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Sphalerite from
La Grange Mine, Meymac, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view La Grange Mine, Meymac, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:690886
Long-form Identifier:1:3:690886:7
GUID (UUID V4):5dfcddca-a2a8-45dc-84d4-96fbaf17c37d
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
8.2km (5.1 miles) Le Boucheron, Davignac, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
12.5km (7.8 miles) Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
29.0km (18.0 miles) La Vialolle, Labessette, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
36.5km (22.7 miles) La Fagotaire, Meallet, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
48.9km (30.4 miles) La Peyrouse mine, Mérinchal, Aubusson, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
50.5km (31.4 miles) Mont Larron quarry, Saint-Julien-le-Petit, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
57.6km (35.8 miles) Pruns, Saint-Santin-Cantalès, Laroquebrou, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
57.6km (35.8 miles) Rosiers Mine (Le Rozier Mine; Le Rosier Mine), Saint-Pierre-le-Chastel, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
60.3km (37.5 miles) Puy-les-Vignes, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
62.3km (38.7 miles) Pranal, Bromont-Lamothe, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
State Park (39-04-45N 09219-27W), a former strip mine in Excello Coal north of Columbia on U.S. Highway...Figure 3. Malachite, 4.2 cm high, Rueppele copper mine, Stanton, Franklin Co. Glenn Williams specimen,...county: ARAGONITE,CALCITE, CELESTITE. PYRITE, SPHALERITE (Broadhead 1873b: Swartzlow 1935). Figure 2....County Knight bank (38-45-13N 093-03-44W). an iron mine 5 miles southwest of Fulton along Little Auxvasse...MICROCLINE, muscovite, opal, plagioclase, PYRITE, SPHALERITE, TOURMALINE (schorl?), tridymite (Tan 1936b)
Report (issue)
with varying energy to the present time. The La Grange mine, which is one of the largest hydraulic placers...extending from Shasta post office west to the La Grange mine, and from Igo north nearly to Trinity Center...investigation I wish to express my hearty thanks to many mine owners and managers, but chiefly to Messrs. .R....Sherwood peneplain. This area extends from the La Grange mine to the East Fork of Stuart Fork and may have...directly southwestward to Weaverville and the La Orange mine. The survey of this basin is incomplete. The
Report (issue)
regularity ever since. Besides the La Grange mine, the largest hydraulic mine now in active operation, it contains... Murphy, of the Union Hill mine; Mr. Pierre Bouery, of the La Grange mine; Mr. W. D. Ayers, of Poker...Poker Bar; and Mr. M. D. Pinkerton, of the Globe mine; but more particularly to Mr. H. L. Lowden, formerly...The area is about 20 miles in length from the La Grange mine to a point near Swift Creek and is from 1 to...illustrated, as in figure 2, by a section of the La Grange mine, where it lies between the auriferous gravels
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
printed from Ed Schwab, Rt. 2, % Big Beryl Mine, La Grange, Ga. The letter described a 40 lb. terminated...rose quartz xl that was recently uncovered in the mine. The following is another letter, dated March 1...contact zone of the beryl, which I will mine later." La Grange, in central Troup County, is in western..." quartz xls on sphalerite were found in the Veli-Lepord mine near the Ballard Mine approx. l]/2 miles...element on a radioactive specimen from the Ruggles Mine, Grafton Center, N.H. The specimen was an oldtimer
Book
Geology in France and Related Areas (1994) J. D. Keppie (Ed.) Pre-Mesozoic Geology in France and Related...Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Pre-Mesozoic geology in France and related areas / J. D. Keppie (ed.). p.cm.Developed...2. Geology, Stratigraphic-Paleozoic. 3. Geology-France.!. Keppie, J. Duncan. II. IGCP Project 233-Terranes...PreMesozoic Geology of France (Armorican and Central Massifs) and related areas (Aquitaine Basin, Vosges, Crystalline...the international copference held in Montpellier, France, in August, 1988, where a vast amount of new information
Book (volume)
Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite and some Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper...areaStaurolite;  NE 2½ mi.: (a) the Cochran Mica Mine (1 mi. from the Cherry Grove School, near old tenant...mi., on the Etowah R., at the Creighton-Franklin MineGold;  on the Oscar Robertson farm; and  on the...Fulton Co.):  creek bedsDiamond;  the Laurel Creek MineAquamarine, Beryl, red Corundum. COBB COUNTY BELMONT...ELBERT COUNTY AREA:  Rock Branch Church, old mica mineBeryl;  Harmony Church, area Aquamarine;  Broad
Report (issue)
alteration adjacent to one of the large veins at the Reid mine in the district shows that the mineralization was...deposits have also produced Au. For example, the Siskon mine in the Happy Camp district, near Yreka produced...1849 until World War II (O'Brien, 1965). The La Grange mine, in the CMT, was one of the largest placer...production was at least the equivalent of the La Grange. Adding these estimates, results in a suggested...in argillite-graywacke-hosted veins), galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, and molybdenite (Hotz
Report (volume)
Section of La Grange mine..................................... 3. Section across head of Hupp mine, Sept.................... 4. Section across part of Hupp mine, August, 1910.................. 5. Section of faulted...Section of ancient gravels in Shock & Montgomery mine, Hay Fork valley.......................................... 8. Section of bluff east of Union Hill mine......................... 9. Sketch map of a portion...... 14. Sketch showing linear arrangement of sphalerite in the Cleveland ore........................
