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Calcite from
Gonzen Mine, Sargans, Sarganserland, St. Gallen, Switzerland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gonzen Mine, Sargans, Sarganserland, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:234480
Long-form Identifier:1:3:234480:5
GUID (UUID V4):ad6d4e48-da62-4659-a131-9d76ca6d6083
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
8.1km (5.0 miles) Rappenstein seasonal stream valley, Triesen, Liechtenstein
9.8km (6.1 miles) Samina power station, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
10.8km (6.7 miles) Schlossweg, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
11.2km (7.0 miles) Sarelli adit, Bad Ragaz, Sarganserland, St. Gallen, Switzerland
14.2km (8.8 miles) Wolfjos, Vättis, Pfäfers, Sarganserland, St. Gallen, Switzerland
15.2km (9.4 miles) Chrüzbachtobel, Vättis, Pfäfers, Sarganserland, St. Gallen, Switzerland
15.2km (9.5 miles) Lochezen mine, Walenstadt, Sarganserland, St. Gallen, Switzerland
15.5km (9.6 miles) Nenzinger Himmel, Gamperdona valley, Nenzing, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
16.8km (10.4 miles) Calfeisen Valley, Tamina Valley (Vättis Valley), Sarganserland, St. Gallen, Switzerland
17.6km (10.9 miles) Gault, Haldensteiner Calanda, Calanda, Grisons, Switzerland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
c = 3.281(2) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kombat mine, Namibia. 3.365 (100), 2.854 (90), 6.40 (85), 2...97.8 (3) 3.5 0.7 63.8 1.2 0.0 1.7 (1) Gonzen, Switzerland; recalculated to 100.00% after deduction...of Al2 O 3 1.00% and insoluble 1.20%. (2) Kombat mine, Namibia; by electron microprobe, B by titration...B7: 17 Si 0:48 O32:52 Cl0:85 H11: 08 : (3) Yaei mine, Japan; by electron microprobe, partial analysis...jacobsite, alleghanyite, pyrochroite, pyrobelonite, calcite, rhodochrosite, jimboite, sussexite, alabandite
Journal (issue)
that locates Silver Reef in SW Utah. US I-15 between St. George and Salt Lake City cuts right through the...Ravine, Fine, St. Lawrence County, New York Antimony-bearing Oxidized Minerals - Jetty Mine, Montana Rare...Niobium Minerals, Sheep Creek, Montana The Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada Majuba Hill Continued-Collecting...Underground Postcards Coppertown USA Mining Museum Badger Mine and Museum - Shullsburg, Wisconsin Husson Miner...Michigan Mining Murals Wisconsin's Plummer Mine Headframe Flambeau Mine Memorabilia Michigan Mining Statues
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
137+1376, 1989 Wiserite, an occurrenceat the Kombat mine in Namibia, and new data Pnrn J. DUNN Department...rare manganeseborate, has been found at the Kombat mine, Namibia, associatedwith hausmannite,alleghanyite...impure, fibrous to semiplaty specimen from Gonzen, Switzerland,which was admixed with other phases,chiefly...not chemically analyzed;one specimen,from the Yaei mine, Tsuchiyama, Shiga, Japan, was obtained through...obtained excellent crystals of wiserite from the Kombat mine in Namibia, where it occurs with hausmannite and
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87–117. 1Natural History Museum Bern, Bern, Switzerland. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University...3Institut für Geologie, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. 4Scottish Universities Environmental Research...hot springs in caves (Tazaki et al., 1998), and mine waters (Conrad, 1994; Edwards et al., 2000; Hallberg...coronadite, quartz I, PS, U 37º19N, 13º35E Calcite-encrusted filaments on native S Silicified wood...Sicily, Italy Schwarzwasser, Bern, Switzerland Saulcy, Jura, Switzerland Balingen, BadenWürttemberg, Germany
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE BARRHORN UNIT, TURTMANNTAL, CENTRAL ALPS, SWITZERLAND Joël BRUGGER§ School of Earth and Environmental...Géochimie, UNIL-BFSH2, CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland Abstract The Triassic carbonates of the Briançonnais...layers (kutnohorite, dolomite, rhodochrosite and calcite), oxide layers (jacobsite; reduced horizons with...carbonates (kutnohorite, dolomite, rhodochrosite et calcite), oxydes (jacobsite; niveaux réduits à manganosite...Alps; Brugger & Gieré 2000) and Jurassic (e.g., Gonzen, Central Alps; Pfeifer et al. 1988) platform carbonates
Journal (issue)
Naturmuseum of St. Gallen, Switzerland Martin Jensen mineralpro@hotmail.com In the charming city of St. Gallen...special focus on specimens from the Cantons of St. Gallen and Appenzell. This is especially true of the...grandfather had worked mining muscovite at a small mine on the island. He told us where his parents’ house... One of the pegmatites we visited had massive calcite in the core. (Continued on page 10) Minerals from...Page September Mineral News 6 Wisconsin’s Plummer Mine Headframe Robert L. Fox Jr. foxbooks@att.net The
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and are developed in calcitic marbles at the Fuka mine. Depending on initial composition of carbonate rocks...jimboite from the Higashi–Konako orebody from the Rito mine, the Tochigi prefecture (from foundations of the...Washington, US) and takedaite from † Deceased the Fuka mine, Okayama prefecture (from collection of I.V. Pekov...of boron observed in the suanite from the Neichi mine was possibly caused by the partial replacement by...intergrowths of kotoite crystals Mg3[BO3]2 in calcite are unioriented, forming volumetric dendrites (Fig
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurs in a geode in hyalo-dacite) on scalenohedral calcite that is partly replaced by chalcedony and is associated...shale bclow the main trona beC in the Westvaco trona mine, Sweetwater Countl', Wyoming, associated with shortite...for Keith Norseth, geologist of the Westvaco trona mine. M. F. Fenaksite M. D. DonnrreN, D. D. Rocacnrv...des oxydes d'uranium hydrat6s. BuII. soc.franc. cri,st., 82, 239-27 2 (1959). Pseudo-hexagonalreddish-orangecrystals...gummite on altered pitchblende from the Margnac II Mine. Microchemical tests and spectrographic analysis
Report (issue)
galaxite, tephroite, alabandite, lead, barite, calcite, dolomite. Distribution: In Sweden, from Persberg...the Sjö mine, near Grythyttan, Örebro. From Ljubija and Prijedor, Bosnia-Herzegovina. At Gonzen, near...near Sarganz, Graubünden, Switzerland. From Almylak, Uzbekistan. In the USA, at Franklin and Sterling Hill...Noda-Tamagawa mine, Iwate Prefecture; in the Kaso mine, Tochigi Prefecture; Hamayokokawa mine, Nagano Prefecture;...Prefecture; the Taguchi mine, Aichi Prefecture; and the Ioi mine, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. From the N’Chwaning
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bed, such as braunite, caryopilite, Mn-bearing calcite, and rhodochrosite, are distributed in two distinctive...of Early Toarcian age from Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia, Italy, and Hungary (Jenkyns, 1988;...activity (e.g., Fe–Mn deposits at Gonzen, Helvetic Alps, Switzerland; Pfeifer et al., 1988), however no...dissolved and their inner parts are replaced by calcite spar. Various bio- and lithoclasts occur within...section occur numerous oval zones filled with large calcite crystals (up to 0.7 mm in size), which embed hairy
Journal (issue)
Society's formation followed the closing of the Franklin Mine by five years and the publication of Palache's Professional...to follow a purposeful path. The closing of the mine at Sterling Hill in early 1987 calls for some adjustment...mineralogy as scientists in England, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States continued the long tradition...weiteres Mineral aus den Manganerzen vom Gonzen (beir Sargans). Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische...GAINES, R.V. (1959) Brandtite at the Sterling Hill Mine, New Jersey. Am.Min., 44, 199-200. LIEBAU, F.,HILMER
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
