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Aragonite from
Big Horn County, Wyoming, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Comments:Occurs as hexagonal tablets.
Habit:Hexagonal tablets.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite1 photo of Aragonite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Dolomite1 photo of Aragonite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Horn County, Wyoming, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:479002
Long-form Identifier:1:3:479002:0
GUID (UUID V4):d10f036b-3cc4-4807-9acb-ae76459692e8
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
part of a general survey of minerals found in Wyoming, we encountered a number of interesting localities...locality information, the reader is referred to the “Wyoming Mineral Locality Index” (Hausel and Jacobson 2001)...seventy-five years of collecting experience. Figure 1. Wyoming map showing localities discussed in the text. The...in Wyoming are also indicated. Figure 2. Calcite pseudomorph after aragonite from Albany County, after...weakly evident in this photo. Calcite after aragonite is found in abundance in the Monolith Portland
Report (volume)
of the. Bighorn CanyonHardin area, Montana and Wyoming By PAUL W. RICHARDS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...of the Bighorn Canyon-Hardin area, Montana and Wyoming. 2. Generalized columnar section of rocks exposed...for Hardin and the surrounding area in Bighorn County, Mont_________________________________ 2. Stream...OF THE BIGHORN CANYON-HARDIN AREA, MONTANA AND WYOMING By PAUL w. RICHALWS ABSTRACT This report...southwestern Big Horn County, Mont., but it includes parts of Carbon County, Mont., and Big Horn County, Wyo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
modifications of the anhydrous salt, calcite, aragonite, and jd-CaCOg, and one hydrated form, the hexahydrate...are proved to be varieties of either calcite or aragonite. Calcite is the stable form at all ordinary temperatures...a closely similar modification «-CaCO3. Both aragonite and /t-Ca CO3 are metastable under ordinary conditions...The rate of the irreversible transformation of aragonite to calcite increases with the temperature, but...experimental evidence for or against the view that aragonite is the modification stable below zero or under
Report (issue)
THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING HORACE D. THOMAS, State Geologist BULLETIN 51 A FIELD GUIDE TO THE...ROCKS AND MINERALS OF WYOMING by William H. Wilson THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING HORACE D. THOMAS,...' 0 MINERALS OF WYOMING By WILLIAM H. WILSO. UN IVERSITY OF WYOMING LARAMIE, WYOMING A GUST, 1965 This...the Department of Geology at the University of Wyoming ( 19 17-631. For more than fift y years his life...life has been devoted toward the understanding of Wyoming geology. but perhaps more important has been his
Report (issue)
Rocks in the Powder River Basin, Northeastern Wyoming and Southeastern Montana U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Rocks in the Powder River Basin, Northeastern Wyoming and Southeastern Montana By E.A. MEREWETHER A...rocks in the Powder River Basin, northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana / by E.A. Merewether....and Carlile Member of Cody Shale, southern Big Horn County T18 9. Geophysical logs of Upper Cretaceous...lower part of Pierre Shale, northeastern Niobrara County T25 11. Frontier Formation and Sage Breaks Member
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS OF THE YELLOWTAIL DISTRICT MONTANA AND WYOMING By M. M. Knechtel and S. H. Patterson UNITED...DEPOSITS OF THE YELLOWTAIL DISTRICT MONTANA AND WYOMING By M. M. Knechtel and S. H. Patterson Washington...DEPOSITS OF THE YELLOWTAIL DISTRICT MONTANA AND WYOMING CONTENTS Page Introduction. ........... % ......southern part of Yellowtail district, Montana and Wyoming ................. In pocket Geologic structure...In pocket Figure 1. Map of parts of Montana and Wyoming showing the location of areas of Plates 1 and 2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu AR AGONI TE PART 1: ARAGONITE FROM WESTERN EUROPE T here are many collecting...of classic localities is aragonite, this column’s featured mineral. Aragonite is an orthorhombic mineral...mineral with point group 2/m 2/m 2/m. Aragonite occurring as untwinned crystals is rare; its normal occurrence...stalactitic. As mentioned, twinned crystals of aragonite are common. Repeated twinning on {110} yields...examples are the most familiar to collectors. Aragonite may display polysynthetic lamellae and striations
Report (volume)
Cretaceous , Formations, Hardin District, ,M ontana and Wyoming GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1023 Bentonite...Cretaceous Formations, Hardin District, Montana and Wyoming By MAXW~ELL M. KNECHTEL and SAM H. PATTERSON..._________________ T. 58 N., R. 88 W., Sheridan County, Wyo___________________ Laboratory procedures used...bentonite deposits of the Hardin district, Montana and Wyoming _____________________ In pocket 2. Columnar section...bentonite samples from Hardin district, Montana and ·wyoming, and of one sample from Black Hills district, South
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00:52 01 June 2016 Wyoming Mineral Locality Index Figure 1. Index map of Wyoming counties, with exposures...exposures of Precambrian and volcanic rocks. 1 he Wyoming mineral locality index is designed to provide mineral...interesting mineral occurrences in the state of Wyoming. Five publications were used extensively in compiling...(about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection. An ideal and inexpensive...1 inch equals 4 miles) of the entire state of Wyoming in book form. The Wwming Atlas and Gazetteer can
Book (volume)
Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with Wyoming. In the far western counties of Lawrence, Meade...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
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by [University...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal...Beaverhead County, the pegmatites of Jefferson County, and the Snowbird mine in Mineral County continue...Highlands Centennial Nugget in 1989 in Silver Bow County. The seventh largest gold nugget found in Montana;...escaped Utah by traveling north and wintered on the Big Hole River. They set out in the spring of 1858 to
Book (volume)
— ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming ~ AllanW Eckert b i or d , Digitized by...Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming VOLUME 4: THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona...Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming by Allan W. Eckert Ml PERENNIAL LIBRARY Harper...Oregon South Dakota Washington vi Contents Wyoming 5505 Glossary 608 Key to Principal Abbreviations...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible
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University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-250, USA Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data...(Springer-Verlag, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10010, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews... CHOQUETTE Department of Geological 80309-250, USA DEXTER Sciences, University of Colorado, H. CRAIG...Sycamore St., Littleton, CO ANDRE Boulder, CO 80120, USA DESROCHERS Department of Geology, Faculty of Science...Department Canada DEREK Canada H. DE VOTO Department USA J. ALAN 6N5, FORD Department 4K1, Canada of
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Baculites compressus Range Zone, Pierre Shale, Meade County, South Dakota. Photograph by Ed Gerken. 11 MMONITES...The tectonically active Sevier Orogenic Bird, Wyoming, the Gammon Belt co11tributed enormous quanFerruginous...area. Marine vertebrates and inin the D akotas, Wyoming, and vertebrates migrated into and out Montana...Shale interesting, challenging, Shale. In Lyn1an County, South Dakota, the and exciting. With continued...and clearer picture will Farther east, in Yankton County, South Dakota, develop that n1ay prove the incredible
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Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Report (volume)
............................................. Wyoming..................................................Samuel, Map of the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, with full descriptions of mineral resources, etc...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.;
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Report (volume)
vols. 6, 7. New York. Wyoming Geological Survey: Bulletin 26. Laramie, Wyo. Wyoming, State Geologist: Biennial...and Atlantic City mining district of Fremont County, Wyoming: Rocks and Minerals, vol. 11, no. 10, pp. 218-219...zones in the Negaunee iron formation of Marquette County, Mich.: Jour. Geology, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 113-132...Thomas Continued. .. 46. Dickite from St. Louis County, Mo.: Am. Mineralogist, vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 457-459...Stratigraphy and preliminary pollen analysis of a Lake County, 111., bog: Butler Univ. Bot. Studies, vol. 3,
Report (issue)
Geological Survey of Wyoming Dan Miller, State Geologist BULLETIN 59 CAVES of WYOMING By Chris Hill Wayne...Lee Tierney UNIVERSITY of WYOMING Laramie, Wyoming March, 1976 • Wyoming Geological Survey. 1976 Table...temperature Man and the cave environment Fauna Wyoming geologic history and origins of caves Limestone... . . . Part II-Cave descriptions Southeastern Wyoming Laramie Range Hartville Uplift Shirley Mountains...Stratigraphic column, Southeastern Wyoming Index map. Southeastern Wyoming Stratigraphic column, Black Hills
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Petroleum. New York. Wyo. Geol. Survey Rept. Inv.-Wyoming Geological Survey Report of Investigations. Laramie...zinc-lead-barite deposits in an area in Lafayette County east of Cuba City, Wisconsin: U. S. Geol. Survey...investigation-Granby.Pulll~·.c.anal· ..' · -yol,orado-Big Thompson Projec~ Colorado: U.S. llur_.Recl_ .· ~ation...the north side of San Gorgonio Pass, Riverside County, Map Sheet no. 20 of Jahns, R. H., ed., Geology...William. Geology of Garrett County, in Geology and water resources of Garrett County: Md. Dept. Geology, Mines
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HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...pick- five axes, long chisels, and crowbars are big for breaking needed only smashing operations,...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...Canyon, Utah. 2 Strip coal mine near Gillette, Wyoming. Underground mines: 3 Mine portal at Fenice Capanne
Report (issue)
Wilderness Study Area (AZ050-010), San Bernardino County, California. [Denver, CO] : U.S. Geological Survey...mineralogy, and paleontology of the nonmarine North Horn Formation and Flagstaff Member of the Green River...map of the Yellow Hills West quadrangle Washoe County, Nevada. Reston, Va. : U.S. Geological Survey,...(AZ-020-012/042) and proposed additions, Mohave County, Arizona. Denver,*CO : Intermountain Field Operations...contour map of Powder River Basin and Casper Arch, Wyoming S Montana. 1987 ed. Denver, CO : Petroleum Information
 
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