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Calcite from
Keystone Mine, Birmingham, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA


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 Keystone Mine, Birmingham, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:750931
Long-form Identifier:1:3:750931:5
GUID (UUID V4):1d8a43cb-b9b0-4671-bf8d-52f913589cd1
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
22.5km (14.0 miles) Thompson Lead Mine, McConnellstown, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
24.4km (15.1 miles) New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company Quarry, McConnellstown, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
29.2km (18.2 miles) Interstate 99 Skytop roadcut, Skytop, State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
37.2km (23.1 miles) New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Quarry, Roaring Spring, Taylor Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
38.3km (23.8 miles) Oak Hall Quarry, College Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
68.2km (42.4 miles) Fort Littleton, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA
68.7km (42.7 miles) New Paris Lime and Stone Co. Quarry, New Paris, Napier Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA
71.5km (44.4 miles) Dixonville-Tanoma Kimberlite, Tanoma Coal Mine, Dixonville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA
74.1km (46.0 miles) Frankstown (Unincorporated township), Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
79.8km (49.6 miles) Salona Quarry (Hanson Aggregates quarry; Milestone Materials), Salona, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Valley-type lead-zinc occurrences in central Pennsylvania Stephen S. Howe Open-File Report 88-250 This...Figure 1. Generalized geologic map of central Pennsylvania showing sample locations within the eight most...square km region of central Pennsylvania including Centre, Huntingdon, Blair, and Bedford Counties. Within...Julian, and Skytop, Centre County; Mapleton, Huntingdon County; Birmingham, South Sinking Valley, and...and Roaring Spring, Blair County; and Woodbury, Bedford County. Minor exploration and mining have taken
Report (issue)
LEAD OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA Robert C. Smith, II COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL...ZINC AND LEAD OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA Robert C. Smith, II PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...1977 Copyright 1977 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published...published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological Survey COVER ILLUSTRATION: Photograph of 1852 lithograph...STATE BOOK STORE, P. O. BOX 1365 HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 PREFACE The purpose of this report is
Book (volume)
Mineralogy of Pennsylvania. THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. TIKIS Mineralogy of Pennsylvania, BY JOHN...(funth's "Preliminary Report on tlir Mineralogy of Pennsylvania,*' luted n* ...Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. Academy MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 1. SILVER. (4)i According...sulphur were found by me, several Ueberroth zine mine, Priedensville, Lehigh Co., years ago, at the ...Kinzi mine, Stony creek, 1 Refers to page in Dr. Genth's Report. MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 5. GALEN1TK
Journal (issue)
p4,, Over two million residents Arizona's Pinal County welcomes everyone as a V.I.P.!!! ?ieU S ~ , ae...MINERALS MAY-JUNE 1978, Volume 53 Number 3 PENNSYLVANIA! EXECUTIVE EDITORS Rudy Bradbury John Hanahan...Hanahan Jr Richard S. Mitchell GUEST PENNSYLVANIA EDITOR Delbert L. Oswald FOUNDER Peter Zodac MANAGING EDITOR...Schmerling 94 Pennsylvania- A Geological Gem Beth Schooler 99 The Paleontology of Western Pennsylvania Richard...Chert in Western Pennsylvania Richard L. George 108 Rare Earth Minerals from Pennsylvania Ralph G. Wells
Report (edition)
STATE LIBRARY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 II II II nil 3 014 4 00050005 «k. 1 ’^^jklTL% i ^IH ^ 1 k...of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...(icologist G BULLETIN 33 Mineral Collecting Pennsylvania in by Davis M. Lapham Mineralogist Alan ...Environmental Geologist JiU-ateJ VanOiden PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG...Commonweath of Pennsylvania book may be pubished if credit this is given to the Pennsylvania Geological
Report (edition)
PENNSYLVANIA STATE LIBRARY OF 0144 00141189 1 v < 2 £ m- c oi; c» tt*s“S S Si! at tss^s isl^j...1 ' s WJ= ~S 5! s „3 &«eq Sjg® . . PENNSYLVANIA 1 .8 ^2»SS 3 d 5-s &s z l|lt« 7* < OF ...GEOLOGY REPORT 1976 33 MINERAL COLLECTING IN PENNSYLVANIA by Alan R. Geyer Robert C. Smith, John H....Graphics by Albert E. VanOlden COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES TOPOGRAPHIC...II Copyrighted 1976 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if
Report (edition)
Geyer Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania I COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS... ' BULLETIN G 33 Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania by Davis M. Lapham Mineralogist Alan R. Geyer...Geyer Assistant State Geologist PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG First Edition...1965 Copyrighted 1965 b y the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published....... . .. . Adams County .... . .. ... ............... . . ... . Allegheny County .... . ...... . ..
Report (Issue volume)
RESOURCES Part 3, Metal Mines and Occurrences in Pennsylvania by Arthur W. Rose Mineral Conservation Section...Earth & Mineral Sciences The Pennsylvania State University PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if credit Is given to the Pennsylvania Geological...1365, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 Bulletin MSO, Part 3, Sheet 1 M50 Pennsylvania Geological Survey...him. Part 3 Metal Mines and Occurrences in Pennsylvania TYPES OF DEPOSITS by Arthur W. Rose CONTENTS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rockville Centre, made a field trip to Mahoney City, Pennsylvania. The amusing tale shows what can happen when...lapidary, map reading and others. . . . The Fulton County Mineral Club announced its 8th Swapping Bee and...people. . . . The Junior Division of the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Suffern, enjoyed the Eastern...fluorescing calcite and blue fluorescing barite. The minerals occur as veins in shale. PENNSYLVANIA The Rock...Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Levittown, asks, "Now that we know what the minerals in our
Report (Issue volume)
Part 1, Supplement, Limestones and Dolomites of Pennsylvania · by George F. Deasy, Phyllis R. Griess, Ronald...Earth a.nd Mineral Sciences The Pennsylvania State University PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological...STATE BOOK STORE, P.O. BOX 1365, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 Bulletin MSO, Part 1, Supplement, Sheet...man-hours devoted to specific mine operations during the year 5. Mine or mine-plant equipment modernized
Report (issue)
PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES BULLETIN M5 LEAD AND ZINC ORES of PENNSYLVANIA Henry a;...revival of interest in mining lead and zinc in Pennsylvania notwithstanding that all of the old lead and...the occurrence of lead and zinc ores in Pennsylvania and in other parts of North and South America...It is re counted that: lead ore was mined in Blair County in 1778 lo supply bullets for the Revolutionary...pumping engine in the world was installed at a zinc mine at Friedensville in 1872, and attracted wide attention
Report (Issue volume)
Earth and Mineral Sciences The Pennsylvania State University PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological... ROOM 54, MAIN CAPITOL BUILDING HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 Bulletin M50, Part 2-8, Sheet 1 Page............ 49. Other fire clay processed at the mine: quantity ..... .. ............ .... .. .......... 31 18 53. Plastic fire clay processed at the mine: value.........................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
caused us to strip two weeks from the trip. PENNSYLVANIA Mrs. Esther Cornelius, editor of Marc Chit...specimens?) The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, makes it hard to select an item...Page in the Rock Busters News of the Central Pennsylvania Rock and Mineral Club, Harrisburg, "***let's...Mineralogical Societj of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, carry in the Keystone Newsletter, the "memoirs"...12 years old. .._..... PESA Rock News, of the Pennsylvania Earth Sciences A ssociation, Lehigh Valley,
Report (issue)
DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA 104 Na 2Al 2 Si3 Oi .2H 2 O; SiO 2 47.4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na...Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis: Fe 2 O3 CaO...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating needles, with calcite. Colorless
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...specimen was found in a Joplin, Missouri, district mine in the late 1800s and was donated to the Carnegie...Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by A. L. 384 ROCKS & MINERALS Means; it was...might have been a marvelous galena, sphalerite, or calcite specimen exhibiting gigantic, beautifully developed
Report (issue)
COUNTY REPORT C56A Geology and Mineral Resources of Southern Somerset County, Pennsylvania by...Geologist Pa. Geological Survey COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS Genevieve Blatt...SURVEY Copyrighted 1965 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published...published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological Survey ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY...RR RRR FP WWWNON VNN SOUTHERN iv SOMERSET COUNTY Page terest amet Mauch Chunk Formations mercies
Journal (issue)
Oemson Universitv , Paul Seel Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania George L. Holloway Northridge, California ...Prairie Creek j ust 10uth of Murfree• boro, Pike County, Arkansas. The near-oval shaped area is an enclosed...diatreme (volcanic pipe) near Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas (The Crater of Diamonds State Park)....and the matrix is often highly carbonated with calcite. Both the hydration and carbonation are believed...origin and derivation of mineral names. SO ROCKS AND MINE~ Natural Diamonds and Their Imperfections When
Journal (issue)
Vol. 46, No. 3 Pennsylvania Geology Table of Contents Editorial—Where Do We Go From Here? Page 2 ...Formation, Morgantown, Pennsylvania Page 3 The 2016 Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists Page 14...student serves as scale (see article on page 3). Pennsylvania Geology EDITORIAL Fall 2016 Where Do We Go...From Here? Gale C. Blackmer, State Geologist Pennsylvania Geological Survey Wow. I’m writing this in...knowledge to serve future needs. Page 2 of 20 Pennsylvania Geology Fall 2016 Semiarid Climate and Cyclic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
planning a "Labour" Day week­ end field trip to Pennsylvania under the leadership of Del Oswald, Curator...done. A field trip is planned to Perryville for calcite and celestite. The Gem and Mineral Society of Syracuse...Syracuse visited the Marble Rock Quartz Mine in Ontario, under the leadership of "Underwater" Don Briggs...at Lincoln, Nebraska, was shown by the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca. James Warren, Sr...brought their finished pieces to a the Durgy Copper Mine resulted in a club meeting for display. Another
Report (volume)
minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by some unusual...value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...Oregon............Prof. A. J. Collier, Eugene. Pennsylvania.... .Mr. R. R. Hice, Beaver. Prof. Florence...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;
Report (volume)
White Clays of Pennsylvania GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1558-D White Clays of Pennsylvania By JOHN W... John W. (John Wallace), 1923White clays of Pennsylvania. (Contributions to the geology of mineral deposits)...p. Supt. of Docs, no.: 119.3:1558D 1. Kaolin Pennsylvania. I. Title. II. Series. III. Series: Geological...deposits near Kunkletown and Saylorsburg, Monroe County ...................... Location and history......................... Narvon clay pit, Lancaster County ..............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral and Lapidary Society, Birmingham, prospected at the Hog Mountain Gold Mine, near Hackney ville, Minerals...pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite and? The Mine is in the Goldville District. The Mobile Rock and...saw in California, and show slides of the Cinnebar mine he visited. CANADA The Canadian Micro-Mineral Association...Society members and guests. - - - - The Middlesex County Mineral Club, Inc. Moodus, had a special program...Delaware Mineralogical Society, Newark, visited the calcite locality of the Lincoln Stone and Lime Company
Journal (issue)
Socolow, State Geologist I }( ~ CONTENT: · t1 " Keystone Lime Company ...... . ./. .............. . . ... 11 When Mexico shook, Pennsylvania jumped ...... .... .. . 15 PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGY is published blmonthy... of E vlronl'[lental Resources, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17120. . , Editor, Arthur A. Socblow; Associate...should not be measured only in dollars. And Pennsylvania, with its large resources of coal that is the...fashion now." KEYSTONE LIME COMPANY, INC. Making the Most from What's Available Keystone Lime Company
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COLLECTING THE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA By PAUL BROUGHTON American University, Washington 16...in southern Pennsylvania was at the West Ridge Quarry at Blue Ridge Summit, Adams County. This quarry...Lime Quarry, All this quarry has to offer are calcite crystals, but are they fabulous. W e were able...drive down to the bottom of the quarry, where calcite crystals abound everywhere on a matrix of nearly...clearly visible from the town of Thomasville, York County, which is seven miles west of York on U. S. Route
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to exchange bulletins with you? PENNSYLVANIA A SALUTE The Pennsylvania Earth Sciences Association, Lehigh...Queensland, member Marge Farkas to prepare a book on Pennsylvania field trips for publication. Australia. Early...Society of wash, clean and dry the "wet mess" by Pennsylvania republished a map from their the next evening...evening, when the members bulletin, The Keystone Newsletter of delivered them to the Alaska Club at their... Kibblehouse Quarry. Minerals: natrolite, epidote, calcite plus many more. The Moraine Rockbusters, Harmony
 
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