 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ ...Figure 2 (below). Fluorite, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen...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:...he bedrock under Illinois is predominantly composed of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. In the southern portion |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fluorite in Mississippi Valley–type Downloaded by ["Queen's University Libraries, Kingston"] at 08:16...Figure 1 (top left). Fluorite, Heights mine, North vein, near Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, England.... This transparent, dark green twinned fluorite crystal is perched on a triangular piece of ironstone...specimen is 5.5 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm and was recovered in July 1977 by British collector Richard Barstow. Jesse...photo. Figure 2 (center left). Fluorite, Dow Scar level, Hilton mine, near Appleby, Scordale, Cumbria |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS OF THE Harris Creek Fluorspar District Hardin County, Illinois ROSS C . L I L L I E P . O . B o x...O V E R 140 Y E A R S , the mines of southern Illinois have been producing lead, zinc, and fluorspar...come from the renowned district of Cave in Rock and adjacent deposits. Mining activity is presently restricted...to new orebodies recently discovered in the Harris Creek district (figure 1). History The earliest known...known use of fluorspar, the commercial name for fluorite, was by Indians who used it for carving or namental |  | | Journal (issue) | | Wilson T he Circulation Manager Mary Lynn Michela M in e r a l o g ic a l R ecord Associate Editors Pierre...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Twenty-eight, Number One Hlmois-Kentucky Fluorite District Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain...S-M SA S y m p o siu m o n cop p er and cop p er m in e r a ls ................................................. 51 Chairman: K. Wenrich W hat's n e w in m in erals D en v er S h o w 1996 ................. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Collector's Newslee Unusual Minerals in the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District Alan Goldst ein Falls of the...Clarksville, Indiana 47129 The Illinois Kentucky tl uorspar district has a lot of minera lization. Thi...focuses on the less-common species, which are described in alphabetical order. See Goldstein ( 1997) fo r a...fou nd in the Minerva# I. the on ly known North American occurrence (ed. note, recently reported in Virg...alstonite in collections that is • unrecognized. Ang les ite is lead sulfate that is very rare in the d istrict |
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Edgar Davis Mine, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA