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Greenockite from
Columbia mine, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Greenockite
Formula:CdS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorite5 photos of Greenockite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Greenockite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Greenockite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Columbia mine, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:390948
Long-form Identifier:1:3:390948:5
GUID (UUID V4):7b842006-38ef-4d44-8f7c-e51a3c73c910
Nearest other occurrences of Greenockite
0.7km (0.4 miles) Old Jim Mine, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Eureka Prospects, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) Hickory Cane Mine, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Commodore Mine, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) Guill Mine, Salem, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District, Livingston County, Kentucky, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) Cave-in-Rock, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles) Rosiclare Mine, Rosiclare, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
20.0km (12.4 miles) Alcoa Mine, Rosiclare, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) Red Mine, Empire Mining Sub-District, Pope County, Illinois, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
LEAD, ZINC, AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY BY E. o. and W. S. TANGKLER SMITH WASHINGTON...lead, zinc, and fluorspar deposits of western Kentucky," by E. O. Ulrich and W. S. Tangier Smith, and...cooperative agreement with the State Survey of Kentucky, and a brief summary of the results was published...territory, while attached to the Geological Survey of Kentucky. The field was again visited by Mr. Ulrich in... LEAD, ZINC, AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. Part I.-G-EOLOG-Y AND GKENEHAL RELATIONS. By
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 (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 (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,
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FLUORSPAR, LEAD WESTERN AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF KENTUCKY. F. Ju•.•us Forts. These depositsare of economicinterest...WesternKentuckycoalfieldto the east. It comprises Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston,Christian,Lyon andTrigg counties...................... Quaternary (Pleistocene). Columbia formation (Brown loam and clays) .......... Lafayette.... Tullahoma formation (Under cover in western Kentucky) ................................. Devonian System...System. Ohio shale (Under cover in wesfern Kentucky) ........ 3I-I2• 1-25 II5-I5O 3o0-500 2o0-225
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page)...barite specimens at the Elmwood zinc mine in middle Tennessee. This mine, opened in 1975, and other nearby
Report (volume)
........................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................................................................... 135 Kentucky.................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ahead, the Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum, in Marion, Kentucky, in the IllinoisKentucky fluorspar district...have fee digs for microminerals at the Hickory Cane mine (known for hemimorphite, cerussite, smithsonite...sphalerite, calcite, smithsonite, greenockite, among others), and the Columbia mine (with its spectacular fluorescent
Report (volume)
Erasmus Haworth, University of Kansas, Lawrence. Kentucky........Mr. J. B. Hoeing, Frankfort. Mr. J. H....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Book (volume)
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...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Book (volume)
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...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that the committee can plan trips. - Lawrence County for many kinds of - - The Gem, Lapidary and Mineral...- - - Curt Segeler spoke Society of Montgomery County, Rockwith the New York Mineralogical Club ville...workshop on casting. - - - - The the Frederick County Rock and Mineral Nassau Mineral Club, Mineola,...President of the lapidary section met at the Nassau County Central Pennsylvania Rocks and Minerals Museum...many activities in the Federation, showed Tompkins County Gem and Mineral the Federation slide show on carving
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
has published articles every month 746 The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, was host to G i...agate T h e Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless ROCKS A N D MINERALS Hills, heard member...Massapequa, made a field trip to the French Creek Mine D u m p at St. Peters, Penna Member D i c k Stimer...Fossils. A field trip was made to the old Hartwell Mine in Georgia for mica Members Charles and Nell Tinman...on a rrip to Morgantown. Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, a brand new Club. As a starter this
Report (issue)
and none of them occurs in economic quantity. Greenockite (cadmium sulphide) is met with • not infrequently...of the ores with vvhich it is assoc.i ated. Greenockite is recorded as occurring in the form of short...t ed with blende a.n d quartz. Lacroix found greenockite of a beautiful golden-yellow cololrr coating...Vicenta mine, on the famous manto de azules, contains O.115 of cadmium sulphide. 1 Greenockite occ1rrs...coloured blende. In thit; United States, in the Kentucky-Illinois fluorspar district, the mineral occurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
black botryoidal hematite from a working strip iron mine at Brookwood, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala. ALASKA—Some of...Brooklyn mine and adjacent prospects in the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo.,...with iron replacing the zinc up to 26%; and greenockite in solid solution. It is massive, lustrous black...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail...visited the dumps of the Eagle-Picher Mine and the TriState Mine. We found galena, pyrite, marcasite,
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ ...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5 ....till and glacial outwash deposits. The Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district in the extreme southeast corner...to the mid-1970s were documented with the exact mine or in many cases even the correct subdistrict. In...sprays of millerite associated with calcite. The coal mine dumps and waste piles scattered throughout much
Report (volume)
causes the universal luminescence of its sulfide, greenockite. The rare earths are responsible for the long-wavelength...uranyl (U02+2 ) and tungstate (WO4~2) ions. Greenockite is the only infrared luminescent mineral that...Diamond Sulfur Selensulfur Sulfides Sphalerite Greenockite Wurtzite Oxides Cuprite Montroydite Oxides Continued...are represented either by a regional name (as a county) that does not cover too wide an area, or by the...Sussex and Passaic Counties, N. J., and Orange County, N. Y.; Cumberland, Durham, Westmorland, Northumberland
Journal (issue)
ARTICLES: Chalcophanite from the Mou'nt Stewart Mine Leadville, NSW. England, B.M. 1�):9-11 Definition...Nickel, E. 1(2):27 Minerals from. t� Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia. Beyer, B. and...Elliott, P. 2(2):57-70 The minerals of the Magnet Mine, Tasmania. Haupt, J., Bottrill, R. and Sorrell,...Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Birch, W.D. 2(2):47-50 Post-mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit...Great Australia Mine. Day, B. and . Beyer, B. 1(1):23-28 Part 2 - The Mount Cobalt Mine. Day, B. and Beyer
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
Dayvault 214 Turquoise from Virginia's Kelly Bank Mine Richard S. Mitchell Howard R . Freeland 219 A...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...1, 1969 40 f fossilized zelkova leaves 60 f greenockite, calcite, sphalerite crystals 1.00 fo Clupea...c diamond (cut) December 9, 196 1 10 sh diamond mine and rose diamond TIJRKEY May 18, 1958 25 k Travertines
Journal (issue)
Dayvault 214 Turquoise from Virginia's Kelly Bank Mine Richard S. Mitchell Howard R . Freeland 219 A...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...1, 1969 40 f fossilized zelkova leaves 60 f greenockite, calcite, sphalerite crystals 1.00 fo Clupea...c diamond (cut) December 9, 196 1 10 sh diamond mine and rose diamond TIJRKEY May 18, 1958 25 k Travertines
 
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