 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Postcard view of the Waukon iron mine, Allamakee County, cia. 1912. John Taylor collection. ARTHUR E ...Unfortunately. with today’s environmental laws and mine and quarry regulations. the prolific collecting of the 1950s...HAROLD L. PRlOR P.O. Box 111 Columbus Junction, Iowa 52738 halprior@ louisacomm.net When we began this...too, could be cited with many other localities. Iowa contains the type locality for one mineral, iowaite...December 2014 Figure 2. Map of Iowa showing the counties. Courtesy Iowa Geological Survey. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 1. The state of Iowa map; prepared by William Besse. IOW AITE Sioux County, Iowa BRUCE CAIRNCROSS ...1,000–1,500 feet below the surface in Sioux County, Iowa (Kohls and Rodda 1967); approximately thirty-five...chrysotile, dolomite, brucite, calcite, magnesite, and pyrite. Since the description of iowaite in 1967, its...of Johannesburg. Volume 93, May/June 2018 271 Iowa has 74 valid species (Mindat.org; accessed March...geodes from the Keokuk area in Lee County (Wherry 1918; Smith 1997; Huizing 2017). The Keokuk geode is also |  | | 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 ....have vugs or cavities with crystals of calcite, pyrite, or other minerals. An added bonus are vugs in...state also have collectible septaria with calcite, pyrite, and marcasite. The coal mines in the Sparta area...and barite, 6 cm high, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 5 (above right). |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite and some Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state...state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59, 5 mi. E of Jackson-Banks Co. lineBeryl. MAYSVILLE...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: |  | | Report (issue) | | I s { IOWA ft 7 ■■• A * i . ;» \ P* A 7-. ■ «*"V ' r * < •+ ' 1 ’ T, / • k’-/ 5...i S' s I . " * • * «r- ‘ ; ' Geologist, Iowa Geological Survey ' .*4** =»*' I Paul*J. Horick...Jithill * v'v* l* Iowa Geolo^ica^Survey Educational Series 2 V . - -■' ( J Iowa Geological Survey...Educational Series 2 THE MINERALS OF IOWA by Paul J. Horick Geologist Iowa Geological Survey edited by Otto...STATE OF IOWA 1974 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 74-620075 Available from the Iowa Geological |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | community of Talucah near Vahlermoso Springs, in Morgan County, north Alabama. A large portion of this cave had...the selenite prisms (one of which was 15" long), pyrite xls up to 2", good limonite pseudos, massive anglesite...linarite, satin spar in 1" veinlets, jarosite, pyrite cubes embedded in transparent purple fluorite,...for myself a big (4 x 4 x 8) anglesite with 1/2" pyrite molds. I saw also some beautiful translucent blue...of Mines, I heard of an active uranium mine or quarry a couple of miles from town. Following the highway |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | October 2014 Mineral Index by Counties Alfalfa County Carmen, 2 mi. NE of Carmen, 1 .1 mi. W of Highway...Permian-age Crisfield Sandstone: malachite. Adair County Bunch, near Bunch, secs.l.5, 16, T.14N, R.24E:...fluorescent and phosphorescent) (Gilmore 1963). Beckham County Malachite localities, SW1/4 SE1/4 sec.36 and SE1/4...at Great Salt Plains, Alfalfa County. Joe Lobell photo. Blaine County Southard, quarries of the U.S...and Schleicher 1961). Watonga, Universal Atlas quarry, 6 mi. NE of Watonga, Nescatunga Gypsum of the |  | | Book | | Gives a sodium flame. Nearly insoluble. COMANCHE COUNTY: SE%, Sec. 4, T.3N., R.15W. The xtals are i to...side by granite, AGATE (See Quartz) CANADIAN COUNTY: South Canadian Rivers. In the gravel bars of...the Also in sand plant waste dumps. CIMARRON COUNTY: Secs. 7, 8, 9, 10; T.5N., R.2E. Cimarron Meredian...widely scattered in the Black Mesa area. DEWEY COUNTY: Agate is found 2 miles east of Seiling in the...and at Taloga in the South Canadian River. HARPER COUNTY: Secs. 17, 20; T.27N., R.23W.. Jaspagate. Secs |  | | Book (volume) | | Virginia VOLUME 3: THE NORTHWESTERN QUANDRANT Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...TREASURES VOLUME ep The Northwestern Quadrant Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...Wyoming by Allan W. Eckert Ml PERENNIAL LIBRARY Harper & Row, Publishers, New York Cambridge, Philadelphia...critical articles and reviews. For information address Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 58rd Street,...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible |  | | Report (issue) | | _-_ _-____ 3. Map of uranium prospects on North Harper Creek--------- ______ __ 2 5 6 TABLES Page Table... Other minerals in the gangue include biotite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite. The...amphibole, chlorite, biotite, talc, and accessory pyrite. Talc and biotite form segregations. The deposit...prospects were stripped and trenched, and the North Harper Creek deposit was core drilled. The most abundant...Little Lost Cove prospect), and on and near North Harper Creek at and north of the boundary between the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | brown limonite. Wickenburg is in N / W Maricopa County in western Arizona. xline—crystalline tain a... The Dallas Gem Mine is in southern San Benito County in western California. COLORADO — "Would you please...surface shows the interior cently found in San Benito County, here to be an attractive moss agate of pleasing...term "astonishing" is not an exaggeraSan Miguel County is in southwestern tion ! W e were lucky in being...greenish datolite. Meriden is in N / E New Haven County in central Connecticut. FLORIDA — Mary G. Poole |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alan J. Wilson . David R. Cooke . Benjamin J. Harper . Cari L. Deyell Sulfur isotopic zonation in the...comprises four porphyry deposits (Ridgeway, Cadia Quarry, Cadia Hill, and Cadia East) and two iron–copper–gold...Bierlein A. J. Wilson (*) . D. R. Cooke . B. J. Harper . C. L. Deyell CODES—The Australian Research Council’s...Brodie Hall Drive, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia B. J. Harper Newcrest Mining Limited, Cadia Road, Orange, NSW...and peripheral zones of pyrite mineralization. The Cadia Hill and Cadia Quarry deposits have chalcopyrite-rich |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collect a few specimens. "The locality is the Jeffrey quarry located 1/2 mile outside North Little Rock city...city limits on State Hwy 65 in Pulaski County, Ark." — letter dated July 31, 1963 from Richard Purifoy,...crystals at the Kilauea Crater. ion Co., Iowa." — from that Russell, Iowa, Rockhound, Robert Stech. "I am staying...in Brummett Creek." — on label. IOWA — "Here is another Southern Iowa curiosity that might be of interest...readers of R&M and help provide material to keep Iowa in "World News". The curiosity is a rattlebox. I |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | admission fee on a dirt road which compared to some old quarry roads is a super highway! The x,!s are found in...bornite have been found in gabbro at the old Hubbard quarry in Wilmington (New Castle Co.), Del. FLORIDA—"I...been found in the Appalachian Minerals Company quarry near Monticello (Jasper Co.), Ga. IDAHO—"I am enclosing...polished which adds to its attractiveness and interest. IOWA—"Here might be a mineral news item that I should...was pheasant hunting at Harcourt (Webster Co.), Iowa and going into a restaurant a group of fellows were |  | | Book (edition) | | includes 1 SOUTH DAKOTA • MICHIGAN • ILLINOIS • IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA...... .46 3 IOWA ....................... 47 MICHIGAN ............. 63 WESTERN IOWA ....................... -47 THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA NORTHERN IOWA.......................... Gems .......................................... 68 .68 68 69 CENTRAL IOWA ............................ Crystals and Fossils...SOUTHERN IOWA .......................... Crystals ......................................... Keokuk Geodes |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mike was co-author of an article about Hendre Quarry which was published in the British Micromount Society...Acworth 177 Lynn Fells Parkway, Melrose, MA 02176 , USA Mr. David Bri ggs Oak Vale Cottage, Penny Bridge...Smith 14906 Oak Bend Drive, Houston, TX 77079, USA C Mr. Steve Sorrell 407 Drummond St. South, Ballarat...burn Mine, Rookhope, mine being closed in 1999. County Durham. The British Geological Survey has estimated...stray GWR railway ballast, originating from the quarry at Clicker Tor near Menheniot in Cornwall. Certainly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALABAMA—Arbacoochee, a tiny town in southern Cleburne County of N / E Alabama, was famous over 100 years ago...of gray granite showing specks of brassyyellow pyrite. A 4'á inch piece of the root with a very slender...miles west of Shoshone, near Bliss, in Gooding County, Idaho. This is on Highway 30. Hope you can identify...label. INDIANA-Pyrite has been mined with coal (bituminous) at Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Ind. IOWA—Pinkish masses...ditch in Melrose, Monroe Co., Iowa, by Michael Papcum, RR1, Melrose, Iowa. KANSAS—The following letter |  | | Journal (issue) | | ZODAC Contents for February, 1940 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ....................................................................... 