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Calcite from
Mercur Mine, Bad Ems, Bad Ems-Nassau, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Marcasite1 photo of Calcite associated with Marcasite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mercur Mine, Bad Ems, Bad Ems-Nassau, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:174578
Long-form Identifier:1:3:174578:8
GUID (UUID V4):a35e70fb-15cc-4038-bf75-6ccb17c6b43a
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘMĂŒhlenbach Mine, Arenberg, Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘFriedrichssegen Mine, Friedrichssegen, Lahnstein, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
9.4km (5.8 miles) ⓘKönigsstiel adit, Braubach, Loreley, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘLeopoldine-Luise Mine, WeinĂ€hr, Bad Ems-Nassau, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘLead and silver smelter slag locality, Braubach, Loreley, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘRosenberg Mine, Braubach, Loreley, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
12.3km (7.6 miles) ⓘHolzappel Mine, Holzappel, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
16.7km (10.4 miles) ⓘNeumĂŒhlberg quarry (Steinsberg quarry), Biebrich, Aar-Einrich, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘÄquivalenz adit, Wellmich, Sankt Goarshausen, Loreley, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘÖlberg quarry, Hundsangen, Wallmerod, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
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Journal (issue)
Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Universitat Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...Famous mineral localities: The mines and minerals of Bad Em s by R. Dietrich and R. Bode 323 Vanadinite...W. B. Simmons Fluorapatite from the King Lithia mine, Custer County, South Dakota .. 361 by M. L. Wilson...Windisch 30 Van Wouw Street Groenkloof, Pretoria West Germany Christian Weise Verlag Oberanger 6 D-8000 Munchen...D-6200 Wiesbaden West Germany Rainer Bode Krokusweg 13 D-4630 Bochum 7 West Germany /TljY ined for lead
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lithosphare, Goldschmidstr. 3, D-37077 Gtittingen, Germany Abstract The Rhenohercynian thrust- and fold-belt...mineralisation, which is restricted to the Rhenish Massif, Germany. It is formed during four major stages and siderite...inclusions, R E E fractionation, Rhemish Massif, Germany. Introduction T i n s paper presents new data...Variscan siderite lodes of the Siegerland district, Germany, which have been among the world's largest occurrences...such as the isbeck SSE ss thrust arland ;rOck-Lahn SE I ,,4" L o w e r D e v o n i a n : v e r y
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Ince 8 SO VERY FOOLISH: THE HISTORY OF THE WHERRY MINE, PENZANCE - Roy Starkey 27 BMS REFERENCE COLLECTION...TOWN? - Droitwich—Twinned with Bad Ems Roy Starkey 30 HERODSFOOT MINE & LISKEARD MUSEUM - Roy Starkey...Julie Green at the bottom of Whim Shaft, Whitesmith Mine, Strontian April 2009 BMS Newsletter 89 Julie...memorable nights camping in the desert at Melissa Mine, where wulfenite is common. In 2004 a round the...and chalcopyrite with Tom Cotterell at Nant Helen Mine in South Wales and ewaldite and paralstonite at
Book
immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was... You will be told that these are fragments of calcite crystals. Three minerals will be mentioned to you...consisting (apart from impurities) only of the mineral calcite. Granite is the bestknown example of a rock consisting...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...minerals are concerned. Opal is still thought to bring bad luck, and similar stories are told about certain
Journal (issue)
Impressionen Abriß BĂŒltener Förderturm? Sonderausstellung Bad Ems Nochmals „RotlĂ€ufchen" Stiftung Walter Kahn Neues...Antiquariat D. W. BERGER Pommernweg 1 ‱ D-6368 Bad Vilbel 2 ‱ Tel. 06193-84630 2 1EM5ER HEFTE 1...Jahren im Kurhaus in Bad Ems, dem Zentrum des alten Bergbaureviers auf dem Ems-Braubacher Gangzug, zum...mit eigenstĂ€ndigem Charakter, in dem ein weiter Kreis von Themen seinen Niederschlag finden soll, darunter... Fricke/Hagen, abgebildet. 10 BAD EMS SonderausstellungBad Ems Sehr großen Anklang fand auf den diesjĂ€hrigen
Journal (issue)
One thing is certain, the ore body of the Frood mine, one of the largest, extends 3100 feet under the...coins from Bactria to the discovery of nickel in Germany. We find the German miners working a promising...copper-nickel for working into art objects and orna- mine at Lancaster Gap, Pennsylvania, ments. These paktong...near-by copper In 1751 Axel P'. Cronstedt identified mine and built a copper refinery at the new element nickel...not of nickel at first but of the news to Canada. Mine owners, German silver. who had large bodies blocked
by Franckh’sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, W. Germany. Adapted by Anthony C. Tennissen. Revised Edition...edition published by Oak Tree Press Co., Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas Distributed in Australia and New Zealand...sedimentary rocks, clay minerals,_ quartz, feldspars, calcite, and micas are abundant. However, many other minerals...to hard as follows: (1) talc; (2) gypsum; (3) calcite; (4) fluorite; (5) apatite; (6) orthoclase; (7)...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New
Book (edition)
Lieber, © 1969 by Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, W. Germany. Anthony C. Tennissen. der schĂ©nen* Franckh’sche...edition published by Oak Tree Press Co., Ltd., Nassau, Baham as Distributed in Australia and New Zealand...sedimentary rocks, clay minerals. quartz, feldspars, calcite, and micas are abundant. However, many other...to hard as follows: (1) talc; (2) gypsum; (3) calcite; (4) fluorite; (5) apatite; (6) orthoclase; (7)...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine
Book
districts Production of mining districts Camp Floyd or Mercur mining district 349 349 351 351 354 356 360 360...367 370 370 371 372 374 Mercur district Conclusions Chapter I. —The Mercur District Structure Lower...Silver 381 Ledge 383 Descriptive geology 383 Mercur Hill Marion Hill Marion Gulch and westward Silver...Nature of ores Quartz 383 385 385 386 389 389 Calcite 390 Barite Stibnite 390 391 .' Copper 391...Gold Ledge — Golden Gate mine Mabel shaft Grasshopper shaft Mercur mine Uncle Sam tunnel 407 411 413
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
does not give permis- Lincoln district: The Creole mine, located at the south end of the Mineral Range between...as pyrite and bismuthinite in veins of massive calcite. Serpierite, the CaCu-Zn sulfate, occurs at this...Mountains.” Preuss (Newhouse) district: The Cactus mine and nearby workings have pink crystals of anhydrite...the Cactus mine was gated recently, and entry is now restricted. Rocky district: The Maria mine and the...the Bawana mine are large open pits that were worked in the 1960s for copper and still provide the opportunity
Journal (issue)
finest temper, who was born, unhappily for him, in a bad neighborhood, near Beaufort in Savoy ; and he has...The rock crystal seems able to do nothing. The calcite cuts it through at every charge. Look here, and...fairly into two pieces." " Oh, dear ; but is the calcite harder than the crystal then ? " ilNo, softer....have lately received from Mr. C. E. Burckhartt of Mercur, Utah, and have also collected, a number of specimens...this min eral, and I believe these crystals from Mercur to be the finest, largest, and most perfect specimens
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite crystals in calcite-cored vein-dikes (by L. Moyd) 21:235-248 ALICE...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HYDROTHERMAL COMMUNICATIONS ALTERATION OF THE MERCUR GOLD DEPOSIT, UTAH PAULW. JEWELL*ANDW. T. PARRY...detaileddiscussion of the hydrothermal alteration of the Mercur deposits. The term "Carlin-type" deposithasbeen...geochemistryat brought into production in the western United Mercur as well as allowingcomparisonwith alterof other...somerespectsto present-daygeothermalsystems. The Mercur mining district in west-centralUtah containsa numberof...Rangephysiographicprovince (Fig. 1). Two major orebodies,Mercur-Sacramentoand Marion Hill, are presentin smallhills
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
& Proc. Gen. Meet., IMA, 1986. 102. Mira Flores mine, H u a n u n i district, Oruro, Bolivia. FeA16(PO4)a(OH)8...to 23 txm, with other minerals in uraniferous calcite veins in the Kaiyang U-HgMo polymetallic deposit...accordingly. Gen~ve, 47, 45. From the Cap Garonne mine, Arsenoflorencite-(Nd). B. Scharm, M. Scharmov~t...44, 250. Clara mine, Schwarzwald, Cliff, St. Endellion, Cornwall, England, UK. Germany. Arsenate analogue...bilirubinate compound mineralised vug from the Grand Reef mine, found in human secretions. Graham County, Arizona
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Netherlands 245 [3] GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE MERCUR GOLD DEPOSIT (UTAH, U.S.A.) PAUL W. JEWELL* and...Geochemistry of the Mercur gold deposit (Utah, U.S.A. ). Chem. Geol., 69: 245265. The Mercur gold deposits...the Topliff Member. Hydrothermal alteration at Mercur can be separated into replacement and vein alteration...limestones. Three vein assemblages are recognized at Mercur: (1) pyrite-orpiment-organics_+ marcasite; (2)...(2) calciterealgar; and (3) halloysite-barite-calcite. Considerable temporal and spatial overlap exists
Journal (issue)
Occurrence of irhtemite and adelite at the Mercur Mine, Tooele Co., Utah; the western hemisph ere's...stals o f ~irgentrnn lorandlle recovered from the Mercur Mrne (a Carlin-type gold deposit), Tooele Co.,...with the maj or mineral assemblage of lorandile, calcite, realgar, orpiment, flu orite, quartz. stibnite...picropharmacolite at Mercur. A ll occur as white fibrous masses associated w ith calcite and frequently found...cm quartz matrix whether it is an from Navegador Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas industrial product? Gerais
