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Hemimorphite from
Friedensville Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hemimorphite
Formula:Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Greenockiteⓘ1 photo of Hemimorphite associated with Greenockite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hemimorphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Friedensville Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:53628
Long-form Identifier:1:3:53628:6
GUID (UUID V4):be322626-eea5-4b38-8bad-f4675a5839e7
Nearest other occurrences of Hemimorphite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘThree Cornered Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘUeberroth Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘNew Hartman Mine (Correll Mine), Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘOld Hartman Mine (Hartman Mine), Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘEcton Mine, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
50.4km (31.3 miles) ⓘWheatley Mines, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
51.0km (31.7 miles) ⓘBrookdale Mine, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
75.4km (46.9 miles) ⓘAndover Iron Mine, Andover Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
75.7km (47.1 miles) ⓘSulphur Hill Mine (Sulfur Hill Mine), Andover Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
82.5km (51.2 miles) ⓘLime Crest Quarry, Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
have been described as mixtures of kaolin and hemimorphite, or less commonly as true zinc clays. A study...group are discussed. A zinc clay from Saucon Valley, Pennsylvania, was analyzed by Roepper in 187.5and...mixtures of kaolinitic or related.clays and hemimorphite (calamine), and their true relations have therefore...clay from the Uberroth Mine, Saucon Valley, near Friedensville, Pennsylvania, was analyzed. and named...through the courtesy of the Department of Geology of Lehigh University. M oresnetite Risse. describeda zinc-bearing
Report (issue)
n.d. X-ray Powder Pattern: Coon Hollow mine, Arkansas, USA; air dried sample. 15.4 (100), 2.67 (100)...23.10 1.11 (1) Friedensville, Pennsylvania, USA. (2) Coon Hollow mine, Arkansas, USA. Mineral Group:...Association: Hemimorphite, smithsonite, chrysocolla, coronadite, iron oxides. Distribution: In the USA, from...Ueberroth mine, Saucon Valley, near Friedensville, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania; the Coon Hollow mine, north...north of Zinc, Boone Co., Arkansas; and the Liberty mine, Meekers Grove, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin. In Arizona
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Difierential thermal analysis of smithsonite and hemimorphite ' (e) Dehydration curves for a sauconite and...orthosilicate. Difierential thermal analysis of hemimorphite confirmed and extended the views of Zambonini...found at the uberroth Mine, near Friedensville, in the saucon Valley of Pennsylvania. The analysesof the...description appeared in Genth's (1875) Mineralogy of pennsylvania. In 1946, C. S. Ross in connection with his... \2,/ and the sauconite from the New Discovery Mine, Leadville, Colorado (Znz.aoMg. ra,a1.:2Fe+8. 17)(AI
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 .... . ...... . ..
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
encrustation pseudomorphs of hemimorphite after calcite. The hemimorphite is colored yellow by microscopic...specimen was found in a Joplin, Missouri, district mine in the late 1800s and was donated to the Carnegie...Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by A. L. 384 ROCKS & MINERALS Means; it was...minerals of these metals, such as smithsonite, hemimorphite, cerussite, and anglesite. However, late in...crystal morphology and color were recovered from a mine in the Joplin area. The best known of these specimens
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.........................................
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Britain and Australia, leading to confusion with hemimorphite if specific compositional data are lacking....of associated secondary minerals, including hemimorphite, pyromorphite, mimetite, willemite, hydrozincite...been reported from many localities related to the upper oxidized parts of deposits containing primary zinc...depth. These include the Loudville mines, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the Buckwheat pit, Franklin, New...Chester County, the Ueberroth mine near Bethlehem, and the zinc mines at Friedensville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania;
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
Report (issue)
Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Goodsprings, Nevada, USA. 6.77 (10), 2.480 (7), 2.72 (6), 3.14 (5), 1.688... Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Goodsprings, Nevada, USA; CO2 by difference. (2) Zn5 (CO3 )2 (OH)6 . Occurrence:...as incrustations in mine workings and caves. Association: Smithsonite, hemimorphite, willemite, cerussite...Malfidano, near Buggerru, and in the Gutturu Pala mine, north of Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy. In commercial...Cantabria Province, Spain. In the USA, from Friedensville, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania; Linden, Iowa Co., Wisconsin;
Report (issue)
most are of supergene origin. Smithsonite and hemimorphite are the main oxidized zinc minerals in supergene...smithsonite and hemimorphite in solution pockets of decomposed limestone are known only in the Valley and Ridge...Alaska.. a Includes 550 tons from Davis, Murray County, Okla. 'Production to 1934 only. PART 1. GENERAL...England province, the Ridge and Valley province, the principal Mississippi Valley zinc and lead districts, and...Franklin-Sterling Hill, N.J. Ridge and Valley province: Friedensville, Pa. Austinville, Va. Mascot-Jefferson
Report (issue)
constitute an ore. Association: anglesite. Hemimorphite, willemite, hydrozincite, cerussite, malachite...from Tsumeb, Namibia. In the USA, at Friedensville, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania; in the Joplin district, Jasper...Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona; fine examples from the Kelly mine, Magdalena, Socorro...founded the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman, and C. Frondel
Journal (issue)
