 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS OF THE Harris Creek Fluorspar District Hardin County, Illinois ROSS C . L I L L I E P . O ...O V E R 140 Y E A R S , the mines of southern Illinois have been producing lead, zinc, and fluorspar...come from the renowned district of Cave in Rock and adjacent deposits. Mining activity is presently restricted...new orebodies recently discovered in the Harris Creek district (figure 1). History The earliest known use...use of fluorspar, the commercial name for fluorite, was by Indians who used it for carving or namental |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ ...Figure 2 (below). Fluorite, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen...3/. 0/0% (!2$). -!33!# 05,!3+) %8 !. $% 2 Illinois Mineral Locality Index 7)..%"!'/ /',% #!22/...(above). Map showing the counties in Illinois, courtesy the Illinois Geological Survey. 96*2: 405...at 19:53 09 October 2014 T he bedrock under Illinois is predominantly composed of Paleozoic sedimentary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fluorite in Mississippi Valley–type Downloaded by ["Queen's University Libraries, Kingston"] at 08:16...Figure 1 (top left). Fluorite, Heights mine, North vein, near Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, England.... This transparent, dark green twinned fluorite crystal is perched on a triangular piece of ironstone...photo. Figure 2 (center left). Fluorite, Dow Scar level, Hilton mine, near Appleby, Scordale, Cumbria...Cumbria, England. This well-formed twinned yellow fluorite crystal has a cluster of smaller fluorites at the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Twenty-eight, Number One Hlmois-Kentucky Fluorite District Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain...on p. 79 . WfitHis-,){<•n/"r/cy Fluorite D istrict COVER: FLUORITE crystal group, 13 cm, w ith calcite...calcite from the Minerva No. 1 mine, near Cave in Rock, Illinois. Marvin Rausch collection; Jeff Scovil photo...York; the Helvetia district, Arizona; O ntario’s Grenville Province; the Sterling mine at Antwerp, New York; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fluorite Specialist Jim Gebel All photos by Jeff Scovil unless otherwise noted CARL A. FRANCIS Maine...carlfrancis62@gmail.com T hat really friendly fluorite guy in his signature striped jersey, who exhibits...Yellow fluorite cubes overgrown by steep calcite scalenohedra (12.2 cm wide), Annabel Lee mine, Harris...Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois. 348 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 2. Pink octahedral fluorite...Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Figure 3. Green fluorite cube, modified by the octahedron, with calcite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | chalcopyrite and dolomite, Brushy Creek mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri. Dan Weinrich specimen...brines, and (4) the presence of barite and/or fluorite gangue mineralization (Leach and Sangster 1993;...(the ores of zinc and lead respectively), barite, fluorite, calcite, and dolomite. Several other minerals...cm long, Milliken (Sweetwater) mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri. Dan Weinrich specimen...deposits tend to occur in clusters (forming a district) at the margins of sedimentary basins, and they |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 288-3½)6 AdditionalFluid InclusionData for the Illinois-KentuckyFluorsparDistrict' Evidencefor the Lack...undertakenon fluorite samplesin bedded replacement,vein, and breccia-hosted depositsin the Illinois-Kentuckyfluorspardistrict...generalagreementwith thosereportedpreviouslyfrom the district. Salinity-Threlationships for the AnnabelLee,...Fluidmixingidentified duringfluoritedepositionin the Illinois-Kentucky districtis similarto that reportedpreviouslyin...regional temperaturevariationthroughoutthe Illinois-Kentucky district,ashasbeenproposedby Rowanet al. (1991) |  | Huizing, Terry E., Richards, R. Peter, Clifford, Janet H., Cook, Robert B. (2017) Connoisseur's Choice: Calcite from the American Midwest, Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Rocks & Minerals, 92 (1) 46-63 doi:10.1080/00357529.2017.1241690 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from the American Midwest Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee C alcite is ubiquitous...such other well-crystallized minerals as barite, fluorite, galena, and sphalerite. Calcite crystals are...Society. 46 ROCKS & MINERALS Tennessee Lead-Zinc district as our Connoisseur’s Choice; this locality is...the Gordonsville mine, Central Tennessee Lead-Zinc district near Carthage in Smith County. Calcite from...changed. It is known that the center of the large Illinois Basin accumulated sediments more than one mile |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1998 The Mineral Collector's Newsletter The Illinois KentuckyFluorsparDistrictis Dead!Long Live the...commemorate the recent history of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district. I had wanted to hold this gathering...pulling out. That was the death-knell for fluorite mining in the United States, the e~d of 163 year-long... 1. Field trip members turning fluorite slabs searching for fluorite crystals at Hastie's Quarry. A...Street Houston, Texas 77036 In April, 1998, Clyde Hardin of Malvern, Arkansas sent me some specimens he |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure I: Galena, Treece, Kansas, Tri-State district; specimen 5Vi cm tall; Na tional Museum of Canada...figure 2 (leftI: Galena. Crawford mine, Pirher, Oklahoma, Tri-State district; 6' 2 cm across; Harvard Mineralogical...page): Galena, St. Joseph Lead mine, Viburnum, Missouri, Viburnum Trend district; 6 cm on edge; James Madison...classified as MVT are also major producers of zinc, fluorite, and barite as well as accessory copper and lesser...Geologists have now classified numerous deposits and mining districts in Canada and in other parts of the world |  | | Journal (issue) | | from land, sea, and air, and two different gold mining operations. Some of you may recall the Grand Door....................... 3 The Southern Illinois Fluorspar District .......................................night at the museum! R The Southern Illinois Fluorspar District by Art Smith Member of the Houston Gem...Mineralogy. It is the Mineral Locality Index of Illinois. I love working on this type of project because...Southern Illinois Fluorspar district is a great example of what I am writing about. This district is by |  | | Report (issue) | | Soft Myrrhine The Barber Cup Carved of banded fluorite, the Barber Cup is thought to be one of only a...British Museum in London houses two extraordinary fluorite vessels: the Barber and Crawford cups. The Crawford...must have been carved from a soft stone such as fluorite. In probably the most famous example of the Roman...today as fluorite. While modem collectors continue to have a strong predilection for fluorite, they will... Contents 4 Fluorite: from Ancient Treasures to Modern Labs and Collections 72 13 Fluorite Luminescence |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife collection;...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...right) Elbaite, 7.8 cm, Himalaya rnine, San Diego County, California; Kevin Brown collection; Jeff Scovil...5 cm, Tree Root pocket, Two Point claim, Teller County, Colorado; Karl Warning collection; Jeff Scovil...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 00:11 06 November 2014 Eagle Mine, Cilman, Eagle County, Colorado W orld production of zinc...number of good sphalerite occurrences, the Eagle mine at Gilman holds the record as that state’s leading...reddish-brown crystals to 2 cm associated with blue fluorite, galena, and water-clear gypsum have been found...commercial zinc mines of the BalmatEdwards district in Saint Lawrence County (Smith and Figure 1. A fine example...sphalerite (variety marmatite) on siderite from the Eagle mine, Gilman, Colorado. The 8.4-cm specimen is in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | he had just acquired the George Feist Southern Illinois collection and that he would be offering the specimens...specimens for sale at Detroit. Included would be fluorite, galena, calcite, barite, sphalerite, strontianite...from the DavisDeardorff complex, the Hill-Ledford mine, and the Minerva and Ozark-Mahoning properties....couldn’t resist sharing. COMMEMORATIVE QUARTER: ILLINOIS SPECIMENS: There’s a lot Arkansas’s shiny new...on fluorite, sub-losiclare level, Annabel Lee mine, Ozark-MahoningCompany, Harris Creek district, Illinois |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pakistan.Will Heierman collection. Illinois- Kentucky Fluorspar District Symposium by the Friends of Mineralogy...symposium on the closing of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district that I organized at Indiana University...believed having a similar program in the fluorspar district would be ideal. However, the logistics behind...this year. In previous visits to the fluorspar district, I had made contact with Bill Frazer, the owner...Yen. Quy Chau. northern Vietnam: Chumar-Ruyil district. 1epal; Jegdalek. Afghanistan: and easLem Pamir |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 13:58 04 February 2015 Maybee Quarry, Monroe County, Michigan C elestine, the only commercially significant...including strontianite, gypsum, calcite, dolomite, fluorite, and sulfur; clastic rock units such as shales... Michigan Stone Company quarry, Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan. Unusual celestine and associated sulfur...