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Smithsonite from
Mascot Mine, Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Smithsonite
Formula:ZnCO3
Comments:Identified by SEM-EDS at the UNO lab (Jim Nazimoff & Al Falster). Analyses show a note worthy amount of Cd to be present.

Most typically found as micro-crusts and sub-botryoidal clusters; more rarely as "rice grain" crystals; and occasionally as stacked sub-parallel rhombs resembling pine-cones. It is believed that some of the micro-crusts and sub-botryoidal to botryoidal clusters of "unknowns" that are obviously not malachite or other knowns are smithsonite stained greens and blues by zinc and copper.
Habit:As micro-crystals and sub-botryoidal to somewhat stalactic crusts; and as crudely rhombic crystals with a rice grain appearance.
Colour:"Frosted" greyish-white to bluish-grey crusts, looking much like "dirty melted candle wax."
Luminescent properties:none
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1 photo of Smithsonite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smithsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mascot Mine, Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:27981
Long-form Identifier:1:3:27981:3
GUID (UUID V4):8ce6f111-ea36-4d05-bf51-d610ad62c0f1
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered
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University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals....interest, including malachite, azurite, cuprite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, and rosasite. A...including the Harborside mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke...Washington County. It has also been found at the old lead mines at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut;...Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as pale
Report (volume)
mineral district ____________ _ 3. Sketch of Faircloth mine adit showing location of limestone samples and amount...limestone samples from the Faircloth vein, Woodford County, Ky _. 5. Mercury content of limestone wallrock...wallrock from the Hoover vein, shaft 1, Cannon County, Tenn _____ 6. Mercury content of a wallrock suite along...silicified limestone bed of a major ore body in the Mascot-Jefferson City belt, east Tennessee F7 16 19 23...Valley sphalerites, whereas the higher temperature New England vein and massive sulfide sphalerites, which
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December 2000 . '. ····:•. ·•~::.·: ::•. ✓. New Mexico News Ramon S. De Mark 421 East Ridge Street...49855 Some new discoveries in New Mexico minerals were revealed at this year' s (November) New Mexico Mineral...is hosted by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and organized by the New Mexico Bureau of...Sandia Park, New Mexico i the acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with...Phillip is actively exploring the mine for minerals. The San Pedro Mine is perhaps best known for producing
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(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)...the western Tennessee brown iron deposits, the Mascot–Jefferson City zinc district, the Bumpass Cove
Report (volume)
deposits of the Mosheim and Johnson anticlines, Greene County, Tennessee, by Arnold L. Brokaw, John C. Dunlap...quarter of the Anaconda quadrangle, Deer Lodge County, Montana, by Alexander A. Wanek and C. S. Venable... Jasperoids of the Lake Valley mining district, New Mexico, by E. J. Young and T. G. Lpvering. Geology...deposits of the Steeple Rock mining district, Grant County, New Mexico, by Roy L. Griggs and Holly C. Wagner...of the Mosheim and Johnson ^ Anticlines, Greene County - Tennessee K ^ By ARNOLD L. BROKAW, JOHN C.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite...mill. So it has been at places such as Broken Hill, New South Wales, where linarite’s legacy is primarily...the Cape Rosier mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, where it was found with smithsonite as 1–2-mm platy...Jones mine at Garland (King and Foord 1994). It is known in microcrystals from the Mascot mine (Graham...Galena King mine), Coos County, and Mineral Hill near Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire. It was a
Report (volume)
Limestone.--..------- _ ..________-_-______-_____ Mascot Dolomite-_--_--___-_--_-----------------_-_------Chickamauga...Bunch Hollow mine, Claiborne County. 3. Geologic map and section of the New Prospect mine (Leadmine Bend)...prospects, Union County. 4. Maps of the Ritchie (Lynch) prospect, Claiborne County. FIGURE 1. Sketch...River area, in western Claiborne County and northeastern Union County, is one of the most pervasively...only significant production came from the New Prospect mine. It was operated almost continuously from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
largest and only producing area at present is the Mascot-New Market-Jefferson City area, which is seventeen...some cases and melanterite in the Straight Creek Mine. In the clay overburden, which is usually heavy...miners expect to find the following minerals: Smithsonite Greenockite Hydrozincite Limonite Calamine Barite...working. A few miles to the west of Jefferson City at New Market, open pits were worked in 1892 to reach the...Company. The ore is concentrated at Mascot. Two miles to the southeast, a mine was opened on Lost Creek in 1898
Report (issue)
oxides of zinc, and most are of supergene origin. Smithsonite and hemimorphite are the main oxidized zinc minerals...recovered. Manganese and iron are byproducts of the New Jersey and Leadville deposits. Commercial ores commonly...Rocky Mountains. Saprolitic accumulations of smithsonite and hemimorphite in solution pockets of decomposed...(mostly In handsorted concentrates) Supergene ore: New Jersey 2______________________________ _ Pennsylvania2...---Colorado _________________________________ _ New ~exico 2 _____________________________ _ Arizona
Report (volume)
Ruby Trnst. (l and 2 mines). Fig. 2. \Vetak e r mine. III. Ge n era l map s howin g the location of the...nn er of occurrence of th e ores ln the Break U p mine.................. 54 XXIII. White Hint and calamine...taken from the roof of n drift in the 'L'ennessee Mine. . ........ ... .............. . .................Manner of occurrence of the ores in the Ruby Trust mine ............... . 60 XXVII . Underground workings...Blue Jacket mine, view from the south............................ 65 XXIX. Fig. 1. Break Up mine, with the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Mammoth- St. Anthony Mine TIGER, ARIZONA The Mohawk mine. Photo courtesy Arizona Historical Society...Location The Mammoth-St. Anthony mine is located at Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona, Section 26, Township...Schultz who named the new mining area the Old Hat Mining District. In the early 1880s a mine was started on...developing into the town of Mammoth. The ore from the mine was hauled the three miles by 20 mule team wagons...hill to and from work at the mine. Soon a camp developed around the mine JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1982 5 KEY
Report (volume)
Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...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
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...Northwest Territories, (1968). Note sinkhole in mine face. January /February 1989 13 Figure 7 (far...long, and dolomite crystals are also common. Smithsonite, cerussite, gypsum, and limonite were present
Report (volume)
...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;...Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
....................... Solubility curve of smithsonite ................................. Solubility........................ 1095 Relation between smithsonite and hydrozincite in an arid environment ................................................ Smithsonite, hydrozincite and zinc hydroxide in a humid environment...CeramicResearch,Collegeof Ceramics,State University of New York at Alfred University, Algred, N.Y. 1083 1084...conditions. The stability relationships between smithsonite, hydrozincite and zinc hydroxide are defined
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
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;
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 00:11 06 November 2014 Eagle Mine, Cilman, Eagle County, Colorado W orld production of zinc...number of good sphalerite occurrences, the Eagle mine at Gilman holds the record as that state’s leading...and calcite have been found; hemimorphite and smithsonite pseudomorphs after sphalerite are reported. Sphalerite...sphalerite specimens from a variety of localities. In New York, brown to pale yellow sphalerite in fine crystals...of the BalmatEdwards district in Saint Lawrence County (Smith and Figure 1. A fine example of jet-black
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
Report (issue)
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Report (issue)
Stratigraphy of the Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc District, Tennessee GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared...Division of Geology PAPER 277 Stratigraphy of the Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc District, Tennessee By JOSIAH... Tennessee, 2. Map showing the relation of the Mascot-Jefferson City area to the main structural features...Geologic maps of type areas of formations in the Mascot-Jefferson City zinc district, Tennessee. Page FIGURE...of part of East Tennessee, showing location of Mascot-Jefferson City district-____-_--___-_---_-_-2 2
 
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