radiolarite-hosted deposits at Falotta in the Oberhalbstein, Switzerland (Geiger 1948), at Praborna in the Aosta Valley...1993), in sandstone-hosted deposits at the Kombat mine, Namibia (Dunn 1991); and in carbonate-hosted deposits...deposits in Val Ferrera, eastern Central Alps, Switzerland. We 1075 38#5-oct.00-2188-03 1076 present...source of a tributary to the Rhine in Graubünden (Switzerland), belongs geologically to the Middle Penninic...ALPS Germany Ore deposits Austria France Switzerland 1: Piz La Mazza 2: Fianel 3: Starlera 4: Bergwiesen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonate;rarely, it results from Table 1, DFH-169). In this mine, somelayers m chocolate-brown plumo• supergene alterationof...areas of rhodochrosite wi• drusy cavities, New Ross mine, Lunenburg, Nova Scoti The specimen is ten centimeters...percent;andcopperis lower. Smallamounts the Club House mine, Arkansas, in which such of cobalt,nickel, and thallium...tetragonal system,but well-terminated crystals are Cove mine, Hants, Nova Scotia (Fig. 5); and the vein depositsof... o.• •.ml 0.• o.• •.•1 86 D. F. I-IEWETT mine, Chile, containsabout 3 percentcopper. Th. thalliumcontentis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
exploited ore volume is 436,000 m 3 and an open-pit mine site covered 1.81 km2 (Fig. 6a). The (ii) black...lithostratigraphy (b) of the Mn carbonate ore bed (Úrkút Mine, Shaft No. III, + 180 m) (c) A–A and B–B sections...microfossil-rich host rock. Mn-oxide replacement of calcite is complete and a thin Fe-rich transition zone...manganite. The black shale host consists of quartz, calcite, pyrite, smectite, 10 Å-phyllosilicate (illite...Epprecht, W., 1946. Die Eisen- und Manganerze des Gonzen. Beitr Geol Schweiz Geotech Ser, 24. 128 pp. Espitalié
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
siliceous rock (Fig. 3h), tuffaceous clay rock and calcite also have been found in manganese ore (Liu et al...Jurassic iron–manganese deposits at Gonzen (Sargans, Helvetic Alps, Switzerland). Marine Geology, 84(3-4): 257–272...characterisation of the manganese ore bed at the Mamatwan mine, Kalahari manganese Field [MSc dissertation]. Johannesburg:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rhodocbrositecomponent on the phase relations of manganiferous calcite, siderite, and magnesite' The geochemical behavior...rhodochrosite is placed with great certainty in the calcite group. At moderate temperatures (above 450'C) and...rhodochrositeforms complete solid solutions with calcite (Goldsmith and Graf, 1957), siderite (Rosenberg...an immiscibility gap between rhodochrosite and calcite (Goldsmith and Graf, 1957). Natural rhodochrosites...rhodochrosites show extensive solid solution with calcite and siderite, but contain little magnesium; manv calcites
Book
the private Bally foundation at Schonenwerd, Switzerland; and the Folch Museum at Barcelona, Spain. Because...Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly because they..."Iron rose", 10cm across, from Fibbia, St Gotthard, Switzerland. lnstitut fur Mineralogie und Lagerstattenlehre...Cassiterite Cassiterite Manganite Scheelite South Africa St Andreasberg, Harz, FRG Shikoku, Japan Grube Georg...Drygill, Cumberland, GB Vlb Nordmark, Sweden VI la St John's Island, Red Sea, Egypt Vllb Morawicza (Ocna
Journal (issue)
associated with wollastonite-bearing rocks, Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey 16 R. E. Jenkins If COLUMMS...— Lecture — Dr. Herbert Kraft, "Pahaquarry - Old Mine Road: Fact or Fiction." Saturday, May 21st, 1994...industry to northwestern New Jersey. See historic mine workings! VOLUME 35 MIMBEP 1 Schedule of operation:...be open for a nominal additional fee. Contact the mine office for details. SPMriG/SUMMER 1994 www.FOMSNJ...environment. Such an environment is easy to provide. Calcite, CaCO3, is the major component of the FM and it
Book
Cover: View of Piz Tumpiv (Canton Graubünden, Switzerland) looking WSW. The steep gully with a string of...Cover: Cross-section through the Central Alps of Switzerland showing nappe structures in Mesozoic-Cenozoic...Anne-Marie I have been lecturing on the ‘Geology of Switzerland’ at the Institute of Geological Sciences, University...grateful to my colleagues at the Institute, in Switzerland and abroad, for numerous discussions and for...was produced for the Central Alps of western Switzerland, a classic area for nappe tectonics studied by
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Cover: View of Piz Tumpiv (Canton Graubünden, Switzerland) looking WSW. The steep gully with a string of...Cover: Cross-section through the Central Alps of Switzerland showing nappe structures in Mesozoic-Cenozoic...Anne-Marie I have been lecturing on the ‘Geology of Switzerland’ at the Institute of Geological Sciences, University...grateful to my colleagues at the Institute, in Switzerland and abroad, for numerous discussions and for...was produced for the Central Alps of western Switzerland, a classic area for nappe tectonics studied by
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Whitehall . National Gallery, de Tower op London, St-Paul's Church (niet die van onze voorzitter ) klinken...Enkele vindplaatsen : St .-Peters Dome, El Paso County, Colorado, US A Tracey Mine, Michigan, US A Greenlee...Arami, G orduno . TI . C H 9-11 Carrolii t 12-19 Gonzen - 2000 Jahre Bergba u 20-22 Schaubergwerke in Osterreich...Haddam Neck . Connecticut (USA ) 29-32 The Machow mine . Tarnobrzeg . Polan d 69-76 Fluorite and associated...overgrowth on marcasite whisker s minerals of the Foote Mine . North Carolina . 12D-123 Mineral photography trough
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
thickerbedof tuff, and,in the central part of the Lucifer mine,the baseof the bed of oxideslies near the baseof...The manganesecontentof shipmentsfrom the Lucifer mine commonly rangesfrom 48 to 52 percent,the contentof...recorded. At the Taratana mine, about 6 miles west of the Charco Redondo mine, there are four bedsof manganeseoxide...Sabanilladistricts,60 mileseastof the CharcoRedondo mine, bedsof manganeseoxide have beenextensivelyexploredat...persistentlycontainsfrom 1 to 3 percentcopper,and at one mine a bedis minedfor the coppercontent. The overly
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in 1948 by the Verlag Birkhauser, of Basel, Switzerland, is devoted to a general survey of rocks and...exposed to our observation (artificial drill holes and mine shafts providing the only notable exceptions). On...calculated they read as follows: Granodiorite (Placer st al County): 241. 36°26; ie -¢ alk ak mg...TAUB Te Ene Number of atoms (general expressions) St Number of atoms (in calculated exam- 241 ple)...important rock-forming minerals} IDEAL COMPOSITION OF St al fm c 0 0 0) | 50 0 | 50 0 | 50 0 0 50 0
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Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland photomicrography Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New... Feature articles Kammererite from the Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey .............................Record Inc. COVER: KAMMERERITE from the Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey. The crystals, from the collection...(Columbiana, Alabama). The owner o f the fine Old Yuma mine vanadinite pictured on page 195 is Ray DeMark; Ray...a m m e r e r i t c > from the Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglan, Turkey by Roland Dietrich Weinfeldstrasse
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F.de Quervain, Prof. Dr. E. NiggIi und P.D. Dr. St. Graeser. Das Buch gibt den neuesten Stand unserer...DERSCHWEIZ von H. A. Stalder, F. de Quervain, E. Niggli, St. Graeser Mitarbeit V. Jenny Neubearbeitung von ...3-85977-002-0 Copyright by Wepf & Co., Basel Printed in Switzerland Buchdruckcrci Birkhauser AG, Basel inTIWNRI... Prof. F. deQuervain, Prof. E. Niggli und PD Dr. St. Graeser zu gewinnen. Durch die im Vergleich zu fri...Th. Kupfer, Bern; Dr.T. Labhart, Bern; S. Lareida, St. Moritz; 0. Lucek, Meiringen; L. LuBmann, Altdorf
 
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