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Sphalerite from
Clement Mine, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzⓘ3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Galenaⓘ2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Galena at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Clement Mine, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:298009
Long-form Identifier:1:3:298009:6
GUID (UUID V4):60021539-d544-416f-855b-a1c85c65ca2a
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kentucky Kentucky Mineral Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [Dalhousie University] at 18:01 27 December...Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. K entucky...Commonwealth is Black Mountain in the Appalachians (Harlan County) at 4,139 feet. The lowest point is the floor of...quarry near Grand Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky, at 100 feet below sea level. There are...kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnöite intrusions in Crittenden and Livingston counties
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commemorate the recent history of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district. I had wanted to hold this...quartz, Midstate Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. 2 Mineral News The 9th Maine Mineral...fluorite mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire. The Rocks and Minerals article (Vol. 65) on the mine does not...specimens on display dispelled any doubts. The Wise Mine fluorite and quartz matrix specimens on display...discussed the mining and pocket discoveries at the Berry Mine, in the southern half of the Berry-Havey pegmatite
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limited days and hours of being open, and the Clement Museum also announces that day and evening collecting...the Crittenden County Museum were most helpful and eventually contacted the owner of the Clement Museum...large fluorescent display and to learn that Mr. Clement was willing (for a fee) to take me out that evening...collecting trip in Marion, I had also wanted to see Cave-in-Rock and Rosiclaire, Hardin County, Illinois. I...recently visited the southern Illinois/western Kentucky fluorite belt as part of our vacation. We had
Report (issue)
Fluorspar Deposits in .» Western Kentucky Part3 Moore Hill fault system, Crittenden and Livingston Counties....Caldwell County. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1012-E, F Moore Hill Fault System -Crittenden and Livingston...C. HARDIN, JR. FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY * GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1012-E UNITED... FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY MOORE HILL FAULT SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES, KY...Moore Hill fault system in the central part of the Kentucky-Illinois fluorspar field is about 26 miles long
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...January-February 1997 Volume Twenty-eight, Number One Hlmois-Kentucky Fluorite District Correspondents Miguel Calvo...group, 13 cm, w ith calcite from the Minerva No. 1 mine, near Cave in Rock, Illinois. Marvin Rausch collection;...Sterling mine at Antwerp, New York; the Alpine veins near Sherbrooke, Quebec; the Nanisivik mine on Baffin...country and soon became a collector. The cobalt mine at Bou-Azzer was among his favorite localities,
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Pakistan.Will Heierman collection. Illinois- Kentucky Fluorspar District Symposium by the Friends of...Alan Goldstein 1607 Washington Blvd. Louisville, Kentucky 40242-3539 deepskyspy@insightbb.com The symposium...1998 symposium on the closing of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district that I organized at Indiana...owner of several Kentucky mines and on the board of the Clement Mineral Museum in Marion. I was also aware...kyanite. scapolite, brucite, tremolite. talc, and sphalerite (Table 1; Smith et al., 1997). At Mong H!.u,
Report (issue)
Fluorite 25 Calcite 25 Quartz Galena 25 26 Sphalerite 27 Pyrite 29 Chalcopyrite 30 Barite 30...Oil and bitumen —Origin Chapter IV Chapter V—Mine 64 of the fluorspar deposits 67 data, vein deposits...Reserves and production Hillside 71 72 vein Mine workings Vein walls and included fragments 73 ...Blue Diggings vein . . . . 75 76 76 in Daisy mine 77 Argo Vein 77 Daisy vein Production 78 Dimmick...Fluorspar mine Clement-Dyspeck prospects Indiana or Hillside No. 2 mine Martin mine Webber-Wood mine Preen
Report (issue)
LEAD, ZINC, AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY BY E. o. and W. S. TANGKLER SMITH WASHINGTON...lead, zinc, and fluorspar deposits of western Kentucky," by E. O. Ulrich and W. S. Tangier Smith, and...cooperative agreement with the State Survey of Kentucky, and a brief summary of the results was published...territory, while attached to the Geological Survey of Kentucky. The field was again visited by Mr. Ulrich in... LEAD, ZINC, AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. Part I.-G-EOLOG-Y AND GKENEHAL RELATIONS. By
Book
Le WU aa, Lay nibs 7|| ¥ —& Loe sh Kentucky Geological Survey WILLARD ROUSE JILLSON DIRECTOR...SERIES VoLUME SIX THIRTEEN Fluorspar Deposits of Kentucky 1923 UIA AsuUITyO Iedsanoy ‘ouTUT s9d.IO;...AG *M ‘HY NOSTIIF ~ FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS of KENTUCKY A description and interpretation of the geologic...geologic occurrence and industrial importance of Kentucky F luorspar BY Louts WADE ASSISTANT CURRIER...Copies THE KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FRANKFoRT, Ky. 1923 Copyrighted 1923 for THE KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL
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also present. "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."—on label. ARKANSAS—In the...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U.S.) that has been opened up...(west of the city). That would be in Jefferson County."—letter dated—June 31, 1956, from Marie Kennedy...of a fish. Nokomis, in the S.W. part of Sarasota County, is on the Gulf of Mexico. GEORGIA—The following...between Canton and Ball Ground (both in Cherokee County, Ga.). It is 2 cm. across, dark red apparently
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with calcite, 15 × 10 × 10 cm, from the Taiping mine, Xianghualing, Hunan Province, China. Purchased...probably from the Minerva No. 1 mine, Cave-in-Rock district, Hardin County, Illinois. Purchased for $35...1.9 × 1.7 cm, from the Penfield quarry, Monroe County, New York. Purchased for $3 in 1973. Jeff Scovil...himself prospecting for copper on an Upper Michigan mine dump! However, as we explored rock shops—and there...Mississippi River region and found marcasite on the lead mine dumps near Shullsburg, Wisconsin. But we did not
Journal (issue)
8 RED CLOUD MINE WULFENITE Rockhounds enjoy the products of this amazing Arizona mine. By Bob Jones...Jones THE BEN E. CLEMENT MINERAL MUSEUM 12 CARVING OUT A FAMILY TRADITION 20 See Kentucky’s world-class...QUARTZ 40 ROCK & GEM KIDS 46 THE BRISTOL COPPER MINE 50 COOL SUMMER ROCKHOUNDING 54 NATIVE AMERICAN... Find jagged quartz crystals at the Wall Street mine. By Robert Beard Regular Columns Field Notes ....Wulfenite from the Red Cloud (photo credit)mine (La Paz County), Arizona, is world famous. (3.9 cm high)
Report (issue)
Stratigraphy and Structure of the Western Kentucky Fluorspar District GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Surrey Stratigraphy and Structure of the Western Kentucky Fluorspar District 53? Robert D. Trace and Dewey...PROFESSIONAL OF KENTUCKY PAPER 1151-D Prepared in cooperation with the Kentucky Geological Survey...of the western Kentucky fluorspar district. (Contributions to the geology of Kentucky) (Geological Survey...Pennsylvanian. 3. Geology Kentucky. I. Amos, Dewey Harold, 1925- joint author. II. Kentucky. Geological Survey
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left). Fluorite, Heights mine, North vein, near Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, England. This transparent...(center left). Fluorite, Dow Scar level, Hilton mine, near Appleby, Scordale, Cumbria, England. This...conditions, Rosiclare level, Denton mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois. The specimen is 8...the Lead Hill area, Cave-in-Rock district, Hardin County, Illinois, and is 5.5 cm. Ross Lillie specimen...of this mineral. Examples include the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district (Lillie 1988, 2006); the North
Report (issue)
future importance. The Sn-W-Ag deposits in the Silver Mine District are in granite. The Iron Mountain and Pilot...contains Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. The Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District is in the southern portion...the following three parts: T147A: The Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District, by James W. Baxter...DEPOSITS OF THE MIDCONTINENT AREA The Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District Sunday, July 2, 1989...Creek bridge. 13:55 - 14:40 STOP 2, Clay Diggings Mine. 14:40 - 15:15 Continue on Eddyville Road to 11
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
black botryoidal hematite from a working strip iron mine at Brookwood, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala. ALASKA—Some of...Brooklyn mine and adjacent prospects in the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo.,... there is marmatite. It is a high-iron sphalerite, with iron replacing the zinc up to 26%; and greenockite...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail...Eagle-Picher Mine and the TriState Mine. We found galena, pyrite, marcasite, sphalerite, and calcite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mining engineer of the Pine Hill, N. C. feldspar mine. This was my first introduction to this very fascinating...specimens. Here in New Hampshire at the Ruggles Mine, Palermo, Alexandria and other areas you can add...minerals in this series to your collection. At Ruggles Mine you can get fine crystals of autunite, uraninite...others can be found but these are rare. At Palermo Mine there are also fine specimens of autunite, meta-uranophane...Front Cover The specimen of fluorite, calcite, sphalerite, belonging in the collection of E. W. Zukauckas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
l Priest. Peru, Iowa. WANTED:Fluorite from Marion, Kentucky; Aragonite f r o m K i n g m a n . Arizona...gastropods, brachiopods, etc. Only $ 1 . 7 5 Postpaid USA. Robert Eaton, 5 4 Heberle R d . , Rochester, 9 ...Many with accessory minerals galena, calcite, sphalerite, barite, marcasite, etc. Fine small specimens...prices. E. Curtiss, Jr., 91 1 Pine St., Benton, Kentucky. FOR SALE—FAIRBURN AND LIMESTONE AGATES, Petrified...446 So. 5th St., Hot Springs, So. Dak. S Herkimer County "Diamandi" SI OO A Golden Apatite Crystals, $1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
like to plan ahead, the Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum, in Marion, Kentucky, in the IllinoisKentucky fluorspar...have fee digs for microminerals at the Hickory Cane mine (known for hemimorphite, cerussite, smithsonite...(fluorite, sphalerite, calcite, smithsonite, greenockite, among others), and the Columbia mine (with its
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
), Ariz., is again yielding orange (L.W.) fl. sphalerite. It phos. orange and triboluminesces, too. The...chromite with greenish chrome amphibole from Camp 8 Mine, Del Norte Co., Calif., was sent in by Carroll R...City, Calif. ARKANSAS—"The Coleman quartz crystal mine is located 14 miles north of Hot Springs (Garland...were a sort of coating on several rocks near an old mine. I am very interested in what they are, thought...Colo. The crystals are platy, white calcite. "The mine is located about 3 miles from where you pay the
Journal (issue)
40242-3539 Although the mines of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorite district are no longer active, the thrill...on the Hastie's property as well as several other mine dumps to o btain samples. In addition to Hal and...Furdock for sharing the ir room a nd watching my mine rals on occasion when I did ste p o ut to gather...is new. There new barites from a Meikle Complex mine that t hey bo ug ht aw Hydraulic Rock Trimmer...cabi net size pyromorphite from Yang Suo Gui Lin Mine, Guangxi Province, China. We've seen these for a
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Apatite area and a chance to work in a newly blasted mine resulted in members of the Coastal Maine Mineral...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, as a part of its Safety Education Program...fortunate enough to find good examples of galena, sphalerite, selenite, NEW HAMPSHIRE A day of swapping, talking...Mineralogical Society, Reading, visited the Grace Mine dump. The concise statement of rules under which...to be made certainly help a club's relations with mine and quarry owners. The Art Editor of the Berks Geode
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Baltimore 2 5 , M d . 324 WANTED:Fluorite from Marion, Kentucky; Aragonite f r o m K i n g m a n , A r i z...gastropods, brachiopods, etc. Only $ 1 . 7 5 Postpaid USA. Robert Eaton, 5 4 Heberle R d „ Rochester, 9,New...marine animal only $1.10 each postpaid anywhere in USA and Canada." ALTAMONT ROAD ROCK CLUB, 3546 Altamont...BEAUTIFUL C A B I N E T SPECIMENS of iridescent sphalerite, ruby zinc or galena coated w i t h marcasite...(India) Finest gem grade. $ 4 . 0 0 lb. Iridescent Sphalerite (Tri-State) 6 0 c and 75c. Kyanite ( C a l i
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sedling, Rotherhope Fell, Brandlehow Vein, Florence Mine, etc. all have yielded fl. material. FLUORITE labeled...famous localities for FLUORITE. In quantity, the Kentucky-Illinois area produced more FLUORITE than any...effect under the lamp. Without doubt B. E. Clement, Marion, Ky. would be a fine source of FLUORITE from...again in very small numbers. At the old SCHEELITE mine in Trumbull can been found brown to violet xlline...found at the Buckwheat assoc. with orange fl. sphalerite, a nice combination. Moving back to the mid-west
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see WILLIAMS,S. A., 37 CHANNELISLANDS,Sark's Hope mine, silver mineralization, 539 Chloritoid, Spitsbergen...80 Clay minerals, in South Pennine basalts, 21 CLEMENT,C. R., see SMITH,B. H. S., 75 Clinopyroxenes, solid...Gunnislake, Fe-rich roscherite, 81; Penberthy Croft mine, wroewolfeite, 240; DERBYSHIRE, South Pennines,...minerals in basalts, 21; DEVON, Devon Friendship mine, wroewolfeite, 240 Epigenite, species status, 411...cell size, 465 EZEPUE, M. C., and DUNHAM,A. C., sphalerite composition, 408 FFAER,E. E., see CLARK,A. M
 
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