 | Huizing, Terry E., Richards, R. Peter, Clifford, Janet H., Cook, Robert B. (2017) Connoisseur's Choice: Calcite from the American Midwest, Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Rocks & Minerals, 92 (1) 46-63 doi:10.1080/00357529.2017.1241690 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cincinnati, Ohio 45247 tehuizing@fuse.net R. PETER RICHARDS 154 Morgan Street Oberlin, Ohio 44704 peterichards@oberlin...JANET H. CLIFFORD 15 Laurel Lake Drive Hudson, Ohio 44236 janet15cliford@gmail.com CALCITE from the...American Midwest Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee C alcite is ubiquitous in the American...Tennessee Lead-Zinc district near Carthage in Smith County. Calcite from this locality is noted for high luster...chalcopyrite, 8 cm tall, from the Ben Hogan quarry in Lawrence County, Arkansas. Terry Huizing specimen (No |  | | Report (edition) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 2045 MORSE RD., BLDG. C- 1 COLUMBUS, OHIO 43229-6693 (614) 265-6576 (614) 447-1918 (FAX)...L. Fox, MS, Seismologist Michael C. Hansen, PhD, Ohio Seismic Nelwork (OhioSeis) Coordinator An Equal... Minerals of Ohio by Ernest H. Carlson Bulletin 69 Second Edition STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...Inc., Auglaize quarry (formerly Stoneco, Inc.}, near Junction, Pau lding County, Ohio. Specimen is 3...citation: Carlson, E.H., 2015, Mineral s of Ohio (2d ed.): Columbus, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | August 2017 336 Caruthers Rd., Tallmadge, Ohio 44278 Although Ohio is not considered one of the mineral meccas...variety of minerals, such as barite, fluorite, marcasite, dolomite, calcite and pyrite. However, one of...closed, are the White Rock Quarry at Clay Center and the Lime City Quarry. Both of these can be considered...sphalenite, marcasite, fluorescent aragonite and strontianite have been found there. Lime City Quarry is known...Another quarry which is not closed and one which I have had plenty of luck in is Pugh Quarry at Custar |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JOSEPH W. VASICHKO 1560 Moore Road Wooster, Ohio 44691 vasichko1@aol.com Fluorite Figure 1. Top: Outline...freckle the glacially scraped landscape of northwest Ohio. No bird has yet considered a whistle and the pavement...cm tall, from the White Rock quarry at Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio. Don and Gloria Olson specimen...Mineral District Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana Figure 3. Pugh quarry, Custar, Wood County, Ohio, included in...collected at the Graymont Dolime quarry, Genoa, Ottawa County, Ohio, part of the Findlay Arch area. Joseph |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OHIO MINERAL L CALITY INDEX Findlay rch and Serpent Mound Districts Although best known for Itsfluorite^apdcelestite...Itsfluorite^apdcelestite, northern Ohio also offers an array of other minerals, including superb calcite, strontianite...Department of Geology Kent State University Kent, Ohio 44242 OHIO C A N BOAST O F several classic mineral localities...be found in museums around the world. Interest in Ohio minerals developed in the early 1800s with the discovery...famous Green (Strontian) Island site in Ottawa County (Douglass, 1820, 1821). Although Ohio's minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | About 18 miles northeast near Jamestown in Cherokee County is another lead mine." ARIZONA—A letter dated Sept...Reservation north of this community (in Apache County) with "high hopes" of finding the legendary diamond...finally secured a lease to the Rock Landing No. 2 quarry in Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. Also...properties on Squaw Creek, Mineral Hill District, Lemhi County, Idaho. It is reported they are after Columbite...new related property in Eureka District, Lemhi County, Idaho. Good Assays of Uranium, Vanadium and Rare |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | nailhead calcite, fl. red, from the Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Penna. Another reader has notified...Legislature, the Borough Council, and the Sussex County Board of Freeholders. Such a title is well deserved...have brought from Greenwood Lake beautiful "Green- wood Lake Conglomerate" that is used for building houses...address. PUG,H QUARRY, CUSTAR, OHIO By DANA BATORY. 402 E. Bucyrus, Crestline, Ohio 44827 Since 1964...1964 we have been going to Pugh Quarry at Custar, Ohio. In these past four years we have found a variety |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | have brought from Greenwood Lake beautiful "Green- wood Lake Conglomerate" that is used for building houses...address. PUG,H QUARRY, CUSTAR, OHIO By DANA BATORY. 