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Jarosite from
Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA


Locality type:Cliff
Classification
Species:Jarosite
Formula:KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Jarosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:651667
Long-form Identifier:1:3:651667:3
GUID (UUID V4):80310145-e2f3-4cc6-b714-00abe1dc80a7
Nearest other occurrences of Jarosite
27.8km (17.3 miles) Hazel Creek Mine (Everett Mine; Adams Mine; Adams-Westfelt Property), Swain County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Uher, S. Michal & J. Vitdlos The minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, T ennessee...........Sodalite, elongated, twinned crystal, 2.8 mm long, from Cave San Vito, Monte Somma, Napoli, Campania, Italy....“limonite” (Ruzbacka, 1968). Jarosite K2Fe63+(S 0 4)4(0 H )12 Jarosite occurs as yellow-brown crystals...National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6085 A lu m C ave Bluff, a D a n a locality fo r apjohnite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND ROLE AS A SOlL MINERAL AT ALUM CAVE BLUFF, TENNESSEEt DONALD I R. PEACOR,I ROLAND ...Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA 26324 Sandchain Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, USA Abstract-A new occurrence...is described from Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, where it occurs in...unreported locality, Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee (Coskren and Lauf...University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA. Copyright © 1999, The Clay Minerals Society The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Virginia 20192, USA U.S. Geological Survey, 973 Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA c Dartmouth...Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, New Hampshire, USA Accepted 1 June 2004 Abstract Weathering of metal-sulfide...the Copper Basin (Ducktown) mining district of Tennessee, and where sulfide-bearing metamorphic rocks undisturbed...Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee. Dissolution experiments on composite salt samples...minerals; Mineralogy; Acid rock drainage; Eastern USA 1. Introduction Secondary sulfate minerals play
Report (issue)
fibroferrite, copiapite, melanterite, epsomite, jarosite, Distribution: In the Czech Republic, on Valachov...Juan Province, Argentina. At Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA. Name: In honor of František
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tennessee Mineral Locality Index 300 T ennessee covers an area of 41,220 square miles in the southeastern...part of the state. Just prior to crossing the Tennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...TRAVIS A. PARIS 5604 Malmsbury Road Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite...Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo.
Report (issue)
Prepared in cooperation with the Tennessee Department of Transportation Bibliography for Acid-Rock Drainage...staining caused by acid-rock drainage in Hickman County, Tennessee. Bibliography for Acid-Rock Drainage and...C. Worland Prepared in cooperation with the Tennessee Department of Transportation Open-File Report...Figure 1. Location of pyrite-bearing formations in Tennessee with the potential for acid-rock drainage.......S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Tennessee Department of Transportation, is conducting an
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Territory, Canada (Van Tassel 1972); and Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee (Coskren and Lauf 2000; Hammarstrom et...pickeringite, fibroferrite, botryogen, copiapite, jarosite, natrojarosite, epsomite, gypsum, and sometimes...for example Majzlan et al. 2006) or hydronium jarosite figure 4. A possible assignment of the O…O contacts... R.J. (2000) Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff: Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31...and single-crystal X-ray refinement of hydronium jarosite, (H3O)Fe3(SO4)2(OH)6. Physics and Chemistry of
Journal (issue)
Collector's Notebook: Moat Mountain, Albany, Carroll County, Hew Hampshire-2000 Art Smith 9118 Concho Street...the Jersey Gardens Mall in Eliza- beth, Union County, New Jersey which he thought was a blue calcite...mineral history enthusiast. $24 .00 per year in USA $30.00 per year elsewhere Matrix Publishing Co mpany...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny @mineral news.com...mined. Most of the pegmatites in the northeastern USA are now being mined for specimens. This probably
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ČSM Mine. They also reported the occurrence of jarosite, gypsum, hexahydrite, alunogen and pickeringite...similar mineral assemblage at the Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee, USA. Goethite [a-Fe3+O(OH)] is the only...mines and dumps, locations of volcanic activity and cave environments. The closest geochemical relationship...Baltatzis et al., 1986); copiapite, epsomite, gypsum jarosite, pickeringite and rozenite (Cumbrian coalfield...alunogen, bı́linite, epsomite, gypsum, halotrichite, jarosite, melanterite and tschermigite (North Bohemian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State...close association with gypsum, phosphoscorodite, jarosite, fluellite, mansfieldite, colquiriite, strengite...Photon Source (Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA). Experimental A single crystal of arangasite from...and hydromica beds associated with gypsum and jarosite in sericitized volcanic rocks. Here the formation...gypsum, montmorillonite, limonite, scorodite, jarosite and other sulfates (Lazebnik et al., 1998). According
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystalline destinezite that forms by weathering in cave soils and mine waste dumps. The structural refinements...along with hematite and the occurrence of alunite, jarosite, and variscite in the system provide evidence...polymorph destinezite is crystalline. They occur in cave soils, weathered gossans, and mine-waste dumps as...CaAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 Alunite Anhydrite Gypsum Jarosite Melanterite Mikasaite KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 CaSO4 CaSO4·2H2O...angles), kaolinite, smectite, gypsum, tridymite, jarosite, variscite, fluorite and, more rarely, pyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA Geosciences, Museum...University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California...Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA Pasaje San Agustin 4045, La Serena, Chile [Received...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA under catalogue...Fe3+ minerals hematite, goethite, amarantite and jarosite (Rossman, 1976). Acknowledgements Reviewer Giovanni
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 2014 THE FENGJIASHAN WOLLASTONITE MINE, DAYE COUNTY, HUBEI PROVINCE, CHINA. B. Ottens, Klingenbrun-Banhof...visited the Fengjiashan Wollastonite mine in Daye County, and a huge number of well-developed minerals have...WISCONSIN MINERALS FROM THE NINE MILE PLUTON, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. T. W. Buchholz1, A. U. Falster2, and...ferberite-hübnerite from the Nine Mile pluton, Marathon County, Wisconsin. Program notes. In 31st Rochester Mineralogical...THE BOWER POWERS FARM, PIERREPONT, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK. S. C. Chamberlain, Center for Mineralogy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the presence of gypsum, melanterite, halotrichite, alum-(K), goslarite, and, possibly, coquimbite. Since...ore deposits of the southern Apuan Alps. Mineral Alum-(K) Alunogen Anhydrite Copiapite group Coquimbite...Fibroferrite Giacovazzoite Goldichite Gypsum Halotrichite Jarosite subgroup Khademite Krausite Magnanelliite Melanterite...the corresponding locality. Copiapite group and jarosite subgroup minerals have not been fully characterized...members of their own group or subgroup. 3.1. Alum-(K) Alum-(K), ideally KAl(SO4 )2 (H2 O)12 , is a common
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Anglesite Barite Brochantite Chalcanthite Gypsum Jarosite Melanterite Plumbojarosite Borates Ludwigite Vonsenite...distinguishable from each other. Jarosite KFe3(S 04) 2(OH)6 Jarosite is a common component of the gossan...Publishing P.O. Box 37072 Tucson, Arizona 85740 USA Tel: (520) 798-1513/(520) 297-4862 FAX: (520) 79...from Langesundfjord (southern Norway) and Colorado (USA). parts of the USSR to mine or buy material to sell
Show/Event (guide)
2:45 R a r e - e a r t h mineralogy of the Mohave County pegmatites, NW Arizona byS.L. Hanson, A U. Falam;...Fremont County, CObyM. I. Jacobson,.1, W Nizamoff,A. U. Falster and IV. B. Simmons 4:30 A l u m Cave Bluff...10:30 T h e Fengjiashan Wollastonite mine, Daye County, Hubei Province, China by B. Opens 10:45 N e w...Wisconsin minerals from the Nine Mile Pluton, Marathon County, Wisconsin by T W BuchholzA. U. Falster and WB...District in the town of Parishville, St. Lawrence County,NewYork. Mike earned a bachelor's degree in geology
Book (edition)
Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue...accessed through an impressive manmade "natural cave:' Portions of the collection are often displayed...were designed by a team from the NMNH. A natural cave display is a great educational tool. This collection...on the market. The mines at Bisbee, in Cochise County, have produced large quantities of gem-quality
Report (chapter)
anions of the sulfate group. The structure of sodium alum, Na{Al(H2O)6}(SO4)2(H2O)6, consists of {Al(H2O)6}...and (MØ6) octahedra: (a) cyanochroite; (b) sodium alum; (c) tamarugite, with Na atoms shown as circles;...celestine (15) ferricopiapite (8) hydronium jarosite (10) anglesite (15) cesanite (15) ferrinatrite...apjohnite (7) chalcophyllite (9) fibroferrite (8) jarosite (10) aplowite (7) changoite (7) fleischerite...(7) matteuccite (14) pentahydrite (8) sodium alum (6) yavapaite (11) melanterite (5) peretaite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
goslarite, gypsum, epsomite, pickeringite, coquimbite, jarosite, natroalunite, hexaydrite and voltaite, among...structure and role as a soil mineral at Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee. Clays and Clay Minerals, 47, 1 11. Paktunc
Book (edition)
(Brazil). Malcolm Back (Canada), Henry L. Barwood (USA). Dmitriy Belakovskiy (Russia). Fabio Bellatreccia...(Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA). Jeffrey de Fourestier (Canada). Robert Gault (Canada)...Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth (Canada). J.L. Jam bor (Canada), Anthony R. Kampf (USA). Pave! M. Kartashov...Karnp-Moller (Denmark). Akira Kato (Japan). Lance E. Keams (USA). Elisabeth Kirchner (Austria), Uwe Kolitsch (Austria)...Republic). Per Nystcn (Sweden), David O'Hanlcy (USA). Filippo Olmi (deccased) (ltaly). Werner H. Paar
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Council of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and was instrumental in the growth of the Museum’s...July–August, 2003 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Fax: (213) 749-4107 Website: http://nhm.org/minsci...oxide-coated matrix. Colorless crystals of potassium alum are not uncommon. Several other sulfates are also...Other fumarolic minerals present include potassium alum, as sharp, complex colorless crystals and as colorless
Report (volume)
glass, and television face-plate industries. Jarosite is a major waste product of the hydrometallurgical...In mineral exploration, minerals of the alunite-jarosite supergroup are recognized as key components of...jarosites in hydrometallugy (Chapter 8), and alunite-jarosite crystallography, thermodynamics, and geochronology...MEMBERS OF THE JAROSITE SUBGROUP ............................... 408 OCCURRENCES OF THE JAROSITE SUBGROUP .................................. 411 H ypogene Jarosite . . .........................................
Book (edition)
abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Plat., Malawi, G 10 17 River Formation in Uintah County, Utah. Deer et al., v. 2A,483, 1997. Aenigmatite...phonolites, rhyolites, and their lavas in Sonoma County, California, in the Picture Gorge basalt, Wheeler
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...9/#3 Kalahari rhodochrosite, Benitoite, Gold L.A. County Paterson (NJ), Brumado district Museum, Himalaya... 2001 Natural History Museum o f Los Angeles County Fax: (213) 749-4107 Website: http://nhm .org/m...www.wmtucson.com COPPER - Phoenix Mine Keweenaw County, Michigan W hen in Tucson, call for an app oin...swing. In the neighboring town of Drammen, cheap cave climbing equipment was offered for sale, and climbing
Journal (issue)
Descubridora (“Discovery Hole”) opening directly under the bluff and near the bottom of the arroyo, is easily imagined...Adamite Palomes Oriente Adamite Austinite Gypsum Jarosite Köttigite/Parasymplesite Legrandite Mapimite Ojuelaite... from a dump above San Juan Poniente and with jarosite at Foshag’s original site; he reports that these...thus resemble fluorite from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; some crystals exhibit a beautiful spiraling pattern...collected in the Platosa mine: these came from a gypsum cave encountered in the mine workings, where swordshaped
 
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