44 GEODES OF THE KEOKUK AREA OF IOWA. By Frank L. Fleener .....................including the chrysoprase mines in Tulare County. The late H . E. Harper of San Jose, and J. J. Kinrade of San...in Chile Gulch, near Mokelumme Hill, Calaveras County, where in lavacapped ancient-river channels associated...places in the state. Near Howard Springs in Lake County, a pale violet amethyst is found in vugs in basalt |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MANUSCRIPT et al., 2015), the Middle Ordovician of Iowa, USA (shale; Nowak et al., 2018; Briggs et al., 2018)...2015), New York, USA (shale; Briggs et al., 1991; Farrell et al., 2009), Pennsylvania, USA (shale; Meyer...preserved in pyrite (or weathered into goethite), or as a combination of calcite and pyrite. All of them...rows with a spiny or porous surface of alternating pyrite and calcite. This texture is either related to...wide range of morphologies and mainly preserved in pyrite or goethite within their burrows occur on bedding |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | use of "A Textbook of Geology" by Robert Garreis (Harper & Brothers, 1951, $5.00). The Program Committee...Field Trip, June 14, 1952 The Kibblehouse trap rock quarry at Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania, was the site of...weather, albeit a little too hot, and arrived at the quarry about lunchtime. Evidently we had arrived between...specimens of manganonatrolite, fluorescent calcite, and pyrite. Two interesting specimens turned up by one of...of the members dated from the days when the quarry was worked as a copper mine and were a specimen of malachite |  | | Book | | eOQ000wolf 560.172 W855£ WOLF FV FOSSILS OF IOWA : FIELD TO PALEOZOIC DEPOSITS GUIDE 12.45 BK 560...560.172 PeUIDE TO PALEOZOIC DEPOSITS FOSSILS OF IOWA: FELD WOLF, ROBE 3000 ‘St. Louis Community College...collector specializing in Paleozoic fossils from Iowa and parts of Minnesota and Nebraska, including invertebrates...Society of Iowa. © 1983 Robert Charles Wolf. All rights reserved Composed and printed by The Iowa State University...University Press, Ames, Iowa 50010 No part of this book may be reproduced in any form—by photostat |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | south-centralKansas.There are two distinct sulfideassemblages. Pyrite-digeniteis foundin gray-greenshaleunitswithin red...organiccarbon-bearing sediments. The $34Svaluesfor pyrite rangefrom -40 to -26 per mil. Digenitereplacingpyrite...relationships, and/5•4S valuesprobablyreflectdigenite-pyrite mineralization involvingsulfurconservingreplacementreactions...significanceincludethe relative importanceof sulfide derivedfrom pyrite replacementversusthat added from an externalsource...sulfurisotopeanalyses using two extractiontechniques.Where pyrite was the dominant sulfide mineral, the method of |  | | Journal (issue) | | reservoir. . . . Mid-S iluri an patch reef in Union County.. . ... . ...... I 8 12 ON THE COVER: Nort hwest...Route 15 overlook near Willi amsport, Lycoming County. Loyalsock Creek (at right) joins West Bran ch...Martin Stone Quarries, Inc. Located in eastern Berks County between Boyertown and Bechtelsville in Colebrookdale...barite contain minor calcite, trace amounts of pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, and quartz. Selective mining...east shore of the Allegheny Reservo ir in Warren County. To start the contest, we nominate the Kinzua landslide |  | | Journal (issue) | | Plateaus physiographic province in southern Somerset County. Here, Negro Mountain Anticline brings Mississippian...its first quarry and 7 kilns (now abandoned) located near Niverton. The active Galley Quarry, located...% microcrystalline cement, and designated this quarry as the type section for the Deer Valley Limestone...red color, which is confined to southern Somerset County, is attributed to interstitial hematite and hematite...Sandstone (Pocono Formation) is mined at the Galley Quarry principally as a high-friction aggregate source |  | | Book (volume) | | seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet thick in...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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip |
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