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Calcite from
Medford Quarry, Medford, Carroll County, Maryland, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Colour:white, tan
Luminescent properties:SW,LW-Bright creamy white,yellow,red MW- brighter colors,
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Todorokite12 photos of Calcite associated with Todorokite at this locality.
Malachite4 photos of Calcite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Hematite4 photos of Calcite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Medford Quarry, Medford, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (34 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:213681
Long-form Identifier:1:3:213681:3
GUID (UUID V4):bddf22ca-3ea5-48d3-80ce-6413b2da91f5
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
5.7km (3.6 miles) William Carbaugh's Quarry, New Windsor, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) Union Bridge Quarry & Cement Plant (Lehigh Portland Cement Company; Union Bridge Shale Pit), Union Bridge, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) Cox Mines (Mountain View Mine), Frederick County, Maryland, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) Eiler Prospect, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
14.5km (9.0 miles) P. G. Saubles Quarry, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
14.9km (9.2 miles) Unionville Mine, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) Repp Mine, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) Robert D. Repp Prospect (Portland Cement Company), Carroll County, Maryland, USA
15.7km (9.8 miles) Mineral Hill Mine, Louisville, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) Dolyhyde Mine (Dolly Hyde Mine), Libertytown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
natrolite, pectolite and a large variety of beautiful calcite forms. The August excurson of the M. S. P. was...John T. Dyer trap rock quarry, Monocacy Station, near Birdsboro, Berks County, Pa. Registered attendance...attendance 154 members and friends. This quarry has produced many high quality zeolites in its long career...veins of it. Many were the finds of sharp, golden calcite crystals, which while generally small, were quite...Harold Evans Hard at work collecting at Ferranti's quarry, Bernardsville, N . J . Left to right—Dr. Arthur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pacific R. R. "One of the largest producers in the county, it has yielded over 2 million dollars worth of...years ago, at the small abandoned Pelton feldspar quarry near Portland, Middlesex Co., Conn. The xls were...did not know, it is located near Clinton, Kent County, Delaware, about 40 miles south of Wilmington and...limestones, a cream colored calcite pseudo after coral, golden yellow xline calcite on grayish limestone, a...a cream colored calcite stalactite, and a gray coquina limestone ( limestone made up of fossil shells)
Book (edition)
"scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests, make sure that...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Forsyth, Gwinnett, Cherokee, Barton, Haralson, Carroll, Paulding and Cobb counties in Georgia. In Diamonds...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ames Bixeman and Olin Lewis of the Imperial Polk County Gem and Mineral Society, Lake Wales, presented...a cabachon cutting class. ROCKS AND MINERALS MARYLAND John Planney, casting instructor at the Patuxtent...visible length of petrified wood." The Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, are continuing...Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Rockville, visited the Medford quarry near Westminster for cutting...Nesbitt placed a large, attractive Oxbow, N. Y . calcite crystal specimen in the Wilmar Museum, Newtown
Journal (issue)
pink-red fluorescence of calcite from Franklin, NJ and from the Medford quarry here in MD is due to Mn2+)...example, the Mn 2+- 7 induced fluorescence of calcite from Franklin is only seen when the manganese level...an effect on the fluorescence. For example, in calcite, the Mn2+ ions which substitute for the Ca2+ ions...mercury (Hg2+ or Hg22+, or some combination, in the calcite and calomel from Terlingua, Texas), molybdate (MoO42-)...sensitizer. For example, the red fluorescence of calcite from Franklin is activated by Mn2+ with Pb2+ as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
proper insurance to permit the Club to visit the Quarry at St. Hilaire. Terrill 5904 Plaintleld Ave....Show. The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, found quartz crystals, wulfenite...Show. At least 1,000 were needed. PENNSYLVANIA MARYLAND Congratulations to the Mineralogical Society...Clauser reported that six members of the Bucks County Earth Science Society, Feasterville, placed in...demonstrated "His kind of Faceting." The Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, made a trip to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Federation pro­ gram on Calcite. Members displayed their collections of calcite at that meeting. The club...announced a series of field trips. The Lachaine Quarry, the McGlashan Mine, the Evans Lou Mine, Bear Lake...recent finds at the 4-H Youth Exposition The Bergen County Min­ eralogy and Paleontology Society, Paramus...now the United States was in Geor­ gia! The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, voted a sum of...Instructors are all members. Gypsum, selenite, calcite and fossils! The Florida Pan Handle Gem and Mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2. Chemical variation across a contact between Medford diabase dike with rhyolite 555 a trap dike and...Hills porphyry in the Old Colony Crushed Stone Quarry, Quincy, Massachusetts is represented in Figure...products are chlorite, sericite, epidote, and calcite. The Blue Hills porphyry was not examined in thin...contact of the Medford diabase dike (300 feet thick) with rhyolite at Pine Hill, Medford, Massachusetts...5.—CHEMICAL VARIATION ACROSS A CONTACT OF THE MEDFORD DIABASE DIKE WITH RHYOLITE base composed of labradorite
Report (volume)
east-west dikes and sills.__.___---_____-_______ Medford diabase dike._________________________________...Disintegrating diabase of the great Medford dike in the former quarry at Pine Hill, Medford- _ 42 10. Squantum tillite...________ 42 11. Cambridge slate in the former Mystic quarry, Somerville___ 43 12. _4, Great Hill or Winthrop...(see fig. 1) and includes nearly all of Suffolk County and parts of Middlesex, Essex, Norfolk, and Plymouth...Roxbury conglomerate. The igneous rocks of Essex County were studied by Wadsworth, H. S. Washington, and
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Vanadinite from the J. C. Holmes claim, Santa Cruz County, A rizona........................................Dunn McGuinnessite from a serpentinite body in Maryland ......................127 by F. Magnusson Native...currence. Sometimes a village or township and a county, or a village and a state have the same name and...hap­ pens that the village or city is not in the county of the same name nor even in the state. For example
Journal (issue)
Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil...rosette, with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...C6649; Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing...15 feet to the left, parallel to the wall of the quarry. This tube varied from 6 inches to 2 feet wide
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IncreaseAccompanyingthe MineralizingProcess G. A. MEDFORD, ComincoLtd., ExplorationResearchLaborator•t,1486...relatively radiogenic Sr observedin samplesof calcite spurredour spreadbut sparsemineralization. more...distilledwater. 0361-0128/83/206/1S75-452.50 1S75 1576 MEDFORD, MAXWELL, AND ARMSTRONG NORTHWEST GREAT TERRITORIES...G4446B Calcite 0.7188 ñ 1 Calcite,idiomorphiccrystalin vuggyPresqu'iledolomite 0.7125 ñ 4 Calcite 0...presentcase. The last set of ratiosis taken from calcite samples, and like thosecalcitesobservedby Maxwell
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
coppermineralswere depositedin the intermediatestage. Calcite and hydrousgangueminerals--chlorite, sericite and...hasbeenmapped;theseincludethe Roseburg, Riddle,ButteFalls, Medford,and GrantsPassquadrangles. In addition, U.S. Geol...described by F. G. Wells,2 for the Granœs Passand Medford quadrangles.The olderschistsoccupy40 or 50 squaremilesalongthe...Pass and partly in the southwestern corner of the Medford quadrangles.Becauseof severemetamorphism they 2... Indus., 1940. Preliminary geologicmap of the Medford Quadrangle,Oregon. Oregon Dept. Geol. and Min.
Journal (issue)
.................p. 6 Studying a pegmatite in Maryland ............p. 7 Flag Ponds fossil hunting .....hand-sized hollow siderite pseudomorphs after calcite crystals. China, being large and rich in minerals...In the United States, the Eagle Mine in Gilman County, CO, is probably the source of the best specimens...and limonite. Other, similar minerals include calcite and dolomite. But with its iron content, siderite...had brought whitish calcite on contact-metamorphosed limestone from the Medford Quarry in Westminster, MD
Journal (issue)
Peterson {Field Geologist, Grants Pass Office} Coos County * 1. MORGAN LIMESTONE (4, 11)** Location: NEa sec...west of South Fork Coos River, 250 feet above the county road. Description: Small steeply dipping bedded...reported to be about 85 percent CaC03' Douglas County Douglas County (cont.) 3: NO NAME (2, 4, 9) Locat-ion:...::_~_ -~ ,,_....r.ttJ-. - ... _____ ~l~@fu 37 ~Medford 3 I w. 2 3!) 40 I E.~ 41 ~ I o 20 10 ...BIN 35 1958 Southwestern Oregon (cont.) Douglas County (cont .) 6. ODEN-HATFIELD DEPOSIT (2, 4, 11, 13)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BULL. GEOL. SOC. AM. T H E GREAT DIKE IN MEDFORD, M ASSACHUSETTS VO L. 7, 1895, PL. 16 BULLETIN OF...DISINTEGRATION AND DECOMPOSITION OF DIABASE AT MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS BY GEORGE P . M ERRILL (Presented...and presumably but a continuation of the one at Medford. In point of age the dike is one of the youngest...occur, and secondary hornblende, chlorite, quartz, calcite, leucoxene and pyrite. The chemical composition...Powder House hill, in Charleston, in the center of Medford, in Reading and in Woburn the greenstone is most
