 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...of calcite, indicating gravitational settling under stagnant conditions, Rosiclare level, Denton mine...mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois. The specimen is 8.5 × 7.5 × 7 cm and was recovered...the Lead Hill area, Cave-in-Rock district, Hardin County, Illinois, and is 5.5 cm. Ross Lillie specimen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS OF THE Harris Creek Fluorspar District Hardin County, Illinois ROSS C . L I L L I E P . O ...O V E R 140 Y E A R S , the mines of southern Illinois have been producing lead, zinc, and fluorspar...come from the renowned district of Cave in Rock and adjacent deposits. Mining activity is presently restricted...new orebodies recently discovered in the Harris Creek district (figure 1). History The earliest known use...located on the southwest end of the Cave in Rock district. On an excursion in 1821, he revisited the same |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1 (above). Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | steep calcite scalenohedra (12.2 cm wide), Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois...modified by the octahedron, with calcite on galena (12 cm high), the Gibraltar mine, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico...Yellow fluorite (10 cm high), Dow Scar Vein, Hilton mine, Appleby, Cumbria, United Kingdom. Figure 5. A...crystal (13 cm high), Denton mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois. Volume 95, July/August...fossils—brachiopods, horn corals, among others—in the local creek bed led to his first collection. (Cincinnati’s fossils |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Twenty-eight, Number One Hlmois-Kentucky Fluorite District Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Michael...group, 13 cm, w ith calcite from the Minerva No. 1 mine, near Cave in Rock, Illinois. Marvin Rausch collection;...York; the Helvetia district, Arizona; O ntario’s Grenville Province; the Sterling mine at Antwerp, New York;...Alpine veins near Sherbrooke, Quebec; the Nanisivik mine on Baffin Island; the fluorite mines of Madoc, Ontario; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | chalcopyrite and dolomite, Brushy Creek mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri. Dan Weinrich specimen...zinc and lead respectively), barite, fluorite, calcite, and dolomite. Several other minerals are found...Ohio. Figure 2. Calcite, doubly terminated crystal 7 cm long, Milliken (Sweetwater) mine, Viburnum Trend...Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri. Dan Weinrich specimen and photo. als may also be found in MVT deposits...deposits tend to occur in clusters (forming a district) at the margins of sedimentary basins, and they |  | Huizing, Terry E., Richards, R. Peter, Clifford, Janet H., Cook, Robert B. (2017) Connoisseur's Choice: Calcite from the American Midwest, Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Rocks & Minerals, 92 (1) 46-63 doi:10.1080/00357529.2017.1241690 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | janet15cliford@gmail.com CALCITE from the American Midwest Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee ...minerals as barite, fluorite, galena, and sphalerite. Calcite crystals are classic components of Mississippi...the continent can boast the same diversity of calcite. Yet, connoisseurship of fine minerals is not just...may occur. With this in mind, we have nominated calcite from the interconnected Elmwood/Cumberland/Gordonsville...Lead-Zinc district as our Connoisseur’s Choice; this locality is certainly among the very best calcite-producing |  | | Journal (issue) | | 279; Azurite-Bob Howard collection, page 138; Calcite- Kevin Schofield collection, page 228; Pezzottaite-Jim...collection, page 135. Backcover: (lefl column) Calcite-Kevin & Mark Brown collection, page 52; Smoky quartz...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...there; the first claims were staked in 1894 and mining soon commenced. Eventually over two dozen mines |  | | 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...generalagreementwith thosereportedpreviouslyfrom the district. Salinity-Threlationships for the AnnabelLee,...fluidduringthe waningstagesof purple6 and7 (P6 andP7), calcite,and baritedeposition. F1 dominatedduringthe precipitationof...Fluidmixingidentified duringfluoritedepositionin the Illinois-Kentucky districtis similarto that reportedpreviouslyin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure I: Galena, Treece, Kansas, Tri-State district; specimen 5Vi cm tall; Na tional Museum of Canada...figure 2 (leftI: Galena. Crawford mine, Pirher, Oklahoma, Tri-State district; 6' 2 cm across; Harvard Mineralogical...page): Galena, St. Joseph Lead mine, Viburnum, Missouri, Viburnum Trend district; 6 cm on edge; James Madison...Geologists have now classified numerous deposits and mining districts in Canada and in other parts of the world...host rock.is dolomitized limestone. • The mining district is on a dome or arch. • Mineralization is |  | | Catalog/List | | of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagle’s Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized “Leaf” Gold...gemstone Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized...Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A “classic” Rhodochrosite with associated...associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful...colorful, Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A ‘gem’ quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...Chavex, C. H. Dias & A. W. Romano Collector Profile: Harris Precht, mineral collector and tree farmer .......only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...world-wide in scope, and probably too large. Various sub-collections have evolved over the years and include:...Society, supported gem and mineral shows around the county as a museum exhibitor and speaker, and served on |  | | Report (issue) | | Brian Stefanec explores a pocket at the Elmwood mine. Photo Mark Kielbasa Switzerland BY HANS ANTON...108 Morocco's El Hammam: Six Decades of Fluorspar Mining BY PIERRE CLAVEL & GUNTHER NEUMEIER 112 Faceting...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... Iridescent Fluorite from Ohio's Findlay Arch District BY JASON MCDONALD 69 Canada BY MARK MAUTHNER |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collecting. Although Texas is not known for its mining industry, be cause of its large oil and gas exploration...Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan in 1938. The Terlingua mining district...minerals. Mining here was contin uous from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced...& Minerals on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991)...Chambers Cherokee Clay Coke Coryell Culberson Dallas Denton Donley Duval Edwards E l Paso Ellis Fannin Fayette |  | | Report (issue) | | 6 cm, from the Anjanabonoina pegmatite, Betafo district, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Mineral Classics...among the most cherished products of the Ojuela mine at Mapimí, Durango, Mexico: of the several styles...styles of “old” fluorite specimens from the great mine, the best known shows deep purple, transparent, cubo-dodecahedral...beginning around 2008, fresh ore exploitation in deep mine levels has yielded beautiful groups of gemmy, lustrous...13 excellent fluorite miniatures from the Ojuela mine, nine “new” and 4 “old,” the “old” showing typical |  | | Journal (issue) | | Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | from land, sea, and air, and two different gold mining operations. Some of you may recall the Grand Door....................... 3 The Southern Illinois Fluorspar District .......................................night at the museum! R The Southern Illinois Fluorspar District by Art Smith Member of the Houston Gem...Mineralogy. It is the Mineral Locality Index of Illinois. I love working on this type of project because...Southern Illinois Fluorspar district is a great example of what I am writing about. This district is by |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mmauthner@gmail.com Figure 1. Fluorite, 62.69 carats, Illinois. Mark Mauthner photo, courtesy Heritage Auctions...ha.com). X Figure 3. Fluorite, 62.69 carats, Illinois. Mark Mauthner photo, courtesy Heritage Auctions...Fluorite, 237 carats, William Wise mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Mark Mauthner photo...Fluorite, 42.34 carats, Denton mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois. David Dinsmore collection...Fluorite, 26.10 carats, Greenlaws mine, Daddry Shield, Weardale, County Durham, England, United Kingdom |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fluorine concentrations of ore fluids in the Illinois-Kentucky district: Evidence from SEM-EDS analysis of fluid...concentrations of ore fluids in the IllinoisKentucky district: Evidence from SEM-EDS analysis of fluid inclusion... Fluorine concentrations of ore fluids in the Illinois-Kentucky district: Evidence from SEM-EDS analysis of fluid...Building, Columbia, MO 65211 USA Abstract The Illinois-Kentucky district is an atypical occurrence of...for the predominance of fluorite in the Illinois-Kentucky district is that the ore fluids there were anomalously |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Kegel azurite, 15.2 cm, 6th level east, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Pictured in Gem & Mineral Treasures...338 specimens, 98 of which were from the Tsumeb mine and 81 from Michigan, many of these with interesting...The rest consists of small suites from Arizona, Illinois, England, and India, plus some odds and ends....Kegel was the mine director at Tsumeb and the general manager of the company that owned the mine from 1922...azurite was taken to Tony Kampf at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. Severance had agreed to |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1998 The Mineral Collector's Newsletter The Illinois KentuckyFluorsparDistrictis Dead!Long Live the...commemorate the recent history of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district. I had wanted to hold this gathering...pulling out. That was the death-knell for fluorite mining in the United States, the e~d of 163 year-long...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | stock certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North...did not escape the notice of some of the earliest mining men to work in there. Unlike the neighboring states...is basically a hardrock state where mining (and specimen mining) must typically cut through granite and...Sweet Horne mine, Breckenridge, Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek, Pikes Peak and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife collection;...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...right) Elbaite, 7.8 cm, Himalaya rnine, San Diego County, California; Kevin Brown collection; Jeff Scovil...5 cm, Tree Root pocket, Two Point claim, Teller County, Colorado; Karl Warning collection; Jeff Scovil...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 05:52 29 January 2015 FRENCH CREEK IRON MINE, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA M any minerals described...ore mineral of copper. Fortunately for both the mining industry and the collector, chalcopyrite forms...specimens. One such locality is the French Creek iron mine, Chester County, Pennsylvania, an occurrence worthy...chalcocite, bornite, pyrite, tetrahedrite, and even calcite pseudomorphs after chalcopyrite. Chalcopyrite is...classic example of chalcopyrite from French Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The 10-cm-wide specimen has |  | | Book | | UNIV ILLINOIS jf\ \*$Kfi , AI CHAMPAIGN- (JR. ANA ILLINOIS HISTORICAL RKWHBHffi SURVEY STB* ... HISTORY OF HARDIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS WRITTEN BY The Historical Committee 19 3 for the Centennial...Centennial 9 PREFACE HARDIN County has contributed Largely to Illinois and we cannot fully comprehend...comprehend the story of our beloved county unless we know someuYng of the trials and triumphs of the people who...who have given to Hardin County its prominence in the state and national history' affairs. It is the |
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Denton Mine, Harris Creek Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA