ANNOTATED LIST OF THE MINERALS OCCURRING IN THE 

 JOPLIN LEAD AND ZINC DISTRICT. 



BY AUSTIN F. ROGERS.* 



npHE minerals of the lead and zinc district of southeastern Kansas 

 -^ and southwestern Missouri, commonly called by the name of its 

 metropolis, the Joplin district, have received but comparatively little 

 attention. The following list, which is thought to be practically 

 complete, includes all the minerals that have been reported from the 

 district, together with .some here mentioned for the first time. The 

 minerals, with a few exceptions, have been personally collected by 

 the writer. Different lists of the minerals of the region have been 

 published in geological survey reports and elsewhere, the largest of 

 which has but twenty-one names, whereas the list here given includes 

 forty-three. 



The minerals are arranged alphabetically. Those new for the dis- 

 trict are indicated by f. A fuller discussion of the latter follows the 

 list proper. Minerals indicated by + have been found in or about 

 Galena, and are therefore new for Kansas, having never been reported 

 from the state. 



1. Allop/iatie.fX 



2. Aluriiinitc, as a white incrustration on limestone at Joplin. 

 Reported by Prof. H. A. Wheeler. 



3. Angh'site. 



4. Aurichalrife.X Pale bluish-green tufts with velvety surface, 

 associated with malachite. Found at Granby, Mo., and Galena, Kan. 



5. Asurite. A very rare mineral in the district. 



6. Bar lie. 



7. Bituiiten. Plentiful at Joplin and Webb City ; very rare at 

 Galena. 



8. Calamine. Some crystals from Granby exhibit both the analo- 

 gous and antilogous ends, commonly as botryoidal and stalactitic 

 incrustations ; also pseudomorphous after calcite and dolomite, espe- 

 cially at Granby. 



9. Calcife. Very interesting from a crystallographic standpoint. 

 10. CaJcdnnife.jX 



* Published by permission of the director of the University Geological Survey of Kansas in 

 advance of final report on lead and zinc. 



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