 | | Report (issue) | | University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Conservation and Survey...Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors Roger K. Pabian University of Nebraska - Lincoln...Lincoln, rpabian1@unl.edu Allan Cook University of Nebraska - Lincoln Follow this and additional works at:...K. and Cook, Allan, "Minerals and Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors" (1976)...Resources, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion |  | | Report (issue) | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30 Louisville Limestone - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...- - 42 5. Cross section from Huntington County to Noble County showing relationships of Silurian rocks...- - - - - - - - - 43 6. Cross section in Boone County showing local relationships of three lithologic...(lower Silurian), the Salamonie Dolomite, the Louisville Limestone, and the Wabash Formation, all of the...two areas centered in Howard and Cass Counties and in Jasper County. A disconformity appears to separate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of Nebraska LinolnNebaka 68588 Pennsylvanian-Permian age rocks in Nebraska contain fossil...Mountains. Northern Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana were periodically...surprise that PennsylvanianPermian age rocks in Nebraska contain fossil assemblages similar to those found...recognized that bedded sedimentary rocks in Kansas and Nebraska occur red in similar, repeating, vertical sequences...north and 1.7 miles east o f Weeping Water in Cass County. (See Trip # 1 . ) The Stull Shale at Weeping |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of R&M (p. 255) of the "Big Beryl" Mine Imperial County in southern Calif. (old Hogg Mine), gem hunters...1st—Georgia had a record low the Mt. Zirkel area, Routt County, Colo- of 10 4-° degrees in this area and about...concrete for building tonstmction. Conn. (Litchfield County) which I have There will be real hunting for the...219 off U . S . Hwy. 27. IOWA—Drusy, colorless calcite xls in cavities of gray fossiliferous limestone...limestone occur at Littleton in N / W Buchanan County of N / E Iowa."—note from Mrs. Hazel Bengston, Rt. 4, Independence |  | | Report (issue) | | ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGIC FACTORS AS AIDS TO PLANNING IN CASS COUNTY, INDIANA Special Report 22 State of Indiana...Environmental Geologic Factors as Aids to Planning in Cass County, Indiana By JOHN R. HILL ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY...formations on outcrop and beneath glacial drift in Cass County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Generalized bedrock stratigraphic column for Cass County . . . . . . . . . .3 3 Well log of bedrock...topography of Cass County .7 7 Map showing distribution of unconsolidated deposits in Cass County .8 8 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The most abundant minerals in these rocks are calcite, clay minerals, dolomite, glauconite, goethite...inclusions with pyrrhotite and other iron sulfides in calcite, barite, dolomite, and quartz in geodes. Other...left): Calcite, twinned on {0221}, 4 cm across; Meshberger Stone, Inc. quarry, Bartholomew County. Richard...Russell specimen and photo. Figure 2 (above center): Calcite with marcasite inclusions; largest crystal 3.5...cm high; Rensselaer Stone C o . quarry, Jasper County. Vernon Swanson speci men; Richard Russell photo |  | | Report (issue) | | .......................................... 18 Calcite .................................................The most common minerals in these sediments are calcite, clay minerals, dolomite, glauconite, goethite...collection of geodes from Big Walnut Creek, Putnam County; and many quarry operators for granting us permission...Indians knew of and used Wyandotte Cave in Crawford County (4).2 Ball (1941, p. 39) summarized the various...The Indians found that Wyandotte Cave, Crawford County, Ind., contained two desirable products, a jaspery |  | | Report (issue) | | Shale Member / 14 Huntington Lithofacies / 15 Louisville Limestone / 16 Waldron Shale / 16 Salamonie Dolomite...Clark County / 11 5 Primary dip in the Salamonie Dolomite, sec. 33, T. 23 N., R. 13 E., Adams County / 19...Crushed stone being loaded in barges at Utica, Clark County, for out-of-state markets / 23 8 Ternary diagram...older rocks and are well expressed in Jasper and Cass Counties. Precise stratigraphic-correlation s in...believed to be present in the Salamonie Dolomite and Louisville Limestone in addition to the well-documented |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........................ 322 SOME MINERALS OF NEBRASKA. By Prof. E. F. Schra,nn1 ........ 