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Sphalerite from
Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Smithsoniteā“˜3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Smithsonite at this locality.
Dolomiteā“˜1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:107555
Long-form Identifier:1:3:107555:7
GUID (UUID V4):7a633592-fd99-4945-a561-d9d7e7ce2b26
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.4km (0.3 miles) ā“˜Leader Mine, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ā“˜White Eagle Mine, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ā“˜Lonnie Boy Mine (Lonnie Roy Mine), Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ā“˜Monte Cristo mine ("Monte Christo" mine), Rush, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ā“˜Red Cloud Mine, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ā“˜Yellow Rose Mine, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ā“˜Edith Mine, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ā“˜McIntosh Mine, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ā“˜Morning Star Mine, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ā“˜Silver Hollow Mine, Silver Hollow Valley, Rush, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rush Creek Mining District MARION COUNTY, ARKANSAS A Synoptic View Situated in a part of the Ozarks along...the Rush district are rediscovered by newcomers each tourist season. J. MICHAEL HOWARD Arkansas Geological...Commission 3815 W . Roosevelt Road Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 Service; this area was entered on the National...is hoped that historiĀ­ cal evidence relating to mining will now be preserved for the interest and education...prospects in northern ArkanĀ­ sas, the Rush Creek mining district is recognized as the most important zinc-producing
Journal (issue)
Famous mineral localities: The Rush Creek District, Marion County, Arkansas ..............................CHALCOPYRITE on TETRAHEDRITE, 15 cm, from the Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Collection of the...Forcenturies, the copper and tin mines in Cornwall County, England, have proved to be as rich as any in the...the world. During the last 200 years this mining region has produced an incredible variety of spectacular...INTRODUCTION This article will review the earliest days of mining in Cornwall and will include a brief description
Report (issue)
Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy Cal and Kerith...cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve Neely collection...978-0-9790998-6-1 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria Staebler Gunther Neumeier...Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 ā€¢ Denver, C O 80211 ā€¢ USA Phone 1.303.495.5521 ā€¢ Fax 1.303.482.1238 www.lithographie...1867. Ā·thsonian Smithsonite First Oxide Zone, Tsu Mine, Tsumeb, Nami 10cm tall Brent Lockhart coll Joe
Book
Collecting Arkansas JVlinerals A Reference and Guide By Arthur E. Smith, Jr. ,'T Collecting Arkansas...Box 2043 Coeur dā€™Alene, Idaho 83816-2043 iii Arkansas Counties 1 \ I ā€¢( 11 o ā€¢Ā« c Ā»Ā«Ā«ou cxi ju4Ā«iOĀ«J...573-308-3500 703-648-6045 or phone 800-USA-MAPS Map 3. Arkansasā€™ Ouachita Mountains 7.5 Minute Quadrangal...Quadrangal Map index. V Contents and Locality Index Arkansas Quartz Crystal Deposits Special Quartz Types....Location 1 Montgomery County quartz deposits................. Other Montgomery County quartz mines......
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals, Arkansas also boasts an array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description...R K A N S A S H A S A R I C H M I N E R A L and mining heriĀ­ tage that started in the early 1800s with...of Magnet Cove, continued with mining in northĀ­ ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove during the Civil...extensive collecting in Magnet Cove. In the 1900s, mining and minerals continue to play important roles in...the state, with obvious peaks in exploration and mining having occurred during World Wars I and I I .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
districts,aswell asthe smaller Introduction Northern Arkansas, Central Missouri, and Southeast korea foreland...the Southeast Mistype deposits. souri, Northern Arkansas,and Tri-State districts, Fluid inclusiondatafrom...brine, in which positionof the ore fluids in each district and can be reactionsbetween the migratingbrine...smalldecrease in temperature, predictsthat a sphalerite-richstagewith poDescription of the Ore Districts...luidsreflectthe lower Southeast Missouri lead district potassium content of the basinal brine. The relative
Journal (issue)
A. McBrien Ly nn, Massachusetts Fred Fort~ Philadelphia College of Tex tiles and Science Delbert L...Kelly Bank Mine Richard S. Mitchell Howard R . Freeland 219 A General History of Zinc Mining in Arkansas...stones only. In most instances, stamps depicting mining only (no rocks or minerals) have been excluded...collecting rocks FUI July 15, 1978 4 sh Emperor gold mine and gold ore BRAZIL June 8 1974 40 c sandstone...sandstone cliffs January 13, 1969 40 c Emperor gold mine and gold ore FRANCE July 8, 1975 September 27, 1969
Journal (issue)
A. McBrien Ly nn, Massachusetts Fred Fort~ Philadelphia College of Tex tiles and Science Delbert L...Kelly Bank Mine Richard S. Mitchell Howard R . Freeland 219 A General History of Zinc Mining in Arkansas...stones only. In most instances, stamps depicting mining only (no rocks or minerals) have been excluded...collecting rocks FUI July 15, 1978 4 sh Emperor gold mine and gold ore BRAZIL June 8 1974 40 c sandstone...sandstone cliffs January 13, 1969 40 c Emperor gold mine and gold ore FRANCE July 8, 1975 September 27, 1969
Journal (issue)
Mexico Mineral Symposium, at New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM; see https://geoinfo...16-18, Denver Area Mineral Dealers Show, Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Golden CO. Free admission, public...https://geology.mines.edu/eventscalendar/lectures/ Denver Mining Club (Mondays, 11:30), see http://www.denverminingclub...However, baked turkey reminds me of a trip to Arkansas many years ago and learning about turkey fat....miners of turkey fat (the real stuff). Later in mining life the turkey fat name was also applied to botryoidal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARKANSAS' RUSH CREEK ZINC DISTRICT Part T w o : The Mines By Dana Martin Batory 4 0 2 E . B u c y i...44827 The Morning Star The Morning Star mine, discovered in Arkansas in 1884, became the first zinc property...Morning Star Hotel at Rush. Later, Captain George Chase of FayetteĀ­ ville, Arkansas developed a large body...miles of Rush, at a time when the mine was making big money for its owners. The Morning Star Mining Company...properties in northern Arkansas. They lie on the northĀ­ east (left slope) of Rush Creek, 150 feet above the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluid Inclusion Studies in the Northern Arkansas Zinc District D. L. Lā€¢-ACa,R. C. Nā€¢-r.SON,ANā€¢ D. Wmr...depositsof the MississippiValley type occur in northern Arkansas alongthe southernflank of the Ozark uplift. Geologicallythe...fluids were also similar. Primary inclusionsin sphalerite,quartz,and dolomitehomogenized in the range 80Ćø...50ĆøC. The majorityoœthe freezingtemperatures for sphalerite andquartzwere in the range--20Ćø to --23.6ĆøC,corresponding...northeastern Arkansas,but are mainlyconcentrated The rocks of northern Arkansas are all sedimenin Marion, Boone
Journal (issue)
scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Charles Wilson Pealeā€™s Museum in Philadelphia. The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought huge numbers of...the Fraser River in British Columbia, a new gold rush drew more than 30,000 prospectors, and even the...containing 25% native gold. 4 The Klondike Gold Rush of 1896ā€“1899 brought an estimated 100,000 prospectors
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralizing Brines from the Tri-State and Northern Arkansas Districts Determined by LA-ICP-MS Microanalysis...United Kingdom Abstract The Tri-State and Northern Arkansas districts of the Ozark plateau, North America...of individual fluid inclusions in quartz and sphalerite using 213-nm laser ablation-inductively coupled...but higher Br concentrations suggest that the sphalerite-hosted ā€œore fluidsā€ underwent a significantly... but many of the fluid inclusions trapped in sphalerite in both districts contained anomalously high
Report (volume)
............................................. Arkansas........................................................................................ 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
International University] at 22:16 23 December 2014 Gold mining is not romantic, it is dirty, and it is very hard...played out on a daily basis in opening the Colorado mining frontier, however, are very much the stuff of romance...the Colorado mineral belt and the location of the mining districts discussed in part 1 of the text. increase...1940; Elliot West 1997, verbal com.). scope of this mining economy. There simply was no other ecoThe initial...of 1858 were nomic force to compare with that of mining during the first all made along streams on the
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...Alabama.........Dr. Eugene A. Smith, University. Arkansas..........Dr. A. H. Purdue, Nashville, Tenn. California...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
now coming in unsolicited. They are welĀ­ come. Arkansas~"Good specimens of rutile and The indentifications...usually consist of the simplest Titanium Mine in Magnet Cove, Arkansas possible tests by which reasonable conĀ­...clusions can be reached. When optical posted since mining ceased in 1945 is properties are resorted to for...do given a crystals loose in the soil. In the old mine minimum of equipment. F o r this reason, I will...some test mining at the south end of the Christy Brookite deposit in Magnet Cove, Arkansas in 1975. The
Book (edition)
YEAR 1687"ā€”DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...thickness; mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted...south prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geosciences Article Legacy Lead from Past Mining Activity and Gasoline Additives: Evidence from Lead...in the White River Basin, Southern Ozark Region, USA Adriana Potra 1, *, Laura S. Ruhl 2 and John R. Samuelsen...Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 340 N Campus Drive, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA Department of Earth Sciences... University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S University, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA; lsruhl@ualr.edu...edu Arkansas Archeological Survey, 2475 N Hatch AVE, Fayetteville, AR 72704, USA; jsamuel@uark.edu Department
Book (volume)
Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rareāŽÆDiamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Toddā€™s Ford, a mineral depositāŽÆHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodulesāŽÆflint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS...Geauga Co. line), area quarriesāŽÆoilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.ļ‚¾Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...ļ‚¾gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.ļ‚¾petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: ļ‚ area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book (edition)
N. J., A. S. made to: of Lyons, N.J., Marion A. Speer of Meredith Johnson of Trenton, Calif...(Cross-seaion at right) CHRYSOBERYL EPIDOTE PERIDOT SPHALERITE CORUNDUM FELDSPAR ^ PHENACITE SPODUMENE...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...should always ask permission it may be un- or a mine dvmip. Cleanliness around a camp site and removal
Journal (issue)
Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...Praszkier John Rakovan Marjory ā€œMargeā€ Regel David A. Rush Georg Sammer Mike Sanders Robert Schuster Jeff Self
Book (volume)
Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rareāŽÆDiamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Toddā€™s Ford, a mineral depositāŽÆHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodulesāŽÆflint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS...Geauga Co. line), area quarriesāŽÆoilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters
 
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