 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS OF THE Harris Creek Fluorspar District Hardin County, Illinois ROSS C . L I L L I E P . O . B o x...O V E R 140 Y E A R S , the mines of southern Illinois have been producing lead, zinc, and fluorspar...come from the renowned district of Cave in Rock and adjacent deposits. Mining activity is presently restricted...to new orebodies recently discovered in the Harris Creek district (figure 1). History The earliest known...located on the southwest end of the Cave in Rock district. On an excursion in 1821, he revisited the same area |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fluorite in Mississippi Valley–type Downloaded by ["Queen's University Libraries, Kingston"] at 08:16...Heights mine, North vein, near Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, England. This transparent, dark green twinned...specimen is 5.5 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm and was recovered in July 1977 by British collector Richard Barstow. Jesse...The specimen is 3.5 × 4 × 4 cm and was recovered in 1970. Jesse Fisher and Joan Kureczka specimen, Jesse...level, Denton mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois. The specimen is 8.5 × 7.5 × 7 cm |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ +./8...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5...3/. 0/0% (!2$). -!33!# 05,!3+) %8 !. $% 2 Illinois Mineral Locality Index 7)..%"!'/ /',% #!22/...(above). Map showing the counties in Illinois, courtesy the Illinois Geological Survey. 96*2:...he bedrock under Illinois is predominantly composed of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. In the southern portion |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mine: 11 by 9 by 6 cm: HMM #117417. Southern Illinois, as amply demonstrated by the Bannister Collection...All specimens are from mines in the Cave in Rock district, Hardin County, Dlinois. Clive Russ, photographer...m i n e J o h n Fluorite and southern Illinois have become syn onymous for the mineral connoisseur...collectors because it occurs in a wide range of colors and crystal forms—often in strikingly beautiful associa...tions with other minerals. In southern Illinois and across the Ohio River in western Kentucky, fluorite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Wilson T he Circulation Manager Mary Lynn Michela M in e r a l o g ic a l R ecord Associate Editors Pierre...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Twenty-eight, Number One Hlmois-Kentucky Fluorite District Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Michael...S-M SA S y m p o siu m o n cop p er and cop p er m in e r a ls ................................................. 51 Chairman: K. Wenrich W hat's n e w in m in erals D en v er S h o w 1996 ................. |  | | 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...zinc, silver, cadmium, rare earths, and niobium in Illinois and Kentucky UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...Darrell M. Mineral resources of the Illinois-Kentucky mining district. (Geological Survey Professional Paper...Bibliography: p. 1. Mines and mineral resources- Illinois. 2. Mines--and mineral resources- Kentucky. I |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. K entucky...Permian-age deposits. Cretaceous and Cenozoic rocks in the westernmost portion of the state consist of unconsolidated...highest point in the Commonwealth is Black Mountain in the Appalachians (Harlan County) at 4,139 feet...the Reed quarry near Grand Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky, at 100 feet below sea level...are some noteworthy mineral occurrences in the sedimentary rock that encompasses more than 99 percent of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Diagenetic Features Their Role in the Interpretation of the Southern Illinois Fluorspar Deposits WoN C. PaRK...fluorite and sphalerite occur in the Cave-In-Rock fluorite district, Illinois in the upper part of the Mississippian...System; in the upper parts of the Fredonia and Joppa Members of the Ste. Genevieve Formation and in the upper...mechanically filled from above into an open crack formed in the hydroplastic carbonate mud below. A number of...During the compaction, carbonate beds were reduced in thickness by at least 37°/o through stylolitization |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | different perspectives. Some think of the Midwest in terms of geography—as an area where rivers (the Mississippi...dipping sedimentary rocks, Paleozoic through Tertiary in age, which host a suite of a dozen or so common minerals...implication then is that there will be no rarities in the Midwest or that any mineral species found beyond...beyond that suite could be considered rare. In addition, a significant portion of this bedrock geology...eight states (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Iowa); the Midwest Federation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mississippi Valley Zinc-Lead District 42 0 THE MINERALS OF ILLINOIS: Mining Districts 10 70 30 40...40 50 m. 0 10 20 30 40 SO 00 Illinois Fluorspar District Holocene and Wisconsinan J2_-~-_-_-_- C...u a l i t y F o r m a t i o n ; silt, clav, sand in glacial, siackwater, and modern lakes. I n d u c...R and DAVID L . REINERTSEN Illinois Geological Survey Champaign, Illinois 61820 M A N H A S A L W A...species he encounters. Crystals and crystal clusters in particular have been collected and prized not only |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | relatively abundant and widely distributed element in the Earth’s crust, barium is a major component of...widespread and is usually available to collectors in good specimens from several interesting localities...historical British occurrences and the Illinois-Kentucky fluorite district. A fine witherite from Fallowfield...white to pale gray although it is occasionally seen in shades of pale yellow, brown, or green. It is typically...universal repeated twinning on {110} that results in characteristic pseudohexagonal dipyramidal (hereafter |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF . ILLINOIS BY J. IA.R\' IN \YELLER, ROBERT M. GROGAN, AND FRANK...PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS URBANA, ILLINOIS 1 9 52 MANUSCRIPT COMPLETED FEBRUARY...FEBRUARY 1951 ORGANIZATION STATE OF ILLINOIS HON. ADLAI E. STEVENSON, Governor DEPART 1ENT OF REGISTRATION...he University of Illinois DEL YTE W. MORRIS, PH.D., President of Southern Illinois University GEOLOGICAL...EDUCATIONAL EXTENSION GILBERT 0 . RAASCH, PH.D., Geologist in Charge MARGARET HAYES, B .S., Research Assistant |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | prettier crystallized minerals of the district, is thought to form in this way, as may some or all of the...calcium-barium carbonate from the Minerva mine at Cave in Rock fluoresces yellowish white under long wave...long-wave ultraviolet radiation.) Barite Cave in Rock in Hardin County has provided outstand ingly attractive...Minerals of Southern Illinois Benstonite, another rare mineral, is found at a fluorite mine in Elizabethtown...groups of calcite that fluoresce and phosphoresce in shades of white under long- and short-wave ultraviolet |  | | Report (volume) | | Regional Structure of the Southeast Missouri and Illinois-Kentucky Mineral Districts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... Regional Structure of the Southeast Missouri and Illinois-Kentucky Mineral Districts By A. V. HEYL, M. R...study of the principal geologic structures and mines in and between two major mineral-producing districts...Southeast Missouri district-____________________________________ Illinois-Kentucky district,.____________...mineral district__________-_____________-_____ Illinois-Kentucky mineral district____-_______-_-__--_--___--_--__ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS 375 SPECIAL MINERAL & ROCK COLLECTING IN THE ROSICLARE FLUORITE DISTRICT OF SOUTHEASTERN ILL. By JOSEPH...collecting of in the vein-type fluorite deposit and can fluorite in the Rosiclare District of South- be...collected as large crystalline masses eastern Illinois but few articles describe with octahedral or cubic...minerals and rocks that occur with or near in the Rosiclare district is more notably the multi-colored fluorite...marcasite, hydrocarbon, barite, grains and veinlets in fluorite. The galena malachite, quartz, smirhsonite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Drive Lexington, Kentucky 40504 T o those interested in minerals, the state of K e n t u c k y gen erally...t u c k y . Some localities are covered in other articles in this issue; those I will pass over lightly...well-known mineral localities o f K e n t u c k y are in mineralized limestones and dolomites and are related...deposits share certain char acteristics. The host rock is a carbonate (limestone or dolo mite); there...nonmetallic minerals. Rarer species, such as strontianite or millerite, may be present as well. These |  | | Report (issue) | | Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA. 3.08 (95), 3.92 (38), 2.536 (28), 2.127 (23), 1...23 Total 99.98 100.00 (1) Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA; corresponds to (Ba5.27 Sr0.73 )Σ=6.00 Ca6.00 (Mg0...Mg(CO3 )13 . Occurrence: In a barite deposit (Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA); in Alpine veins cutting a carbonatite...Cove, Arkansas, USA); calcite, alstonite, fluorite, sphalerite (Cave-in-Rock, Illinois, USA); huntite, barytocalcite...barytocalcite, strontianite, pyrite, phlogopite, monazite, daqingshanite (Bayan Obo deposit, China). Distribution: |  | | Report (issue) | | Strontianite SrCO3 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point...pale red, may be longitudinally zoned; colorless in transmitted light. Luster: Vitreous, resinous on...mineral formed in veins in limestone, marl, and chalk; in geodes and concretions; rarely occurs in hydrothermal...hydrothermal metallic veins; common in carbonatites. Association: Barite, calcite, celestine, harmotome, sulfur...localities, nearly all in minor amounts. From Strontian, Argyll, Scotland. In Germany, from Clausthal |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...Collectors VOLU ME 53 • NUMBER 3 Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Wendell E. Wilson minrecord@comcast.net Associate.....................................307 What’s New in Minerals: Tucson Show 2022 ........................only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...Literature Bio-bibliography This issue was made possible in part by generous contributions from The Fellows |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | epigeneticconcentrations either in known major mineral districts or in clustersof depositsthat warrant...northwest-trendingMount Carmel fault in southwestern Indiana, and buried at depth in oil fieldsof west-centralKansas...pyrite for sulfur and sulfuric acid in conjunctionwith coal mining. Bedded barite depositsof possibly...possibly diagenetic origin have been mined in Arkansas. Diagenetic siderite concretionscontaining sulfidesand...sulfidesand barite were widespreadsourcesof iron in the 19th century. Introduction mineral occurrences as well |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure I: Galena, Treece, Kansas, Tri-State district; specimen 5Vi cm tall; Na tional Museum of Canada...Galena. Crawford mine, Pirher, Oklahoma, Tri-State district; 6' 2 cm across; Harvard Mineralogical Museum...Lead mine, Viburnum, Missouri, Viburnum Trend district; 6 cm on edge; James Madison Uni versity photo...prolific are these deposits that in 1985 the mines of the Viburnum Trend in southeastern Missouri accounted...characteristics that were first recognized as such in the mid-continent region of the United States. Geologists |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | calcite, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave in Rock district, Har din County, Illinois. Harvard Mineralogical Museum...Quartz and chalcopyrite, Bandora mine, San Juan County, Col orado. Barbara and John Muntyan specimen...November-December: Gold, Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California. California State Mining and Mineral Exhibit specimen;...Index, A . E . Smith, Jr., 104 Articles on Illinois Published in Rocks & Minerals: An Annotated Bibliography...Minerals of Illinois: An Overview, 194 Behnke, D., and E . Behnke, Articles on Illinois Published in Rocks |  | | Journal (issue) | | Norman Lenz President, Years 2004-2005 F ellow HGMS Rock Kickers, The New Year’s activities at the club...is the roof replacement. Our contractor has been in the hospital for over three weeks at the time of...this. We plan to replace the stained ceiling tiles in the clubhouse as soon as the roof replacement project...supervision of HGMS Shop usage. Neal Immega will work in his preferred role as “shop elf” maintaining and...scheduled for the January and February General Meetings. In January, Norm and Susan Lenz will give us a guided |  | | Report (issue) | | pale yellow, pale brown, or pale green; colorless in transmitted light. Streak: White. Luster: Vitreous...a series with strontianite. Aragonite group. Occurrence: Usually in minor amounts in low-temperature...supplied by volcanic hot-spring activity; uncommon in coal measures. Association: Barite, fluorite, calcite...Distribution: Only a few localities are given here; in England, from Alston Moor, Cumbria; fine crystals...Mountains, Germany. In the Arkhyz deposit, Caucasus Mountains, Russia. In the USA, fine large crystals |  | | Report (issue) | | green, pale brown, black; colorless or faintly tinted in transmitted light. Luster: Vitreous, pearly on cleavages...ground water or basinal brines in carbonate rocks, concretions and nodules; in hydrothermal veins and mafic...evaporites); strontianite, calcite, dolomite, anhydrite, gypsum, fluorite (cavities in carbonate rocks);...are listed; in the USA, from near Bellwood, Blair Co., Pennsylvania; in Crystal Cave, Put-in-Bay, South...Clay Center, Ottawa Co., Ohio; from Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois; at the Scofield quarry, Maybee, |
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Cave-in-Rock, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA