 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OCCURRENCE OF POLYMORPHOUS WURTZITE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND EASTERN OHIO* Davru M. Soaua'N, Haraaril...wurtzConemaugh Formation near Etna, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania' fifty square miles ite- H and wurtzite-6H...horizon, one half mile northwest of Shelocta, Indiana county, Pennsylvania'alongU.S.Route422.Inhissearchforfossilsthejunior...had not previously been reported from western Pennsylvania' Additional first polymorph proved to be wurtzite-6H...polymorph at the Wittmer locality near Etna, pennsylvania, of rhombohedral (trigonal) crystalrization |  | | 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) | | STATE LIBRARY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 II II II nil 3 014 4 00050005 ÂŤk. 1 â^^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 (issue) | | ~ ' - 1 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. Mih:on'¡J. Shapp, Governor DEPARTMENT-OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES...' / / 'J!, ._.,. Geological i Research in Pennsylvania .¡.. .: .... /â˘. â˘Âˇ . . . . . . . . . . . 2...Catskill Formation along Pennsylvania Route 402,~-.oorth:¡'of¡Peck's Pond, Pike County. Photo courtesy of William...impacts by coal strip mines. In those areas of Pennsylvania where many new deep coal mines are being planned...response to our energy needs, it is noteworthy that county and town officials are specifically requesting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." ArizonaâA...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr. Drury contained...(petrified wood) are found 3 miles west of Piggott, Clay County, Ark. CaliforniaâA new California mineral is perovskite |  | | Journal (issue) | | >¡-.¡i:;/;¡~.--':;'~-:: _. 'COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA'¡:.~<"~:> :¡. - ,~ __..,_.:: ..- ¡Milton J....tinued on page 30) GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN PENNSYLVANIA 1974 IN TRODUCTiON This publication is the seventeenth...report on Geological Research and Publications in Pennsylvania. Because of the extensive response and large...Department of Environmental Resources, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120. RESEARC IIIN PROGRESS AREAL GEOLOGY...prepare a reconnaissance geologic map of Cumberland County in cooperation with A. Becher and W. Wetterhall |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan...on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991). i i ⢠I...14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Angelina Aransas Archer Armstrong Atascosa Austin Bastrop Baylor Bell Bexar Blanco...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? â â â â best occurrence..."specimen quality" questionable occurrence Angelina County Lufkin, 1 mile N of Lufkin in railroad cuts, in |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on U. S. 30 in Pittsburgh. 712.3 miles â Beaver County Line (Perm.). 725.9 milesâWest Virginia Line on...etc., were to be seen anywhere, since we left Pennsylvania. 781.4 milesâCity limits of Canton on U. S....part of Canton, a nice city and the county seat of Stark County, on our way out. 785.4 milesâThe Klinks...Tuscarawas River which we crossed. 800.1 milesâWayne County line. 814.8 milesâWooster, on U. S. 30. 820.2 milesâJefferson...silvery flakes of muscovite. 826.9 milesâAshland County line. 831.7 milesâWe turn right on Ohio 80. ROCKS |  | | Book (volume) | | Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rareâŻDiamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarriesâŻoilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodulesâŻPyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rareâŻDiamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarriesâŻoilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodulesâŻPyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | beds, excavations, etc.ďžSelenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...ďžgray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.ďžpetrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: ď area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropďžRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | | Journal (issue) | | COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Milton J. Shapp, Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES Maurice...Run State Park, Carbon County. Photo courtesy of William Bolles. PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGY is published bimonthly...Dept. of Environmental Resources, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17120. FROM THE DESK OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST...government construction project can proceed in Pennsylvania unless the project designers provide a statement...thoroughness by each of several state agencies. The Pennsylvania Geological Survey has been evaluating as many |  | | Journal (issue) | | THE (llJ..4ltltY San Diego County-A Great GemBearing Area San Diego County, California, was at one time...miles from Bissersk. On the other hand, in Siskiyou County, California, only three localities have been mentioned..."abundantly in several" chromite deposits of this county. It would be conservative to say that there are...Clayton said it was from "New Idria" in San Benito County and there is a specimen so labeled in the Brush...River both of which are in the southern part of the county. The writer doubts "New Idria" as the original |  | | 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) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townďžagate, 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 qualityďžagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitsďžpetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Book | | Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood L a k e Pennsylvania: S c h u y l k i l l R i v e r Vi r g i n i...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets...Excited collectors took home from old quarries in Pennsylvania and Maryland, pieces of apple green precious...green gem spodumene, was discovered in Alexander County, North Carolina, in 1880 and named for one of its |  | | Report (issue) | | __ _ Bituminous coal resources ___________ _ Pennsylvania anthracite ________________ _ The industry ...belt__________ West Virginia slate belt______________ Pennsylvania slate belt______________ Other slate-bearing...pinnacles beneath soil cover, Bluegrass, Highland County, Va_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...transverse joints cutting shale at Poverty, Highland County, V a_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...regions of Pennsylvania ___________ _ 44. Generalized cross sections of the Pennsylvania anthracite fields |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ........... F irst bituminous coal basin of Pennsylvania...............................................basin of Pennsylvania.......................................... W estern basins of Pennsylvania..................... F irst bituminous coal basin of Pennsylvania................................................... Second bituminous coal basin of Pennsylvania.......................................... Western bituminous...bituminous basins of Pennsylvania.............................................. The northern panhandle |  | | Report (volume) | | Recent work in the bituminous coal field of Pennsylvania, by M. R. Campbell 270 Coal resources of the...by C. W. Hayes_ _ 345 Asphalt deposits of Pike County, Ark., by C. W. Hayes 353 356 List of publications... W. Hayes_ 418 The white phosphates of Decatur County, Tenn., by Edwin C. Eckel_ _ 424 426 List of publications...OF METALLIFEROUS ORES. 25 CALIFORNIA: Shasta County.âThe copper deposits around the head of the SacÂ...Hayes. The slate quarries of Vermont and eastern Pennsylvania have been examined by Dale, and the more important |  | | Report (volume) | | Philadelphia, Pa. Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania: Proceedings, vols. 37, 38. Pittsburgh, Pa....Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Nicholas County, Tucker County. Morgantown, W. Va. Wisconsin...30, 1921. 12. Geology of Lemieux township, Gaspe County, Quebec: Canada, Geol. Survey, Summ. Rept., 1921...Glacial geology [of the Mount Marcy quadrangle, Essex County, New York]: New York State Mus. Bull. nos. 229..., vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 86-87, March 31, 1922. Armstrong, P. 42. A field method of reducing maps to scale: |  | | Book (volume) | | references, among them may be mentioned: Vermont, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Hypersthene, Zircon, Algodonite and Domeykite, Sphalerite, Niccolite, Smaltite, Cobaltite, Breithauptite...crystal 123. A zircon crystal 124. A sphalerite crystal 125. A sphalerite specimen 126. Niccolite and smaltite |
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