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Media Quarry, Media Township, Henderson County, Illinois, USA

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Media Quarry, Media Township, Henderson County, Illinois, USA

Pyrite, etc.

Media Quarry, Media Township, Henderson County, Illinois, USA

Pyrite

Media Quarry, Media Township, Henderson County, Illinois, USA

Pyrite, etc.

Media Quarry, Media Township, Henderson County, Illinois, USA

Pyrite

Media Quarry, Media Township, Henderson County, Illinois, USA

Pyrite, etc.

Media Quarry, Media Township, Henderson County, Illinois, USA

Pyrite, etc.

Media Quarry, Media Township, Henderson County, Illinois, USA

Pyrite, etc.

Media Quarry, Media Township, Henderson County, Illinois, USA

Pyrite

Media Quarry, Media Township, Henderson County, Illinois, USA

Pyrite, etc.

Media Quarry, Media Township, Henderson County, Illinois, USA

Locality type:

Quarry

Classification

Species:

Pyrite

Formula:

FeS₂

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

Quartz

ⓘ3 photos of Pyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.

Calcite

ⓘ3 photos of Pyrite associated with Calcite at this locality.

Dolomite

ⓘ2 photos of Pyrite associated with Dolomite at this locality.

Sphalerite

ⓘ1 photo of Pyrite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.

Chalcedony

1 photo of Pyrite associated with Chalcedony at this locality.

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

338753

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:338753:5

GUID (UUID V4):

1d44de9f-9c97-4a77-ad79-70f4164f1aa7

Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite

25.2km (15.7 miles)

ⓘ Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA

32.3km (20.1 miles)

ⓘ Cessford Quarry, Dallas City, Hancock County, Illinois, USA

52.7km (32.8 miles)

ⓘ O'Neal Quarry, Plymouth, Hancock County, Illinois, USA

58.5km (36.3 miles)

ⓘ Larry Creek, Hancock County, Illinois, USA

62.0km (38.6 miles)

ⓘ Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois, USA

64.1km (39.9 miles)

ⓘ Gray Quarry, Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois, USA

64.5km (40.1 miles)

ⓘ Jacob's Geode Mine, Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois, USA

64.8km (40.3 miles)

ⓘ Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA

70.4km (43.7 miles)

ⓘ Geode Glen Park, Warsaw, Hancock County, Illinois, USA

73.5km (45.7 miles)

ⓘ St. Francisville, Clark County, Missouri, USA

References

Min Rec 36:5 pp 421-431

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	*(1993) Volume 67 (1992) Rocks & Minerals, 68 (1) 63-68 doi:10.1080/00357529.1993.9926529*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	mine, Correze Province, France; Barnes, J. H., see Media Reviews Bill Larsen specimen, Harold and Erica Barrett...Gibson mine, Bertrandite, New Hampshire, 161 Pitkin County, Colorado; specimen Beryl, South Dakota, 383 Biology-Earth...Russell, 396-99 mine, Magdalena district, Socorro County, New Mexico; Ron Gibbs specimen and Biotite: New...Bismuth, South Dakota, 383 tite, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah; Bolt, E., see Spotlight on Juniors Martin...Boulangerite, Ontario, 113 photo. Bradshaw, J. J., see Media Reviews Breithaupt, B. H., Early Fossil Discoveries
	*Rand, Theodore D., Jefferis, William W., Cardeza, J. T. M. (1892) Mineral Localities of Philadelphia and Vicinity. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 44. 174-202*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	river this rock was largely quarried. The first quarry opened was irnmediately on the river bank. When...from about 30th Street to 34th Street, and a large quarry, or a series of quarries afterwards merged into...that found on Ridley and Crum Creeks in Delaware County, contained segregated masses of coarse orthocl...imbedded in tourmaline. Muscovite, biotite and pyrite and two specimens of hyalite colored yellow by...the Park north of Girard Avenue, and also in a quarry on Girard Avenue about 38th Street, menaccanite
	*(1997) Index Volume 71 (1996) Rocks & Minerals, 72 (1) 70-73 doi:10.1080/00357529709605011*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Cerussite and fluorite, Blanchard mine, Socorro County, New Mexico. Peter J. Modreski photo. MarchlApril:...chalcopyrite, and quartz, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen, Jeffrey Scovil...NovemberDecember: Silver, Bulldog mine, Mineral County, Colorado. F. John Barlow specimen, Malcomb Hjerstedt...Cobblestones?, R. V. Dietrich, 412-16. Arem, J. E., see Media Reviews Arizona, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson...14-22 Azurite, Michigan, 388 Babcock, L. E., see Media Reviews Babingtonite, Michigan, 388 Back, M. E.
	*(1998) Index Volume 72 (1997) Rocks & Minerals, 73 (1) 69-75 doi:10.1080/00357529809603067*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural Science...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History specimen...malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and photo. NovemberDecember:...calcite, and chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil
	*Gordon, Samuel G. (1922) The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania. Special Publication* 1. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia**	Report (issue)
	4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses... Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC ...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating
	*(2003) Index to Volume 77 (2002) Rocks & Minerals, 78 (1) 71-79 doi:10.1080/00357529.2003.9926697*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Rhodochrosite on sulfides, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, Martin Zinn specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...November/December: Copper, Cliff mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan. A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum specimen...Manganese-BariumMineral Locality in Northern Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 320-25 Behierite, Wisconsin, 170 Beudantite...J., Minerals of the Granite Gap Mines, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, 298-305 Biotite, Wisconsin, 173 Bitumen...Mineralogy Chile, luanheite, 120-22 Chips from the Quarry, M. E. Huizing, 5-7, 85-87, 149,213-15,293-95,373-75
	*(1999) Index to Volume 73. Rocks & Minerals, 74 (1) 69-74 doi:10.1080/00357529909602517*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	March/April: Millerite on dolomite, Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry Huizing...on quartz, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen, Jeff Scovil...July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt... 274 Aragonite, Bolivia, 410 Arem, J. E., see Media Reviews Arkansas, anatase, brookite, 200; eudialyte
	*(2011) Index to Volume 85: 2010. Rocks & Minerals, 86 (1) 73-82 doi:10.1080/00357529.2011.537183*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	crystals, Bachelor mine, Amethyst vein system, Mineral County, Colorado; Dave Bunk specimen, Jesse La Plante...Uvite with Overgrown Dravite, Bigelow, St. Lawrence County, New York, 250–59; Gemstone Deposits in Turkey...Geological Museum of China, 434–39 Chips from the Quarry, M. E. Huizing, 5–11, 101–3, 197–203, 293–97, 389–93...Mineral Treasures from The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, K. A. Vendl, M. A. Vendl, 414–24 Colored Gemstones...Collector’s Note; see Connoisseur’s Choice; see Media Reviews Copper, Colorado, 413; Michigan, 300– 316;
