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Dolomite from
U.S. Gypsum Mine, Mediapolis (Mediopolis), Des Moines County, Iowa, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view U.S. Gypsum Mine, Mediapolis (Mediopolis), Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:210104
Long-form Identifier:1:3:210104:0
GUID (UUID V4):d1f92f1a-6063-4e50-bd75-d0b0e577273c
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
20.7km (12.8 miles) Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
38.4km (23.9 miles) Media Quarry, Media Township, Henderson County, Illinois, USA
50.5km (31.4 miles) Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
60.1km (37.3 miles) Sandusky, Lee County, Iowa, USA
63.5km (39.5 miles) Bear Creek, Vernon area, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
63.9km (39.7 miles) Coppers Creek, Vernon area, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
66.0km (41.0 miles) Moscow Quarry (Wendling Quarry), Moscow, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA
66.6km (41.4 miles) Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
66.6km (41.4 miles) St. Francisville, Clark County, Missouri, USA
67.1km (41.7 miles) LaFarge Quarry (Buffalo Quarry), Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1. Postcard view of the Waukon iron mine, Allamakee County, cia. 1912. John Taylor collection. ARTHUR...Unfortunately. with today’s environmental laws and mine and quarry regulations. the prolific collecting...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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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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Figure 1. The state of Iowa map; prepared by William Besse. IOW AITE Sioux County, Iowa BRUCE CAIRNCROSS ...1,000–1,500 feet below the surface in Sioux County, Iowa (Kohls and Rodda 1967); approximately thirty-five...finest examples known were collected at the Palabora mine, Limpopo Province, South Africa (Southwood and Cairncross...iowaite were post-serpentinization chrysotile, dolomite, brucite, calcite, magnesite, and pyrite. Since...formula of iowaite using crystals from the Palabora mine. Dr. Bruce Cairncross, a consulting editor of Rocks
Report (issue)
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
Report (issue)
Gypsum Resources of Indiana BULLETIN 42-A STATE OF INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEOLOGICAL...Head DONNA C. SCHULTZ, Sales and Records Clerk Gypsum Resources of Indiana By ROBERT R. FRENCH and LAWRENCE... Contents Introduction / I Acknowledgments / 3 Gypsum deposits in southwestern Indiana / 3 Previous work...Commercial deposits / 7 Mining / 11 Conclusions / 15 Gypsum deposits in northern Indiana / 15 Previous work...Figure 1 Map of Indiana showing distribution of gypsum and anhydrite / 2 2 Map of southwestern Indiana
Report (volume)
66-170 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C, 20402...by the U.S. Geological Survey__ m iv Major stratigraphic and time divisions in use by the U.S. Geological...a Includes provmcial series accepted for use in U.S. Geological Survey reports. IV LEXICON OF GEOLOGIC...INTHODUCTION :PREVIOUS COMPILATIONS OF GEOLOGIC NAMES The U.S. Geological Survey has published six compilations...for the Wiln1arth Lexicon, which, in addition to U.S. geologic units, included the names and ages (but
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AND MAPS OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Instructions on ordering publications of the U.S .. Geological Survey...catalog "New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices of available U.S. Geological Survey publications...Availability List." Publications that are listed in various U.S. Geological Survey catalogs (see back inside cover)...released to the open files are given in the listing "U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Reports," updated monthly...monthly, which is for sale in microfiche from the U.S. Geological Survey, Books and Open-File Reports Section
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Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Imperial County, California U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1711-C Chapter...Creek Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Imperial County, California By VICTORIA R. TODD, DAVID E. DETRA...and FRED A. KRUSE U.S. Geological Survey HARRY W. CAMPBELL U.S. Bureau of Mines U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL, Secretary U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Dallas L. Peck, Director UNITED...sale by the Books and Open-File Reports Section U.S. Geological Survey Federal Center, Box 25425 Denver
Report (Issue volume)
