Silver Mine Knob prospect, Union Township, Hares Valley Area, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Silver Mine Knob prospect | Prospect |
| Union Township | Township |
| Hares Valley Area | Area |
| Huntingdon County | County |
| Pennsylvania | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 19' 58'' North , 77° 57' 40'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mapleton | 427 (2017) | 7.0km |
| Cassville | 141 (2017) | 7.1km |
| Shirleysburg | 148 (2017) | 8.3km |
| Mount Union | 2,396 (2017) | 8.8km |
| Allenport | 648 (2017) | 9.0km |
Smith (1977) reports that the Silver Mine Knob occurrences consist of Occurrence 10, the Richard Hammon mine, a caved adit and moderate size dump shown in Figure 76. R. Hammon reported a turntable for the mine car where the adit made a right angle turn at the contact between two different types of rock; Occurrence 11, a caved in adit shown in Figure 77; and Occurrence 12 shown in Figure 78, possibly the oldest working consisted of a smalll open cut with well leached gossan. The coordinates below are given for this occurrence, but Smith (1977) gives the coordinates for all known Zn-Pb occurence in Pennsylvania. These three occurrences are located in tectonically brecciated Tuscarora Formation quartzite. These higher-elevation occurrences have largely been leached of interesting minerals.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Appalachian BasinBasin
- SCAB DomainDomain
- Southern and Central ApplachianAccretionary Complex
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