402 E. Bucyrus, Crestline, Ohio 44827 Since 1964...1964 we have been going to Pugh Quarry at Custar, Ohio. In these past four years we have found a variety...variety of minerals. Each Spring, when the quarry is blasted, tons of rock fall to the bottom bringing with... The minerals we have collected are: barite, marcasite, calcite, and fluorite. The barite is usually |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, and Ohio. It took quite a bit of planning and map reading...Kansas, and our old friends the Engles at Perrysburg, Ohio. A map of the entire United States, with mileages...service— My wife Florence, collecting ai Pugh Quarry, Custer, Ohio (beautiful calcite xls.) ROCKS AND MINERALS...good indeed. We managed some fine specimens of marcasite from Illinois, some extra fine selenite from Manitoba...available. We were told that the Berry Materials Quarry at North Vernon, Illinois was open to collectors |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers of this column will...sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note the gemmy corners of the cube...pieces are all from the fluorspar district, Hardin County, Illinois. Cincinnati Museum Center specimens,...dolomite, siderite, sphalerite, cerussite, pyrite, marcasite, talc, hemimorphite, smithsonite, and goethite...cubes from Trestia, Transylvania region, Maramures County, Romania, appears to be a complete replacement |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | formed calcite xls, blue barite xls on calcite, marcasite, and dolomite xls. We had 40 good specimens to...the Pugh Quarry, brown fluorite from Purtee Quarry at Genoa and white barite from the Pugh Quarry. We...shop at 5941 Libbey Rd., Perrysburg, Ohio. They have a wealth of Ohio material and a good supply of blue |  | | Book | | Pico Rivera, Company Parkway California 90660 Ohio Copyright Gem © 1988 Guides Book Company ...knowledge and enjoyment of this great owners, mine and quarry operators and science by collecting. Thanks too...Minnesota, and move in sequence to the farthest east, Ohio. HOW TO HUNT FOSSILS GEMS, MINERALS, IN THE MIDWEST...Indiana are bordered in part by Lake Michigan, and Ohio hugs the edge of Lake Erie. These states were all...Southern Illinois, southern Indiana and southern Ohio have milder winters than the rest of the area. Wherever |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in Plumose County, Arizona. N o one knows better than we do that there is no such county in Arizona and...star in the white quartz. Though it resembles marcasite in structure it was demonstrated by Ransom to...of bertrandite specimens found at the Strickland Quarry, at Portland, Conn., last year. Walter Bagley spotted...unreported. On October 15th last I visited the Toll Gate Quarry, just iy2 miles south of Middletown, on Rout 9"Dave... Lakeland, Fla. "These are found in a dolomite quarry. They are generally black at this locality. In |  | | Report (issue) | | Illinois Indiana Kentucky Maryland Michigan New York Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Vermont Virginia West Virginia...in Indiana (Shaffer, 1981) and a similar study in Ohio (Botoman and Stieglitz, 1978) provide more detailed...occurrences are from deep wells (especially in Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee) and the age of the host rock does...Kinsland, G. L., 1973, Mineral collecting at Penfield Quarry, ±n_ Hewitt, P. C., ed., Guidebook to field trips:...occurrence of sulfide and associated minerals in Ohio: Ohio Geological Survey Report of Investigations 104 |  | | Catalog/List | | sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE: Bull Run Quarry, Loudon County, Virginia, USA. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE,variety...ACTINOLITE,variety BYSSOLITE: French Creek, Pennsylvania, USA. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE SMARAGDITE:Micciano...crystals ADAMITE,variety CUPROAN:Gold Hill, Utah, USA. crystals AEGERINE: Kola Peninsula, USSR. crystal...minute crystals AFWILLITE: Crestffiore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA. massive AGRELLITE: KipawQ River...ALABANDITE:Tombstone. Arizona, USA. massive ALBERTITE(HYDROC,\RBONl: Prince Albert County. Nova Scotia, massive |  | | Catalog/List | | DRIVE, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95127 HALITE - Kern County, California (cavernous crystals) GEM ROUGH & SLABS...fl. yellow-green. ARAGONITE 3X4 - Sam Benito County, Califo.fnia - White needles groTdrting in radiating...Ilo $2, 3 X 3 $2.75, 4 X 5 $4.50 San Benito County, California - Greenish hexagonal plates (look like...$2.75, 2X3 $3.50, 3X4 $4.50 - Sa.n Benito County, California - A newl}. discovered mineral from... 3 X 3 $2.75 GARNET PffilANITE - Sam Benito County, California - Small shiny black xls. growing on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | horse's hoof, a discoidal, pieces of petrified wood, heads of pixie or gnome, probably with a long nose...parked in the road leading to the quarry which stopped the quarry trucks from entering." —Noie dated...staurolites (Fairy Crosses) which come from Fannin County, Georgia. There were 25 xls in the packet—all loose...MASSACHUSETTS — A deep black vugs, is found in the Ross quarry near striated magnetite xl perched on a pale Ottawa...In the window of the office I noticed some Pugh quarry (Ohio) calcite and mentioned it to the owner. He |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dark gray moss agate; reddish and gray jasperized wood, and dark gray (almost black) obsidians. The obsidians...215, East Hampton, Conn. "I visited the Slocum quarry, (East Hampton) last week. Brownish-black crystals...ILLINOIS—Miss Eileen Philpot, 2200 Wascana Ave., Lakewood 7, Ohio, has sent in a section of a small granite boulder...common opal, a week ago yesterday. On a trip to the quarry again yesterday to obtain more of the diopside...appear in large seams in the deeper parts of the quarry so I can consider myself lucky to have been on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Limonite and hematite are stripped mined in Crenshaw County, Alabama, and specimens collected are very interesting..."Limonite and hematite are to be found on most any county road south of Montgomery (Montgomery Co.), Ala...Crenshaw County—Davenport, Highland Home, Bradenton and Petrey are all small towns in Crenshaw County near...quartz and leoidolite at the Brown Derby pegmatite, Ohio City, Gunnison Co., Colo. Our identification was...with a whitish earthy crust. "From the McDonald Quarry, Brooksville, Hernando Co., Fla."—on label.. GEORGIA—"A |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | driving in than the lure of the show. But we had OhIO, Indiana and Illinois left an improblems. Taking...lines. of our stay. We were told, however, that In Ohio, we diverged from our Triple occasionally fossil...we took U.S. 30. West. Gem Trails. There, at the quarry mentioned by her, the person in charge As we travelled...saying "no, we did not get to Murdo", Pugh Quarry in Bowling Green, Ohio. We fo~nd some very nice calcite...crystals, that Anna wanted to put a sign on our marcasite and barite, Other minerals car to that effect |  | | Journal (issue) | | Northridge, California Terry·E. Huizing Cincinnati, Ohio Brooklyn, New York Ben M. Shaub Northampton, Massachusetts...Carolina. Muscovite (twinned) from the Nello Teer Quarry near Raleigh, N. C. in pegmatite veins where pneumatolytic... Maine; Chesterfield, Massachusetts; San Diego County, California; Colorado and New Mexico. 6 ROCKS...muscovite crystals from Brooks Fann, Cleveland County, North Carolina. ~ TABLE 1.-MICA-GROUP MINERALS...in a dolomite from near Bonneterre, St. Francis County, Missouri ; in the Mesabi district of Minnesota; |  | | Report (issue) | | quantities of sphalerite, galena, smithsonite, quartz, marcasite, and pyrite. Fluorspar bodies are of two types...eastern part of Livingston County and the southwestern part of Crittenden County (fig. 5). The area can be...(pi. Y) is the only working along this fault. The Wood fault, on the other hand, has been traced by extensive...quantities of quartz, sphalerite, galena, smithsonite, marcasite, and pyrite. The most abundant vein mineral is...brassy pyrite are common in the fluorspar veins. Marcasite occurs in a cavity cutting across the vein on |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...position as curator of minerals at the Cleveland, Ohio, Museum of Natural History in 1975, and wrote an...Society, supported gem and mineral shows around the county as a museum exhibitor and speaker, and served on...first in Cleveland Heights and then in South Euclid, Ohio. Paul was a founding member and officer of the Mineralogical |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...soils. For long ages Ohio lay beneath a shallow sea which received successively enormous quantities of...shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified wood. Ohio ranks first in the nation in the production of...economy. But as far as the collector is concerned, Ohio is unique in but a single gemstone, an exceptionally...common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...soils. For long ages Ohio lay beneath a shallow sea which received successively enormous quantities of...shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified wood. Ohio ranks first in the nation in the production of...economy. But as far as the collector is concerned, Ohio is unique in but a single gemstone, an exceptionally...common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint |
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Pugh Quarry, Weston, Wood County, Ohio, USA