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Augite from
Quarry Road quarry, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Plagioclase1 photo of Augite associated with Plagioclase at this locality.
Ilmenite1 photo of Augite associated with Ilmenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Quarry Road quarry, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:241817
Long-form Identifier:1:3:241817:9
GUID (UUID V4):8d02d085-597c-40e2-9f28-5688927af7d3
Nearest other occurrences of Augite
6.0km (3.7 miles) Mineral Lake lookout tower, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) Potato River intrusion, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) Ashland Black Granite Quarry, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA
15.6km (9.7 miles) Keweenawan gabbros, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, USA
29.7km (18.5 miles) 18 Mile Creek outcrops, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, USA
58.7km (36.5 miles) Highway 27 roadcuts, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, USA
79.6km (49.5 miles) Canyon Creek, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
92.8km (57.7 miles) Buckley Quarry, Amnicon Falls, Douglas County, Wisconsin, USA
94.8km (58.9 miles) Johnson Materials Co. Quarry, Douglas County, Wisconsin, USA
94.8km (58.9 miles) Eisenbrey deposit (Thornapple deposit), Ladysmith-Rhinelander Metavolcanic Complex, Rusk County, Wisconsin, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences University of Wisconsin-River Falls 410 South Third Street River Falls, Wisconsin 54022 his is Wisconsin’s... breweries, bratwurst, and Packers football, Wisconsin also has a diverse geology and a history rich...forgotten, abandoned, and overgrown. In this respect, Wisconsin represents a frontier state for the mineral collector...Vulcan Materials quarry in Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and...summarizes and highlights what has been found in Wisconsin in the past 150 years and points the way to new
Report (edition)
5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...labels were added where necessary to show quarry sites, road names, and other useful landmarks. In addition...those which are still open. The words "mine" and "quarry" are often used interchangeably in discussing mineral
Book
ROCKHOUNDING Wisconsin A Guide to the State’s Best Sites ROBERT BEARD To the memory of my grandmother...rockhound that I ever knew, and she loved northern Wisconsin and ­geology. She would have been thrilled to...Beard, Robert D., author. Title: Rockhounding Wisconsin : a guide to the state’s best sites / Robert Beard...and preservation—Wisconsin—Guidebooks. | Minerals—Collection and preservation—Wisconsin—Guidebooks. Classification:...��������������������������������4 Geology of Wisconsin���������������������������������������������
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N of Calloway
Book (volume)
Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late Pleistocene Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip
Book (volume)
Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late Pleistocene Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calcite, 8 cm, Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo....Appalachians (Harlan County) at 4,139 feet. The lowest point is the floor of the Reed quarry near Grand Rivers...Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky, at 100 feet below sea level. There are some noteworthy mineral...small, nondiamondiferous kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnöite intrusions in Crittenden...McGrain 1982). Some of the veins are exposed by road cuts and by active quarries where minerals can still
Report (issue)
Slicvc Gullion and its Ring-Dyke IV. Antrim Coast Road: Belfast to Ballycas1le V. Antrim CoasL: Murlough... 1) Proceed up the Cave Hill Road of Belfast into the Cave Hill Quarry where the Chalk (underlain by...which is well exposed just to the right as the quarry is entered. The Chalk is penetrated by one of the...to Belfast and approach Collin Glen by the Glen Road (Fig. 2); the glen descends from the basalt hills...Tertiary Basalts. Of great interest is the small quarry in Grc,·nsand and Chalk just W.S. W. of Glen Bridge
Report (issue)
