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Gypsum from
Marl pit, Untergruppenbach, Heilbronn, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


Locality type:Pit
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 Marl pit, Untergruppenbach, Heilbronn, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:174231
Long-form Identifier:1:3:174231:2
GUID (UUID V4):20eb9e89-ba9b-4759-9ee0-c9b644e36420
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
6.2km (3.9 miles) Bopp quarry, Ilsfeld, Heilbronn, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
12.8km (8.0 miles) Mundelsheim 'Epple' Steinbruch, Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
16.0km (9.9 miles) Kochendorf salt mine, Kochendorf, Bad Friedrichshall, Heilbronn, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
36.3km (22.5 miles) A81 Highway tunnel, Engelberg, Leonberg, Böblingen, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
42.8km (26.6 miles) Äulesberg gypsum quarry, Vellberg, Schwäbisch Hall, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
44.7km (27.8 miles) Hartmann Quarry, Mauer, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
46.2km (28.7 miles) Michelsberg Quarry, Katzenbuckel, Eberbach, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
47.5km (29.5 miles) Segen Gottes Mine, Wiesloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
48.6km (30.2 miles) Limestone quarry, Nußloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
49.0km (30.4 miles) Main cut, Rollenberg railway tunnel, Bruchsal, Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
References
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Book
(Lower Ivluschelkalk, Middle Triassic, Southwestern Germany) I-w-,.-ULRICH SCH'wARZ ·' .. E . .Schweizerbart'sche...Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nagele u. Oberrruller) Stuttgart 1975 • Contributions to Sedimentology 1 Stability...(Lower Muschelkalk, Middle Triassic, Southwestern Germany). By H ANS-ULRJCH SCHWARZ. - II, 100 pages with...Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nagele u. Obermiller) Stuttgart 1975 ISBN 3 510 57003 0 All rights reserved...Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nagele u. Obermiller) Stuttgart Printed in Germany by Gebriidcr Ranz, Diecenheim Contr
Report (issue)
'uppe1· red sandstone' and the 'upper red marl and gypsum'. He equated these with the German 'bunter...break at the base of Sedgwick's 'upper red marl and gypsum' and that 'passage beds' ('\Vaterstones') occurred...l\1uschelkalk of Germany was in the course of formation' he concluded that this Bunter 3 Red marl 2 Sandstones...'Keuper' are not contemporaneous with those of Germany; and iii rocks equivalent in age to the l\1uschelkalk...SUBDIVISIONS MERCIA MUDSTONE GROUP Undivided Keuper Marl DENSTONE FORMATION Waterstones (Hull 1869) HOLLINGTON
Report (issue)
Feasibility Study, published in 1971, concluded that the region has considerable development potential. The only...deposited on lower ground. Towards the top of the Keuper Marl the authors have noted 'argillaceous limestone nodules'...seasonal evaporation. The Keuper Marl is overlain by· the Tea Green Marl ( calcareous greenish grey clays...Keuper Tea Green Marl Keuper Marl Dolomitic Conglomerate (marginal facies of Keuper Marl) Triassic Major...CELESTITE In England the Keuper Marl contains two major horizons of gypsum (hydrated calcium sulphate ,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
not a dreary sand heap and scrub forest, but a region full of beauty and problems of natural history...On the open plains you will occasionally see a marl pit with dull green, brown and black colors in dramatic...have a happy time finding Cretaceous shells in the marl and even get a chance at dinosaur bones in adjacent...retreat of the sea. The relative scarcity of the marl (as opposed to limestones, shales, sandstones) can...feldspar decomposition. The zeolitic compounds in the marl take up the potassium, and we have the resultant
Report (edition)
Series : General account, Blackband Series, Etruria Marl Series, Nevvca�tle-under-Lyme Series, I(eele Series...thi11 coal seams, and thin limestoixes. ·(Et:ruria Marl Series). , mine at the - Grey · shal�s, marls· ...Solid edition of tl1e n1aJ), in the drift-c0vered region between Woore.. and the northern edge � of the...t1plift it is not s.urprisn1g to find tl1at the region is com1)licated b)T folds_. Four majQr folds are...followed for a short distance., In a;n old ela,y pit-: clc)se to Rownall · . . _ ·., · . _. Far�, rather
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
members of the T r i a s — t h e Keuper, or variegated marl, and t h e B u n t e r , or new red sandstone—occupy...characters as a red and green marl, with indurated shaly bands, and layers of gypsum. I t rises to t h e surface...feet or more, was attained before meeting t h e red marl. All geological maps t h a t I have seen err, following...B u n t e r is reached without a n y superjacent marl, at a depth of about 60 feet.* The boundary line...342 feet, beneath a thickness of 292 feet of red marl. (The white g r i t t y sandstone m e t with at