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tlr(AsrSb)rSrr,a new thallium arsenicsulfosalt from the Mercur gold deposit, Utah J.lNrnsR. lVrr,soN Department...84112-1183,U.S.A. L.tnnv W. Sr.lscnn Barrick Mercur Gold Mine, P.O. Box 838, Tooele, Utah 84704, U.S.A....one of several Tl minerals that are found at the Mercur gold deposit, Tooele County, Utah. The mineral...occurswithin vuggy masses of barite, in barite veins, in calcite veins, and in the silty carbonaceouslimestone host...host rock. Associated minerals are barite, calcite, orpiment, realgar,lorandite, raguinite, and pynte
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
when the Ophir Hill Consolidated mine closed. The Hidden Treasure mine lies at the top of Dry Canyon, affording...collection the Bingham Canyon 52 open-pit copper mine that has been producing ore for more than one hundred...years, and to the south is the Mercur gold mine. The Hidden Treasure mine, about a ninety-minute drive...Highway 36 to Stockton, Utah. The Hidden Treasure mine is southeast of the town of Stockton, between Dry...Hidden Treasure mine, K = Kearsarge mine; WJ = Wandering Jew mine; QH = Queen of the Hills mine; C = Cliff
Book
Erongo Mountains, Namibia * 5 x 6 x 3 cm Page 251: Calcite, Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * 12.5 x 10 x...nodules — named for their angular cavities — with calcite (see photo opposite). Crystal linings that survive...silicate minerals known collectively as zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA...means “changed form”). For instance, the small calcite crystals in the sedimentary rock limestone change...Canada * 12 x 13 x 5 cm Hardness 3 Hardness Calcite It is sometimes possible to identify minerals
Report (issue)
by Carl L. Ege Headframe of Centennial Eureka mine, Tintic mining district. ISBN 1-55791-726-4 MISCELLANEOUS... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Mercur (Camp Floyd) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....(Clifton) "Pony Express" Road JUAB Tooele Ophir Mercur (Camp Floyd) 15 Utah Lake 36 Tintic Eureka...specific rules and guidelines created by the miners and mine operators. After the Mining Act of 1872, the federal...claims. Seek permission from the present landowner or mine operator before planning a visit to any mining district
Report (issue)
Pennsylvanian), and Clipper Ridge Member of the Bingham Mine Formation (Upper Pennsylvanian). The nappe is inferred...disseminated gold prospect, similar to the deposits in the Mercur mining district has been explored in West Canyon...the Bingham Canyon quadrangle on the north, the Mercur quadrangle on the south, the Stockton quadrangle...Bingham mining district. The abandoned Old Mayflower mine is at the head of West Canyon and a recently explored...Low-grade disseminated gold, which is similar to the Mercur deposits (Kornze, 1984), has been prospected for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TlrAsSo,a new thallium arsenic sulfosalt from the Mercur Au deposit, Utah, and revised optical data for...is one of several Tl minerals that occur at the Mercur disseminated Au deposit, Tooele County, Utah. The...specimen found in a sulfide ore stockpile at the mine. It occursin a vug with pyrite and other sulfide...complex composition. Realgarand orpiment occur in calcite veins in the host rock, but not in the vug. Fangite...the deposit can be found in Wilson occurs at the Mercur Au deposit in the southern Oquirrh Mountains, Tooele
Book (edition)
CITY, UTAH. WRITE FOR PRICES. YOU WANT A GOOD MINE! MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MINl^S AND MINERALS...colorless. Beaver Lake District; azurite. 0. K. Mine; bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, covellite, copper...smoky quartz crystals, prase. Rocky District; Adelia Mine, wulfenite. Star District; azurite, bismuthinite...cerargyritc. (erii>site, malachite. Burning Moscow Mine; goslarite. Sulphurvale; sulphur. Elsewhere; bismite...bismite, bismutite. BOX ELDER COUNTY. Copper Mountain Mine; azurite, Dove Creek; gold, garnet. cuprite, malachite
Report (issue)
examination was hindered by water, falls of rock, and bad air, and in the higher prospects by snow. The work...little of which has been altered to epidote and calcite, traces of biotite, chloritized hornblende, apatite...variety, is the principal gangue mineral, though calcite, dolomite, siderite, and barite are present in...air drills and electric haulage were installed. Bad air prevented access in 1912. The tunnel is reported...Molly Logan tunnel is not accessible on account of bad air, but is reported to be 1,400 feet long. It was
Journal (issue)
brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...material collected from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit...images. Figure 6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal
 
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