COVER Left: Weloganite crystals from Francon Quarry, Montreal. Specimen measures 3 cm from tip to base...mangan-neptunite crystals from Mont St-Hilaire quarry. Specimen 22 is cm long. National Mineral Collection...change without notice Plate I Mont St-HilJaire quarry. (GSC 138741) v CONTENTS ix 1 1 3 5 5 6 6...Kingston township quarry McFarland quarry Road-cuts, km 8.2 to 8.4, Highway 38 Road-cuts, km 9.3, Highway...Limestone quarry, west of Highway 38 Freebern mica mine Mobey (Burnham) mine Enterprise mine Sand Road (Card)
Report (issue)
Canada 1968 - iii - Plate I. Mont St-Hilaire quarry, (GSC 135741) - v - CONTENTS Page Abstract...Kingston - Island of Montreal Kingston township quarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...McFarland quarry .. . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Road-cuts...Highway 38... . ... . ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . Road-cuts, mile 5.8, Highway 3 8 . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Limestone quarry, west of Highway 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (edition)
“old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy; right fibrous : tremolite, C. K. Williams quarry, Easton: bottom: calcite...oriented coatings of goethite, “old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy, (courtesy of Delbert L. Oswald) ADDITIONAL...edition of Mineral Collecting Cedar Hill in quarry where Dave had done IV much of his work PREFACE...permission from the owners of the land, from the quarry or mine operators before entering to collect. (Land...particular site, remember it is possible to visit the county courthouse in which the site is located, and trace
Report (issue)
without notice $9.00 PlateI Mont St-Hillaire quarry. (GSC 138741) CONTENTS ix | Abstract l Introduction...Kingston township quarry 6 McFarland quarry 7 8 3 Road-cuts, km 8.2 to 8.4, Highway Road-cuts, km 9.3, Highway...Highway 38 Limestone quarry, west of Highway Freebern mica mine 8 y Mobey (Burnham) mine 9 Enterprise... 38 38 Sand Road (Card) quarry 10 Dwyer 1] 1] Godfrey-Westport occurrences Road-cuts at km 4.5...5, Westport Road 12 Kingston (Bedford) mica mine 12 13 14 14 1D 1 16 16 17 Richardson feldspar mine
Book (edition)
Fossil Pit....................... Eastern Industries Quarry.......... Carbondale Fossil Ferns................121 121, 122 124 127 129 132 134 137 Lime Crest Quarry...................... Sterling Hill Mine................ Lake Valhalla Yellow Serpentine Basalt Quarry Minerals.............. Schuyler Copper Mine Dumps...Township Road (PA) Is. R-10061 State Road (PA) EH] Forest Road (PA) | 626 | Spur 563 County Route (NJ)...Diamond Mine Montour Fossil Pit Eastern Industries Quarry Carbondale Fossil Ferns Deer Lake Brachiopods Morgantown
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
all likely sources, were multiply sampled, and augite, plagioclase, pigeonite (tholeiites), and olivine...minerals (e.g., Al2O3 versus SiO2 in plagioclase or augite, and FeO versus SiO2 in olivine). However, plots...Na2O + K2O)Plagioclase versus CaO/(CaO + MgO + FeO)Augite or MgO/ (MgO + FeO)Olivine; K2O/FeOPlagioclase...Olivine) and multidimensional scaling applied to augite and plagioclase indicate that multi-mineral discrimination...Furthermore, the combination of TiO2, FeO and CaO in augite, and SiO2, Al2O3 and Na2O in plagioclase, discriminates
Report (volume)
___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minor Intrusions ... ......... Ghdrumman Port, County Down, I;&d ...... South Bute, Scotland . . . ....attack during 1953 and 1954 upon Slime Gullion, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, led to a rc-examination...expos^ of composite sheets at Glasdrumman Port, County Down,also Northern Ireland, and at the south end... COMPOSITE MINOR INTRUSIONS Glasdnrmman Port, County Down, Ireland (Fig. 4; PL xli, 2) Harker‘s SGe...melanocratic zone composed of small crystals of augite and hornblende” up to 1 mm. thick developed at
Book (edition)
from the Principal Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut Unclassified Material Page...Directions to the Mineral Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut .... Additional Locality...booklet devoted to the mineralogy of the Middlesex County region. Invaluable assistance in preparing the...found in the aegirite-granite at the Flatrock (Quarry in Waterford. Its color is dull black to brownish...Haven, Connecticut. At the Strickland Quarry in Middlesex County, ambly­ gonite occurs as white cleavages
