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Sphalerite from
South pit, Cherokee Open pit, Polk County, Tennessee, USA


Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view South pit, Cherokee Open pit, Polk County, Tennessee, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1018839
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1018839:8
GUID (UUID V4):c0da5bf8-28f1-4070-9eee-c57ad50f601d
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Cherokee Mine (School property; Old Tennessee Mine), Copperhill, Polk County, Tennessee, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) North pit, Cherokee open pit, Polk County, Tennessee, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Polk County Mine (Mary-Polk County ore body; Tennessee Copper Company; Old Polk County; Cities Service Company), Polk County, Tennessee, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) London Mine (McPherson Mine; Tennessee Copper Company), Polk County, Tennessee, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) Mary Mine (Mary-Polk County Ore Body; Cities Service Company), Polk County, Tennessee, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Calloway Mine, Polk County, Tennessee, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) Boyd Mine (Culchote vein), Ducktown, Polk County, Tennessee, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Number Twenty Copper Mine, Mineral Bluff, Fannin County, Georgia, USA
3.3km (2.0 miles) Burra Burra Mine (Tennessee Copper Company; Copperhill Operations), Polk County, Tennessee, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) Copperhill Mine (Eureka Mine; Isabella Mine), Copperhill, Polk County, Tennessee, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
22092 573-308-3500 703-648-6045 or phone 800-USA-MAPS Map 3. Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains 7.5 Minute...Location 1 Montgomery County quartz deposits................. Other Montgomery County quartz mines.........area................................ 2 Garland County quartz deposits......................... Miller...Saline County quartz deposits............................. 3 Jeffrey Sandstone Quarry, Pulaski County......Pulaski County..................... 5 Dug Hill wavellite, Garland County................... 6 County Pit
Book (volume)
Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies...as the continental seas were advancing from the south, the Dakota sandstone represents topset beds, wave...to the fascination of these pegmatites. 437 South Dakota The commercial production of minerals, principally...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Gold Deposits in the Carolina Slate Belt of South Carolina R. A. AYUSO,† U.S. Geological Survey, Mail...from the argillic alteration zone in the Brewer pit and felsic ash-flow tuff from the quartz sericite...lithic rhyolitic ash-flow tuffs from the Champion pit), and from the Ridgeway deposit (felsic ash-flow...ash-flow tuff from the stratigraphic host of the North pit gold deposit). Generally, the zircons are fine grained...of sulfide minerals (galena, pyrite, enargite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and molybdenite) and silicate
Report (volume)
Powell River Area Claiborne and Union Counties Tennessee i By ARNOLD L. BROKAW, JOHN RODGERS, DEANE F...and sections of the Bunch Hollow mine, Claiborne County. 3. Geologic map and section of the New Prospect...prospects, Union County. 4. Maps of the Ritchie (Lynch) prospect, Claiborne County. FIGURE 1. Sketch...POWELL RIVER AREA, CLAIBORNE AND UNION COUNTIES, TENNESSEE '* By ARNOLD L. BROKAW, JOHN RODGERS, DEANE...ABSTRACT The Powell River area is iu northeastern Tennessee in the Valley and Ridge province. The occurrence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
conditions. Preliminary ¯uid inclusion data from sphalerite are consistent with a modi®ed seawater source...Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, USA e-mail: rseal@usgs.gov; Fax: +1-703-6486383 for...deposit. Introduction The Barite Hill deposit in South Carolina is one of four gold mines in the Carolina... which extend from Virginia, through North and South Carolina, to Georgia, are metamorphic belts that...deposit. The Main Pit, to the northeast, exploited all four zones, whereas the Rainsford Pit, to the southwest
Journal (issue)
mineral localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah ...........................................Wise The Wagon Wheel Gap fluorspar mine, Mineral County, Colorado .......................................Cairncross The Jan Coetzee copper mine, Namaqualand, South Africa ...........................................The Gold Hill mine is located in western Tooele County, Utah, in the north end of the Deep Creek M ountains...through the Overland Canyon, about 6 to 7 miles south of the present town of Gold Hill. Travelers, who
Report (issue)
sulphide deposits of the Elizabeth mine, Orange County, Vermont ... . .............. 4l J.F. SLACK, M...sulphide deposits of the Davis mine, Hampshire County, Massachusetts ........... . .... . . .. ........the manganese ores of the Betts mine, Hampshire County, Massachusetts . .. ......... . ....... . , .....of Brunswick No.6 (no. 1, Figure 3) and west and south of the Heath Steele deposits (no. 4, Figure 3)....12 mines are of this type, as is the large fold south of the Orvan Brook deposit (Fig. 3). Farther west
Report (issue)
CLINTON IRON ORE IN THE CHATTANOOGA REGION OF TENNESSEE, GEORGIA, AND ALABAMA; By ERNEST F. BURCHARD....AND EXTENT. The Rockwood district lies in the Tennessee River valley between Harriman and Dayton, Tenn...about 10 miles. The area is principally in Roane County. Ore has been mined in many places along the west...Crescent and the Tennessee Central railroads. The ore at Euchee is carried by boat down Tennessee River to a...between Harriman and Rockwood, also at a few points south of Rockwood as far as Glen Alice. The normal thickness
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
trace chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, and sphalerite. The pyrite is moderately coarse and, in thin...orpiment, and galkhaite precipitated locally in open space created by faulting or limestone dissolution...ore-stage mineralization consists dominantly of open space-filling realgar and calcite, with minor quartz...fluorite, and galkhaite. Calcite filled most remaining open space and conforms to euhedral crystal faces of...Humbolt County O sg oo d M ou nt ai ns Hot S pring Twin Creeks Turquoise Ridge Lander County Elko
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
northeastern margins of the asymmetrical, north-south–striking, Tarmoola trondhjemite intrusion. Gold-bearing...stage II quartz-ankerite-muscovite-chalcopyrite-sphalerite-galena-gold-tellurides ± albite ± chlorite ±...muscovite, ankerite, calcite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, tellurides, and gold, whereas in proximal...albite, chlorite, fuchsite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, tellurides, and gold. The stage II fluid...grade of 20 g/t Au (Fairclough and Brown, 1998). Open-pit mining between 1985 and mid-2002 produced 45.4
Report (issue)
INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY I 50 | Orange County, VT 50 Kilometers Characterization of Mine Waste...Waste at the Elizabeth Copper Mine, Orange County, Vermont by Jane M. Hammarstrom 1 , Alien L. Meier2...John D. Wormington1 , and Robert R. Seal, II 1 Open-File Report 99-564 This report is preliminary and.... 10 South pit area ............................................................... North pit area (Tailings...2. Elizabeth mine area as shown on part of the South Strafford 7.5' quadrangle. Labeled subareas sampled
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Northern Nevada rift in northern Lander County, Nevada. Mule Canyon consists of six small deposits...present at Mule Canyon: early replacement and later open-space filling. Replacement ores consist of disseminated...overgrowths on earlier-formed pyrite and marcasite. Open-space filling ores include narrow stockwork quartz-adularia...Later electrum and Ag selenide precipitation in open spaces occurred owing to boiling, loss of H2S to...at the north end of the Shoshone Range, Lander County, Nevada, mostly between 1996 and 2000 (Figs. 1
Book
where no maps were available. In southern Yuma County he even discovered and named a whole new range...specific mention are the mapping in southern Yuma County, studies on gold lode and placer deposits, work...Trends—Precambrian Northeast Structural Trends— North-South (Meridional) Structural Trends—Front Range Orogen—Wasatch-Jerome...Granitic Intrusions—Intrusive Breccias—The Lavender Pit Ore Body—Limestone Replacement Ore Deposits—Geologic...COPPER DEPOSIT, LONE STAR MINING DISTRICT, GRAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA. ; by R. F. Rosrnson, Bear Creek Mining
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
310 Areas of alteration 314 South pit 314 North Pit 315 Central Island and pit margins .. 315 Contacts 315...Index map of Santa Rita area, New Mexico 278 2. South Pit, Santa Rita, New Mexico 279 3. General geology...Rita area, New Mexico 281 Figure Page 4. North Pit, Santa Rita, New Mexico. . . . 282 5. Geologic section...aplite and biotite granodiorite porphyry, North Pit ................... 294 10. General cross section...cross section, South Pit, Santa Rita ......................... 303 18. Tertiary lavas south and east of
Journal (issue)
photo by Harold and Erica Van Pelt, Los Angeles Open Tues.-Sat. 10-5. (Closed Sun.-Mon.) Note: Please...to the north, and Dillon, Montana, 91 km to the south. Spokane, Washington, the nearest major metropolitan...000, sprawls over the flats below and across the south-facing slope of a large, bare hill called Butte...largely eradicated by the growth of the Berkeley Pit (Kearney, 1998; Watkins, 2000; Marcus, 2000). The...Allison and G. O. Humphreys, staked a claim on a small pit in Missoula Gulch which had been noted by Caleb E
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals are chalcopyrite with minor amounts of sphalerite. The alteration types identified are propylitic...Au-bearing jasperoid type and (ii) stringer–stockwork and open-space filling type. The alteration types identified...are the stringer–stockwork type at the Suyoc South Pit and the vein-type deposit at the Motherlode 242...stringer–stockwork Cu-Au ore in the Suyoc prospect displays open-space filling texture. Sample JSPIT-2 occurs at...fine- to mediumgrained pyrite crystals occur as open-space filling, as isolated grains, or as large cubic
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
reports released to the open files are given in the listing "U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Reports," updated...microfiche from the U.S. Geological Survey, Books and Open-File Reports Section, Federal Center, Box 25425...obtainable by mail from U.S. Geological Survey, Books and Open-File Reports Federal Center, Box 25425 Denver, CO...SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105, 125 South State St. • SAN FRANCISCO, Callrornla--Customhouse...PRINTING OFFICE: 1989 For sale by the Books and Open-File Reports Section U.S. Geological Survey Federal
Report (issue)
2002 By Daniel E. Kile U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-413 Denver, Colorado 2002 U.S.................................... 11 North and South Table Mountain ................................................. 67 Nederland; mining in Boulder County .............................. 67 Boulder Canyon...on quartz, Patch mine b. Quartz, Patch mine c. Sphalerite with siderite and quartz, Patch mine d. Native...overlook. 5. Visit to the Patch ("Glory Hole") open pit mine; geological and historical overview of gold
Book
ws én Pid ab radp » an nal wet 41 Laka ly open OW nce 7 Saas) io an Beli ¢ oa ” 4 i~or...Rita Area and the Central Mining District, Grant County Burro Mountains Apache No, 2 District Lake Valley...Beryllium Area Ruby Mountain Trout Creek Pass Area South Park, Alma Mining District and the Mosquito Range...Rift Valley of East Africa. It Kenya, In Africa. South to Africa of from the Red Sea Rift along the east...areas of the rift, to the vicinity of Kimberly, in South Africa. It is almost 1000 miles long and considered
Report (issue)
31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs... Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph by J. Scovil....Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper 91 References 467 Contributors...Sonoraite Callaghanite Malachite after Azurite, Sphalerite and Galena Cassiterite and Hematite Stephanite...because it consists mostly of public land that is open to collecting. The mineral catalog in this book
Report (issue)
3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs... Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph by J. Scovil....Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG 91 121 Gregory... Reese River district S1nithsonite Sonoraite Sphalerite and Galena Stcphanite Stibnite, Betze-Post Mine...because it consists mostly ot public land that is open to collecting. The n1ineral catalog in this book
Report (issue)
Arbogast, Phil Hageman, R.H. Hill, and D.L. Fey Open-File Report 91-349 This report is preliminary and...the Marion pit area. Jasperoid gray; microxln, vuggy qz, ix; "Silver Chert" from the Marion pit area. Jasperoid...Sbminerals, barite; "Silver Chert" from the Marion pit area. Jasperoid gray; microxln, vuggy; qz, ix, 2nd...the Marion pit area. Siltstone white, browns; silty; clays, chert, 2nd As minerals; Marion pit area. Breccia...clayey; clays; highly altered, oxidized; from the South pit area. Gouge light brown and white; clayey; clays;
Report (issue)
VA 22092 Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346 Open-File Report 87-485 This report is preliminary and...from the roadlog of Thompson (1972). In the Orange County copper district, the stops and descriptions in...Intersection with U.S. Rte 5 at East Thetford, VT. (south). 54.8 Intersection with Lyme Road. 55.1 Cross...Cross Connecticut River. Turn right to head south on 1-89. Exit right. Turn left (east). Turn right...quartz veins of the area. Follow blue flagging south along base of outcrops on right to see several other
Report (issue)
Distribution Branch, U.S. Geological Survey 604 South Pickett Street, Alexandria, VA 22304 CONTENTS...zone � 42 Structures � 44 Ore characteristics � South Extension ore zone � 45 45 Structures � 46 Ore characteristics...Geologic map of the Lynn mining district, Eureka. County, Nev. Cross sections to accompany geologic map...district, Eureka County, Nev. Geologic map of the Carlin gold deposit, Eureka County, Nev. Cross sections...Eureka County, Nev. Map showing areas of hydrothermal alteration, Carlin gold deposit, Eureka County, Nev
 
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