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French Creek Mine, Chester County, PA
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: magnetite, epidote.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: magnetite skarn/replacement deposit with sulfides and quartz
Historic French Creek magnetite mine documented on mindat and in PA collecting literature.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Flooded pits, dumps
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