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Fluorite from
Knight Mine, Hardin County, Illinois, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite7 photos of Fluorite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Baryte1 photo of Fluorite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Knight Mine, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1018220
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1018220:6
GUID (UUID V4):5b248dfa-39e3-4dec-a14a-f15b422fc8b3
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.7km (0.5 miles) Good Hope Mine (Good Hope-Extension Mine), Rosiclare, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) Annex Mine, Rosiclare, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) Fairview Mine - Blue Diggings Fault, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) Blue Diggings Mine, Rosiclare, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) Argo Mine, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Alcoa Mine, Rosiclare, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Extension Mine (Annex Mine), Hardin County, Illinois, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Rosiclare Mine, Rosiclare, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Core Drills (MRDS - 10082966), Hardin County, Illinois, USA
2.3km (1.5 miles) Daisy Mine - Daisy vein No. 2 shaft, Rosiclare, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
References
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Report (issue)
h» Hill Hill yfflra I I ,.":: i URBANA ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 3 3051 00000 1911 ...Archive in 2012 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://archive.org/details...org/details/fluorspardeposit58bast STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION DIVISION OF THE...NO. 58 THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF HARDIN AND POPE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS BY EDSON BASTIN S. «XK?S25S ...OF THE STATEIOF.ILLINOIS URBANA, ILLINOIS 1931 STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Manuscript Fluorine concentrations of ore fluids in the Illinois-Kentucky district: Evidence from SEM-EDS analysis... Fluorine concentrations of ore fluids in the Illinois-Kentucky district: Evidence from SEM-EDS analysis...Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211 USA Abstract The Illinois-Kentucky district is an atypical occurrence...mineralization that consists predominantly of fluorite rather than metal sulfide minerals. A long-standing...long-standing assumption for the predominance of fluorite in the Illinois-Kentucky district is that the ore fluids
Report (issue)
Illinois State Geological Survey r\ ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 3 3051 00000 1895 \ ,...Archive in 2012 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://archive.org/details...org/details/fluorsparindustr59hatm STATE OF ILLINOIS HENRY HORNER, Governor DEPARTMENT REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION...THE UNITED STATES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY DISTRICT By Paul Hatmaker Former Mining...AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS URBANA, ILLINOIS 1938 STATE OF ILLINOIS Hon. Henry Horner, Governor
Report (issue)
NO.7(: GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF . ILLINOIS BY J. IA.R\' IN \YELLER, ROBERT M. GROGAN, AND...PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS URBANA, ILLINOIS 1 9 52 MANUSCRIPT COMPLETED FEBRUARY...FEBRUARY 1951 ORGANIZATION STATE OF ILLINOIS HON. ADLAI E. STEVENSON, Governor DEPART 1ENT OF REGISTRATION...he University of Illinois DEL YTE W. MORRIS, PH.D., President of Southern Illinois University GEOLOGICAL...D., University of Illinois Ceramics, RALPH K. HURSH, B.S., University of Illinois Mechanical Engineering
Journal (issue)
row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...Gail & Jim Spann collection; Tom Spann photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China...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;...quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root photo. Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Volume Twenty-eight, Number One Hlmois-Kentucky Fluorite District Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza...on p. 79 . WfitHis-,){<•n/"r/cy Fluorite D istrict COVER: FLUORITE crystal group, 13 cm, w ith calcite...calcite from the Minerva No. 1 mine, near Cave in Rock, Illinois. Marvin Rausch collection; Jeff Scovil photo...Sterling mine at Antwerp, New York; the Alpine veins near Sherbrooke, Quebec; the Nanisivik mine on Baffin
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... B. Strow in a freshly dug basement in Kanawha County, W. Va. Subsequent examination by the U.S. Bureau...minor element in lead-zinc deposits. At Langpele mine, Sweden, however, mercury is currently recovered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2 (above). Fluorite, 13.1...Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 3 (left). Fluorite, 2.5...5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right)...(right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page). Map of the counties...recovery of spectacular fluorite, sphalerite, and barite specimens at the Elmwood zinc mine in middle Tennessee
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
field trip of the Society to the Griggstown copper mine on Sunday, April 16, 1950. Sunday, however, dawned...the way and the feeling of spring in the air. The mine is on the Griggstown Coppermine Farm, about 2 miles...generous in giving specimens of fine light brown fluorite not at present obtainable in the quarry. A vote...day trip to the Southern Illinois fluorite district, in Hardin County, Illinois. This trip was made primarily...(11) mines the following minerals were collected: fluorite, barite, calcite, galena, sphalerite, greenockite
Report (issue)
one-half a mile southwest of Lacasa, Stephens County, Tex. Collected by C. S. Ross, Apr. 4, 1919. 5793-PC...limits of Pella, along the road to Tracy, Marion County, Iowa. Collected by G. H. Girty and P. V. Roundy...and three-fourths of a mile west of Tracy, Marion County, Iowa. Collected by G. H. Girty and P. V. Roundy...area, Texas. Collected by P. B. King and J. B. Knight, June 26, 1931. 10889-PC. Helms formation. El Paso...of U.S. Highway 62, El Paso quadrangle, El Paso County, Tex. Collected by C. C. Branson, November 1949
Report (issue)
Soft Myrrhine The Barber Cup Carved of banded fluorite, the Barber Cup is thought to be one of only a...British Museum in London houses two extraordinary fluorite vessels: the Barber and Crawford cups. The Crawford...must have been carved from a soft stone such as fluorite. In probably the most famous example of the Roman...today as fluorite. While modem collectors continue to have a strong predilection for fluorite, they will... Contents 4 Fluorite: from Ancient Treasures to Modern Labs and Collections 72 13 Fluorite Luminescence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JR., H. D. GLASS,W. A. WHITE and R. M. TRANDEL Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S...stratum immediately overlying a fluorite mineralized zone in southern Illinois was found to have a higher...content than were marine shales in contact with Illinois coals. It is believed that, in certain instances...displace, or exchange. For example, from Lawrence County, IN (Koritnig, 1951) to 47,500 Ekstrom (1973),...minerals studied were from the collection of the Illinois State Geological Survey. Among these samples are
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Report (volume)
____________ Class 1 deposits-uranium-bearing fluorite veins and breccias___ Class 2 deposits-uranium-bearing...mines_______________________________________ Boulder CountY----------------------------------~-----------Jamestown...Generalfeatures--------------------------------------Blue Jay mine, by R. U. King__________________________ Fair Day...mine________________________________________ Nations Treasure mine, by R. U. King___________________ Victory group...Description of principal mines-Continued Boulder County-Continued Other areas __________________________
Journal (volume)
Company’s quarry at Halvosso, Longdowns, Cornwall. Jim Knight Collection; collected by Richard Barstow in June...Roy E. Starkey and Michael McMullen 30–33 Jim Knight and his Mineral Collection Alan Barnes, Peter J...in-depth look at the collection of the late Jim Knight (1927–2009). As the paper explains, Jim was a rather...of euhedral schulenbergite at the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall. Journal of the Russell Society, 19, 34–35...and Pacey, A. (2016). Segnitite from Weardale, County Durham. Journal of the Russell Society, 19, 39–42
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)...Gillespie 43 Gonzales 44 Grayson 45 Hall 46 Hardeman 47 Hardin 48 Harris 49 Houston 50 Howard 51 Hudspeth 52 J...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? — — — — best occurrence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Br, I) Analysis of Fluid Inclusions from the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District, Viburnum Trend, and...in the midcontinent area of North America. The Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district belongs to the fluoritic...fluids released by in vacuo crushing of irradiated fluorite, quartz, carbonate, and sphalerite samples. Additionally...nonirradiated fluorite from the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district. Fluorite from the Illinois-Kentucky...6 percent of the total He in the fluids of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district. The Br/Cl mol ratios
Report (volume)
Boletin de Miuas, nos. 5, 6. Habana, Cuba. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 8, no....Moscow, Idaho. Illinois Academy of Science: Transactions, vols. 9, 10. Springfield, III. Illinois State Geological...Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Fayette County, Wehster County. Morganton, W. Va. Wisconsin...1920]. (with Wiuton, W. M.). The geology of Tarrant County: Texas, Univ., Bull. no. 1931, 123 pp., 6 pis.... 30. Th« artesian waters of northeastern Illinois: Illinois State Geol. Survey, Bull. no. 34, 326 pp
Journal (issue)
by R.S.W. Braithwaite Graphite from the Lead Hill mine, Ticonderoga, New Y o r k ........................uncommon lithium-mica from Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California .....................................assured that, with localities like the Ray mine and the Old Yuma mine still to go, we are not yet close to...tour of the mineral facilities at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History (where Tony is curator)...olo rado 80919 303-598-1233 Tourmaline Golconda mine, Brazil Stibnite Kisbanya, Romania Hydroxylherderite
Report (volume)
Idaho. Illinois State Academy of Science: Transactions, vols. 23, 24. Springfield, 111. Illinois State...Survey: Bulletins 58, 60; Press Bulletin Series, Illinois Petroleum, nos. 19-25; Report of Investigations...West Virginia Geological Survey: (County Reports) Randolph County. Morgantown, W.Va. Wisconsin Academy... 1930. 10. (and Arick, M. B.). Geology of Bell County, Texas: Texas, Univ., Bull., no. 3016, 92 pp.,...Petrographic and mineralogical study of the underclays of Illinois coal: Am. Ceramic Soc., Jour., vol. 16, no. 10
Report (volume)
------.--. Grandview, Bounds, Fence Line, and Grant County. __________ Langford and Hines_-------____--_-...fluorspar deposit and vicinity, Burro Mountains, Grant County, N. Mex._______________________ In pocket 47. Underground...maps of the Burro Chief fluorspar mine, Burro Mountains, Grant County, N. Mex________________________ In...through the Burro Chief fluorspar mine, Burro Mountains, Grant County, N. Mex._____________________________...through the Burro Chief fluorspar mine, Burro Mountains, Grant County, N. Mex_____________ In pocket50
Report (issue)
& TECHNOLOGY Mineral Deposits of Western Grant County, New Mexico by Elliot Gillerman NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE...Production of metals in the Steeple Rock district, Grant County, 1932-1947 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....in the Burro Mountains (Tyrone) district, Grant County, 1904-1929 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Volcanic rocks in western Grant County 20 FIGURES 1. Grant County,. showing area included in this report...Two-Best-in-Three mine, Burro Mountains 62 5. Geologic sketch map of the Austin-Amazon mine, Big Burro Mountains
Report (issue)
MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 17 ARITE AND FLUORITE WESTE AUSTRALIA * by R 6. Abeysinghe and J. M. Fetherston...P. B., and FETHERSTON, J. M., 1997, Barite and fluorite in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological...and fluorite in Western Australia Bibliography. Includes index. ISBN 0 7309 6539 2. 1. Fluorite- Western.... Part Two - Fluorite Chapter 5: Mineralogy, mode of occurrence and uses of fluorite Mineralogy ................. 57 57 57 57 57 57 58 Chapter 6: Fluorite production and market trends World production
Journal (issue)
Reports - Mineral 5 Section Reports - Beading 5 Fluorite from Mexico 5 Featured Member: Beverly Mace...will send you the Zoom link and project photos. FLUORITE FROM MEXICO by Steve Blyskal, HGMS Mineral Section...Mexico is the third largest worldwide producer of fluorite for the steel making and chemical industry. However...specimens for the collecting market because the fluorite is generally fine grained and disseminated in...in the host rock. The second largest deposit of fluorite also produces the majority of specimens. This
Report (issue)
BU L L E TI N 7 0 Geology of the Knight Peak Area, Grant County, New Mexico by D ONALD L AW RENC E B...southwestern New Mexico ......................... 4 2. Knight Peak from the air ...................................... 32 PLATE 1. Geology of the Knight Peak area, Grant County, New Mexico .........................present on the northeast and southwest sides of the Knight Peak area. Outliers of Cambrian-Ordovician Bliss...and tuff, which overlie the tilted rocks of the Knight Peak area with an angular unconformity. Later Quaternary
 
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