 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystalline, igneous rocks are exposed at surface (granite, pegmatite, crystalline, schists, quartz or limestone...thalium. STRZEGOM (Strigov), Lower Silesia, Poland. In granite quarries occur large xIs of microcline...halite xls, anhydrate, twins of gypsum crystals. BLEIBERG, Carnthia, Austria. Leadzinc deposit, here occur:...greenockite, stolzite and srnithsonite. Near Salzburg Austria, well known mineral locality: wagnerite, lazurite...heterosite. BAVENO, PIEDMONT, Northern Italy. In granite quarries occur quartz xIs, orthoclase xIs, fluorite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sphalerite is a lead-silver mine in the Silverton district, San Juan County, Colo. The mineral occurs as...Eugene VanderWender, Harrington, Kent County, Del. District of Columbia—French Morgan, of Washington, D. C...another very unusual find of petrified wood, in the District this time, and within a half mile of where I live...occur in a white crystalline limestone ledge, at Lower Twin Lake, Bear Mountain Park, Orange County, N...accustomed in seeing limestone deposits worked as quarries, often huge workings, may be interested to learn |  | | Report (issue) | | Chemical Limestone Bentonite Clay Kaolin C lay Gypsum Silica Sand Agate Future Mineral Potential Alumina...was in common use in Winnipeg architecture. The quarries were barely 10 years old at the time, and Tyndall...provided the raw material for the northwest bastion of Lower Fort Garry. The fort, on the banks of the Red River...Tyndall stone, a few kilometres upstream from the Lower Fort. It is the oldest church still in use in western...Manitoba's first commercial stone quarry, in the Garson district, to serve Canada's booming construction industry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | several decades from the famous Deccan basalt quarries of India, and, in keeping with the zeolite theme...Massachusetts. It has been reported from the traprock quarries of New Jersey, including those at Edgewater, Bergen...colorless crystals coating joint surfaces in granite quarries in the Lithonia area of Dekalb County, Georgia...sparkling white prismatic crystals found in basalt quarries of the Deccan Plateau in the Pune (Poona), Nashik...include the Malad-Kurar quarry near Mumbai and quarries at Junnar, Kolar, Mahad, and Nashik. Associated |  | | Report (issue) | | ........................ 3 Ancient Egyptian quarries—an illustrated overview James A. Harrell and Per........................................ 7 Gypsum quarries in the northern Faiyum quarry landscape, Egypt:...Hourig Sourouzian ........................ 77 Granite quarry survey in the Aswan region, Egypt: shedding...Whatever else happened to the ancient Egyptian quarries? An essay on their destiny in modern times Per...stone procurement remains unequalled. Yet, stone quarries are often forgotten as key archaeological sites |  | | | | as a volcano. An example of intrusive rock is granite while an extrusive example could be basalt. Sedimentary...along road cuts, river banks, cliffs, ridges, quarries, and excavations. Localities can be found in books... siderite, rhodochrosite, malachite, azurite, gypsum, anhydrite, baryte, apatite, turquoise, borax,...greasy appearance, e.g. quartz, siderite, diamond, gypsum. The following is a list of other terms that describe...Silky: like silk in smoothness and fineness, e.g., gypsum Vitreous: glassy, e.g., quartz, feldspar Transparency: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dolomite—very nice. No pyrite present. ALASKA—From Granite Creek, near Chickaloon, Alaska, we have a specimen...1959, a recent discovery of gold on lot 999, 12th district, of Lumpkin County, Ga., which is owned by the...little north to an old gypsum quarry (does not look much like one) along Gypsum Creek. In this quarry...find some very nice veins of white satin spar (gypsum). "The best satin spar is to be found at the south...road cut on Wheeler Road, near Oxen Run at the District of Columbia line in Prince Georges County, Maryland |  | | Book | | Warrior coalfield 4— 5— 6— Steel mills Marble quarries Open pit iron ore mines 7— Aluminum reduction...field 11— 12— 13— Bauxite mining district Iron ore mining district Ore docks 14— 15— Historic iron...marble (map location of Birmingham near Syla- quarries are visible at Gantts Quarry 5). Production dates...passes through the southwest part of the bauxite district. Many bauxite mines and one alumina plant may...oe 6 a ‘i= Gm: a LEGEND Bauxite mining district Aluminum Aluminum reduction reduction plant |  | | Report (issue) | | the marble occurs was classified as Montevallo (Lower Cambrian) by the Alabama Geological Survey. The...NELSON DALE. INTRODUCTION. The granites and granite quarries of Milford, Quincy, Rockport, and Becket,...Survey.1 In June, 1910, the remaining active granite quarries of the State were visited and the results...for this State. The total number of quarries described is 88. Quarries producing only paving, underpinning... RHODE ISLAKD MAP OF MASSACHUSETTS, SHOWING GRANITE-QUARRYING CENTERS. NOTES ON COMMEKCIAL, GRANITES |  | | Book | | of Mt. Carroll (map location 7). Oregon Stone Quarries, Inc., has a stone quarry 1 mile east of Oregon...operations underground in the Calcium Carbonate Co. quarries, which are located 3 2 Ainites south of Quincy...HISTORICAL 40 SITES Ill. 89.