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Malachite from
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite7 photos of Malachite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Calcite2 photos of Malachite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Azurite1 photo of Malachite associated with Azurite at this locality.
Dolomite1 photo of Malachite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:829867
Long-form Identifier:1:3:829867:6
GUID (UUID V4):3f70edb4-a9bc-4753-8b74-a26f9e3c025d
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
15.1km (9.4 miles) West Fork Mine, West Fork, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
19.9km (12.4 miles) Jerktail prospect (New diggings), Shannon County, Missouri, USA
27.4km (17.0 miles) Casey Mine, Shannon County, Missouri, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) Slater Mine, Eminence, Shannon County, Missouri, USA
31.3km (19.4 miles) Magmont Mine, Bixby, Iron County, Missouri, USA
32.6km (20.3 miles) Sutton Mine, Shannon County, Missouri, USA
51.4km (31.9 miles) Flat Rock mine, Dent County, Missouri, USA
62.7km (39.0 miles) Silver Mine, Fredericktown Mining District, Madison County, Missouri, USA
65.2km (40.5 miles) Apex Mine, Silver Mine, Fredericktown Mining District, Madison County, Missouri, USA
65.9km (41.0 miles) Einstein Mine, Silver Mine, Fredericktown Mining District, Madison County, Missouri, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SHERWOOD 106A East 25th, P. 0. Box 436 Oak Grove, Missouri 64075-0436 Downloaded by [Brown University Library]...Louis, Missouri 63129-2704 Figure 1. Counties in Missouri. N o comprehensive list of Missouri mineral...found in Missouri; two of these, fletcherite and starkeyite, were first described from Missouri mines....location a~ included at the end of each entry. Adair County Chariton River (40-04-05N 92-4 I -23W). septarian...septarian concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular
Journal (issue)
Collector's Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the...Mineral Corporation Specimens of fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens, but production of...of the elongated, fibrous malachite specimens seems subordinate to other, more common forms seen from
Catalog/List
crystal 31mm 48x46x41 mm. £32 2 FLUORITE Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany Crystals to...98x47x:26mm £32 3 SPHALERITE Baxter Spnngs, Kansas, USA Crystals to 16mm 117x94x33mm 5 APATITE on MUSCOVITE...Spam Octahedral crystals to 12mm 52x32><27mm 13 MALACHITE Shaba. Congo. 83x60x52mm £42 14 FLUORITE & BARITE...£38 £34 15 CHALCOPYRITE Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA Iridescent blue/purple crystals...£56 20 NATIVE COPPER Cliff Mme, Keweenaw County, MIch1gan, USA 92x75x38mm. £42 17 BARITE Chemena1t, Atlas
Catalog/List
Wheatley's Mines, near, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. An excellent matrix specimen of... - ...·--·-·--·$2500. 2. NATIVE COPPER, Phocnix Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan. An absolutely magnificent...__··---·9000. 3. AZURITE, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona. A superb, large, old-timer...3-1/2xl-3/4xl-1/4 ....._$1800. 12. AZURITE,• Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona. A large, quite spectacular........ 2750. 18. PHENAKITE, Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Fine, bright doubly-terminated crystals
Catalog/List
00 each. AURICHALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: Exceptional baby blue...$2.00 each AURICHALCITE - 79 MINE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona: Delicate radiating... AZURITE - MORENCI MINE Morenci Mine, Clifton-Morenci District, Greenlee County, Arizona: Excellent...this great deep blue mineral associated with malachite and chrysocholla from a premier azurite locality...limited supply. CALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: AWESOME! Exquisite masses
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri and the world-class Viburnum Trend of southeastern Missouri. Deposits in both...districts. THE TRI-STATE DISTRICT History of the Missouri Portion of the Tri-State District The Tri-State...Tri-State district, extending from southwestern Missouri through Kansas into Oklahoma (fig. l), was one of the...small-scale mining in 1849 on Turkey Creek in Joplin, Missouri (Dressel 1989). The history of the district is...and was titled “Minerals of the Vanadinite Mine, Mohave County, Arizona.” 400 ROCKS 81 MINERALS rized
Catalog/List
0° A®ATE, North Shore, Lake Superior, Michigan, USA. Polished pebble showing concentric patterns rarely... Small Ml. £4 £4-°0 HOWLITE, Lang, California, USA. Looks like stone brains, chalklike porcelaneous...ORE, mostly GALENA, Hidden Treasures Mine, Nevadaville, Colorado, USA. Mass of pure ore body mainly galena...sulphide. RF SPC. C. £4 £5.00 JASPER/AGATE, Texas, USA. Polished slab of rich green and orange mixture....£5.00 PETRIFIED WOOD, Quincy, Washington State, USA. Polished slab showing original wood grain structure
Catalog/List
November 1999________ 1 ULEXITE, Boron, California, USA. Matrix free pure mass of tight silky unidirectional...Arizona, USA. Pretty pocket of sparkling tiny blue xtls. GRF. Ml. £4.00 4 MALACHITE, Killie Mine, Elko...Elko Co., Nevada, USA. Very rich with fibrous edges or cross section. GRF. C. £4.00 5 GYPSUM, Simpson Desert...£4.00 9 WAVELLITE, County Pit, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA. Pastel apple green radiate...xtls. GRF. Ml. £5.00 10 SMITHSONITE, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Pale blue botryoidal
Journal (issue)
presentation, “Minerals of Stove Mountain, El Paso County, Colorado” by Gary Zito, Colorado School of Mines...Dealers 2014 Gem and Mineral Show” at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Exhibit Building; Golden, CO; no admission...metric tons per year). The last major U.S. nickel mine, near Riddle, Oregon (Glenbrook Nickel Company)...fully; however, one positive note is that a new mine has recently opened in Michigan and the USGS reports...Viburnum Trend (lead and zinc) in southeastern Missouri (Fig. 1). Porter Geoconsultancy (2013) described
Catalog/List
advantage of them while you can. AURICHALCITE; 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona: This is a zinc/copper carbonate...acicular crystal sprays and is very uncommon. The 79 mine is listed in every book I have as being one of the...Mtn STSvEM, AZURITE; Morenci Mine, Morenci, Arizona: The Morenci Mine is world renown for its turquoise...Associated with this are many other minerals including malachite, chrysocolla and even turquoise. Showy specimens... 2-3” are $11.95 and 3-4”-$19.95. AZURITE & MALACHITE; Bisbee, Arizona; Excellent combinations from
Catalog/List
last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted...including quartz, calcite, barite, cerussite, malachite, azurite, fluorite and a host of other minerals...structures. $20.00 each DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...with quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History specimen...September/October: Azurite on malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen...Galena, calcite, and chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(NMNS51066). figure 2 (leftI: Galena. Crawford mine, Pirher, Oklahoma, Tri-State district; 6' 2 cm across;...(opposite page): Galena, St. Joseph Lead mine, Viburnum, Missouri, Viburnum Trend district; 6 cm on edge;...the mines of the Viburnum Trend in southeastern Missouri accounted for 90 percent of the United States'...Beales (1967). The source of lead in southeastern Missouri is described by Doe and Delevaux (1972). M V T...large Pyra­ mid deposit became known as the X-15 mine). What the above figures do not show is that the
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm Cr. Near its jct. with the Missouri River...rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides, ridges,...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
Catalog/List
Value Specimen 12 £12.00 BARITE, Stoneham, Colorado, USA. Three adjoining transparent pale blue terminated...NATIVE SILVER with COPPER, Central Mine, Keweenaw Co . Michigan, USA. Growths of native silver protrude...NATIVE GOLD, American Tunnel, Silverton, Colorado, USA. Flecks of native gold <4mm on milky quartz/grey...MI. 77 £12.00 NATIVE GOLD, Homestake Mine, Lead,South Dakota, USA. Flecks of native gold <4mm with milky...NATIVE GOLD, American Tunnel, Silverton, Colorado, USA. Flecks of native gold <4mm on milky quartz/grey
Catalog/List
