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Calcite from
Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA


Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Diopside16 photos of Calcite associated with Diopside at this locality.
Phlogopite16 photos of Calcite associated with Phlogopite at this locality.
Pyrite15 photos of Calcite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Norbergite5 photos of Calcite associated with Norbergite at this locality.
Sphalerite3 photos of Calcite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Graphite1 photo of Calcite associated with Graphite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1344012
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1344012:9
GUID (UUID V4):422f1256-75f7-41fa-a723-58d63b469b47
Localities for Calcite in this Region
Dodge Mine, Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Edwards Mine (St. Joe Lead), Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Morgan farm, Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.9km (0.5 miles) Edwards Mine (St. Joe Lead), Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Morgan farm, Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Dodge Mine, Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) No. 2½ Mine (U.S. Talc 2 1/2 mine; Wintergreen mine), Talcville, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
5.7km (3.6 miles) Hyatt Mine, Talcville, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) Old Van Buskirk farm (Dana Hill), Russell, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
8.6km (5.4 miles) Chub Lake prospects, Chub Lake, Hailesboro, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
12.3km (7.6 miles) Arnold Mine, Fowler, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
12.6km (7.9 miles) Unnamed pegmatite, Fine, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fowler Orebody, Zinc Corporation of America No. 4 Mine Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York I n 1991,... the Zinc Corporation of America’s (ZCA) mining operation to recover sphalerite from the stratabound...stratabound Fowler orebody near Balmat in St. Lawrence County, New York, encountered an altered area of unusual...halite-filled veins, along with anhydrite, sphalerite, and calcite, or frozen in a matrix of halite and talc together...Access to mining operations in the Fowler orebody was gained by a vertical shaft at the Zinc Corporation
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METEORITICS • • • REQIONAL (iEOLOQY pALEONTOLOQY 0Lo&NEW WORLD EXPLORATION S,x catalogs issued yearly covering...MATRIX Publishing Services Inc. 1940A Carlisle Road York, PA 17404 Telephone number: 717/764-9673 FAX number:...E-mail: matrix@redrose.net FOUNDERS OF MATRIX Lawrence H. Conklin and Jay L. Lininger STAFF: EDITOR AND...MINERAL FEATURE The Mineralogy of St. Lawrence County, New York: A Historical Sketch by Jay L. Lininger...Zebulon Howell Benton: The Man Who Would Be St. Lawrence Mining King by Schuyler Alverson 108 HISTORIC
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralogy at Michigan Technological University. A native New Yorker, he has had a lifelong interest in the minerals...of the state and is a research associate at the New York State Museum. 458 ROCKS & MINERALS Dr. Steven...minerals of New York State and is coordinator of the Center for Mineralogy at the New York State Museum...University] at 04:12 29 December 2014 The GEMS of NEW YORK State J ust what constitutes a gemstone has...such as opal, aquamarine, or tourmaline. Although New York State is not known for its traditional precious
Book
MtN€RfllS of New Vork Stole David €. Jensen Includes 16 pages of minerals in full color jgS0% MIN6RRLS... MIN6RRLS of New Vork State David E. Jensen up WARD PRESS Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc...Inc. Rochester, New York • Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David E. Jensen All rights reserved...Harold L. Ailing's the mining distri* Adirondack Mou somed into a lifet New York State. While obtainu University...Kay Preface This report on the Minerals of New York State is partially a sum­ mary of published knowledge
Book
T TLIBRAr 3 1223 90016 3958 of New York State David E. Jensen .. . , ,,, Includes 16 pages of...Lake in New York's Finger Lakes district. After attending Penn Yan Academy in nearby Penn Yan, New York...Harold L. Alling's geology students on a trip to the mining districts and the high peaks of the Adirondack...blossomed into a lifetime interest in the minerals of New York State. While obtaining his M.S. in geology at...the outline of New York State is LABRADORJTE from the Saranac Lake area. of New York State David E.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAY_JUNE, 1971 FROM EDWARDS, NEW YORK PErBn LnssrNcl, Departmentof Geology,St. Lawrence Un'iversity,Conton...Conton, l{ew York, 13617, aNt C. MacDowar.n Gnour, St' Joe Minerols Corporation, Balmat, Neu York 13609. ABSTRACT...ABSTRACT The first occurrence oI haiiynite from New York State is described. Chemical and Xray analyses...marble at Edwards. INrnooucrroN The discovery of haiiynite at Edwards, St. Lawrence County, New York, represents...significanceof haiiynite at Edwards. The Balmat-Edwards district is well known for its economic zinc and talc deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse. MAJOR NEW YORK STATE M I N E...E R A L LOC A L I T I E S N ew York State is rich in minerals of interest to collectors. A number of...Dana 1877, 1892). Herbert P. Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive...localities in the state is the book Minerals of New York State by David Jensen, published in 1978. Our...Mode of Occurrence Most mineral localities in New York can be categorized into three groups based on
Book
MINERALS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY BY GEORGE ROBINSON & SCHUYLER ALVERSON $2.50 In s£> * t•... For many years the mines and fields of St. Lawrence County have furnished museums and many lucky mineral...have been depleted through the the years, St. Lawrence County continues to supply many beautiful specimens...collecting sites at the present time. Potsdam, New York February, 1971 George W. Robinson Schuyler \Y...rock types and mineralized zones of the St, Lawrence County area, A detailed discussion of the geology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfide and Silicate Anatexis in the Balmat Zinc Deposit (New York, USA) and its Implications for Ore Remobilization...Sulfide and Silicate Anatexis in the Balmat Zinc Deposit (New York, USA) and its Implications for Ore Remobilization... Sulfide and Silicate Anatexis in the Balmat Zinc Deposit (New York, USA) and its Implications for Ore Remobilization...Graduate Center at CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10016, USA b Department of Earth and Environmental...NY 11210, USA, wpowell@brooklyn.cuny.edu c 1 Indian Head Trail, Gouverneur, NY 13642, USA, wdellie@gmail
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PrecambrianSulfatesand Sulfides in the Grenville of New York and Ontario Jo}i•r S. BRow• Abstract During a...Grenvilleprovinceof northernNew York and southern Ontario. All were discoveredincidentalto mining operationswhich covereda...covereda range through magnetiteiron mines and lead-zinc-pyritestratiform sulfides,to pegmatitesexploredfor...or near marble terranes. In the Balmat-Edwardszinc districtof New York the two typesare foundin closeproximity...and halite in the Grenville marble of the Edwards,N.Y., zinc mine. Originallythis occurrence was construed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND 1936 PRIMARY THE ZINC MINE No. 3 MINERALIZATION AT BALMAT, OF NEW YORK. x JOHN S. BROWN. CONTENTS................................. Problemsof the district .................................... General Geology................................................. Balmat Mine ............................................257 INTRODUCTION. History. Ax Edwards, St. LawrenceCo., New York, a zinc mine has been operatedsinceI9•5...Institute of Mining Engineers,joint meeting,New York, February,•935. Publishedby permission of St. Joseph
Report (issue)
New York State Museum Bulletin Published by The of the University No. 259 State of New York N...N. Y. ALBANY, May 1925 New York State Museum John M. GEOLOGY OF Clarke, Director THE GOUVERNEUR... STATE mineral OF NEW YORK THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Regents of the University...Yonkers New York Syracuse - - - Jamaica 1926 Roland B. Woodward B.A. Frank Albany -New York - -...Vocational and Extension Education, Lewis A. Wilson New York State Museum Bulletin Published by The of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogy of Chub Lake-Type Hematite Deposits in St. Lawrence County, NY Steven C. Chamberlain 1, *, Marian V...Center for Mineralogy, New York State Museum, Albany, NY 12230, USA New York State Museum, Research and...and Collections, Albany, NY 12230, USA; marian.lupulescu@nysed.gov Geosciences Department, Hamilton College...College, Clinton, NY 13323, USA; dbailey@hamilton.edu Correspondence: sccham2@yahoo.com; Tel.: +1-315-682-0580...found in the Grenville Province in St. Lawrence County, New York. Here, we focus on six of them: the
Report (issue)
deposits of the BaImat--Edwards district, northwest Adirondack Mountains, New York .; ; 3 )(:), 31 2 4...talc deposits of the Balmat-Edwards district, northwest Adirondack Mountains, New York, by A. E. J. Engel...Abstract Introduction Location and importance of the district Purpose and scope Acknowledgments Geologic setting...and metamorphism in the Adirondacks Rocks of the district Introduction Marble Distribution and outcrop pattern...pattern /.I Contents (Cbnt'd.) Page Rocks of the district (Cont'd.) Marble (Cont'd.) Evolution of lithologic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Franklin, New Jersey, and the Relationship between Stratiform Iron Oxide Ores and Stratiform Zinc Oxide-Silicate...Oxide-Silicate Ores in the New Jersey Highlands CRAIG A. JOHNSON† U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 963...Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 Abstract The New Jersey Highlands terrane, which...northeastern United States, contains stratiform zinc oxide-silicate deposits at Franklin and Sterling...numerous massive magnetite deposits. The origins of the zinc and magnetite deposits have rarely been considered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
names and prefixes established by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)...their efforts should not be New York State Museum minimized. Albany, New York 12230 In this article, I hope...display case of the “Amphiboles of New York” exhibition at the New York State Museum; Marian Lupulescu photo...the use of the new amphibole nomenclature is really not so complicated, and that the new names and prefixes...Leake 2004; Bayliss, Kaesz, and Nickel 2005). The New York State Museum has a large and beautiful collection
