Saikava Quarry, Prauliena Parish, Madona Municipality, Vidzeme Region, Latviai
Regional Level Types | |
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Saikava Quarry | Quarry |
Prauliena Parish | Parish |
Madona Municipality | Municipality |
Vidzeme Region | Region |
Latvia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
56° 46' 24'' North , 26° 23' 24'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Deposit first discovered:
2005
Age:
382.7 ± 1.6 to 358.9 ± 0.4 Ma
Geologic Time:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
423942
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:423942:3
GUID (UUID V4):
ba2873e2-846b-4e51-93b7-17bc734f9556
Saikava Dolomite Quarry is a Late Devonian (Daugava suite) dolomite deposit located near Saikava and Trakši villages in the Madona Municipality and it's used for the extraction of crushed dolomite which is used for road chippings. Quarry was started the mining process in 2005. At the moment of 2022, most of the quarry area is flooded, and mining is carried out at a new location of the deposit.
It is very difficult to find any mineralogical specimens over a relatively large area of the quarry. Only small calcite crystals is found in the quarry, which can be found in the uppermost layers of the deposit. The calcite is attached to the organogenic breccia layer, in which interesting geological formations can also be found - stylolites.
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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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Saikava Quarry, Prauliena Parish, Madona Municipality, Vidzeme Region, Latvia