 | | Report (issue) | | PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES BULLETIN M5 LEAD AND ZINC ORES of PENNSYLVANIA Henry a;...revival of interest in mining lead and zinc in Pennsylvania notwithstanding that all of the old lead and...the occurrence of lead and zinc ores in Pennsylvania and in other parts of North and South America...is re counted that: lead ore was mined in Blair County in 1778 lo supply bullets for the Revolutionary...pumping engine in the world was installed at a zinc mine at Friedensville in 1872, and attracted wide attention |  | | 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 (issue) | | Sketches ©§ ®foM RSnanaang nan Montgomery ©®monty9 Pennsylvania by F. Harold Evans with Forward and Appendix...Special Publication No. 2 FRIENDS OF MINERALOGY, PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER, INC. / Historical Sketches of Copper...Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania by F. Harold Evans with Forward and Appendix...Special Publication No. 2 FRIENDS OF MINERALOGY, PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER, INC. - Historical Sketches of Copper...Montgomery County, Pennsyl vania. Copyright © 1980 by Friends of Mineralogy, Pennsylvania Chapter and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cassedanne A vivianite occurrence in Contra Costa County,California ... 337 by C. B. DeWitt Essay: minerals...Moore Phosphate minerals from the Leveaniemi iron mine, Svappavaara, Sweden .............................Hollabaugh Laueite from Hagendorf-Siid andthe Palermo mine ................. 363 by L. C. Pitman New data...The Phoenixville lead-silver mines, Chester County, Pennsylvania ......................................image of a crack hidden in the back (roof) of a mine adit (from A. P. Annan etal. (1988) Radar sounding |  | | Report (issue) | | Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........Occurrences located in the Newark basin and vicinity, Pennsylvania ..................... 110 F. Section F: Occurrences...located in the Gettysburg basin and vicinity, Pennsylvania ..................... 147 G. Section G: Occurrences...location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2. deposit size (occurrence type - mine, prospect...south and east to west. The most prevalent name of a mine or prospect which was used in reference descriptions |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington, D.C. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The old lead mine at Loudville, on the banks of the Manhan River,...material is due to the fact that it is a very old mine, and in early days the miners probably hand-cobbed...Washington's Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. The mine then lay idle, but was re opened in 1809. At this...specimens may be selected, among the rubbish of this mine, more interesting than a majority of those which...MINERALS Work continued until about 1828, when the mine again became idle. The next recorded activity was |  | | 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 |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | RESOURCES Part 3, Metal Mines and Occurrences in Pennsylvania by Arthur W. Rose Mineral Conservation Section...Earth & Mineral Sciences The Pennsylvania State University PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if credit Is given to the Pennsylvania Geological...1365, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 Bulletin MSO, Part 3, Sheet 1 M50 Pennsylvania Geological Survey...him. Part 3 Metal Mines and Occurrences in Pennsylvania TYPES OF DEPOSITS by Arthur W. Rose CONTENTS |  | | 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...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | it was the many minerals from localities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey which I found the most in teresting...of Philadelphia. Here, the Wheatley, Brookdale, and Chester County mines operated in gneiss and red shale...cluding crystallized cerussite, large crystals of anglesite nested in corroded galena, white masses of hydrozincite...of green pyromorphite crystals from the Wheatley mine. Pyromorphite from this locality in this size is...the American market in recent years. The Rosenberg mine at Ems has produced specimens consisting of crystals |  | | Report (volume) | | THE HONEYBKOOK AND PHOENIXVILLE QUADBANGLES, PENNSYLVANIA BY F. BASCOM AND G. W. STOSE UNITED STATES..._-___-_-___---_. Mine Ridge anticline__---___-_-__--_---_______-___-_-_._.. Chester Valley syncline_...Plain _______ 3. Reconnaissance geologic map of Chester Valley east of Phoenixville quadrangle. ______...______ 4. Generalized geologic map of part of Chester Valley showing overlap of Conestoga limestone....________________________ 5. Ideal section across Mine Ridge uplift, showing deposition of Conestoga limestone |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | Earth and Mineral Sciences The Pennsylvania State University PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological... ROOM 54, MAIN CAPITOL BUILDING HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 Bulletin M50, Part 2-8, Sheet 1 Page............ 49. Other fire clay processed at the mine: quantity ..... .. ............ .... .. .......... 31 18 53. Plastic fire clay processed at the mine: value......................................... |  | | 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 .... . ...... . .. |  | Deasy, G. F., Griess, P. R., Balazik, R. F., Burtnett, J. W. (1967) Atlas of Pennsylvania’s Mineral Resources - Supplement, Limestones and dolomites of Pennsylvania, in Atlas of Pennsylvania's Mineral Resources. Mineral Resource Report M50-1S, Pennsylvania Geological Survey. | Report (Issue volume) | | Part 1, Supplement, Limestones and Dolomites of Pennsylvania · by George F. Deasy, Phyllis R. Griess, Ronald...Earth a.nd Mineral Sciences The Pennsylvania State University PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological...STATE BOOK STORE, P.O. BOX 1365, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 Bulletin MSO, Part 1, Supplement, Sheet...man-hours devoted to specific mine operations during the year 5. Mine or mine-plant equipment modernized |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................232 Pyromorphite at the Brookdale Lead Mine. By Thomas J. Lewis.... 234 A Tragic Accident....................................... 243 A 'Par Mine' in Maine. By Kaarina Biareby ....................cost. Plenty of fossil~. a vein of good minerals, mine dumpE> to cull over old Indian camp sites second-hand...and wait until they find some- fault was mostly mine. Don't try to thing of interest for us. Be prompt...ROCKS and MINERALS PYROMORPHITE AT THE BROOKDALE LEAD MINE By THO MAS J. LEWIS Sometime after "Reminiscent" |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | community of Talucah near Vahlermoso Springs, in Morgan County, north Alabama. A large portion of this cave had...Morning Star zinc mine near the little village of Rush, Marion Co., Ark. CALIFORNIA—From a mine in Darwin, Inyo...letter from him he writes: "The Darwin, Calif., mine is lead and zinc, with occasional high grade silver...xls up to 2", good limonite pseudos, massive anglesite rich in silver, showy caledonite and linarite...molds of selenite in anglesite and found for myself a big (4 x 4 x 8) anglesite with 1/2" pyrite molds |  | | Journal (issue) | | Xld. plates In rock. 4 x 3 . . . • • . . l.50 ANGLESITE, Broken Hill, N.S.W . Xld. w. Cerusslte, very...amethystine Quartz. 3 x 2 1.50 COERULEOLACTITE, Chester Co., Pa. 2 x 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Shoup ................ 317 W URTZ IT E IN W ASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA. By Hat field Go11dey ...................H . Ducote, Paris.) So11th Af,ica.- The Premier mine, near Pretoria, and the Jagers£ontein, near Kimberley...on the mine haYe been both voluminouc; and optimistic. Although it is beliE,·ed that the mine n1ust be |  | | Journal (issue) | | ....... 3 NOTES ON GYPSUM CRYSTALS IN MORTON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA. By Robe,-, H. Mitchell and Wilson...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 3. Rincon, Sao Diego County. By f ark Schwartz ............... ..............U. S. A. The official Joun1al cf the Rocks and Mine,alt Aaoc~ation 2 ROCKS AND MINERALS e I I I I...Lawrence County, New York (page 633, figure 2) ; and a crystal of clinochlore from W est-town, Chester County...County, Pennsylvania (page 646). It is also interesting to note that the mineral, jefferisite, one of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Zeolites of the Durham Quarry, Durham, Wake County, North Carolina by Pete J. Dunn departments Guest...i n c ■m e coLLecror Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala, California "EXCEPTIONAL MINERALS, GEM CRYSTALS...February 17, (Tuesday) is being planned to Mammoth Mine, Tiger, Arizona. Transportation and box lunches... 1975-1977 M artin L. A nne, Wrightsville, Pennsylvania R ichard A. Bideaux, Tucson, A rizona R ichard...akota Historian: D elbert L. Oswald, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Liaison R epresentatives to O ther Organizations |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gold and Other Minerals of Rock Run, Montgomery County, Maryland Jack Nelson 17300 Hughes Road, Poolesville...been exploring and panning streams in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Since I am a micromineral collector...in quantity. It is wortl1 remembering tliat this mine alone produces 8% of the world's annual silver production...minerals from here! Santa Eulalia: 11ie San Antonio Mine in tlie East Camp has produced significant amounis...Smithsonite occurs dominantly on the 8tli level of the mine, at tlie water table. Here, zinc leached from oxidizing |  | | Book | | was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...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...Washington D.C. area visit Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...trippers visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine |  | | Book (edition) | | ^ fe o -• vO y MINERALOGY AND MINING. Mine Accidents —Ventilation — Ore Dressing, Etc. DESCRIPTIVE...MINERALS, CHESTER. Alphabetically arranged, with their Chemical Composition By Prof. A. H. Chester, Hamilton...lific of valuable treats and advice." PRACTICAL MINE VENTILATION. WILSON. For the Use of Mining Engineers...above, there is also the department of Economic Mine) alogy, which is not here and (3) in the coarser...further on p. 173. PHYSICAL CHARACTERS OF 120 MINE.'?AL8. hedron, dodecahedron, or rhombohedron, it |  | | Book (edition) | | CHEYSObarite BaSO 4 celestite SrSO 4 anhydrite CaSO 4 , anglesite PbSO 4 LITE group, general formula, 2 SiO 4 ....Susannite, 94. Orthorhombic. Aragonite, 116 10'. Anglesite, 103 38'. Leadhillite, 103 16'. Monoclinic. ...trimorphism, as has already been shown. Dreelite, anglesite, and glauberite constitute another like series...leadhillite (identical with susatmite in composinear anglesite, and lanarkite, another sulphato-carbonate, near...columbates ; also the sulphates (barite, celestite, anglesite) many phosphates (xenotime, lazulite, childrenite |  | | Book (edition) | | barite BaSO4 , celestite SrSO4 , anhydrite CaSO4, anglesite PbSO4. CHRYSOLITE group, general formula, , ...Calcite, 105 5'. Dreelite, 93-94. Aragonibe, 110 Anglesite, 103 Susannite, 94. Leadhillite, 103 10'. ...phis7n, as has already been shown. Dreelite, anglesite, and glauberite constitute another like series...(identical with susannite in composi. tion) near anglesite, and lanarkite, another sulphato-carbonate, near...= 100-105. Barite ; celestite ; anhydrite ; anglesite ; zinkosite ; leadhillite. Glauberite ; lanarkite |
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Brookdale Mine, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA