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Calcite from
Orting Quarry, Pierce County, Washington, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Orting Quarry, Pierce County, Washington, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:151787
Long-form Identifier:1:3:151787:3
GUID (UUID V4):d6b63d15-365d-4b5d-8b02-92836ee549c9
References
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Report (issue)
Bedrock Geology of the Lake Tapps Quadrangle Pierce County Washington GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER ... Bedrock Geology of the Lake Tapps Quadrangle Pierce County Washington By LEONARD M. CARD, JR. GEOLOGIC STUDIES...STUDIES IN THE PUGET SOUND LOWLAND, WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 388-B A study of...Range UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1968 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 CONTENTS Abstract-___________________________
Report (issue)
Auburn, and Black Diamond Quadrangles, King County, Washington GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 672...Auburn, and Black Diamond Quadrangles, King County, Washington By DONAL R. MULLINEAUX GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...lowland UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1970 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price $1. (paper cover) CONTENTS...Stratigraphic sequence..___________________________ Orting(?) Drift____________________.______________ Intermediate
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
Report (volume)
River Altered Area and in the Osceola Mudflow, Washington By David A. John, James J. Rytuba, Roger P. Ashley...River Altered Area and in the Osceola Mudflow, Washington By David A. John, James J. Rytuba, Roger P. Ashley...Osceola Mudflow along the lower White River, Washington ....................................................... 7 Stop 1: Superior (Ash Grove) Silica Quarry .................................................10 Stop 3: Scatter Creek (James Hardie) Silica Quarry...............................................
Report (issue)
Department of Geology Western Washington University Bellingham, Washington 98225 1988 © 1988 The Geological...Carson, and Nancy D. Naeser in the Puget Lowland, Washington iii 139 . Preface Accurate determination...Springs Drift at its type locality, near Sumner, Washington, consists of two drift sheets separated by about...FISSION-TRACKAGES FROM THE LAKE TAPPS TEPHRA, WASHINGTON* Locality Material Dated Age (Malls) Sumner...the mesa north of Little Thunder Creek, Campbell County, Wyoming. Stippled pattern indicates area underlain
Report (issue)
clasts of augite andesite; near Burnett in Pierce County, poorly sorted, unstratified, matrixsupported...olivine-phyric flows also present; zeolites and calcite common in amygdules and fractures. Includes part...breccia and conglomerate; in southwest Skamania County, thick flows of clinopyroxene basaltic andesite...Intermediate (Erupted from fissure vents in southeast Washington and adjacent Oregon and Idaho) #vis Volcaniclastic...others, 1979b) in the Columbia Gorge and eastern Washington; west of the Cascade Mountains probably contains
Journal (issue)
to limestone, 'as at Hitner’s, the famous marble quarry; at Swede Furnace : at Henderson the large marble...bravaisite, asbeferrite, cop er pebble, copper, calcite from sum mit of Gheops, Egypt, 14 beauti ul sea...exchange: wavellite, gibb site, limonite geode, calcite phantoms, chesterlite, vanadinite, micro THE...: ferruginous quartz crystals, veined boulder, calcite on stilbite, pre nite, native N. 1. silver, asbestos...pa seotrochis (quartz concretions), stilbite, calcite, quartz, polished lab radorite, a lar e calculus
Report (issue)
Geologist BULLETIN N o. 21 The Mineral Resources of Washington With Statistics for 1919 By ERNE 'r N. PATTY...herewith a rcpod entitled "The :Mineral Resources of Washington, with Statistics for 1919,'' by Ernest N. Patty... P«ue 9 Tabulation or mineral production or Washington, 1909 to 1919, inclusive . . . . . . . . . ....covering principal reports on coal deposits of Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...• • • • • • • • Metal min ing condltions in Washington........................ Metal mines now or recently
Journal (issue)
~~ratohed~ Fluorspar oa n be dif r.~on~lat. d f ro m calcite by its failure to eftervesce when treated with...deposits of fluorspar are found 1n limestone. Or calcite veins. Caloareoua beds 8ee. to Cavor the formatlon...zona, Culifornia, Nevada, N.w Uexloo, Utah , and Washington. h UB r~aohed f orel s n depos1ts; On ' tbe...produot oan be obtained by hand cobbing a.nd s orting, mOlt deposits ne_d a aore thorough prepara.tion...So urdough Chrome mlne on Baldface Creek, Curry County, whloh was formerly owned and oper:J.tod by Rustle88
