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Calcite from
Mossyrock Dam, Morton, Morton Mining District, Lewis County, Washington, USA


Locality type:Dam
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Habit:crystals to 1"
Colour:cream to golden yellow
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mossyrock Dam, Morton, Morton Mining District, Lewis County, Washington, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:95614
Long-form Identifier:1:3:95614:3
GUID (UUID V4):5c0057a9-04c9-40cf-b85b-4a3c67d0406e
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
12.1km (7.5 miles) Roy Mine (Fisher Mine; Morton Mine; Gillispie Mine), Glenoma, Morton Mining District, Lewis County, Washington, USA
29.4km (18.3 miles) Signal Peak, Cowlitz County, Washington, USA
33.0km (20.5 miles) Margaret Mine (Germania Mine; Earl Mine; Samson Mine; Goat Mountain Mine), Goat Mtn, Skamania County, Washington, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) Skookumchuck Dam, Bucoda, Thurston County, Washington, USA
37.4km (23.2 miles) Kangaroo Group (Claims: Kangaroo Nos. 1-5 Lodes), Spirit Lake, Skamania County, Washington, USA
37.9km (23.5 miles) 200 / 237 Road Quarry, Wolf Point, Cowlitz County, Washington, USA
38.9km (24.2 miles) Silver Lake Railroad Trestle, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington, USA
39.3km (24.4 miles) Baird Creek Quarry, Wolf Point, Cowlitz County, Washington, USA
52.3km (32.5 miles) Camp Creek Mine (McCoy Creek; Lucky Break; Primary Gold), McCoy Peak, Skamania County, Washington, USA
55.1km (34.3 miles) B & K Quarry, Cowlitz County, Washington, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
Bart Cannon 1975 CORD ILLERAN Mercer Island, Washington Lilli liliiiLt' 111? KLi-KlLLLIlrVlIlI Copyright...Cordilleran 18 Holly Hill Drive Mercer Island, Washington 98040 COVER ILLUSTRATION: Amethyst scepter heads...Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut and Lewis Landers. i PREFACE...publications dealing with the various aspects of Washington State's diverse mineral wealth exist, but none..."Minerals of Washington" represents an attempt to begin such a cata­ logue. "Minerals of Washington" shall
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sites. ZEOLITES of Washington State Tertiary-age volcanics cover much of Washington State, but only portions...surface of the Columbia River Basalt of eastern Washington is the type locality for paulingite at RUDY...TSCHERNICH 526 A v e n u e A S n o h o m i s h , Washington 98290-2414 T H E VOLCANICS IN T H E PACIFIC...fresh exposures of rock in quarries, highway and dam construction sites, and along the extensive loggingroad...IDAHO ,i \-7. mi DAYTONa 'It I y^ROCK & ISLAND DAM- CAPITOL i L SKOOKUMCHUCK D A l i ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ' W
Journal (issue)
Rudy W. Tschernich 526 Av•. A, I A Snohomish, Washington 98290 206-568-2857 0~ 568-5369 ZEOLITE COLLECTING...Russell Boggs at Eastern Washington University. HISTORY: Goble, in Columbia County, Oregon is one of the...found to be identical with material found at Owyhee Dam in eastern Oregon and was named Cavansite in 1967...HEULANDITE, STILBITE, THOMSONITE, CHABAZITE, MESOLITE, CALCITE are common. ve~y APOPHYLLITE, PHILLIPSITE, GARRONITE...the mesolite needles along with chabazit• and calcite to form attractive stiff semicompact balls up to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
areas (Massif Central, France, and Cascade Range, USA) exhibit similar features of zeolitization associated...France and the Cascade Range of Southern Washington in the USA (Fig. I ). They represent volcanism associated...zeolitization, sometimes 6) 7) associated with calcite. The faces of the basalt prisms are free of coatings...carpeted with zeolites, and often associated with calcite. A unit (Fig. 2e), distinguished by smaller vugs...Zeolitization of lava flows by freshwater (a) WASHINGTON CASCADES FIG. 1. Geological maps showing the
Book
of abo,ut 1,000 to 0,000 years (Ta,ylor and S,uf,dam, 1981)" This type of occurrence forms in a close...connected by minute veinlets containing phillipsite, calcite, and smectite. Jointing of the columns across zeolite-filled...molten flow. Many volcanic flows in Hawaii and Washington (in the U.SA) and Iceland, show that basalt flowed...fault surfaces to produce zeolite-lined veins. Calcite commonly is a late forming mineral and fills many...Mehegan et- al~, 1982; Kristmannsd6ttir, 1982). Calcite and m,ontm,orilonite clay were fo,u'nd throughout
Book
of abo,ut 1,000 to 0,000 years (Ta,ylor and S,uf,dam, 1981)" This type of occurrence forms in a close...connected by minute veinlets containing phillipsite, calcite, and smectite. Jointing of the columns across zeolite-filled...molten flow. Many volcanic flows in Hawaii and Washington (in the U.SA) and Iceland, show that basalt flowed...fault surfaces to produce zeolite-lined veins. Calcite commonly is a late forming mineral and fills many...Mehegan et- al~, 1982; Kristmannsd6ttir, 1982). Calcite and m,ontm,orilonite clay were fo,u'nd throughout
Report (volume)
PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1972 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ROGERS C. B. MORTON, Secretary...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402- Price $6 (paper cover) Stock Number...obtained by writing to the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. 20242. The principal contributors to this...published by the American Geological Institute. Washington, D.C. Accad. Naz. Lincei Atti, Cl. Sci. Fis....American Antiquity. Society for American Archeology. Washington, D.C. Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bull. Petroleum
Book
Oregon (Hewett et al. 1928); at Skookumchuck Dam, Washington (Tschernich 1972). Brazil: in Southern Brazil...Tschernich 1978b); in the basalt of Skookumchuck Dam, Washington, as Edingtonite 65 bladed crystals with...chabazite, phillipsite, montmorillonite, opal, calcite, aragonite, gypsum are also present, the analcime...albite, adularia, quartz, chlorite, sericite, calcite). Clearly enough, the first two zones correspond...(Dzotzenidse 1948); - in the analcimite of Teic Dam, Azerbaijan, Iran (Comin-Chiaramonti 1977); - in
Report (issue)
coniitiona«««*« M «*««««««««««*««*««*««««« 122 A* Dam sections*«*« « Geology of reservoir area**. and...*«««««**««*«** 272 272 273 possible height of dam*«««««««. * « «. «. Character and depth of valley...Tie* downstream through Ounn Canyon, Mosey Rock dam site, from point on left bank opposite B.H, 431,...drift , Cinebar silt loaa, and aandatono at Hayfiald dam site. 64 6. Geologic crosa sections of C&dita Hirer...aap of ^yfiald dam site, eca. 20 and 29, T. 12 N., R. 2 2., ?Ui*, Lewis Count/, Washington. 93 6. Drill
Book
Department of Geological Sciences University of Washington CASCADIA The Geologic Evolution of the Pacific...172 the cascade range of oregon and southern washington Regional physiography 15 174 179 Faults and...257 257 257 260 The Idaho Batholith and Idaho mining 202 Rainier—king of the range Young Mount Saint...The Puget Lobe British Columbia trip guides Washington trip guides 278 281 Radioactive waste disposal—a...primary cause of sea-floor spreading northern Washington 4-8 Types of crustal plate collision 4-9
Book (edition)
of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Claren N. (‘‘Si’’) and Ann Frazier: Berkeley...Dept. of Mineral Science, Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. Alan Pring: South Australian Museum, Adelaide...Towe: Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. John J. Trelawney Esq.: Palo Alto, California...California. Rudy W. Tschernich: Snohomish, Washington. Lourens Wals: Turnhout, Belgium. Terry C. Wallace:...end members of isostruct ural series (e.g., the calcite group; see 14.1.1.1) or when several species have
 
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