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Quartz from
Kentucky, USA


Locality type:State
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Millerite57 photos of Quartz associated with Millerite at this locality.
Fluorite27 photos of Quartz associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Calcite24 photos of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality.
Agate24 photos of Quartz associated with Agate at this locality.
Pyrite23 photos of Quartz associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite21 photos of Quartz associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Sphalerite21 photos of Quartz associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Dolomite16 photos of Quartz associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Galena13 photos of Quartz associated with Galena at this locality.
Celestine11 photos of Quartz associated with Celestine at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kentucky, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:987113
Long-form Identifier:1:3:987113:7
GUID (UUID V4):39c0f404-0de8-49e1-ad4b-a9ca379f8848
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
painting by Stephen F. Greb. July/August: Pyrite, quartz, and galena, Camp Bird mine, Ouray, Colorado. Barbara...Jeffrey Scovil photo. November/December: Gold on quartz, Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California.... Caldwell Stone Company Quarry, Boyle County, Kentucky, 254-58 Andorite, 27 Andradite, Arkansas, 182...Gerais, Brazil, 310-13 Barite: Colorado, 106; Kentucky, 326-29, 258; South Dakota, 188-90; Wyoming, 167...106 Burkeite, 367 Calcite: Colorado, 302, 332; Kentucky, 258, 327; Minas Gerais, 313; Pennsylvania, 260-70;
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com/locate/apgeochem Weathering of the New Albany Shale, Kentucky, USA: I. Weathering zones defined by mineralogy and...a bed of Devonian New Albany Shale in eastern Kentucky are documented. Samples were collected from unweathered...efflorescent salts, but has retained much of its primary quartz, illite and illite–smectite. Goethite and amorphous...weathering of the Devonian New Albany Shale in eastern Kentucky. The New Albany Shale and laterally time-equivalent...underlie thousands of km2 of the eastern and central USA. The shale was deposited very slowly in relatively
Report (issue)
Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments Ohio and Kentucky By Charles L. Rice, Ronald L Martino, and Ernie...Interstate 64, Rowan-Carter County line, northeastern Kentucky L/.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL...STRATIGRAPHY AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OHIO AND KENTUCKY By Charles L. Rice, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston...Chesnut, Jr., Stephen F. Greb, and Cortland Eble Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY 40506 and Dewey...Basal Pennsylvanian strata, Kentucky AA Highway, 0.5 km west of Kentucky Route 7 by Ronald L Martino
Report (issue)
Bitumen and Heavy Oil Deposits 3 California 3 Kentucky 3 New Mexico 3 Oklahoma 4 Texas 4 Utah 4 Wyoming...and gilsonite samples from: 3. California 10 4. Kentucky and New Mexico 11 5. Oklahoma 12 6. Texas and...trace elements may be due, in part, to the low quartz content of the rock and to the presence of heulandite...pattern probably results from the large amount of quartz in four of the samples and a large amount of calcite...Jeffrey D. Meyers, Conoco, Inc.; Martin C. Noger, Kentucky Geological Survey; and H. Rambarran, Trinidad
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Research, University of Kentucky, 2540 Research Park Drive, Lexington, KY 40511, USA; E-Mails: john.groppo@uky...dali.qian@uky.edu (D.Q.) Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY 40506, USA; E-Mail: eble@uky.edu Department...Mining Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA; E-Mails: rick.honaker@uky.edu (R...Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA * Author to whom correspondence...Middle Pennsylvanian Fire Clay coal in Eastern Kentucky and Southern West Virginia, are known to be relatively
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copyright 0 1995 Elsevier Science Ltd printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016.7037/95 $9.50 + Ml Pergamon...volcanic ashes: Analysis of glass inclusions in quartz microphenocrysts from tonsteins JAMES D. WEBSTER...192, USA of Land Management, Elko District Office, Elko Resource Area, Elko, Nevada 89801, USA ‘U.S...Survey, MS 956, National Center, Reston, VA 22092, USA (Received February 14, 1994; accepted in revised...November 18, 1994) Abstract-Glass inclusions in quartz microphenocrysts were analyzed for major and minor
Journal (issue)
lorandile, calcite, realgar, orpiment, flu orite, quartz. stibnite, s tibiconite, s ulfur and othe r species...and frequently found attached to lorandite and quartz replaced host rock. (Continues o n page 3) 2...that has been a prolific source of dioptase on quartz w ith plancheite. The few specime ns I saw indicate...and I wonder Helvite crystals to 8 mm on 14 cm quartz matrix whether it is an from Navegador Mine, Conselheiro...crystals rang ing from 5 10 9 cm red elbaite on 16 cm quartz from over 20 cm. It is equally Pederneira Mine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Analysis of Fluid Inclusions from the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District, Viburnum Trend, and Tri-State...midcontinent area of North America. The Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district belongs to the fluoritic subtype...released by in vacuo crushing of irradiated fluorite, quartz, carbonate, and sphalerite samples. Additionally...from the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district. Fluorite from the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district...of the total He in the fluids of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district. The Br/Cl mol ratios of all
Journal (issue)
199~ Weird The Mineral and Wonderful from Quartz Alberta's Collector's Newsletter in Septarian...(though a little skeptical) to learn of a nearby quartz collecting locality. It is a three-hour drive northeast...locomotive cxursions. My first collecting specialty was quartz, for which I've retained a soft spot, and I was...produced a wide variety of interesting and unusual quartz crystals. These are found in abundant ironstone...nodules that weather out of Fig. 1 Partial, hollow quartz crystal 11/4 inches (3 cm) across, with multiple
Journal (issue)
Mineral Col Minerals of the Walker Vein Central Kentucky Fluorspar District Alan Goldstein 1607 Washington...veins within the area described as the Central Kentucky Fluorspar District (Anderson et al, 1982; Currier...available to collectors. In brie f, the Ce ntral Kentucky Fluorspar District, which covers all or parts...Cinnabar prospect near Lake Greeson and Mount Ida quartz ~ Our Arkansas collecting trip started early in...new in the quartz world. Not much. Ken Manley was cleaning a batch of interesting quartz from Collier
Journal (issue)
1999 Hanson Aggregates Midwest Flemingsburg, Kentucky Quarry Alan Goldstein Falls of the Ohio State...having been purchased through a buyout of the Kentucky Stone Company. Although this company leans towards...Hanson Aggregates Midwest quarry, Flemingsburg, Kentucky, photo by Mark A. Schneider. Other News from...had small groups of tiny jarosite, orthoclase, or quartz crystals implantea Continued on page ., Rock Trimmer...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny@mineralnews.com
Journal (issue)
commemorate the recent history of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district. I had wanted to hold this...laContinued on page 4 Fig. 1 Anatase, 3 mm crystal on quartz, Midstate Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County...dispelled any doubts. The Wise Mine fluorite and quartz matrix specimens on display were more than 6 inches...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • E-mail: lream@comtch.iea...embedded on beds of closely spaced, small, white quartz crystals. All the crystals appear black but the
Journal (issue)
Collector's Newslee Unusual Minerals in the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District Alan Goldst ein Falls of the...Drive Clarksville, Indiana 47129 The Illinois Kentucky tl uorspar district has a lot of minera lization...little brush but the a rea is easy 10 prospect. Quartz veins can be seen outcropping on the hillsides...that I had di scovered the previous year, a large quartz vei n showing some signs of pocket ing . 1 had...lots of broken matrix showing broken stumps of quartz crystals p iled up next to the now empty pocket
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
likely Ouachita flexural forebulge effects, eastern Kentucky, U.S.A. Min Zeng a, b,⁎, Frank R. Ettensohn c...Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, USA d Terra Guidance...Guidance, Loma, CO 81524, USA b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 3 October 2012 Received in...Chesterian) carbonates in east-central and northeastern Kentucky, U.S.A., shows six unconformity-bound sequences...generated the noted stratigraphic anomalies in eastern Kentucky and nearby areas. The likelihood of low-amplitude
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluorine concentrations of ore fluids in the Illinois-Kentucky district: Evidence from SEM-EDS analysis of fluid... Fluorine concentrations of ore fluids in the Illinois-Kentucky district: Evidence from SEM-EDS analysis of fluid...Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211 USA Abstract The Illinois-Kentucky district is an atypical occurrence...for the predominance of fluorite in the Illinois-Kentucky district is that the ore fluids there were anomalously...determining the fluorine concentration of the Illinois-Kentucky ore fluid through SEM-EDS analysis of evaporative
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
