| | Report (edition) | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 2045 MORSE RD., BLDG. C- 1 COLUMBUS, OHIO 43229-6693 (614) 265-6576 (614) 447-1918 (FAX)...L. Fox, MS, Seismologist Michael C. Hansen, PhD, Ohio Seismic Nelwork (OhioSeis) Coordinator An Equal... Minerals of Ohio by Ernest H. Carlson Bulletin 69 Second Edition STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...(formerly Stoneco, Inc.}, near Junction, Pau lding County, Ohio. Specimen is 3.8 x 2.4 cm with the largest crystal...citation: Carlson, E.H., 2015, Mineral s of Ohio (2d ed.): Columbus, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | that bring together important locality data for Ohio minerals. It is a contri bution to the national...the Findlay Arch (northwestern Ohio) and Serpent Mound (southwestern Ohio) districts (Carlson 1990); thisvone...at mouth of Silver Creek near Edinburg, Portage County. Figure 1 (left). Rosanna Carlson sitting in dolostone...septarium, Copperas Mountain near Spargursville, Ross County. Ernest Carlson photo. Figure 3. Map showing mineral...in a northerly trending belt that runs from the Ohio River to Lake Erie (Monroeville and Spargursville | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Bulldog Tunnel of the Inspiration copper mine. The Live Oak copper mine of the same company (Inspiration Copper...crystals found in the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville, Eldorado County, California. What your correspondent...interest. I happen to be a part owner of the Josephine Mine, and acted as Engineer and Geologist during the...avoid hauling the waste rock to the surface. The mine has been closed for a year and the air now is so...most beautiful sight that I have encountered in any mine. It greatly enriched my mineral collection as far | | | Journal (issue) | the carbonates and there are graptolites in the Athens shales. The strqta lie in a sequence of major folds...Charlottesville, Virginia 22903. A county road map of Washington County is available from the Information...Martha Washington Inn. Head east. 0.4 Washington County Courthouse on left. 0.64 0.1 House on left. Behind...Chepultepec limestone. Turn left onto State Road 749 at County school office building. Stop sign. Turn left on...Highway). Overturned and cleaved, graptolitebearing Athens shales in right roadcut. Turn left onto State Road | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | on the Post territory which covers most of Yuma County, Arizona, and a small area in California."—letter...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U. S.) that has been opened up...Liggett military reserjade deposits in (Monterey County) Cali- vation are some of the very few found on...Middlesex signed to conserve the stone for removal County, Conn., was sent in by Richard by legitimate collectors...studies of the altered triplite from the local Swanson Mine showed that the little tabular crystals which I | | | Book (volume) | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N | | | Report (issue) | ........................................ 40 Melanterite ...............................................celestite, copiapite, epsomite, fluorite, marcasite, melanterite, millerite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, smythite, sphalerite...abandoned crushed limestone quarries, a few coal strip mines, and road and railroad cuts were examined...collection of geodes from Big Walnut Creek, Putnam County; and many quarry operators for granting us permission...Indians knew of and used Wyandotte Cave in Crawford County (4).2 Ball (1941, p. 39) summarized the various | | | Report (issue) | a ledge of stone blasted, a test core drilled, a mine shaft sunk or a gravel pit dug—additional mineral...useful information on the minerals of the coal strip mines around Oskaloosa and Knoxville from John Phipps...also wish to thank the many quarry, gravel pit and mine operators in Iowa, and many private landowners who............. B. Typical pyrite crystals found in strip mines near Oskaloosa. C. Pyrite crystals, partly...... B. Nodule of "coldwater agate" from Benton County showing gray and white chalcedony and crystalline | | | Report (edition) | with cubic and octahedral cleavages, Pequea silver mine; middle left: azurite crystals on calcite, “old”...from the owners of the land, from the quarry or mine operators before entering to collect. (Land ownership...particular site, remember it is possible to visit the county courthouse in which the site is located, and trace...tested copper by Benjamin Franklin. In 1732 Gap mine land was owned by the honorable Proprietors Thomas...23 23 28 Adams County Native copper localities Teeter quarry zeolite Allegheny County Wittmer wurtzite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. The locality may also be given as 6 miles east...sent in by Sgt. Brown. Wynne, in southern Cross County is in eastern Arkansas. CALIFORNIA—"Thought you...very interesting. Plaster City, in S/W Imperial County, is in southern California. GEORGIA—In the last...was printed from Ed Schwab, Rt. 2, c/o Big Beryl Mine, LaGrange, Ga. Another letter, dated March 2, 1965...interested to know a bit more about our Big Beryl Mine. W e received a new order for 500 tons of pure white | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | location a~ included at the end of each entry. Adair County Chariton River (40-04-05N 92-4 I -23W). septarian...septarian concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular...hematite, quartz (Broadhead 1873b, 1877). Audrain County Mexico, in fire clay pits and spoil piles: PYRITE...University Library] at 19:58 29 October 2014 Barton County McKarrow’s coal bank (37-37N 94-28W), 2.5 miles...PICKERINGITE, pyrite, siderite (Broadhead 1873b). Bates County Panther Creek, northwest of Rockville in coal deposits: | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ ...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5 ....to the mid-1970s were documented with the exact mine or in many cases even the correct subdistrict. In...sprays of millerite associated with calcite. The coal mine dumps and waste piles scattered throughout much...Fluorite and barite, 6 cm high, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 5 (above right) | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page)...barite specimens at the Elmwood zinc mine in middle Tennessee. This mine, opened in 1975, and other nearby | | | 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 | | | Book (volume) | circumference by navigable waters, primarily the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The highest elevations are...Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E | | | Book (volume) | circumference by navigable waters, primarily the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The highest elevations are...Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ARIZONA sent in by William E. Lassiter. From the Magma mine at Superior we have two nicely crystallized specimens...black and the other a soft greenish-gold. The Rowley mine near Theba yielded a bright orange duster of wulfenite...the Apache mine at Globe and group of dark orange crystals of Wulfenite from the Red Cloud Mine in Yuma...Yuma County. Some of the crystals on this specimen are Y2" long. Unfortunately, it arrived broken into three...marcasite and melanterite can be found on the spoils of an old strip mine known as the "Blackstone Mine". This | | | Book | Gives a sodium flame. Nearly insoluble. COMANCHE COUNTY: SE%, Sec. 4, T.3N., R.15W. The xtals are i to...side by granite, AGATE (See Quartz) CANADIAN COUNTY: South Canadian Rivers. In the gravel bars of...the Also in sand plant waste dumps. CIMARRON COUNTY: Secs. 7, 8, 9, 10; T.5N., R.2E. Cimarron Meredian...widely scattered in the Black Mesa area. DEWEY COUNTY: Agate is found 2 miles east of Seiling in the...at Taloga in the South Canadian River. HARPER COUNTY: Secs. 17, 20; T.27N., R.23W.. Jaspagate. Secs | | | Journal (issue) | Isa District, Queensland Part 3 - The Mount Oxide mine ............ B. Day & B. Beyer 3 Zeolites and...England The Francis Collection A. Pring 21 Post mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit...Mimetite crystals from Sabine's Shaft, Mount Bonnie mine. 44 km north-west of Pine Creek. Northern Territory...km t N LEGEND Figure 3: Plan of the Mt Oxide mine. Main Road Dirt Road GEOLOGY Track Camel Pad...Pad (1908) Figure 2: Map of the Mt Oxide mine region. Henry eventually pegged the claim in 1900 and placed | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | "Here is an item for World News! "From the Rawley mine at Theba, Ariz., we have found mimetite (acicular...here we went to what we believed was the Old Dick Mine in the same area and found pyrite, chalcopyrite..."Theba is in Maricopa County on Route 80, 5 miles S / W of Gila Bend and the mine is off the road to Painted...believe the Rawley mine was worked for barite. The Bagdad mine was a low grade copper mine. "I have micros...micros, thumb nails and mineral specimens from Rawley mine for swapping. Anyone want to swap?" •— item from | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | senopyrite in Darien (Fairfield Co.), Levesque, Cross County, Arkansas. The Conn., for over a year. A few weeks...A H O — "This specimen was found in Twin Falls County about 10 miles south of Hagerman, Idaho. These...a fairly new limestone quarry in eastern DeKalb County, 111. There were a few small fossils in the limestone...lined with tiny rock xls. that comes from Brown County, Ind., in the vicinity of Bean Blossom. Its label...Which is it? "These specimens are uncovered in the strip mining operations in the coal beds near Knoxville | | | Journal (issue) | 1 Droplet of Native Mercury on Calomel Red Bird Mine, Churchill Co. Nevada Another counterintuitive...organic material that ultimately became the Pichaco Mine, San Benito Co., California two organic minerals...like a glass than a crystalline material. Red Bird Mine, Churchill Co., Nevada From time to time people...Mountain, Lander Co. Nevada slag weathering, mine fires, or mine water. (20) The IMA does not like to accept...Jordisite is the amorphous phase of MoS2 Nisbitt Mine, Lake Hariett, Oregon Fig. 10 Ilsemannite and halotrichite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | index lists specific localities using section, township, and range if the information was available to...October 2014 Mineral Index by Counties Alfalfa County Carmen, 2 mi. NE of Carmen, 1 .1 mi. W of Highway...Permian-age Crisfield Sandstone: malachite. Adair County Bunch, near Bunch, secs.l.5, 16, T.14N, R.24E:...fluorescent and phosphorescent) (Gilmore 1963). Beckham County Malachite localities, SW1/4 SE1/4 sec.36 and SE1/4...at Great Salt Plains, Alfalfa County. Joe Lobell photo. Blaine County Southard, quarries of the U.S | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Figure 1. Postcard view of the Waukon iron mine, Allamakee County, cia. 1912. John Taylor collection. ARTHUR... Its numerous limestone quarries, gravel pits, strip mines. and rock outcrops are scattered throughout...Unfortunately. with today’s environmental laws and mine and quarry regulations. the prolific collecting...Iowa Geological Survey. Localities by County Allamakee County Lansing, Lansing lead mines = Captain...West 1982). Appanoose County Centerville gypsum mine; abandoned underground mine, worked 1917-34; Mississippian-age | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | specimens from the Red Devil Mine, copper nuggets from the Kennecott mine, etc. and I can assure you that...the numerous tungsten mines in the Darwin, Inyo County, California, area."—note from James H. Richardson...on the south bank of the Etowah River, in Dawson County, Ga. Chatoyant masses of olive-gray tourmaline...found this specimen at Graveyard Point In Owyhee County, Idaho, in 1957."—on label accompanying the agate...beneath a 5 foot vein of coal occurs at a coal strip mine near Melrose, Monroe Co., Iowa. Found by Michael |
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