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Gypsum from
Rosiclare Mine, Rosiclare, Hardin County, Illinois, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rosiclare Mine, Rosiclare, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:564167
Long-form Identifier:1:3:564167:3
GUID (UUID V4):04eb010f-e158-4688-8f01-bd22f0bc5102
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
15.3km (9.5 miles) Lead Mine, Austin Group, Spar Mountain (Iron Mountain), Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) Spar Mountain (Iron Mountain), Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) Hickory Cane Mine, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) Cave-in-Rock, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) W.L. Davis-Deardorff Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
18.0km (11.2 miles) Guill Mine, Salem, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District, Livingston County, Kentucky, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) Babb Fault System, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
21.3km (13.2 miles) Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
21.3km (13.2 miles) Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) Klondike Mine (Coker Donakie; NE Klondike; Bernard), Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District, Livingston County, Kentucky, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...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: 405...at 19:53 09 October 2014 T he bedrock under Illinois is predominantly composed of Paleozoic sedimentary
Report (issue)
h» Hill Hill yfflra I I ,.":: i URBANA ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 3 3051 00000 1911 ...Archive in 2012 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://archive.org/details...org/details/fluorspardeposit58bast STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION DIVISION OF THE...NO. 58 THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF HARDIN AND POPE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS BY EDSON BASTIN S. «XK?S25S ...OF THE STATEIOF.ILLINOIS URBANA, ILLINOIS 1931 STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION
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Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...ith calcite from the Minerva No. 1 mine, near Cave in Rock, Illinois. Marvin Rausch collection; Jeff Scovil...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,...really fine azurite specimens from the now-famous mine at Touissit, and later many superb cerussites and
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left). Fluorite, Heights mine, North vein, near Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, England. This transparent...(center left). Fluorite, Dow Scar level, Hilton mine, near Appleby, Scordale, Cumbria, England. This...conditions, Rosiclare level, Denton mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois. The specimen...Lead Hill area, Cave-in-Rock district, Hardin County, Illinois, and is 5.5 cm. Ross Lillie specimen, Jeff...quantities of this mineral. Examples include the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district (Lillie 1988, 2006);
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Their Role in the Interpretation of the Southern Illinois Fluorspar Deposits WoN C. PaRK and G. C. AMSTUTZ...sphalerite occur in the Cave-In-Rock fluorite district, Illinois in the upper part of the Mississippian System;...Fluorit-Zinkblende-Vorkommendes Cave-In-Rock Distrikts yon Illinois treten stratigraphisch in den oberen Partien des...t a n t Illinois-Kentucky fluorite district lies on the southern p o r t i o n of the Illinois Basin and...o n of the Mississippi River E m b a y m e n t , USA. T h e district is surrounded by relatively higher
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
375 SPECIAL MINERAL & ROCK COLLECTING IN THE ROSICLARE FLUORITE DISTRICT OF SOUTHEASTERN ILL. By JOSEPH...in the Rosiclare District of South- be collected as large crystalline masses eastern Illinois but few...minerals and rocks that occur with or near in the Rosiclare district is more notably the multi-colored fluorite...calcite, quartz, aragonite, witherite, strontianite, gypsum, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite. Earth faultlimonite...to the mineral associates of fluorite in the Rosiclare District have been discovered. They are crystalline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS OF ILLINOIS: Mining Districts 10 70 30 40 50 m. 0 10 20 30 40 SO 00 Illinois Fluorspar...R and DAVID L . REINERTSEN Illinois Geological Survey Champaign, Illinois 61820 M A N H A S A L W A...(Quaternary and older) in Illinois (after Lineback, 1979, 1981). Location of Illinois mining districts shown...treme southeastern Illinois, a part of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district in Hardin and Pope counties...from primary crusher at gravel pit near McHenry, Illinois. Hammer han­ dle is 11 inches long. (ISGS photo
Report (issue)
Ore Deposits in the Midcontinent Region Rosiclare, Illinois to Ironton and Viburnum, Missouri June 30-July...United States of America Leaders: James W. Baxter Illinois Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources State Geological...MO 65401 Associate Leaders: James C. Bradbury Illinois Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources State Geological...Missouri. lIllinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, Illinois. 2Missouri Geological Survey, Rolla, Missouri...The Ozark dome in south central Missouri and the Illinois basin are the major structures in the field trip
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(NMNS51066). figure 2 (leftI: Galena. Crawford mine, Pirher, Oklahoma, Tri-State district; 6' 2 cm across;...Figure 3 (opposite page): Galena, St. Joseph Lead mine, Viburnum, Missouri, Viburnum Trend district; 6...large Pyra­ mid deposit became known as the X-15 mine). What the above figures do not show is that the...Pine Point, (2) Upper Mississippi Valley, (3) Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar, (4) Viburnum Trend, (5) Tri-State...Northwest Territories, (1968). Note sinkhole in mine face. January /February 1989 13 Figure 7 (far
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosiclare member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....•.•............................... ..... 34 Illinois Basin . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . ....Structure map of the Montgomery oil pool, Daviess County, Ind., with an isopach map of the finely granular...Structure map of the Odon East oil pool, Daviess County, Ind., with an isopach map of the finely granular...district which extends from Washington County into Owen County, Ind. Except for local occurrences of the
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Modesto, Calif. Both specimens come from an old Gold mine at Placerville, El Dorado Co., Calif. The following...by Seymour F. Dozier, Red Oak, Route 1, Fulton County, Georgia. Large lumps of this material can be picked...Moon Mine, a property owned by Mr. C. Walker Lyons, is located below. The Moon Mine was an old mine belonging...who worked the Mine for gold and silver. "The Agency Creek, McDevitt District, Lemhi County, Idaho, radioactive...prospect run up into the $100,000.00 bracket." ILLINOIS — As time marches on, one by one of the famous
Report (issue)
Crittenden and Livingston Counties By GEORGE C. HARDIN, Jr. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1012-A, B...of the Geological Survey, visited the Kentucky-Illinois fluorspar field in June 1942. As a result of this...includes about TOO square miles in southeastern Illinois and western Kentucky. The principal mineralized...Counties in Kentucky and in Hardin County, across the Ohio River in Illinois. The largest towns in the...region are Rosiclare, Elizabethtown, and Cave in Bock, all situated along the Ohio River in Illinois, and Marion
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Illinois State Geological Survey r\ ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 3 3051 00000 1895 \ ,...Archive in 2012 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://archive.org/details...org/details/fluorsparindustr59hatm STATE OF ILLINOIS HENRY HORNER, Governor DEPARTMENT REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION...THE UNITED STATES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY DISTRICT By Paul Hatmaker Former Mining...AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS URBANA, ILLINOIS 1938 STATE OF ILLINOIS Hon. Henry Horner, Governor
Report (issue)
Brian Stefanec explores a pocket at the Elmwood mine. Photo Mark Kielbasa Switzerland BY HANS ANTON...land Mine Complex Of Eastern Tennessee BY ARVID PASTO 56 64 The fluid inclusions in Illinois fluorite...Albert Gilg & BRIAN STEFANEC The Great Southern Illinois Fluorspar Deposits BY ROSS LILLIE Connecticut...Castleton in Traek Cliff (Derbyshire), the Blue John mine (page 35). The term "fluorite" was coined in 1797...The Blue John Mine, Castleton. In Modern Terms A postcard depicting the Blue John mine near Castleton
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1998 The Mineral Collector's Newsletter The Illinois KentuckyFluorsparDistrictis Dead!Long Live the...Indiana to commemorate the recent history of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district. I had wanted to hold...Street Houston, Texas 77036 In April, 1998, Clyde Hardin of Malvern, Arkansas sent me some specimens he...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
288-3½)6 AdditionalFluid InclusionData for the Illinois-KentuckyFluorsparDistrict' Evidencefor the Lack...replacement,vein, and breccia-hosted depositsin the Illinois-Kentuckyfluorspardistrict. Paragenetic relationships...Fluidmixingidentified duringfluoritedepositionin the Illinois-Kentucky districtis similarto that reportedpreviouslyin...systematic regional temperaturevariationthroughoutthe Illinois-Kentucky district,ashasbeenproposedby Rowanet...Central Tennessee,and sparmineralization in the Illinois-Kentucky district. by recentregional EastTennessee)are