m1nor wolframite xls. 714) STELLERITE - Sarbai mine, Rudny, Kazakhstan; Showy lustrous brown radiating...chalcoalumite xls. Displays well; minor azurite and malachite present. 2.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm - $50 720) CHRYSOCOLLA...CHRYSOCOLLA pseudomorph after SELENITE - Magma-Open Pit Mine, San Manuel, Arizona; Showy bright sky-blue chrysocolla... 725) FLUORITE with DOLOMITE and GALENA • Huanzala Mine, Peru; Neat, attractive specimens! Two available;...3 cm • $80 726) FLUORITE with DOLOMITE • Moscona Mine, Villabona, Asturias, Spain; Rich golden amber yellow
Book (volume)
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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
view of the Tenderfoot mine (about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection...and Grace Dyck and wus titled “The Sunrise Iron Mine near Hartville, Wyoming”; it appeared in the MaylJune...“The Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyoming” and was in the JulylAugust 2001 issue...most notable ones. The localities are listed by county and then in alphabeticnl order. Where numerous...names are from Hausel (1986). Localities by County Albany County Allanite pegmatite, 12 miles W of Bosler
Book (edition)
minerals and gems. It is obvious, though, that malachite, an ore of the heavy metal copper, or hematite...corundum (aluminum oxide), carbonates such as malachite (copper carbonate), phosphates such as apatite...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...banded agate. Cross section of unpolished green malachite, a copper carbonate marked with curved bands...should always ask permission it may be un- or a mine dvmip. Cleanliness around a camp site and removal
Catalog/List
12. 13. AIIDRADITEGA.i!llET. Belatones Consols Mine ,.';ticklepath Lustrous,sharp,brownish-green twinned...;i::C:IIOPYRITE/CHALC0PYRITE/CASSITERITE. Cape Cornwall Mine ,St .Just, ·.1est Cornwall. This old specimen was...38. ARSEN0PYRITE/SCH0RL/CHALC0PYRITE. East Pool Mine,C.1920s. Silvery, crystalline mass with golden inclusions...i:8.25. 47. AUSTINITE/ADAIUTE. ',-leatern Utah Mine,Gold i!ill,Utah,U.S.A. Rich, attractive,U.S.A. classic...Barstow. 3x2bc¾", .c15.oo. 53. AZURITE/MALACHITE. Tynaugh Copper Mine,Co.Clalw&7,Eire. Two attractin miniatures
12. 13. AIIDRADITEGA.i!llET. Belatones Consols Mine ,.';ticklepath Lustrous,sharp,brownish-green twinned...;i::C:IIOPYRITE/CHALC0PYRITE/CASSITERITE. Cape Cornwall Mine ,St .Just, ·.1est Cornwall. This old specimen was...38. ARSEN0PYRITE/SCH0RL/CHALC0PYRITE. East Pool Mine,C.1920s. Silvery, crystalline mass with golden inclusions...i:8.25. 47. AUSTINITE/ADAIUTE. ',-leatern Utah Mine,Gold i!ill,Utah,U.S.A. Rich, attractive,U.S.A. classic...Barstow. 3x2bc¾", .c15.oo. 53. AZURITE/MALACHITE. Tynaugh Copper Mine,Co.Clalw&7,Eire. Two attractin miniatures
Catalog/List
azurite/chalcocite matrix. 2x2x1-t", £4.5Op 4. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Eire. Select cellular mass of bright...places. ~2-tX1t", £11.00 5. BARYTES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelvehead~, Cornwall, Specimen A: Lustrous well...that were f~und last century in the Ale & Cakes mine in Gwennap; barytes is a rare mineral in the Cornish...specimens •. 11. 8ISMUTHINITE. George & Charlotte Mine, nr. Tavistock, Devon. Silvery-grey needly crystals...matrix. 3tx2~3", £4.75p 16. CALCITE. Burtree Pastures Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham. Select creamy-white sharp
Journal (issue)
spangolie-es,surrounded by a sea of pale green malachite florets and interspersed by the occasional zoned...Cave Puzzle. The Tri-state MiningDistrict in the USA is not quite such an exocic c" ,;0·1 :\nd galena...on the Cononish Gold Mine in Uncertainty at Scotland's Only Operating Gold Mine. While Clive was crafting...with tables covered with microscopes and boxes of mine and a buzz of conversation and enjoyment. It was...the weekend? PB The pyromorphites from Frank Mills Mine in Devon. And a fluorite from SaintPeray Ardeche
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan...from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced most of the rare minerals, ceased...& Minerals on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991)...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? — — — — best occurrence..."specimen quality" questionable occurrence Angelina County Lufkin, 1 mile N of Lufkin in railroad cuts, in
 
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