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Limestone from
Limestone quarry, Merchingen, Merzig, Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Type:Limestone
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Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limestone data
Locality Data:Click here to view Limestone quarry, Merchingen, Merzig, Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1084425
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1084425:4
GUID (UUID V4):7dd2f709-9d73-4725-b05d-9701246c60ff
Nearest other occurrences of Limestone
89.8km (55.8 miles) ⓘFeuerberg, Hohenfels-Essingen, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
90.9km (56.5 miles) ⓘRoth, Gerolstein, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
94.1km (58.5 miles) ⓘLimestone quarries, Stromberg, Langenlonsheim-Stromberg, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
94.5km (58.7 miles) ⓘArensberg, Zilsdorf, Walsdorf, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
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landslides which he relates to the underlying Permian limestone, K. Koenon (1888) also mentions small landslides...displaced due to leaching in the horizontal Permian limestone; in addition stresses result from tension (Zgl...sandstone near Dreisbach on the Saar River (B1. Merzig). A tunnel was begun here in the middle Bunter
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the deportment of the Ardennes across the N. of Germany, and which appears in a great measure formed of...horizontal shelly limestone (muschelkalk), as at Bischmissheirn, near Sarrebruck, or by limestone and marly clay...or by gypsum placed between the red sand and limestone, as at Omersheim, between Sarrebruck and Bliescastel...sandstone of the Palatinate, and the horizontal limestone of Lorraine: the spring only contains about If...also, in some points, covered with horizontal limestone, as at Nal- Downloaded from https://www.cambridge
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Universität, Albertstraße 23B, 79104 Freiburg i. Br., Germany Université Louis Pasteur (ULP-Strasbourg 1), Ecole...studied transect in Luxembourg, westernmost Germany (Saarland and Rheinland-Pfalz), and eastern France (Lorraine...Muschelkalk has been dated with conodonts in a quarry near Wasserbillig (at Moersdorf; Demonfaucon, 1982)...lower evaporite horizon can be correlated from the Saarland (Büschdorf) to eastern France (Sarralbe and Sarrebourg)...gypsum or anhydrite; halite occurs in southern Saarland (Müller and Konzan, 1993) and northern Lorraine
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Card All Number: 68-28390 Copyright 1968 in Germany by Holle Verlag GmbH, Baden-Baden rights reserved...Abrams, Incorporated, New York Printed in West Germany. Bound in the Netherlands Contents Introduction...From an Early La Tene wagon burial /8 Coblenz, Germany. Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn. After J. Driehaus...period. From Dietldorf, Burglengenfeld, Bavaria, Germany. Museum fĂŒr Vor- und FrĂŒhgeschichte, Berlin matization...worship, first strikes the eye is provided by a limestone are obviously dealing with a stylized female
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extensional setting of the Upper Rhinegraben, SW Germany Katharina Pfaff & Ludwig H. Hildebrandt & David...Zn–Pb–Ag deposit in the Wiesloch area, Southwest Germany, is controlled by graben-related faults of the...Geowissenschaften, Wilhelmstr. 56, 72074 TĂŒbingen, Germany e-mail: markl@uni-tuebingen.de L. H. Hildebrandt...und Umweltschutz, Im Köpfle 7, 69168 Wiesloch, Germany formation waters. The ascending brines originally...of the pore and fracture fluid residing in the limestone aquifer, which had a pH between 8 and 9 in equilibrium
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29 cm. 3: Middle Buntsandstein, Western Eifel. Quarry at the northwestern flank of the Burgberg southeast...about 6 m. Middle Buntsandstein, Northern Eifel. Quarry at the eastern side of the Griesberg northwest...about 2.5 m. Middle Buntsandstein, Western Eifel. Quarry in the Schmidtheim forest southeast of the road...area. Quarry at the eastern side of the Seffersbach valley south of Brotdorf northeast of Merzig (Sheet...about 60 cm. Middle Buntsandstein, Northern Eifel. Quarry at the northwestern side of the Kallmuther Berg
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1989 Variscan molasse in the Saar-Nahe Basin (W-Germany), Upper Carboniferous and Lower Permian By ANDREASSCHXrE~...aTOM Variscan molasse in the Saar-Nahe Basin (W-Germany) ~apymes~ aa ~O~HOMKpae FyHcpm~aCTaJ~ Kpyue, a... Variscan molasse i.n the Saar-Nahe Basin (W-Germany) 503 o ._1 o "IU Z N D IaJ r~ 2s n I NW~IS...-- Variscan molasse in the Saar-Nahe Basin (W-Germany) Lower Rotliegend and Upper Carboniferous differ...known from the Westfalian of the Ruhr Basin in NW-Germany. They are the so called ,,Kaolin-Kohlentonsteine
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Freiberg, B.v. Cotta-Strasse 2, D-09596 Freiberg, Germany ( schneidj@geo, tu-freiberg, de) 2Naturhistorisches...Bertholdsburg, Burgstrasse 6, D-98553 Schleusingen, Germany (museum. schleusingen@gmx, de) Abstract: An insect...Wettin Subformation of the Saale Basin, both in Germany, or in the roof shale of the Waynesburg coal, Dunkard...Stephanian A (Barruelian, Kasimovian), Saar Basin, Germany, lower Ottweiler Subgroup, G6ttelborn Formation...Basin, Ohio, roof of the Ames Limestone; conodonts of the Ames Limestone (Ritter 1995), such as Streptognathodus