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inches; a floater specimen, Cross vein, Idarado mine, Ouray and San Miguel countries. Figure 2 (right)...points, 2.5 by 2 inches, East orebody, Mineral Farm mine, Ouray County. Traces of calcite remain at the base...orange-brown calcite, 3 by 2 inches, Goodfro no. 2 mine, Ouray County. For many mineral collectors, calcite...in association with quartz, pyrite, fluorite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, and rhodochrosite, as...information about the availability of specimens. Idarado Mine, San Miguel County Some of the finest and largest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with vesuvianite, magnetite and calcite. "Th's mine goes back to the 1870's and 80's—and worked off...pounds, have been found in the Copper Queen Copper mine in Bisbee, Cochise Co., Ariz. ARKANSAS—A large,...Crestmore, Riverside Co., Calif. 462 "The ores of the mine are of interest to collectors for their bright colors—a...crystals are being found but massive resinous sphalerite cores in the colorful ore are found. "Collecting...rubies have come from the old Hog Creek corundum mine in Town County. At Piedmont Orchard in Habersham
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens in amethyst, goethite, celestite, calcite, sphalerite, etc. Send for his special list. Some beautiful...crystal specimens of amethyst from a newly opened mine in S. C , plus sparkling clear blue celestite crystals...and cabbing grade asteriated pink quartz from La Grange, Ga., can be purchased from the Fluorite Shop
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
noted, associated with silicified corals and sphalerite tetrahedrons in a discontinuous, leached, sandy...quartz. "From the Harvard Mine we found quite a few of these."—on label. Harvard Mine, on Noyes Mt., is near...a specimen that I picked up at the Chester Emery Mine in Chester, Mass. In a vein of what I believe to...— T h e dumps of the abandoned world famous zinc mine at Franklin, N . J., continue to yield interesting...m enclosing a small piece of mineral a friend of mine found recently near Saratoga, Carbon Co., Wyo. for
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...Grizzly Bear mine, Ouray County 15. Columbine Lake prospect, La Plata County 5 . Daniel Bonanza mine, Ouray...Hinsdale, and Ouray 16. Bulldog mine, Creede, Mineral County 6. Champion mine, Lake City, Hinsdale Couinty
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
octahedra, 0.75 inch on edge, from the Henderson mine, Clear Creek County. Figure 2 (right). Green fluorite...Needle Mountain Wilderness area near Columbine Lake, La Plata County; largest crystal measures 1.25 inches...in combination with quartz, pyrite, calcite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, rhodochrosite, and several...before visiting. Sunnyside Mine, Gladstone, San Juan County The Sunnyside mine was located in 1873 in the...George Howard and R. J. McNutt. They named their mine “the Sunnyside,” because while prospecting at 13
Report (issue)
photograph showing Redding Frontispiece Creek mine, and 1. Weaver Photo 2. Composite dikes intruding...shale of Bragdon Formation Photo Surface of La Grange fault Photo 10. Open Photo 11. View Photo...at Reese Brothers coal mine of La Hill Grange mine area 33 . hydraulic mine Photo 13. Mires and...giants at the Rex mine Photo 17. Rotary furnace and condensers at Altoona quicksilver mine Photo 18. A...Unless otherwise indicated in the tabulated list, the mine ownership data are not later than 1957. The field
Report (issue)
*X- J ^ sSonoro TUOLUMNE S STANISLAUS «^x LA GRANGE ^ \ MARiPnqA IVI M V\ I r U O M SNELLING Figure...appreciable arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite as well as pyrite. West Belt deposits are similar...minerals commonly accompany the quartz. Pyrite, sphalerite, galena, and less commonly arsenopyrite and chalcopyrite...Slate Stop 2 Stop 3 Josephine and Pine Tree mine Oro Rico mine; talk by Robert Weir Stop 4 Allochthonous...Sonora, California Third Day Stop 6* Carson Hill mine Stop 7 Mountain King-Royal property Stop 8 Stop
Book (edition)
