 | | 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 (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...Quarry always be happy ones. Hamilton, in W. Hancock County, is in western Illinois. KANSAS—From Mrs. Mary...Wellsville, Kans."—on label. Wellsville, in N/E Franklin County, is in eastern Kansas. MONTANA—"I want to tell |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | 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 (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 |  | | 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) | | 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) | | Postcard view of the Waukon iron mine, Allamakee County, cia. 1912. John Taylor collection. ARTHUR E ...Iowa Geological Survey. Localities by County Allamakee County Lansing, Lansing lead mines = Captain...hemimorphite, marcasite, pyrite, quartz (drusy), smithsonite (Garvin, Ludvigson, and Ripley 1987). Postville...(drusy), sauconite, smithsonite, sphalerite (Hey1 and West 1982). Appanoose County Centerville gypsum...Park, Stratford, Hamilton Co. Big Creek, Henry Co. Boone River, Stratford, Hamilton Co. Brandon, Buchanan |  | | Book (volume) | | Illinois ILLINOIS Known as the Prairie State, Illinois exhibits a length of 378 miles and a width of...above sea level. Though well endowed with fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors...in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late Pleistocene Wisconsin...the famed Coal Measures so often mentioned in Illinois geology. These measures constitute the Upper Carboniferous...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare |  | | Book (volume) | | Illinois ILLINOIS Known as the Prairie State, Illinois exhibits a length of 378 miles and a width of...above sea level. Though well endowed with fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors...in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late Pleistocene Wisconsin...the famed Coal Measures so often mentioned in Illinois geology. These measures constitute the Upper Carboniferous...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare |  | | 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) | | 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...commercial geode mine at St. Francisville, Clark County, Missouri. This specimen appeared on the dust jacket...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...naturalized citizen while living in Mass, Ontonogan County, Michigan; by the time his petition was granted...a clerk for the Associated Oil Company in Kern County, California. He later worked as a self-employed...Vernon David Hill was born in Dundee, Kane County, Illinois in 1887, the son of an English immigrant and |  | | Journal (issue) | | sharp crystals is from the Rowley mine (Maricopa County). (Jeff Scovil photo/ Scott & Margie Adams collection)...Minerals 12 Part III: Wulfenite, cerussite, smithsonite, legrandite and selenite Rock & Gem Kids 44...5-7—CANBY, OREGON: Annual show; Jean Miller, Clackamas County Fairgrounds; 694 N.E. 4th Ave., (off Hwy. 99E);...INDIANA: Annual show; 500 Earth Sciences Club, Hancock County 4-H Fairgrounds; 620 N. Apple Street; Fri....Displays and Programs for All.; contact Cheryl Hamilton, 3507 Luewan Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46235, (317) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Images BE CAREFUL! Sale MADEIN INUSA USA MADE MADEIN INUSA USA MADE !)Fydmveft!Bmbtlb!'!Ibxbjj* Sale...pyritized. The Devonian Silica Shale from Lucas County in Northwestern Ohio produces many kinds of brachiopods...crystals.” The Devonian Silica Shale from Lucas County in Northwestern Ohio produces many kinds of brachiopods...plankton and detritus. The Silica Shales of Lucas County, especially near the city of Sylvania, are well...for different uses. This superb zinc carbonate smithsonite is from the noted specimen mine of Tsumeb, Namibia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and the Wausau area (Falster 1987)...zircon), particularly in the Wausau area of Marathon County (Falster 1987). Middle Proterozoic quartzites (1...Wisconsin mineralogy. The index is arranged county by county (fig. 1). Where possible, township and range...apologize for any I may have omitted. Adams County Hamilton Mound. A quarry is located in the NE 1/4 sec...Geological and Natural History Survey. Ashland County Ballou Creek. Outcrops of iron formation occur |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | ........................................... Smithsonite ...............................................Silicified Lithostrotion specimen. Fragments of smithsonite "drybone" ore. 38 42 Page 1 2) A. Black chert...... B. Nodule of "coldwater agate" from Benton County showing gray and white chalcedony and crystalline...made from "coldwater agate" material of Keokuk County..................................................Another variation of "coldwater agate" from Keokuk County. C. Quartz geode. D. Doubly terminated quartz crystals |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | | Journal (issue) | | In this issue … Smithsonite Photo: Tom Tucker. Mineral of the month: Smithsonite ................ p...Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Smithsonite by Sue Marcus When you think of smithsonite, does your mind’s eye...have a favorite smithsonite in one of its other rainbow colors or forms? Smithsonite is an easy mineral...along with other shades, including brown. Or smithsonite can form attractive individual crystals, rarely... Mindat (2017) showed 3,725 photos of smithsonite. Smithsonite is photogenic and abundant enough for |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine (Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA). Ex coll. Rock Currier. Part of the American Mineral...Exhibition at the TGMS Show 2008. Kelly Mine Smithsonite A Lesson Learned Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet...mzexpos.com March 2008 Mineral News Kelly Mine Smithsonite (Continued from page I) Over the next few months...we hadn't acquired that "killer" specimen of smithsonite yet, we were still content to recover what specimen...about four hours. Bud and I made our way to the smithsonite stope and climbing to the top of the stope from |  | | Book (edition) | | 11, Illinois Copyright 1951 by Science and Mechanics Publishing Chicago Company 11, Illinois ALL...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville |
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