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Calcite from
Acton Quarry, Parker Mountain, Acton, Acton Mining District, Los Angeles County, California, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Comments:Occurs as crystals and casts.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Acton Quarry, Parker Mountain, Acton, Acton Mining District, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:647193
Long-form Identifier:1:3:647193:4
GUID (UUID V4):8b49aae9-9bf5-4ede-a78b-86baa1cf7c9c
References
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Book (volume)
;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T...Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology Edited by Vandall........... 9 Carl A. Francis Selected of Maine Mining and Minerals . ...................................... 17 Vandall T. King Early Hist01y of Maine Mining and Minerals ....................................in Maine at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century: Parker Cleaveland and Benjamin Vaughan ......... 23 Charles
Report (edition)
5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining and currently in...014 04A 1113 122. PARKER CLEAVELAND 1780-1858 This guidebook is dedicated to Parker Cleaveland, who in...I 900 ' s, showing Loren Merrill 's tourmaline mining operation at Mount Mica. Table of Contents CHAPTER...Techniques . . . . •. . . . . Collecting in the Wbi Mountain National Forest Sources of additional information
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Munnocn aNo RosBnr W. Wnnn, Uniaersity of California at Los Angeles. fNrnooucrroN In this paper have been...descriptions of new mineral localities in southern california, and observations on some localities previously...Riverside County. (2) George's Gap, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County. (3) Acton, Los Angeles County...Valley, Kern County, (5) Rincon, San Diego County. (6) San Francisquito Canyon, Los Angeles County. (7) Twenty-nine...several specimensfrom the Sky Blue Quarry at Crestmore,Riverside County, showedwhite, imperfect crystals
Journal (issue)
Wasteland By IRENE WELCH GRISSOM San Gabriel, California A lily true to type and fair As if it grew with...GEORGIA JORDAN By JULIA BROGAN Ocean Beach, California The Desert Evening calls, with siren's charm...I'D RATHER By EDNA M. NEWMAN San Bernardino, California I'd rather sleep on the ground 'neath a tamarisk...s • PRIVATE DOMAIN By ADELAIDE COKER Ojai, California Beneath the desert willow, the pool Beckoned...Pueblos, N. M. Feb. 2-3—17th Annual Palm Springs, California, Rodeo. Feb. 3-—Dons Club Tour of Jerome and
Journal (volume)
ssv/y STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF... State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1937 No. 1 CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA UAfi^tWRAI DIVISION OF MINES EXECUTIVE AND...Geologist C. A. Logan, District Mining Engineer O. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...Francisco Mining Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer Los Angeles Los Angeles District
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Globe, Ariz."—on label. Globe, in south Gila County, is in central Arizona. ARKANSAS —• "I am sending...quartz crystals. These are from the Jeffrey Stone Quarry in North Little Rock, Ark."—gift from Woodrow Bettis...terminated. North Little Rock, in central Pulaski County, is in central Arkansas. CONNECTICUT—Mrs. Cecil...Conn." •—on label. Newington, in central Hartford County, is in central Connecticut. MAINE—A few months...ph—phosphoresces "It came from one of the silver mines in Acton, Maine."—on label. The specimen consists of tiny
Report (issue)
Raw Material Requirements . ....... Locating a Quarry Site ..................... ..... ...... Geographic................ Discussion of Areas of Potential Quarry Development ... Niagara Falls ...................Moffat, Nassagaweya Township ....................... Acton .............................................. -... Analyses of Lincoln County Limestones ........... Analyses of Wentworth County Limestones ............Stone and Dufferin Quarry ............................... Analyses of Wellington County Limestones ....
