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Calcite from
Valley Quarry, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Strontianiteⓘ3 photos of Calcite associated with Strontianite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Valley Quarry, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (9 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:34883
Long-form Identifier:1:3:34883:0
GUID (UUID V4):2d9f7280-da97-405e-a8f6-a8f1e9204d20
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
28.6km (17.8 miles) ⓘValley Quarry, Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA
31.7km (19.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Calcite occurrence, Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
35.0km (21.7 miles) ⓘFairfield Quarry, Fairfield, Hamiltonban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
35.5km (22.1 miles) ⓘCulp Ridge, Glatfelter Farm, Hamiltonban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
37.3km (23.2 miles) ⓘZeolite locality, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
38.7km (24.0 miles) ⓘMcCormick Mine, Dillsburg Iron Mines, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
38.8km (24.1 miles) ⓘSmyser Mine, Dillsburg Iron Mines, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
38.9km (24.2 miles) ⓘLongnecker Mine, Dillsburg Iron Mines, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
38.9km (24.2 miles) ⓘUnderwood Mine, Dillsburg Iron Mines, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
39.0km (24.2 miles) ⓘGrove Mine, Dillsburg Iron Mines, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Vol. 42, No. 3 Pennsylvania Geology Table of Contents Editorial— Geologists as Mentors Page 2 Determination...Preferential Groundwater Flow Patterns to Cumberland County Springs with Fluorescent Dye Tracing Page...22 The two Big Spring source springs in Cumberland County, Pa., responded differently to a large rain...article on page 3). — Photograph by Todd Hurd Pennsylvania Geology Fall 2012 EDITORIAL Geologists as...Love, State Geologist Pennsylvania Geological Survey This issue of Pennsylvania Geology covers karstinfluenced
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4 Pennsylvania Geology Table of Contents Editorial— Sharing What We Know Page 2 Shippensburg Geology...Publication Page 10 Staff Listing Page 11 A Pennsylvania “mystery rock” (see article on page 9). — Photograph...Photograph by Stuart O. Reese Pennsylvania Geology Winter 2013 EDITORIAL Sharing What We Know George...Love, State Geologist Pennsylvania Geological Survey This issue of Pennsylvania Geology is an interesting...contained within the two principal articles, “Shippensburg Geology Field Trip at the 2013 National Speleological
Report (issue)
Southeastern Franklin County, Pennsylvania Samuel I. Root COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL...Franklin County, Pennsylvania by Samuel I. Root Pennsylvania Geological Survey PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL...1968 Copyrighted 1968 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published...published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological Survey ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY...ROOM ">PENNSYLVANIA 17125 PREFACE This report concerns the origin
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thickening to an observable maximum in southern Pennsylvania. The formation includes dark, granular limestone...Maryland, to southern Pennsylvania; it thickens in Maryland and southern Pennsylvania at the same rate and...formations 293 Central Pennsylvania 273 Fauna 293 Maryland and southern Pennsylvania 274 Formations overlying...General statement 276 Chambersburg - Edinburg - Shippensburg Utne n e Dolomite 276 5° , -' T-' ' 'i ' 'iX...mile northeast of Welsh vestigated 269 Run, Pennsylvania 283 2. Correlation of post-Beekmantown, pre6
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Part 1, Supplement, Limestones and Dolomites of Pennsylvania ¡ by George F. Deasy, Phyllis R. Griess, Ronald...Earth a.nd Mineral Sciences The Pennsylvania State University PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological...STATE BOOK STORE, P.O. BOX 1365, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 Bulletin MSO, Part 1, Supplement, Sheet...active mines, 1962 .. 2. Types of active mines (quarry andjor underground) 3. Number of months that mines
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LEAD OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA Robert C. Smith, II COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL...ZINC AND LEAD OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA Robert C. Smith, II PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...1977 Copyright 1977 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published...published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological Survey COVER ILLUSTRATION: Photograph of 1852 lithograph...STATE BOOK STORE, P. O. BOX 1365 HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 PREFACE The purpose of this report is
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Milton J. Shapp, Governor / CONTENTS ~ ~~--~ The State Geologist Reports...K-Ar Date on the Masontown Dike, Southwestern Pennsylvania ..............................................New Occurrence of High-Calcium Limestone in Pennsylvania ................ .............................Photo courtesy of Grant Heilman, Lititz, Pa. PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGY is published bimonthly by the Topographic...Dept. of Environmental Resources, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17120. Articles may be reprinted f rom this