Report (issue)
SURVFV " r 14.GS: ' CIR 420 c. 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION FLUORSPAR...State Mineral of IN ILLINOIS Illinois J. C. Bradbury G. C. Finger R. L. ILLINOIS STATE John C. Frye...Archive in 2012 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://archive.org/details...org/details/fluorsparinillin420brad FLUORSPAR IN ILLINOIS Cover -photo: Cluster of cubic crystals of fluorite...in an Illinois fluorspar deposit. FOREWORD The Seventy-fourth General Assembly of the Illinois State
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
galena and sphalerite, E l m w o o d calcite, and Rosiclare fluorite are classics. These deposits share certain...Green River and also Buck Creek, both in Lincoln County near Halls Gap, are traditionally good places to...Middle F o r k of Station Camp Creek in Estill County. More geode information will be found in another...wouldn't give more precise information than the county o f origin, but similar specimens are known from...the Bourbon Limestone Company quarry i n Bourbon County near Paris (now closed to collecting). T o my knowledge
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Occurrence of irhtemite and adelite at the Mercur Mine, Tooele Co., Utah; the western hemisph ere's first...cm quartz matrix whether it is an from Navegador Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas industrial product? Gerais...Teasing this year was vivianite from the Cigana Mine (very near Mineral News December 2003 the de...mm o n q uartz matri x to 14 c m from Navegaclor Mine. Conselhciro Pena in Minas Gerais. 1-lclvitc is...few and far between . The material from Navegador Mine is reall y ve ry au racti ve; many may prefer a
Report (issue)
............................................ Rosiclare sandstone member......................................................................... 77 Rosiclare fault...........................................PLATE I. Generalized geologic map of the Kentucky-Illinois fluorite district, showing its general relations...Livingston, and Caldwell counties, and a part of Lyon County, Ky ............................................. I GENP:RALJZKD GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE KENTUCKY-ILLINOIS FLUORSPAR DISTRICT o o 10 Scale 20 1904 f«
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have been found along the Cahaba River in Shelby County, Ala. The colors are gray with red veins, red and...abandoned diamond mine near Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark. Murfreesboro has the only diamond mine in the United...United States and though the mine is no longer in operation it has been "opened up" as a tourist attraction...close by, quartz crystals, of odd, ago at the same mine in Arkansas. Howard A. Millar, Manager, Crater of...can be found embedded in a white, hard-packed, gypsum-like material high on a hilly bluff about one mile
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Genevieve Limestone ———— Fredonia Limestone Member — Rosiclare Sandstone Member — Levias Limestone Member ——...districtMap showing major structural features of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar districtGeneralized fault map...Kentucky fluorspar district is part of the larger Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district, the largest producer...Princeton, KY 42446. 'Present address: Eastern Illinois University, Department of Geography-Geology, Charleston...district (fig. 1) is a part of the larger southern Illinois-western Kentucky fluorspar district. Except for
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row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The
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Crittenden and Livingston Counties By GEORGE C. HARDIN, Jr. FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL...GEORGE C. HARDIN, JR. ABSTRACT The Babb fault system in the central part of the Kentucky-Illinois fluorspar...marcasite( ?), barite, bitumen, smithsonite, lirnonite, gypsum, and sulfur occur in minor quantities. Fluorite...is one of the six fault systems in the Kentucky-Illinois fluorspar field that prior to 1945 produced more...produced from the area. Like most of the Kentucky-Illinois field, the area in the vicinity of the Babb fault
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Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than...in the Gien Rose Limestone formation of Lampasas County. Lampasas celestine first became well known among... HI STORY_....,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _......., J COUNTY MAp o, '1~AAa M'Al.t.OFM.11.ES An 1870 map of
 
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