 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEOLOGIC AND ZINC MINE, THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE SALEM, KENTUCKY--ITS ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY OF THE ...district, is being worked at the Hutson mine in the Southern Illinois-Western Kentucky fluorspar district...evidencethat the sphaleritemineralization at the Hutson mine was later than the main calcite-fluorite-sulphidemineralization...demineralization in the district. Some late sphalerite and galena are found in the major fluorite veins...The Hutson mine offers a key to the structural and mineralogical his- tory of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspardistrict |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 1 (above). Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen...(below). Fluorite, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...ith calcite from the Minerva No. 1 mine, near Cave in Rock, Illinois. Marvin Rausch collection; Jeff Scovil...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,...really fine azurite specimens from the now-famous mine at Touissit, and later many superb cerussites and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (NMNS51066). figure 2 (leftI: Galena. Crawford mine, Pirher, Oklahoma, Tri-State district; 6' 2 cm across;...Figure 3 (opposite page): Galena, St. Joseph Lead mine, Viburnum, Missouri, Viburnum Trend district; 6...proudly displays not only galena crystals but also sphalerite, Jainiuo/February 1989 11 GALENA PROFILE...developed prior to 1930: the Mel ville, Iltyd-Gordon, Iltyd-Colcoughly, Little Gwynn, and Big Gwynn...large Pyra mid deposit became known as the X-15 mine). What the above figures do not show is that 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | Kentucky since 1926. Deposits in Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Virginia, and Wisconsin were not mined during...mineralized with barite and small amounts of galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and calcite. Deposits not described...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | p4,, Over two million residents Arizona's Pinal County welcomes everyone as a V.I.P.!!! ?ieU S ~ , ae...Native Copper and Piemontite Localities of Adams County Jay Lininger FEATURES THE EASTERN FEDERATION...5 miles west of Mt. Holly Springs in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Specimen collected by Martin Anne'...Cornwall mines and those of French Creek, the Grace Mine and the Kibblehouse Quarry. Articles on several...Pennsylvania Kline's quarry, Wrightsville , York County, Penn- basis to go mineral collecting, weather |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ELEMENTS IN GALENA 761 jacentpartsof Iowa and Illinois) are givenin Table 1. Most of the samples comefrom...more or lessiron sulfide,and somebarite (6). Ivey's mine at Mineral Point, Wisconsin,lies to the northeast...Hickory Hill mine, SW -} sec.36, T. 29 N., R. 1 W., Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Tennyson mine, about 10...3 W., Grant County). Hancock-Blackstonemines, sec. 28, T. 1 N., R. 2 E., Lafayette County, Wisconsin....Ivey's mine, about 1 mi. E of Mineral Point, Wisconsin(SW • sec.32, T. 5 N., R. 3 E., Iowa County). Amelia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...of the Reed quarry near Grand Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky, at 100 feet below sea level...small, nondiamondiferous kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnöite intrusions in Crittenden...and oxides from the decomposition of pyrite and sphalerite. These minerals are hydrated and unstable, making |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Colorado boasts numerous localities where fine sphalerite specimens have been found. 220 ROCKS & MINERALS...reported from numerous localities worldwide. Fine sphalerite specimens, for example, have been found at Elmwood...DaI’negorsk, Russia. We1I-crystaIIized examples of sphalerite also occur at many localities in Colorado, in...marmatite), pink, or dark red (Eckel et al. 1997). Sphalerite crystallizes in the hextetrahedrat class of the...illustrates no less than 184 different habits of sphalerite (Goldschmidt 1986). Figure I . Burros, carrying |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE I I COAL CITY, St. Clair Co. Sphalerite COLUMBIANA...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | barite districts. Fluid inclusion data show that sphalerite was depositedby brines,generallygreaterthan 22...mineralization by barite and galena (and minor sphalerite) helping to stabilize the structure. D. Breaching...different rates of crystal and marcasite,galena, sphalerite,barite, and calcite. growth. Presumably,transparentbarite...thosetrapped quartz,pyriteand marcasite, galenaand sphalerite, at temperatures lessthan 40ø to 50øC generallydo...VAN DYKE MINE, PETTIS CO 5 IONIA, PETTIS CO 6 GILLIAM ROCK QUARRY, SALINE CO 11 TIFF MINE, MONITEAU |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Pyrrhotite and some Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1973. Mr. Bryant was born and raised in Oxford County, Maine, the site of the two famous tourmaline discoveries...understandably calling it “star mica”. The specific mine is not known by any of our associates but the local...Friedrichssegen mine (closed since 1880) is halfway between Bad Ems and Brau bach. The old Rosenberg mine (closed...CIETIES PRESENT FIESTA OF GEMS 1. Friedrichssegen mine, near Bad Ems, RheinlandPfalz (or Rhinelands) (formerly... Rosenberg