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Galena from
Memphis Mine, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Memphis Mine, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:659449
Long-form Identifier:1:3:659449:7
GUID (UUID V4):c69b99c6-5602-415f-918f-1141bb5cb241
References
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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
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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
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 (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,
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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.... 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 ...Alabama. Outliers from this belt found in Elliott County in easternKentucky,in the countiesunder consideration
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was reported from the Red River District, Taos County, in 1904, and is the first recorded occurrence...coilected at a gold prospect in southern catron county, 41 miles northwest of Silver city. The tellurium...found in small amounts at the Aztec mine, ute creek District. A mine report (dated 1916)by E. H. perry...to identify the mineral. A detailed study of the mine later made by Chase and Muir3 showed tetradymite...and Memphis mines in the organ District. oxidized tetradymite from the South Shaft of the Memphis mine
Report (issue)
the central Mississippi valley, Tennessee and Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1335–C...1335–C, 24 p. McFarland, J.D., 2001, Faulkner County earthquakes: Arkansas Geolgical Commission Open-File...Rayville OUACHITA feet (ft) miles (mi) CHOCTAW LEE County Name Ruston To obtain 6.0–6.9 Oak Ridge Monroe...Research and Information (CERI) at the University of Memphis and Arkansas State Parks (ASP). For additional...and Doerr, J.W., 2007, Enola Swarm Area —Faulkner County, Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Survey, GH–EQ–ENOLA–002
Report (issue)
future importance. The Sn-W-Ag deposits in the Silver Mine District are in granite. The Iron Mountain and Pilot...contains Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. The Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District is in the southern portion...the following three parts: T147A: The Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District, by James W. Baxter...DEPOSITS OF THE MIDCONTINENT AREA The Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District Sunday, July 2, 1989...Creek bridge. 13:55 - 14:40 STOP 2, Clay Diggings Mine. 14:40 - 15:15 Continue on Eddyville Road to 11
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
forty-eight field pieces, seventeen can· section. The Memphis Avalanche, a journal dyed in non, twenty thousand...speedily expected, Large rei:nforcementsa regoing to Kentucky to both wings of the army. It is estimated that...attention to Co­ northern counties, and even at Memphis there were 400 killed, and 800 wounded, lina,...and John B, Floyd, besides 15,000 soldiers. in Galena, Illinois. Immediately on the outbreak of from...forces in the capture of Forts Henry vision in Kentucky is reported to have actually built oncethat all
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center of the city, the Loop. Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,...Chicago on Lake Michigan, and another via the town of Galena to Dubuque in the State of Iowa." The Illinois...fewer than 100 miles of railroad in Illinois-the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad, 42 miles in length, between...Clinton and LaSalle. Dixon, Amboy, Freeport and Galena were the only towns on the proposed Dubuque branch...the proposed Chicago branch. Aside from Chicago, Galena and LaSalle with populations of 30,000, 6,000 and
Report (issue)
5A. 6A. 7A. Alabama 7 Arkansas 8 Illinois 47 Kentucky 78 Missouri 102 Mississippi 148 Tennessee 171...in one of the seven States (Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee) within the...ground-water resources of the Jackson Purchase Region, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1987...stratigraphy of the Jackson Purchase region, Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey, Series DC, Bulletin No...Stratigraphy of the Fort Pillow Test well, Lauderdale County, Tennessee: Tennessee Division of Geology Report
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specimen was found in a Joplin, Missouri, district mine in the late 1800s and was donated to the Carnegie...Connoisseur’s Choice. Included might have been a marvelous galena, sphalerite, or calcite specimen exhibiting gigantic...crystal morphology and color were recovered from a mine in the Joplin area. The best known of these specimens...by the oxidation of such associated sulfides as galena and chalcopyrite. An excellent review of the oxidized...Hancock County, Maine. Small, well-formed hemimorphite crystals were once found at the old lead mine southeast
Report (issue)
----------------- 15 The Geography of Dona Ana County--------------------------------------------- 18...PART II. AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF DONA ANA COUNTY ----------------------------------------------...PART II. AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF DONA ANA COUNTY—Continued Pre-Tertiary rocks--Continued Paleozoic...III. THE MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DONA ANA COUNTY -----------------------------------------------...198 Ben Nevis mine ---------------------------------------------------- 198 Gray Eagle mine -----------
Report (volume)
minerals.-........-.......-.-..-.--.. .'........... Galena ............................................ Blende....... 43 Fairview mine.-....-.-----------.-.-.-----.---.--..-.-..Rosiclare mine............................:---.---.-......-............. 48 Empire mine.-..-.----.. --.-....---..-.-...........-....- 48.......................'............. 50 Big Joe mine .......-.----.-.----.------.-..--..-.--.--.. Hutchinsonmine... 50 51 Rainey mine........-----.-.....-............. ............ 51 Baldwin mine .-...,------...
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ancient prase mine that had been worked by the Indians many centuries ago. This ancient mine is now known...Eureka Mining District in Yavapai County, Arizona. From this old mine we have a number of gem quality prase...Ave., Memphis 7, Tenn., for an interesting item clipped from the Mon. Dec. 18, 1961 issue of Memphis Press...million years. The Mid-South Earth Science Club (of Memphis) made the discovery and has shipped samples to...the Blue Creek Mt. Mine, Del Norte County, Calif., which I own. The ore of my mine is very unusual because
Report (issue)
STATES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY DISTRICT By Paul Hatmaker Former Mining Engineer...of production 16 Origin and occurrence 18 Kentucky district Western States Mining districts of the...United States 21 18 Illinois- 21 Illinois-Kentucky 21 California 27 Colorado 27 New Mexico...37 Domestic production Imports statistics and mine stocks 40 40 Tariff history 51 Exports Domestic...Fluorspar vein at the 500-foot level of the Daisy mine, Rosiclare Lead & Fluor- 6. Method FIG. 1. 2
Report (issue)
United States Alabama Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Maryland Michigan New York Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee...disconformities. Simple mineralogy (predominantly sphalerite, galena, barite, fluorite, calcite, dolomite, and cryptocrystalline...Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New York. Sphalerite, galena, and barite have been reported from numerous localities...Table 1 according to abundance or major product in a mine or district, with minor or by-product commodities...Bradbury, J. C., 1957, Outlying occurrences of galena, sphalerite, and fluorite in Illinois: Illinois
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 71 Mineral Resources of Taos County, New Mexico by JOHN H. SCHILLING Description of mineral............. 35 Spanish Main prospect ["Govenor's Mine"(?)] ....................................... 36............. 36 Questa Molybdenum [Moly, R and S] mine ............................................ 38...................................... 55 Midnight mine ....................................................................................... 55 Edison mine ...............................................
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
Journal (issue)
Tateville, Pulaski County, l(entucky Alan Goldstein 1607 Washington Blvd. Louisville, Kentucky 40242-3539 Lexington...interesting roadcul on US 27 near Tatevillc, Pulaski County, Kentucky. II lies about three hours southeast of Louisville...Louisville 001 far from London, Kentucky, General Burnside State Park, and Cumberland Falls Stale Reson...Russian Dal'negorsk skeletal galena specimen 10 be a companion to a smooth galena crystal I picked up at Tucson...also exhibited dolomite casts after octahedral galena crystals. These specimens look very much like the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. This locality may also be given as 6 miles east...northwest of Memphis, Tenn. We are indebted to W. C. Riddle, 2318 Slocum Ave., Memphis Tenn., for notes...in Georgia (pp. 9-21). One locality in Habersham County should fascinate many of our readers. Here is Dr...forest service road, is found the Bethlehem mine. The mine is located about y4 mile east of the Camp Nine..."—on label. KENTUCKY—"The enclosed crystals are from a cut being made through the Kentucky River cliffs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mostly in small amounts. A bed near Pyriton, Clay County, Ala., was worked for copper. One was mined near...of Cleburne County at what was called Wood's copper mine and also at Smith's copper mine about a mile...one little mine I obtained a few specimens of pyrite xls. The small xl enclosed is from a mine about 4 miles...following item, dated Aug. 28, 1954. "In the Brooklyn Mine, San Juan Co., Colo., I found a strikingly beautiful...across in all my travels. This is in Palm Beach County, Fla., and in Palm Beach. It began to rain about
Journal (issue)
d'Ossola, Italy; Lyangara, Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea...V anadiun1 l\'line, l\fagnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas is Reclaimed and Collecting Ceases...Located on the east rim of Magnet Cove, the Christy Mine, fonnerly known as the Christy brookite locality...as big, or bigger. One location is in Campbell County, Virginia where huge ones up to about a foot long
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Pick—Philip Corley, Editor Junior Division of Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society Newlapso—Dr. Philip E. Eisman...Society Newsletter—Mrs. B. C. Collins, Editor Memphis Archeological & Geological Society Triassic Valley...Rockland Nuggets—Marvin Klibonoff, Editor Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Unaka Rock & Mineral...field trip took the members to the Old Tungsten Mine and Topaz Prospect, Trumbull, Connecticut for topaz...Loudville Lead Mines, Southampton, and to the Emery Mine at Chester, both located in Massachusetts. Their
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until 4/28/15 U S $5.99 0 74470 02033 PRINTED IN USA 2 04 THAILAND’S ‘GEMSTONE TRIANGLE’ 2 www.rockngem...... 36 A very special educational event Gollar Mine Barite and Sulfides ......................... 60...taken hold, of sulfur to make this rock of old, Galena, the name that it now bears, spinel law is my favorite...Wholesale and retail show; Gem Faire Inc, Lane County Events Center; 796 W 13th Ave; Fri. Noon-6pm, Sat...Idaho Gem and Mineral Society (SEIGMS), Bannock County Fairgrounds; 10588 Fairground Drive; Sat. 10 am-6
 
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