security of the United States-now and in the future . U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1973 For...For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price...the mineral industry of each of the 50 States, the U.S. isla nd possessions in the Pacific Ocean and the...C. Brown ________ ___________________ ___ _ 269 Iowa, by Brinton C. Brown ------------- ---------- -...into the Vnited States, and comparing world and U.S. mineral pToduction also are included. More detailed
Report (Issue volume)
SUi. • Minerals Yearbook - . ~ ~ "- ~ U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR '"' 0- • :::0 1/1...under U.S. administration. U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASffiNGTON : 1992 For sale by the U.S. Government...industrial mineral commodities important to the U.S. economy. A chapter on organic materials also has...regional books, which are being discontinued. The U.S. Bureau of Mines continually strives to improve the...State mineral production and mineral production by county were prepared in the Division of Statistics and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Locality Index Although perhaps best known for its gypsum crystals and barite roses, Oklahoma also boasts...from Oklahoma and think primarily of the prolific gypsum crystals that are easily collected from the Great...October 2014 Mineral Index by Counties Alfalfa County Carmen, 2 mi. NE of Carmen, 1 .1 mi. W of Highway...Formation, which comprises shales and sandstones; gypsum (alabaster and satin spar) (Johnson 1972). Great...National Wildlife Refuge, sec.22, T.26N, R. 1OW: gypsum* (Crystals form singly or in clusters in sand,
Report (issue)
University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA Abstract—Industrial minerals and rocks in the tri-state...production in adjacent Culberson County, west Texas. Halite, gypsum, and barite have also been produced...underground mine in the thermally metamorphosed aureole of Permian age limestone and dolomite at Marble...Monument occupies a part of a basin that contains gypsum dune sands, and in northern Chihuahua the quartz...aggregate. Mica production has been recorded at the Mica mine in the Van Horn Mountains (King and Flawn, 1953)
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••• ••• ••• Geochronology Geophysics Hydrology Mine r alogy Str ucture • • • • • •• •• • • • • •...part of Marion County, Missouri: unpublished Masters thesis, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1966. American...and origin of sulfa-saline ground water, Saline County, Missouri, in Annual report, Water Resources Research...Durward Davis, Richard A., Jr. 1. Willow River Dolomite: Ordovician analogue of modern algal stromatolite...of Highway 21 in Jefferson County as a scenic highway: Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Comm.,
Report (issue)
expanded shale plant, Summit County, Utah Holnam’s Devil’s Slide plant, Morgan County, Utah !7IB5F7-jbgfej...THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST FORUM 1999 Salt Lake City County Building constructed of Kyune Sandstone Proceedings...surficial geology of the state at a regional scale by county and at a more detailed scale by quadrangle. The...The annual meeting has typically been hosted by a U.S. state geological survey or a Canadian provincial...Madden, Marketing/Fund Raising Chair Greta J. Orris, U.S. Geological Survey Liaison Mitchell J. Hart, Field
Report (issue)
Resources of New Mexico I'repared by U.S. Geological Survey for the U.S. Senate Committee on Interior and...Conservation Commission New Mexico State Engineer U.S. Bureau of Mines SOCORRO1977 NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE...of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 41-737O WASHINGTON :...Water Resources of New Mexico," prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey at the request of our colleague... FOREWORD This report, was prepared at my request by the U.S. Geological Survey in collaboration with the New
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Michigan Tampa, Florida 7th 197 1 8th 1972 Iowa C ity. Iowa 9 th 1973 Paducah, Kemucky Columbus, Ohio...Leszcykowski, J erry E. Olson, and Peter N. Gabby, U.S. Bureau of Mines . ............... .. .. ..........markets. The estimated total value o f nonfue l mine ral productio n in Oregon in 1988 was $169 million...clays, chromite, expandable shales, foundry sands. gypsum. iron-oxide pigmems. peat, and building sto ne...private companies and variow. federal. l>tatc. and county agcn c ic~ . ru\ llcd l>tone. al mo~t exc lu ~
Report (edition)
(formerly Stoneco, Inc.}, near Junction, Pau lding County, Ohio. Specimen is 3.8 x 2.4 cm with the largest...Huron River, resulting in the discovery of two County, Ohio, August 2006. John Medici photo. minerals...Van Doren for her steadfast work on the graphi c des ign and layout, vvl11ch included redrafting al l...ineralogical and Lap idary Society of Michigan Stark County Gem & M ineral Club Summit Petroleum, Inc. $1-$100...sed in1ents .................................... Gypsum crysta ls .. ..... .. .. .. . .. .. ..... ...
Book
....243 APPENDIX II: MINERAL SPECIES LISTED BY COUNTY ...............................248 ABOUT THE AUTHORS...beds" of sandstone, shale, and minor limestone and gypsum (all under glacial cover), which have been dated...both the Copper Country and the iron ranges by the U.S. and Michigan Geological Surveys. This resulted in...-------------------------- ---------------------------Bad River Dolomite ---------------------------- --------------------------...---------------------------- Badwater Greenstone Randville Dolomite -------------------------Sturgeon Quartzite
Report (volume)
Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402...of the Survey may be obtained by writing to the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. 20242. The...Rendus - Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de I' Academie des Sciences. Paris, France. Acta Cryst...Vermessungs-Nachrichten. Zeitschrift fiir aile Zweige des Vermessungs-, Karten- und Liegenschaftswesens sowie...Association Canadienne-Fran<;aise pour l'Avancement des Sciences Annales. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Assoc
Book (volume)
knowledge of the geology and geochemistry of salt, gypsum, anhydrite and borates. The geochemistry of salt...♦ • • • • • • • Geology of the Salt and Gypsum Deposits in the Saltville Area, Smyth and Washington...Trona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Gypsum -Anhydrite Equilibrium at 1 Atmosphere Pressur...Upper Rhine Valley Evaporites . . . . . . . . . . Gypsum and Anhydrite of Recent Age, Trucial Coast, Persian...Persian Gulf . . . Toe Interrelation of Gypsum/Anhydrite in the Sedimentation of the Saline Miocene in
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transportrreaction control of gypsum dissolution kinetics in aqueous solutions and initiation of gypsum karst Michael...79702, USA School of Geology and Geophysics, UniÕersity of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA Received...accepted 31 January 1997 Abstract Experiments with gypsum in aqueous solutions at 258C, low ionic strengths...surface reaction and diffusional transport control of gypsum dissolution kinetics. Dissolution rates were determined...under steady-state conditions, in which polished gypsum discs were rotated at constant speed and reactant
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near Battle Mountain, formed during this time. Gypsum deposits formed from evaporating lakes in southern...near Ely in White Pine County; copper-molybdenum ores north of Tonopah in Nye County: and tungsten ores in...deposited in southeastern Nevada, and sedimentary gypsum deoosits formed in northwestern Nevada. Triassic...west-central Nevada. Economically important limestone, gypsum, and silica-sand deposits formed in southern Nevada...the Paleozoic Era in the Great Basin. Some marine gypsum deposits formed in southern Nevada. 3 2 0 - -
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I I I I I ' \ \ \ \ \ \ '\ \ '' ' \ U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 2013 WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS...Bagby, Chief Branch of Western Mineral Resources U.S . Geological Survey Menlo Park, Calif. james Barker...of Industrial Minerals U.S. Bureau of Mines Washington, D.C. Douglas P. Bauer U.S. Bureau of Land Management...Nev. Michael Harper, Assistant Director Washoe County Department of Comprehensive Planning Reno, Nev...Lake City, Utah Frederick Carillo, State Officer U.S. Bureau of Mines Reno, Nev . Stephen B. Castor Nevada
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commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...minerals which make lovely cabinet specimens. old mine western states, to kick up and oxidation,
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.......................................... .40 Gypsum and anhydrite ...................................southwestern Indiana showing the area of study, county names, the outcrop belt of the Blue River Group... 8 Correlated well logs from Monroe County to Sullivan County ............................. 16 9 Correlated...Correlated well logs from Martin County to Posey County .................. .... ..........18 ILLUSTRATIONS...Figure 10 Correlated well logs from Orange County to Posey County ............................... 20 11
 
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