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Orthoclase from
Badlands, North Dakota, USA


Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Comments:Orthoclase crystals are highly unlikely to be from area. The rocks are composed primarily from volcanic ash falls.
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Badlands, North Dakota, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:66600
Long-form Identifier:1:3:66600:0
GUID (UUID V4):9e948151-4f35-4f17-8304-86d3520e6bd4
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Uranium occurrences ___________________ Little Badlands ____________________________ _ Location and accessibility...Description of uraniferous areas-Continued Little Badlands-Continued Structure _____________________________...southwestern North Dakota. 4. Correlation of Oligocene and Miocene rocks in northwestern South Dakota and southeastern...occurrences, Little Missouri River escarpment area, North Dakota. 9. Sections of uranium-bearing lignite and...County, N. Dak. 10. Geologic map of the Little Badlands, Stark County, N. Dak. 11. Geologic map and section
Book
The White River Badlands L I F E O F T H E PA S T James O. Farlow, editor THE WHITE RIVER BADL...1320 East 10th Street Bloomington, Indiana 47405 USA iupress.indiana.edu © 2015 by Indiana University...Data The White River Badlands : geology and paleontology / Rachel C. Benton, Badlands National Park, Dennis...preservation – South Dakota – White River Region. 2. Paleontology – South Dakota – White River Region...dedicate this book to the Jones Family of Quinn, South Dakota. For over 26 years, Kelly, Mary, and Doug provided
Journal (issue)
Federation of Gem & Mineral Societies (CFGMS) 225 North Gate Blvd., I-25 exit 156A Colorado Springs, Colorado...is located at the sub-groups, meetings, and 1514 North Hancock in Colorado other CSMS valuable informaSprings... csms.us The Senior Center is located at 1514 North Hancock in Colorado Springs. Introducing the Weld...am – 3:00 pm Island Grove Park Bunk House 607 – North 15th Avenue, Greeley, Co. Free parking and admission...this anniversary. The Museum is located at 225 North Gate Blvd., Colorado Springs, Colorado (I-25 at
Report (issue)
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA Nils Boe, Governor MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS by WILLARD LINCOLN ROBERTS...Associate in Mineralogy Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and GEORGE RAPP...Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology With the Editorial...Mineralogy South Dakota School of Mines and Technology BULLETIN NUMBER 18 of the South Dakota School of Mines...Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota PUBLICATIONS STAFF F. L. Partlo J. T. Thomas President
Report (issue)
the samples. Quartz, calcite, plagioclase, and orthoclase are the most common nonclay minerals. The zeolite...Measured section on U.S. Interstate 25 about 4 miles north of the Bernalillo-Sandoval County line. Sample collected...plagioclase, and orthoclase. Whole-Rock Mineralogy; quartz, plagioclase, orthoclase, calcite, gypsum...collected from road cut along U.S. Interstate 25 north of Animas Arroyo bridge, 0.2 mile south of milepost...illite, 2/10 calcium smectite; nonclay minerals: orthoclase, plagioclase, quartz, gypsum (?), calcite, and
Report (issue)
132 24. A, Exposures of Lebo shale member in badlands, T. 24 N., R. 51 E.; B, Glacial erratic boulders...coal-bearing rocks which extends from central North Dakota to the Big Horn and Musselshell Rivers in Montana................ 531-E. 341-A. Northwestern South Dakota. _ 627. 471-D. 751-E. Fort Peck..................reconnaissance report on the adjoining area to the north have been published by the United States Geological...Cretaceous and Tertiary formations of western North Dakota and eastern Montana: Jour. Geology, vol. 19
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Thus, orthoclase is usually formed from fusion as in granites and rhyolites, but vein orthoclase (valencianite)...(serpentinization), augite to hornblende (unitization), and orthoclase to sericite, a variety of muscovite mica, the...illustration is that of cassiterite replacing orthoclase. Examples of these and other pseudomorphs formed...Sioux County, Kansas. U.S.N.M. 106749. Fig. 5. Orthoclase to cassiterite. Cornwall, England. U.S.N.M. 13431...mammoths have been found widely distributed over North America but are most numerous in Alaska. The skeletons
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diameter have been found in the Black Hills of South Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county...tourmalines from pegmatites near Keystone, South Dakota; deep blue tourmalines at the Chickering mine near...Connecticut, New York, North Carolina, Georgia, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, South Dakota, and other states...states. The Spruce Pine district of North Carolina has been an important producer of high quality electrical...50x28 inches was taken from the Palermo mine at North Groton, New Hampshire, as well as another crystal
Book (volume)
Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies from...rising granite mass intruded the famed Cretaceous Dakota sandstone, which underlies most of the Great Plains...continental seas were advancing from the south, the Dakota sandstone represents topset beds, wave reworked...the fascination of these pegmatites. 437 South Dakota The commercial production of minerals, principally...leading to picnic grounds, continue on N toward badlands buttes to end of rd., all area from picnic grounds
Report (volume)
Cretaceous.......... Burro Canyon Formation............ Dakota Sandstone.................. Mancos Shale.........Wall, August 29, 1963.......... 5. Chasm Wall at north end of Vernal Mesa.. 6. Major divisions of geologic...of the Black Canyon area. 9. Contorted gneiss, north rim of Black Canyon near Colorado State Highway...of quartzitic gneiss...... 21. Cimarron fault, north across valley of Squaw Creek......................It ranks high among the more awesome gorges of North America. Many great western canyons are as well
Map
General Map 10 South Dakota Geological Survey o o o o 103 104 o 101 102 N O R T H D K...Cretaceous Kn ! ( 105 ; ve Kc r North Sioux City Cretaceous Kg NORTH AMERICAN DATUM OF 1927 LAMBERT...meltwater streams which flowed into Glacial Lake Dakota. Thickness up to 30 ft (9 m). Outwash, undifferentiated...sanidine, orthoclase, anorthoclase, aegirine-augite, and biotite in a finegrained orthoclase-quartz-biotite...oligoclase, quartz, and biotite in a fine-grained orthoclase or sanidine-quartz groundmass. Tongue River Formation
Book (edition)
Bedrock Glacial Features 133 North Cascades National Park Development of the North Cascades 173 Box 14.1 What...Volcanoes Hazardous? 174 Regional Structure of the North Denali National Park and Preserve (formerly Mount...Prehistoric Animals of the Badlands The Animals’ Environment 91 How the Badlands Developed 91 Erosional Features...Features of the Badlands 91 Faults 95 Concretions, Geodes, and Sand Crystals Box 8.1 How Are Geodes Formed...Development 162 Effects of Glacial Erosion 162 81 . Badlands National Park Geologic History Yosemite National
Report (issue)
McKinley Ranch granted access to the mighty Gabaldon badlands area, and special thanks are due to Jack Huning...preparation 8 Petrographic analyses 8 GABALDON BADLANDS 9 Stratigraphy of Santa Fe Group 10 Popotosa Formation...1—Point-count parameters 8 2—Clast counts in Gabaldon badlands area 3—Clast counts in Bobo Butte area 10 17...the Gabaldon badlands and Bobo Butte areas 6 2—Aerial photograph of the Gabaldon badlands 9 3—Sink hole...Formation 9 4—Stratigraphic chart for Gabaldon badlands 10 5—Unit 1 deposits 11 6—Contact between units
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
.........................................410 Orthoclase................................................110° 30' west longitude and parallel of 44° 30' north latitude pass through their center. I t is not proposed...miles long from east to west, with a breadth, or north-and-south direction, of from 15 to 16 miles. The...the open plains country, cut into picturesque badlands along the Arrow river, but elsewhere preserv­...higher levels, forming bench-like steps. To the north the extension of the gentle out­ ward slope of the
Report (volume)
SMITH, Director Bulletin 758 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1921-1922 BY JOHN M. NICKLES...9 153 243 243 244 245 246 247 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOB 1921-1922. By JOHN M. NIOKLES...NIOKLES. INTRODUCTION. The bibliography of North American geology, including paleontology, petrology, and...publications on the geology of the Continent of North America and adjacent islands and on Panama and the...index to the literature listed. The bibliography of North American geology is comprised in the following bulletins
Report (issue)
station .. .. .. 37 (c) and (d) Fissured cone—Badlands .. .. .. 37 .. 38 .. .. .. .. .. Plate... .. .. (c) Steam issuing from rhyolite plug, north of Orgaria . . (b) Fischer's Tower .. .. .....area skirting around the southern edge of the "Badlands" lava flows from Gilgil to Elmenteita, but was...In addition, he visited several craters in the "Badlands" area, west of Gilgil. J. W. Gregory (1894, 1920..."light-coloured"). He believed these issued from a north-south that the lakes in the Rift Valley were formed
Journal (issue)
the other Nations, but it would appear that the USA alone will soon fill the sky with numer­ ous types...and new localities that are proven. First, South Dakota. Shortly after the publication of Midwest Gem Trails...locked. However the agate beds stretch cast and north from this area for many miles. A good way to get...the Badlands, no South Dakota area will ever be completely worked out. The heart of the Badlands area...years more cycad than ever has been found in the Badlands. Cycad is an early type of flowering tree, tropical
