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Gypsum from
Limestone quarry, Lorüns, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Limestone quarry, Lorüns, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:893900
Long-form Identifier:1:3:893900:5
GUID (UUID V4):93dcadc6-7c5e-43f7-8fe5-a62e93236d48
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
2.7km (1.7 miles) Venser Tobel, Vandans, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
3.1km (1.9 miles) Gypsum mine, St Anton im Montafon, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
6.0km (3.7 miles) Zech quarry, Nüziders, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
6.1km (3.8 miles) Marktobel, Rells valley, Vandans, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
6.8km (4.2 miles) Sacktobel, Rells valley, Vandans, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
7.4km (4.6 miles) Vilifau Alp, Rells valley, Vandans, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
7.8km (4.8 miles) Burtschasattel, Bürserberg, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
8.4km (5.2 miles) Zaluanda creek, Rells valley, Vandans, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
8.8km (5.5 miles) Lün Alp, Rells valley, Vandans, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
9.4km (5.8 miles) Rotrüfetobel, Dalaas, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from Hierlatz, H A U E R On some ............ Austria, PETERS on the Tertiary Chelonia of . . . . . ........ ESCHER. On the Geology of the Northern Vorarlberg and the neighbouring Districts ..... ".. . ....FORBES and DAHLL. Mineralogical Researches in the District around Arendal and Krageroe in Norway . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of the Vorarlberg, ESCHER on the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - of the Vorarlberg, SUESS on the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
Malaysia, near the Thai border. The Lower Triassic limestone of this hill is riddled with karstic cavities... ============================================================ quarry, from whence the veszelyite comes. The Yanga Koubenza...Greek for “six”) in the ancient Laurium mining district of Attika, Greece. On the website of his always-interesting...smithsonite, 2.7 cm, from Sounion mine #6, Laurium district, Attika, Greece. Greek Rocks specimen and photo...hemimorphite, 5.5 cm, from Sounion mine #6, Laurium district, Attika, Greece. Greek Rocks specimen and photo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L EastDerry, N. H. 03041 This data was accumulated...These operations are on leased land and trips to Austria. While it may be the most not open to the general...two or more until a more rounded text results. Austria is defined here as what is localities. presently...mineral museums of torically, within recent times, Austria in­ which the best is the Natural History cluded...longer available. There are The most northerly is limestone and pro­ many smaller collections in the mining
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
25 RICHTHOFEN. On the Triassic Strata of the Vorarlberg . . . . . . . . . . 22 Rocks~ SEr~FT'S classification.... . . . . . 28 1 28 Triassic Strata of the Vorarlberg, RICI-ITHOFEN on the . . . . . . . . . . . ....Geology of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 18 Vorarlberg, RICHTHOFEN on the Triassic Rocks of the . ....Anthracite, stone-coal, brown-coal, ice, rock-salt, gypsum, dolomite, marl, brown and red iron-ore, iron-spar...augite, hornblende, chlorite, talc, clay, and limestone. II. Minerals which occur as essential components
Journal (issue)
stones harder than gypsum, and indeed, in popular parlance the massive form of gypsum known as alabaster...p u r e or impure limestone rocks. W h e n the country rock is a very pure limestone the only change which...removed as fast as it is formed. Heating pure limestone (CaCC^), a rock which has been laid down as a...little value in repeating what may well be local quarry names. In general there are two main types of nomenclature...nomenclature, one consisting of the name of the quarry and the other referring in some manner to the colour
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
few years ago, in which a great portion of the limestone strata of the Alps was comprehended under the...that in places [e.g. in the Gailthaler Gebirge) limestone-strata containing marine fossils occur, which...which form the principal feature of the Bozen district. Here we find probably the most extensive display...of the Rittner Horn, the culminating peak of a district between the valleys of the Sam and the Eisack..." The oldest porphyries present (in the Bozen district) are younger than the clay-slates through which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gilgen Windows Alps-The Hallein District I . Alps-The Hallein District II . Alps-The Lammertal and Gosau...Radstadt Tauem (Day 5) The Kitzlochklamm-Klamm Limestone (Day 6) 47 50 54 56 58 60 61 62 66 70 72 77...Geologists' Association 1966 Field Meeting in Austria. The form of the orig inal Guide has been retained...of one of the numerous good tourist guides to Austria. The present Guide is intended for use in conjunction...irolikum Lower - Schrambach Marl Upper Plassen Limestone; mottled siliceous marls; rad iolarian chert and
Book
48 and 49 AUSTRALIA: Weebubbie Cave, Nullarbor AUSTRIA: Dachstein Eishohle BELGIUM: Grotte de Pére Noel...reader with an insight to the wealth of caves and limestone regions around the 12 The Underground Atlas...yield water supplies for people living in some limestone areas, and they provide sport for the growing...paragraphs outline the broad distribution of limestone, karst and caves across the continents of the...second largest continent is poorly endowed with limestone and even less so with karst. Major regions, often
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geographic areas. Triassic samples consist of limestone (48 ) and megafossil ( 1) materials from 5 states...Appendix A). Jurassic samplesconsist of limestone (49 ) , gypsum (4) and megafossil (26) materials from...SWITZERLAND 2 3 4 5 6 7 5 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 AUSTRIA FRANCE GERMANY GREAT BRITAIN ISRAEL MOROCCO MEXICO...some samples. NEW MEXICO OREGON UTAH WYOMING AUSTRIA H 4) + D AND OTHERS, (I) 6 1987 6 8 ‘=...limestones ( N 76%), carbonate megafossils ( N 21%) and gypsum ( N 3%). According to the textural classification
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
xled cyrtolite was found last year in the Pine District, Jefferson Co., Colo., so we were informed by...casts and molds in very fossiliferous chunks of limestone. Some of these latter showed well-defined fragments...calcium and the combination results in crystals of Gypsum. Usually they occur on the surface in the form...fossil specimens in the world are found in the limestone quarry in Legrand, Marshall Co., Iowa. The most noted... about a 1 5 x 1 5 inch slab of buff colored limestone showing about 75 complete crinoids with stems
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
remains in this country (France) where they contain gypsum and rock-salt. Nevertheless, some years ago, M...the Cevennes, in Savoy, in Switzerland, in the Vorarlberg, and at other points of the chain of the Alps...09:48 12 February 2015 260 Azzardla, formed of limestone and marl combined with the black schists and lumachello...the author as follows : - - t h e K6ssen beds in Austria ; the Bone-bed and the White Lias in England ;...and A. angulatus of Oppel ; the Limestone of Halberstadt ; the Limestone of Valogne ; the "ehoin bdtard"
Book
Geology of the european countries Austria, Federal Republic of Germany, Treland, The Netherlands, Switzerland...and they have been grouped in four volumes : @ Austria, Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands...Geological Congress Geology of the european countries Austria, Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands.......... “AR ES eee ee THE MOLASSE ZONE OF VORARLBERG .................. eee eee eee ew ee ee...Selected Books Dealing with the Regional Geolog y of Austria............ List of Selected Geoscientific Periodicals
Book
Geology of the eu _ ropean countries ' •' Austria, Federal Republic of Germany, . Ireland, The Netherlands...and they have been grouped in four volumes : • Austria, Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands...GeologiAustria, Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XIII AUSTRIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . 7 I. The Geological History of Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sphalerite is a lead-silver mine in the Silverton district, San Juan County, Colo. The mineral occurs as...Eugene VanderWender, Harrington, Kent County, Del. District of Columbia—French Morgan, of Washington, D. C...another very unusual find of petrified wood, in the District this time, and within a half mile of where I live... of Daytona Beach, Fla. The locality is a limestone quarry near south of Bradenton, Manatee County Fla...Various fossils are found locally in the Silurian limestone (Niagaran formation). All sorts of rocks are found
Book
Lithium minerals 246 252 Sodium carbonate 120 Gypsum Iron oxide Sillimanite minerals 153 161 295...major producing districts, or a representative district if there are many. We name the chief mining companies...graphite supply must come not merely from one district but from a single mine. Thus the physical properties...problems faced by management of a gravel pit or stone quarry to alleged health hazards that affect the whole...Belgium, barite from Ireland to the US Gulf Coast, gypsum from Mexico to California, and feldspar from Finland
cemented or fused together. A few rocks such as limestone or quartzite may be composed of one mineral species...together (lithification). Examples are sandstone and limestone. Metamorphic rocks are derived by subjecting igneous...heat source like a magma chamber (for example, limestone heated and recrystallized to marble). Regional...calcite, dolomite, and aragonite, or rocks such as limestone, dolostone, and marble. Streak plate: Use a piece... siderite, rhodochrosite, malachite, azurite, gypsum, anhydrite, baryte, apatite, turquoise, borax,
Book
that the uninteresting-looking grey piece is limestone. There is nothing to be seen on it, is there?...feldspar. The whole specimen is called granite. Limestone and granite you will already have heard about...three minerals, and occasionally of a few more. Limestone or marble are good examples illustrating the first...derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have...times, some 100,000 years ago, beads made of limestone and quartz were found, and when man began to decorate
Book (edition)
goes from soft to hard as follows: (1) talc; (2) gypsum; (3) calcite; (4) fluorite; (5) apatite; (6)...Chartres In Australia, at Mount Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and large production...volcanic regions. Also found associated with limestone and gypsum. In the U.S., sulfur is found in Louisiana...deposited galena in cavities area in range chert-limestone. up to 6” Excellent in size, but crystals...U.S., nice bladed crystals occur in the Darwin district, Inyo County, California; also at Antimony Peak
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
surface xl coatings of dolomite on a hard gray limestone with interesting scattered xls of pyrite (am I...and pink but is hard to remove from the solid limestone of the cave because it chips off. "Enclosed are...are two small pieces chipped off the limestone. The 'cave' really appears to be the start of a quickly...other side of Cheshire there is a deserted trap quarry where I found rather nice natrolite, although in...). The specimen received is a grayish slab of limestone full of black manganese inclusions. It is an attractive
Catalog/List
grey-white crystals on 2x3.5 inch surface. (Croft Quarry,Leicestershire) £5 ANATASE sharp black single crystal...on the surface, on feldspar. (Globe Mine.Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, new Mexico) £15 b) smaller...top, light brown fibrous on the edges. (Merehead Quarry, Mendips) 2x2.5 £4 HELVITE quite rich light brown...rich black xlline mass in matrix (Laytonville District,Mendocino County, California USA) 2x3 £ 16 bY...feldspar is slightly weathered. 5x2,5 (Shap granite quarry Cumbria) £12 PECTOLITE good covering of white radiating
Book
do Sul, Brazil * 12.5 x 10 x 10.5 em Page 252: Gypsum rosette, Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba...A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...resulting in well-formed collectible crystals such as gypsum (page 252) and epidote (page 221). Solid crystal-filled...by the calcium carbonate can eventually form limestone. Sedimentary rocks made in this way are known...small calcite crystals in the sedimentary rock limestone change into larger crystals in the metamorphic
Report (chapter)
were used to examine deterioration of the black limestone from Dr near Cracow. Owing to its unique colour...exposed to weathering. The material is a compact limestone whose black colour is caused by an admixture of...in reaction with calcite produces gypsum. Crystallization of gypsum leads to alveolar weathering, cracking...alters to grey or even white. The Devonian DCbnik limestone (Givetian), owing to its unique, deep black colour...'DCbnik marble'. The historical quarries of this limestone are located about 20 km from Cracow in DCbnik
Book (edition)
and Calcareous Cements 109-123 Composition of limestone, 109 Changes in burning, 110 Lime, 110; Hydraulic...and cement materials in the United States,' 116 Limestone for lime, 116 Hydraulic limes, 117 Natural rock...References, 138. ; CHAPTER VH Gtpsum 139-146 Gypsum, 139 Anhydrite, 139 Origin 140 Distribution in...143 ; Production of ; of ; ; ; ; gypsum, 145 ; on gypsum, Gypsite, ; Iowa, 140 Kansas, Other...Other occurrences, 142 140 ; ; gypsum, 139 ; ; References 146. CHAPTER Vin Fertilizers Phosphate
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION GYPSUM AND ANHYDRI E By A. w. GROVES, D.Sc.(Lond...where available . •• • . 11 • CONTENTS PAGE GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE Introduction . . . . . . . . Principal.... . . . . . . Mode of occurrence . . . . . . . Gypsum in relation to Overseas Mining Laws: Royalties...mining of gypsum deposits . Beneficiation of gypsum . . . . . . Chemical by-product gypsum . . . . .... Uses of gypsum As mined or quarried . . . . . • Crushed gypsum . . . . . . • Ground gypsum . . . .
Report (issue)
Resources Consultative Committee Mineral Dossier No 13 Gypsum and Anhydrite Compiled by A JG Nothol.t, BSc, MIMM...Talc No 11 Ball Clay No 12 No 13 Slate 11 Gypsum and Anhydrite Preface The Mineral Resources...Portland Cement Manufacturers Limited, British Gypsum Limited, and Fisons Limited is also gratefully...rocks and location of gypsum and anhydrite mines and quarries Fig 2 Location of gypsum workings in the Vale...Billingham to Wilton area, Cleveland Fig 6 Location of gypsum mines and quarries in the East Midlands Fig 7
 
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