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Chalcedony from
Mount Vernon Mine, Skagit County, Washington, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Vernon Mine, Skagit County, Washington, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:136701
Long-form Identifier:1:3:136701:0
GUID (UUID V4):f664cb2d-a275-4142-8070-cedc556f146a
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
9.3km (5.8 miles) Walker Valley, Skagit County, Washington, USA
62.0km (38.5 miles) Beaver Valley Quarry, Jefferson County, Washington, USA
62.5km (38.9 miles) Cadman Quarry, Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
84.2km (52.3 miles) Chilliwack River, Chilliwack, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
86.4km (53.7 miles) Fraser River gravels, Chilliwack, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
99.2km (61.6 miles) Black River Quarry, King County, Washington, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
the end NICKEL-GOLD DEPOSIT NEAR MOUNT VERNON, SKAGIT COUNTY WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 93I-D...931-D NICKEL-GOLD DEPOSIT NEAR MOUNT VERNON, SKAGIT COUNTY WASHINGTON BY S. W. HOBBS AND W. T. PECORA...PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1941 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price...of the Mount Vernon district................... 12. Geologic map and sections of Mount Vernon nickel-gold...Generalized cross section of western end of Mount Vernon district....................... 6. Vertical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
At the nickel-gold deposit near Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington, a serpentinized peridotite is...altered into the silica-carbonate rock." The Mount Vernon deposit is similar to the Alistos occurrencein...essentially difierent and consists of quartz, opal, chalcedony,marcasite,bravoite, and chromite. Marcasite contains...no native gold, the Copper King mine near Gold Hill, Boulder County, Colorado, more nearly resemblesthe...Pncon.L,W. T., Nickel-gold deposit near Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington:Bull. U. S. Geol.Suney,93l-D
Book (edition)
In the great lava flows of Idaho, Oregon and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...should always ask permission it may be un- or a mine dvmip. Cleanliness around a camp site and removal...recover from want gem its how to cut and polish mount them own to shake off. I It gets a grip that...Lincoln Co. Todd's Branch, Mecklenberg Co. Portis mine, Franklin Co. Muddy Creek headwaters, McDowell
Book
PUBLISHED BY Western Mineral Exchange Seattle, Washington 1941 t Copyright 1941 WESTERN MINERAL EXCHANGE...volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EDITOR Mrs. Vernon W e r t z 9707 Sutherland Road S'lver Spring, M d . 20901 SECRETARY Vernon W f r t z...SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION United States National Museum Washington 25, D. C. August 14, 1964 Mr. Francis W. Trapp...arranged for us by the Merrifields of Mount Vernon, Washington, who closed their business for one day...trip" to the basement of Mickey Nelson, Editor of Skagit Gems, where we exchanged Maryland and Virginia...evening with Bob and Marie Hagglund, Everett, Washington, where we partook of a wonderful meal, lots of
Book
Bart Cannon 1975 CORD ILLERAN Mercer Island, Washington Lilli liliiiLt' 111? KLi-KlLLLIlrVlIlI Copyright...Cordilleran 18 Holly Hill Drive Mercer Island, Washington 98040 COVER ILLUSTRATION: Amethyst scepter heads...milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...publications dealing with the various aspects of Washington State's diverse mineral wealth exist, but none..."Minerals of Washington" represents an attempt to begin such a cata­ logue. "Minerals of Washington" shall
Book
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SURVEY, FOR THE YEAR 1876.] WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1 S 7 8 . MINERALOGICAL... ENDLICH, S. N. D. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. Washington, D. C, January 2, 1878. Sir: I have the honor...the pitchblende. not been for several^years the mine is not worked at present and has distribution in... on Mount Ouray on Buffalo and Sopris Peaks; crystallized at Bergen's ; Ranch, Jefferson County; on...Almandite. See Garnet. Boulder County. City Gold — Allophanite. —Franklin Mine, in Gilson Gulch Fowler Branch
Report (volume)
setting UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1979 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office Washington, D. C. 20402 Stock Number 024-001-03140-0 CONTENTS...Mill, north of the town of Livingston, Overton County, Tenn. He described the sandstone as a thin blanketlike...found a thin sandstone at Kings Mountain in Lincoln County, Ky., and considered it to be the "Wildie Sandstone...named the Wildie Sandstone Member in Rockcastle County, Ky., and assumed it to be a part of the Warsaw
Report (volume)
AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1917 CONTENTS................................................ Washington................................................prepared for the Southern Commercial Congress, Washington, D. C., 1909. Purdue, A. H., Compendium of the...Rapid City. v Tennessee____Mr. G. H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Dr. A. H. Purdue, Nashville. Texas______...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such... New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington. Copyright © 1969 by Russell P. MacFall 1963...nodule may contain a center of surrounded by chalcedony easily discernible quartz crystals that crystalline...mass. Tenacity is a quality closely allied chalcedony and jasper, because of their makeup, are tougher...granite except and cools, gas pockets may be chalcedony or opal, de- dissolved from the lava. Similarly
Report (volume)
COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 USEFUL MINERALS...STATES. Tennessee........Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips.........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville. Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Book (volume)
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...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
River, with the ex­ ceptions as follows: Albemarle County was very thorough­ ly covered in Rocks and Minerals...difficult of access over the weekends from the Washington, D. C. area. All data was of necessity worked...appeal to the collectors and mineralogists from Washington and northern Virginia. Maps used were the U.S...G.S. Topo­ graphical Sheets. Also used were the county road maps which number every little road which...Richmond, Virginia The price is 2 0 cents per county. Other states could well follow this example. The
Report (issue)
are shown by dots and numbered serially in each county. The numbers are given in the list. Mines that... CALIF. AND OREG. OBEGON. Jackson County Continued. Coos County. 1. Black Sand (Suffern Co.)___ 2...2. White Rock (Krome Co.)_____ Dougl&s County. 1. Starveout (Grants Pass Chrome Co.)_______________ ...Co____ 3. Cow Creek ___________________ Curry County. 1. Bald Face_____________ S 2. C. & O. Lumber...Co____________ x S Meservey ________________ M Jackson County. 1. Applegate group. 2. Horseshoe group. 3. Stray
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Cascades and the Grand Canyon, the Oregon and Washington beaches, the Mojave desert of California and...easily discernible quartz crystals surrounded by chalcedony that is crystalline only to the eye of the microscope...a quality closely allied to fracture pattern; chalcedony and jasper, because of their cryptocrystalline...rock cools, leaving a mold in which casts of chalcedony form. Or the tree substance may be replaced slowly
Journal (issue)
Annual Past Presidents’ Dinner, to be held at the Mount Vernon Canyon Club. Social time at 5:30, dinner at...banding and colors commanded an allure. So, it became “mine.” Fig. 1: Blue chrysocolla, black tenorite, with...May 2020 banded light blue silicate such as chalcedony or perhaps silica-infused chrysocolla, and an...botryoidal chalcedony, B = banded chalcedony, T = tenorite, ? = blue chalcedony; G = green chalcedony. Photo:...M. Nelson Fig. 3: Photomicrograph of banded chalcedony and tenorite. Note botryoidal calcite in upper
Book (volume)
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...botryoidal chalcedony, occasionally with pale Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE...deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W...Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd
Book (volume)
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...botryoidal chalcedony, occasionally with pale Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE...deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W...Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd
Book
molten flow. Many volcanic flows in Hawaii and Washington (in the U.SA) and Iceland, show that basalt flowed...assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....laumontite). Mordenite, epistilbite, quartz, and chalcedony are absent in the olivine basalt flows. At the...contain empty cavities followed at depth by quartz, chalcedony, mordenite, and clay, and at the lowest level...heulandite, scolecite, epistilbite, quartz, mordenite, chalcedony, and clay (Walker, 1960b). Analcime, phillipsite
Book
molten flow. Many volcanic flows in Hawaii and Washington (in the U.SA) and Iceland, show that basalt flowed...assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....laumontite). Mordenite, epistilbite, quartz, and chalcedony are absent in the olivine basalt flows. At the...contain empty cavities followed at depth by quartz, chalcedony, mordenite, and clay, and at the lowest level...heulandite, scolecite, epistilbite, quartz, mordenite, chalcedony, and clay (Walker, 1960b). Analcime, phillipsite
Book (edition)
from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...cut gem 4. Mounce diamond crystal 5. Gibson's Ruby mine, Cowee Creek, North Carolina 6. Corundum Hill, North...Eldorado Bar, Montana 8. W. D. Baltzley 9. Ellis mine pocket, Hiddenite, North Carolina 10. View of American...Pedro mine, Pala, California 15. Morganite crystal from Pala, California 16. Hazel W. pegmatite mine, Pala
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it should...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic
Book (volume)
(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...operators, Morefield Mine, Amelia, VA; Max & Suzy Berchtold, Royal Rainbow Mine, Laytonville, CA; Ralph...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...R. Fuhrbach, Amarillo, TX; Lawrence A. Funt, Washington, DC; Michael & Patricia Gray, Graystone Enterprises
Report (edition)
additional occurrences of emerald, opal, agate, chalcedony, organic gems, tiger eye jasper, aragonite, cordierite...J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer, and Vernon C Stocklmayer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA...J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer, and Vernon C Stocklmayer Perth 2017 MINISTER FOR MINES...by J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer and Vernon C Stocklmayer Edition: 2nd edition ISBN: Series:...Authors/Contributors: Stocklmayer, Susan M., author Stocklmayer, Vernon C., author Geological Survey of Western Australia
Report (edition)
J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer, and Vernon C Stocklmayer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA...J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer, and Vernon C Stocklmayer Perth 2013 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF...Authors/Contributors: Stocklmayer, Susan M Stocklmayer, Vernon C Geological Survey of Western Australia Dewey...sawable diamonds (average 2 ct) from Ellendale diamond mine (courtesy Kimberley Diamond Company) Contents.............................................. 32 Mount Throssell area ................................
 
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