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Quartz from
Prescott Quarry, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Dolomite1 photo of Quartz associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prescott Quarry, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1091114
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1091114:9
GUID (UUID V4):0046ba11-b3e5-4b40-8b01-e7e0342d02ea
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
20.3km (12.6 miles) H. & M. Rohl Dolomite Quarry No. 1, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
20.7km (12.9 miles) Mimbach Quarry (Mayer Quarry; St. Croix County Highway Department), Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
21.8km (13.6 miles) Hanley Road road cut, Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) Hager City dolomite deposit No. 1, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) Burkhardt, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
33.0km (20.5 miles) Don Borst Quarry (Pierce County Highway Department), Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
36.3km (22.6 miles) Cave Creek limestone deposit, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
40.7km (25.3 miles) Crystal Cave, Spring Valley, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
42.3km (26.3 miles) Rock Elm impact structure central uplift, Rock Elm, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
42.5km (26.4 miles) Maiden Rock Limestone Quarry No. 1, Maiden Rock, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
O D A C PEEKSKILL, N . Y . Biotite sand from Prescott, Arizona River sand from Whitewater Canyon, Calif...an old volcanic neck, is about 6 miles west of Prescott. He says he walked in a general S.W. direction...dated Oct. 5, 1955, from O. P. McMican, Box 1793, Prescott, Ariz. The sample is a fine grained black sand...some smoky quartz, flesh colored feldspar, and a tiny amount of black magnetite. Prescott is in Yavapai...Yavapai County, Ariz. Brookite sand from Magnet Cove, Arkansas This sand is from Christy Hill in Magnet Cove
Report (issue)
Union Arrive and check in at Autorest Motel,* Prescott, Ariz. (602-445-1440) Saturday, March 22, 1986...12:30 5:30 6:30 am am am noon pm pm pm Depart Prescott for Jerome Jerome - UVX mine overview-Paul A....Chief mine discussion-Paul A. Lindberg Return to Prescott Steak fry* at Bronze Saddle Restaurant Sunday...pm pm 4 : 45 8:45 Check out and depart from Prescott Iron King mine and McCabe mine stops-Phillip Anderson...Granodiorite, the Crooks Canyon Complex, and the Prescott granodiorite. All of these are lithologically
Book (edition)
gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Field Trip, June 14, 1952 The Kibblehouse trap rock quarry at Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania, was the site of...weather, albeit a little too hot, and arrived at the quarry about lunchtime. Evidently we had arrived between...one of the members dated from the days when the quarry was worked as a copper mine and were a specimen...chalcocite masses on trap. As it seemed that the quarry was going to produce little that day, we decided...Bridge and stop on the way back at the Station. The quarry at Judd's Bridge yielded, as before, excellent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz (crystals), sillimanite...(lodestone), nepheline, quartz (amethyst). Laconia area: psilomelane, quartz (crystals), sphalerite,...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...(microcrystals), genthelvite* (microcrystals), microcline, quartz* (smoky, crystals), siderite, siderophyllite, zinnwaldite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
miles long extending from Coosa County thru Talladega and into Calhoun County. Most of the distance it is...Arizona kaersutite comes from Hoover Dam, Mohave County. A % inch black cube of limonite pseudo after pyrite...nice gift recently of a fine doubly-terminated quartz xl, with at least 8 gas & water movable inclusions..."bubble" are a large number of milky plates of loose quartz and finely divided silica "mud" which move about...Sutter Ave., Modesto, Calif. "Here is a specimen of quartz with chlorite. We found them (not many contain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bolivia. A trip was planned to the Kibblehouse Quarry at Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania. At the July meeting...July 8th, 1951, to French Creek Mines, in Chester County, Penn. When sixty-one rockhounds pounded the old...rewarding. The next trip will be to Kibblehouse Quarry on August 19th. Mrs. Otto Karl Bauhof 352 Church...minerals were most common. The West Cheshire trap quarry yielded specimens of natrolite and other minerals... but black tourmaline crystals from the Turner quarry were the best specimens found. The members visited
Show/Event (guide)
Georgia Shows 48 Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin Shows 36 Hawaii, Idaho, llliinois, and Indiana...Press at P.O. Box 740864, Arvada, Colorado 80006 USA; International 1 -(720) 946-2808; Toll-free 1 -(877)...Moussa Minerals & Fossils......... Pertecl Pearl Prescott Gem & Mineral Show...... QIA Pow Wow............4 Shows Page 37 MINNESOTA 8 Shows, Page 39 WISCONSIN 14 Shows Page 48 / W"MAS1SACHUSETTS NEW YORK...Vallejo Gem & Mineral Society Annual Show. Solano County Fairgrounds. Me Cormack Hall, Vallejo. March 2020
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr. Drury contained...(petrified wood) are found 3 miles west of Piggott, Clay County, Ark. California—A new California mineral is perovskite
Book (volume)
.........................................437 Wisconsin ..............................................................................458 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...includes granites, schists (mica, garnet, graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Book (volume)
.........................................439 Wisconsin ..............................................................................460 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...includes granites, schists (mica, garnet, graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Golding's Feldspar Quarry, near Bay Point Landing, Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, Maine ....................... G. B. Willes Quarry, near Cathance Station, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine ................... Bastin, pp. 49-59 Mt. Mica, Paris, Oxford County, Maine .............................. Witt Hill...Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine ................................... Landes, pp. 360-398 Hibbs Quarry, Hebron...Hebron, Oxford County, Maine ........................ Bastin, pp. 73-74 'Palermo Mine, near North Groton
Book (volume)
.........................................533 Wisconsin ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Report (volume)
survey in the Pine Mountain primitive area, Yavapai County, Ariz. The area discussed in the report corresponds...map of the Pine Mountain primitive area, Yavapai County, Ariz______^_-_________________ In pocket 2. Sample-locality...map of the Pine Mountain primitive area, Yavapai County, Ariz_______________________________ In pocket...Index map of Pine Mountain primitive area, Yavapai County-4 VI CONTENTS Page FIGURE 3. Photograph showing...corner of Yavapai County' near the center of Arizona. Part of the area is in the Prescott National Forest
Journal (issue)
ZODAC Contents for March , 1941 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................... RHENIUM-BEARING MOLYBDEN ITE IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN. By Mrs. L . P. W orks .................................. A TRIP THROUGH THE SOUTH. By Dr. L. Prescott Brown .......... NEW ENGLAND NOTES. Conducted...Ccurrence. Sometimes a village or township and a county, or a village and a state have the same name and...happens that the village or city 1s not 1n the county of the same name nor even in the state. For example
Book
POSTOFFICE ADDRESSES (Yavapai County) Copyright RUSSELL H. J 903 MILLWARD PRESCOTT, ARIZONA Published by...by The Arizona Mining Directory Prescott, Arizona Price $2.50 '-^ ' • THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS...#;^ XXc. No. a. PREFACE Yavapai, the treasure county of Arizona, has developed beyond the speculative...its The records give and operators than to this county a greater is October 298 1, were 1876, of...three counties in Arizona. 7, now regarded is county of Yavapai. and recorded In the Territory, Since
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ala. ARIZONA — O. P. McMican, P. O. Box 1793, Prescott, Ariz., was given a nice write-up (plus his picture)...1953, issue of his local paper, THE MESSENGER (Prescott, Ariz.). Mr. McMican, who is secretary-treasurer...Pacific R. R. "One of the largest producers in the county, it has yielded over 2 million dollars worth of...district is granodiorite. The vein is a quartz-filled fissure in quartz-diorite. Mineralization consists of...xline—Crystalline The specimens are: No. 1—Typical quartz-diorite ore, showing chalcopyrite. No. 2—Typical
Journal (issue)
expansion, especially Eleanor Krimmel, from the USA, whose generous donations really put us over the...of southeastern Colorado ironstone cake. A clear quartz crystal found near Florissant, Colorado, served...Crystals of various minerals, most often euhedral quartz, form atop this lining, and the center remains...pseudomorphs, crystal molds, and spherulite (feldspar in quartz) inclusions. Many nodules and geodes contain nameless...Agatized breccia This rare green geode has a euhedral quartz center. 12 www.rockngem.com The Carver contains
Journal (issue)
DECEMBER 2019 40 SPODUMENE 10 AMETRINE Bi-Colored Quartz Brilliance A Colorful Lithium Mineral Bob Jones...cutting rare and valuable materials (i.e. agate, quartz, petrified wood, jasper, jade, etc) when waste...Power Feed Trim Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA MADE IN USA Features include: • All cast aluminum tank...Part HP14 Slab Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA MADE IN USA Features include: • 1/2 HP continuous duty...Annual Crystal Fair, County Fair Arizona Mineral & Show Fossil Show Hilton Orange County/ Building (Formerly
Journal (issue)
Colorado desert, through the Mojave desert to Inyo county, southern Nevada and southern Utah, and Arizona...ranging into the desert areas of eastern San Diego county and on to the edge of the Colorado desert. Blooms...Gem and Mineral Show of the Junior Rockhounds of Prescott, Arizona; Arizona Power corporation showroom....Brigham City, Utah. Sept. 9-10—Tooele Tooele, Utah. County Fair, Sept. 15—Indian races and dances, Jicarilla...reservation, New Mexico. Sept. 16-17-18—Yavapai County Fair, Prescott, Arizona. Sept. 18-25—Utah State Fair, Salt
Report (issue)
selected industrial and collector minerals of the Prescott National Forest, Arizona By James D. Bliss1 Open-File...2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Approximate boundary of the Prescott National Forest (PNF) and of the three Ranger...important group of commodities produced in the Prescott National Forest area. Metals were historically...industrial minerals found in or adjacent to the Prescott National Forest include: Carbonate rocks used...valley margins is more likely to be outside of the Prescott National Forest. It is also produced from both
Journal (issue)
. . . . . . • . . . 5.00 GaW, V• •~bk. Xld. on Quartz. 1 1/4 x 1 • • • • • • . . • . . • . • . . . •... 12.50 C..ulllle. rmany. Xld. in mass w. Smoky Quartz. 3 ½ x 2 ½ . • . . . . 7.50 ...., ... Tyrol. With...2.50 s,llaledte, Phoenixville, Pe. Well xld. w. Quartz xis. 3 x 2 ½ . . . . . . . . 2.50 ................ • . . . . 4.00 Sta■■lte, Cornwall. With some Quartz and Chalcopyrite. 21h x 2 . . . . . . 1.25 C1l••••lh...onite, France. Repeated twin 1 ¼ " enclosing red Quartz xis. . . . . . . 1.50 Transportation extra. Terms
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
California coarse-grained seriate biotite monzogranite; quartz and biotite interstitial to subhedral K-feldspar...% ); mediumgrained matrix contains idiomorphic quartz and plagioclase (An22-40); accessory phases include...color index: 3-9 1.43 ( U /Pb ) [2] 8 Holy Moses quartz monzonite, Hualapai Mms., Arizona coarse-grained...seriate to locally porphyritic biotite hornblende quartz monzonite; phenocrysts of K-feldspar and plagioclase...[3] [14],[15],[17] Bowmans Wash, accessories quartz, monzonite, Whipple Mms., California and Arizona
Journal (issue)
of the Cornish tin miners made their way to SW Wisconsin to mine for lead in the 19th century. That’s...phenomenon to occur. First, the dunes must be made of quartz sand. The gypsum dunes of White Sands New Mexico...don’t sing. Might the piezoelectric properties of quartz be a factor??? Secondly, the sand grains need to...tie! It’s a bola tie! Uh-huh Geodes of Western Wisconsin by Dr. William S. Cordua Most mineral collectors...region, but few realize that there are geodes in Wisconsin. The geodes are smaller, and not as common as
Book
Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, photo no. 8596. © Copyright 1997...of scores of people in libraries, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; Peter historical societies...Ohlman, and County Public Library; Nancy Caudill, Librarian at the staff of the Yavapai County Recorder... Long Beach; Norma Cochran, Librarian, Mohave County Richard Quartaroli, and Paul Martin. Historical...suggestions, and advice of Susan Owens, Coconino County Recorder's Office; Bonnie Greer, Billingsley have
 
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