DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL
SAMPLE_ID: S102-8
MINERAL_TYPE: Sulfide
MINERAL: Sphalerite
FORMULA: ZnS
FORMULA_HTML: ZnS
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Guymard Mine, Guymard, Orange County, New York
ORIGINAL_DONOR: Jules Friedman
CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Reston, VA
ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Reston, VA
SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:
Field sample from a study of the Shawangunk Region of New York.
For more information on this sample reference: Friedman, Jules D., Mutschler, Felix E., Zartman, Robert E., Briggs, Paul H., Swayze, Gregg A., Theisen, Arnold F., 1989, Shawangunk Ore District, New York: Geochemical and Spectral Data, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 89-193.
IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE:
NO PHOTO
END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.
XRD_ANALYSIS:
Not Available
END_XRD_ANALYSIS.
COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: ICP # XRF, EPMA, ICP(Trace), WChem
COMPOSITION KEYWORD |
Element ASCII |
Amount | Units |
---|---|---|---|
COMPOSITION_TRACE: | Ag | 12 | ppm |
COMPOSITION_TRACE: | As | 35 | ppm |
COMPOSITION_TRACE: | Au | 0.005 | ppm |
COMPOSITION_TRACE: | Cd | 450 | ppm |
COMPOSITION_TRACE: | Cr | 50 | ppm |
COMPOSITION_TRACE: | Cu | 500 | ppm |
COMPOSITION_TRACE: | Hg | 78.0 | ppm |
COMPOSITION_TRACE: | Mn | 5 | ppm |
COMPOSITION_TRACE: | Ni | 5 | ppm |
COMPOSITION_TRACE: | Pb | ||
COMPOSITION_TRACE: | Sb | less than 25 | ppm |
COMPOSITION_TRACE: | Se | less than 25 | ppm |
COMPOSITION_TRACE: | Te | 0.53 | ppm |
COMPOSITION_TRACE: | Tl | less than 0.2 | ppm |
COMPOSITION_TRACE: | V | less than 5 | ppm |
COMPOSITION_TRACE: | Zn |
COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:
Mode wt%
Gal 4.0
Sph 90.0
Cpy
Py
Qtz 6.0
Assay wt%
Cu 0.06
Fe 4.25
Pb 3.35
Zn 56.06
S 29.1
Friedman, Jules D., Mutschler, Felix E., Zartman, Robert E., Briggs, Paul H., Swayze, Gregg A., Theisen, Arnold F., 1989, Shawangunk Ore District, New York: Geochemical and Spectral Data, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 89-193.
END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.
MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:
END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.
SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:
END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.
SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1c2_3_4_ # S102-8 # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns