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Limonite from
Union Mine, Mežica, Slovenia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Wulfenite5 photos of Limonite associated with Wulfenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Union Mine, Mežica, Slovenia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:736938
Long-form Identifier:1:3:736938:4
GUID (UUID V4):4aaeba8f-dc98-4fa2-a717-181b8a18a5d6
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
0.0km (0.0 miles) Mežica Mines, Mežica, Slovenia
3.7km (2.3 miles) Helena mining district, Črna na Koroškem, Slovenia
17.6km (10.9 miles) Cu deposit, Rijavitzagraben (Jeravitzagraben; Jeravica; Remscheniggraben), Bad Eisenkappel, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria
20.4km (12.7 miles) Koglereck quarry, Sankt Vinzenz, Lavamünd, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
26.1km (16.2 miles) Pyrrhotite prospect, Ebriach, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria
26.5km (16.5 miles) Fladung District, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria
28.8km (17.9 miles) Hochobir District, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria
31.4km (19.5 miles) Terpetzen, Trixen, Völkermarkt, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria
34.8km (21.6 miles) Hapatnikkogel stibnite deposit, Klein Sankt Veit, Völkermarkt, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria
36.7km (22.8 miles) Jauernik (Jauernig), Waidisch, Ferlach, Klagenfurt-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
serpentine, and the golden-yellow pyrite into brown limonite. As a result of the weathering of pyrite sulphuric...from one mineral, e.g. malachite, azurite, or limonite from chalcopyrite. Dripstone caves are another...crystal yet their composition corresponds to that of limonite. This is the result of a partial or complete exchange...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves...cinnabarite MERCURY 1— 3 (Quicksilver) Hg Idrija, Slovenia, Yugoslavia SYLVANITE tabular, lamellar, skeletal
Book
serpentine, and the golden-yellow pyrite into brown limonite. As a result of the weathering of pyrite sulphuric...from one mineral, e.g. malachite, azurite, or limonite from chalcopyrite. Dripstone caves are another...crystal yet their composition corresponds to that of limonite. This is the result of a partial or complete exchange...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves...cinnabarite nat. MERCURY (Quicksilver) _Hg Idrija, Slovenia, Yugoslavia very good brittle tabular, lamellar
Report (volume)
Preliminary Study of Radioactive Limonite in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Commission 1046-N Preliminary Study of Radioactive Limonite in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming By T. G. LOVERING...Tom Gray, 1921Preliminary study of radioactive limonite in Colorado,. Utah, and Wyoming, by T. G. Levering...Pete, 1919joint author, n. Title: Kadioactive limonite in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. (Series: U. S...Uintah County, Utah ________________ Silver Cliff mine, Niobrara County, Wyo________ _____ __ Golden Gate
Report (issue)
Hed and Strand antimony mine --------- Nome -------- CM Big Hurrah gold mine ----------------- Nome...the Sinuk River iron area and the Hed and Strand mine was furnished by the U. S. Army, 30th Engineer Base...the Quiggley antimony prospect and the Big Hurrah mine. Radiometric traversing on the ground was accomplished...prospect Sinuk River iron area Hed and Strand mine. Big Hurrah mine Quiggley antimony prospect 0 25 ·. Figure...uranium with the radioactive · material occurring in limonite, hematite, goethite and and mimetite. At this
Book (edition)
Calamine. 100. Pyrophyllite. 19. Sphalerite. 58. Limonite. 20. Chalcoeite. 59. Gummite. 102. Glauconite...Guilford, Davidson, Randolph, Montgomery, Stanly, Union, Cabarrus, Rowan, Mecklenburg, Lincoln, Gaston,...found at the Reid Mine, in Cabarrus county, the Crump Mine and the Swift Island Mine, in Montgomery country...) at the Cansler & Shuford Mine, in Gaston count} and the Little John Mine, in Caldwell county, and Pax...crystals at Ward’s Mine, in Davidson county; also, in Union county, at the Pewter Mine, and associated with
Book (edition)
the sections of the State, in some of ular), limonite Copper {brown its ores, and in nearly all...Chrysocolla. Calamine. 22. Pyrrhotite. 58. Limonite. 23. Schreibersite. 59. Gummite. 24. Pyrite...Guilford, Davidson, Randolph, Montgomery, Stanly, Union, Cabarrus, Rowan, Mecklenburg, Lincoln, Gaston...other. surface is it usually associated with limonite and at a greater depth of the deposits with pyrite...found at the Reid Mine, in and the Swift Island Mine, ter place Cansler Mine, in & in plates
Report (volume)
lead, and zinc. A zone extending from the Reward mine (near the northwest corner of the study area) 3...northeast of the Reward mine. A mineralized shear zone on the north side of Union Wash, about 3 mi south...south of the Reward mine, has moderate resource potential for silver and lead on the west and low resource...high-grade silver ore in 1865 Bl at the Cerro Gordo mine, located about 5 mi southeast of the study area...deposits in the region, such as that at the Cerro Gordo mine (fig. 1), are found in carbonate rock as veins,
Report (volume)
31 32 33 33 34 35 35 36 37 37 37 38 38 38 38 Limonite ................................................Guilford, Davidson, Randolph, Montgomery, Sfcanly, Union, Cabarrus, Rowan, Mecklenburgh, Lincoln, Gaston...Near the surface it is usually associated with limonite and at a greater depth of the deposits with pyrite...found at the Reid mine in Cabarrus County, the Crump mine and' the Swift Island, mine in Montgomery County...crystals), at the Cansler & Shuford mine in Gaston County, the Little John mine in Caldwell County, and Pax Hill
Book (edition)
Giaphite— Halloysite . Hematite . Kaolinite . Limonite . Common name. Remarks. Stewart's mines and...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...Tennessee valley in north ern Alabama carries limonite. Largest bank in Franklin county from Cedar creek...Iu the Lower Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa) formation, limonite is of frequent occurrence at places, in large
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tiny, yellow grains of native gold in dark brown limonite—small, greenish, radiating masses of malachite...malachite also present. "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."—on label. ARKANSAS—In...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U.S.) that has been opened up...xls on dark gray limestone. "Found at a coal strip mine about 5 miles southwest of Monroe, Iowa, in Marshall...County."—on label. KANSAS—"I am mailing you a limonite nodule I picked up about 4 miles south of Coyville
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1 (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil...Figure 2 (above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil...Figure 3 (left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen...specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far...barite specimens at the Elmwood zinc mine in middle Tennessee. This mine, opened in 1975, and other nearby
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U. S.) that has been opened up...studies of the altered triplite from the local Swanson Mine showed that the little tabular crystals which I...come from a strip mine (coal) in Henry County, 111. "They are all from a strip mine, one of many that...landscape in this county. This particular strip mine lies between Annawan and Atkinson on U.S. Route...all on dark gray limestone. "Found at a coal strip mine about 5 miles southwest of Monroe, Iowa, in Marion
Report (issue)
Epidote 5 5 5 Halloysite through 8 9 9 9 Limonite through l0 l0 Magnesite through muscovite ll...MINERAL RESOURCES ANATASE - Anatase occurs in the iron mine about 0.25 mile west of North Garden on the northeastem...quartz vein on the Hickory Ridge farm east of Free Union and northwest of State Road 665. APATITE GROUP...ilmenite in a biotite-nelsonite rock in the iron mine west of North Garden. The brown stained apatite...at the quartz mine on Hickory Ridge farm nortlwest. of State Road 665, east of Free Union. Wilkens and
Report (volume)
been found near Rockford. Brown iron ore. See Limonite. Cement material (Portland). Portland cement...working in pure white clay at Eureka V ALABAMA. 7 mine 4 miles northeast of Valley Head. Etowah County...for most part, free milling and associated with limonite, resulting from oxidation of pyrite; below water...types, quartzitic and slaty. Iron. See Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite. Infusorial earth...Chalk, Flagstone, Flux, and Lithographic stone. Limonite. Mined in Bibb and Tuscaloosa counties near Woodstock;
Book
Salt miners at work in the Diirrnberg-Hallein mine (1756) (see also comment on copyright page) Mineral...work in the Durrnberg-Hallein mine (1756). Oil painting in the ancient mine office at Hallein Salzburg....Werkstiitter (1708-1772) on the occasion of a visit to the mine by the Prince Bishop Sigmund III. of Salzburg on...At the top of the painting and on the steps are mine surveyors and a miner at work. Note the romantic...very small and, apart from the Berchtesgaden salt mine, very poor in deposits accessible to larger excursion
Report (edition)
serpentine (yellow veinlets), and magnetite-limonite magnified 600 times. (black); COMMOXW'KAL H...edition, except that three localities, the Grace mine in Berks County, the Stillwell quarry in Lancaster...Northampton County Schuylkill County Sullivan County Union County York County .. . 33 . 35 .. . 41 ...Morgantown Area Nodule 34 Cross-Section of 39 _ Mine Ore Body Cross-Section of the Grace 40 Magnetite...Geologic Cross-Section of West End of French Creek Mine 61 Octahedral Crystals of Pyrite 62 Wavellite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
limestone—the brownish color is due to brown earthy limonite filling cavities throughout the mass. 3390.0 miles—Williamsburg...(see R & M , July-Aug. 1953, p. 387). 3436.8 miles—Union Pacific R.R. Station on right. 3438.0 miles—U.S...The following pebbles were found here: brownish limonite, reddish microcline, tiny silvery muscovite flakes...a sand sample in S. D. get a sample. (Stevens, Union Co.). Black pebbles of 3796.0 miles—Woodbury Co...basanite, gray pebbles of chert, and brown pebbles of limonite were found U.S. 75. 3811.0 miles—Sergeant Bluff
Report (issue)
follows, beginning at the north: Tippah, Ben ton, Union, Pontotoc, Calhoun, Webster, Oktibbeha, Winston...that had been derived from the deposits in western Union and Pontotoc counties, or possibly that some boulders...Mississippi, which crosses portions of Tippah, Benton, Union, Pontotoc, Calhoun, Webster, Oktibbeha, Winston...carbonate is light gray where fresh but alters to limonite in concentric shells on the surface. It is of... Benton County, a deposit of iron ore, mainly limonite altered from siderite, was mined from an open
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the information about cinnabar from the Red Devil Mine of Sleetmute, Alaska, and thought you might like...siderite have been found in the Junction copper mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Ariz. ARKANSAS — A black mass...sphalerite (gem quality) from the famous Big Four zinc mine near Heeney, Summit Co., Colo. Some small specimens...us — very nice material. "From the Big Four zinc mine near Heeney, Summit Co., Colo., by the Green Mountain...Mountain Reservoir. Some galena xls also found here. "Mine temporarily closed again due to low price of zinc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pinkish rhodonite have been found in the Sunnyside mine at Silverton (San Juan Co.), Colo. CONNECTICUT—Richard..., sent us two items (one on the old lead-silver mine at Canton (Hartford Co.), Conn, and the other on...Reid, collected at the old Canton silver and lead mine. I recently visited the locality, for the first...pyromorohite prisms. The latter incrusted a few limonite-stained quartz crystals in one of the numerous...Silver Spring, Md. "In one of the goethite and limonite concretions which I have found on Wheeler Road
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U.S.) that has been opened up...visit. I am planning a trip to the Ruggle's Feldspar Mine near Grafton Ctn., New Hampshire." Mrs. Harriette... Please send us more items on interO. Box 221, Union, N . J., has donated esting finds. W e wish secretaries...cervantite, Ambrose nite (quartz) have been found on the mine, Hollister (San Benito C o . ) , Calif. south side...common beach trip to the famous Strictland Mica Mine pebbles they do not occur on Florida in the tov/n
Book (volume)
Od. net. - • CONTENTS. ... Introduction Union of South Africa : Transvaal Cape Province ... ...The chief deposits in British Africa are in the Union of South Africa, while Northern and Southern Rhodesia...also found in lenticular deposits. Nodules of limonite a,nd red hromatite occur in sandstones of Eocene...stated _to contain magnetite. In St. Helena nodular limonite is stated to be met with in large quantities on...that could be profitably exported. Union of South Africa. The Union of South Africa, as at present · constituted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz xls with small barite xls altered to brown limonite. "The third specimen is drusy quartz on green...Bridge in Anacostia, S. E. Pyrolusite nodules in limonite and attractive specimens of pyrite and an emerald-green...Drive, Hyattsville, Md. GEORGIA — The Chandler iron mine is located about 8 miles west-southwest of Hawkinsville...with some limonite and hematite, is found in red, yellow, or ocherous clay. In the Chandler mine was found...photos and a folded map in color — the Chandler Mine in featured. The Georgia Mineral Newsletter is published
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...Smithsonite, Strontianite, Witherite; e the Minerva No. 1 Mine, area minerals and also noted fluorescent minerals⎯Alstonite...ROSICLARE: c area mines, especially Ozark Mahoning mine⎯Calcite crystals, Fluorite (blue, yellow, purple
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...Smithsonite, Strontianite, Witherite; e the Minerva No. 1 Mine, area minerals and also noted fluorescent minerals⎯Alstonite...ROSICLARE: c area mines, especially Ozark Mahoning mine⎯Calcite crystals, Fluorite (blue, yellow, purple
 
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