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
15 March 2015 from the Zinc Mines at Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York The first significant recovery...crystals in New York State was made by Vernon Philips in 1982 in the Loomis orebody of the St. Joe Resources...mine at Balmat. STEVEN C. CHAMBERLAIN Department of Bioengineering Syracuse University Syracuse, New York...TETRAHEDRITE HAS BEEN a rather rare mineral in New York State; in fact, the first two topographic mineralogies...of small crystals of tetrahedrite in the Balmat-Edwards zinc deposits. Subsequently, Goble and Robinson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Collector’s Guide to the Balmat Mining District by Steven C. Chamberlain, Marian V. Lupulescu, David...99 plus shipping and handling (hardbound). This new Robert Lauf–edited offering in the popular Schiffer...questions concerning this historically important mining district. The five authors comprise a team of experts... The district, located in St. Lawrence County, New York, is known for its long-productive zinc mines...their sphalerite-dominated ores and associated calcite and cubic magnetite. Less well-known are its talc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, USA New York State Museum, Research...Albany, NY 12230, USA Geosciences Department, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323, USA Earth and Environmental...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rensselaer, NY 12180, USA Correspondence: jchiaren@stlawu.edu; Tel.: +1-315-229-5202...amphibole, clinopyroxene, and scapolite within a calcite matrix. Crystals can reach a meter or more in long...rocks. Carbon and oxygen isotopic ratios from calcite plot within a restricted field away from igneous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for Fluid-Assisted Ore Remobilization at the Balmat Zinc Mine, NY Peter Matt, Wayne Powell, Ryan Mathur...for Fluid-Assisted Ore Remobilization at the Balmat Zinc Mine, NY, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi...for Fluid-Assisted Ore Remobilization at the Balmat Zinc Mine, NY Peter Matt (1), Wayne Powell (1,2),...Graduate Center at CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10016, USA; petermatt49@gmail.com 2) Department of...11210, USA 3) Department of Geology, Juniata College, 1700 Moore St., Huntingdon, PA 16652, USA 4) 1 Indian
Report (volume)
Sphalerite Occurrence in the Northwest Adirondacks, New York GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1519 Geology...Sphalerite Occurrence in the Northwest Adirondacks, New York By MICHAEL P. FOOSE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...BULLETIN 1519 Discussion of a stratabound zinc occurrence, its geochemical expression in soil and rock...rock, and its regional implications for other zinc occurrences in the northwest Adirondacks UNITED STATES...sphalerite occurrence in the northwest Adirondacks, New York. (Geological Survey bulletin ; 1519) Includes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGY of NEW YORK Downloaded by [University of Tennessee, Knoxville] at 09:24 21 December 2014 the...the Empire State N ew York acquired the nickname of “the Empire State” in recognition of its vast wealth...resources. To further this image, in 1836 the New York State legislature voted to sponsor a comprehensive...first extensive scientific study of the geology of New York State, and it culminated in 1842 and 1843 with...I believe, were aware of the mineral wealth of New York, or of the number of species which it contains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
4 SUPERGENE SPHALERITE, GALENA AND LEMITE AT BALMAT, N. Y.• JOHN WIL- S. BROWN. CONTENTS. Prev...the other common ores, such as those of lead and zinc, have been virtually fruitless. Currentopinionis...Economic Geologistsand Amer. Inst. Min. Eng., New York, Feb., I935. See also Brown, John S.: Structure...Structure and Primary Mineralization of the Zinc Mine at Balmat, N.-Y. ECON.G]•OL.,vol. •, pp. 233--258, I936...University of New South Wales user 332 JOHN 3'. BROWN. zonesof supergenelead or zinc sulphidesare
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Elsewhere? Manuel Robbins Manning Lane Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08003 T A K I N G T H E Q U E S T I O N L...originate from the mines at Franklin or Sterling Hill in New Jersey. But if the question is rephrased to ask if...of metal deposits, particularly those containing zinc, lead, manganese, along with iron. And in those...fluorescent minerals. At no other mine or min­ ing district will so many different fluorescent mineral species...a piece of brilliantly and solidly fluorescing calcite with willemite that cannot be easily carried out
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Excluding Tourmaline) in the Adirondack Region of New York State David G. Bailey 1, *, Marian V. Lupulescu...Clinton, NY 13323, USA New York State Museum, Research and Collections, Albany, NY 12230, USA; marian.lupulescu@nysed...Geology, State University of New York, College at Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045, USA; robert.darling@cortland...12180, USA; singej2@rpi.edu Center for Mineralogy, New York State Museum, Albany, NY 12230, USA; sccham2@yahoo...like that of the Adirondack region of northern New York State, uncommon rock compositions combined with
 
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