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Calcite from
Shell Rock, Butler County, Iowa, USA


Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shell Rock, Butler County, Iowa, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:210057
Long-form Identifier:1:3:210057:9
GUID (UUID V4):e9d20ab2-c2f7-40b6-908d-6451b6970b2c
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
9.7km (6.0 miles) Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa, USA
27.1km (16.9 miles) Nashua, Chickasaw County, Iowa, USA
38.6km (24.0 miles) Waterloo South mine, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
40.0km (24.9 miles) Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
42.2km (26.2 miles) Peske Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
45.1km (28.1 miles) Fairbank Quarry, Fayette County, Iowa, USA
49.6km (30.8 miles) Littleton area, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA
49.9km (31.0 miles) Jesup, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA
52.0km (32.3 miles) Steamboat Rock area, Hardin County, Iowa, USA
52.4km (32.6 miles) Chapin, Franklin County, Iowa, USA
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Postcard view of the Waukon iron mine, Allamakee County, cia. 1912. John Taylor collection. ARTHUR E ...limestone quarries, gravel pits, strip mines. and rock outcrops are scattered throughout the state and...HAROLD L. PRlOR P.O. Box 111 Columbus Junction, Iowa 52738 halprior@ louisacomm.net When we began this...too, could be cited with many other localities. Iowa contains the type locality for one mineral, iowaite...December 2014 Figure 2. Map of Iowa showing the counties. Courtesy Iowa Geological Survey. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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I s { IOWA ft 7 ■■• A * i . ;» \ P* A 7-. ■ «*"V ' r * < •+ ' 1 ’ T, / • k’-/ 5...i S' s I . " * • * «r- ‘ ; ' Geologist, Iowa Geological Survey ' .*4** =»*' I Paul*J. Horick...Jithill * v'v* l* Iowa Geolo^ica^Survey Educational Series 2 V . - -■' ( J Iowa Geological Survey...Educational Series 2 THE MINERALS OF IOWA by Paul J. Horick Geologist Iowa Geological Survey edited by Otto...STATE OF IOWA 1974 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 74-620075 Available from the Iowa Geological
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States GEORGIA Georgia’s nearly 59,000 square miles makes...deposits usually consist of Quartz veins in solid rock, while placer deposits occur in a great many regional...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...area gravels along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½
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stratum, bears no· 1 Artesian \Vells of Iowa, by W. H. Norton, Iowa Geological Survey; Vol. VI, p. rsr. ...bore-hole. All wells, unless they penetrate solid rock or tough tenacious clays, have to be cased with...a well of this nature, put down at Belle Plaine, Iowa, in I 886: -"Local historians of the well, which...adopted, m boring deep wetls thr-ough Fig. IO solid rock, is similar to the process applied by the quarryman...natural ledges. It con- sists in penetrating the rock by means of a steel chisel, called a drill. This
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Virginia VOLUME 3: THE NORTHWESTERN QUANDRANT Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...TREASURES VOLUME ep The Northwestern Quadrant Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...rockhounds I ever met, William Harris, of the Harris Rock Shop, Sarasota, Florida EARTH TREASURES (Volume...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text
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eOQ000wolf 560.172 W855£ WOLF FV FOSSILS OF IOWA : FIELD TO PALEOZOIC DEPOSITS GUIDE 12.45 BK 560...560.172 PeUIDE TO PALEOZOIC DEPOSITS FOSSILS OF IOWA: FELD WOLF, ROBE 3000 ‘St. Louis Community College...collector specializing in Paleozoic fossils from Iowa and parts of Minnesota and Nebraska, including invertebrates...Society of Iowa. © 1983 Robert Charles Wolf. All rights reserved Composed and printed by The Iowa State University...University Press, Ames, Iowa 50010 No part of this book may be reproduced in any form—by photostat
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Castle Rock, a chalk monument in Gove County Schermerhorn Cave, south of Galena, Cherokee County A waterfall...Cherokee County Sandstone in Chautauqua County Osro Falis, along the Caney River, Chautauqua County Burning...Morris County Layers of flint in limestone, Riley County Glacial debris atop a hill, Wabaunsee County Alcove...Oregon Trail, Marshall County Pillsbury Crossing, along Deep Creek, Riley County Hart House, made of native...Stone fencepost, Russell County Mushroom Rocks State Park, Ellsworth County Two pinnacles in the Red
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distinctive and characteristic mineral for each county? We tried for a short time, but ran into trouble...and even fossils to the list. In that manner each county was given recognition. As was to be expected, considerable...which county would one designate for quartz? This mineral is found in each Pennsylvania county. In another...very rare mineral is found in one Pennsylvania county, at one place. Should that mineral be selected...selected, or a mineral far more typical of the county? Such decisions are difficult to reach. Finally, one of
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mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
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hundred fifty-six biogenic calcites and 96 whole rock carbonate samples of Paleozoic and Mesozoic age...structurally substituted sulfate (SSS) in the calcite lattice, the sulfur isotopic composition is thought...These were measured for 156 samples of biogenic calcite (brachiopods and belemnites) and 96 micritic carbonates...Neogene foraminifera (Burdett et al., 1989), whole rock carbonates across the Cenomanian – Turonian boundary...This technique has recently been applied on whole rock carbonates from the Cretaceous (Ohkouchi et al.
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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GEOLOGIC CONSTRUCTION-MATERIAL RESOURCES IN MITCHELL ^COUNTY, KANSAS Frank E. Byrne, Wendell B. Johnson, and...sediments . Coarse-granular sediments Broken or crushed rock . . Dakota sandstone . . . Graneros shale . . ....construction materials and geology of Mitchell County, Kans. ... In pocket Figure 1. Index map of Kansas...4. Outcropping Stratigraphic units in Mitchell County, Kans., and their construction materials ........ GEOLOGIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL RESOURCES IN MITCHELL COUNTY, KANSAS INTRODUCTION Purpose of the Investigation
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isotopes in the sulfate evaporites from southeastern Iowa, U.S.A." Indications of postdepositional change...aDepartment of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A. bHarding...isotopes in the sulfate evaporites from southeastern Iowa. U.S.A.: Indications of postdepositional change...meters below the surface across much of southeastern Iowa. In addition, Mesozoic (Jurassic?) evaporites have...have been mined from thick beds in northcentral Iowa. This study reports stable isotope analyses performed
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Boletin de Miuas, nos. 5, 6. Habana, Cuba. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 8, no....14-24. London. Iowa Academy of Sciences: Proceedings, vols. 25, 26. Des Moines, Iowa. Japan, Imperial...Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Fayette County, Wehster County. Morganton, W. Va. Wisconsin...1920]. (with Wiuton, W. M.). The geology of Tarrant County: Texas, Univ., Bull. no. 1931, 123 pp., 6 pis....pp., 10 figs., 1919. Alien, Milton A. 22. (and Butler, G. M.). Barytes: Arizona, Univ., Bur. Mines, Bull
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system distinguishes skeletal elements from sparry calcite using Otsu’s method for image thresholding. More...discrimination between skeletal elements and sparry-calcite cement infilling galleries. Computer-assisted recognition...containing voids, fractures and borings filled with calcite cement or sediment. 2.2.3. Detecting the laminae...Stromatoporoidea of north-central Iowa: Mason City Member of the Shell Rock Formation. Journal of Paleontology...Devonian (Frasnian) Stromatoporoidea of north-central Iowa: redescription of the type specimens of Hall and
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MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Easy-to-understand instructions for recognizing rock formations; glossary. How to identify gem minerals...is a precise explanation of h< to recognize the rock formation* which gems occur. The tabular Gem ... contents fun to hunt for gems 1. It's 2. How 3. Rock formations 4. How 5. Characteristics of important...that comes from opening a nodule or a pocket in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh
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wood. Jay Ellis Ransom, geologist and author of The Rock-hunter’s Range Guide (1962), demonstrates the dynamics...in the sedimentary detritus of a draw or gully, a rock hunter or pros- pector stumbles across an obvious... His “find” may be a petrified clam, an oyster shell, an imprint of part of a fish skeleton, a dinosaur...associations of groups of fossils occur in particular rock horizons, one can relate formations of a given geologic...geologists, prospectors, gem-stone hunters, and rock collectors are based on outcrops showing fossil
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History of the Iron Industry in Utah · .1 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Beaver Lake Mountains.... . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . . . . .2 Black Rock mine . . . Skylark mine . . . . . . . . . . . ....13 Wah Wah pass prospects · . . . . 13 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · .... Pilot Range...Mining Company .. . · 14 14 14 16 17 17 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bear River Range deposits...prospects .. Mineral Point mine 17 17 17 19 Daggett County . . . . . . ...... . Antelope Flat deposits .
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the soil, which is composed largely of weathered rock materials, and cuts the surface rocks as he grades...lime. marl, sand and gravel, clays and shales, wool rock, and structural and architectural stone-which are...Louis County :32 16. Map showing many irregular lakes in terminal morame, Otter Tail County :34 17...Diagram showing structural relations of igneous rock masses 71 35. Porphyritic texture 74 36. Granite...dolomite near Winona 81 39. A finely laminated rock from the Biwabik formation 83 40. Granite gneiss
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Resources Summ. Water Resources Summary. Little Rock, Ark. Fayetteville, Arkansas Geological Commission...Belgium. Internat. Jour. Rock Mechanics and Mining Sci. - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining...Commission Iowa Acad. Sci. Proc. - Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences. of Northern Iowa. Cedar Falls...Falls, Iowa. Iowa Geol. Survey Rept. Inv. City, Iowa. Gesamten University Iowa Geological Survey Report...Investigations. Iowa Iowa State Univ. Dept. Earth Sci. Pub. Sciences Publication. Ames, Iowa. Iowa State University
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the soil, which is composed largely of weathered rock materials, and cuts the surface rocks as he grades...lime, marl, sand and grayel, clays and shales, wool rock, and structural and architectural stone - which...Louis County 32 16. Map showing many irregular lakes in terminal moraine, Otter Tail County 34 17....Diagram showing structural relations of igneous rock masses 71 35. Porphyritic texture 74 36. Granite...dolomite near Winona 81 39. A finely laminated rock from the Biwabik Formation 83 40. Granite gneiss
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Francisco, California. Daily Grass Valley Union, Nevada County, California. Daily Evening Gazette, Reno, Nevada...Standard, Eureka, Humboldt County, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 10. 11. 12. County Tribune, California. California...California. Inyo Independent, Inyo County, California. Arizona Gazette, Phoenix, Arizona Territory. Ventura...of the ice plant, which grows in Santa Barbara County." Wines. Buena Vista Vinicultural Society of San...wines. C. H. Le Franc, of New Almaden, Santa Clara County, red and white wines. M. Keller, Rising Sun and
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Green apophyllite , zeolites , and quartz in Polk County Summary of 1992 activities of the Department OREGON...Glenbrook Nickel Company near Riddle in Douglas County: Contract miners are removing laterite (nickel...puchased 23 wells at the Mist Gas Field in Columbia County from ARCO Oil and Gas Company. This purchase includes...leases were acquired during the year. Columbia County held a lease sale at which three leases were purchased...The leases cover a tOial of897 acres in Clatsop County. Leases on approximately 10.000 acres of State
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Arkansas Geol. Comm. Inf. Circ. Circular. Little Rock, Ark. Fayetteville, Arkansas Geological Commission...Resources Summ. Water Resources Summary. Little Rock, Ark. Arkansas Geological Commission Arkiv Mineralogi...Geology California Div. Mines and Geology County Rept. Geology County Report. San Francisco, Calif. California...Ingenieurgeologie. Journal of the International Society of Rock Mechanics. Springer-Verlag. Vienna, Austria. Fieldiana-Geology-...Netherlands. Internat. Jour. Rock Mechanics and Mining Sci. - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining
 
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