Report (issue)
............................................85 Dakota (?) Sandstone ....................................... 81 Variations in upper Morrison strata on north side of Twin Buttes Wash .........................QUADRANGLES xv The axis of this uplift trends nearly north in the western part of Fort Defiance quadrangle...part of the bulge. At the north end of the uplift, the rocks dip to the north and at the south end they...region. The basal Upper Cretaceous formation is the Dakota (?) sandstone which commonly appears as a dark
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . Rhyolites on the western flank north of De Lamar. Rhyolites of the central Silver City...Mountain Upper lobes of Juniper Mountain Tuff of The Badlands Jump Creek Rhyolite. Tuff of Wilson Creek . ....River canyon looking upstream showing tuff of The Badlands overlying lower-lobes tuff 18. Photographs and...Plateau versus sum of normative quartz, albite, and orthoclase (the differentiation index) . . . . ·. . . ....dikes dated at 26 m.y.; a second set that strikes north to northwest and is intruded by dikes that have
Book (edition)
Inc., 8 Winchester Place, Winchester, Mass. 01890, USA Published by the Academic Division of Unwin Hyman...Allen & Unwin (Australia) Ltd, 8 Napier Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia Allen & Unwin (New Zealand)...spans represented) in rock units in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Physical data on selected planetary...processes of living organisms. Traditional view of north-west European pedogenic trends during postglacial...penetrate other countries. Modern soil science in North America can be traced back to Eugene W. Hilgard's
Book (edition)
regarding the divisions of Precambrian time in North America and elsewhere in the world The terms given...and the Painted Desert Oe iv Contents 9. Badlands National Park 115 Geologic History Geologic...Animals of the Badlands ¢ The Animals’ Environment ¢ Interpreting Paleosols in the Badlands « How the Badlands...Developed ¢ Faults ¢ Erosional Features of the Badlands ¢ Why the Water Is “White” ¢ Concretions and Geodes...Development ¢ Effects of Glacial Erosion « Waterfalls 29; North Cascades National Park Geographic Setting 405 Geologic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BERYL PEGMATITE, BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA Walter C. Ackerman South Dakota. School of Mines, Rapid City, S...Black Hills, 25 miles northwest of Pringle, South Dakota, in the vicinity of the Harney Peak batholith....and cemented by carbonate minerals, quartz, and orthoclase?. Pitchblende and associated ore minerals, chiefly...late Cretaceous-early Tertiary sediments along a north-south line from Fort Peck Reservoir to the Yellowstone...DEPOSITS NEAR EDGEMONT, FALL RIVER COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA W. E. Bales, Henry Bell, and V. R. Wilmarth U.
Report (issue)
Mountain coal field is 24 to 30 miles wide from north to south and extends westward about 60 miles from...eastern part of Montana and the western part of North Dakota. FIELD WORK. The Little Sheep Mountain field...3 and the district in the vicinity of Glendive, north of the Terry field, by J. H. Hance 4 in 1910. Detailed...47 "E., is about 1,300 feet. A zone of typical badlands roughly 10 miles wide runs down the western side...across the southern and up the eastern side. These badlands are nearly impassable in places, for example,
Journal (issue)
opportunity; by Bob Jones 32 The Carlin Trend North America's richest gold strike; by Steve Voynick...of the North; by Roger McPherson 80 New Mexico's Bisti/De-N a-Zin Wilderness These badlands form the...GEORGIA: 7th annual show: Georgia Mineral Society: North Allanta Trade Center. 1700 Jeurgens Ct.; Fri. 10-7...@lntergem.net. 7-9- RALEIGH , NORTH CAROLINA: Show; Custom Design; North Carolina State Fairgrounds. Blue...e-mail: Charlie@intergem.net. 14-16-GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA: Show; Frank Cox Productions: Greensboro
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fifteen years ago from a farm home, about ten miles north of Heber Spring. Cleburne Co., Arkansas. They were...Danbury, Conn. "Petrified Pound Cake" Found 10 miles north of Heber Springs, Cleburne Co., Ark. 480 Nice...certain the formations are not lepido- one block north of the junction of routes dendrons, although he...discovered in a rugged mountain label. section 3 miles north of Stanton, Ky., on MICHIGAN—The following letter...collection. Last Saturday we went to Gore Mt. near North Creek (Warren Co., N.Y.) where Mr. Charles Barton
 
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