Gemstone mining / Treasure hunting on the east coast?

Are there places in Pennsylvania or New Jersey or anywhere in the area that offers gemstone mining or treasure hunting?

http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/njsites.html Franklin and Sterling Hill Mines in the county of Sussex, New Jersey, Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Diopside Fluorescent, Franklinite, Galena, Powellite, Rhodonite, scheelite, uraninite, Willemite, Fluorescent wollastonite, and other minerals Zincite Source: The Ore House BBS 516-671-2337 DE Russel, sysop Calcite, Pyrite, Celestina looked me in the sites in Pennsylvania and saw the ad for the program Dutchman. You may want to add this note to PA sites. On Saturday the third week of September, the products of the East (former Middlecreek Faylor) Quarry has its annual open its prey in Winfield, PA. The quarry is known for calcite, strontium, and celestite. Collecting (personal experience) the last two years has been great. On Sunday the same weekend, the quarry Meckleys in Mandata, PA is open. The quarry is also known for calcite, strontium, and celestite. Both quarries are in the same formations, the Old Port, Keyser and Tonoloway, but the habits of the minerals of each are different. This is a wonderful collection weekend in central Pennsylvania. Both quarries are planning to be open again next year in the same weekend. Some large commercial and shopping opportunities are also available at both sites, as the day winds down and the rear doors open in the parking lot. Anyone who loves the minerals and can reach should not miss it for the year 2000! Keep on Rocking, Al Ostrander collecting trips organized during the Annual Lost Dutchman Gemboree several sites near Lebanon, Pennsylvania Celestino, Fossils, goethite, gold, hematite, pyrite, serpentine minerals, Strontianite Source: Rocks and fossils from the mailing list Nathan A. 6/6/95 Schachtman Haddon Hts., NJ nschacht@omni.voicenet.com One the most interesting mineral shows in my neck of the woods is the Lost Dutchman Gemboree, 16-20 August 1995 in Lebanon, PA. This will be the 9th annual event which has become well known for his show, lectures and field visits. I am writing to alert lists field trips, which include gold panning in several days, and travel of fossils, minerals. On Wed, Aug 16, the trip is goethite and hematite pseudomorphs after pyrite locality. The cost is $ 5/person. On Thu, the trip is French Creek iron ore mine, in San Pedro Village, PA. Cost is $ 20/person. On Fri, the trip is a Devonian fossil locality. $ 20. On Sat, Travel Meckley Quarry is known for their crystals celestite and strontium. $ 20. The Sun, the 20th, the trip is to the Serpentine Cedar Hill Quarry. The quarry is known for minerals serpentine and generally beyond the reach of collectors. The show organizers have done a good job of getting to this city of interest. Most trips Leaving the scene of the fair at 8:30 am. Prepaid reservations are apparently accepted. Children must be age 10 or older, except for gold panning TRIPS. For more information or activity reservations, contact: GEMBOREE 217 Nevin Street Lancaster, PA 17603 717-392-6825 Collections in the Franklin & Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey The mines of Franklin and Sterling Hill (the latter in Ogdensburg, a mile south of Franklin) in northern New Jersey have produced more than 400 different species of minerals, many of which are unique to this mining district. About 80 species of minerals in this district are fluorescent, which justifies the title of "Fluorescent Mineral Capital of the World, "which was awarded to the region in the 1950s. At present, two collecting localities are operated by local museums on a regular basis. He is the first Buckwheat download site, operated by the Franklin Mineral Museum. Wheat dump is open every weekend, and an entry fee nominal charge and a small charge for each pound of material removed. Although buckwheat dump has been collected for decades, the Museum has "appeared" the dump with heavy equipment and brought in truckloads of material from adjacent mine dumps. The standard mineral ore body of Franklin – Franklinite, calcite, Willemite, rhodonite – are easily found. But oddities in Franklin, such as uraninite, scheelite, and powellite found at the dump in the past years by collectors. At the entrance of the site is the Franklin Mineral Museum, which houses one of the most complete collections of Franklin / Sterling Hill at the existence of minerals, and one of the largest exhibitions of fluorescent minerals in the U.S. (the latter requires a little work). Just a mile south, in Ogdensburg, is the pound Hill Mining Museum. The museum occupies the site of the former Sterling Hill Mine, and offers guided tours of underground mines 7 days a week. Although never the mine who already have a landfill – Waste rock is crushed and returned underground to fill the "recesses" (the huge gaps left by underground Minin

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