Kentucky, USA

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A view of the Notch
	Nally - Gibson quarry, Springfield, Washington Co., Kentucky, USA A view of the "notch" which connects the older parts of the quarry. This is view is from the north side of the quarry from the shallow lower level. The upper level contains most of the minerals and fossils. Photo taken Sept. 30, 2006 by Alan Goldstein.
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Air Shaft - Emergency Exit
	Robinson-Lasher mine, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Livingston Co., Kentucky, USA The air shaft entrance (and emergency exit) for the Robinson - Lasher mine. This is not an open shaft -- it is covered by a heavy welded steel mesh. There is a small gap to fit a camera lens! The water is about 100-feet down the shaft and is about 200 feet deep. Photo by Alan Goldstein, October 29, 2005.
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Ascending to Find Minerals
	Faircloth Veins, Mundy's Landing, Harrodsburg, Woodford Co., Kentucky, USA A collector climbs to reach good specimens of fluorite, barite and calcite specimens from the East Faircloth vein in the Moore mine. Photograph by Alan Goldstein. (Scanned slide.)
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Auxilliary shaft, Lafayette mine
	Lafayette Mine (Tabb No. 1 Shaft; Wheatcroft Shaft; Brownward Shaft), Frances, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, USA This headframe was an auxilliary access point to the Lafayette mine, which was the largest producer of fluorite in Kentucky (some 2 million tons). This photo by Alan Goldstein was taken in April, 1989. This headframe no longer stands.
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Babb - Barnes mill area
	Eagle-Babb Mine, Salem, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, USA The largest dumps at the mill site are on the right side of this image. The Eagle-Babb mine did not produce a lot of well-crystallized minerals and the dump reflects that. (It did produce the finest Kentucky fluorite specimen - blue over yellow - in 1954. The specimen is at the Clement Mineral Museum.) Photo by Alan Goldstein, August 17, 2005. ...
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Babb-Barnes mine and mill complex
	Eagle-Babb Mine, Salem, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, USA A general view of the Babb - Barnes mine and mill complex from the access road. Photo by Alan Goldstein, October 29, 2005. Permission is required to visit this site. Contact the Clement Mineral Museum in Marion, KY.
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Cave speleothems in quarry
	Bassett Products Co. quarry, Monticello, Wayne Co., Kentucky, USA A small cave was blasted through during quarrying operations. Here is the remnants of a dome-pit lined with travertine. Photo by Alan Goldstein, about 1989. (From a scanned slide.)
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Center of Quarry (Mourning Dove on Rock)
	Bassett Products Co. quarry, Monticello, Wayne Co., Kentucky, USA A view of the center of the Bassett Products quarry. Lowest levels have fluorite and dolomite. Middle levels have travertine (cave speleothems) and celestine. Photo by Alan Goldstein, about 1989. (From a scanned slide.)
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Collapsing ore bin?
	Mary Belle Mine, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, USA A concrete slab slowly topples by the weight of rocks and tree roots at the Mary Belle mine. This might be an old ore bin. Rock is dominated by calcite in limestone. Small amounts of fluorite and other minerals were noted, although no collecting was done from this pile. Photographed by Alan Goldstein, August 17, 2005.
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Collecting from the dump
	Columbia mine, Marion, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, USA Collectors look for minerals of the dump of the Columbia mine. While the original mine dates from 1835, and is the oldest in the Illinois - Kentucky fluorspar district, this dump dates from the 1940's. Photo October, 2002 by Alan Goldstein.
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