from ores obtained in Sussex County. They purchased zinc ores upon Mine Hill. The 30th April, 1848, I...mining operations and a system of exploration upon Mine Hill, seeking a vein or bed red-oxide of zinc. I...and further mining operations and explorations on Mine Hill were discontinued. The failure of the Sussex...vein of red zinc, as they supposed they would on Mine Hill, induced the principal stockholders and parties...that in case a zinc vein should be discovered upon Mine Hill, it was not his intention to reserve the franklinite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Newsletter—Carl Bakos, Editor Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania Tuscarora Bulletin—F. Kerek Shecktor, Editor...Pick—Philip Corley, Editor Junior Division of Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society Newlapso—Dr. Philip E. Eisman...Memphis Archeological & Geological Society Triassic Valley Bulletin—Mr. & Mrs. Chas. H. Weber, Jr., Editors...Rockland Nuggets—Marvin Klibonoff, Editor Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Unaka Rock & Mineral...field trip took the members to the Old Tungsten Mine and Topaz Prospect, Trumbull, Connecticut for topaz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
secondary zinc minerals such as: smithsonite, hemimorphite, aurichalcite. It may also be associated with...of sphalerite and, sometimes, smithsonite or hemimorphite. This mineral is usually found as coatings or...Utah; Cerro Gordo mine, Inyo Co., Calif.; Linden, Iowa Co., Wis.; Friedensville, Lehigh Co., Pa.; Franklin...Franklin, N. J.; Mine Hill, Roxbury, Conn.; Joplin, Mo.; the Galena district, Cherokee ROCKS AND MINERALS...crystallized hydrozincite is associated with calcite, hemimorphite and excellent plattnerite xls on limonite. The
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recommend Pete J. Dunn's Mine Hill in Franklin and Sterling Hill in Ogdensburg, Sussex County New Jersey: Mining...correspond to groups of entries, such as Upper Sterling Hill and North Mine Hill which are not normally open... the Lehigh Zinc & Iron Company, is widely referred to as “Lehigh Zinc”, even though the Lehigh Zinc...Miscellaneous Conventions: In this book, the Sterling Mine is the mine occupying the northern portion of Sterling...prior to 1897, while the pasSterling Hill Mine is the mine occupying the whole hill after 1897—even though
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
old mine there (the Lucky Cuss) hoping for another strike. I brought back some rocks from the mine—sending...displays are to be found on the dumps of the Evergreen Mine, at Apex, (Gilpin Co.), Colo. The ghost town is...conglomerates in fields and in gravel bars here in Putnam County, Indiana."—item received from Walter Reeves, R3...Stephenson, Meno- name of mineral, its locality, County, minee Co., Mich. One of the specimens State and...Schell City. of McNeill, Miss., in Pearl River County. Shell limestone is also found. Septarium The rocks
Journal (issue)
(Jack) Baum offers an in-depth look at the Parker mine and its famous minerals with a thought provoking...places currently in production at the Sterling Hill mine. We have done so at the request of the new management...William J. Trost, 3735 Huntingdon Pike, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 Secretary Helen U. Warinsky, 695 Suffern...D. What Is New at Sterling Hill. 3 The Parker Mine by John L. Baum A Great Period of Discovery. 7...California, a daughter, Dr. Susan Beatty of Malvern, Pennsylvania, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren
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colleges and of the State. - - - - The Shenandoah Valley Gem and Mineral Society, Waynesboro, visited the...200 visitors per day. NORTH CAROLINA The Catawba Valley Gem and Mineral Qub of Hickory visited the Lithium... that the committee can plan trips. - Lawrence County for many kinds of - - The Gem, Lapidary and Mineral...- - - Curt Segeler spoke Society of Montgomery County, Rockwith the New York Mineralogical Club ville...presented a color slide talk about Collect­ the Mohawk Valley Geological Society, Clinton. Mrs. Heidi Lueck conducted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
decomposition ........................................ Hemimorphite decomposition ..................................................................... 439 Hemimorphite ..............................................the oxidized zonesof lead and zinc deposits. Hemimorphite was found to be stable up to about 250Ăž C at...maximum temperature of formation and stability of hemimorphite as well as the minimum for willemite. The pure...No. 55-49, College of Mineral Industries, The Pennsylvania State University. Presented at the 1955 Annual
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in the clear micro xls that formed at Silver Hill mine, near Silverbell, Ariz. Crystals may also show phantom-like...secondary zinc and lead ores. Galena, sphalerite, hemimorphite, and other copper, lead, and iron ores are found...small green specimen which rivals the American Kelly mine material for beauty. The yellow variety of botryoidal...botryoidal gemmy blue-green material from the Kelly mine, near Magdelena, N.M. which is just west of Socorro...formerly produced interesting smithsonite are: Friedensville, Pa., Shullberg, Wis.—where smithsonite was
Soraya, Mara, and Ferrobamba formations (Upper Jurassic-Upper Cretaceous). Igneous rocks are mainly intrusive...clay) and cerussite (Pb carbonate) with minor hemimorphite (Zn hydrosilicate) and smithsonite (Zn carbonate)...and precipitated as cement in the host rock. Hemimorphite and smithsonite mainly crystallized in late-forming...hosted in the now-eroded rocks above the Yanque mine site. Zinc-rich solution migrated through the sedimentary... Ore mineralogy can be simple (smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite), as in the oxidation products
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Soraya, Mara, and Ferrobamba formations (Upper Jurassic-Upper Cretaceous). Igneous rocks are mainly intrusive...clay) and cerussite (Pb carbonate) with minor hemimorphite (Zn hydrosilicate) and smithsonite (Zn carbonate)...and precipitated as cement in the host rock. Hemimorphite and smithsonite mainly crystallized in late-forming...hosted in the now-eroded rocks above the Yanque mine site. Zinc-rich solution migrated through the sedimentary... Ore mineralogy can be simple (smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite), as in the oxidation products
 
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