 | | 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 (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) | | 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 |  | | 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 (volume) | | of M assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland , North Carolina, and other...geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland , North Carolina, and South...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ROSEMEYER P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 THE CLIFF MINE, discovered in 1844, is located on the Keweenaw...first mine on the "Keweenaw" to pay dividends to stockholders. Throughout its history, the mine also produced...career with Calumet and Hecla as an underground mine geologist. He has now returned to the Copper Country...Company. The Cliff mine, in a few short years, would be the first great copper mine to be worked in the...westem hemisphere {Chaput 1971). The discovery of the mine came at an important time in the development of |  | | Report (issue) | | at Cornwall, Pennsylvania Davis M. Lapham and Carlyle Gray COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF...Diabase at Cornwall, Pennsylvania by Davis M. Lapham and Carlyle Gray PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological...PUBLICATIONS, TENTH AND MARKET STREETS HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 FRONTISPIECE View of Cornwall open...magnetite iron ore deposit at Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The investigation was begun to learn where |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, 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 qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | is theirs to make. Myers Head Lead Mine The Myers Head Lead Mine at Hartsop has become a scheduled Ancient...Ancient Monument as from 1998. The mine is being restored through a conservation project funded by the...Regional Development Fund and the National Trust. The mine was also known as Low Hartsop. and is situated at...confluence of Pasture Beck and Hayswater Gill. The Mine was worked from 1867 to about 1878. when it was...Snowdon. The more convincing the lie the better. Mine is “In times past, when the sun always shone, minerals |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187 |  | | Report (issue) | | (CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur... the 1845 discovery of the Cliff Mine ( first in the world to mine native copper as its sole product)...exceptionally fine, twinned analcite crystals from Houghton County ························-··-······-··-········...····· 41 2. Ankerite on siderite from Alpena County ···-··············-··················· 46 3....stalactitic limonite from Negaunee in Marquette County .............................................. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Nikischerite, a new mineral from the Huanuni tin mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Peru . . ....The Baumann prospect, Chickencoop Canyon, Tulare County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...you. John S. White P. O. Box 332 Stewartstown, Pennsylvania 17363 e-mail: john@jwkustos.com More Illustrated...included a large Japanese stibnite from the Ichinokawa mine, approximately 25 cm tall; a kunzite from the Galileia |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | 3 Where to Look Quarries, mine workings (pits, trenches, etc.), and mine dumps arc usually good places...caution. Permission should be sought before entering a mine, quarry or other private property; in active mining...by Canadians or visitors in Canada. The rights of mine and property owners should be observed at all times...serpentine and quartz in limestone and chert. The mine has been worked since 1960 and is accessible by...are Con-Rycon mine (Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, Limit~d) and the Giant mine (Giant Yellowknife |  | | Report (volume) | | described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:...J.,4. Excursion, Tertiary type-localiMontgomery County: Reade, ties: Rainwater, E. H. , 1. H. L. , Jr...Harris, H. B. trolled: Braunstein, J., 3. Escambia County: Cagle, J. W. ,Jr. Pollard field: Jones, W. B. |  | | Report (volume) | | Ontario. SERIALS 7 Pa. Acad. Sci. Proc.-Pennsylvania Academy of Science Proceedings. Harrisburg,... Pa. Pa. Dept. Int. Affairs Monthly Bull.-Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs Monthly Bulletin...Survey, 4th ser., Progress Rept.; Special Bull.-Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th series, Progress Report;... Mineral Industries Expt. Sta. Bull.; Circ.-Pennsylvania State University, Mineral Industries Experiment...-West Virginia Academy of Sciences Proceedings. Morgantown, W. Va. W.Va. Geol. Survey Bull.; Rept. Inv.-West |  | | Journal (issue) | | ber-D ecem ber 1977 ISSUE! TourmalineGolconda mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil SHOWS Sul/urPerticara, Romagna...U E S t AVETltlB 0)A C L PyromorphiteWheatley mine, Hours: Wed-Sat. 10-5 Sunday 12-5 [evenings by...E id a h l M in e ra lo g y o f th e Cham pion Mine, W h ite M o u n ta in s , C a lifo r n ia .......T h e N atural History M useum of Los A ngeles County 487 b y P e te r C K e lle r a n d A n th o n y...O ft ovnas 2>. T a L c r Clay C enter, Ottawa County, Ohi o. n a m e P \d )rQ tn Q h fih i £ < ? |  | | Book | | 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-1195 Dove Menkes 2530 Coventry Circle...Grandview Mine, in a photo taken by Arion (John R. Putnam) around 1900. The Last Chance Mine dump can...Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, photo no. 8596. © Copyright 1997...of scores of people in libraries, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; Peter historical societies...Ohlman, and County Public Library; Nancy Caudill, Librarian at the staff of the Yavapai County Recorder |  | | Book | | always one that has been well opened, such as a mine, a quarry, road or railroad cut, or a cliff. Fresh...ELEMENTS Arborescent silver on calcite. From Keweenaw County, Michigan, comes this superb example of metal "...lavender crown of amethyst crystals from Canada would grace any mineral collection. Tiny crystals of a metallic...Realgar: from Arabic ."powder of the mine," because it came from a silver mine. Localities Alabandite: after...supposed locality. Alaskaite: after Alaska mine, San Juan County, Colorado. Andalusite: after Andalusia Province | | | Book | | always one that has been well opened, such as a mine, a quarry, road or railroad cut, or a cliff. Fresh...ELEMENTS Arborescent silver on calcite. From Keweenaw County, Michigan, comes this superb example of metal...lavender crown of amethyst crystals from Canada would grace any mineral collection. Tiny crystals of a metallic...structures, or ring structures. These arrangements deter¬ mine the fundamental properties of the silicates and...Realgar: from Arabic “powder of the mine,” because it came from a silver mine. Localities Alabandite: after | | | Book | | always one that has been well opened, such as a mine, a quarry, road or railroad cut, or a cliff. Fresh...ELEMENTS Arborescent silver on calcite. From Keweenaw County, Michigan, comes this superb example of metal “sculpture...crown of amethyst crystals from Canada would grace any mineral collection. Tiny crystals of a metallic... or ring structures. These arrangements deter- mine the fundamental properties of the silicates and...Realgar: from Arabic “powder of the mine,” because from a silver mine. it came Localities Alabandite: |  | | Catalog/List | | museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans for the area...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority...Caledonite and a dash of azure blue Linarite. The mine is now collapsed and only a memory for the lucky...Lucky Friday Pocket, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA This is one of the Chalcocite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Number Three Articles The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, A rizona by G. B. Allen & W. Hunt 139...........221 COVER: ANGLESITE from the Touissit mine, Morocco. The large crystal measures 4.5 cm. This...Chichibu mine” (by Kuniaki Kato and Hidemichi Hori), “ Collecting report: Hikagezawa gold mine, Shizuoka...Avenue Sun City, Arizona 85351 he Tonopah-Belmont mine is a micromounter’s paradise. An un common suite...sulfates, molybdates and chromates can be found at the mine. The abundance of species makes it an ideal introduction |
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Grace Mine, Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA