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Witherite from
Pope County, Illinois, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Witherite
Formula:BaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Witherite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pope County, Illinois, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:192333
Long-form Identifier:1:3:192333:9
GUID (UUID V4):d912962c-4910-474d-a826-6c587ec65dfd
References
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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
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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...southeastern Illinois, a part of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district in Hardin and Pope counties. Minerals...from primary crusher at gravel pit near McHenry, Illinois. Hammer hanĀ­ dle is 11 inches long. (ISGS photo
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.............................. 3 The Southern Illinois Fluorspar District .............................special HGMS night at the museum! R The Southern Illinois Fluorspar District by Art Smith Member of the...Mineralogy. It is the Mineral Locality Index of Illinois. I love working on this type of project because...really have a great collection.ā€ The Southern Illinois Fluorspar district is a great example of what...largest specimen producing district in the state of Illinois and one of the largest and most important in the
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
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Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...from the Minerva No. 1 mine, near Cave in Rock, Illinois. Marvin Rausch collection; Jeff Scovil photo....Boulevard Louisville, Kentucky 40242-3539 T he Illinois-K entucky flu o rite district has been fa m o...one specimen of fluorite labeled ā€œCave in Rock, Illinois.ā€ Although sometimes used as a generic name for...and their particular geological backgrounds. The Illinois-Kentucky fluorite' district is one o f those rare
Report (volume)
Regional Structure of the Southeast Missouri and Illinois-Kentucky Mineral Districts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... Regional Structure of the Southeast Missouri and Illinois-Kentucky Mineral Districts By A. V. HEYL, M. R...district-____________________________________ Illinois-Kentucky district,._____________________________________...mineral district__________-_____________-_____ Illinois-Kentucky mineral district____-_______-_-__--_--___--_--__...____ __ 2. Major structural features near the Illinois-Kentucky mining district.____________________
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Pine Point, (2) Upper Mississippi Valley, (3) Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar, (4) Viburnum Trend, (5) Tri-State...of the Crescent Formation, Robertson Pit, Mason County, Washington" (January/February 1988). From 1961...relationship of the gold reported from near Erin Mound, Illinois, and from a lead-barite prospect in Section 32... and caledonite. 16 ROCKS & MINERALS 88Ā° ILLINOIS HARRIS C R E E K L DISTRICTtS.'' EMPIRE DISTRICT/^'...Paducah" 5 MILES 37Ā° Figure 14: Sketch map of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar districts. Figure 15: Smokestack
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Mineral Collector's Newslee Unusual Minerals in the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District Alan Goldst ein Falls...Riverside Drive Clarksville, Indiana 47129 The Illinois Kentucky tl uorspar district has a lot of minera...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-659-3035 Email: lanny@mineralnew s.com...port ed from the Red Mine in the Empire District in Pope Cou nty near Gaski ns Mine, and in the Commodore...is interesting that it has not been recorded in Illinois ? nly in Ke ntuck.y, because of the extent of
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from this large open-pit mine at Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Bisbee is one of the worldā€™s best locations for...Thin sections are cut and examined Cerussite (Utah, USA) MINERALS Calcite (Chihuahua, Mexico) under the... Such sites include lithium mines in San Diego county, California, now famous for fine tourmaline...Petrified wood from the Petrified Forest, Arizona, USA. The structure of the original wood remains after...Madagascar) MINERAL CHEMISTRY Rhodonite (New Jersey, USA) neon. By losing both it becomes a divalent cation
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by Russel P. McFall New Barite Find in Southern Illinois..........................235 by John Carlon and...directly from a cleavage of muscovite. Mitchell County, North Carolina. R. A. Bideaux colĀ­ lection. Guest...undergraduate work at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, in the 1920ā€™s, he acquired a set of paper ā€œPatterns...to his club, the Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois, for sale at its annual auctions. The will also...Barite Find Southern Illinois 0 Curator, Illinois State Mineral Museums, Illinois State University, Normal
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Mineral Trails Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5.95 Gem...new species of fossils have been collected in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Dow Chemical has reported... Michigan and Huron virtually surrounding it. Illinois and Indiana are bordered in part by Lake Michigan...and the Keweenaw peninsula of Michigan. Southern Illinois, southern Indiana and southern Ohio have milder...OA, ā€˜ 1 1 er) Ss POPE! \ LACS Nehon" age tS! Sy MA MILLE WSaa 1Z, Voile 1 POPE! sre arns Cea, \ MA
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Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and ļ‚‚ the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmļ‚¾jasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. lineļ‚¾rock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1Ā½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatļ‚¾jasper. CARTERSVILLE:...ļ‚¾agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: ļ‚ at Holton Quarry, 7Ā½ mi. NWļ‚¾agate; ļ‚‚ N
Journal (issue)
Company spodumene mine at Kings Mountain , Cleveland County, North Carolina consisted of six small prospect...localities in Riley and Yale townships, St. Clair County, eastern Michlā€¢ gan. Geologically, the occurrence...unusual zeolites. One specimen from Ballyclare in County Antrim consisted of a brownish vesicular basalt...cowlesite specimen came from Dunseverick also in County Antrim . The mineral also filled and lined small...Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey, (p. 36). The figure is reproduced
Report (issue)
Mineral Resources of the Illinois Basin in the Context of Basin Evolution St. Louis, Missouri, January...reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey, Illinois State Geological Survey, Kentucky Geological Survey...quadrangles across southern Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Public meetings were...were approved in 1985 and work by the USGS, the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS), the Kentucky Geological...traverse of core and rotary drill holes along western Illinois and across the Paducah Quadrangle. Results from
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BY ARVID PASTO 56 64 The fluid inclusions in Illinois fluorite shown lower right each contain brine...Albert Gilg & BRIAN STEFANEC The Great Southern Illinois Fluorspar Deposits BY ROSS LILLIE Connecticut...penetration twin; 3. 6 cm wide; Quibuck #5 claim, Teller County, Colorado The Collector s Edge specimen; JeffScovil...octahedra; 3.2 cm high; Pine Canyon deposit; Grant County, New Mexico Les & Paula Presmyk collection; JeffScovil...from rough out of the Denton mine in southern Illinois (page 56). The stone is in the Smithsonian Institution
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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 gravelsāŽÆagate, jasper, rare
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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 gravelsāŽÆagate, jasper, rare
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
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lampā€”the fluorescent blue of benitoite from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from... or the intense green of autunite from Spokane County, Washington. The color and beauty of minerals under...reference to the nearest town or village, a province or county name, or a prominent geographical feature, such...fluoresces red, is found in Macon County, North Carolina, and Habersham County, Georgia. 15 FLUORESCENCE...long-wave ultraviolet. Cave in Rock in southern Illinois is the center of a major fluorspar industry. From
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lampā€”the fluorescent blue of benitoite from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from...or the intense green of autunite from Spokane County, Washington. The color and beauty of minerals under...reference to the nearest town or village, a province or county name, or a prominent geographical feature, such...found in Macon Carolina, and Habersham County, Georgia. Po County, North FLUORESCENCE Middle States...long-wave ultraviolet. Cave in Rock in southern Illinois is the center of a major fluorspar industry. From
Report (volume)
Pamphlets. Moscow, Idaho. Ill. State Acad. Sci. Trans.-Illinois State Academy of Science Transactions. Springfield...Petrol.; Rpt. Inv.-Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin; Circular; Illinois Petroleum; Report of...Investigations. Urbana, Ill. Ill. State Mus. Sci. Paper-Illinois State Museum Scientific Papers. Springfield, Ill...Ill. Ā· Ill. State Water Survey Div. Rpt. Inv.-Illinois State Water Survey Division Report of Investigations...Urbana, Ill. ā€¢ Ill. Univ. Eng. Expt. Sta. Circ.-Illinois University Engineering Experiment Station Circular
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............................... 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.;
Report (issue)
NevadaiGity ā€”'Grass: Valley) iter ore ae ee Shasta County a eee cere asses ee avs Oe ee COlOTAMGS ee Pie...(Quarterly Journal).............................0.. Illinois State Geological Survey (Bulls. 4, R.T. 2; Misc...J. A., 1944, Lower Romaine River area, Saguenay County: Que. Dept. of Mines Geol. Rept. 19, 31 p. (with...L. V., 1930, Central-Cadillac map-area, Abitibi County Bur. Mines Ann. Rept., pt. B, p. 3-17 (Quebec):...1934, The Canadian Malartic gold mine, Abitibi County (Quebec): Que. Bur. Mines Ann. Rept., pt. B, p
Report (volume)
Redfield __ . __ ..... ___ ._ ... __ Barite, witherite, and barium chemicals, by Bertrand 1, ā€¢ .Johnson...$Ā·H, 7fi2, 088 ZI, n!7, 714 !ill, r,:l2, ll!lli Illinois .ā€¢ __ .. -Ā· .......... Ā·Ā·-Ā·- -- .. - .... . Indiana...frnctoriea}. Ohio, Pennsrlvaniil, California, Illinois. Raw (sold by producers}Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·-Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā· Pennsylvania...Carolina, 1Iissouri. West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kentucky _____________ _ Rank s!lllle as for.................................. . i; rntucky, Illinois, Colorado, Ā°'.'!ew Mexico............ --.....
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Decker.......... Quaternary deformation in southern Illinois and southeastern MisĀ­ souri [abstract]; by Eugene...margin of the contiĀ­ nental glacier in central Illinois [abstract and discussion] ; by John L. Rich.....chalcocite in the fluorspar veins of Jefferson County, Colorado [abstract]; by Horace B. Patton........Section... 05 Alexandrian rocks of northeastern Illinois and eastern AVisconsin [abstract]; by T. E. Savage...G u r l e y , University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. R a y V e r n o n H e n n e n , A. B., B. S.
 
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