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| millerite, one with pink dolomite and two with calcite for ourselves. The others will be for sale or trade...four nice purple groups of 4 " to 5" covered with calcite and quartz with a green stain possibly copper that...got a permanent job with a gravel company who was just opening up a new pit. Now isn't that a tough job...tourmaline. This comes from the gravel pit. "The owner of the gravel pit doesn't mind an occasional rock...want a mob like at Muscatine, Iowa. I live at the pit in a trailer house and collectors who wish to do |
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| ITALY Gonnardite Dr. H . Meixner of Bergdirektion, Austria, published an account o f "Some New Occurrences...Weilberg, Rhineland, West Germany; and K l o c h , Styria, Poland. The Sicilian gonnardite closely resembles...vesicular basalt, and is accompanied by needles o f calcite, small drusy spherules of columnar phillipsite...(Long. 83° 2'E; Lat. 18° 17'NJ of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The rock types around...material was found in abundance at the County Gravel Pit at Mauldin Mountain. Mauldin Moun tain is a |
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| Sciences, Peter Jordan-Straße 70, 1190 Vienna, Austria b Department of Geography, Justus-Liebig-University...model was regionally amended and enhanced. In Austria, the quadriglacial system is still the foundation...presumably older Quaternary deposits (e.g. Eichwald gravel; Weinberger, 1955; * Corresponding author. Tel...deposits of the two oldest glaciations form elevated gravel plateaus due to general tectonic uplift of the...trivial. Additionally, when the formation of fluvial gravel plains and terraces may be influenced by tectonic |
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| chocolate-brown crystalline Please Send Them In. calcite from the West End quarry, Inyo Co., Calif., and...Can anyone supply information on the occurrence? District oí Columbia—On a recent visit to Washington, the...Clark Co., Ind., colorless dogtooth crystals of calcite occur in vugs in a dark gray fossiliferous limestone...R & M recently about 6 lbs. of pebbles from the gravel beds of Bellevue, Jackson Co., Iowa. Among the...carefully the pebbles picked up on a trip to a gravel pit, if you have the time, but bring home also a |
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| worked by Derbyshire lead miners who knew it as 'gravel ore', and it has been responsible for the 'bonanzas'...west of Matlock, (SK261 586) and the Portway 'Gravel' Pit near Castleton (SK127 812) (Figs 1 & 2). At Bonsall...are being worked for fluorspar and the Portway Gravel Pit is being worked intermittently for nodular baryte...Ineson 1980). Two rake veins have been worked in the pit, each up to 3 m wide. Both consist mainly of fuorite...with minor galena and traces of sphalerite. Late calcite is present in vugs. Numerous scrins (small fissure |
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| on the Rhode Island border. Small crystals of calcite and quartz on trap rock have been found in a huge...come from East Haven. One consists of colorless calcite xls associated with deep black smoky quartz xls...basalt (trap rock). The other consists of colorless calcite xls and purple amethyst xls— also on black basalt...INDIANA—"Interesting pockets of calcite and quartz are found in the Rogers gravel pit (which is more like a huge...Fortville, Ind. Mr. Johansen works in a sand and gravel pit in Hamilton Co., Ind., near Fortville which is |
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| collecting heritage. Its numerous limestone quarries, gravel pits, strip mines. and rock outcrops are scattered...after 1900, adit, cuts, and shafts: anglesite, calcite, cerussite (crystals), dolomite, galena, goethite...Maquoketa Formations: barite (crystals), bitumen, calcite (crystals, some fluorescent), fluorite (small...open cut: anglesite* (pseudomorphs after galena), calcite (crystals), cerussite (coatings), galena, goethite...NovemberlDecernber 2002 405 Locality Cross-Reference Acme gravel pit, Muscatine Co. Downloaded by [University of |
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| color) have been found in the Silver Mountain district, Alpine Co., Calif. COLORADO-"Prof. Richard M...octahedra in quartz from the Mica Lode, Royal Gorge District, (Fremont Co. ), Colorado. The garnet ranges in...(Litchfield Co.), Conn., have large garnet gravel pits, which gravel is used for top dressing on all the dirt...received. It is a cream colored botryoidal mass of calcite —rather attractive! GEORGIA—"Pegmatites being investigated...number of specimens from that famous Zinc-Lead District, which includes N. W. Arkansas, S. W. Missouri |
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| milky quartz, fluorescent calcites, dogtooth calcite, chalcedony in many colors, gypsum, dolomite, pyrite...be. KENTUCKY: Nice white masses of cleavable calcite occur at the Delhi-Babb fluorite mine near Salem...1 to iy2 x 2 inches in size) have been found in gravel at Emmetsburg and Graettinger, both in Palo Alto...Among the localities are Blue Earth Co. (State gravel pit on State Highway 83, between Judson and Cambria)...; Watonwan Co. (near St. James) ; Winona Co. (gravel pit north of Winona). MISSISSIPPI: Ironstone concretions |
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| Y. The specimen consists of thin platy white calcite xls in grayish clay. ARKANSAS—"A HEAP O F PHANTOMS...sphalerite, and calcite. Many of the boulders on the damps were crusted with pyrite and calcite and were a...consisting of dark brown xline calcite as a vein in black compact limestone. The calcite fl. yellow under long...donated by Michael Papcun, RR 1, Melrose, Iowa. The calcite occurs in large weathered masses, so Mr. Papcun...KANSAS—Some months ago we received a very fine calcite xl from Mrs. John Roder (Roder's Coral Museum) |
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| dolomite exposed in an abandoned quarry Barite, Calcite, Fluorite (purple cubes), Galena. CHATTAHOOCHEE...left side of US 27N, on the Roland Hancock farm, a pitgemmy chert. CHEROKEE COUNTY BALL GROUND: area:...areaQuartz crystals. LITHONIA: area quarriesCalcite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Thulite, Tourmaline... Rock Chapel Quarry, on N side of Arabia Mt.Calcite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Thulite, Tourmaline...Elberton and Hartwell in Hart Co. The known mica district includes some 250 sq. mi., with most mining revolving |
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| Gilgen Windows Alps-The Hallein District I . Alps-The Hallein District II . Alps-The Lammertal and Gosau...Geologists' Association 1966 Field Meeting in Austria. The form of the orig inal Guide has been retained...of one of the numerous good tourist guides to Austria. The present Guide is intended for use in conjunction...during the Geologists' Association Field Meeting to Austria, 1966 E. R. OXBURGH 58 Near the summit there...Day 2. The Northern Calcareous Alps-The HaUein District I Route: Hallein-St. Leonhard-Glanegg-Puch-Adnet-Hallein |
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| grayish schist. Specimen # 2 is not wollastonite but calcite—group of colorless, coarse fibrous xls. Both specimens...— " A m sending you under separate cover some calcite specimens that might be of interest to mention...dad's gravel News on Mineral Occurrences.' pit on the outskirts of Bogalusa (Wash"The calcite comes from...short wave. Some 10th St., Bogalusa, La. of the calcite will also fl. yellow and The specimen is a petrified...number of specimens were received. from his father's pit, as we need items One was a loose colorless xl (no |
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| Upper Mississippi Valley Zinc-Lead District 42 0 THE MINERALS OF ILLINOIS: Mining Districts 10 70...50 m. 0 10 20 30 40 SO 00 Illinois Fluorspar District Holocene and Wisconsinan J2_-~-_-_-_- C a h...Henry w i n d b l o w n sand, a n d sane sand and gravel outwash. Formation combined alluvium Wisconsinan...Wisconsinan). Glacial till w i t h some sand, gravel, and silt. G r o u n d moraine G l a s f o r d...o r m a t i o n , glacial till with some sand, gravel, and silt; age assignments of some units is uncertain |
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| black, radiating plates on massive smoky quartz. Calcite: white, cleavable (fl. yellowlong wave) on mica...Some of this is mined as low grade iron ore in open pit operations near the canyons. The area is very colorful...in Rosiclare, Hardin Co., 111. INDIANA—From a gravel pit near Fortville, Ind., we have an interesting...Hancock County, near the Hamilton County line; the gravel pit is close by, just over the line in Hamilton County...a pinkish granite was found in an open field. Calcite: Reddish, xline mass. Found in numerous septeria-like |
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| a test core drilled, a mine shaft sunk or a gravel pit dug—additional mineral discoveries may be made...gratitude. I also wish to thank the many quarry, gravel pit and mine operators in Iowa, and many private................................................ Calcite ................................................................................. Minerals from gravel deposits and drift boulders Epidote..............3) 4) 5) 6) Upper Mississippi Valley zinc—lead district Mineral crystals, isometric ................. |
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| summer and winter accommodation throughout the district. There are many lakes, and fishing is good. Many...45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 5 1. 52. 53. 54. 55. Gravel pit exposing the interior of the Omemee esker. Burleigh...Moira Lake. Norwood esker ridge, near Norwood. Open pit of Marmoraton iron mine. (viii) FIGURES Page 1...Bridgenorth and Norwood eskers. These long, sinuous gravel ridges mark the courses of glacial rivers which...sand and gravel in abundance. These eskers are worked as sources of commercial sand and gravel supplies |
