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Calcite from
Homeland Mine, Homeland, Central Florida Phosphate Mining District (Bone Valley), Polk County, Florida, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Homeland Mine, Homeland, Central Florida Phosphate Mining District (Bone Valley), Polk County, Florida, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:134248
Long-form Identifier:1:3:134248:2
GUID (UUID V4):288de7b6-0046-47fb-9e7c-ce0cb8e163eb
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
5.5km (3.4 miles) ā“˜Clear Spring Mine, Homeland, Central Florida Phosphate Mining District (Bone Valley), Polk County, Florida, USA
58.1km (36.1 miles) ā“˜Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida, USA
97.1km (60.3 miles) ā“˜Port Charlotte, Charlotte County, Florida, USA
98.0km (60.9 miles) ā“˜Lansing Mines, Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Uranium in phosphorite during weathering__ _____ Florida Land Pebble phosphates general geology __ ______...Postdepositional enrichment___ ____________ Aluminum phosphate zone lateritic weathering and supergene enrichment...autoradiographs of sandstone, bone, and pebbles. 12. Contact of aluminum phosphate zone and overlying sand...mantle, and mined-out area of Tennessee brown-rock phosphate. 13. Photomicrographs of arkosic sandstone with...7. Stratigraphic relations in the Land Pebble phosphate field, Florida_____________________________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
^9 Florida Minerals EDWARD J. MARCIN 244 Eadon Lane North St. Petersburg, Florida 33710 Second Edition...list to reflect minerals currently found in Florida. Florida is not generally known to mineral collectors...of homes near the town of New Port Richey. Cave calcite is another mineral found in fair abundance in the...many fine display specimens of crysĀ­ tallized calcite, as well as many odd formations of speleoĀ­ logical...cavities are lined with microscopic crystals of calcite. These "minaĀ­ rets" are found by excavating the
Report (volume)
Stratigraphy of Middle Tertiary Rocks in Part of West-Central Florida GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN This report concerns... Stratigraphy of Middle Tertiary Rocks in Part of West-Central Florida By WILFRED J. CARR and DOUGLAS C. ALVERSON...of middle Tertiary rocks in part of westcentral Florida, by Wilfred J. Carr and Douglas C. Alverson. Washington...69-71. 1. Geology Florida. 2. Geology, Stratigraphic Tertiary. 3. Borings Florida. i. Alverson, Douglas...Miocene rocks.____ ____________.:__-_____^_______. Bone Valley formation._._____._______.__,_____...____._.___
Report (issue)
CHEMICAL COMPARISON OF MODERN AND FOSSIL TOOTH AND BONE MATERIAL by Elizabeth B. Jaffe and A. M. Sherwood...AEC, Grand Junction (F. H. MacPherson) Homestake Mining Co., San Francisco (Donald H. McLaughlin) DeGolyer...Sulphur Co., New York (Wilber Judson) Oliver Iron Mining Co., Duluth (Walter L. Maxson) Tenn. Coal, Iron...New York (Frederick Pough) Michigan College of Mining and Technology, Houghton (A. K. Snelgrove) U. S...Corp. of America, New York (Marx Hirsch) Sunshine Mining Co., Kellogg, Idaho (R. D. Leisk) U. S. Smelting
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...,.... 5 ......... OOOOOOOOOOOO . 5 The phosphate project 6 000 11106 6 13 The Colorado Front...in the Central City district, Colorado 13 The radioactivity of fluorite from the Blue Jay mine, Jamestown...organized in the following projects: 6 1. The phosphate project 2. The Colorado Frcnt Range project 3...field geologists. The phosphate project In past reports the Section's work on phosphate deposits has been...described under the headings "Florida phosphate project" and "Northwest phosphate project.," It seems desirable
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
195-220 Petrologyof theTertiaryPhosphorite Systemof Florida STANLEY R. RIGGS Abstract Four basictypesof macroscopic...macroscopic phosphorite havebeenrecognized within the Florida stratigraphic section. Orthochemical and allochemical...materialwhichrainsinto the sediment system.The bulk of the phosphate macrograins depositedduring the Miocene phosp...metachemicalgrains. Microscopically, mostof the phosphate macrogā€¢_'ains are true aggregates composed of...depositsin Florida and North Carolina, with by far the greatestproportioncomingfrom Florida. Thesecoastalplain
Report (volume)
and Ketner, K. B., The geology of the Florida land-pebble phosphate deposits: TEI-265, Mar. 30, 1953. D...(387, 631) Cressman, E. R., Geology of the Dry Valley quadrangle, Idaho: TEI-258 Aug. 25, 1952. IM, SL...of the Shinarump No. 1 uranium mine, Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah: TEI-287, Jan. 11, 1954...Results of exploration at the Old Leyden coal mine, Jefferson County, Colo.: TEM-292, Mar. 30, 1953. D, GJ....N., The pegmatites of the Errington-Thiel mine, Elko County, Nevada: TEI-71, Dec. 28, 1949. Office of
Report (volume)
crandallite _____ _ Strontiumremovalfrom, and phosphate solution in, NaOH with crandallite __________...formed in the interaction of alkaline phosphate solutions with calcite. Thomas and others (1960) have reported...Tennessee rock phosphate, and Florida pebble phosphate. Crandallite is a hydrated basic phosphate of calcium...aluminum phosphate overlying the commercially mined apatite deposits of the Pliocene Bone Valley Formation...Formation in west-central Florida. This zone contains quartz, millisite [(NaK)CaA16 (P04) 4 (0H)gĀ·3H20], and
Report (issue)
