| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Smithsonite |
| Formula: | ZnCO3 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Fluorite | ⓘ13 photos of Smithsonite associated with Fluorite at this locality. |
| Goethite | ⓘ1 photo of Smithsonite associated with Goethite at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Smithsonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Hastie's Quarry, Spar Mountain (Iron Mountain), Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (8 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 280483 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:280483:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 5188459c-c877-4146-a7ed-79d0e45094a2 |
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| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘVictory Mine, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘSpar Mountain (Iron Mountain), Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘLead Hill Mines, Lead Hill, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA |
| 1.7km (1.1 miles) | ⓘRobinson mine, Spar Mountain (Iron Mountain), Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA |
| 2.5km (1.6 miles) | ⓘA. L. Davis No. 4 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA |
| 3.5km (2.1 miles) | ⓘPatrick Mine, Tower Rock area, Hardin County, Illinois, USA |
| 5.2km (3.3 miles) | ⓘCave-in-Rock, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA |
| 11.4km (7.1 miles) | ⓘBrown Mine, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA |
| 15.2km (9.4 miles) | ⓘRosiclare Mine, Rosiclare, Hardin County, Illinois, USA |
| 15.2km (9.5 miles) | ⓘCommodore Mine, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | 1998 The Mineral Collector's Newsletter The Illinois KentuckyFluorsparDistrictis Dead!Long Live the...University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana to commemorate the recent history of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar...fluorspar district. I had wanted to hold this gathering since the moment I had heard that Ozark-Mahoning...pulling out. That was the death-knell for fluorite mining in the United States, the e~d of 163 year-long era...crystals at Hastie's Quarry. A Page from-a Collecto,r's Notebook: More Finds at the Midstate Quarry Magnet |  | | Journal (issue) | | The Mineral Co Sntithsonite Discovery in Cave in Rock, Illinois By Alan Goldstein 1607 Washington Blvd...40242-3539 Although the mines of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorite district are no longer active, the thrill...described in this article was made in early May at the Hastie ' s Mining Co. quarry near Cave in Rock. I have...during the preparation of my major article on the district (Goldstein, 1997). Geophysics professor Hal Noltimier...places on the Hastie's property as well as several other mine dumps to o btain samples. In addition to |  | | Journal (issue) | | Collector's Newslee Unusual Minerals in the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District Alan Goldst ein Falls of the...Clarksville, Indiana 47129 The Illinois Kentucky tl uorspar district has a lot of minera lization. Thi...focuses on the less-common species, which are described in alphabetical order. See Goldstein ( 1997) fo r a...fou nd in the Minerva# I. the on ly known North American occurrence (ed. note, recently reported in Virg...alstonite in collections that is • unrecognized. Ang les ite is lead sulfate that is very rare in the d istrict |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Collector's Newsletter $3.00 Rubies Baked in Brine Dr. Vivien Gornitz vgornitz@giss.nasa.gov Beginning...setting into motion a series of events that culminated in the raising of the world's loftiest mountains and...gemstones. Most of the world's finest rubies are found in marbles that have undergone the metamorphism and...ordinary salt (halite, NaCl) was a key ingredient in the recipe for making gem-quality rubies out of lime...Pakistan.Will Heierman collection. Illinois- Kentucky Fluorspar District Symposium by the Friends of Mineralogy |  | | Journal (issue) | | 00 A Week as a Garimpeiro Living a Digger's Dream in Brazil By John Sulzbach sulzbach-ja@comcast.net Wednesday-...to get in 9-10 days of field collecting at the pegmatite mines near Governador Valadares, in the mineral-rich...Gerais (See map, Fig. I), before joining my wife in Belo Horizante, where a friend's condo would be our...a keen sense ofhumor. Unfortunately, Johnny died in a tragic traffic accident earlier this year-a great...I will again be staying at the Vlcek family home in Governador Valadares, from whence we shall visit |  | | Book | | price or value of any specimens discussed or reported in this work. Copies may be purchased, while supplies...MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...series of rare-earth species found as small crystals in drusy dolomite-lined cavities. The extremely rare...rarely as doubly terminated crystals to I cm floating in vugs of crystalline talc. Easily the best extant |  | | Journal (issue) | | rocks, and the mineral was described as a new species in 1970. Recent work on pyroxmangite [Mn2+SiO3] and...Jersey, unequivocally confirms the presence of the iron-analogue at the locality, bringing the total number...significant mention due to the on-going interest in Franklin mineralogy. First, however, a bit of history:...sulzbach-ja@comcast.net Sunday - It was an overcast morning in Praia do Forte, on Bahia's tropical Atlantic coast...tourist travel around Brazil. From our host's condo in Belo Horizante, we had first visited the historic |
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Hastie's Quarry, Spar Mountain, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA