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Marcasite from
Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA


Locality type:Gap
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Milleriteⓘ7 photos of Marcasite associated with Millerite at this locality.
Calciteⓘ4 photos of Marcasite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Sphaleriteⓘ4 photos of Marcasite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ3 photos of Marcasite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Chalcopyriteⓘ2 photos of Marcasite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Pyriteⓘ1 photo of Marcasite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:44800
Long-form Identifier:1:3:44800:6
GUID (UUID V4):9310e2d3-1e90-4f91-8de2-39c813350de8
Localities for Marcasite in this Region
US highway 27 roadcut, Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
54.4km (33.8 miles) ⓘTateville Mine (Strunk Crushed Stone; Hinkle Contracting), Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
59.8km (37.2 miles) ⓘNally - Gibson Quarry, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, USA
87.2km (54.2 miles) ⓘNatural Bridge Stone Company; Inc. (Stanton Quarry & Mill; Hinkle Construction), Powell County, Kentucky, USA
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...nondiamondiferous kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnöite intrusions in Crittenden
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road cut along old IN-37, near Harrodsburg, Monroe County, Indiana. Note the semispherical opening, lower...Fort Payne, WarsawSalem, and Borden formations in Kentucky, and the Warsaw Formation in Illinois, Iowa, and...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
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Library] at 17:14 19 November 2014 HALLS GAP, LINCOLN COUNTY, KENTUCKY Figure J. Millerite with calcite...road cut along U.S. Highway 27 near Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky. II was originally in the collection...coils (Medici 1981). Other minerals reported from Halls Gap geodes include anatase, calcite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite...dolomite, galena, gypsum, lepidocrocite, malachite, marcasite, paratacamite, quartz, sphalerite, sulfur, violarite...a discussion and excellent SEM photographs of Halls Gap minerals, the reader is referred to a series of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
photo was taken in 1969; John Medici photo This Kentucky road cut has yielded which grace some of the...south of Stanford, near the town o f Halls Gap in Lincoln County, a long hill along U . S . Route 27 cuts...from a single geode found in the ditch at the Halls Gap road cut. Later trips led to discovery of the...site. Geology The road cut along U . S . 27 near Halls Gap exposes over 300 104 ROCKS AND MINERALS of...shaly siltstone. This unit is followed by the Halls Gap Member, 75 feet o f resistant limy siltstone with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS KENTUCKY DENNIS COSKREN 849 L y n n Drive Lexington, Kentucky 40504 T o those interested in...glance? Y e s , to be sure, there is millerite at Halls Gap, but what else? Admittedly, there is some reason...deposits of this type, pride of place is held by Halls Gap, which is famous for its millerite and honessite...nickel sulfate, all of which I have found on Halls Gap material. A n article in this issue covers the...Pirman specimen; G . Pirman photo. The geodes of Halls Gap have overshadowed the other geodes of the state
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
American Midwest Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee C alcite is ubiquitous in the American...Tennessee Lead-Zinc district near Carthage in Smith County. Calcite from this locality is noted for high luster...cm tall, from the Ben Hogan quarry in Lawrence County, Arkansas. Terry Huizing specimen (No. TEH 273)...dolostone at the Black Rock quarries of the Lawrence County Zinc district. Specimens often feature calcite...twinned on {001} from the Black Rock quarry, Lawrence County, Arkansas. Terry Huizing specimen (No. TEH 514)
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...1997 Natural History M useum o f Los Angeles County M useum o f G eology D irector: Philip R . Bjork...$10 v.8/#6 California Issue Benitoite, Gold L.A. County Museum, Himalaya mine $10 v.9/#3 Kalahari rhodochrosite...v.25/#6 The History of Martin Ehrmann, Topeka-Kentucky Mineral Collecting 1530-1799 $24 Giant & Indiana...Silvana mine (Br. Col.) $10 v.28/#l IIIinois-Kentucky Fluorite District! Special Issue v.28/#2 Platinum
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News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-6 64-2448 Email: lanny@mineralnews.com...and mineral history enthusiast. $24.00 per year in USA $30.00 per year elsewhere Matrix Publishing Company...discovery of wulfenite from the Madison Mine. Carroll County, New Hampshire (Mineral News I 74: 1.6-8. 200 I...was at the William Wise fluorite mine in Cheshire County. Al firs t he could not remember if the occurrence...wulfenite from Mineral Hill, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire, in Aug ust 2000. where minute (less
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copper minerals in the Ladysmith area. Illinois and Kentucky have some of the world’s best fluorite crystals...Part of a geode collected at Brummett Creek, Brown County, Indiana. Continued on Page 3 COLORADO SPRINGS...geodes to the south essentially from Michigan to Kentucky? Where did the iron, zinc, copper and even the...environment of the Mississippi Valley-type Deposits). Marcasite and pyrite, common simple sulfides found in the...Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri to Halls Gap, Kentucky. Stefano (MinDat discussion) believed the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...Choice, R. B . Cook, Chal­ cocite, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecti- Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY]...Maharashtra, India, 176-78; Millerite, Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, 256-58; Sulfur, Perticara, Italy
Catalog/List
TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear thumbnails...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted...Hill, Calaveras River, Valley Springs, Calaveras County, California: Really neat little buggers for sure...ANDRADITE GARNET: Hans Garnet Mine, Paradise, Plumas County, California: Very showy deep red garnets on matrix...WULFENITE: 320 foot level, Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Black coloration is caused by included
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Nuristan, Afghanistan; Neptunite from San Benito County, California; Spinel from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald...world. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County was particularly interesting among the museums...minerals at the Tourmaline Queen mine in Sz Diego County, California. By 1978 he had accumulated a hu£ Tourmaline...Postage Stan Tourmaline) into a general San Diego County pegmatite collectic of nearly 200 superb specimens...” in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Selling off the last of his minerals in 1981,
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includes eight states (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Iowa); the...its 2017 February show (add Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee); hence, they will all be investigated...states: North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Kentucky; these might still preserve the stereotype of... Marion County, Tennessee Shepard 1835 1835 Nitromagnesite Nicajack Cave, Marion County, Tennessee...1835 1846 Schorlomite Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas Shepard 1846 1880/2002 Destinezite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz crystals, and an interior University of Kentucky which may be filled or partially filled w i t...t h any of a variety of Lexington, Kentucky 40506 minerals, or may be empty. V e r y similar crystal-lined...copyrite, pyrite, marcasite, millerite, hematite, and goethite, among others. The famous Halls Gap geodes have...may be collected. Wellk n o w n sites, such as Halls G a p , are described elsewhere in this issue. A...geology at the of Kentucky in Lexington. University Interior minerals of Kentucky geodes include celestite
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museum quality.” (Szenics, 1967) Spruce Peak, King County, Washington, 1977 Beautiful pyrite and quartz specimens...and FLECK, G. (1980) The Grey Horse mine, Pinal County, Arizona. Mineralogical Record, 11 (4), 231–232...and HAWES, W. (1978) Quartz and pyrite from King County, Washington. Mineralogical Record, 9 (6), 352–353...from the Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Collected December 21, 2008 with...Mica mine (Swanson mine), East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Collected December, 1978. I had seen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
their identification. Also, the marcasite in several of our Halls Gap geodes has responded to our New...seen in a Halls Gap collection. H A L L S GAP The excellent article by D r . Medici on Halls Gap (May-June...copyrite crystals, was collected by my son at Halls Gap in 1977. The X-ray dif­ fraction pattern of a...Finkelman supporting the presence of jamborite at Halls Gap.) The water in­ soluble secondary minerals from...honessite and jamborite were used to describe Halls Gap green pseudomorphs after millerite, with indecision
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
their identification. Also, the marcasite in several of our Halls Gap geodes has responded to our New...seen in a Halls Gap collection. H A L L S GAP The excellent article by D r . Medici on Halls Gap (May-June...copyrite crystals, was collected by my son at Halls Gap in 1977. The X-ray dif­ fraction pattern of a...Finkelman supporting the presence of jamborite at Halls Gap.) The water in­ soluble secondary minerals from...honessite and jamborite were used to describe Halls Gap green pseudomorphs after millerite, with indecision
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index. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then site name. To avoid the confusion...century boundary changes in the British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act...referred to as Glamorgan. The new counties and county boroughs brought in by the Lieutenancies Act of...20:36 Canadian Museum of Nature (Ottawa) 16:17 County Museum, Truro 17:1 Derby Museum 11:17, 13:34 Chatsworth...Bancroft nepheline 16:17 Lydoch Township, Renfrew County beryl 16:16 Madawaska Mine calcite 16:16 Thunder
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move ahead to the property line common to the Lincoln and Stanton claims and sink a shaft. Since this...the opening was called the “join shaft.” (The Lincoln and Stanton claims were subsequently renamec Carolina...36. FOUNTAIN, A. J. (1882) Report o f Doha Ana County: Bureau o f Immigration o f the Territory o f New...(1881) (ca.) Map of Sierra Mines, Daly, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. James D. Hague Papers, Huntington... v.8/#6 California Issue Benitoite, Gold, L.A. County Museum, Himalaya mine $7 v .9 /# 3 Kalahari rhodochrosite
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matoaka beachcabins.com/ Flag Ponds is a Calvert County park with a small fee for collecting, most noted...Pyrite wires, one bent at 90Âș. Sample from Clackamas County, OR; field of view 4 mm. Some sources have blamed...cross-section, although such crystals are more often marcasite. The Mineral Newsletter April 2013 A screw...Another site where you can find pyrite wire is Halls Gap, a road cut south of Stanford, KY. Specimens from...whiskers are not rare. If you have millerite from Halls Gap, look at it closely and see if you can find any
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
glittering cubes, or capillary and filiform hairs. Halls Gap geodes have pyrite in the form of perfect rings...streak, is paler than chalcopyrite and darker than marcasite which is almost white. Mar. 11, 12, 1972 March
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southern edge of coastal ~ ewport Beac h. in Orange County. This discovery constitutes firs t reported occurrence...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d 'Alen e, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-659-3035 Email: lream@m ineralnews.com...fold of rock strata that stretches from southern Kentucky into Ohio. before splitting into the Findlay Arch...fro m Michigan , four fro m Kentucky, and two sites from Ontario. Kentucky has far mo re than four localities...true in Ohi o. However. geodes are widespread in Kentucky and India na. My collecting bias would list them
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Meshberger Stone quarry, Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana; Richard RusseU specimen and photo. significance...(far left). Ara~onite speleothems, Cave, Calaveras County, California; James Patton photo. Moanin~ Downloaded...Cl)'stlll 5.5 em long, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County. Missouri; Ten')' Huizing spec:imen and pboto....France Stone Company. Custar quarry. Custar, Wood County. Ohio; Neal Pfaff specimen. Terry Huizing photo...cm high. Meshberger quam', Columbus. Bartholomew County. Indiana; Richard Russell specimen and photo.
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R. M . Ley The Sm okey Bear quartz claim s, Lincoln County, N ew M exico ...............................matter of public record and may be found in the county zoning offices. The accurate property boundaries...PUBLISHING P.O. Box 37072, Tucson, Arizona 85740 USA Richard A. Bideaux, General Partner (602) 297-4862...Mineralogy Section Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles, California...yielded millerite comparable to specimens from Halls Gap, Kentucky, and Keokuk, Iowa. INTRODUCTION The Bedford
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KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA ‱ Tel: +1 949 494 5155 ‱ Email: info@kristalle.com...only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...Society, supported gem and mineral shows around the county as a museum exhibitor and speaker, and served on...farm and worked as the president of the Franklin County Insurance Company. His mother, Marie Wesseler Precht...6.7 cm, from the Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Jeff Scovil photo. 372 The Mineralogical
 
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