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Calcite from
Bissex Hill, Saint Joseph Parish, Barbados


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bissex Hill, Saint Joseph Parish, Barbados
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:511553
Long-form Identifier:1:3:511553:2
GUID (UUID V4):59457c10-20f2-492e-89b7-7e906b56e81f
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
4.6km (2.9 miles) Harrison’s Cave, Saint Thomas Parish, Barbados
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
former paper we described the raised coral-reefs of Barbados ; we now offer an account of the important series...California-San Diego on June 23, 2016 ON T H E GEOLOGY OF BARBADOS. 171 of fine white earths, much resembling soft...sent to Dr. John Murray, F.R.S.E., and to Mr. W. 9 Hill, F.G.S., while samples of those which appeared ~o...:Barbadian deposits and the modern oceanic oozes.' To Mr. Hill and Miss Raisin we are indebted for full reports...furnished by each writer are carefully indicated. Mr. :Hill found that his specimens could be grouped under
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Uplift of Barbados. VI. 19 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The writer wishes to express his gratitude to Professor...virgella. [A 3545-9.] June, 1932. The Uplift of Barbados. By C. T. TEECHMANN, D . S C , F.G.S. (PLATES...each island differs from another in structure. Barbados stands alone among them in its seaward position...deep ravining and erosion of both it and the Bissex Hill beds, Oceanic chalks, and Scotland beds is entirely...Harrison and A. J. Jukes-Browne 1:— 1 Geology of Barbados. Published bv authority of the Barbadian Legislature
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
........................... Oceanic series of Barbados.................................................supposed deep-water Globigerina limestones of Barbados, the Solomon Islands, South America; deposits...rich in Globigerinidae have been reported from Barbados, the Solomon Islands, and elsewhere. Limestones...Trechmann kindly furnished a series of specimens from Barbados for comparative studies. The Director of H. M...Vatu, Fiji. Station L505. Calcareous sandstone. 7—Barbados. Average of two specimens from Oceanic series
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
excavations for a new reservoir between Tinker's Hill and Broad Down indicates that they are much crushed...infiltrated calcite often causes the rhyolites to assume the aspect of limestones. On Tinker's Hill there is...is less crushing. On Hangman's Hill there are rocks allied to epidosites. It is suggested that the rocks...a small flint-flake was found in them at Bowsey Hill; amongst the possible sources of the constituents...evidence is disputed. 4. " The Globigerina-ma,r\s of Barbados." By G. F. Franks, F.G.S., and Prof. J. B. Harrison
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1925. ORIGINAL ARTICLES. The Scotland Beds of Barbados. By C. T. TRECHMANN, D . S C , F.G.S. (PLATES...account of the Coral Rock and other formations of Barbados has been given by Sir J. B. Harrison and A. J...shells and corals have been dissolved away and the calcite of the rock recrystallized as a dense mass, one...entirely a Pleistocene feature. 1 The Geology of Barbados. An explanation of the Geological Map, published...at one or two localities. One of these is at Bissex Hill, where an outlier of the Oceanics rests on Scotland
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
examined mainly are England, the Alps, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, and New Zealand. This theory is based...the foot of the Shell Limestone Knoll of Beacon Hill. The beach would seem to mark a mild interval after...go down under pressure of sea water. The Beacon Hill raised beach at 80 feet is almost in view of the...they are torn apart and the spaces filled with calcite. The Furka Pass involvement is one I have seen...have undergone great contraction with removal of calcite, as one observes in Jamaica or in the Delabole
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
27, 2016 197 THE GEOLOOY OF BARBADOS. 15. The G~or.oar of BARBADOS. By A. J. JIIKES-BROWNE, :Esq....4, 1891.) P a r t I . - - T H s CORAL-ROCKS OF BARBADOS AND ISLANDS. OTHER WEST-INDIAN Co~TzNTs. w...and II., by W. HILL, Esq., F.G.S., on the Microseopical Structure of samples from Barbados and Jamaica ...225 229 238 243 w 1: II~TRo~c~io~. S~m~o that Barbados has always been a station for our WestI n d i...difficulties to the explorer. The earliest notice on Barbados is a short paper by Dr. J. Skey +, but this gives
Report (chapter)
Sedimentology and structure of the Scotland Group, Barbados C. J. Pudsey & H. G. Reading SUMMARY: The lower...hydrocarbon-rich mud--the overlying Joes River Formation. The Barbados Ridge probably comprises clastic sediments deposited...and on the Atlantic Ocean floor. The island of Barbados in the eastern Caribbean is the only exposed part...of a major north-south structure known as the Barbados Ridge (Fig. 1). The Ridge is a bathymetric feature...km northwards from Tobago, about 100 km wide at Barbados and rising 4-5 km from the Atlantic Ocean floor
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
strontium isotopic constraints on soil sources in Barbados, West Indies LARS E. BORG* and JAY L. BANNER Department...coral-reef limestones on Barbados, West Indies. The geographic and geologic setting of Barbados facilitates the...and mudstones that are exposed in northeastern Barbados, (3) volcanic ash erupted from the Lesser Antilles...relatively isolated area such as Barbados, and (3) the domination of Barbados soil Sm-Nd systematics by nonregolith...soils in even a relatively isolated area such as Barbados. The results also underscore the potential for
Report (volume)
Scientific Society. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, N. C. Empire State Geogram - The Empire State Geogram...Engineering and Mining Journal. Co. New York, N.Y. McGraw-Hill Publishing Eng. and Sci.- Engineering and Science... no.4, p.405-441, 1966. Aitkens, D. S. W. See Saint-Onge, D. 03524 Akersten, William A. See Aki, Keiichi... 281-285, 1966. 06132 Armbrustmacher, Theodore Joseph. Mafic dikes of the Clear Creek drainage area,...11326 Barnes, Virgil E. Geologic map of the Monument Hill quadrangle, Blanco County, Texas: Texas Univ. Bur
Report (issue)
traceable from north of central Cuba to south of Barbados. The low in eastern Venezuela and Trinidad has...associated with topography as is the gravity high over Barbados. There are several minima along the axis of the...Antilles. There are such values, however, over the Barbados Ridge south of lat 15°N. Bouguer anomalies in...+125-mgal contour line were shown. The island of Barbados and the ridge upon which it lies occur along the...southern half of the Lesser Antillean arc. Hence, Barbados lies in a position similar to that of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphosed, black to dark gray, and full of calcite veins. . . . An average thickness of these limestone...mollusk shells. These limestones are veined with calcite and show distinctive yellowish and brownish dis­...coarsely recrystallized mollusk shells and veins of calcite. Sample E-5567 carries numerous specimens of a...foraminiferal tests are usually filled with clear calcite and the fine lamination is frequently due to alternating...It is prominently exposed near the crest of this hill, but the type section is here designated as that
Book
correctly until they were interpreted by Robert T. Hill, who studied the geological basement of the Antillean...Antillean coral reefs for Alexander Agassiz. Surely, Hill is the Father of Antillean Geology, and T. Wayland...AMERICA: CoLOMBIA, VENEZUELA, AND TOBAGO TRINIDAD, BARBADOS, CHAPTER 39. Introduction General coneinen table...Stratigraphic and eeraciral) sequence 43. Barbados and Tobago Barbados : : Stratigraphic and peractars| sequence...lepalexandervon Humbolatu ut.) on kn Lome). 2. Robert T. Hill and T. Wayland Vaughan. . . xxi chee. . _. ehacingen
Report (issue)
The shell of that illustrated is replaced by calcite. The other, formation (middle Miocene), Florida...coarser than in the drawing. 2, 1925 (Eocene, Barbados). As noted by Maury, T. collazica has no allies...Trechmann's unnamed middle Eocene Bayania from Barbados may possibly be B. epelys. Occurrence: Gatuncillo...locality 23b. Scotland group (middle Eocene) , Barbados (identification doubtful). Family PSEUDOMELANIIDAE...Jamaican species and one of middle Eocene age from Barbados (Trechmann, 1924, p. 14, pl. 2, fig. 6 ; 1925
Report (volume)
Porter (J B), 87; Rothwell, 74; Willis, 86a Baker Hill, Cherokee Co.: Brewer, 93 Birmingham district: Brainerd... 08b, 09 Glenn Creek district: Collier, 03 Gold Hill district placers: Maddren, 098, 10 Haines district:...Martin (G C), lOs, 128 Innoko, Ruby Creek, and Gold Hill districts: Maddren, 10 IJ).Iloko district placers:... 10, 14; Young (G A), 09 General: Bastin, 18b; Joseph, 16c; USGS, 83 Idaho, Coeur d'Alene district: Brainard...14 Anthracite: Griffith, 06 Antimony: Joseph, 16c Asbestos: Joseph, 15b; Pratt, 05a; Grand Canyon region:
Report (volume)
Ongm of the zmc ore bodtes at Frankhn and Sterhng Hill, New Jersey Mmeralogist, v 32, no 4, p 20-24, 1964...Donald R 4581 3164 Atch1son, Thomas C ; Pughese, Joseph M Comparative studtes of explostves 10 hmestones...tables, 1964 3169 Atchl'ion, Thomas C , Pughese, Joseph M Comparattve studtes of explostves m gramte-Second...Atch1son, Thomas C , Duvall, Wilbur l , Pughese, Joseph M Effect of decouphng on explosiOn-generated stram...of sotls, m S01l clay mmeralogy-A symposmm Chapel Hill, N C, Umv North Carolina Press, p 295-312, tllus
 
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