mine at Braubach, near Bad Ems, Rheinland-Pfalz, W-Germany The Rosenberg mine produced mostly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page)...fluorite, sphalerite, and barite specimens at the Elmwood zinc mine in middle Tennessee. This mine, opened |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...practical experience at the Gottesehre (“God’s Honor”) mine, a small fluorite mining operation in Urberg, near...E-Mail: stuwil@aol.com Rhodochrosite, Uchucchaqua mine, Lima Dept. Peru 2 inches. Wilensky photo. Clara...cylindrite, monazite, bismoclite, and other species. The mine is still in operation and specimens continue to...Llallagua was the most famous and productive tin mine in the world; it is now past its peak, but mining |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | August 2017 MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX JENNINGS B. GORDON, JR. P . O . Box 6214 Rome, Georgia 30162 Although...topographic maps to pinpoint locations. Jennings B. Gordon, Jr., a consulting geologist, last wrote for Rocks...Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sweet Home mine, the 1 1. Urad mine, Clear Creek County 1. Sweet Home mine, Park County Climax mine, the Eagle...Eagle 12. Moose mine, Gilpin County 2. Sunnyside mine, San Juan County mine in Gilman, and var13. Julia...Julia Fiske mine, Leadville, Lake County 3. Mountain Monarch mine, Ouray County 14. John Reed mine, Lake County...County ious mines in San Juan, 4. Grizzly Bear mine, Ouray County 15. Columbine Lake prospect, La Plata...Plata County 5 . Daniel Bonanza mine, Ouray County Hinsdale, and Ouray 16. Bulldog mine, Creede, Mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal...Beaverhead County, the pegmatites of Jefferson County, and the Snowbird mine in Mineral County continue...Highlands Centennial Nugget in 1989 in Silver Bow County. The seventh largest gold nugget found in Montana;...should be sent to the author. LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Beaverhead County Anderson deposit, sec. 16, T. 12 S., R |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | those of the Elmwood-Gordonsville and Kentucky-Illinois districts and less-important though similar traditional...Bassett Stone Company quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, ca. 1962. Shown are the older underground...from the Bassett Stone quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Catnip Hill facility near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing...Catnip Hill facility, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Recent Collecting Activity in SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO B A R B A R A and J O H N M U N T Y A N 6978...material has been obtained from a number of San Juan County mines and prospects during the last decade, in...vicinity of Silverton, the principal town in the county. The American Tunnel, located just north of town...of the Sunnyside mine complex and has been the major source of specimens in the county. Most museums and...also a number of lesser-known mines in San Juan County from which fine mineral speci mens have been obtained |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | several new localities, including the Flambeau copper mine near Ladysmith (Rosemeyer 1999, the Vulcan Materials...Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and the Wausau area (Falster 1987)...January 2015 Counties, where coarse galena, sphalerite, marcasite, calcite, barite, and copper minerals...zircon), particularly in the Wausau area of Marathon County (Falster 1987). Middle Proterozoic quartzites (1...found there (Merge 1996). One deposit, the Flambeau mine near Ladysmith, has already been mined. Other deposits |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | secretary-treasurer of the Yavapai Council, Arizona Small Mine Operators, collects rare rocks as a hobby. Some..."Three specimens from the Governor Mine (old New York Mine), a gold mine in the Mint Canyon area, West San...Pacific R. R. "One of the largest producers in the county, it has yielded over 2 million dollars worth of...about 1880; now idle. Name was changed to Governor Mine when the property was acquired by Gov. Gage of California...quartz. A letter, dated March 24, 1953, cornes from Gordon D. VeGario, 2231 Pine St., Bakersfield, Calif. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AMP BIRD MINE Ouray County, Colorado TOM R O S E M E Y E R 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray...courtesy Colorado Historical Society. The Camp Bird mine is one of Colorado's most famous gold mines and...the world's greatest gold producers. To date, the mine has produced almost 1.5 million ounces of gold along...Ouray to the mine follows Can yon Creek, becoming steep and precarious as it nears the mine. I n places...have lost their lives along the road to the mine and at the mine. The first rush of prospectors seeking gold |  | | Journal (issue) | | th is year, after repeated trips to the Getchell mine in northern Nevada, E. Forrest Cureton Il l, well...Desautels Mineralogy and Paragenesis of the 79 Mine Lead-Zinc-Copper Deposit. ............. . . . ....Sciences Central Michigan University Folio: the 79 Mine ....... . ......... . ......... .. ... 265 Wendell.... 20 715 WULFENIT E o n mottramite from the 79 mine nea r Hayden. Arizona. The large crystal measures...their jobs as curators. Herbert Whitlock and Samuel Gordon - two of the best - had no PhD. Charles Palache |
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