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Weeping Water, Cass Co., Nebraska, USA

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Main Resource is Educational Circular No. 2 "Minerals and Gemstones of Nebraska". State is primarily Cretaceous and younger sedimentary rocks. Some material brought in by glaciers from the north on the eastern side of the state and by erosion from Wyoming (Also ash falls from volcanoes to the west).

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Alunite
Alunogen
Anatase
Ankerite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Autunite
Baryte
'Bastnäsite'
'Bauxite'
Bayerite
Calcite
Carnotite
Celestine
Chalcopyrite
'Chert'
'Chlorite Group'
'Clay'
Clinochlore
'Coal
var: Bituminous Coal'
Coffinite
Copiapite
Copper

Coquimbite
Dolomite
Epsomite
Felsőbányaite
'Ferro-Actinolite-Tremolite Series
var: Nephrite'
'Flint'
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Galena
'Garnet'
'Garnierite'
Gibbsite
Goethite
Gold
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Halite
Halotrichite
Hematite
'Hypersthene'
Illite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'

'Lechatelierite
var: Fulgurite'
Marcasite
'Meta-alunogen'
Metahohmannite
'Monazite'
'Moonstone'
Nepheline
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Moss Opal
var: Precious Opal
var: Wood Opal
Paracoquimbite
'Parisite'
Perrierite-(Ce)
'Petrified Wood'
Phlogopite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrolusite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Aventurine

Quartz
var: Brecciated Agate
var: Carnelian
var: Chalcedony
var: Cloud Agate
var: Dendritic Agate
var: Fairburn Agate
var: Fortification Agate
var: Jasper
var: Lake Superior Agate
var: Moss Agate
var: Smoky Quartz
Rozenite
Sabugalite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Slavíkite
Sphalerite
Sulphur
'Synchysite Group'
Vashegyite
Vermiculite
Vivianite

94 entries listed. 53 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

USA

Nebraska
- Adams Co.
  - Ayr
- Boyd Co.
- Brown Co.
  - Ainsworth
- Buffalo Co.
  - Kearney
- Cass Co.
  - Eagle
  - King Hill Quarry
  - Louisville
    - National Stone Quarry
  - Nehawka
    - Schwaberer Quarry
  - Plattsmouth
    - Onyx Ace Hill quarry
    - Queen Hill Quarry
  - Snyderville Railroad siding
    - Unnamed quarry
  - Union
  - Weeping Water
    - Martin-Marietta Quarry
- Cedar Co.
  - Carlile Shale
  - Hartington
- Chase Co.
  - Stinking Water Creek
- Cherry Co.
  - Valentine
- Cheyenne Co.
- Cuming Co.
  - West Point
- Custer Co.
  - Arnold
- Dawes Co.
  - Chadron
    - Carlile Shale
    - Chadron Formation
  - Crawford
    - Crawford Dam
  - Crow Butte uranium deposit
  - Whitney
- Dawson Co.
  - Gothenburg
  - Lexington
- Deuel Co.
  - Chappell
- Dixon Co.
  - Carlile Shale
  - Newcastle
- Dodge Co.
  - Fremont
  - Two-Rivers Recreation area
- Douglas Co.
  - Omaha
- Dundy Co.
  - Benkelman
- Franklin Co.
  - Bloomington
  - Franklin
  - Republican River
- Furnas Co.
  - Arapahoe
  - Beaver City
- Gage Co.
  - Beatrice
    - Seitz Quarry
  - Blue Springs
  - Holmesville
  - Odell
  - Wymore
    - C.H. Davis Quarry
    - Squaw Creek
- Garden Co.
  - Lewellen
  - Lisco
- Garfield Co.
  - Burwell
- Hall Co.
  - Grand Island
  - Wood River
- Harlan Co.
  - Harlan County reservoir
    - Borrow pits
  - Oxford
  - Pierre Shale
  - Republican City
  - Republican River
- Hayes Co.
  - Frenchman Creek
- Hitchcock Co.
  - Culbertson
  - Trenton
- Holt Co.
  - Atkinson
  - Ewing
  - O'Neill
  - Stuart
- Howard Co.
  - Cotesfield meteorite
  - St. Paul
- Jefferson Co.
  - Endicott
    - Endicott Clay Products pit
  - Fairbury
    - Dakota formation
  - Steele City
- Johnson Co.
  - Elk Creek
    - Elk Creek Carbonatite
    - Glacial till
  - Tecumseh
- Keith Co.
  - Brule

USA

Nebraska
- Keith Co.
  - Ogalla
  - Paxton
- Keya Paha Co.
- Kimball Co.
- Knox Co.
  - Crofton
  - Verdigre
- Lancaster Co.
  - Agnew
  - Bennet
  - Davey
  - Denton
  - Lincoln
    - Pioneer Park
      - Yankee Hill Brick Yard (Burnham pit)
    - Salt Lake
- Lincoln Co.
  - Brady
  - Hershey
  - North Platte
  - Sutherland
- Madison Co.
  - Battle Creek
  - Norfolk
- McPherson Co.
  - Tryon meteorite
- Merrick Co.
  - Central City
- Morrill Co.
  - Angora
  - Bayard
  - Bridgeport
  - Broadwater
  - Chimney Rock
- Nance Co.
  - Fullerton
- Nemaha Co.
  - Auburn
  - Brock
  - Brownville
    - Indian Cave Sandstone
    - Pony Creek Shale
  - Johnson
  - Peru
  - St. Deroin
- Nuckolls Co.
  - Oak
- Otoe Co.
  - Burr
  - Douglas
  - Dunbar
  - Nebraska City
  - Palmyra
  - Syracuse
  - Talmage
  - Willard formation
- Pawnee Co.
  - Burchard
  - Du Bois
  - Nodaway coal
  - Table Rock
  - White Cloud formation
- Platte Co.
  - Columbus
- Red Willow Co.
  - McCook
- Richardson Co.
  - Dawson
  - Falls City
  - Humboldt
    - Road cuts
  - Salem
- Saline Co.
  - Crete
  - Wilber
- Sarpy Co.
  - Papillion
- Saunders Co.
  - Ashland
  - Prague
  - Touhy
  - Valparaiso
  - Wahoo
- Scotts Bluff Co.
  - Henry
  - Mitchell
- Seward Co.
  - Beaver Crossing
  - Garland
  - Middle Creek
  - Milford
  - Pleasant Dale
- Sheridan Co.
  - Gordon
  - Hay Springs
  - Rushville
- Sioux Co.
  - Agate
    - Agate Springs Fossil Quarries
  - Harrison
  - Orella
- Stanton Co.
  - Stanton
- Thayer Co.
  - Hebron
- Thomas Co.
  - Thedford
- Thurston Co.
  - Winnebago
- Valley Co.
  - Ord
- Washington Co.
  - Fort Calhoun
- Webster Co.
  - Guide Rock

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