Fayette Court-house, Fayette county, and near Gold Mine in Marion county. These localities are at a distance...ties. Gold. 692 MINERAL RESOURCES. ALABAMA — Mine d — Continued. Mineralogical name. Common name...Wood's mine, Cleburne county, a bedded lode with pyrite, copper ore. in mica schist; Smith's mine, near...Coosa counties. Smelting works erected at wood's mine, Cleburne county j not now in operation. Emery....copper mine, Cleburne county, with other ores of copper; T. 20, R. 7 E., Clay county (Copper Mine). per
Report (issue)
1975 1976 1963 1962 1966 1972 Jeffersonville _ La Grange _ _ _ 1211 901 1974 1971 Lebanon Junction _...narrow arcuate belts east and west of the Jessa­ mine dome (fig. 1). A few small isolated exposures have...calcite masses near Bardstown are bordered by sphalerite. Fossils are sparse to abundant, generally indistinct...CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF KENTUCKY the La Grange quadrangle, and one from the Mt, Washington quadrangle...from the Cravens quadrangle and one from the La Grange quadrangle. These dolomites apparently contain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
it is located through the basic development of a mine and the six different mining methods used to extract...Secretary 114-67 223rd Street Cambria Heights 11, N . Y. LA 5-1380 . . Fulton County Mineral Club March 25th...Sunday, April 28th. Ã field trip to the Tilly Foster Mine near Brewster, N . Y. was planned1 for May 19th...discussion held on the trip to the Tilly Foster Mine, May 19th. The next field trip planned is to the...interesting and informative. The door prize of ruby sphalerite xls, chalcopyrite on quartz from the Tri-State
Report (issue)
S. Commissioner of Mineral prepared reports of mine production and gold-mining Bureau, and later now...John Wells. is also given to the large number of mine owners and operators, mining engineers, and miners...Kinsley Mariposa Knight's Ferry- Stanislaus La Grange La Porte Stanislaus Kern River Last . .Plumas...Francisco Beach... Mendocino San Francisco Jolon _ La Panza Los Burros Yolo _ __ Pag« DUlricI 178...District, Nevada County Section through Idaho-Maryland Mine Section through Empire and Pennsylvania Mines Map
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
B ~i~~~~ 1. Mine along West willow Creek, near Creede and across from the Bachelor mine. Photo by author...at Baia Sprie and Felsobanya; at the Rock Candy mine in British Columbia, Canada; and in the United States...Stoneham and other locales in Weld County; the Bulldog mine at Creede; Muddy Creek in Rio Grande County; and...association with quartz, pyrite, siderite, calcite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, rhodochrosite, and several...obtained before visiting. Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County The Eagle mine, owned and operated by the New
Report (issue)
the Klamath Mountains occurred at the Washington Mine in French Gulch in 1852, but lode production lagged...S. occurs in the Klamath Mountains, at the La Grange mine (fig. 4), near Weaverville. It was active from...more than 400,000 oz, such as at the Brown Bear Mine in the French Gulch district (Hotz, 1971; Albers...and Ag recovery. The Iron Mountain mine (then Mountain Copper mine) was the first to be developed. Zinc...gossan were mined and processed at the Iron Mountain Mine for its Au content. Subsequent to that activity
Book (volume)
W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY...banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps from sedimentary overburden⎯oval concretions...States EAST BROOKLYN (SE of Gardner), area coal mine dumps⎯Marcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK COUNTY DALLAS...with Marcasite & Pyrite with rhombs of Calcite, Sphalerite); e extensive exposure S of town on Crystal Glen...Pyrolusite, Quartz, Selenite, Smithsonite and Sphalerite in any combination). Hamilton Quarry Location
Book (volume)
W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY...banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps from sedimentary overburden⎯oval concretions...States EAST BROOKLYN (SE of Gardner), area coal mine dumps⎯Marcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK COUNTY DALLAS...with Marcasite & Pyrite with rhombs of Calcite, Sphalerite); e extensive exposure S of town on Crystal Glen...Pyrolusite, Quartz, Selenite, Smithsonite and Sphalerite in any combination). Hamilton Quarry Location
 
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