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chalcopyrite-bornite and chalcopyrite-bornite-barite in the Acton Vale Limestone, southeastern Quebec: mineralized...18, 1989 Revision accepted August 15, 1989 The Acton Vale limestone units of probable Early Ordovician...of barite. Studies of the mineral occurrences at Acton Vale, Upton, and Lord Aylmer show that the mineralization...altered basaltic volcanic rocks associated with the Acton Vale limestonewe the most important source of metals...subsequently deposited them in favourable parts of Acton Vale limestones. Recurrent movements of faults of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of chemical data, that the volcanic rocks in the Acton Vale - Saint-Flavien area have petrochemical affinities...1824) accordingly concluded that the basalts in the Acton Vale - Saint-Flavien area were probably also localized...that the volcanic rocks, which are found in the Acton Vale - Saint-Flavien area and shown in their Fig...the Logan Line to be everywhere underlain by the Acton Vale limestone unit. In reality, the limestone unit...1973). The known exposures of basaltic rocks in the Acton Vale Upton - Chicoines area, contrary to statements
Journal (issue)
/4 Jo,,, /{OQCw~••, l9J/..2. CHIPS FllOM THE QUARRY .................................................CONTRIBUTES 28 TONS OF SCRAP METAL.... SHIPMENT OF CALIFORNIA TIN ORE .......................................·-······························· 383 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 1. Tick Canyon. By Jack Schwartz...But his new duties with one of the largest coal mining companies of the country, at Wilkesbarr~, Penn:...to collectors and members of the Metropolitan district of New York that to them he needs no introduction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
those containing other silver minerals, Keweenaw County. barite, fluorite, and quartz and those characterized...suites of phenomenal specimens in major Acton mine, York County, the Deer collections. One state that is...Connecticut; and and nearby mines of the Caribou district, as as an accessory mineral in the are wiry masses...White Raven mine, Ward district, sey. Wire silver has been found in Boulder County (Raines 1992). Locally...the Chimney Rock quarry, mines of the Georgetown district, as wires Somerset County, and the Planten
Report (issue)
township ......o..... Rideau Aggregates Ltd., Mountain Grove * 0 ....o.o** Angelstone Ltd., Sharbot Lake...Quarries Ltd., Uhthoff ................. M. Campbell Quarry, Sebright ..................... Indusmin Ltd. 9...Portland Cement Co., Picton .....P... Marysville Quarry, H 0 J. Mcparland Const* Co. ..... Roblindale Quarries...Orleans ..................... Clarence Township quarry ..........o...........*.. Blair Construction Co...45 45 45 47 47 48 48 51 53 Page Acton Limestone Quarries Ltd., Acton .. f .......*. Rockwood Lime Co*
Report (issue)
BRITISH MINING No.70 LEAD MINING IN THE DERWENT VALLEY by W.K. PIRT & J.M. DODDS Covering the Mining...Acknowledgements 9 11 GEOLOGICAL OUTLINE OF THE DISTRICT 11 CHIEF LOCATIONS Blanchland – Hunstanworth -...Water Edmondbyers Healeyfield 13 15 15 15 THE MINING PROCESSES Hushing Adit Levels Waterwheels Steam...Easterby, Hall and Company Arkendale and Derwent Mining Company Hopper, Monkhouse & Company Hall & Puller...62 65 65 69 70 DERWENT MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY 72 DERWENT LEAD MINING AND SMELTING CO. LTD Derwent
Book (volume)
publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...collector of mining history. Among his specialties may be mentioned his attention to Parker Cleaveland...Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest in mining history led him to purchase the mine in order to...a story to tell concerning Maine's minerals and mining history. The ranks of invited contributors have...museums with mineralogical collections from Los Angeles to Boston, as well as Toronto and Ottawa in Canada
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the 19th century (Logan,1863; Bancroft,1915). The Acton Vale depositwas consideredat that time to be the... the QuebecAppalachiansthat hoststhe Upton and Acton Vale copper depositsconsistsof several imbricated...Granby emplacementof the coppermineralizationat Acton nappeand the Upton Group, and similarstrikesand...Oredeposit ß __ FIG. 2. Geologicmapof the Upton-Acton Vale areaandlocationsof the deposits. cal tight...grownwith quartz.V• is dominatedby en echelon calcite veins strikingnortheast-southwest and dip38 7 ping30ø
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sylvite, and anhydrite. Quebec Francon quarry The large Francon quarry in Montreal is located in a residential...little or no land available for expanding the quarry. The economics of dig­ ging deeper for the construction-grade...where the cheaper cost of mining offsets transportation costs. The Francon quarry is world-famous for being...dawsonite are found at the Francon quarry. Dawsonite was first found in a quarry near the Francon. The city of...agreement with the Fran­ con company to use the quarry as a landfill. Reports from several collectors
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Russell Calhoun, 4333 Welota Dr., Jackson 9, Miss. CALIFORNIA — "This material was picked up at a gravel pit...graphite, brownish spessartite garnet and white calcite xls." — item dated Jan. 23, 1962, from Richard... xled calcite, on brownish limestone that was sent in by Amel Priest, Peru, Iowa. The calcite fl. yellow...itself fl. a sort of orange. "The calcite is found in a rock quarry located almost due south of the little...were observed but a good deal of various types of calcite was to be found in cavities and seams of the limestone
Report (issue)
limestone quarry Phillipsburg marble quarries Les Marbres Waterloo quarry Stukely Sud marble quarry Langlois...serpentine occurrence Orford nickel mine Orford marble quarry Moe River placer deposit Capelton (Capel), Albert...Lower Canada) mine Stanstead granite quarry St. Francis mine Acton mine Jeffrey mine Aldermac Moulton Hill...Hill mine Scotstown granite quarry Mount Megantic quarry Ditton area placer deposits Amold River placer...quarries Weedon (McDonald) mine St-Gerard granite quarry Disraeli Road road-cuts Highway 161 road-cuts Solbec
Journal (issue)
Superb polished slabs of txgatized wood from California Texas Washington Nevada 2"x 2" up to 6"x 6" S0c...and $2.00. nodules from near Opal Mountains, California. Polished to 4 inches $1.00, $2.00 and $3.00...- - -• Vari-colored banded agates from Braen's quarry, Hawthorne, N. J. 2"x 2" to 4"x 4" 50c to $3.00...CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER. 1936 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .. . . . ......... .... .. .. ............ • ....Auoclation 130 ROCKS and MINERALS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY (Formerly the Bulletin Board) AN APPRECIATION
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
paragenesis of the cupriferous deposits of the Acton Vale-Upton sector, Klippen Belt, Quebec G. P. Sassano...of the carbonatehosted cupriferous ores of the Acton Vale-Upton sector, Klippen Belt, Quebec, have revealed...of the Acton Vale-Upton sector. Geology of the Acton Vale-Upton sector Structurally, the Acton Vale-Upton...of the Acton Vale limestones (Procyshyn and Sassano 1985) suggests that carbonates of the Acton Vale-Upton...dioritic masses of alkaline affinity intrude the Acton Vale sequence; they are roughly aligned in a NE-SW
Journal (issue)
now available at all branches of the Shropshire County Council Library Service. These terminals have facilities...quarries. Meanwhile, the church of St Margaret at Acton Scott persevered in its use of the stone won from...familiar red ‘granite’ from as far away as the Lake District. Building stones won from local outcrops may sometimes...the top. Meanwhile, the church of St Margaret at Acton Scott persevered in its use of the stone won from...that the Society’s visit in May 2004 to Soudley quarry actually witnessed a small scale reworking of the
Report (issue)
VARIEGATED MARBLE SOUTHEAST OF CALERA, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA. By CHARLES BUTTS. About 3£ miles a little...rock is traversed by many white and bluishgray calcite veins, and here and there by thin stringers of...body of marble could be obtained in an open-cut quarry, but ultimately the rock would have to be mined...crushed stone have been excluded, but the felsite quarry of Revere has been included, although it is not...Bristol County; Lynnfield and Peabody, Essex County; Monson, Hampden County; Pelham, Hampshire County; Acton
Report (issue)
IgtmmtSlTY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University...University of California, Davis Libraries http://archive.org/details/reportofstatemin15cali CALIFORNIA STATE...STATE MINING BUREAU FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO ^LETCHER HAMILTON State Mineralogist [December, 1917...PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA Chapters of State Mineralogist's Report Biennial Period 1915-1916 CALIFORNIA STATE...OFFICE SACRAMENTO 19 19 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY Cr CALIFORNIA Da v I S CONTENTS. Page Administrative
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
Book
shades «3 a. Toad Mountain mining camp.......... 6. Hot Springs or Harrison mining camp... eu rtlendryxvInimnoealnp...silver ores—above). Silver ores from the Thunder Bay mining region, Lake: Superior) Ontapioas aah. .. ieee...ON SPECIMENS... 0... 0¢ cus eee eae eed INDEX TO MINING DISTRICTS, AREAS, CAMPS, LOCATIONS AND CLAIMS,...numbers on the specimens : the third, an index to mining districts, areas, camps, locations and claims,...Graphite.—Lot 3, range II. of Grenville, Argenteuil county, Q.—Coll., R. Bell, 1856. (1228.) — columnar.——Lot
 
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