DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL
SAMPLE_ID: S26-34
MINERAL_TYPE: Sulfide
MINERAL: Sphalerite
FORMULA: ZnS
FORMULA_HTML: ZnS
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Ellenville (Ulster) Mine, Ellenville, Ulster 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_TRACE: Ag 3.5 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: As less than 25 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Au less than 0.005 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Cd 1000 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Cr 10 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Cu 200 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Hg 210.0 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Mn 25 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Ni less than 5 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Pb less than 25 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Sb 50 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
Sph 97.0
Cpy
Py
Qtz 2.0
Assay wt%
Cu 0.03
Fe 5.27
Pb <0.01
Zn 59.42
S 30.5
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: 1b2_3_4_ # S26-34 # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns