The Slate Belt is a geographic region in Northampton County, Pennsylvania that is typically described as including Bangor, Wind Gap, Pen Argyl, and Portland...
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Quoits (section Slate-board quoits)
× 24 in × 1 in (610 mm × 610 mm × 25 mm) slab of slate. The common pronunciation of quoits in the Slate Belt region is (qwaits). Players take turns throwing...
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predominant type of rock found through the Carolina Slate Belt. Duke stone and the Carolina Slate Belt, like the greater Carolina Terrane, are thought to...
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1878. South Carolina had a number of lode gold mines along the Carolina Slate Belt. The Haile deposit was discovered in Lancaster County in 1827, and at...
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Jenny Slate (born 1982) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and writer. After early acting and stand-up roles on television, Slate gained recognition...
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The Hunter's Run and Slate Belt Railroad was a railway line from the Hunter's Run junction of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway that ran southwestward...
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census. In 1853, Joseph Kellow discovered slate in the surrounding area, coining what is now known as the Slate Belt community. The name Pen Argyl originated...
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In 1919, the Laurel Dam breached and washed out the Hunters Run and Slate Belt branch and breached the Upper Mill dam at Mount Holly. The lake was a...
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Carolina Slate Belt Secor, Donald T.; Samson, Sara L.; Snoke, Arthur W.; Palmer, Allison R. (1983-08-12). "Confirmation of the Carolina Slate Belt as an...
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800 acres (320 ha)) with the town of Wells. Poultney lies in a slate belt, where slate roofing, tiles, and building blocks are mined and milled. According...
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and settled in the eastern part of Pennsylvania, where slate was also mined (the "Slate Belt"), bringing their traditional recipes with them. Many such...
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Mountains lie in the Carolina Slate Belt, a belt that consists of heated and deformed volcanic and sedimentary rocks. The belt is best known for old abandoned...
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central Atlantic. This former Gondwana fragment includes the Carolina Slate belt and parts of Alabama. The Gulf of Mexico opened during the Late Triassic...
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"Overview of the stratigraphic and structural evolution of the Talladega slate belt, Alabama Appalachians". Field Guides. 29: 263–302. doi:10.1130/2012.0029(08)...
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20-plus wins, two bowls, 2013 Sun Belt title". The Advocate. March 6, 2016. "Sun Belt & ESPN Announce 2024 Bowl Season Slate". sunbeltsports.org. June 6, 2024...
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Argillite (redirect from Argillaceous slate)
sediments and rocks. Metamorphism of argillites produces slate, phyllite, and pelitic schist. The Belt Supergroup, an assemblage of rocks of late Precambrian...
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transferred to the 1891 Hunter's Run and Slate Belt Railroad with the station servicing the 1892 Fuller Brick and Slate Company south of the tracks (iron works...
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silver. The mine's two ore bodies are part of the gold-rich Carolina Slate Belt rock package that runs through the upstate Piedmont foothills. The operator...
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Sub-basin. Albemarle is located in the Floyd Church Formation of the Carolina Slate Belt. Thickly bedded, axially cleaved meta-mudstone and meta-argillite are...
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Alcohol preferences in Europe (redirect from Vodka belt)
alcoholic drink world-wide. The following countries, known as the vodka belt, are significant producers and consumers of spirits, particularly vodka:...
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siltstone, shale, and mudstone. It is considered part of the Carolina Slate Belt and covers several counties in central North Carolina. It preserves fossils...
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Caledonian orogeny (redirect from Caledonian Orogenic Belt)
developed in the volcanic rocks close to its hinge zone. The Honister slate belt in the north of this area is another enhanced cleavage zone. Deformation...
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Regional Police Department. Retrieved June 3, 2021. "Slate Belt Regional Police Department". Slate Belt Regional Police Department. Retrieved June 3, 2021...
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The 1870 South Mountain RR and the subsequent 1891 Hunter's Run and Slate Belt Railroad provided the railway lines to the industrial areas of the state...
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commonly referred to as "slate belts" (German: Schiefergebirge) made of unmetamorphosed or weakly metamorphosed rocks (slate, chert, sandstone, limestone...
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lies in the Carolina Slate Belt, a result of tectonic movements of the North American and African continental plates. The slate belt trends to the northwest...
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the states’ slate belt. The site includes preserved animal bone, shell and macrofossil remains, and distributions of green volcanic slate debitage. It...
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limestone streams in Pennsylvania, this creek's headwaters lie in the Slate Belt, near the borough of Chapman. From Chapman, the Monocacy follows a 20...
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Bresswein, Kurt (July 28, 2023). "'We're here with you': Governor visits Slate Belt flood damage as public tally passes $7.5M". The Express-Times. Archived...
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