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Mississippi, USA


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Mineral List:
  • 'Amber'
    Reference: []
  • Anhydrite
    CaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  • Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1994) 89:381-390]
  • 'Bauxite'
    Reference: [Morse, 1923.The Bauxite Deposits of Mississippi]
  • 'Bentonite'
    Reference: [USGS]
  • 'Bitumen'
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  • Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  • Celestine
    SrSO
     
    4
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.; Econ Geol (1994) 89:381-390]
  • 'Chalcedony'
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Lowndes County Limestone Mine, Lowndes Co., Mississippi, USA
    © Nuno Miguel Santos
  • 'Chalcedony
    var: Agate'
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: []
  • 'Chalcedony
    var: Petrified Wood'
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 24:256.]
  • 'Chalk'
    Reference: [www.bioone.org]
  • 'Clay'
    Reference: []
  • 'Coal'
    Reference: [Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality]
  • 'Coal
    var: Lignite'
    Reference: [Field Book of Common Rocks and Minerals- Fredrick Brewster Loomis-1948]
  • Cristobalite
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  • 'Diatomaceous Earth'
    Reference: []
  • Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  • Gibbsite
    Al(OH)
     
    3
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  • Glauconite
    K
     
    0.08
    R
    1
    1.33
    R
    2
    0.67
    [][Al
     
    0.13
    Si
     
    3.87
    O
     
    10
    ](OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Priddy, 1960. Madison County Geology ]
  • Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    ] · 2H
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  • Halite
    NaCl
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  • Illite
    K
     
    0.65
    A
     
    2.0
    [][Al
     
    0.65
    Si,
     
    3.35
    O
     
    10
    ](OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  • Iron
    var: Oktibbehite
    Reference: [Clark, 1993 - "Hey's Mineral Index"]
  • Kaolinite
    Al
     
    2
    Si
     
    2
    O
     
    5
    (OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  • Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: []
  • Montmorillonite
    (Na,Ca)
     
    0.33
    (Al,Mg)
     
    2
    Si
     
    4
    O
     
    10
    (OH)
     
    2
    ·nH
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [ Yale Peabody Museum]
  • Nickelphosphide
    (Ni,Fe)
     
    3
    P
    Reference: [MinRec (July, 2000)]
  • 'Ochre'
    Reference: [Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974]
  • Opal
    SiO
     
    2
    ·nH
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Jan. 2004]
  • Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
    Site Photo
    Selma Chalk Farm, Starkville, Oktibbeha Co., Mississippi, USA
    © 2002 John H. Betts
  • Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    S
     
    8
    , (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1994) 89:381-390]
  • Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Jan. 2004]
  • Quartz
    var: Flint
    Reference: [Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Jan. 2004]
  • Quartz
    var: Jasper
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1955) 30:371]
  • Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Gems and Minerals of America -Jay Ellis Ransom-1974]
  • 'Smectite Group'
    A
     
    0.3
    D
     
    2-3
    [T
     
    4
    O
     
    10
    ]Z
     
    2
    ·nH
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [www.k-tclay.com/crenshaw.asp.]
  • Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    )S
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  • Strontianite
    SrCO
     
    3
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  • Sulphur
    S
     
    8
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]


    40 entries listed. 23 valid minerals.

    Localities in this Region:
    USA
     
    • Mississippi
        • Ackerman
      • Forrest Co.
      • Hines Co.
      • Holmes Co.
      • Jasper Co.
      • Jones Co.
      • Lamar Co.
      • Lee Co.
      • Lincoln Co.
        • Wesson (Copiah Co.)
      • Lowndes Co.
        • Aberdeen
      • Panola Co.
        • Crenshaw
      • Prentiss Co.
      • Rankin Co.
      • Sunflower Co.
      • Tallahatchie Co.
        • Ripley
        • Chalk Mine Hollow
      • Warren Co.
      • Yazoo Co.

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