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Melanterite from
Mineral Hill Mine, Louisville, Carroll County, Maryland, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Melanterite
Formula:Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melanterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mineral Hill Mine, Louisville, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:859616
Long-form Identifier:1:3:859616:1
GUID (UUID V4):91b50cf2-87f3-49bf-be25-ce57738b40cb
Nearest other occurrences of Melanterite
23.8km (14.8 miles) Bare Hills Copper Mine (Smith Avenue Copper Mine), Bare Hills, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
29.4km (18.3 miles) Jones Falls Quarries, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
54.2km (33.7 miles) Cape Sable, Magothy River, Arnold, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
92.9km (57.7 miles) Gap Mine, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
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Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Book (volume)
fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
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fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
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Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica...Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen,...Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen...Bernardino Rivadavia (1780-1849, see Who’s Who in Mineral Names Berry, R. R., Large Smoky Quartz and Fluorite...309 Brochantite, New Hampshire, 416 Brookite, Dodo Mine, Subpolar Urals, Russia, R. B. Cook, 192-95 Buchholz
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New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...is one of the lowest in annual mineral production, the number of mineral collecting localities and the...recorded number of mineral species is quite high. Hawes (1878) reported 95 mineral species, Meyers and...collecting the state’s minerals and developing its mineral industries. Although the latter never sustained
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Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINDS ARE DESIRED $ . . . . PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Abbreviations.: xl—crystal...ALABAMA—Cherokee County is' in northeastern Alabama. In the central part of Cherokee County is the little...10-yr. old subscriber, Buddy Stewart. "Cherokee County has a wide variety of minerals ranging from those...mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals, so Buddy informs us, and to...around Rock Run, in the southeastern part of the county, and was mined extensively in recent years. The
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Clearwater_ --- - .'L- 'I i INDEX "'1": I ') MINERAL LOCALITY ·~~e" I ' I' - BenewahI • r (' /----...its pyromorphite, Idaho also boasts many other mineral species. ( :\.. -~:/ Idaho <....: (_ ", I ...- - : r -\ THIS INDEX BRIEFLY DESCRIBES the mineral localities in Idaho; all known localities that...low population of Idaho, it receives much less mineral collector attention than some other states. For...geologic data have not been recently prospected by mineral collectors. Recently, politics have been playing
Report (issue)
CONTENTS Introduction 1 Scope of report 4 Mineral collecting 5 Acknowledgments 6 Introduction..." -. _>-.--_>-->.-..-. Triassic deposits 31 Mineral localities 38 District of Columbia Mavtrl a Tirl...^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS
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World News on Mineral Occurrences Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. Downloaded by...northeast near Jamestown in Cherokee County is another lead mine." ARIZONA—A letter dated Sept. 17, 1953...writes:— "An old mine near here had cavities in it that contained a sandlike mineral that was very heavy...very carefully worked out and not a trace of the mineral remains to be found. "It wasn't far from there...down to make bullets to fight the Indians. The mineral turned out to be hornsilver." Raymond Canover,
Report (issue)
UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL... MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock Nature displays her most common mineral, quartz... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book (volume)
.......................................... xi Mineral Locations by State Alabama ................................................................210 Maryland ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..........................................
