washington County, Utah. U. S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 726-C. Pp. 87-107 | | | Journal (volume) | | Salem field is part lignite field, S. Morton County, North Dakota. Geo! Surv. Bull. 726-A. Pp. 39... Ground water for irrigation near Gage, Ellis County, Okla- homa. David G. Thompson. U. S. Geol. Surv...and occurrence of ground water in a part of Ellis County in western Oklahoma. The region and in years when...been appointed assistant state geologist of Pennsylvania and has resigned from the U. S. Geological vSurvey...J. Harvey BasslER Oil prospects in Washington County, Utah. U. S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 726-C. Pp. 87-107 |  | | Journal (volume) | | context. Substitution of que of the passage makes Brinton's transcription appear more casual and ambiguous...area to 5120 square feet, nearly equivalent to Brinton's kaan of 5184 square feet, or square of 24 yards...California. ORNITHOLOGY. —Svuan Lake, Nicollet County, Minnesota, as a breedHarry C. Oberholser. Fins...thorough biological survey of Swan Lake, Nicollet County, Minnesota, was made in 19 17 to ascertain its...system R. B. Sosman. manganese deposits in Madison County, Montana. U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 690-F. Pp. 131-143 |  | | Report (volume) | | alifornia anada: anadian ' enlmlblatt incinnati county collection colle e lorado congress onue ticut co...P P ....... professional paper Pa . .. ..... Pennsylvania Phila ..... Philadelphia pis ... .... . plates...Med Soc Pa, Tr Medical ocl ty of the tate of Pennsylvania, Tran a ctions. Philadelphia. 14 GEOLOGI...Annual Report. Harri burg. P a G S (2d ), An Rp Pennsylvania, Geologi a l urvey, Second, Annual Report. Harrisburg... Report. Harri burg. P a. Univ, L ab, Contr Pennsylvania, Diversity of, Lab ratory, Contribu lions from |
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