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late Variscan intermontane Saar-Nahe Basin, SW Germany VOLKER LORENZ 1 & JOST HANEKE 2 1,*Institut fiir...Wiirzburg, Pleicherwall 1, D-97070 Wiirzburg, Germany (e-mail: vlorenz@geologie, uni-wuerzburg, de) 2Landesamt...Rheinland-Pfalz, Emy-ROder-Str. 5, D-55133 Mainz, Germany (e-maik jost. haneke@lgb-rlp, de) Abstract: The...intermontane Carboniferous-Permian Saar-Nahe Basin in SW Germany. The basin fill shows many excellent exposures...(1981) for the SW part of the Saar-Nahe Basin (Saarland) and Dreyer et al. (1983) for the main part of
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(Lower Ivluschelkalk, Middle Triassic, Southwestern Germany) I-w-,.-ULRICH SCH'wARZ ·' .. E . .Schweizerbart'sche...(Lower Muschelkalk, Middle Triassic, Southwestern Germany). By H ANS-ULRJCH SCHWARZ. - II, 100 pages with...Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nagele u. Obermiller) Stuttgart Printed in Germany by Gebriidcr Ranz, Diecenheim Contr. Se<.limentology...parts of eastern France, Luxen1bourg, southern Germany, and northern Switzerland comprising the southern...Bunter/Muschelkalk in the eastern part of the basin (Saarland), one could postulate n1ore generally a marine
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them, are of course found not only in southern Germany but in many countries beyond the boundaries of...Franconian Alps. Locality: Esslingen/WOrttemberg/Germany. g 10 Facies fossil: Montlivaltia sp. (coral);...Formation, east of Sengenthal/Upper Palatinate/Germany. Internal cast (right): Sporadoceras sp. ; this...Reproduction is by spores. Major contributors to limestone and other rock genesis; pp.212-214. Fungi : filamentous...Even when you have chosen, say, a particular stone quarry as your destination, pay attention as you travel
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the Carboniferous–Permian Saar–Nahe Basin (SW Germany): evidence for extension-related transfer fault...Universität Würzburg, Pleicherwall 1, 97070 Würzburg, Germany Received 11 March 1997; accepted 2 February 1998...rights reserved. Keywords: Carboniferous; Permian; Germany; Saar–Nahe Basin; basin analysis; strike-slip faults...faults. Post-rift deposition is initiated by the Wadern-=Sponheim Formations in 52 H. Stollhofen / Sedimentary...the Dirmingen and Kohlwald faults, in the area of Wadern– Braunshausen (cf. Fig. 1). Field relationships
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L. u. V.: Rolf A. Bauer, BĂŒdinger Str. 38, 6640 Merzig. Tel. 0 68 69 / 3 13. Eintritt frei! 24. April... L. u. V.: R. A. Bauer, BĂŒdlnger Str. 38, 6640 Merzig, Tel.: 0 68 69 / 3 13. Eintritt freil 8.Mai ~...L. + V.: Rolf A. Bauer. BĂŒdinger Str. 38. 6640 Merzig. Tel. : 0 68 69 / 3 13. Eintritt frei! 11. September...Uhr. L. + V.: Rolf Bauer, BĂŒdinger Str. 38, 6640 Merzig. Tel. : 0 68 69 / 3 13. Eintritt frei ! 25. September...Uhr. l. : Rolf A. Bauer. BĂŒdingerstr. 38, 6640 Merzig. Te l. : 0 68 69 / 3 13. 11 . Dezember D Heinsberg:
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and with concre~ tions or pebbles of compact limestone I in the lower part ... about . 15 0 I Impersistent...greenish and creamy marls with hard bands of marly limestone and dark grey and black clays... 20 0 ( RHiETIC...westward along Haven Cliff (300 ft.) to the old quarry south-east of the Coastguard Station, where the...tea in the village, the members proceeded along Quarry Lane to the famous Beer Stone quarries, about a...the north side of the lane there is an immense quarry, about 80 ft. in depth, in the Middle Chalk, with
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Joger Editors Paleontological Collections of Germany, Austria and Switzerland The History of Life of...Collection Philipps-University Marburg Marburg, Hessen, Germany Hans-Dieter Sues Department of Paleobiology National...Joger Editors Paleontological Collections of Germany, Austria and Switzerland The History of Life of...Hessen Germany Ulrich Joger Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum Braunschweig Niedersachsen Germany ISSN...Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum Braunschweig, Germany This Springer imprint is published by the registered
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Martin Meschede Laurence N. Warr The Geology of Germany A Process-Oriented Approach Regional Geology...Reviews Series editors Roland OberhĂ€nsli, Potsdam, Germany Maarten J. de Wit, Nelson Mandela University, Port... Martin Meschede ‱ Laurence N. Warr The Geology of Germany A Process-Oriented Approach 123 Martin Meschede...and Geology University of Greifswald Greifswald, Germany Laurence N. Warr Institute of Geography and Geology...Geology University of Greifswald Greifswald, Germany ISSN 2364-6438 ISSN 2364-6446 (electronic) Regional
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heritage stone of international significance from Germany M. KÖLBL-EBERT1 & B.J. COOPER2 PT 1: Jura-Museum...Jura-Museum EichstĂ€tt, Willibaldsburg, 85072 EichstĂ€tt, Germany, Koelbl-Ebert@juramuseum.de (corresponding author)...au A CC EP T ED M A Abstract: In Bavaria (Germany), between Solnhofen and Kelheim, numerous quarries...utilization of a thinly plated Upper Jurassic limestone known in German as the ‘Solnhofener Plattenkalk’...Plattenkalk’ and in English as Solnhofen Limestone. Here limestone slabs have been quarried for centuries and
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Intraformational fluid flow in the Thuringian Syncline (Germany) - Evidence from stable isotope data in vein mineralization...Intraformational fluid flow in the Thuringian Syncline (Germany) - Evidence from stable isotope data in vein mineralization...Intraformational fluid flow in the Thuringian Syncline (Germany) - evidence from stable isotope data in vein mineralization...Geowissenschaften, Friedrich-Schiller-UniversitÀt, Jena, Germany Abstract D MA NU SC RI PT Vein mineralization...Mesozoic sediments in the Thuringian Syncline, Germany, was investigated for the first time by petrography
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Freiberg, B. v. Cotta-Strasse 2, 09596 Freiberg, Germany (e-mail." schneidj@geo, tu-freiberg, de) Abstract:...-_: limestone -.- . . . . . . O . . . . . . . 0 dolomite . E 0 clayey limestone }-I--I-I]...Thallichtenberg Fm. 120 m; Sp., Sponheim Fm. 240 m; Wa., Wadern Fm. 500 m; Kreu., Kreuznach Fm. 260 m. For legend...intercalations of lacustrine black shales and limestone horizons. Just above the basal conglomerate of...Medusina limnica) of the Standenbiihl Formation. The Wadern Formation in the northwest is dominated by red
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Mountains (Germany) D. KORN* Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany Viséan...the northern margin of the Rhenish Mountains in Germany; they are among the earliest described rocks of...building stones, with numerous individual platy limestone beds, 20–40 cm in thickness. In his ‘Orographic...zu Berlin, Invalidenstraße 43, 10 115 Berlin, Germany. E-mail: dieter.korn@museum.hu-berlin.de Copyright...of deïŹned intervals, thickness of individual limestone beds and other features will be studied in a palaeogeographic
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striking similarities to those of America and Germany. The presence of " Ordovician" forms in these assemblages...conodonts in this country were first recorded from limestone near Newton Abbot by Young (1880), but no further...and other conodont studies are in progress in Germany. Their importance to workers in Britain is likely...there. Samples of about 2 lbs. weight from each limestone horizon (dolomites were not sampled) have been...The upper part of the massive Lower Frasnian Limestone at Lower Dunscombe similarly consists very largely
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conglomerates containing extraformational Carboniferous Limestone clasts. The upper unit, the Clent or Breccia Group...calcareous sandstones'. Clasts of Lower Carboniferous limestone Keele Series Gibson (1901) `Red and purple...Association C: sublitharenite containing detrital limestone grains The sandstones in this association (Figure...carbonate material as: (a) detrital Carboniferous Limestone grains with recognizable marine carbonate textures...Figure 3. Diagnostic grain of reworked marine limestone containing Lower Carboniferous foraminifera. Sandstone
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Coal Measures, Millstone Grit, and Carboniferous Limestone. Though thick in some places they are absent from...different from the beds at the base of the Lower Limestone in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire which are often...but at Thickley Quarry it reaches eight feet. THE LOWER LIMESTONE. The Lower Limestone is thin in the...where lenticular masses of pure limestone occur in it. One such grey limestone bed occurs among the dolomite...but its boundaries where it rests on the Lower Limestone about Trimdon and Coxhoe are at present rather
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Nappa Shales Nappa Limestone Swinden Shales Swinden Limestone Toft Hill Limestone and Shales Mallardale...Broughton and Clitheroe the top beds of the Clitheroe Limestone are respectively the Embsay, Broughton and Salt...coloured dark blue and correlated with the Clitheroe Limestone, while the surrounding beds (now known to be of...light blue and correlated with the Shales-with-Limestone. These correlations are now proved to be incorrect...incorrect, since the uppermost beds of the Clitheroe Limestone are of upper C 2 age. Later, Wilmore published
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254 ROCKS and MINERALS THE LIMESTONE QUARRY AT RUDERSDORF GERMANY I By WENDELL O. STEWART During the...rope to a re-i along the side of the room. The limestone is quarried in open cuts on a dome shaped hill...ripple marks, and many concretions of dark brown limestone. After clearing off the forest, only two to four...meters of soil have to be removed to expose the limestone. Thirteen hundred men are employed and receive...from the open quarry and the cliffs undercut and toppled down onto the . floor of the quarry by dynamite
 
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