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Aragonite from
Winfield, Union County, Pennsylvania, USA


Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Winfield, Union County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:133123
Long-form Identifier:1:3:133123:3
GUID (UUID V4):c48d34ae-cd3d-4457-acb9-5ac56df31bfa
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
26.9km (16.7 miles) ⓘNational Limestone Quarry No. 1, Paxtonville, Middleburg Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA
40.8km (25.3 miles) ⓘPine Creek Quarry, Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA
45.2km (28.1 miles) ⓘSusquehanna Quarry, East Salem, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA
55.0km (34.1 miles) ⓘSalona Quarry (Hanson Aggregates quarry; Milestone Materials), Salona, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, USA
81.0km (50.3 miles) ⓘCornwall Mines (Cornwall Iron Mine), Cornwall Borough (Cornwall), Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
96.1km (59.7 miles) ⓘSinking Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
99.7km (61.9 miles) ⓘCodorus Stone & Supply Co. Quarry, Emigsville, East Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JERI L . JONES R.D. #9, Sitler Lane York, Pennsylvania 17402 THE TYPE LOCALITY F O R C E L E S T I T...T E IS B E L L W O O D , B L A I R County, Pennsylvania. It was col­ lected there by a German traveler...area for collecting celestite in Juniata County, Pennsylvania. Location The Susquehanna quarry of the...miles north-northwest of East Salem, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. The quarry can be reached by tak­ ing the...through East Salem, and then turning west onto Pennsylvania R t . 325. Travel about 200 feet and turn right
Report (edition)
STATE LIBRARY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 II II II nil 3 014 4 00050005 «k. 1 ’^^jklTL% i ^IH ^ 1 k...of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...(icologist G BULLETIN 33 Mineral Collecting Pennsylvania in by Davis M. Lapham Mineralogist Alan ...Environmental Geologist JiU-ateJ VanOiden PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG...Commonweath of Pennsylvania book may be pubished if credit this is given to the Pennsylvania Geological
Report (edition)
Geyer Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania I COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS... ' BULLETIN G 33 Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania by Davis M. Lapham Mineralogist Alan R. Geyer...Geyer Assistant State Geologist PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG First Edition...1965 Copyrighted 1965 b y the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published....... . .. . Adams County .... . .. ... ............... . . ... . Allegheny County .... . ...... . ..
Report (edition)
PENNSYLVANIA STATE LIBRARY OF 0144 00141189 1 v < 2 ÂŁ m- c oi; c» tt*s“S S Si! at tss^s isl^j...1 ' s WJ= ~S 5! s „3 &«eq SjgÂź . . PENNSYLVANIA 1 .8 ^2»SS 3 d 5-s &s z l|lt« 7* < OF ...GEOLOGY REPORT 1976 33 MINERAL COLLECTING IN PENNSYLVANIA by Alan R. Geyer Robert C. Smith, John H....Graphics by Albert E. VanOlden COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES TOPOGRAPHIC...II Copyrighted 1976 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if
Report (issue)
Strontian, Scotland. (2) SrCO3 . Mineral Group: Aragonite group. Occurrence: An uncommon low-temperature...Tirol. From Nepean Township, Ontario, Canada. In the USA, from the Strontium Hills, 16 km north of Barstow... Hardin Co., Illinois; in the Winfield quarry, Union Co., Pennsylvania. From the Sierra Mojada district
Journal (issue)
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Raymond P. Shafer, Governor STATE PLANNING BOARD Irving Hand, Executive..........1 New Fossil l,ocality for Ctearfieid:;county .. ; .‱. ~ .. : .. ~ ..................8 Earth...COVER - View of rockfall along the side of a Pennsylvania highway. This is an example of an environmental...and knowledge to man and his environment. The Pennsylvania Geological Survey is pleased that the citizens...GEOLOG Y TO MA N IN HI S ENV I RONMENT The Pennsylvania Geological Survey has init iated a new kind
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
our way out we had picked up Royce's Mother, in Winfield, Kans., and left her with her daughter, Mrs. Roy...to the excessive heat of the day we drove from Winfield, Kans. to Denver (which heat caused a lot of distress...4th and last time. At mileage 3216.0 we reached Winfield, Kansas. (8:30 a.m.), and the home of Royce's...at 2:30 p.m. Just on the northern outskirts of Winfield is Island Park ; which Royce wanted me to see...is a summer playground for the good people of Winfield. Leaving Island Park we headed northward on U
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Faylor-Middlecreek quarry, Winfield, Union County, Pennsylvania. The sta­ ble isotope composition...in the Gates Road quarry, Jamesville, Onondaga County, New York, have morphology identical to the crystals...Wol­ lastonite and Titanite, Natural Bridge, Lewis County, New York" (March/April 1987). Volume 64, September/October...ex­ posed in a road cut near Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. Virtually all such matrix-bound sedimentary...shales exposed in the Hubbard quarry, Covert, Seneca County, New York. Stratabound witherite in sedimentary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
members of the Charlotte Gem and Mineral Club. PENNSYLVANIA The Blair Rock and Mineral Club, Al538 toona...trip to Mifflin County. Member Bob Cox of the Rock and Min­ eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills...Leningrad. - - - - The Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania heard and saw a program by Dr. Ray­ mond Grant...he took part when he was guest speaker of the Pennsylvania Earth Sciences Association, Lehigh Valley. The...hydromagnesite, bruoite, and zircon; at the Quarry at Winfield, calcite, celestite, strontianite, strontian-calcite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
289 Apophyllite, 215 Aragonite, 236 Bald Knob Manganese Deposit, Allegheny County, North Carolina, W....Columbia, Yukon Territory, 9; rutile, Hastings County, 284 Canfield, F . A . , 232 Canfieldite, 233 Caryopilite...172 Dietrich, R. V., Lone Jack Quarry, Rockbridge County, Virginia, 157 Dinosaurs, 71, 174 Diopside, 238...Pegmatites, Crystal Mountain District, Larimer County, Colorado, 219 Jade, Gold, and Topaz from the Cassiar...Kennedy, I . , A New Occurrence of Rutile in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, 285 K-Feldspars in Pegmatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
t Presentaddress:3880SardisRoad, Murrysville,Pennsylvania lar crystals,care was taken that air did not...place(s) (Iaphm and Geger, 19?2) FaALor qw?T!, WinfieLd, IJnion Count!, Pennsgloania (Dietdch, Salen Rock...ilise County, Vitginia and p\@rr, 1961) (Knapf, 1918) Itud. HiLLs, Ba?st@, San Bemardina County, Califomia...346-368. (1971) Subsolidusphase relationsin the aragonite-type carbonates:I. The systemCaCOr-SrCOr-BaCO"...W. R. Bnlce (1972) Subsolidusphaserelationsin aragonite-typecarbonates:IL The systemsCaCOr-SrCOrPbCOgand
Journal (issue)
........... 60 by Brian M. England F.G.A.A. Pennsylvania Minerals: II. Strontianite....................Mineralization of the Four Peaks Amethyst Deposit, Maricopa County, Arizona......................... 72 by Jack Lowell...for the meeting date with the University of Pennsylvania, State College, Pa. to be our host. There may...ores and metallic minerals. The minerals of Pennsylvania is one of Dr. Heyl’s favorites. While living...Allentown, Pa., he collected in many of the S.E. Pennsylvania locali­ ties. We sincerely hope that Dr. Heyl
Book (edition)
«s m ‱p ■* ; sms ‱v ■1 mm D 'A ©F PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY By Scott Stepanski and Karenne...changes due to man or nature, Gem Trails of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, its publisher and all other...Physiographic Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 5 6 7 9 10 12 PENNSYLVANIA SITE NO. PAGE NO. 1...Road (PA) EH] Forest Road (PA) | 626 | Spur 563 County Route (NJ) PHI Interchange I___ jQ Town or Park... OVERVIEW MAP 6 KEY TO SITES ON MAP NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA SITE NO. SITE NO. 1 2 3 4 35 36 37 38 5
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cut for the begin­ ning students. The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Club, Spring Valley, went to the...Members Annette and George Hade of the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, spent a part of their...took advantage of "the one day a year" that the Winfield Quarry (Pennsyl­ vania) is open to collecting...—Swap Even!" PENNSYLVANIA William Yocum, president of the Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania, states in...Club Rock and Mineral Club, Sayre. of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, MARYLAND went to the Teeter Quarry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calcite, aragonite and dolomite to the Faylor Lime and Stone Quarry at Winfield, Pennsylvania. VERMONT...Mrs. Blanpied, a former member of the Rockland County Mineral and Gem The Aiken Gem and Mineral Society... The Southeastern New Hampshire Min- Sayre, Pennsylvania) spent an evening at SOUTH CAROLINA 44 ROCKS...Cochrane, a member of the Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania discussed the Platinum Metals with the members...certain of getting them by mail! - The Central Pennsylvania Rock and Mineral Club, Harrisburg, made the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Properties of Minerals The Stanley Bentons of the Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, went to the Cree... The Island Rockhounds, Seaford, journeyed to Winfield, Penn. to the Faylor Quarry for calcite, strontionite...Shin Skinners News The clubs of the Western Pennsylvania area have reported very favorably on the EFMLS...of his reactions The Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania were guests of the Delaware Valley Earth Sci­...and lapidary in the Western Pennsylvania PENNSYLVANIA The Central Pennsylvania Rock and area. Check your