d, i, Madison M. Hood a, e, f a University of Kentucky, Center for Applied Energy Research, 2540 Research...KY, 40511, USA University of Kentucky, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY, 40506, USA c State Key...University of Kentucky, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lexington, KY, 40506, USA f Department...Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX, 76798, USA g Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China...emphasis on Manchester and Fire Clay coals in eastern Kentucky are the focus of this investigation. Those coals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FRONTS AND ASSOCIATED ZINC-LEAD MINERALIZATION, USA DELBERT D. HARPER 526 Walker Blvd., Maryville, Tennessee... the Metaline district in Washington, and the Kentucky-Illinois fluorspar district. MVT mineralization...sulfides, fluorite, barite, calcite, dolomite, and quartz are the most abundant minerals which are found...Associated Zinc/Lead Mineralization Mid-Continent USA TX FL Legend Gulf of Mexico Dolomite Front (hachures...8,000 drill holes in Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky provides part of the record; in other areas, compilations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphism adjacent to a porphyritic quartz-monzodiorite at Kentucky, New South Wales, Australia has produced...manite anastomose between lenticular grains of quartz and feldspar and truncate igneous zoning in plagioclase...stock of porphyritic biotite leucogranite in the Kentucky area, New South Wales, Australia. The rocks of...adjacent to a Late Permian stock of porphyritic quartz monzodiorite (Fig. 1). We suggest that the aluminous...plagioclase, up to 5 mm in length, in a groundmass of quartz, plagioclase, K-feldspar and biotite, all with
Journal (issue)
1607 Washington Blvd. Louisville, Kentucky 40242-3539 • Kentucky is graced with two '•fluorspar districts...readers are aware of the more famous Illinois-Kentucky lluorspar district. (Despite the editor-produced...fluorite is the correct mineral name.) The Central Kentucky lluorspar district is certainly less wellknown...inches wide, Thomas vein, Nally-Gibson Quarry, Kentucky. Although some of the iron mines of the Mesabi...produced very fine specimens of amethyst and clear quartz not much else is commonly reported from these mines
Journal (issue)
January-February 1997 Volume Twenty-eight, Number One Hlmois-Kentucky Fluorite District Correspondents Miguel Calvo...Goldstein 1607 Washington Boulevard Louisville, Kentucky 40242-3539 T he Illinois-K entucky flu o rite...particular geological backgrounds. The Illinois-Kentucky fluorite' district is one o f those rare mineralized...been most commonly referred to as the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district, “fluorspar” being the old...mineral collection, housed at the Louisville (Kentucky) Science Center in Louisville, contains several
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
92366, USA Department of Mining Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA Correspondence:...for this project originated from the Baker (West Kentucky No. 13) coal seam located within the Illinois...was purchased from Thermo Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA, and was used to prepare 1.2M sulfuric acid solution...sample mineralogy. Kaolinite [Al2(Si2O5) (OH)4], quartz [SiO2], and pyrite [FeS2] were the three dominant...sample mineralogy. Kaolinite [Al2 (Si2 O5 ) (OH)4 ], quartz [SiO2 ], and pyrite 0.65 5.59 1.18 4.38 0.58 3
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universi~.} of ()regOr~o Eugene. OR 97403-I 272. USA. have the resolution to image them properly. T h...level (Krinsley and Manley, 1989). For instance, quartz is dark and pyrite grains are very light, since...the left center (light gray), a somewhat smaller quartz grain impressed into the lower left side of the...micrograph has penetrated the large quartz grain on the right. The quartz is partly edge corroded. Whitby...m. Miocene, Anahuac Formation, Texas Gulf Coast, USA. (7) Massive calcium carbo~ate replacement of planktonic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ore-stage calcite: Application to the Illinois-Kentucky and Central Tennessee Mississippi Valley-type...Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, USA Received 13 June 2017; accepted in revised form 16...calcite. This method was applied to the Illinois-Kentucky and Central Tennessee districts, which both contain...with the calcite structure. For both the Illinois-Kentucky and the Central Tennessee district, predicted...of the observed amounts of Zn in the Illinois-Kentucky and Central Tennessee districts within ranges
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
northeast-trending Rome trough is bordered by the Kentucky River fault system (KRFS) and the Rockcastle River...13, x FOR PEER REVIEW of 13 developed in Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania [34]....Waverly arch; LFS = Lexington fault system; KRFS = Kentucky River fault system; IPCFS = arch; WA = Waverly...Waverly LFS = Lexington fault system; KRFS = Kentucky Irvine–Paint Creek arch; fault system; RRFS = Rockcastle...Devonianstrata stratain innorthnorthThe eastern Kentucky in the United States. The sampling site is located
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mississippi Valley-Type Mineralization in the Illinois-Kentucky District Michael A. Pelch,1,* Martin S. Appold...Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) ores in the Illinois-Kentucky district were analyzed using microthermometry...meteoric fluid. Fluid inclusions in the Illinois-Kentucky district have overall higher atomic ratios of...These differences may indicate that the Illinois-Kentucky and Ozark MVT ore fluids were derived largely...rocks in the Illinois-Kentucky district. Low Ca/Mg ratios of Illinois-Kentucky fluid inclusions indicate
 
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