	*(2004) Index Volume 78 (2003) Rocks & Minerals, 79 (1) 73-78 doi:10.1080/00357529.2004.9925680*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen, Harold and...mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen, Harold and...Mineralogy Cahill, C., Ferroaxinite from Lime Crest Quarry, Sparta, New Jersey, 252-56 Cairncross, B., see...416; Witwatersrand, 398 Chamberlain, S. C., see Media Reviews Chevkinite-(Ce), New York, 124-25 Chile...minerals from Chile, 56 Chimney, 351 Chips from the Quarry, M. E. Huizing, 5-7, 85-86,149-50,213-15,293-95
	*(1994) Index Volume 68 (1993) Rocks & Minerals, 69 (1) 65-71 doi:10.1080/00357529.1994.9925577*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Arem photo. March/April: Cacoxenite, Dravo quarry, Shelby ‘County, Alabama. Dan Behnke photo. MayIJune: Stibnite...beryl, Violet claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah. Private collection, Jeffrey Scovil photo...400 Bond, W.B., Pyrite Aggregates from Guernsey Limestone Quarry, Washington County, Ohio, 251-59 Bornite...Anatase, & Rutile from the Silver Link Mine, Ouray County, Ouray, Colorado, T. Rosemeyer, 327-30 Brookite... Utah, 410; West Virginia, 164 Arem, J.E., see Media Reviews Argentite, New Mexico, 108 Arseniosiderite
	*(1996) Index: Volume 70 (1995) Rocks & Minerals, 71 (1) 72-75 doi:10.1080/00357529.1996.11761542*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	photo. March/April: Serandite and analcime, Demix quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Cana da. Canadian...Jeffrey Scovil photo. July/August: Calcite, Gallatin County, Mon tana. American Museum of Natural Histo ry...September/October: Chalcocite, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wiscon sin. F. John Barlow specimen, Malcolm...November/December: Chalcocite, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut. Jim Minette specimen, Jeffrey Scovil...Miner al, M . Robbins, 193-97 Arem, J . E . , see Media Reviews Arfvedsonite, Arkansas, 159 The Arizona-Sonora
	*(1995) Index Volume 69 (1994) Rocks & Minerals, 70 (1) 61-64 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.9926603*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Ohio, painting by Stephen F. Greb. July/August: Pyrite, quartz, and galena, Camp Bird mine, Ouray, Colorado...November/December: Gold on quartz, Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California. Wayne and Dona Leicht specimen, Harold...Mineralization at Pedreira Atalaia (the Sentinel Quarry) near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil...310-13 Amethyst Discovery on Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine, W. B. Thompson, 44-51 Anatase, Colorado...the Walker Vein, Caldwell Stone Company Quarry, Boyle County, Kentucky, 254-58 Andorite, 27 Andradite
	*Guillet, G.R. (1964) Fluorspar in Ontario. Industrial Mineral Report* 12. Ontario Department of Mines**	Report (issue)
	.... Carleton county ................................................ Frontenac county ..................... Leeds county ...................................................... Renfrew county ............................................... Peterborough county ........................................ Northern................. 4 5 5 FLUORSPAR IN HALIBURTON COUNTY ........................ 5 Descriptions of Properties............ 6 6 13 15 16 FLUORSPAR IN HASTINGS COUNTY General Geology ..............................
	*Peters, Joseph J. (1984) Classic Pegmatite Occurrences In:Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Rocks & Minerals, 59 (3) 109-119 doi:10.1080/00357529.1984.11764460*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	CLASSIC PEGMATITE OCCURRENCES IN Delaware County, Pennsylvania JOSEPH J . PETERS Department of Mineral...collected from a few granite pegmatites in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia (Figure 1). The...quarries, Avondale; Leiper's quarry, Springfield Township; and Deshong's quarry, Ridley-Nether Providence...for the manufac ture of snuff. Upper Avondale quarry (Figure 5), one mile south of Swarthmore where...Registrar of Deeds, Delaware County, Pennsylvania). The Springfield quarry may have been de- Figure 1:
	*(2015, March) Newsletter* Vol. 45 (2) Friends of Mineralogy**	Journal (issue)
	including periodic visits to Elk Creek, Meade County, to collect superb transparent golden barite found...throughout the Cascade Mountain range, including: pyrite, quartz, (Vesper Peak) grossular garnet, diopside...Level, Annabel Lee Mine, Ozark-Mahoning Co., Illinois, USA Small Cabinet, 8.3 x 7.6 x 4.4 cm Courtesy of...field visits to surface mines and quarries. Hanson quarry has created fro the FM Chapter a “favored status”...trips to local Mitsubishi Cement Mine and OMYA Quarry to view operations and collect carbonate and metamorphic
	*(1978, March) Rocks & Minerals* Vol. 53 (2) Heldref Publications**	Journal (issue)
	~ COVER STORY: BIGGS JASPER from Jack Beer's Quarry in Biggs Junction, Oregon. This picture jasper...Prairie Creek j ust 10uth of Murfree• boro, Pike County, Arkansas. The near-oval shaped area is an enclosed...diatreme (volcanic pipe) near Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas (The Crater of Diamonds State Park).... coesite, quartz , barite, magnesite, calcite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and pentlandite. Olivine...bodies. These are difficult and expensive to mine or quarry due to the large amount of hard tough rock that