petrologic investljations Introduction 0 The Florida phosphate project ....,... .... Purpose 9 Results...investigation 10 Future work ..... 16 The northwest phosphate project .... 17 Purpose 17 Results of investigations...to radioactive bebtonl-,e dikes in the Central City district, Colorado 21 21 Purpose 21 Results...radioa ctivity of flu:r..rite from the Blue Jay mine, Jamesto,m, Colorado .. Purpose . Results of investigations... The Florida phcsphaIe project Purpcse Laboratory investigations of th Fir:Tido phosphate project
Journal (issue)
EGSSA I hen one looks at the current situation in Central America after Hurricane Mitch, one can only shiver...these natural events which happened this time in Central America, but tomorrow, as we know, may affect any...non-planning that has taken the lives of 10,000 in Central America, and has destroyed most of the infrastructure....................... 35 ā–  Fiction Geology ā€¢ Homeland.................................................Resia nelle Alpi Giulie" (Glacial Era of Resia Valley in the Giulian Alps).He becaĀ­ me University Lecturer
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USGS, Retired 2- USGS, Reston, VA 4- Exxon-USA, Los Angeles, CA 1983 CONTENTS Page Abstract...before 1979, based on a search using the keywords phosphate, phosphorite, phosphorus and apatite; however...the Annotated Bibliography on the Geology of Phosphate Rocks from India (Banerjee and Khan, 1981), the...the Bibliography of the Geology of the Western Phosphate Field of the United States (Harris and others...the Bibliography of Literature on Sedimentary Phosphate Rocks (Christie, 1979), and the Offshore Phosphorite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Downloaded by [University of Florida] at 23:02 04 August 2017 By ROINALD W. GALLUP Quarryside, Laconia...ROCKS AND MINERALS Downloaded by [University of Florida] at 23:02 04 August 2017 and membership of many...Westmoreland fluorite workings, the Colony spar mine, the fabulous Palermo pegmatite, the Dodge Gold...reflected summer-light of an open feldspar and mica mine. This combination is near ly intoxicating, especially...Mt. Mine - North Village, N. Y. ROCKS AND MINERALS 451 Downloaded by [University of Florida] at 23:02
Report (issue)
James B. Cathcart Distribution and resources of phosphate agricultural productivity of the land. in the...Environmental and cultural problems related to phosphate mining and processing. projects in progress which...David geographic and geologic distribution of phosphate deposits. Five projects are devoted to the study...Fertilizer demand Domestic and ogy and geochemistry of phosphate, one of the worldwide. major components in fertilizer...are devoted to studies of trace Robert J. Kite Phosphate and evaporites A direct relationelements in soils
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2016 A History of Mineral Collecting at the Chino Mine VIRGIL W. LUETH New Mexico Bureau of Geology and...of Mining and Technology 801 Leroy Place Socorro, New Mexico 87801 vwlueth@nmt.edu Grant County, New...and Gold Oro Valley, Arizona 85737 ron_gibbs@fmi.com robert_north@fmi.com T he Chino mine is probably...collected at the site since prehistoric time. The mine derives its name from the Spanish term for chalcopyrite...long been reported. The Chino mine is located in eastern Grant County, New Mexico, approximately 12 miles
Journal (issue)
By L.A. Sokolowski 42 ROCK & GEM FIELD GUIDE: CALCITE By Richard Gross & Pam Freeman 44 BUSINESS PROFILE:...scale of waste and destruction both in terms of mining for more minerals and landļ¬lls ļ¬lling with minerals... uvarovite, blue chalcedony, and pink cobalto-calcite. Photo by Helen Serras-Herman When neon-blue colored...material is available. PINK COBALTO-CALCITE, also known as cobaltoan calcite, is often called pink druse. It...to reddish-purple color and is from the Kolwezi District in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sometimes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
applications including geological surveys in underground mining (iMM, 2008), mapping of radioactive and chemical...separately, for example, geological assessment in mining or detector readings in security applications....breccias, ejecta blanket, hydrothermal deposits, central uplift, terraced crater walls), a variety of other...are also present, including gullies, dendritic valley networks, canyons, and polygonal terrain (Lee and...developed within impact regolith, also within the central region of the structure; and, site (5) a site of
Report (issue)
Ā· as a joint program of the Manhattan Engineer District and its successor, the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission...____________________ ___ _ Pitchblende deposits in the Central City district and adjoining areas, Gilpin and Clear Creek...pitchblende deposits in Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado, by John W. Adams and Frederick Stugard...to pitchblende-bearing veins at Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, by George W. Walker and Frank W. Osterwald...Geology of the Los Ochos uranium deposit, Saguache County, Colorado, by R. C. Derzay _Ā·- _______ ____ __
Report (Issue volume)
t:mer), K. 0. 10996 FloridaĀ· Bullen, R. P 01126 Florida: Bullen, R. P. 0 I 127 Florida and Alabama. flonda...list Supp. J. J. 11402 Florida, drift-..ood: Pilkey. 0 H 08622 Florida. Florida State Uni,. laboutor)... A. 11-100 Florida. peat. Everglades. Holocene sea h:vcl rise: Scholl. D W 0449 2 Florida. peat, ~hells...mud Scholl. D \\ . 04493 Florida. Semrnole Field: Bullen. R P 01118 Florida, southern, peatĀ· Scholl.... Da, ;d \\Ā·. 10783 Florida. southern, peatĀ· Scholl. Da,Ā·id W. 11403 Flonda. southern, peat Smnh. V.'
Report (issue)
panting-dog days. Durangite, 2.7 cm, from the Barranca mine, Coneto de Comonfort, Durango, Mexico. Arkenstone...Budd photo. Durangite, 1.7 cm, from the Barranca mine, Coneto de Comonfort, Durango, Mexico. Arkenstone...see in the Mineralogical Record a brief report of mine from the new New York City Metro Show, which happened...the type locality for the species, the Barranca mine, Conete de Comonfort, Durango, Mexico. At this point...species. Barite, 4.7 cm, from the Muzo mine, Vasquez-Yacobi district, Boyaca Department, Colombia. Andy Seibel
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STAINLESS STEEL CABBING UNIT This machine is made in the USA for Kingsley North. Features an all stainless steel...Scovil photo/ Collectorā€™s Edge Specimen) Coloradoā€™s Mining History on Display......38 Mica: An Accessory...ScovilĀ© SEPT. 7 - 14, 2014 Ramada Plaza - Denver Central (formerly Holiday Inn) 4849 Bannock Street, DENVER...4-square-mile area (minus the 20 acres of the Spectrum mine) for collecting by the public. There is a pit toilet... Normal rules apply: no power equipment and no mining for commercial purposes. The road in was graded
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co-winner was a mineral specimen of pentagonite, calcite, and heulandite. The photo was taken by Jonathan...MineShaft Thundereggs ā€¢ LavaCap Thundereggs ā€¢ Hidden Valley Jasper ā€¢ Moonshine Jasper ā€¢ North Ridge Plume...Thunderegg Hidden Valley Jasper Lava Cap Thundereggs Lori Lytle Coleman, Owner/Operator Mine Owner of Lava...Lava Cap Thunderegg, Mine Shaft Thunderegg, Eggzilla Thunderegg, Lost Rabbit Thunderegg all in NM. Jasperā€™s...726 Durham St. Hellertown, PA 18055 ROUGH GEMS MINE-DIRECT FACETING ROUGHS & MINERAL DIAMOND PACIFIC
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typical of the hundreds of the once boisterous mining camps of the West. His imaginative text and outstanding...active in social and civic affairs in Riverside County and own valuable property in and around Palm Springs...history of the West. Hardcover $5.95. MINES OF DEATH VALLEY by L. Burr Belden. About fabulous bonanzas, prospectors...mines. Paperback. $1.95. DEATH VALLEY BOOKS Published by the Death Valley '49ers these five volumes have...history of Death Valley. All are durable paperback on slick stock. A NATURALIST'S DEATH VALLEY IRevised ediMon)
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net SEPTEMBERā€“OCTOBER 2023 Articles The Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England............only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...he was 17, Billā€™s family moved to Clearwater, Florida, where he graduated from high school the following...minor in Chemistry) from the University of South Florida in 1971. By then he had worked as a chemist for...position as a high school chemistry teacher in Florida while still working the night shift at GE, and
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LILLIE COLLECTION of Illinois Minerals TOM WOLFE Calcite Collection DR. ART SOREGAROLI Collecion Mindat...quartz. Day 3 we visited pegmatites in Sahatany Valley, a famous area for multi-color tourmaline, beryl...rancieite, hollandite, cryptomelane psilomelane calcite, dolomite, siderite, aragonite, rhodochrosite,...Phosphates Halides Silicates Carbonates, especially calcite (CaCO3), are some of the most frequent minerals...coarse-grained calcite has been formed as overgrowths on quartz or chalcedony in the central part of the
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classic mineral occurrences, especially those of central Europe. Her alert, intelligent bearing and German-accented...1933, the first year of Nazi rule back in the homeland, foul emanations of anti-Semitism forced the girlsā€™...firm co-ordinated a major show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History and Art (as it was then...long and happy association with the Los Angeles County Museum, eventually to take forms more mineralogical...from his trailer (she recalls wulfenite and Virgin Valley opalized wood). After spending a while with the
 
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