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Galena from
Franklin County, Kentucky, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:357053
Long-form Identifier:1:3:357053:1
GUID (UUID V4):e04374b3-36cc-473a-8f8f-f6c90299cfb5
Localities for Galena in this Region
Camp Pleasant Mining Company prospects, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Clark Mine, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Flat Creek prospects, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Jones vein, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Switzer prospects, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Waits Mine, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Erasmus Haworth, University of Kansas, Lawrence. Kentucky........Mr. J. B. Hoeing, Frankfort. Mr. J. H....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)
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...nondiamondiferous kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnöite intrusions in Crittenden
Report (volume)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH.......................................... 135 Kentucky.................................................STATES. Emerson, B. K., A mineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S...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;
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
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...such as 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 (issue)
Tateville, Pulaski County, l(entucky Alan Goldstein 1607 Washington Blvd. Louisville, Kentucky 40242-3539 Lexington...interesting roadcul on US 27 near Tatevillc, Pulaski County, Kentucky. II lies about three hours southeast of Louisville...Louisville 001 far from London, Kentucky, General Burnside State Park, and Cumberland Falls Stale Reson...Russian Dal'negorsk skeletal galena specimen 10 be a companion to a smooth galena crystal I picked up at Tucson...also exhibited dolomite casts after octahedral galena crystals. These specimens look very much like the
Report (issue)
Lake County - 2, 4 Coso Range deposits, Inyo County - 14 Coyote Mountain deposits, Imperial County - 13...Chance Range) mine, Inyo County - 9, 11, 15, 16, 17 Elgin mine, Colusa County - 6, 12 Full Moon deposit...deposit, Imperial County - 13 The Geysers, Sonoma County - 1, 18 Leviathan mine, Alpine County - 7, 17 Sulphur...Sulphur Bank mine, Lake County - 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 17; S 7 Supan deposits, Shasta County - 3; S 7 3. Goldman...hot springs area known as "The Geysers, " Sonoma County. Data given on temperatures, composition of water
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
such as those of the Elmwood-Gordonsville and Kentucky-Illinois districts and less-important though similar...Stone Company quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, ca. 1962. Shown are the older underground...Bassett Stone quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Hill facility near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing photo...Catnip Hill facility, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing photo
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Report (issue)
Southeast Missouri Barite District, Valles Mines, Franklin County Mines, and subdistricts of the Southeast Missouri...Mines. Ore minerals are barite (barium sulfate), galena (lead sulfide), cerussite (lead carbonate), anglesite...deposits, followed by the Eminence Dolomite. Because galena, sphalerite, and barite are less soluble than dolomite...for smelting, such as the loss of fine-grained galena during hand cleaning or the discarding of zinc...impurities such as iron minerals and lead sulfide (galena). An earlier bleaching process used lead-lined
Book (volume)
Celestite, Dolomite crystals, Fluorite (fluorescent), , Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A...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...Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin, Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
Book (volume)
Celestite, Dolomite crystals, Fluorite (fluorescent), , Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A...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...Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin, Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
Report (volume)
years, and no production has been recorded from Kentucky since 1926. Deposits in Alabama, Colorado, Illinois...been mineralized with barite and small amounts of galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and calcite. Deposits...district, Calhoun County: 2, 65, 102, 118. 2. r Beaver Creek Valley, St. Clair County and Greens Valley...Valley, Etowah County: 2, 102, 118. 3. r Leeds, Jefferson County: 2, 102. 4. r Longview-Saginaw district...district, Shelby County: 2, 102. 5. r Sinks district, Bibb County: 2, 28, 54, 67, 74, 102, 118, 143. 6. v Southeastern
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., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral has been mined quite extensively in Clay County, Alabama, from one end to the other. It is quite...south of Antimony Peak, near Hollister, San Benito County, California. While it might sound like exaggeration...microscopic cubes to striated cubes % inch in diameter. Galena was noted as traces in but few specimens. Some...Ind. Fortville is in N.W. Hancock County, near the Hamilton County line; the gravel pit is close by,... just over the line in Hamilton County. "For your World News department I am sending you an amethyst
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Weller and others; maps of Kentucky by W. R. Jillsonandassociates of the Kentucky. GeologicalSurvey; maps...anticline in West Virginia, the Campton-Irvinefault in Kentucky, whichlieseastof the Cincinnatiarch,the RoughCreekuplift...placesknown to be severalhundredfeet. In Perry County, Missouri, a great fault zone crossesthe Mississippi...the uplift. They include the basicdikes of Elliot County in easternKentucky,the basic and acid dikesof CrittendonCounty...GenevieveCounty, Missouri, the pegrnatitesof Camden County,southcentralMissouri,and the graniteof Sl•avinaw
Report (issue)
Bed in the Eggleston Formation near Hagan, Lee County, Virginia. Photograph taken by Stig M. Bergstrém...«2 -+cancetaase. saan oceania se59 Northeastern Kentucky—Northeastern Alabama Cross Section .............Plate 7. Wireline-log cross section from northern Kentucky to northeastern Alabama showing correlation of...known as the Tyrone Limestone, near High Bridge, Kentucky. The volcanic origin and significance as a widespread...2—eastern Missouri, 3—Illinois Basin, 4—north-central Kentucky, eastern Indiana and southern Ohio, 5—central
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mo., Alexandra Mine ................... Jasper County, Mo., Hastings Mine .............. Chitwood, Mo...Deposited 5 Empire,Kansas........... 6 -- -- Jasper County, Mo., "Ruby - ................... Southeastern... - - 9.4 Boyle County, Ky., Depos25 26 ited 7oø-9oø C ............ Henry County, Ky., Lockport Vein...Vein ............... Franklin County, Ky., Clark - -- - -- -- -- Vein .................... 27...Marion, Ky., Columbia Mine -2o Hatfield, 3o New Galena, Pa., Deposited 16oø-165 ø ............... Phoenixville
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Zn/Cd for sphaleritesamplesfrom Illinois and Kentucky that were collectedfrom strata other than coalrangefrom29/1...9 alsodescribed discretegrainsof sphaleriteand galena occur in the north and northwesternparts of the...Illinois Basin Sam- Sample Coal ple Zinc mium County Cad- ple Zinc mium typet (ppm) (ppm) seam* ...6 Franklin DC 333 1.1 C-14630 C-13433 C-14684 C-16501 C-12831 6 6 6 6 6 Franklin Franklin Franklin...Franklin Franklin Franklin CFC DC CFC CFC CFC 60 52 30 22 22 C-12942 C-15038 C 16993 C 15999 C-16030
Report (volume)
Structure of the Southeast Missouri and Illinois-Kentucky Mineral Districts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Structure of the Southeast Missouri and Illinois-Kentucky Mineral Districts By A. V. HEYL, M. R. BROCK,...district-____________________________________ Illinois-Kentucky district,._____________________________________...district__________-_____________-_____ Illinois-Kentucky mineral district____-_______-_-__--_--___--_--__...2. Major structural features near the Illinois-Kentucky mining district.___________________________________________
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Tellurobismuthite Tctradymitc Argcntite Chalcocite Bornitc Galena Sphalerite (Christophitc) Chalcopyritc Wurtzite...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, found quartz crystals, wulfenite, pyro­ morphite, galena and anglesite...Clauser reported that six members of the Bucks County Earth Science Society, Feasterville, placed in...Faceting." The Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, made a trip to Franklin, N.J. for fluores­...Lapidary and Mineral Society of Prince George's County, Md., had a program based on the "Pacific Ring...Cave Preservation showing caves in Tennessee and Kentucky. The Norfolk Gem and Mineral Asso­ FLORIDA ciation
Report (volume)
Elements In Sphalerite and Wallrocks From Central Kentucky, Tennessee And Appalachian Zinc Districts GEOLOGICAL...Elements In Sphalerite and Wallrocks From Central Kentucky, Tennessee And Appalachian Zinc Districts By JANICE...Diagram showing mineral paragenesis in the central Kentucky mineral district ____________ _ 3. Sketch of Faircloth...analyses of selected sphalerites from the central Kentucky, central Tennessee, and other mineral districts...gallium content of sphalerites from the central Kentucky mineral district showing distribution by zone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ShenandoahValley fold and thrust belt: (2) the Central Kentucky district at the intersectionof the lineamentwith...Small mineral district Main • S• 3. Illinois-Kentucky 0 100 200 I I I HILLS 4. SoutheastMissouri...Paleozoic .,. ß Ashland Charleston Elhott County Kimberlite intrusions Mostly thick ....... ...Virginia and south-central Missouri is well ginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Kansashas compiledby...HEYL County,a W. Va. From this location, it extends nearly due west acrossnorthern'Highland County, The
 
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