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Pyrite from
Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz35 photos of Pyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Calcite15 photos of Pyrite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Chalcedony9 photos of Pyrite associated with Chalcedony at this locality.
Kaolinite6 photos of Pyrite associated with Kaolinite at this locality.
Polydymite1 photo of Pyrite associated with Polydymite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:192318
Long-form Identifier:1:3:192318:6
GUID (UUID V4):8a25234f-b2a5-4fa4-a44a-0baa12dd1236
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Gray Quarry, Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
Jacob's Geode Mine, Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
2.1km (1.3 miles) Gray Quarry, Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) Jacob's Geode Mine, Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) Larry Creek, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) Geode Glen Park, Warsaw, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
19.9km (12.4 miles) Wayland, Clark County, Missouri, USA
20.8km (12.9 miles) St. Francisville, Clark County, Missouri, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) Sheffler's Rock Shop and Geode mine, Clark County, Missouri, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) Cessford Quarry, Dallas City, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
36.5km (22.7 miles) Canton geode locality, Lewis County, Missouri, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ +./8 ...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 (issue)
Group go to Leadville in search of ORTHOCLASE and PYRITE crystals. On a short notice field trip members...outside of Leadville, CO to dig orthoclase and pyrite crystals. We met at the Rock Hut in Leadville and...we moved to a lower location where we collected pyrite crystals. The weather was perfect and the scenery...us The Senior Center is located at 1514 North Hancock in Colorado Springs. and meeting place, date and...us The Senior Center is located at 1514 North Hancock in Colorado Springs. July 7th 2012 Peridot Field
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
wide and 1 inch thick. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. CONNECTICUT—A tiny but...Conn."-—on label. Haddam, in central Middlesex County, is in southern Connecticut. DELAWARE — "Enclosed...of Rt. 95 and Naaman's Rd., Claymont, New Castle County, Del."—item from Ed Carvalho, 1307 Penna. Ave.... Claymont, in N/E New Castle County, is in northern Delaware. ILLINOIS—"Enclosed are two calcite-aragonite-quartz...the géodes are found in at Grey's Quarry, Hamilton, Illinois. Both are fluorescent and have a strong after
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS OF ILLINOIS: Mining Districts 10 70 30 40 50 m. 0 10 20 30 40 SO 00 Illinois Fluorspar...R and DAVID L . REINERTSEN Illinois Geological Survey Champaign, Illinois 61820 M A N H A S A L W A...(Quaternary and older) in Illinois (after Lineback, 1979, 1981). Location of Illinois mining districts shown..."fields" of ex­ treme southeastern Illinois, a part of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district in Hardin...from primary crusher at gravel pit near McHenry, Illinois. Hammer han­ dle is 11 inches long. (ISGS photo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Warsaw Formation of Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois ARTHUR E. SMITH 9118 Concho Street Houston, Texas...lower Warsaw Formation where Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois adjoin each other along the Mississippi River... It Clark County LewisCounty MISSOURI b f $ x X x xx L.& -.L .-.- 1s x ILLINOIS -H?n!!!k-c...Adams County Figure 2. Geode locations in the Tri-State geode area of Missouri, [owa, and Illinois; map...more common in Illinois; calcite seemed more prominent in Missouri; and dolomite, pyrite, and barite seemed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurs as a dense, eggshell-like veneer over the County (in Eastern California), is 12 porous and fragile...sediments containing County, is in southern Connecticut. these specimens. ILLINOIS—"Enclosed you will find...quarry, We now have evidence that Paoha Is- Hamilton, Illinois, these are my favorites. 342 ROCKS AND MINERALS...some large, fine calcite crystals that have small pyrite cubes on the calcite. No. 6—This is an extremely... In between the small quartz crystals are some pyrite cubes and on top of the quartz are dolomite crystals
Report (volume)
Georgia..........Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Illinois...........Mr. F. W. DeWolf, Urbana. Indiana.....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...397 by I. V. Pekov The Minerals of West-Central Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Telephone: 719-598-1233 g{x `|ÇxÜtÄá Éy West-Central Illinois Paul L. Garvin Department of Geology Cornell College...1430 N. Broad Galesburg, Illinois 61401 Well-crystallized, varicolored Illinois fluorite and associated...collectors around the world. And excellent specimens of Illinois galena, sphalerite, calcite and iron sulfide minerals
Report (volume)
............................... 105 107 115 Illinois.................................................Atlanta. Idaho______.Mr. Robert N. Bell, Boise. Illinois-_____.Mr. F. W. DeWolf, Urbana. USEFUL MINERALS...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
road cut along old IN-37, near Harrodsburg, Monroe County, Indiana. Note the semispherical opening, lower...formations in Kentucky, and the Warsaw Formation in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. Geodes occur primarily in...overgrowths of pyrite; from a commercial geode mine at St. Francisville, Clark County, Missouri. This...quartz geode, from a locality near Revere, Clark County, Missouri. Cincinnati Museum Center specimen (No...from Sheffler’s geode mine, near Alexandria, Clark County, Missouri. Fred and Sue Keitel specimen, Terry
Report (volume)
Bulletin, nos. 19, 21. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 6, nos...Atlanta, Ga. Hamilton Scientific Association: Journal and Proceedings, no. 27. Hamilton, Ont. Harvard...Cambridge, Mass. Illinois State Academy.of Science: Transactions, vol. 4. Springfield, 111. Illinois State Geological...Geological Survey: Bulletin, nos. 17-19. Urbana, 111. Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History: Bulletin...Olympia, Wash. West Virginia Geological Survey: County reports Doddridge-and Harrison counties. Morgantown
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geode from the Lower Warsaw Formation, Hamilton, Illinois, USA Nova Mahaffey * and Robert B. Finkelman...University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75093, USA; bobf@utdallas.edu * Correspondence: novamahaffey5@gmail...Keokuk Geode from the Lower Warsaw Formation, Hamilton, Keywords: geodes; micromineralogy; paragenesis;...association; scanning electron microscopy Illinois, USA. Minerals 2022, 12, 914. https://doi.org/10...long by 3 feet high at Jacobs Geode Farm in Hamilton, Illinois just across the Mississippi River from Keokuk
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite and some Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state...state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59, 5 mi. E of Jackson-Banks Co. lineBeryl. MAYSVILLE...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:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
National City, Calif. La Jolla, in western San Diego County, is in S / W California. COLORADO — A most attractive...Co., Colorado." Gladstone, in northern San Juan County, is in S / W Colorado. "This specimen represents...staurolke and pyrite." West Stafford, in northern Tolland County, is in N / E Connecticut. ILLINOIS — "Enclosed...which comes from the Gray Bros. Quarry near Hamilton, Illinois." — sent in by Bill Frier, 816 Carroll, Keokuk...yellow — both waves. Hamilton, in western Hancock County, is in western Illinois. ROCKS AND MINERALS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and both contain tiny, brassy-yellow grains of pyrite. COLORADO — O. A. Reese, 806 E. Boulder St., Colorado...of the many quartz slabs we found. From Tellar County, Colorado." — on label. 30 PLEASE SEND THEM I...nodules in limonite and attractive specimens of pyrite and an emerald-green mica were found." -— item...Hunter Street, Atlanta, Ga. Editor - A. S. Furcron. ILLINOIS — R. Pickens, 610 N . Martin Ave., Waukegan, 111..."Millerite from limestone quarry. Hamilton (Hancock Co.), Illinois." — on label. I N D I A N A — Harry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens (see the unusual micro-sized pyrite sphere on a pyrite cube, pictured here) to those that are...see a pyrite sphere (0.2 mm) on a pyrite cube. This balancing act was found in a geode from Hamilton, Hancock...Hancock County, Illinois. Dan Behnke specimen and photo. Odd-looking combo: Amethyst and calcite team
Report (issue)
veins. Association: Chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, millerite, gersdorffite, ullmannite, sphalerite...western Siberia, Russia. In the USA, from Hamilton, Hancock Co., Illinois; in the Miliken (Sweetwater) mine
Report (issue)
APPENDIX B. SYNONYM STA TABLE NAME Page State/County Values ............................ B-STA-1 APPENDIX...criteria are defined as follows: SSSCCC - State & County Codes State - State boundaries N/S - N or S (North...Month - Current month or before Range - Valid for county limits Table - Edit from Value Table Req. - Required...facies; characteristic minerals--sericite, quartz, pyrite (topaz, tourmaline, potassium- feldspar, biotite--less...minerals-epidote, albite, chlorite, carbonate minerals, pyrite, montmorillonite (less common). 05 POTASSIC
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain, Trinity County, Calif."—on label. Island Mountain, in the S / W corner of Trinity County, is in N ...Meriden are in northern New Haven County in central Connecticut. ILLINOIS—From George A. "Rocky" Evans, 510...collected from a creek bed, 3 miles south of Niota, Illinois. One specimen was a small but very nice gray geode..."— on label. Niota is in northern Hancock County of western Illinois. INDIANA—"I found a small new wash... Remington, Ind. Remington, in southern Jasper County, is in N / W Indiana. MASSACHUSETTS—"I am sending
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...earths to make saltpeter, at Nicojack Cave in Marion County, then nitromagnesite at the same location (Shepard...Sevier County (Coskren and Lauf 2000). The following index is arranged alphabetically by county. It is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Little Rock city limits on State Hwy 65 in Pulaski County, Ark." — letter dated July 31, 1963 from Richard...Aug. 10, 1963, from Miss Florence Strickland. ILLINOIS — "Here are some tiny, doubly terminated rock...rock xls from a geode found in creek bed in Hamilton (Hancock Co.), 111." — sent in by George A. Evans, 510...1 and No. 2 are from our own area in Greenwood County of S. E. Kansas. This is the first time I've ever...gravel countryroad in the flint hills of Greenwood County and there was a sort of nest or pocket of them
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
near Glen wood, Pike ROCKS AND MINERALS, p. 123. County, Arkansas. Mr. Young also sends a note on a Downloaded...Ala. : CALIFORNIA—We are indebted to Howard V. Hamilton, 187A Franklin Avenue, Vandergrift, Pa., for the...development near Mountain Pass, San Bernardino County, Calif. Molybdenum Corporation of America is at...COLUMBIA — Again we are indebted to Howard V. Hamilton, 187A Franklin Ave., Vandergrift, Pa., for another...Idaho, gives this interesting information: "Lemhi County, Idaho, Fair held at Salmon, had a new treat this
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on the Post territory which covers most of Yuma County, Arizona, and a small area in California."—letter...Liggett military reserjade deposits in (Monterey County) Cali- vation are some of the very few found on...Middlesex signed to conserve the stone for removal County, Conn., was sent in by Richard by legitimate collectors...label. GEORGIA—The following garnets from Coweta County, peared On p. 9 Of GEORGIA NEWSLETTER, Spring 1956...gemstone is found as red pebbles in the streambed. ILLINOIS—Kenneth Vaughn, 311 E. Central Blvd., Kewanee
 
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