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...pick over stream beds, gravel pits, mine dumps, road cuts, and quarries. Some gems agate, petrified wood...a Jersey's Limecrest quarry, for instance, is open to a year; the Foote quarry in North Carolina one...known as acclimation. Maps Maps are essential. Road maps, such as those provided by filling stations...or goggles, and safety-toe shoes in an operating quarry or mine. They are prudent precautions against disaster
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...knapsack you can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it...rapidly, especially when it comes to quarries and road construction To avoid disappointment, go over your
Report (issue)
Wilson County Contentnea Creek area Sims area Elm City area . Edgecombe and Nash Counties Pitt County Fountain...Northeast Piedmont Wake County Raleigh granite area , The city quarries The Sutton quarry . Other quarries The...The Crabtree quarry : Rolesville granite area Dimension stone quarry Lassiter quarry Wendell granite...granite area Abandoned quarry Other granite and granite-gneiss areas in Wake County Zebulon Wake Forest...CONTENTS—CONTINUED Vance County Greystone quarry Middleburg quarry : Other granite areas in Vance County Franklin County
Report (volume)
250-12,460 ft, sec. 14, T. 45 S., R. 27 E., Lee County, Fla. Named for the nearby Able Canal. The Able...H-20, northwest of Wattsville, northern Accomack County, Va. Reference sections: facies E and F, sand pits...Wattsville, Persimmon Point, and Accomack, Accomack County, Va. The informal Accomack beds of Mixon and others...and west of the Ames Ridge shoreline in Accomack County, Va., and are well developed from Wallops Station...Turnpike exchange, Annandale quadrangle, Fairfax County, Va. The Accotink Schist, here named, is the lower
Journal (volume)
.. 64 on the Geology of the Coso Range, Inyo County, Cal. John A. Reid A Natural Bridge due to Stream...Students: trial Deposits. .... ...... ...... Knox County, Maine Ore of Igneous Origin. Edson The Cotylosauria...III Geology of the Haystack Stock, Cowles, Park County, Montana. William H. Emmons . . . . I. ...W. Cope. Williston 395 ......... Origin of Augite Andesite and of Related Ultra-Basic Rocks. Reginald...the only constituent minerals being plagioclase, augite, olivine, and titaniferous magnetite, with occasionally
Report (issue)
Harper assisted in the initial preparation of the Road Log. Marie Shervais prepared the page setups and...pavement surface. Outcrop is located off Forest Service Road 643A in Clarks Hill (SC-GA) 7.5’ quadrangle. SOUTH... Gold deposits of the West Springs area, Union County, South Carolina Dennis J. LaPoint................4-8, 10-12. 2.Stops 3-4. 3.Stop 9. SATURDAY ROAD LOG Road. Stop at Log House at 0.4 mile (130.2). Follow...onto Quarry Road. Go 1.0 miles (8.7) and turn left into STOP 1 (Vulcan Materials Pacolet Quarry). Turn
Report (issue)
HORN ABSTRACT The Golden quadrangle, Jefferson County, Colo., lies at the western edge of the rapidly...construction materials. \ The Golden quadrangle, Jefferson County, Colo., is one .of several quadrangles in the rapidly...rock. At the only exposure found, the abandoned quarry. The north margin is marked by a bed. dike is 2...and origwhen fresh. Fresh rock from the abandoned quarry in sec. inally all were included in a red-bed sequence...Formation &I Horn~ ------~ ·i-':.j:.-::.;::~ -· ~ augite phase Sandy, shaly, _ .-·-. _ ·-· c Arapahoe Formation
Report (chapter)
utilization of the stone was the supply of crushed road metal or gravel and railway ballast, still in use...as pavements, gutters, drains, cobbled roads and road crossings and retaining walls) Victorian Bluestone...ballast. For blasted and crushed products used in road-surface aggregate and railway ballast for example...McInerny observed vertical joint planes in the quarry some 2 miles east of the town, suggesting columnar...presence of ‘abundant squat prisms of faint green augite, corroded crystals of olivine, the larger ones
 
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