Report (edition)
Upper Sandstone and Waterstones ; . Keuper .. .. .. Marl .. .. .. .. . VIII.-SuPERFICIAL DEPOSJTS. Pleistocene...coalfield, we :find in the south a beautiful ·sylvan region. of- gracefully outlined hills · and in the west...peat-filled hollows· and _ meres� . The wooded region of light sandy soils is that occupied by the lower.... ---·---.-·-� BRICK AND TI LE MARLS Et,rur;a Marl Group 9 ----4"----�- - -- -· --.·----.. - --- -...on the south side of Hough Wood. In an · old clay-pit, close to ·Rownall Farm, some marly shales lying
Report (edition)
thin coal seams, and thin limestone$ (Eti·uria Marl Gr·ouJJ). Grey shales, marls, sandstones, thin coal...s.olid Edition of the map, 1n the drift-covered region between W001"e and the nortl1ern edge of the map...t1plift it is not surp1·ising to find that the region is complicated by folds. Four major tolds are met...only follo,ved for a short distance. In an old clay pit, close to Ro,vnall Farm, rather more than a mile...quite on the east edge of the map, there is an old marl pit whe1"e the Third Grit is unaerlain by a few f·eet
Journal (issue)
VIBRATING SCREEN CO. RACINE ~ ~ WISCONSIN ne PIT AND QUARRY Users can give the best reports. Write...and Manufacturers of Sand Gravel, Stone, Cement, Gypsum, Lime and Other Non-Metallic Minerals. Subscription...of the developments in the gypsum during 1926—the structural use of gypsum. aa ” "Gen. Mor. . — esseeeseeeveees...equipment which has not previously been mentioned in Pit rr A bret pati Ebel iphie ck Oe oe) Foreman i ean...Clark St., Chicago, Ill. Publishers of PIT AND QUARRY and Pit and Quarry HANDBOOK HARRY W. BAUMGARTNER
Report (issue)
Scale of one-inch to a Mile. Sheets or Counties marl...north of the Humber, .represented in Sheet 86. The region thus unit.eel contains about 530 squai·e miles...The Geological formations represented in tl1is region range from the Trias to the Upper Chalk, and include...Lower Lias. Rhretic Beds - Pena1·th Beds. Keupe1· Marl. Trias - Ke11per Sandstone. ;l(< '- Bunter Sandstone...Bridge and at Gleadow's Buildings, which reached the marl but did not go through it. • Well at Barmby Ridge
Report (issue)
the central Midlands with that found in France, Germany and the North Sea Basi11. When the Geological Society...in the West Midlands 170 Fig. 16. The Keuper Marl peneplain in central England,. showing the main...co1,trol must have operated over a much larger region than the small area studied, the present observations...beds just below or just above the Muschelkalk of Germany and F rance, with the implicatio11 that the amelioration...Bott, 1964 p. 393 ; 1965 pp. 196-200.] The main region of sedimentatio11 would seem to have consisted
Report (issue)
Middle Keuper Marl, 20. Upper Keuper Salifcrous Beds, 20. Upper Keuper Marl, 20. Tea Green Marl, 21. Rhaetic...Lapworth system, 73. Peat, 77. Ri\rer Terraces, shell marl and alluvium, 78. Details, 78. References, 95. ...FIG. 5. Correlation of the Rl1aetic and Tea Green Marl in the Wilkesley and • • • • • • • • • • • • • •...ickcrtor1 Gap to the drift-covered K .eu11er .. .. Marl plain to tl1e south-east. (L7) 38 38 A. Fault...Bickcrton- Bulkele.y Fault to drift-covered Keuper Marl lowlands to the soutl1-east. The flat-lying ground
Book (edition)
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...mica, 186 Slate, 187 ; Mineral pigments, 186 Gypsum, 187 ; Lithium, 183 MagReferences ; ; Hematite...stones, 196 ; Sulphur and Solfataric type, 196 Gypsum type, 197 ; Sulphur, 196 ; ; Production of
Report (edition)
- 4 11 Bunter and Keuper Sandstones, Keuper Marl. Rhretic Beds - 16 - 19 Glacial Beds~ Post Glacial...Waters, Building Stone, Lime, Coal, Sand and Gravel, Gypsum, Celestite, Strontianite, Copper, Water Supply...-St. Helen's Quarry Fig. 3.-Sand-pit near Brearton Fig. 4.-Sand-pit - Fig. 6.-~,ault at Goldsborough...Lower Lias. U :pperMagnesian Limestone. Middle Marl. . Lower ~fagnesian Li1nestone. Lower Ma-rland Sands...of the Rothliegende of the Thuringer,vald i11 Germany,* bt1t the sections showing the jt111ctionbetwee11
Book
d eposits He::id and Sandy h ead Peat and Shell marl Lacus trine d eposits Alluvium and AHuviaJ fan d...red-brown and green mudstone and siltstone with beds of gypsum and do lo mitic sil.tstone 33- 52 m Edwalton...red-brown, bedded dolostone underlain by a 'Lower Marl' facies of grey, dolomitic, argillaceo us siltstone...dislsict, such as the possibility of near-surface gypsum solution, radon gas en1ission, shrink-swell clays...11 ~1ine stone 12 Oil 12 Limestone, dolomite and 'marl' 13 Base metal and uranium mineralisation 13 Other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
distinctly bolder type of scenery than does the Keuper Marl country immediately to the north : a fact which...pleasant and diversified aspect. The soil of the Marl country, except where the sandstone zone crops out...Lower Keuper Sandstone by about 350 feet of red marl.' Our knowledge of the stratigraphy and geological...with partings and beds of greenish sandy shale and marl. The sandstones are somewhat false-bedded, with...replacement of sandstone by pale-grey and green shale and marl seems to be taking place. The outcrops on either
Book (volume)
Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar region. Fossil hunters are well aquatinted with the famed...Silver, Smithsonite, Witherite. This Fluorspar region extends W into Pope Co. HENDERSON COUNTY TERRE...along the B & O RR⎯Barite, Calcite, Celestite, Gypsum, Strontianite. GEORGIA, W ½ mi., the Nally Quarry⎯Barite...quarry⎯Anhydrite (weak to moderate pink fluorescence), Gypsum. SPRINGVILLE: c SW 2 mi., the Ralph Rogers Co....drift, since all of Iowa was included within the region of the Pleistocene glaciers. For much of the Mesozoic
Book (volume)
Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar region. Fossil hunters are well aquatinted with the famed...Silver, Smithsonite, Witherite. This Fluorspar region extends W into Pope Co. HENDERSON COUNTY TERRE...along the B & O RR⎯Barite, Calcite, Celestite, Gypsum, Strontianite. GEORGIA, W ½ mi., the Nally Quarry⎯Barite...quarry⎯Anhydrite (weak to moderate pink fluorescence), Gypsum. SPRINGVILLE: c SW 2 mi., the Ralph Rogers Co....drift, since all of Iowa was included within the region of the Pleistocene glaciers. For much of the Mesozoic
Book
of the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum in Bochum, West Germany, Professor J. C. Becker of the University of Copenhagen...USA, Fig. 93; German Mining Museum, Bochum, West Germany, Figs 19, 20, 42, 46, 52, 55, 56, 57, 81; Institute...USA Fig. 64; Museum of History, Cologne, West Germany, Fig. 69; Museo de Prehistoria, de la Excma, Valencia...Romisch-Germanisches Commission, Frankfurt, West Germany, (Germania), Figs 68, 98; Society of Antiquaries...Tundra in NW. Europe Forest pine in S. France and Germany Return to colder conditions Mesolithic — Holocene
Report (issue)
distribution in the eastern part of the Baltic region. In the west, in Scania, the first major marine...conditions lasted longer in the eastern Baltic region than in Scania and adjacent offshore areas. This...and sand­ stones can be studied in the Saltiskés Pit, and in the slopes of River Vadakstis. In southern...exposed in the upper part of the Saltiskés-1 Clay Pit near the town of Papilé (Figs. 3, 7). Grigelis (1960)...sand Clayey sandstone and clay Sand Marl and siltstone Marl and sandstone Gravel ; Silt and clay
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mrs. Verna Skinner, E . F . Regional V.P. for Region 2, visited the Club. Member Jean McCormack told...Properties at the Buffalo Office of Na­ tional Gypsum when guest speaker at the Geological Section of...speak on the marl sands. This was to prepare members for a field tip to Inversand Marl Pit, Sewe 1. Dr
Report (volume)
_______________ _________________________________________ _ Gypsum _________________________ __ ____ __________________________...---------- --- -------------------------------------- _ Marl ____________________________________________________________...Emery F eldspar Fluorspar Ga rnet Granite Graphite Gypsum Iron Lead I - ------ - -- -- -- - Limestone Mn..._______ ___ spa _____ ____ __ __ Ma nga nese Marble Marl Mica Mineral water Mo _____ __ ______ Molybd enum...prospect, on western slope of Jay Mountain and prospect pit southwest of Jay Mountain: Kemp and Alling, 1925
Book
mining had almost died out) stated ‘.. . there is a pit in work near Maidstone where a large space of ground...into the hillside, sometimes from an existing sand pit, and side passages were developed to form a maze...was sufficiently shallow to quarry and the sand pit here produced it for glass making until 1916, since...sand pit (TQ772570). It seems very likely that underground levels were driven west from this pit since...collapsed entrance is at the bottom of a large open pit 300ft long, 240ft wide and 90ft deep (TQ782572).
Report (edition)
found by him in the uppermost bands of the Keuper Marl . . . Several new wells near Cardiff have been described...commonly occur throughout the area occupied by the soft marl-subdivision of the Old Red Sandstone. Though the...prevalence of red . staining indicates that the Ke11per Marl is close by, probably just under the alluvium ;...-�imilar to that of the Rumney sec­ tion. The Keuper Marl occupies the bottom of the Taff Vale Rail- · way...micaceous sand-­ stone, quickly followed by: deep-_red marl. · 'These lower beds are exposed also in the . lan�·
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
disturbances. At Thrussington, in Woldgale Lane, a clay-pit shows a deep section of Boulder-clay capped by what...probably much thicker than the section showed. In this pit is exposed at least 30 feet of fine, tough, silty...striated, especially the Lias limestone. Keuper marl, green mar], quartz pebbles, and a few Pennine rocks...western border of Nottinghamshire, a small gravel-pit discloses about 10 feet of obliquelylaminated, clean...features unimpaired. Near Leicester Xbbey, in a pit on the fiver-escarpment to the north-west, the Quartzose
 
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