	*(1964) World News on Mineral Occurrences. Rocks & Minerals, 39 (11) 576-582 doi:10.1080/00357529.1964.11766096*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	agate comes from the top of a mountain in Fulton County, about 5 miles southwest of Elizabeth, Ark. W e...the road."—on label. Elizabeth is in S/W Fulton County in northern Arkansas. CALIFORNIA—Art Tatum. Rock...call it black jasper. Some rockhounds from Kern County here have complete displays with the coal-black...inch in diameter. Bakersfield is in western Kern County in S.W. California. COLORADO—"I got this specimen...Beidell is in approximately the center of Saguache County, in southern Colorado. CONNECTICUT—"Thanks to R&M
	*Williams, Albert Jr. (1888) Useful Minerals of the United States. United States Geological Survey.*	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
	Lapham, Davis M., Geyer, Alan R. (1976) Bulletin (G33), Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania (4th ed.) Pennsylvania Geological Survey	Report (edition)
	“old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy; right fibrous : tremolite, C. K. Williams quarry, Easton: bottom: calcite...oriented coatings of goethite, “old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy, (courtesy of Delbert L. Oswald) ADDITIONAL...edition of Mineral Collecting Cedar Hill in quarry where Dave had done IV much of his work PREFACE...permission from the owners of the land, from the quarry or mine operators before entering to collect. (Land...particular site, remember it is possible to visit the county courthouse in which the site is located, and trace
	*(2001) Index. Rocks & Minerals, 76 (1) 64-72 doi:10.1080/00357520109605683*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen, Harold and... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...manganoan, Argentine vein, Idarado mine, San Miguel County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Ed Raines photo...25 Aragonite, Bahia, Brazil, 35 Arem, J. E., see Media Reviews Arrojadite, Miguel Arrojado Ribeiro Listoa...near Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York, 23 1-37 Bostwick, R., see Media Reviews Brannerite, Bahia
	*(2009) The Rochester Mineralogical Symposium Program 36, Rochester Mineralogical Symposium.*	Show/Event (guide)
	exposed during highway construction, Hull Township, Gatineau County, Quebec. P. M. Bellev, R. Rowe & M. Picard...e " from the Harder Farm, Hammond, St. Lawrence County, NY. M. Lupulescu. 3:45 H i s t o r y of the Powers...Powers farm streamside veins, St. Lawrence County, New York. M. R. Walter & S. C. Chamberlain. 4:00 M...Louisa County, Virginia. L. E. Kearns & M. D. Dunn. 4:30 B l u e wavellite from the De Linde quarry, Garland...Garland, County, Arkansas. S. L. Hanson, A. U. Falster & Win. B. Simmons. 4:45 H a f n i a n zircon from
	*Schrader, FC, Stone, RC, Sanford S. (1914) Useful minerals of the United States. Bulletin* Vol. 585. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b585**	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
	*(1917) Useful minerals of the United States. Bulletin* Vol. 624. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b624**	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.;
	Wertz, Vernon (1969) Current Events of the Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies Federation Officers - 1968–69. Rocks & Minerals, 44 (1) 42-47 doi:10.1080/00357529.1969.11764016	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Mineralogical Society, Westford. A field trip to the Davis Pyrite produced some Gabnite crystals for the lucky ones...epidote, ilmenite, rutile, sphalerite and granular pyrite. MARYLAND The Chesapeake Gem and Mineral Society...Society under the direction of Dr. William A. Henderson, Jr., had an introduction to selected silicates-the...aragonite and dolomite to the Faylor Lime and Stone Quarry at Winfield, Pennsylvania. VERMONT The Burlington...to the Glendon Mine near Harpers Crossroads for pyrite. - The Central North Carolina Mineral Club. Durham
	Lapham, Davis M., Geyer, Alan R. (1959) Bulletin (G33), Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania (1st ed.) Pennsylvania Geological Survey	Report (edition)
	Adams County 15 Allegheny County Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Cumberland County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County...County Monroe County Northampton County Sullivan County York County 18 20 21 23 . 25 28 37 38 39 ...owners the rockhound, of the land, or from quarry and mine operators, before entering to collect...limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite found near Columbia in Lancaster County, described in this report.

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Pyrite from Media Quarry, Media Township, Henderson County, Illinois, USA

Pyrite from
Media Quarry, Media Township, Henderson County, Illinois, USA