Book (volume)
North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming ~ AllanW Eckert b i or d ...Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming VOLUME 4: THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT...Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming by Allan W. Eckert Ml PERENNIAL...York Cambridge, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington London, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney...Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington vi Contents Wyoming 5505 Glossary 608
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
grandeur, and even the climate. THE GEOLOGY OF WASHINGTON RAYMOND LASMANIS D e p a r t m e n t of Natural...Geology and Earth R e s o u r c e s Olympia, Washington 98504 W A S H I N G T O N S T A T E IS A D V...features of the adjacent regions all ter­ minate in Washington. The state's uniqueness is further enhanced by...by two major geologic conditions. First, Washington is impacted by crus­ tal tectonics as the oceanic...figures 1 and 2.) Second, the Columbia Basin in Washington and adjacent Oregon was subjected to one of the
Report (volume)
anhydrite UNIT.ED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1960 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...by Charles F. Withington and Marion C. Jaster. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1960. iii, 126 p. 24...of Documents, U.S. Government Printinl1 Office Washington 25, D.C. - Price 50 cents (paper cover) CONTENTS...Survey and the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. Although this is not a complete compendium...resembles both calcite and talc; however, it does not effervesce in hydrochloric acid as calcite does, and
Report (issue)
Sedimentary Rocks in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 771...Sedimentary Rocks in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Compiled by THELMA P. HILL and MARIAN A. WERNER...1965 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1972 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price $4.50 (paper cover) Stock...Analyses of samples from Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington: 1. Samples containing more than 75 percent uncombined
Journal (issue)
Gcologil· map of Poinl Fermin area, Los Angeles County, California (after \\'oodring, Rramlcue and l...Coar:,ely cr) stalli nc ca lei te, each grain of calcite being as large or se,·eral ti111es larger than...central por_tion of the ca, ity tilled with coa r e calcite. 3 . Fine grained clinoptil olite con1pletely fill...SCC'lion parallel to bedding pla11e. '.\ote moderate l>Orting and ,dde range in elo11gation or a,ial ratios uf...to lw c11rn•111-paralll•I. The dc•1-!rl·L· of :-orting and the smoothne-,s of thl' ch.-po:,itional surface
Report (volume)
Basalt and Ellensburg Formation of south-central Washington, by J. W. Bingham and M. J. Grolier. (H) Stratigraphy...1224-A UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1965 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price 30 cents (paper cover) CONTENTS...Salyer and Wahmonie Formations of southeastern Nye County, Nevada, by F. G. Poole, W. J. Carr, and D. P....Paintbrush Tuff and Timber Mountain Tuff of Nye County, Nevada, by Paul P. Orkild. _ __- _ _ _ _.____:--
Book
connected by minute veinlets containing phillipsite, calcite, and smectite. Jointing of the columns across zeolite-filled...Lower Miocene columnar basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry, near Melbourne, Australia. The minerals are believed...molten flow. Many volcanic flows in Hawaii and Washington (in the U.SA) and Iceland, show that basalt flowed...fault surfaces to produce zeolite-lined veins. Calcite commonly is a late forming mineral and fills many...Mehegan et- al~, 1982; Kristmannsd6ttir, 1982). Calcite and m,ontm,orilonite clay were fo,u'nd throughout
Book
connected by minute veinlets containing phillipsite, calcite, and smectite. Jointing of the columns across zeolite-filled...Lower Miocene columnar basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry, near Melbourne, Australia. The minerals are believed...molten flow. Many volcanic flows in Hawaii and Washington (in the U.SA) and Iceland, show that basalt flowed...fault surfaces to produce zeolite-lined veins. Calcite commonly is a late forming mineral and fills many...Mehegan et- al~, 1982; Kristmannsd6ttir, 1982). Calcite and m,ontm,orilonite clay were fo,u'nd throughout
Report (issue)
WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HENRY LANDES, State Geologist BULLETIN No. 23 THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON...herewith a report entitled "Tl1e lVfetal lVIines 0£ Washington," by Ernest N. Patty, with the recommendation.... . . . . . . . . History of metal mining in Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metal.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 P end Oreille County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S tevens County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
Contents for May -June, 1949 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ·····································-········... R OCKS AND MINEULs• --, 226 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY COMING EVENTS An■ul , FN.,.11 ion C:0.Yfltioa...interiors lined with small quartz crystals. Good calcite crystals were also found here. Wed. June 9th Drove...minerals for those willing to work in the first quarry. A photo of the au for them. A heavy sledge hammer...our zeolites) and a , lying scattered about the quarry floor or wide expanse of the plains east of Denver
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
affinit y also probably lies with the Chlorophyta (Pierce, 1976), the colonial green alga Botryococcus (B...containing rare oysters (Aeteostreon) and a pat chy calcite cement , draw ing compa rison with the Cra ckers...hor izons in the Lower Greensand of Purbeck, supp orting the shallow wat er origin and probability that...(Cookson & Dettmann, 1959) Pierce, 1976 S. spriggii (Cookson & Dettmann, 1959) Pierce, 1976 Schizosporis reticulatus...reticulatus Cookson & Dettmann, 1959; emend. Pierce, 1976 Tetraedron paraincus Batten & Lister, 1988 Tetranguladinium
Report (issue)
1989, Fracturing along the Grand Hogback, Garfield County, Colorado: Sandia National Laboratories Report...Department of Energy Multiwell Experiment, GarfieId County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report...short-amplitude undulatory None seen Secondary calcite along some F2 planes N31E/84SE ...dip None seen Cryptocrystal 1 me, medium-brown calcite coatings N7OE/B4SE (n-14) Not determined <3.5...dip Against Fl Cryptocrystalline, medium-brown calcite coatings The Fl fractures are large and dominate
Journal (issue)
formaaons and this quarry has yielded amethyst . gocthire. calcite and pccro lin.•. Goat Quarry. near Aberdour...:pidot<.:. g ro,,ubr ,llld v.:suv1a111ll ' . Thi, quarry mav ht: d111icult to find a, it 1, h1ddl'11 i11...find Quarry opc.:rated by P... . :g1onal Grampian Council. The main rock Pitscurrie typt' at Quarry is...cvcral kil01! ANGUS Cominuing sourhwards 111to the county of Angus, the: geology is esscmially unchangl'd...Scottish agate locality of this century is Ardownic Quarry, near 14 Mo11iti: n h . Thl' \·ok.uuc rod..,
Report (issue)
Hobart, and MapleValley Quadrangles, King County, Washington GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 624...624 Prepared in cooperation with the Washington Division of Mines and Geology \ Geology and Coal Resources...Hobart, and Maple Valley Quadrangles, King County, Washington By JAMES D. VINE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...PAPER 624 Prepared ·in cooperation with the Washington D-ivision of Mines and Geology •• j ' UNITED...UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1969 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Journal (issue)
On•i,:on, ior Oct0hcr. 1 O• I 3. State of Orebon, County of :\Iuhnomnh, ss. Before me. 11 Xotnry in :m tl...many's the time we walked 011 his face. Copper in Calcite A1;1011g the most spectacularly gorgeous specimens...from the Copper Country were the crystal-clear calcite xis. spangled with glittering flecks of enclosed...History at town o [ Jamestown, and on the way Washington, D. C. found some beautiful specimens o f pur­...field trip to Trap pany and other operators. Rock Quarry. where fine zeolite minerals Cerite and allanite
Report (issue)
D UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1961 FOEEWOED The Geological Survey is engaged...progress UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1961 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D.C. CONTENTS Resource investigations...Beryllium in the Mount Wheeler area, White Pine County, Nevada-__________ Beryllium in the Lake George...Development of the Fredonia anticline in Wilson County, Kansas._________________________ 22 Austin chalk
 
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