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| Prior to the opening of the Estes quarry, a gravel pit was being worked at the base of the hill. In...Smith College led a group of geologists to this pit during a Friends of the Pleistocene field conference...the large pegmatite boulders scattered around the pit. The mineral was identified as purpurite, and this...a new development on the hillside behind the gravel pit. The thin cover of glacial till had been scraped...early September revealed a quarry pit had just been opened. This pit was square and had vertical walls |
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| CALIFORNIA — "This material was picked up at a gravel pit in Alturas (Modoc Co.), Calif. Notice the fan-shaped...graphite, brownish spessartite garnet and white calcite xls." — item dated Jan. 23, 1962, from Richard...enclosing a few pebbles that were collected from river gravel from the Chattahoochee River as dredged in southern... xled calcite, on brownish limestone that was sent in by Amel Priest, Peru, Iowa. The calcite fl. yellow...the limestone itself fl. a sort of orange. "The calcite is found in a rock quarry located almost due south |
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| drusy dogtooth calcite have been found at the Holland mine in Washington Camp Mining District near Nogales...showing a part of an old abandoned titanium II pit and the other showing part of the barite pits."—letter...colorless nephelite. 4. Colorless, cleavable calcite containing white acicular apatite xls. 5. Group...Melanterite coating cellular gypsum (from the titanium pit). 11. Tiny brassy-yellow, striated pyrite cubes in...ran into a four or five inch vein of a wall of the pit which was composed of typical brown idocrase. The |
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| jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area gravel deposits, pits, bars of the Mississippi R.⎯agate...page) ⎯geodes (lined with Chalcopyrite, brown Calcite and sometimes Malachite). HAMILTON: c area gravels...(lined with Marcasite & Pyrite with rhombs of Calcite, Sphalerite); e extensive exposure S of town on...Glen Creek⎯geodes (lines with Aragonite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, pink Dolomite, Goethite, Jarosite...with either brown Calcite; or Pyrite on chalcedony, Sphalerite on chalcedony or Calcite, Quartz. 151 Illinois |
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| jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area gravel deposits, pits, bars of the Mississippi R.⎯agate...page) ⎯geodes (lined with Chalcopyrite, brown Calcite and sometimes Malachite). HAMILTON: c area gravels...(lined with Marcasite & Pyrite with rhombs of Calcite, Sphalerite); e extensive exposure S of town on...Glen Creek⎯geodes (lines with Aragonite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, pink Dolomite, Goethite, Jarosite...with either brown Calcite; or Pyrite on chalcedony, Sphalerite on chalcedony or Calcite, Quartz. 151 Illinois |
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| Idaho. Scheelite (Tungsten) has been found in the gravel and sands of the placers 17 miles below Shoup,...Baltimore show, I gave you a very odd and rare calcite crystal that was perched upon rock matrix. This...feet or more. Quite often these cavities contain calcite crystals that display the rare basic rhombohedron...garnet crystal. Occasionally associated with the calcite is a bluish to carnelianred, botryoidal chalcedony...Ind. Among the specimens were some dainty little calcite xls (dogtooth xls), pale amberbrown in color and |
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| 80 EXCURSION TO CIRENCESTER AND DISTRICT. June 7th to loth (Whitsuntide), 1924. REpORT WITH AN ApPENDIX...gener al strike of the rocks in the Cirencester District, as indicated by the outcrop of the Cornbrash...takes place; a residual soil is often formed; and calcite is deposited in fissures. The process of the deepening... pp. 215. 216. EXCURSION TO CIRENCESTER AND DISTRICT 83 Railway, which has now been absorbed into...Forest Marble to a gravel-pit on Dean Farm, Oaksey, Wiltshire. DEAN FARM GRAVEL PIT, OAKSEY. Seventh-eighths |
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| (orange), roeblingite (dull red, upper left), calcite and/or roeblingite (red), and willemite (green)...permitted on the Mine Run Dump and in the Passaic Pit and “saddle” areas. For museum members only. $5.00...it is the heart of the mineral heritage of the district, and its success is due to the interest and energies...Club; David Ackerman, Lieutenant Governor, 17th District, Kiwanis; Edward Selems, President, Franklin Mineral...Zinc Company; Mervyn Haines, Governor, New Jersey District, Kiwanis; Alfred Littell, Secretary, Franklin |
