Piekalni Quarry, Jumprava Parish, Ogre Municipality, Zemgale Region, Latviai
Regional Level Types | |
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Piekalni Quarry | Quarry |
Jumprava Parish | Parish |
Ogre Municipality | Municipality |
Zemgale Region | Region |
Latvia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
56° 37' 0'' North , 25° 1' 56'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Quarry - last checked 2022
Deposit first discovered:
2005
Age:
382.7 ± 1.6 to 358.9 ± 0.4 Ma
Geologic Time:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Jaunjelgava | 1,938 (2017) | 3.1km |
Skrīveri | 2,879 (2016) | 6.2km |
Jumprava | 2,177 (2010) | 7.6km |
Aizkraukle | 8,840 (2016) | 13.7km |
Lielvārde | 5,114 (2016) | 17.9km |
Piekalni Dolomite Quarry is a Late Devonian (Daugava suite) dolomite deposit located near Skrīveri and Jaunjelgava villages territory in Ogre Municipality. It's a not big, semi-flooded (possibly temporarily or seasonally) quarry for the extraction of crushed dolomite for road building. Based on satellite data, this quarry was active since 2005 and continues mining today.
Dolomitized limestones and dolomites of the Daugava formation of the Upper Devonian are exposed in the quarry. In addition to the flooded parts, a small semi-overgrown, slightly crumbling outcrop is always available in the quarry. Based on map data, this outcrop is one of the first mining zones of this dolomite quarry, circa 2005-2010. An attractive yellow calcite was found in this outcrop, most of which was weathered and half destroyed.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
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ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
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Piekalni Quarry, Jumprava Parish, Ogre Municipality, Zemgale Region, Latvia