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Smithsonite from
Commodore Mine, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Smithsonite
Formula:ZnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorite2 photos of Smithsonite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Smoky Quartz1 photo of Smithsonite associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smithsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Commodore Mine, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:298135
Long-form Identifier:1:3:298135:2
GUID (UUID V4):e400bdae-f5fc-4bb4-9367-b16524ff79f4
Nearest other occurrences of Smithsonite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Hickory Cane Mine, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Eureka Prospects, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Big Four Group Fluorspar Mines (Larue Fault System), Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Columbia mine, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) Old Jim Mine, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
4.9km (3.0 miles) Brown Mine, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
11.0km (6.8 miles) Babb Fault System, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
11.0km (6.9 miles) Cave-in-Rock, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) Patrick Mine, Tower Rock area, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) Hodge Number 1 Mine, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District, Caldwell County, Kentucky, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
of the Commodore fault system Crittenden County Mineral Ridge area, Livingston and Crittenden (, Counties...DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY CENTRAL PART OF THE COMMODORE FAULT SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN COUNTY By ROBERT D. TRACE...of the Commodore fault system is in the western Kentucky fluorspar district, in Crittenden County, about...high-angle normal faults. The main faulted zone is the Commodore fault system, which displaces the beds from 1...fluorite, calcite, smithsonite, sphalerite, and galena. Fluorite and smithsonite are the chief ore minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kentucky Kentucky Mineral Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [Dalhousie University] at 18:01 27 December...Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. K entucky...Commonwealth is Black Mountain in the Appalachians (Harlan County) at 4,139 feet. The lowest point is the floor of...quarry near Grand Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky, at 100 feet below sea level. There are...kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnöite intrusions in Crittenden and Livingston counties
Report (volume)
Fluorspar Deposits, Big Four Fault System, Crittenden County, Kentucky GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1042-S...DEPOSITS OF THE BIG FOUR FAULT SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY By GEORGE C. HARDIN, JR., and EGBERT...Big Four fault system, near Marion, Ky., in the Kentucky-Illinois fluorspar district, is a complex northeastward-trending...Mining activity started in the area at the LaRue mine in 1874, and as of January 1945 about 35,000 tons...been produced ; most of this was from the Big Four mine. A small quantity of lead and zinc ore also has
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...January-February 1997 Volume Twenty-eight, Number One Hlmois-Kentucky Fluorite District Correspondents Miguel Calvo...group, 13 cm, w ith calcite from the Minerva No. 1 mine, near Cave in Rock, Illinois. Marvin Rausch collection;...Sterling mine at Antwerp, New York; the Alpine veins near Sherbrooke, Quebec; the Nanisivik mine on Baffin...country and soon became a collector. The cobalt mine at Bou-Azzer was among his favorite localities,
Report (volume)
Levias-Keystone and Dike-Eaton Areas Crittenden County, Kentucky GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1122-E...Levias-Keystone and Dike-Eaton Areas Crittenden County, Kentucky By ROBERT D. TRACE CONTRIBUTIONS TO...-___--_-___----_--_-__-____--__----_____ Old Standard mine area________-___________--_________-_-_LaRue Brothers...Map of part of Keystone mine and Chipps shaft. Map and sections of Gilless mine. Section of Mississippian...LEVIAS-KEYSTONE AND DIKE-BATON AREAS, CRITTENDEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY By EGBERT D. TRACE ABSTRACT The fault
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
included smithsonite in the former “blue” list. However, upon reflection it is clear that smithsonite is much...this diversity of color, a suite of four Tsumeb smithsonite specimens displaying various contrasting colors...this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice (figs. IA-D). Smithsonite is a brittle, relatively soft (hardness 4-4.5)...and a purplish shade; it is rarely colorless. Smithsonite exhibits a vitreous luster that tends to be pearly...greenish- or bluish-white in ultraviolet radiation. Smithsonite is hexagonal-scalenohedral (32/m). Well- Downloaded
Report (issue)
Babb Fault System Crittenden and Livingston Counties By GEORGE C. HARDIN, Jr. FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN...IN WESTERN KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1012-B A detailed description of the geology and fluorspar..._--.__-.------------.-_.---.--..---___.__---. Kentucky-Babb....___________________________________________...fault system, Crittenden and Livingston Counties, Ky. 2. Geologic map of levels in the Kentucky-Babb and Eagle-Babb...Index map of western Kentucky showing location of the Babb fault system, Crittenden and Livingston Counties
Journal (issue)
commemorate the recent history of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district. I had wanted to hold this...quartz, Midstate Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. 2 Mineral News The 9th Maine Mineral...fluorite mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire. The Rocks and Minerals article (Vol. 65) on the mine does not...specimens on display dispelled any doubts. The Wise Mine fluorite and quartz matrix specimens on display...discussed the mining and pocket discoveries at the Berry Mine, in the southern half of the Berry-Havey pegmatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 00:11 06 November 2014 Eagle Mine, Cilman, Eagle County, Colorado W orld production of zinc...number of good sphalerite occurrences, the Eagle mine at Gilman holds the record as that state’s leading...and calcite have been found; hemimorphite and smithsonite pseudomorphs after sphalerite are reported. Sphalerite...of the BalmatEdwards district in Saint Lawrence County (Smith and Figure 1. A fine example of jet-black...sphalerite (variety marmatite) on siderite from the Eagle mine, Gilman, Colorado. The 8.4-cm specimen is in the
Book
Le WU aa, Lay nibs 7|| ¥ —& Loe sh Kentucky Geological Survey WILLARD ROUSE JILLSON DIRECTOR...SERIES VoLUME SIX THIRTEEN Fluorspar Deposits of Kentucky 1923 UIA AsuUITyO Iedsanoy ‘ouTUT s9d.IO;...AG *M ‘HY NOSTIIF ~ FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS of KENTUCKY A description and interpretation of the geologic...geologic occurrence and industrial importance of Kentucky F luorspar BY Louts WADE ASSISTANT CURRIER...Copies THE KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FRANKFoRT, Ky. 1923 Copyrighted 1923 for THE KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
collected from the mine dumps. Location Creede, the county seat of Mineral County, is located in the...at the Monon Hill area at the site of the Alpha Mine. The crude milling methods em­ ployed at this time...'began in 1891 on East Willow Creek at the Holy Moses Mine. Things developed rapidly and the railroad reached...mining high-grade silver ores from the Bull Dog Mine. Production Like many mining areas, Creede started...mining primarily lead and zinc sulfides from the Commodore Number 5 Tunnel. On Bull Dog Mountain Homestake
Report (issue)
Mineral Resources of the Illinois-Kentucky Mining District GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 970...970 Mineral Resources of the Illinois-Kentucky Mining District By DARRELL M. PINCKNEY GEOLOGICAL...cadmium, rare earths, and niobium in Illinois and Kentucky UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING UNITED... Darrell M. Mineral resources of the Illinois-Kentucky mining district. (Geological Survey Professional...resources- Illinois. 2. Mines--and mineral resources- Kentucky. I. Title. II. Series: United States Geological
Report (issue)
Stratigraphy and Structure of the Western Kentucky Fluorspar District GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Surrey Stratigraphy and Structure of the Western Kentucky Fluorspar District 53? Robert D. Trace and Dewey...PROFESSIONAL OF KENTUCKY PAPER 1151-D Prepared in cooperation with the Kentucky Geological Survey...of the western Kentucky fluorspar district. (Contributions to the geology of Kentucky) (Geological Survey...Pennsylvanian. 3. Geology Kentucky. I. Amos, Dewey Harold, 1925- joint author. II. Kentucky. Geological Survey
Report (issue)
discovery in the big open-pit Rosia Poieni copper mine, Muşca, Alba, Romania. Anton Watzl brought about...transparent sea-green vivianite from the Rosia Poieni mine either form jackstraw clusters, many with pale gray...==== Vivianite, 5.5 cm, from the Rosia Poieni mine, Muşca, Alba, Romania. MCh Minerals specimen and...and photo. Vivianite, 5 cm, from the Rosia Poieni mine, Muşca, Alba, Romania. MCh Minerals specimen and...2.6 cm, from the Nanjingqiao deposit, Pingjiang County, Yueyang, Hunan, China. Boren and King Minerals
Report (issue)
History of the Buckhorn and Related Mines, Lemhi County, Idaho Victoria E. Mitchell Staff Report 07-8... History of the Buckhorn and Related Mines, Lemhi County, Idaho Victoria E. Mitchell Staff reports present... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Buckhorn Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Elmira Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Maryland Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
= 23.762–23.771 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kamariza mine, Greece. 11.9 (10b), 2.74 (10), 5.87 (9), 4.85 (9)...Kamariza mine, Greece; H2 O taken as loss on ignition, ZnO by difference. (2) Glomrudskollen mine, Norway;...mineral deposits and in mine dumps. Association: Glaucocerinite, serpierite, smithsonite, gypsum, namuwite...from the Kamariza mine, and in slag. In Italy, at the Trentini and Veneziana mine, near Torrebelvicino...Glomrudskollen zinc mine, and at Skutterud, Modum, Norway. In England, in the Drakewalls mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
well-known mines as the Amethyst, Last Chance, Commodore, and Bachelor. The mining encampment grew from...ruin to others. The town, which is the county seat of Mineral County, was the center of mining activities...showing the cribbing, trestle, and ore bins at the Commodore mine’s 5 level. The six bins were constructed...cm and is from the Puzzle vein, Bulldog Mountain mine. Ex George Robertson specimen, now in the Dave Bunk...Figure 5. The Holy Moses mine as it appeared in 1890. At this time the mine consisted of a rustic cabin
Journal (issue)
Collector's Newslee Unusual Minerals in the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District Alan Goldst ein Falls of the...Drive Clarksville, Indiana 47129 The Illinois Kentucky tl uorspar district has a lot of minera lization...because Fig. 1 Alstonite on calcite, Minerva No. 1 Mine. Continued on p. 4 What I Did On My Tucson Vacation...been recovered from the area around the New Holland Mine near Washington Camp, an old mining town from the...at 5 am the next morning . In order to reach the mine and d iggings you m ust take the back road out of
Report (issue)
Cover Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy...Title page Smithsonite, 9.2 cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico...Minette) Both photos are by Jeff Scovil. No. 13: Smithsonite Think Zinc! ISBN 978-0-9790998-6-1 Publisher...Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria Staebler Gunther Neumeier Nancy Stevens...Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, C O 80211 • USA Phone 1.303.495.5521 • Fax 1.303.482.1238 www.lithographie
Report (volume)
........................................... Smithsonite................................................the lodes................................... 128 Mine waters.............................................................................. 142 Bachelor mine......................................................................................... 147 Commodore mine..............................................Amethyst mine........................................................ 159 Happy Thought mine.........
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Commodore Mine, Creede,Colorado.It was originally described from the Kamaresa Mine, Laurium...Kokkoros reported a parugenesisthat included smithsonite, serpierite,and glaucokerinite. Platycrystalsof...Cu-Zn-Pb deposits,where it is easily mistakenfor smithsonite,or evenchrysocolla. 1950) 2.32 6o) 50) 50)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tourmaline on quartz, Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen...Pelt photo. MarcWApril: Beryl and calcite, La Pita mine, Maripi Boyacii, Columbia. Cal Graeber, Leonard... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(Herkimer “diamonds’’), Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen...photo. SepteniberlOctober: Gold, Smuggler Union mine, Telluride district, Colorado. Colorado School of
Journal (issue)
part of a “Lava Cap” agate from Deming, New Mexico (USA) c – globular aggregate of iron oxide within the...carbonates (calcite, dolomite, ankerite, aragonite, smithsonite), sulphates (barite, gypsum), sulfides (pyrite... Fig. 8 Sedimentary Dryhead agate from Montana (USA); the close up shows a violet fluorite cube, which...sedimentary rocks from the Dryhead area, Montana/USA. Mineralogical Magazine, 73, 673-690. Götze, J.,...us collect on his land, I bought one. A friend of mine bought a whole sack of agates. Later I kicked myself
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Photographs January/February: Chalcopyrite on quartz, La Mine de Giraud, La Gardette, Bourg d’Oisan, Isère, France...Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo....cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen...photo. September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals,...Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo
Report (issue)
OF THE STOCKTON 7 1/2-MINUTE. QUADRANGLE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH By Edwin W. Tooker1 and RJ. Roberts2 Open-File...map of the Stockton 7 1/2-min.quadrangle, Tooele County, Utah Figure 1. Location of the Stockton quadrangle...OF THE STOCKTON 7 1/2-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH By E.W. Tooker and RJ. Roberts Abstract The...Location The Stockton 7 1/2-minute quadrangle, Tooele County, Utah, includes a portion of the western flank...from outcrops in the Uinta and Wasatch Ranges (Crittenden and others, 1952) and in west-central Utah (Levy
 
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