‘groups associated with brown fluorite from Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio, grace most museum collections...White Rock quarry, also in Ottawa County; the Portage area of Wood County; quarries in the Lime City area; |  | | Catalog/List | | Oxford Spnng 1<.empmn 11-1a Maren. 1 FLUORITE. Kharan District. Baluchistan, Pakistan. Rare locality...Last Chanoe Pocket,Smoky Hawk Mine, Florissant, Teller Co., Colorado, USA. Deep coloured well formed xtl... Roslclare Level, Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek District, Southern Illinois, USA. Mined 1995. Very pretty...sparkling xtls. 58x36x35mm. £26 Pectolite,Koashva Mine, Khibina massif, Kola, Russia: Rare+. Large orange...QUARTZ with Epidote, Albite and Actlnolite, Siph Mine, Sipl Co., Chocy Oept, Columbia. Very unusual rare |  | | Report (issue) | | Deposits in the Midcontinent Region Rosiclare, Illinois to Ironton and Viburnum, Missouri June 30-July...United States of America Leaders: James W. Baxter Illinois Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources State Geological...MO 65401 Associate Leaders: James C. Bradbury Illinois Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources State Geological...Missouri. lIllinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, Illinois. 2Missouri Geological Survey, Rolla, Missouri...The Ozark dome in south central Missouri and the Illinois basin are the major structures in the field trip |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VALLEY-TYPE MINERALIZATION: USE OF Sm-Nd IN FLUORITE J. T. CHESLEY, A. N. HALLIDAY, Departmentof GeologicalSciences...REE contentsin fluorite the world'smajorsourcesof basemetals(Pb, Zn) and from the Illinois-Kentuckyfluorite...rite districtare used fluorite. Over the past century, MississippiValley- to constrainthe timingandgenesisof...theseinvestigations haveestablished that Mississippi The Illinois-Kentuckyfluorspardistrictis located Valley-ty...edfrom hot (50ø-220øC), in southern Illinois along the Illinois-Kentucky saline(10-30 wt % Na-Ca-C1) |  | | Journal (issue) | | stock certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North...did not escape the notice of some of the earliest mining men to work in there. Unlike the neighboring states...is basically a hardrock state where mining (and specimen mining) must typically cut through granite and...Sweet Horne mine, Breckenridge, Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek, Pikes Peak and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Laura Aaron collection, page 11. (rniddle colurnn) Fluorite-Bruce and Marcia Friedman collection, page 105;...collection, page 155; Fluorite-Samuel Cooper collection, page 67. (rniddle colurnn) Fluorite, 5.3 cm, from Naica...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...many fine specimens of gadolinite, smoky quartz, fluorite, feldspar in crystals to five feet across, and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Weber by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (see February 2005 Mineral News - Ed.). Between...noted for the mounted specimens acquired by the LA County Museum, the collection provides a solid reference...and Namibia had produced excellent, large, green fluorite crystals. I did not see the largest pieces, but...quartz in all colors and habits but fluorite is rare, choice fluorite is very rare! I am unsure where the...for the deposit!) on a matrix of inconspicuous fluorite crystals and the ubiquitous, yet unidentified |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Paintings of Fluorite from a SUSAN ROBINSON 1029 Crestwood Glade Hancock, Michigan 49930 susanmrobinson@hotmail...published in the July/August 1995 issue, pages 264–65. Fluorite, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Mont Blanc, France, 1996;...published in the March/April 2011 issue, pages 155–57. Fluorite, 2012; about 120 × 180, digital watercolor. Specimen...the May/June 1999 issue, page 192. Fluorite, Cave-in-Rock, Illinois (with Neal Yedlin label), 2009; a...Show’s theme of Fluorite, they were asked to submit a painting they had done of fluorite. Presented here |  | | Report (issue) | | Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Minerva No. 1 mine, Illinois, USA; essentially identical to alstonite. 3.550...[99.6] [101.25] 100.00 (1) Minerva No. 1 mine, Illinois, USA; by electron microprobe, CO2 calculated for...Association: Calcite, alstonite, fluorite, sphalerite (Minerva No. 1 mine, Illinois, USA); olekminskite, calcite...the Minerva No. 1 and Annabel Lee mines, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA. At the Kedrovyi massif...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 145915. References: (1) Roberts, A.C. (1979) Paralstonite |
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Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA