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Melanterite from
Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA


Locality type:County
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 Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:128339
Long-form Identifier:1:3:128339:6
GUID (UUID V4):61491485-dfc7-4099-b6cb-5cdc0c766baf
Localities for Melanterite in this Region
Little Giant Mine (Drybones diggings), Shullsburg area, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences University of Wisconsin-River Falls 410 South Third Street River Falls, Wisconsin 54022 his is Wisconsin’s... breweries, bratwurst, and Packers football, Wisconsin also has a diverse geology and a history rich...forgotten, abandoned, and overgrown. In this respect, Wisconsin represents a frontier state for the mineral collector...Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and the Wausau area (Falster 1987)...summarizes and highlights what has been found in Wisconsin in the past 150 years and points the way to new
Report (volume)
of the Potosi Quadrangle, Grant County Wisconsin, and Dubuque County, Iowa En I O O 52; PH ^ O o...SURVEY BULLETIN Prepared in cooperation with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey 1123-1...of the Potosi Quadrangle, Grant County Wisconsin, and Dubuque County, Iowa By JESSE W. WHITLOW and WALTER...BULLETIN 1123-1 Prepared in cooperation with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey UNITED...comprises 52 square miles in Wisconsin and about 3 square miles in Iowa. The Wisconsin part is in the Driftless
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
location a~ included at the end of each entry. Adair County Chariton River (40-04-05N 92-4 I -23W). septarian...septarian concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular...hematite, quartz (Broadhead 1873b, 1877). Audrain County Mexico, in fire clay pits and spoil piles: PYRITE...University Library] at 19:58 29 October 2014 Barton County McKarrow’s coal bank (37-37N 94-28W), 2.5 miles...PICKERINGITE, pyrite, siderite (Broadhead 1873b). Bates County Panther Creek, northwest of Rockville in coal deposits:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE WISCONSIN LEAD-ZINC PRELIMINARY DISTRICT. PAPER. CHAS. H. BEHRE, JR., F•. R. SCOTT, AND A....to the year x9o5 the value of zinc producedin Wisconsin,Iowa, and northern Illinois totalled$xo,ooo,oooand...U.S. Bur. Mines, Minerals Yearbook, •936. WISCONSIN LEAD-ZINC DISTRICT. 785 time. Any restudyof...Location.--The Wisconsin lead-zinc district covers parts of three counties--Grant,Iowa, and Lafayette,in the...Chamberlin, T. C.: The ore deposits of southwestern Wisconsin. Wis. Geol. Surv., Geol. of Wis., vol. 4, PP.
Report (issue)
PROFESSIONAL PAPER 309 Prepared in cooperation with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural Histoyy Survey, the Iowa...Epsomite(MgSO4•7H20) Goslarite(Zn SO4.7H20) Melanterite(Fe 804.71120) Copiapite(Fe2 (Fe0H) 2 (S 04)5•1711L0)...mine Birkbeck mine Graham-Ginte mine Mines in Wisconsin Hazel Green-Shullsburg subdistrict Tommy Dodd...Whaley mine Victory mine Jack of Clubs (Dawson or Lafayette) mine 176 178 178 178 178 180 180 182 182 182...the mineralized district— Continued Mines in Wisconsin—Continued Hazel Green-Shullsburg subdistrict—Con
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)
Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late Pleistocene Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio...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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip
Book (volume)
Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late Pleistocene Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio...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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip
Book (volume)
beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts,
Book (volume)
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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Report (issue)
Hydrozincite Limonite 38 Marcasite and pyrite Melanterite 39 Psilomelane (Wad) Quartz 39 39 39 39 39...Stephenson counties, although most of it is in JoDaviess County. The district has undergone little or no enlargement...Jine between Savanna and Mt. Carroll in Carroll County, and its eastern edge by the line between the counties...Illinois has been taken from that portion of JoDaviess County which lies north of a line passing through Elizabeth...JoDaviess, Carroll, At the present time the Wisconsin portion of the field is producing more ore
Book (volume)
Verde Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona. In Nevada along the Virgin River in Clark County, and in distorted...distorted crystals from Humboldt County. From Borax Lake, San Bernardino County, California. In the Permian basin...near Silver City, New Mexico; Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona; in the Rand district and in the Calico...Calico and Barstow mines, San Bernardino County, California. A mass of cerargyrite weighing over six tons...Bullfrog district, Nye County, and in the Rochester district, Halides 14 Humboldt County. In the Silver City
Report (volume)
Anglesite 50 � Sulphur 50 Wad 50 � Limonite 51 � Melanterite 51 Gangue minerals� 51 � Calcite 51 � Dolomite...mine.. 81 Glanville prospect � 81 � Mines in Wisconsin 81 � Hazel Green-Benton district 81 � General...Description of mines and districts—Continued.� Mines in Wisconsin—Continued. Hazel Green-Benton district—Continued...Description of mines and districts—Continued.� Mines in Wisconsin- -Continued. � Montfort district General � Montfort...Mississippi Valley are in the southwest portion of Wisconsin and in adjacent parts of Illinois mid Iowa. The
Book
the geysers at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Silica-rich minerals are deposited by the hot water...are country by country (except for Canada and the USA which are listed last, state by state) with each...Sylvite 2 Halite 2 Sulphur 2 Gypsum 2 Vivianite 2 Melanterite 2-2.5 Epsomite 2-2.5 Muscovite 2-2.5 Zinnwaldite...of this is locked up in vaults, prin1arily in the USA and Europe, to provide the reserves against which...Sykesville. Both of these mines are in Carroll County, Maryland, USA, earning the mi neral its name carrollite
Report (issue)
4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating...42 9.86 4.77 13.60 100.69 2.277 LOCALITY: Berks County: Birdsboro. MESOLITE m Na Al Si3Oio.2H O 2 2
Report (volume)
Chicago. _ . Los Angeles County Mus. Quart.; Sci. Ser., Paleontology-Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly; Science...Vancouver, British Columbia. Wis. Acad. Sci. Trans.-Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Transactions...Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 982-D, p. iii...Gate Canyon and Ralston Creek areas, J efferson County, Colorado: U. S. Geol. Survey Circ. 320, 16 p....evidences of zinclead mineralization in Iowa and Wisconsin, 1950-51: U. S. Geol. Survey Circ. 231, 37 p.
Book
Rare and Useful Minerals Diamond Cave of Newton County 107 107 108 : Soils Surveys in Arkansas,............... 55 Blue Granite Quarry, Pulaski County 58 St. Bauxite Mine 41 . Manganese Mine ........ Zinc Mine, Silver Hollow Bluff, Mar* on County Interior ...................... ....................................... Diamond Cave, Newton County .................................................area lies partly in Pulaski and partly in Saline county, between Little Rock and Benton. The large reduction
Book (edition)
the total of 4,284 new Terms were United States county and city Terms. Counties and Cities in the United...States Earlier editions had Terms such as Washington County and Portland for counties and cities of the United...for example: Washington County Arkansas and Portland Maine. Each new county Term can now autopost its...to counties was a major task. The scope of U.S. county and city Terms can now be clear even when they...For example, whenever an in¬ dexer uses Atchison County Kansas the Terms Kan¬ sas, Midwest, and United
Book (edition)
502; References on West Virginia clays, 506; Wisconsin, 506; Residual clays, 509; PreCambrian residuals...clays, 510; Glacial clays, 510; References on Wisconsin clays, 512; Wyoming, 512; Bentonite, 512; References...of iron concretions, Reynolds bank, Anne Arundel County, Md Fig. 2. Clay concretions V. Fig. 1. Photomicrograph...distribution of clay-bearing formations .... 480 of Wisconsin, showing distribution of clay-bearing formations...residual clay, derived from limestone, area of Wisconsin.^ This is a silty clay in its jointed clay
Report (volume)
described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:...J.,4. Excursion, Tertiary type-localiMontgomery County: Reade, ties: Rainwater, E. H. , 1. H. L. , Jr...Harris, H. B. trolled: Braunstein, J., 3. Escambia County: Cagle, J. W. ,Jr. Pollard field: Jones, W. B.
Report (volume)
and Geology Bull. Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology County Rept.Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology Mineral Resources...Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin and County Report and Mineral Resources Report. Moscow, Idaho...Bull.-Purdue University-Engineering Bulletin. Lafayette, Ind. Quatemaria-Quaternaria. Storia Naturale...Bulletin. Wichita, Kans. Wisconsin Geol. and Nat. History Survey Inf. Circ.-Wisconsin Geological and Natural...near-surface tuff on the Pajarito Plateau, Los Alamos County, New Mexico, Art. 339: .U.S. Geol. Survey Prof
Book (edition)
The largest groups of new terms have been U.S. county names; rock-formation names (mostly North American);...Thesaurus. These include local geographic terms, U.S. county names, rock-formation names, and fossil names....term must be a name unique to one area. Lincoln County is not assigned coordinates in the Thesaurus, because...North America from the broader terms of Hanover County. There is no reciprocal entry for each broader...counties of the United States; e.g., Chautauqua County may have a broader term Kansas or New York. BX
Report (volume)
California. Economic geology. Chromite, El Dorado County: Cater, F. W., Jr. Healdsburg quadrangle: Gealey...W. K. Mercur~·, New Almaden mines, Santa Clara County: Bailey, E. H. San Francisco Bay counties: Bowen...Bowen, 0. E , Jr., 3 Mineral resources, Fresno County: Logan, C. A. Geologic maps. Bitterwater Cre€k area:...Investigations. Lexington, Ky. Los Angeles County Museum Quart.-Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly. Los Angeles....Bull.; County Rept.--Marylan(l Department of Geology, Mines, and Water Resources Bulletin; County Reports
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Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
 
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