—There is a gray granite monument on Ill. 89 southwest of Cherry commemorating...stone, sand, gravel, petroleum, natural gas, clays, gypsum, and peat. In addition, cement is manufactured...southwestern part of the State. Crushed limestone quarries and sand and gravel pits are widely scattered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens from a road cut near here. Among them are 3 gypsum clusters, a concretion, some fossil shark's teeth...road cut about 10 miles south of the District of Columbia." The gypsum clusters were dark gray xls; the concretion...xls on prehnite, are found in Lane's trap rock quarries near Westfie'd, Hampden Co., Mass. KENTUCKY—Russell...article on the localbeen finding some very nice gypsum ity, titled "Texas Blue Topaz", and writ(selenite)...porcelains. Stone quarries supply all the stone needed (virtually all Danish granite quarries are on the island |  | | Book | | felspars) (2) monoclinic (monoclinic felspars, mica, gypsum, augite, hornblende, wolframite) (3) orthorhombic...ideal model shows. Thus we find perfect crystals of gypsum in clays, of garnet and magnetite in various shales...at all. 15 Fig. 5. Various crystal twins: a) gypsum, b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite...the intergrowths, we distinguish contact twins (gypsum, aragonite), and interpenetrated twins (fluorite)...parallel fine-fibrous structures, as in varieties of gypsum (selenite and alabaster), fine-fibrous asbestos |  | | Book | | felspars) (2) monoclinic (monoclinic felspars, mica, gypsum, augite, hornblende, wolframite) (3) orthorhombic...ideal model shows. Thus we find perfect crystals of gypsum in clays, of garnet and magnetite in various shales...all. 15 b C Fig. 5. Various crystal twins: a) gypsum, b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite...the intergrowths, we distinguish contact twins (gypsum, aragonite), and interpenetrated twins (fiuori...parallel fine-fibrous structures, as in varieties of gypsum (selenite and alabaster), fine-fibrous asbestos | | | Book | | felspars) (2) monoclinic (monoclinic felspars, mica, gypsum, augite, hornblende, wolframite) (3) orthorhombic...ideal model shows. Thus we find perfect crystals of gypsum in clays, of garnet and magnetite in various shales...all. 15 b C Fig. 5. Various crystal twins: a) gypsum, b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite...the intergrowths, we distinguish contact twins (gypsum, aragonite), and interpenetrated twins (fluorite)...parallel fine-fibrous structures, as in varieties of gypsum (selenite and alabaster), fine-fibrous asbestos |  | | Report (issue) | | STRUCTURAL MATERIALS, ETC. THE ABERDEEN GRANITE QUARRY NEAR GUNNISON, COLORADO. By J. FEED. HUNTEK. '...occasion to make a hasty examination of the Aberdeen granite quarry, which lies about three-quarters of a mile...quadrangle. Although there are many granite quarries and much granite available for building stone within...distances of the larger towns of Colorado, gray granite is by no means so common as other varieties. This...to the occurrence here described. The Aberdeen granite quarry is located in Gunnison County, on South |  | | Report (issue) | | ...............11 The Ledge (Charlotte County Granite) quarry.......................................................................15 Bayside Black Granite quarry.......................................................................17 St. George granite quarries.............................................................................65 Indiantown quarries.....................................................................................120 Nappan gypsum mine.......................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | and plasters: A. Lime a. Quick. b. Hydra ted. B. Gypsum wall plasters. C. Sand. i Necessarily the work...considered with regard to stone, gravel, clay, gypsum, etc., were noted on special forms in loose-leaf...proximity to the building site, should be obtainable at lower prices than similar materials from long distances...concentrating mills in the Plattville, Wis., zinc district, from the copper smelter at Great Falls, Mont...undeveloped deposits of granite, slate, Portland cement materials, and gypsum, and the following papers |  | | Journal (volume) | | has correspondents in every import¬ ant mining district in the world, who keep its readers informed on...fiOLD, Copper, Lead, Antimony, Barytes, Talc, Gypsum, Mica, Zinc, Plumbago, Asbestos, etc. npHK partial...Oxide—Copperas—Copper Sulphate—FluorsparGraphite—Gypsum—Lime—Magnesite—Manganese Ore — Mica — Mineral Woo...Production-Antimonial Lead—Production in France—Japan—Italy—Austria-Hungary—Portugal—New South Wales Mines—New Discoveries...—Portland Cement—Methods of Manufacture—Rosendale District, New York. THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY. Industry in |  | | Book | | deeply enjoys the look and the feel of a polished granite panel, just as he suffers a bit from the sight...Deformation . . . . . . . 3.3. Active Rock Pressure in Quarries . 3.4. Quarry Operations and the Art of Stone...on their environment during crystalliz.ation. Granite, gabbro, basalt, porphyry, and others belong to...resulting from this environment of formation are granite, syenite, diorite Rock color ~~ "'"' .~~ -~~...Dark-Dark -- Granite 1 I I I I Syenite Rhyolite Trachyte (felsite) (Felsite) Granite----Granite ----- |  | | Book | | for 15 THE INDUSTRIAL ROCKS 3. igneous Rocks Granite; Basalt and Diabase; Pumice and Pumicite;...Dolomite; Ill. THE INDUSTRIAL Phosphate Rock; 156 Gypsum; Salt MINERALS 7. Igneous Minerals Nepheline...not only such common structural materials as granite, but also less well. known materials such as pumice...the uses of limestone, dolomite, phosphate rock, gypsum, and salt. Part III of Bates includes chapters...industrial diamonds, chiefly from the Bakwanga district of the Belgian Congo, where the placer operations |  | | Book (edition) | | feet—is in Tuscaloosa count v. The coal seams in the lower part of the field are about forty in number, of...river, Tuscalousacounty. Thin.bedded limestonein Lower Silurian and sub.Carbonifer ous group ; also gneisses...gneisses and mica schists of metamorphic region. Fine quarries at Tallahassee falls on Tallapoosa river in sili...in the metamorphic region. Worked for local sup Granite . ply mainly. Near Bradford, and also Rockford...Jackson county. Both occur in cherty strata of Lower sub-Carboniferous. Fossil ore. dyestone Interstratified | | | Book | | Basis for THE INDUSTRIAL ROCKS 3. Igneous Rocks Granite; Basalt and 23 Diabase; Pumice and Pumicite;...(Continued) 156 Limestone and Dolomite; Phosphate Rock; Gypsum; Salt Ill. THE INDUSTRIAL MINERALS 7. Igneous...include not only such common structural materials as granite, but also less well known materials such as pumice...the uses of limestone, dolomite, phosphate rock, gypsum, and salt. Part HI of Bates includes chapters...industrial diamonds, chiefly from the Bakwanga district of the Belgian Congo, where the placer operations |  | Young, B., Highley, D. E., Cameron, D. G., Millward, D., Harrison, D. J., Henney, P. J., Holloway, S., Lott, G. K., Warrington, G. (2001) Mineral Resource Information for Development Plans: Phase One Cumbria and the Lake District (Cumbria, Lake District National Park and part of Yorkshire Dales National Park) Resources and Constraints. Mineral Resources Series WF/01/02. British Geological Survey | Report (issue) | | Regional and Local Planning Cumbria and the Lake District: Resources and Constraints TECHNICAL REPORT...Plans: Phase One Cumbria and the Lake District (Cumbria, Lake District National Park and part of Yorkshire...Plans: Phase One Cumbria and the Lake District (Cumbria, Lake District National Park and part of Yorkshire...the 1:100 000 scale maps: Cumbria and the Lake District Mineral Resources (North and South) and Sand &...Plans: Phase One Cumbria and the Lake District (Cumbria, Lake District National Park and part of Yorkshire | | | | | wolframite) (3) orthorhombic felspars, mica, gypsum, augite, (aragonite, antimonite, marcasite, barytes...ideal model shows. Thus we find perfect crystals of gypsum in clays, of garnet and magnetite in various shales...all. 15 V Z Fig. 5. Various crystal twins: a) gypsum, b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite...inter- growths, we distinguish contact twins (gypsum, aragonite), and interpenetrated twins (fluorite)...parallel fine-fibrous structures, as in varieties of gypsum (selenite and alabaster), fine-fibrous asbestos |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | marcasite. A major mining district, the Upper Mississippi Valley zinc-lead district, was in these rocks in...and copper minerals were found. Mining in this district ceased in the late 1970s. A branch of the Middle...orthopyroxene (Laybourn 1979). Loon Lake quarries.Active quarries near Mellen (NE,SW, and SE sec. 29 T.45N. R.2W...(“borickite”), dolomite, evansite, fluorite, goethite, gypsum, halloysite, hematite, hydrocarbon, magnetite,... Western Lime and Cement Co. quarrries. These quarries expose dolostones near Knowles: calcite (pseudocubic |
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Granite quarries, Gänsgraben, Limberg, Maissau, Hollabrunn District, Lower Austria, Austria