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Calcite from
Niagara Falls Quarry, Holcim Niagara Aggregates Quarry, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sphaleriteโ“˜1 photo of Calcite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Niagara Falls Quarry, Holcim Niagara Aggregates Quarry, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:552354
Long-form Identifier:1:3:552354:2
GUID (UUID V4):1dbe0836-76a8-4c97-9534-5f47039eb649
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
14.6km (9.1 miles) โ“˜Hanson Brick quarry, Niagara Township, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
14.8km (9.2 miles) โ“˜Canal dump (Montrose occurrence), Niagara Falls, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
16.6km (10.3 miles) โ“˜New Thorold quarry, Thorold Quarry (Walker Quarry), Thorold Township, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
16.9km (10.5 miles) โ“˜Thorold Quarry (Walker Quarry), Thorold Township, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
17.2km (10.7 miles) โ“˜Old Thorold quarry, Thorold Quarry (Walker Quarry), Thorold Township, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
19.3km (12.0 miles) โ“˜LaFarge Corp. Quarry, Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
20.2km (12.5 miles) โ“˜Welland Canal, Niagara Falls, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
21.1km (13.1 miles) โ“˜Thorold area, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
22.3km (13.8 miles) โ“˜Campbell Quarry (Stevensville quarry), Ridgemount quarries, Bertie Township, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
32.5km (20.2 miles) โ“˜Humberstone quarries, Humberstone Township, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Central and Western New York State M inerals of the Silurian Lockport Group of New York State have been...โ€œfluate of limeโ€ (fluorite) in rocks โ€œnear the falls of Niagara.โ€ According to Bruce, this was the first documented...observed during the initial settlement of western New York, it was the construction of the Erie Canal in...Beckโ€™s (1842) Mineralogy of New York, James Hallโ€™s (1843) Geology of New York, and James Danaโ€™s (1848) Manual...carbonate rocks exposed along the Niagara Escarpment of western New York as the โ€œLockport limestone.โ€โ€  His
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gait, Royal Ontario Museum; Dr. William Kelly, New York State Geยญ ological Survey; Dr. Robert King, National...Museums of Canada. The accepted abstracts follow. A NEW O C C U R R E N C E O F R U T I L E IN HASTINGS C...Concession V I I , Wollaston Township, Hastings County. The new occurrence is only 4 km east of Coe Hill, where...pseudomorphic after muscovite in attractive specimens and calcite are also present in the veins. working in Queen...chemical breakdown of the enclosing quartz and calcite. Further investigation along strike from the present
Report (issue)
Princess sodalite mine Vardy quarry Golding-Keene quarry Egan Chute occurrences York River tactite zone occurrence...occurrence Morrison quarry Davis quarry York River corundum occurrence Childs Mine Rankin Mine Bessemer...Mine Woodcox occurrence Padwell Mine Eagle Lake quarry Crystal Lake fluoborite occurrence Crystal Lake...Tory Hill - Gooderham - Kinmount Hadley granite quarry Canadian All-Metals mine Gibson Road (western)...occurrence Gill quarries Highway 507 road-cut Fraser quarry Nu-World uranium mine Dancey tremolite occurrence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jeffrey Scovil photo. May/June: Patch reef at the Falls of the Ohio, painting by Stephen F. Greb. July/August:...November/December: Gold on quartz, Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California. Wayne and Dona Leicht specimen, Harold...Mineralization at Pedreira Atalaia (the Sentinel Quarry) near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil...310-13 Amethyst Discovery on Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine, W. B. Thompson, 44-51 Anatase, Colorado...the Walker Vein, Caldwell Stone Company Quarry, Boyle County, Kentucky, 254-58 Andorite, 27 Andradite
Report (volume)
the current-year issues of the monthly catalog "New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices...and Lockport Groups) in the Type Area of Western New York By Carlton E. Brett, Dorothy H. Tepper, William...and Lockport Groups) in the type area of western New York I by Carlton E. Brett ... [et al.]. p. em- (U...Geology, Stratigraphic-Nomenclature-New York (State)-Niagara County Region. I. Brett, Carlton E. (Carlton.......................................... 52 Niagara Falls Member.....................................
Report (issue)
ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES STONE RESOURCES OF THE NIAGARA ESCARPMENT By M. A. VOS 1969 First Printing...form: Vos, M.A. 1969: Stone resources of the Niagara Escarpment; Ontario Dept. Mines, IMR31, 68p. Accompanied...Raw Material Requirements . ....... Locating a Quarry Site ..................... ..... ...... Geographic...Discussion of Areas of Potential Quarry Development ... Niagara Falls ..................................Louth Township ............................ Balls Falls, Louth Township ......................... Beamsville
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Genesis of Disseminated Sulphide Assemblages in Niagara Peninsula, Canada By MOHAMMADA. MOSTAGltEL,Leicester...ailgereichert worden sein kSnnten. Abstract In the Niagara Peninsula of Southern Ontario, Canada, subceonomic...margins. Here, the Middle Silurian carbonates of the Niagara Peninsula impeded the previous, relatively rapid...periods of uplift. R~sum~ Dans la p6ninsule du Niagara au sud de rOntario, Canada, on trouve quelques... Genesis of Disseminated Sulphide Assemblages in Niagara Peninsula, Canada vers les bords du bassin. L~
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lake, Highway 3A, near Olalla; 9. Niagara Falls area; 10. Steetley quarry, Dundas; 11. Highway 17 road cut...Rossport; 12. Madoc, Hastings County; 13. Highway 7 road cut, Madoc, Hastings County; 14. Faraday mine, Bancroft;...16. Francon quarry, Montreal; 17. Highway 105, Old Chelsea, Hull Township, Gatineau County; 18. Mont Saint-Hilaire...Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County; 19. Niobec mine, Saint-Honorรฉ; 20. Saint-Amable Sill, Saint-Amable; 21...Fredericton, New Brunswick; 22. Mount Pleasant mine, Fredericton, Charlotte County, New Brunswick; 23
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER REGION By CLIFFORD J. AWALD Second Vice President, Buffalo Society of...Mineralogy, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York Originally published in Science On The March...more than one hundred years, the minerals of the Niagara Frontier Region have been popular with mineralogists...and the rainbow of the fluorescents of Franklin, New Jersey, but as sedimentary mineral crystals they...the world. The Niagara Frontier Region will be considered to comprise that area of New York State and adjacent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Washington, DC 20036 $ +$โ€™m wt What is the Niagara Escarpment? R.V. DIETRICH 1323 Center Drive Mount...the same rock unit as the one over which the Niagara Falls plunge comprises several bluffi and clvflike...to as parts of the Niagara Escarpment. These scarps occur sporadically in New York, Ontario, Michigan...Michigan, and Wisconsin. THE NIAGARA ESCARPMENT has been described in such colorful terms as โ€œa rugged wall ...extends from southeast of Rochester, New York, westward to Niagara Falls, up around northern Lakes Huron and
Book
T TLIBRAr 3 1223 90016 3958 of New York State David E. Jensen .. . , ,,, Includes 16 pages of...Lake in New York's Finger Lakes district. After attending Penn Yan Academy in nearby Penn Yan, New York...blossomed into a lifetime interest in the minerals of New York State. While obtaining his M.S. in geology at...the outline of New York State is LABRADORJTE from the Saranac Lake area. of New York State David E....Natural Science Establishment, Inc . โ€ข Rochester, New York โ€ข Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David
Report (issue)
express his thanks to the many company officials and quarry superintendents who supplied information for this...weathering; aphanitic; medium bedded; stylolites, calcite crystals; abundant Tetradium. CRYSTALLINITY CLASSIFICATION...classification is suitable for laboratory work: Term Used Calcite Dolomite MgO* Dolomite . . . . . . . . . . ... Calcarenite. A limestone composed of clastic calcite grains and sorted fossil debris of sand size: i...COMMERCIAL STONE TERMS Riprap. Large angular blocks of quarry stone from l cubic foot (about 200 pounds) up to
Book
MtNโ‚ฌRfllS of New Vork Stole David โ‚ฌ. Jensen Includes 16 pages of minerals in full color jgS0% MIN6RRLS... MIN6RRLS of New Vork State David E. Jensen up WARD PRESS Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc...Inc. Rochester, New York โ€ข Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David E. Jensen All rights reserved...mining distri* Adirondack Mou somed into a lifet New York State. While obtainu University of Roc Science...Kay Preface This report on the Minerals of New York State is partially a sumยญ mary of published knowledge
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gait. Royal Ontario Museum: Dr. William Kelly, New York State Geological Survey: Dr. Robert J . King....'Dept. of Geolog-y arid Geophysics, University of New Orleans. LA 70148. Cary Mound is a low hill that...exposed in a small portion of the north face of the quarry. Miaroles up to several inches iicross abound in...chalcopyrite, sphalerite. galena. fluorite. and calcite. Some miaroles contain very srna11 open spaces...with calcite, which has subsequently been removed by weathering. Miaroles still containing calcite may
Journal (issue)
the New York. N. Y.. Poul Omen. March 19. 1894.] VOL. VIII JANUARY, 1902 N0. H A TRIP TO NIAGARA AND...summer of 1900 I visited Niagara Falls and while there heard that the Niagara Falls Electric Light and Power...Power Co. were excavating a new wheel-pit. This was an oppOrtunity not to be passed by, so board ing a...hastily gathering up a few specimens of selenite and calcite, I ascend ed the ladder, a rather dif๏ฌcult feat...day and succeeded in getting good specimens of calcite in acute scalenohedrons, and also in crystals made
Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS THE NIAGARA ESCARPMENT By D. F. Hewitt INDUSTRIAL MINERAL....... . . .. .. .. .... .. .. . Geology of the Niagara Escarpment .. .. .... .. . . .. .. .. .. . Rock... Figures Page 1. 2. 3. Stratigraphic Section at Niagara Falls ........... Lockport-Amabel Sections . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Niagara Escarpment and major structural elements.. 7 31...Tables 1. 2. Classification of stratigraphy of the Niagara Escarpment .. . . . . .. . . .. .. .. . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rocnn B. MonnrsoN. Cornell Uniaersittt. Ithaca, New York. Celestitehas been recordedfrom the Lower Helderbergrocks...including Syracuse,Lockport, Jamesville, and Auburn in New York State (5) (10), Drummond and Maybee, Michigan...Put-in-Bay (8) and Clay Center, Ohio, and Mineral County, West Virginia (13). The Put-in-Bay deposits are...found at CIay Center in the Guelph member of the Niagara group. Higher strata have been eroded at this locality...locality, but in other parts o{ Ottawa County, these uppermost Niagara beds (known in Ohio as the Cedarville-Springfield
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE MINERALS OF THE NIAGARA STONE DIVISION QUARRY Downloaded by [University of Calgary]...444 Perry Street, Buffalo, New York, 14204 The Niagara Stone Division Quarry original deposition or by...and Packard Roads, between Niagara had been consolidated and raised above Falls and Lewiston. sea level...level."* At present the quarry is being operated My study of this quarry has taken apby the Company whose...of dolomitic I have made about 100 trips to the quarry limestone in the form of crushed stone. and have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse. MAJOR NEW YORK STATE M I N E...E R A L LOC A L I T I E S N ew York State is rich in minerals of interest to collectors. A number of...Dana 1877, 1892). Herbert P. Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive...localities in the state is the book Minerals of New York State by David Jensen, published in 1978. Our...Mode of Occurrence Most mineral localities in New York can be categorized into three groups based on
Book
Ulsterian. Res soca ; Gorge Strata exposed in Niagara Niagoran Cincinnation. Mohawkian โ€” Chomploinion...of record in New York sean a rT | Jurassic OS Rc TTRATISTT strata record in New York area indicates...Eon (detailed) Niagara Falls; American Falls at left, Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls at right; Goat Island... COLOSSAL CATARACT The Geologic History of Niagara Falls Irving H. Tesmer, Editor by Jerold C. Bastedo...A. Liberty Jaan Terasmae State University of New York Press Albany A grant from the University Awards
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for correct spelling. New York Mineralogical Club, Inc. The zeolites of New Jersey held the center of...how to find the minerals in the trap rock areas of New Jersey, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Connecticut...advice was to look in the mineralized area of the quarry where the trap rock is decomposing. Dr. Fred Pough...front table were really something. The following new members were elected: Martin Azarian, Walter Cooper...agates he was lucky to get from the Prospect Park quarry in Paterson, N. J. Joe Rothstein reported on the
Report (issue)
-----------9 Bellevue Quarry, Deroche Township - 9 Bar River Quarry, Laird Township 9 Whitefish Falls Area -----------9...-----------9 Lawson Quarry, Curtin Township -------H Killarney Area ------------12 Killarney Quarry, Killarney...------12 Sheguiandah Area -----------13 Sheguiandah Quarry, Howland Township 13 Cosby and Delamere Townships...and Elgin Silica Deposits --21 iii PAGE Smiths Falls -----------23 Carleton Place -----------23 Nepean...Sandstone - 25 Milton, William R. Barnes Company Quarry 25 Oriskany Sandstone โ€” โ€” โ€” -------27 Oneida Township
Report (issue)
weathering; aphanitic; medium bedded; stylolites, calcite crystals; abundant Tetradium. CRYSTALLINITY CLASSIFICATION...suitable for laboratory work: TERM USED Dolomite CALCITE DOLOMITE MgO* percent 95-100 90- 95 50- 90 10-... Calcarenite. A limestone composed of clastic calcite grains and sorted fossil debris of sand size: i...COMMERCIAL STONE TERMS Riprap. Large angular blocks of quarry stone from l cubic foot (about 200 pounds) up to...termed 'armour stone.' Rubble. Angular blocks of quarry stone from 5 inches to l foot in diameter, generally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arbor, MI 48109, USA b Department of Geology, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY...NY 11210, USA โ€™ Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AL T6G 2./I, Canada Received 26...carbonates grade laterally into shale in east-central New York and into fluvial sandstones and conglomerates...the upper Shawangunk Formation in southeastern New York. By late Silurian time, the climate turned arid...in the Shawangunk Conglomerate at Shawangunk, New York (Crawford and Beales, 1983; Wilbur et al., 1990)
Journal (issue)
same for distribution; to encourage the search for new minerals that have not yet been discovered; and to...Association by nominating them for membership? Each new member helps to extend the Association's act ivi...o,,t.,,u jo,i /u,.., 1911,:1. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท...NOTES: 21 7 NEW YORK MINERALOGICAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEW JERSEY MINERALOGICAL...Aaociatio11 198 ROCKS AND MINERALS Chips from The Quarry I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
 
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