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Calcite from
Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:278037
Long-form Identifier:1:3:278037:5
GUID (UUID V4):46feb00b-8771-435c-8589-a9dfb176c889
Localities for Calcite in this Region
Tonoloway Quarry, Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
green so I assume that one of the minerals is calcite, and the second is some ore of zinc. I do believe...Mr. Leek, you are correct. The white mineral is calcite (fl. bright red) ; the tiny brownish xls are willemite...brown limonite. Wickenburg is in N / W Maricopa County in western Arizona. xline—crystalline tain a... The Dallas Gem Mine is in southern San Benito County in western California. COLORADO — "Would you please...surface shows the interior cently found in San Benito County, here to be an attractive moss agate of pleasing
Book (edition)
"scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests, make sure that...divided geologically into the areas of the east and west, and the plains between The mountain regions in...through Georgia and westward to Tennessee and in the west including the Rockies and coast ranges, are characterized...gem stone collected on the spot. The war in the west, years have added a where many ing ranges and...washed out of the rock formations of the east and west coast mountains, and the diamonds of the ciers that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
36849-53115 Epidote Downloaded by [University of West Florida] at 13:20 04 January 2015 Knappenwand,...common minerals that include, among others, quartz, calcite, vesuvianite, scapolite, talc, wollastonite, and...[University of West Florida] at 13:20 04 January 2015 New Hampshire; and Willimantic, Windham County, and Haddam...Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Gem-quality epidote crystals to 2 cm long and specimens containing...to 35 cm have been found at Eden Mills, Lamoille County, Vermont (a traditionally cited locality more accurately
Report (volume)
minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by some unusual............Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville...Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. 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;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the samples are off of my farm located IV2 miles west of Clarksville, Ark. Some of the samples are found...as specimens. Clarksville is in southern Johnson County in N / W Arkansas. COLORADO — "Recently we took...Mercury Mine located one mile west of Wilbur Springs in S/W Colusa County in North California. The ore...red cinnabar but other minerals as native gold, calcite, marcasite, chalcopyrite and stibnite also occur...garnet mine at Roxbury Falls, in Southern Litchfield County of western Connecticut. Mrs. Scheffer's crystal
Book
1987 Route 128 and Route 3, where traffic from the west and south of Boston meets and passes at the rate...from Roxbury south to Brockton and from Braintree west to Needham and Wellesley. BRAINTREE - By most accounts...of Route 128 and Route 3, where traffic from the west and south of Boston meets and passes at the rate...in rock just west of that intersection, there's gold. Real gold. The stuff of the Old West, here in the...he glanced out the window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Downloaded by [University of Virginia, Charlottesville] at 11:53 03 August 2012 Chondrodite...Chondrodite TILLY FOSTER MINE, BREWSTER AREA PUTNAM COUNTY, NEW YORK F ew minerals are commonly or uniquely...specimens from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York, can be seen in many American and foreign...grossular, forsterite, monticellite, diopside, calcite, and wollastonite. There are many scattered occurrences...Precambrian limestone at Coles Brook in Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It is also known from the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Denver, Colorado 80225, USA 2 US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA 3 US Geological Survey...94025, USA 4 Department of Geology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington 99004, USA 5 US Geological...Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA Received: 8 October 1993/Accepted: 17 June 1994 Abstract...(lat. 41~ The Ellenville (Ulster) mine in Ulster County, New York, n o w situated within the limits of...Ore shoots within veins generally plunge to the west at angles equal to, or steeper than, the dip of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals. Most...Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke, Washington County. It has also...at the old lead mines at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; as good micromount material at the...Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as pale...pale blue rosettes of pearly plates in calcite veins cutting trap rock at Moore, the long-abandoned iron
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Riddle's Mill Dist. (gold deposits) of Talladega County, Ala. It is 8l/ 2 x 11 and sells for Si, we believe...several recent trips to Clear Creek, San Benito County, Calif., have shown that the jadeite boulders in...Diablo Meridian, Calif., in southeastern San Benito County. The town of Hollister is 80 miles northwest of...cemented by calcite. Some of the stalactites were an inch in diameter. For cabinet specimens the calcite was...northern San Juan County, Colorado. The mine was in a rather remote section of the county and was never worked
Report (issue)
SULPHIDE DEPOSITS, BATHURST AREA, N.B., CANADA AND WEST-CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND, U.S.A. Editor : D.F. Sangster...most recent discovery in the Bathurst region. In west-central New England, Slack and co-workers describe...for field trip to stratabound sulphide deposits of west-central New England ............... 3l M.P. ANNIS...sulphide deposits of the Elizabeth mine, Orange County, Vermont ... . .............. 4l J.F. SLACK, M...massive sulphide deposits of the Davis mine, Hampshire County, Massachusetts ........... . .... . . ..
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mostly in small amounts. A bed near Pyriton, Clay County, Ala., was worked for copper. One was mined near...near Stone Hill in the southern part of Cleburne County at what was called Wood's copper mine and also...Kansas City 3, Mo., a nice brownish-gray section of calcite stalactite from Diamond Cave, Ark. A note with...1, 1954, reads "As to the item on the find of calcite which was taken advantage of by those who went...am sending you a sample of the same. The yellow calcite crystals are formed on a matrix of what appears
Report (issue)
and C.M. Sears U.S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 22092 Open-File Report 92-448 This report is...Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........Occurrences located north of the Hartford basin, New Hampshire ...................... .67 B. Section B: Occurrences...Occurrences located in the Culpeper basin, Maryland and Virginia ..................... 168 H. Section H: Occurrences...Occurrences located in other areas of Virginia. ... 185 I. Section I: Occurrences located in North Carolina
Report (volume)
........................................ New Hampshire.............................................................................................. Virginia........................................................................................... West Virginia...............................................vanadium minerals in the high plateau region of the West. The present bulletin, like the earlier work, gives...that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by reason
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 HEMIMO RPHITE CALCITE :;:domorphs Downloaded by [North Dakota State...encrustation pseudomorphs of hemimorphite after calcite. The hemimorphite is colored yellow by microscopic...might have been a marvelous galena, sphalerite, or calcite specimen exhibiting gigantic, beautifully developed...Harborside open pit of Callahan Mining Company, Hancock County, Maine. Small, well-formed hemimorphite crystals...have been reported from the Loudville mine, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The zinc deposits of Franklin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE MIDDLE AND UPPER DEVONIAN OF THE ROMNEY, WEST VIRGINIA, REGION CHARLES S. PROSSER Ohio State University...University CONTENTS INTRODUCTION DESCRIPTION OF WEST VIRGINIA SECTIONS Cliffs near South Branch of the...INTRODUCTION The name Romney shales, from "Romney in West Virginia " was published by N. H. Darton in 1892 "for...not fossiliferous at many horizons in the region west of Staunton. In the Romney shales the following...in the vicinity of Romney, Hampshire County, in northeastern West Virginia. Particular attention was given
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Little Rock city limits on State Hwy 65 in Pulaski County, Ark." — letter dated July 31, 1963 from Richard...rounded dark gray mass is a section of a large calcite nodule. It should take a nice polish. COLORADO...very, very high. But how many specimens of xled calcite do you see from Florida? This specimen was given...brought it home to me. Now just how much orange calcite xls do you hear of coming from Florida? I'll probably...Checking the item in the price list we read: "Calcite xls on coquina. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Size 6x5x5
Report (issue)
Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Hampshire ....... 44 Table 9 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Virginia ........... 96 Table 18 Selected references arranged...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Hampshire.......................^..^.i....48 Figure 12....occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of southwestern Virginia.........................98 Figure 23. Uranium...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of north-central Virginia........................99 INTRODUCTION Uranium
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with the better-known localities of the American West-might have included smithsonite in the former “blue”...) smithsonite. Smithsonite pseudomorphs after calcite, aragonite, dolomite, anglesite, galena, and sphalerite...depth. These include the Loudville mines, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the Buckwheat pit, Franklin...Chester County, the Ueberroth mine near Bethlehem, and the zinc mines at Friedensville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania;...Counties, and the Austinville district, Wythe County, Virginia; and the zinc occurrences in Claiborne, Knox
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Newfoundland] at 12:22 30 January 2015 MURRAY MINE, ELK0 COUNTY, NEVADA A ntimony is an interesting metal with...from this source, the Murray gold mine in Elk0 County, Nevada, has been nominated as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...galena, lead sulfantimonides, marcasite, pyrite, calcite, ankerite, barite, opaline or calcedonic quartz...Winchell 1951); Loudville, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Fritz Island, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Gordon...1922); the Rutherford mine, Amelia County, Virginia; Granville County, North Carolina (Genth 1891); and
Report (volume)
DIKECTOlt MINERALOGICAL LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES MASSACHUSETTS BENJAMIN.... 11 LLUSTRATIONS PL. I. A. Psendomorpli in calcite of skeleton crystals of salt ....................Survey, a inineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass. This lexicon was...Geological A MINERALOGICAL LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES, MASS. By B. K. EMERSON...the eastern border of the area find in AVorcester County. TRIASSIC. The Suf/ar Loaf arko*e, or feldspathitf
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
off-and-on drizzle, only ten members of the Keene (New Hampshire) Mineral Club showed up for the scheduled field...village of Loudville in the city of Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Its extensive dumps have been...collecting partner. Dick Holmes of Charlestown, New Hampshire. Holmes and Greene have teamed up for years, finding...were covered with quartz molds of scalenohedral calcite crystals. Others had complete or partial molds...diffraction). anglesite aurichalcite barite hrochantite calcite caledonite cerussite chalcanthite chalcopyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurs sparingly at the old Loudville mines, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and as coatings of tiny crystals...crystals at the Chimney Rock quarry, Somerset County, New Jersey. Dark emerald-green, acicular brochantite...brochantite crystals are reported from Cornwall, Lebanon County (Gordon 1922); brochantite associated with langite...posnjakite occurs in the Ecton mine, Montgomery County (Smith 1978); and brochantite is a rare secondary...Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is reported from about 1 kilometer east of Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
feldspar and very little secondary quartz. Locally calcite or the zeolite laumontite is important. Secondary...detrital microcline, orthoclase, and plagioclase. Calcite and laumontite occur as pore fillings and replacements...Secondary chlorite, epidote, sericite, laumontite, and calcite are common in some contact zones. With increasing...sericite, chlorite, quartz, barite, albite, and calcite were deposited. Sediments near the eastern border...1138 Origin of cement in the normal arkoses 1152 Calcite.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'
Book (volume)
beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts,
 
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