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals Theme: Education Opens New Horizons PENNSYLVANIA The York Rock and Mineral Club opened the field...Faylor Quarry at Winfield for cal­ cite, strontian-calcite, eelestite, strontianite, aragonite, dolomite, fluorite...College in Easton was guest speaker at the Central Pennsylvania Rock and Mineral Club, Harrisburg, when he discussed...(iHilaire?), Vermont, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania 386 (Cedar Hill) and the Cowee Valley in North...Homestead, reports that Mr. Al­ sippi of the Pennsylvania Department of Mines, spoke to them on Safety
Journal (issue)
localities in northwest Ohio (white, cream); Hardin County, Illinois (white); Bingham, New Mexico (blue or...not ankerite, which contains Fe2+) and aragonite group (aragonite, cerussite, strontianite, and witherite)...witherite) are often fluorescent. Aragonite from Sicily and from Broken Hill, New South Wales often shows a...as pale blue phosphorescence from either lamp. Aragonite from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico both fluoresces...fluoresces and phosphoresces a blue-white color. The aragonite “petals” in the “chrysanthemum stones” from China
Journal (volume)
on some Microminerals from the Ohio pit, Baraga County, Michigan Al Falster 920 McIntosh Wausau, Wl 54401...54401 I I r i The Ohio pit in Baraga County, Michigan, is an old open-pit iron mine. In vugs and cavities...AUSTRALIA, GERMANY RUSSIA, NORWAY, ITALY, NEW ZEALAND, USA & MEXICO Write for free list. Dealer prices available...NEWS, P 0. Box 1154, Coeur d' Alene , Idaho 83814 USA. Information in this newsletter may not be reproduced...Mineral Collecting at r* Washington Pass, Okanogan County. Washington. 1-3:2-33 Mineral Collecting at Washington
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell...mind. We have only one small rock outcrop in my county (Orange) at Rock Springs near Apopka. "The beaches...ROCKS AND MINERALS KANSAS — On a recent visit to Winfield, Kan., by the conductor of this column, he had...Camp Parole, just south of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. "The casts are thickly consolidated...territory north of the Big Nose at Yosts in Montgomery County, N . Y. An easy way to reach it would be to turn
Report (issue)
LEAD OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA Robert C. Smith, II COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL...ZINC AND LEAD OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA Robert C. Smith, II PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...1977 Copyright 1977 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published...published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological Survey COVER ILLUSTRATION: Photograph of 1852 lithograph...STATE BOOK STORE, P. O. BOX 1365 HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 PREFACE The purpose of this report is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
WEBEB Dept. of Geochemistry and Mineralogy, The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pa. Ab&a&4sotopic...from the College of Nineral Industries, The Pennsylvania State University. 1787 1788 M. L. KEITH and...+I+4 to -0.2 per mil. It may be significant that aragonite is the major constituent in three of these, whereas...Ordovician Newmarket limestone sampled at Kauffman, Pennsylvania. In addition, two Tertiary fossils: a pelecypod...and a barnacle from the Piiocene beds of Monterey County, California, have anomalous carbon isotopic composition>
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is acknowledged. Richard Gaines of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, also provided help for which I am grateful...wollastonite, calcite, witherite, strontianite, aragonite, cerussite, and other minerals as well, was noted...interesting visit to the benitoite mine in San Benito County, California. It is located on a ridge on the coastal...all around than sending samples to Palmerton, Pennsylvania, for analysis, and in fact it works very well...States, in Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, through Virginia and the Carolinas to Georgia
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is acknowledged. Richard Gaines of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, also provided help for which I am grateful...wollastonite, calcite, witherite, strontianite, aragonite, cerussite, and other minerals as well, was noted...interesting visit to the benitoite mine in San Benito County, California. It is located on a ridge on the coastal...all around than sending samples to Palmerton, Pennsylvania, for analysis, and in fact it works very well...States, in Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, through Virginia and the Carolinas to Georgia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Development Corporation, Box 819047, Dallas, TX 75381, USA (Received July 21, 1992; revised and accepted August...75083-0688, USA. P3326 Tower Tr., Dallas, TX 75143, USA. rRoute 6, Box 353B, Tool, TX 75143, USA. ~7105 Teresita...Teresita Tr., Dallas, TX 75227, USA. *2Referred to collectively here as late Paleozoic. been used to...wackestone packstone wackestone cephalopod (aragonite) packstone grainstone grainstone grainstone...Wolfcampian Wolfeampian Wolfeampian Wolfcampian Winfield Ls. Winfield Ls. Barneston Ls. Barneston Ls. Barneston
 
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