Book (edition)
CITY, UTAH. WRITE FOR PRICES. YOU WANT A GOOD MINE! MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MINl^S AND MINERALS... BIXBY. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. MINERAL LOCALITIES. BEAVER COUNTY. (Vy Beaver City, near; hyalite...colorless. Beaver Lake District; azurite. 0. K. Mine; bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, covellite, copper...smoky quartz crystals, prase. Rocky District; Adelia Mine, wulfenite. Star District; azurite, bismuthinite...Moscow Mine; goslarite. Sulphurvale; sulphur. Elsewhere; bismite, bismutite. BOX ELDER COUNTY. Copper
Journal (issue)
Mineral Ne. • Vol 17 No. 5 May 2001 The Mineral Collector's Newsle Karst Calcite Deposits in Fossil...from The Mineral Locality-Periodical Index (MinDex) from data published in the various mineral periodicals...periodicals (Rocks & Minerals, Mineral News. The Mineralogica l Record and World of Stones). No effort was made...information numerous minerals Continued on page 8 Mineral News 2 Review: Roadside Geology of Massachusetts...fte r that it is the Central Lowland and Bronson Hill Upland followed by The Be rkshires. With the layout
Report (volume)
knowledge) including the chief occurrences of 445 mineral species UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE..._______________ Source minerals of Colorado's mineral industry________________________ Minerals first...___ Mineral localities and how to find them ____________________________ ~ _ Noteworthy mineral localities__...__ ___ _____________ _____ ___ Descriptions of mineral occurrences__________________________________ Selected...PLATE 1. Map showing selected mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado _________
Book (volume)
gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book
abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present and man generally absent. He tells...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...provides a comprehensive, alphabetical listing of 400 mineral species and an outline of the essential chemical...Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting 18 3 Your Mineral Collection 32 4 Techniques of...Ore and Mineral Essentials of a Small 61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINOS ARE DESIRED £ _ . . PLEASE SEND THEM I N . ALABAMA—James Miller...fairly nice specimens in an old road bed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn, Ala....MINERALS Conn. "Still another mineral has come to light at Collins Hill (near Portland, Middlesex Co.)...three places—including the vicinity of this Collins Hill malachite occurrence. A green coating on pegmatite...appear to be plentiful. FLORIDA—The Southeastern Mineral Co., Box 2234, Lakeland, Fla., has donated an interesting
Report (issue)
been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town...display Division since 1952. of Mines and Geology mineral exhibit in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS...Learned 55 Description of California minerals and mineral localities 59 Bibliography 395 Serials consulted...Minerals and mineral lists Mining Districts of California Unvalidated entries in the mineral 517 543...unpublished information on California mineral localities Index to mineral species of California 549 553
Book (volume)
............................................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama ................................................................179 Maryland ...........................................................477 Appendix F - Classification of Mineral Deposits ........................................year I vacation in the field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States or Canada...enough information to be useful to most gem and mineral collectors. Generally, Minerals are capitalized
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............................................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama ................................................................179 Maryland ...........................................................479 Appendix F - Classification of Mineral Deposits ........................................year I vacation in the field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States or Canada...enough information to be useful to most gem and mineral collectors. Generally, Minerals are capitalized
Report (issue)
^vorld over for the remarkable diversity of her mineral substances that are annually produced commercial...species liave most list fertile field for the of mineral species. study In fact, been found and described...important starting point to a knowledge of the mineral resources of possible commercial value. Previous...Blake in 1866, and it comprised about seventy-five mineral species. At that early time California was a new...only a few scattered localities were known for mineral speci- mens; consequently, the list was short
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erecting a plaque in memory of Samuel Gordon in the Mineral Hall of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences...card will bring the information. Field Trip to Mineral Hill, Delaware Co., Pa. — Nov. 16, 1 9 5 2 It was...M. S. P. invaded the heavily wooded area of Mineral Hill. Like a mechanized infantry they arrived in...we approached the locality a big sign read, "Mineral Hill-M. S. P." with an arrow pointing the way. There...N. J. Mineral & Lapidary Society of Pittsburgh, Pa. The regular monthly meeting of the Mineral and Lapidary
Report (issue)
wet-chemical, and petrographic facilities for checking mineral identifications. A work of this nature could not...these contributors in the bibliographies of the mineral species. In addition, many individuals have worked...description of the general physical properties of each mineral, the authors hequently borrowed heavily horn the...Henry, and Mr. Donald S. Barnes of the Black Hills Mineral Society assisted in the large amount of field work...7 Bibliography . . . . . 229 Appendix: 252 Mine Index iii NOTATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS CHEMICAL
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3 -N APPALACHIAN MINERAL & GEM TRAILS 3 3 By June Culp Zeitner 'NS 3 v' r,. -S.’ Vv '• li ...unequalled i n hospitality. Many friends, gem and mineral clubs, and gem and m i n e n d dealers and suppliers...Pennsylvania___ _ _ _ 1 _ 2 _ 2 1 CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...n g y e l l o w " c o l o r " i n y o u r pan. Maryland: M o n t g o m e r y, Frederick, H o w a r d
 
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