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Calcite from
Gray Mine, Galena Mining District, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gray Mine, Galena Mining District, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:504770
Long-form Identifier:1:3:504770:3
GUID (UUID V4):2050f9e7-1617-4ae7-94dd-baef98907174
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.9km (0.6 miles) Pittsburg Mine (Great Western Mine), Galena Mining District, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Bautsch Mine, Galena, Galena Mining District, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) Glanville Prospect, Galena Mining District, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Black Jack Mine (Marsden lode; Marsden's diggings; Peru Mine), Galena, Galena Mining District, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) Amelia Mine, Galena Mining District, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) Royal Princess Mine (California Diggings; Sand Prairie Diggings), Galena, Galena Mining District, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) Galena, Galena Mining District, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) Merry Widow Mine, Galena, Galena Mining District, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) Ten Strike Mine, Galena, Galena Mining District, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) Gill-Fisher Mine (Pilot Knob Mine), Galena, Galena Mining District, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1 (above). Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5 ....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
Report (volume)
of the Potosi Quadrangle, Grant County Wisconsin, and Dubuque County, Iowa En I O O 52; PH ^ O o...of the Potosi Quadrangle, Grant County Wisconsin, and Dubuque County, Iowa By JESSE W. WHITLOW and WALTER...PARTS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1123-1 Prepared...Dolomite Member.________________________________ Galena Dolomite._________________________________________...showing miscellaneous geologic information. Map of mine and structure in Piquette No. 2 ore body, Tennyson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ABSTRACT Galenasfrom the Upper MississippiValley district, the Picher field, and the southwesternUnited...mineralizedarea to another; but within a given district, crystalsof cubic habit are systematicallyenrichedin...symptomaticof other factors involved in the formation of galena. Temperature is probably one of the most important...silver in octahedralor near-octahedral crystalsof galena. Similarly, Oftedal (2) has recentlyemphasizedthe...chemicalcompositionand the crystallographic propertiesof galena. These observatic•ns suggestthat a systematicvariation
Report (volume)
1)1KP:croft ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS BY F( )—ITER BAIN WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING...lead districts of Illinois Southern Illinois district Northwestern Illinois district Historical statement...dolomite St. Peter sandstone Platteville limestone Galena limestone _ Maquoketa shale Silurian rocks. " Niagara...history Ore deposits The ores Minerals of the ores Galena Cerussite Sphalerite Smithsonite _ _ . Pyrite and...Barite _ _ Gypsum _ Calcite Dolomite _ _ Wad Less abundant minerals .. Paragenesis Galena or lead ores . _
Report (volume)
Diggings, and Shullsburg Quadrangles, Wisconsin and Illinois o GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ao Prepared in cooperation...Diggings, and Shullsburg Quadrangles, Wisconsin and Illinois *,By *THOMAS E. MULLENS GEOLOGY OF PARTS OF...OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1123-H v, 7 Prepared...Ion Dolomite Member.__._____________-_---__-_-.Galena Dolomite._____________________________________...Dolomite Member of Decorah Formation.._____.-____ Galena Dolomite._____--_______--______-__-__-___-____
Book
A View of the Past: An Introduction to Illinois Geology by Christopher J. Schuberth Volcanoes erupting...tortoises. All once dominated and graced the Illinois landscape. Illinois at one time lay in an area now covered...global changes in our continents and ocean basins . Illinois is on the move, and has been for at least 1.5...1800s, the once booming but now sleepy town of Galena, with mines scattered almost everywhere about the...fluorite, the State Mineral, occurs in southern Illinois and adjacent western Kentucky than anywhere on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
milky quartz, whitish chalcedony, black basanite, gray gneiss and pinkish granite. These are all very nice...by green malachite. COLORADO — "At the Longfellow mine in Red Mountain Pass between Silverton and Ouray...the Gulf of Mexico. Key West is the county seat of Monroe County. The name, Key West, is said to be a...yellow cavernous calcite specimen made up entirely of tiny calcite xls. The calcite fl. pale yellow,...in the U.S.A. The coral is replaced by yellow calcite, the massive pieces take a fair polish and retain
Report (issue)
Ordovician Rocks in the Zinc-Lead District of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared...Ordovician Rocks in the Zinc-Lead District of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa By ALLEN F. AGNEW, ALLEN...limestone member, Decorah formation. _ Subdivisions of Galena dolomite ______________ Origin and application..._______________________ Stratigraphy of the mining district.___________________ Pre-Platteville rocks_...conditions of deposition_______________________ Galena dolomite._______________________________ General
Report (volume)
of the Dubuque North Quadrangle Iowa-Wisconsin-Illinois "Si GEOLOGICAL 25 W 4 I s w I w i w...of the Dubuque North Quadrangle lowa-Wisconsin-Illinois By JESSE W. WHITLOW and C. ERVIN BROWN GEOLOGY...PARTS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1123-C Prepared...___ Ion Dolomite Member..____________________. Galena Dolomite._______________________________ ___ Cherty...of the Dubuque North quadrangle, lowaWisconsin-Illinois quadrangle. Columnar section of rocks of Ordovician
Report (volume)
central Kentucky mineral district ____________ _ 3. Sketch of Faircloth mine adit showing location of...sphalerites from the central Kentucky mineral district showing distribution by zone and stage of mineral...limestone samples from the Faircloth vein, Woodford County, Ky _. 5. Mercury content of limestone wallrock...wallrock from the Hoover vein, shaft 1, Cannon County, Tenn _____ 6. Mercury content of a wallrock suite along... B. Strow in a freshly dug basement in Kanawha County, W. Va. Subsequent examination by the U.S. Bureau
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Investigation of Gilley Fluorspar Deposits in Cherokee County, Alabama, by James F. O'Neill. It is interesting... 50 miles northeast of Birmingham, in Cherokee County, located in West 1/2, West V2 of Section 16, Township...crystal'ized cinnabar which comes from the Culver-Baer mine, Sonoma Co., Calif. Colorado—An interesting article...Mich.) The Micanite pegmatite district lies across the Park-Fremont County line in south-central Co'crado...village of Micanite. The pegmatite of the Micanite district contains unusually large 378 ROCKS AND MINERALS
Book
Mineral Trails Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5.95 Gem...our knowledge and enjoyment of this great owners, mine and quarry operators and science by collecting....withdrawn because of reclamation projects in old mining areas, because new construction covers up old sites...new species of fossils have been collected in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Dow Chemical has reported...Surveys, the State Divisions of Tourism, to museums, mining companies, fee basis operators, listed guides
Report (issue)
Geology of the Upper Mississippi Valley Zinc-Lead District By ALLEN V. HEYL, Jr., ALLEN F. AGNEW, ERWIN J...Histoyy Survey, the Iowa Geological Survey, and the Illinois State Geological Survey UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...Cultural development and facilities related to mining Field work and acknowledgments Scope of the report...report Previous geologic work in the district Geology Stratigraphy Precambrian rocks Cambrian system Upper...sandstone Platteville formation Decorah formation Galena dolomite Upper Ordovician series Maquoketa shale
Book (edition)
YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
black botryoidal hematite from a working strip iron mine at Brookwood, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala. ALASKA—Some of... Y. The specimen consists of thin platy white calcite xls in grayish clay. ARKANSAS—"A HEAP O F PHANTOMS...Brooklyn mine and adjacent prospects in the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo.,...98 New Hanover Ave., Meriden, Conn. DELAWARE—Dark gray chert pebbles have been found on Bowers Beach, Kent...fishing country."—note on label with the specimen. ILLINOIS—"Here are some notes for World News. "Last July
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IA 50588, USA; maas2@bvu.edu Department of Geography, Geology, and The Environment, Illinois State University...University, Campus Box 4400, Normal, IL 61704, USA; ahoberh@ilstu.edu (A.O.); pkoware@ilstu.edu (P.O.);...E235 Howe-Russell-Kniffen, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; jhonin1@lsu.edu Correspondence: ewpeter@ilstu.edu;...agricultural and animal husbandry in northwestern Illinois (USA) prompted this investigation. Six streams and...concentrations measured in a karst aquifer in southwestern Illinois were attributed to septic system discharge and
Report (volume)
PARTS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1123-B 4* Prepared...Ion dolomite member._______-.____.._---_._--_____ Galena dolomite____________-__-____-___.-.--_____-_. Cherty...Noncherty unit__-----_----------_--_------_------Post-Galena deposits----------------------------------Stru...Origin of the ore___.._______--._________.__--__.--. Mining history and production._________________________________... HI IV CONTENTS Mineral deposits Continued Mining history and production Continued Potential pro
Report (issue)
Interior U.S. Geological Survey Proceedings of the Illinois Basin Energy and Mineral Resources Workshop by...Report 94-298 Prepared in cooperation with the Illinois Basin Consortium This report is preliminary and...Denver, CO 80225 2 Kentucky Geological Survey 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Bldg. University of Kentucky...Survey 611 N. Walnut Grove Bloomington, IN 47405 Illinois State Geological Survey 615 E. Peabody Drive Champaign... Introduction The Illinois Basin, which covers about 110,000 square miles in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...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
Report (volume)
production� Lead Zinc � Present production Recent mining act ivitScope of this report � Topography. Relief...character. � Fossils Detailed sections� Relations� Galena dolomite Name and character General sections Page...Stratigraphy--Continued. Ordovician rocks—Continued. Galena dolomite—Continued. 29 Thickness � 29 � Fossils...minerals� 51 � Calcite 51 � Dolomite 51 � Selenite 52 � Barite 52 � Quartz 52 � Paragenesis � 52 Galena or lead...the Maquoketa formation 67 � Ore deposits in the Galena formation VI� CONTENTS. Page. Ore deposits—Continued
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:
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UNDERFSoT. ILLINOIS ote In ILLINOIS _ ee a . ‘ : a Bu ee! se ; a. , ve GLOLoGy UNDERFoo...reproduced or modified with permission from the Illinois State Geological Survey. Excerpts from “The Windy...Used by permission of Dutton Signet, Penguin Books USA Inc. Lines from “Mrs. Sibley” and “Serepta Mason”...Cataloging-in-Publication Wiggers, Ray. Geology underfoot in Illinois / Raymond Wiggers. Deg teu: Includes bibliographical...ISBN 0-87842-346-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Geology—Illinois. I. Title. QE105.W6 1997 55 /3-—-de20) 96-44732
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UNDERFoo IN ere Te in ILLINOIS GEUNDERFoo OLOGY in ILLINOIS Raymond Wiggers 1997 Mountain...reproduced or modified with permission from the Illinois State Geological Survey. Excerpts from “The Windy...Used by permission of Dutton Signet, Penguin Books USA Inc. Lines from “Mrs. Sibley” and “Serepta Mason”...Cataloging-in-Publication Geology underfoot in Illinois / Raymond Wiggers. p. cm. Includes bibliographical...ISBN 0-87842-346-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Geology—Illinois. I. Title. QE105.W6 1997 §57./3—_de20 96-44732
Report (volume)
Parts of The Upper Mississippi Valley Zinc-Lead District GEOLOGICAL SURVEY This volume was published...Geology of the Dubuque South quadrangle, Iowa-Illinois, by C. Ervin page Brown and Jesse W. Whitlow ______...of the Dubuque North quadrangle, lowa-Wisconsin-Illinois, by Jesse W. Whitlow and C. Ervin Brown 1391 (D)...and Illinois, by Thomas E. Mullens__ ____ _ _ (I) Geology of the Potosi quadrangle, Grant County, Wisconsin...Wisconsin, and Dubuque County, Iowa, by Jesse W. Whitlow and Walter S. West- 437 361 53& 1 M H H
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces...rocks and gentle terrain where crystals of barite, calcite, and gypsum are found along with petrified wood...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded
 
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