323 EYLES...ERALS OF NEBRASKA By PROFESSOR E. F. SCHRAMM Chairman Department of Geology University of Nebraska ess,...ned the :urc '. R . by As you probably know, Nebraska is noted for its scarcity of fine gem minerals...Pennsylvanian age in the quarries east and west of Louisville, Nebraska, and just east of Weeping Water contain...Wymore, Gage County, Nebraska, contains many geodes which ace lined with small quartz and calcite crystals |  | | Report (issue) | | counties - 50 Adams County - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50 Allen County - - - - - - - - - -...- 50 Bartholomew County - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50 Blackford County - - - - - - - - -...- - 50 Carroll County - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50 Cass County - - - - - - - - -...- - - - - - 50 Clark County - - - 50 Crawford County - 51 Decatur County - - - - - - - - - - - -...- - 51 Delaware County - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 51 Grant County - 51 - - - - - - |  | | Report (issue) | | 7401 Contents Introduction / 1 Laurel Member, Louisville Limestone, and Geneva Dolomite / 1 History I...I l Geology / 4 Laurel Member and Louisville Limestone / 4 Geneva Dolomite / 5 Present production / 5...quarry of Blue Ridge Quarries near Waldron in Shelby County / 6 4 House on which thin-bedded rock from the...machines at work in the Walsh Quarry, Lawrence County, in 1962 / 12 9 Wire saws near completion of...produced from the Salem Limestone, Geneva Dolomite, Louisville Limestone, Laurel Member, and Cincinnatian rocks |  | | Report (issue) | | from Heller Stone Co. Creviston no. 2, Huntington County, Mississinewa Shale to lower Niagaran rocks- -...Indiana Geological Survey drill hole no. 25, Grant County, upper Niagaran rocks to Cincinnatian rocks - -...Indiana Geological Survey drill hole no. 44, Jay County, lower Niagaran rocks to Cincinnatian rock - -...Indiana Geological Survey drill hole no. 41, Tipton County, Pendleton Sandstone (Devonian) to Cincinnatian...Irving Bros. Gravel Co., Inc. drill hole, Delaware County, lower Niagaran rocks- - - - - - - - - - - - - |  | | Report (issue) | | FRONTISPIECE-PLATE I OLD DEVER QUARRY, ROCKMART, POLK COUNTY, WHILE OPERATED BY THE GEORGIA SLATE COMPANY, BETWEEN...potash, I spent two weeks examining the Pickens .County deposits. Since that time I have made several brief...deposits ............................... . Polk County ................................................................................ 104-128 Bartow County .................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Gordon County .... , ....................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Shalevetz, were received. One was greenish with white calcite vein (specked with red and brown) and the other... sists of poorly xled white calcite on dark gray limestone; the calcite fluoresces pink under the Mineralight...limestone containing veins of white xline calcite; this calcite fluoresces a bright red (one of the brightest..."flame" fluorescence. The pinkish fluorescent calcite was found on the Crystal River, the other near...Georgia. The Cobb p:bbles have been found in Chicago, County specimen was collected by Bob Cook Co., III., on |  | | Report (volume) | | ; Surficial Geology » of the Louisville Quadrangle * Colorado * GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 996-E...CONTRIBUTION TO GENERAL GEOLOGY SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF THE LOUISVILLE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO By HAROLD E. MALDE ABSTRACT...ABSTRACT Surflcial deposits in the Louisville quadrangle, Colo., are divisible into three main groups pre-Wisconsin...mid-Wisconsin soil-forming interval recognized in Nebraska and Kansas. Recent deposits overlap those of Wisconsin...INTRODUCTION LOCATION, ACCESSIBILITY, AND GEOGRAPHY The Louisville quadrangle, Colo., is adjacent to the eastern |  | | Report (volume) | | minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by some unusual... A. Buehler, Rolla. Nebraska.........Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada......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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |  | | Report (issue) | | __________________________ Waldron Shale _____________________ Louisville Limestone ____________________ Silurian rocks...Laurel Dolomite and Waldron Shale Section 3. Louisville Limestone ____________ List of sections of Silurian...belt and those used by Butts (1915) in Jefferson County, Ky ___ ____________ Photographs of the Brassfield..._____________________________________________ ___ 9. Louisville Limestone __________________________________...the Waldron Shale, and the lower part of the Louisville Limestone ____________________________________________ |  | | Report (issue) | | Putnam County. B, Continuously fired tunnel kiln, General Shale Co., Mooresville, Morgan County 4 3 ...in Clark County 22 9 Exposure of shale and siltstone of the Borden Group in Brown County 23 1OA Schematic...micrograph of halloysite from Gardner Mine , Lawrence County 26 11 Exposure of Upper Block Coal Member, Brazil...shale and underlying underclay, near Ashboro, Clay County 28 Illustrations Figure 12 Exposure of Pleistocene...Clay County 30 13 Exposure of bedded glacial lake sediments near Francesville, Pulaski County 31 THIS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | embed some of the barite. Superior, in N/E Pinal County, is in southern Arizona. CALIFORNIA — John S. Albanese...Pala, Calif."—on label. Pala, in N / W San Diego County, is in southern California. COLORADO — "I am sending...hyalite (opal) which fl. green. Stoneham, in E. Weld County, is in N / E Colorado. CONNECTICUT — "I am sending...miles N / W of North Stonington, S/E New London County, in S/E Connecticut. FLORIDA—"Referring to page...Coal City, 111."—on label. Coal City, in E. Grundy County, is in N / E Illinois. I O W A — " I am sending |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | by Seymour F. Dozier, Red Oak, Route 1, Fulton County, Georgia. Large lumps of this material can be picked...silver. "The Agency Creek, McDevitt District, Lemhi County, Idaho, radioactive ores (found in that District...employees and the community of Rosiclare."—Hardin County Independent, Elizabethtown, Illinois."— The Crittenden...to say about Marengo Cave, which is in Crawford County in southern Indiana (near Marengo). "Marengo Cave...banded red agates in his area. Melrose is in Monroe County in southern Iowa. KANSAS — Pink celestite xls have |  | | Report (issue) | | kiln was I mile northwest of Stinesville in Monroe County. The Lime Industry of Indiana By CURTIS H. AULT...Abandoned vertical lime kiln near Milltown , Crawford County, used by J. B. Speed & Co. from 1887 to about 1915...10 Abandoned quarry near Rabbitville , Lawrence County, where St. Louis and Ste . Genevieve lim estones...Abandoned underground min es nea r Milltown , Harrison County , where Ste . Genevieve and St. Louis lim estones...were min ed intermitt ently for lim e by the Louisville Cement Co . from 1903 to 1953 / 26 14 Aband |  | | Report (volume) | | Construction-Material Resources of Pottawatomie County, Kansas GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN Prepared...Construction-Material Resources of Pottawatomie County, Kansas By GLENN R. SCOTT, FRANK W. FOSTER, and...ILLUSTKATIONS Page PLATE 5. Geologic map of Pottawatomie County, Kansas,_.______ In pocket FIGTTBE 5. Index map...______________ 100 6. Physiography of Pottawatomie County, Kansas. _ ______ 101 7. Chart showing temperature...tests on construction materials of Pottawatomie County, Kansas______.___-_---_---_-___---_----_-_. In |  | | Report (issue) | | Company -------------------------- 15 Stop 4. Louisville Cement Company quarry ----------------------------------------...-------------------------------------------- 19 Stop 6. Scott County Stone Company quarry ---------------------------------------...------------------- 18 4. South wall of Scott County Stone Company quarry -----------------------------------...------------------------------------------- 30 7A. Contact of Louisville limestone and Geneva dolomite --------------------------------...analyses of samples from measured section at Stop 4, Louisville Cement Company quarry ------------------------------ |  | | Report (issue) | | Company -------------------------- 15 Stop 4. Louisville Cement Company quarry ----------------------------------------...-------------------------------------------- 19 Stop 6. Scott County Stone Company quarry ---------------------------------------...------------------- 18 4. South wall of Scott County Stone Company quarry -----------------------------------...------------------------------------------- 30 7A. Contact of Louisville limestone and Geneva dolomite --------------------------------...analyses of samples from measured section at Stop 4, Louisville Cement Company quarry ------------------------------ |  | | Report (issue) | | site of the former town of Alum Cave, Sullivan County, in the NW¼NE¼ sec. 25, T. 9 N., R. 8 W. Description...outcrop in northern Vigo County and Vermillion County. South of Sullivan County , the limestone is thin... 8 N ., R. 8 W., near Antioch Church, Sullivan County. This unit lies 2 feet below the Bucktown Coal...south of Knox County but is present northward from its type area to Vermillion County. Antrim Shale,...the St. Clair, that was well exposed in Antrim County, Mich., and Lane ( 1902, map) later actually adopted |
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