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Chalcedony from
Hoosier Quarry, Salem, Washington County, Indiana, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Occurs in Harrodsburg & Salem Limestones (Mississippian).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hoosier Quarry, Salem, Washington County, Indiana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:68634
Long-form Identifier:1:3:68634:1
GUID (UUID V4):5270c8c5-3c97-4b2e-88c2-e2c1f16629f5
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
26.9km (16.7 miles) Seymour Gravel Company Quarry, Medora, Jackson County, Indiana, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
along old IN-37, near Harrodsburg, Monroe County, Indiana. Note the semispherical opening, lower left...outer layer of microcrystalline, fibrous quartz (chalcedony) that is typically, but not always, followed...outward, are mostly solid, and do not have a chalcedony exterior (see dictionary of mining, mineral and...are now broadly described as the Borden Group in Indiana, the Fort Payne, WarsawSalem, and Borden formations...geological research suggests that fibrous quartz (chalcedony) formed on the surface of proto-geodes, such
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
first re­ ported occurrence of smythite was from Indiana ( E r d , 1957), where it was found as inclusions...geodes. Other species reported as occurring in Indiana, 136 ROCKS AND MINERALS { RICHARD E . RUSSELL... 4 cm across; Meshberger Stone, Inc. quarry, Bartholomew County. Richard Russell specimen and photo....largest crystal 3.5 cm across; Berry Materials quarry, Jenn­ ings C o . J . Kielbaso specimen; R . Russell...Stone C o . quarry, Jasper County. Vernon Swanson speci­ men; Richard Russell photo. Indiana minerals
Report (issue)
Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. This little-known locality is an abandoned road-fill quarry where the...= Quartz, 3.1 cm, from Boylston, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Tyson’s Fine Minerals specimen...Faylor-Middlecreek quarry, Winfield, Union County, Pennsylvania. (The Faylor-Middlecreek is a road-fill quarry in limestone...11.5 cm, from the Faylor-Middlecreek quarry, Winfield, Union County, Pennsylvania. Exceptional Minerals...the Denton mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois. Hummingbird Minerals specimen and photo
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State Park 201 West Riverside Drive Clarksville, Indiana 47129 agoldstein@dnr.in.gov Figure 1. Twinned calcite...calcite, 8 cm, Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo....Appalachians (Harlan County) at 4,139 feet. The lowest point is the floor of the Reed quarry near Grand Rivers...Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky, at 100 feet below sea level. There are some noteworthy mineral...small, nondiamondiferous kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnöite intrusions in Crittenden
Book
Fossil and Mineral Trails Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5...knowledge and enjoyment of this great owners, mine and quarry operators and science by collecting. Thanks too...species of fossils have been collected in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Dow Chemical has reported finding...and Huron virtually surrounding it. Illinois and Indiana are bordered in part by Lake Michigan, and Ohio...peninsula of Michigan. Southern Illinois, southern Indiana and southern Ohio have milder winters than the
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written content Paul E. Desautels Washington, DC Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey British Museum...Weber Mamaroneck, N.Y. Articles Celestite from Salem, Indiana..............................................uncommon lithium-mica from Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California .....................................tour of the mineral facilities at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History (where Tony is curator)...Record, January-February, 1983 Celestite from Salem, Indiana by Lawrence D. Wells 761 Bravington Way Lexington
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ +./8 ...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5 ....and barite, 6 cm high, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 5 (above right).... Barite, 12.9 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 6 (right). Fluorite...Fluorite, 1.9 cm on edge, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing photo. Arthur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to see the famous collection...in Los Angeles can walk across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrill—the display of some of...Leadville (Lake Co.). Colo., almost at the end of Lake County, I found a specimen of small radiating chrysocolla...Hillsborough Co., Fla., is world-famous for its chalcedony pseudo coral but a new one came to our attention
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
consisting of brown to dark brown limonites, brownish chalcedony pebbles, gray chert pebble, and 3 rocks—dark...as specimens. Clarksville is in southern Johnson County in N / W Arkansas. COLORADO — "Recently we took...located one mile west of Wilbur Springs in S/W Colusa County in North California. The ore of the Manzanita Mine..." — from Henry G. Schef- 30 "Even though this quarry has been collected in for many years, with a little...garnet mine at Roxbury Falls, in Southern Litchfield County of western Connecticut. Mrs. Scheffer's crystal
Report (issue)
Mineral Resources of Washington County, Indiana BULLETIN 39 ,·, STATE OF INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...Geologist Geology and Mineral Resources of Washington County, Indiana By JACK A. SUNDERMAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF INDIANA BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA: 1968 STATE OF INDIANA Roger D. Branigin, Governor...Limestone - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 Salem Limestone - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...Structure- -Continued Structural features in Washington County - - - - - - - - - - - - 42 Mt. Carmel Fault
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF INDIANA by RICHARD C. ERD AND SEYMOUR S. GREENBERG Indiana Department of Conservation GEOLOGICAL...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Bulletin No. 18 1960 STATE OF INDIANA HAROLD W. HANDLEY, GOVERNOR DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION...________________________________ MINERALS OF INDIANA BY RICHARD C. ERD AND SEYMOUR S. GREENBERG PRINTED...PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF INDIANA BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA September 1060 _____________________...______________ For sale by Geological Survey, Indiana Department of Conservation, Bloomington, Ind. Price
Book
Soil-Drummer Silty Clay Loam Series 46 47 47 * Indiana Stone-Salem Limestone River-Wabash River 49 50 * Iowa...Stone-Amethyst Stone-Blue Granite 106 107 128 128 * Washington Gem-Petrified Wood Fossil-Columbian Mammoth ...derived from the geosciences and law libraries of Indiana University, Bloomington campus. The undertaking...made the “Magic City” of Birmingham, Jefferson County “The Pittsburgh of the South” during the turn of...feet thick, occurs near Sylacauga, in Talladega County, being fine-grained and mostly white, ofexceptional
Book (volume)
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...minesColumbite, Gold, Silver, etc.; and (2) Old Marble Quarry on the Needles Hwy. 5.5 mi. NEScheelite, and deep
Book (volume)
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:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N of Calloway
Journal (issue)
Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil...rosette, with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...C6649; Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing...15 feet to the left, parallel to the wall of the quarry. This tube varied from 6 inches to 2 feet wide
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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...botryoidal chalcedony, occasionally with pale Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE...deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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...botryoidal chalcedony, occasionally with pale Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE...deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Report (volume)
Ore Deposits of the Upper Blue River Area Summit County Colorado • By QUENTIN D. SINGEWALD . GEOLOGICAL...Fund UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1951 UNITED STATE S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR... _____ ··- ___ .. _________ -_---Structure of Hoosier Pass area _________ .. ____ . _____ - _- _----...located three-quarters of a mile north-northeast of Hoosier Pass----------------------------------------------~----...Hunter Boy workings---------------------------Indiana Gulch ________________.________________________________
Journal (issue)
Collector's Newsletter $3.00 Barrel Calcites from Lohr Quarry Dennis W. Haas DennisDWH2001@aol.com Calcite comes...Lohr Quarry one finds barrel-shaped calcites irr geodes from the Warsaw Formation. Lohr Quarry is located...The walls of the quarry are Salem Limestone and St. Louis Limestone. Below the Salem Limestone is the...makes up most of the floor of the quarry, found in the center of the quarry in an area that is not being actively...the third time to visit the quarry during a club field trip to Lohr Quarry. It is nearly impossible to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Permian strata that were locally arched. In Lincoln County this archingwas accompanied by Late Cretaceous...northernmostof thesedomaluplifts,are in northernLincoln County,about40 milesnorthof Carrizozo. The rangecoversabout50...tr tr m tr tr less than 5• Deposits •0. Hoosier Girl Eorth •. •ed CloudFluorite • •. HoosierG•rl...0ongress 5. ConquerorNo. 4 and Hilltop 6. Hoosier Girl 7. Hoosier Girl 8. •ureka 9. Pride No. 2 North South...at a few prospects, minor late silicaoccursas chalcedony liningtiny cavitiesin the ore. Supergene alterationwas
Book (volume)
that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional
Book (volume)
that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chosen from 16,000 over the nation and is going to Washington D. C , for further competition. His thesis was... H. C. Yoder, of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, who gave an excellent talk on mica, illustrated...Sparks entertained at his home 30 members of the Hoosier Handicrafters, an organization which is affiliated...Fred S. Smith) 6840 Dover Rd. Indianapolis 20, Indiana Rochester Earth Science South Fort Worth Society...Society At the January meeting of the Indiana Geology and Gem Society, of Indianapolis, the following officers
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Schiefer . Page 76 . Page 87 Stop Tumbler Gas Washington Locality — Murphy . . Page 92 The Mineralogist...hundreds of collecting localities in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming. With maps and photos...THOMAS J. BONES 2713 Rossiter Lane Vancouver, Washington I first visited the Clarno nut and seed beds...the other Nations, but it would appear that the USA alone will soon fill the sky with numer­ ous types...of this wood is the rare and valuable cycad. Chalcedony is common in western South Dakota, so common
 
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