Journal (issue)
Green apophyllite , zeolites , and quartz in Polk County Summary of 1992 activities of the Department OREGON...Glenbrook Nickel Company near Riddle in Douglas County: Contract miners are removing laterite (nickel...puchased 23 wells at the Mist Gas Field in Columbia County from ARCO Oil and Gas Company. This purchase includes...leases were acquired during the year. Columbia County held a lease sale at which three leases were purchased...The leases cover a tOial of897 acres in Clatsop County. Leases on approximately 10.000 acres of State
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
coral and clam shells with infillings of yellow calcite crystals. He stated that Miami Beach was al­ ways...coral and clam deposits and recrystallized it into calcite, a jagged yellow rock," D r . Jervis said. 743...attend the show include W i l l i a m Anderson of Medford, Oklahoma, who w i l l display a collection of...high­ light of the show. M r . and M r s . H . L . Carroll of Fort Dodge, Iowa, w i l l "paint" Displays
Journal (issue)
"The Geology and Mineral Rosources of * • Lane County , Oregon"; by ·.larren D. Smith in co11a- • * boration..."'!'he Geology anrt !.lineral Resources of Lane County, Oreeon"; by l1arren D. S,ni';h in colluborat ion...to cover the cost of printing and mailing. Lane County covers an area from the coast to the summit of...found in the extreme northvlestorn corner of the county. ilocks of Eocene aee arc the Umpqua for:natio...fossl l ~ of the county are described and pictured. The physiography of the county, which is quite diversified
Journal (issue)
w ith 300 the Zeolites of the Durham Quarry, Durham, Wake County, North Carolina by Pete J. Dunn departments...g(H 20 ) 4Fe'" (OH) ( P 0 4)2 from the Tip T op quarry in Custer, South D akota was nam ed segelerite...fersmite, this in the B itterroot Mountains. Ravalli County, M ontana. Here it was found as anhedral inclusions...ene mine, near Kings M ountain, Cleve­ 276 land County, North Carolina. The host rock is a lithiumtin...W agon W heel Gap, Creede Quadrangle, M ineral County, Colorado, is with gearksutite in the upper oxidized
Report (chapter)
Fluorite Scheelite Molybdenite Monazite Columbite Calcite Typical mass required ( m E ) 1-100 1-100 10-1000...District, E. Tennessee, USA Zone B horizon 17, West Hayden ore body, UMV, USA Zone C horizon 23, West...Hayden ore body UMV, USA Immel Mine, Mascot-Jefferson City District, E Tennessee, USA Pine Point, NWT, Canada...al. 1991; Kesler et al. 1988). In particular, Medford e t al. (1983), in a study of sulphides from Pinepoint...be in agreement with: a U-Pb age for ore-stage calcite from the Lennard Shelf, Australia (Brannon et al
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
anorthosites of the Adirondack Mountains,llo cutting the Medford diabase dikelll and in the country rock underlying...with following phases: rare alkaline mineral, calcite, radioactive mineral, and sulphid C. Basic (gabbro...anorthosite, and pyroxenite) 1. Simple 2. Complex (calcite-apatite-phlogopite phase) DrscussroN Under acid...near Milford, New Hampshire,lle and in Riverside County, California.r20Qtartz diorite pegmatites occur...Madagascar; Wodgina, Western Australia; Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia; IJto, Swedenl east Transbaikalia;123
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
12—Baltimore, Maryland. 2d Annual Show and Swap-Sell sponsored by the Natural History Society of Maryland. Goucher...nual Show "1990 Festival of Gems" sponsored Lane County Fairgrounds, 13th and Monroe. Show, 2643 N . Charles...Michigan. 16th Annual Mineral Society. Kalamazoo County Fair­ Lapidary Wholesalers (G&LW), Inc., Gem Gem...adult) F R E E Show theme: "The Minerals of Passaic County" • Lectures on all areas of earth sciences • Nationally...Club and the Rockport Lapi­ dary Club. Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, Eastland Rd. Information: Robert J
Journal (issue)
on the utilization of salt deposits in the Lake County district of Oregon. Dr. Stafford's findings will...the Buzzard - located about fifty miles north of Medford. Mr. Ray C. Treasher, Geologist with headquarters...to be made either at Ogden. Utah. or Baltimore. Maryland. Sixteen bids for supplying manganese were opened...long ton unit, for delivery c . i.f. Baltimore, Maryland; the other, the bid of the Green Brier Mining...ot domestic ore to be delivered at Baltimore, Maryland, at . a contract price of $180 ,000, or $0.75
Report (volume)
............................................. Maryland.................................................that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by reason...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
 
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