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NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Samuel I. Root COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL...FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA by Samuel I. Root Pennsylvania Geological Survey PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL...of Pennsylvania Material from this book may be published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological...STATE BOOK STORE, 1825 STANLEY DRIVE HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17103 PREFACE This report concerns the origin...possible use of rocks exposed in northeastern Franklin County. Rocks exposed range in age from Cambrian to Ordovician
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Vol. 45, No. 3 Pennsylvania Geology Table of Contents Editorial—On the Shoulders of Giants Page 2 ...Conodoguinet Cave, Carlisle, Pennsylvania Page 3 The 2015 Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists Page 12...Petroleum and Subsurface Geology section at the Pennsylvania Geological Survey, examining bedrock and cave...Page 20 —Photograph by Katherine W. Schmid Pennsylvania Geology Fall 2015 EDITORIAL On the Shoulders...of Giants Gale C. Blackmer, State Geologist Pennsylvania Geological Survey This is the first time that
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ATLAS OF¡ PENNSYLVAN lA'S MINERAL RESOURCES PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG ...locating and evaluating the mineral resources in Pennsylvania. The Atlas should be of interest and applied...Limestones and Dolomites of Pennsylvania by Bernard J. O'Neill, Jr. PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH...book may be published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological Survey ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS...STATE BOOK STORE, P. 0. BOX 1365 HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 Bulletin MSO, Part 1, Sheet 1 CONTENTS
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",.-/ COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Dick Thornburgh, Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES...topo maps . .. .. .... .... .... .. 7 Franklin County mineral show . . ... ..... . ............ ............... . 8 The brachiopod Athyris in Dauphin County . ... ... ....... . ... 9 Survey announcements...Conestoga limestone, Millersville Borough , Lancaster County. Open " throat" which caused the surface collapse...page 15-16. Photo courtesy of J. P. Wilshusen. PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGY is published bimonthy by the Topographic
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Vol. 46, No. 3 Pennsylvania Geology Table of Contents Editorial—Where Do We Go From Here? Page 2 ...Formation, Morgantown, Pennsylvania Page 3 The 2016 Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists Page 14...student serves as scale (see article on page 3). Pennsylvania Geology EDITORIAL Fall 2016 Where Do We Go...From Here? Gale C. Blackmer, State Geologist Pennsylvania Geological Survey Wow. I’m writing this in...knowledge to serve future needs. Page 2 of 20 Pennsylvania Geology Fall 2016 Semiarid Climate and Cyclic
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STATE LIBRARY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 II II II nil 3 014 4 00050005 «k. 1 ’^^jklTL% i ^IH ^ 1 k...of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...(icologist G BULLETIN 33 Mineral Collecting Pennsylvania in by Davis M. Lapham Mineralogist Alan ...Environmental Geologist JiU-ateJ VanOiden PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG...Commonweath of Pennsylvania book may be pubished if credit this is given to the Pennsylvania Geological
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PENNSYLVANIA STATE LIBRARY OF 0144 00141189 1 v < 2 £ m- c oi; c» tt*s“S S Si! at tss^s isl^j...1 ' s WJ= ~S 5! s „3 &«eq Sjg® . . PENNSYLVANIA 1 .8 ^2»SS 3 d 5-s &s z l|lt« 7* < OF ...GEOLOGY REPORT 1976 33 MINERAL COLLECTING IN PENNSYLVANIA by Alan R. Geyer Robert C. Smith, John H....Graphics by Albert E. VanOlden COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES TOPOGRAPHIC...II Copyrighted 1976 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if
Report (edition)
Geyer Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania I COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS... ' BULLETIN G 33 Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania by Davis M. Lapham Mineralogist Alan R. Geyer...Geyer Assistant State Geologist PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG First Edition...1965 Copyrighted 1965 b y the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published....... . .. . Adams County .... . .. ... ............... . . ... . Allegheny County .... . ...... . ..
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pink-red fluorescence of calcite from Franklin, NJ and from the Medford quarry here in MD is due to Mn2+)...example, the Mn 2+- 7 induced fluorescence of calcite from Franklin is only seen when the manganese level...an effect on the fluorescence. For example, in calcite, the Mn2+ ions which substitute for the Ca2+ ions...mercury (Hg2+ or Hg22+, or some combination, in the calcite and calomel from Terlingua, Texas), molybdate (MoO42-)...sensitizer. For example, the red fluorescence of calcite from Franklin is activated by Mn2+ with Pb2+ as
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DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA 104 Na 2Al 2 Si3 Oi .2H 2 O; SiO 2 47.4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na...Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis: Fe 2 O3 CaO...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses... Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC
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375 9 f-2. 162 fiQl c, THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA PART TWO JOHN ETEKMAN < 1 > w Q O UJ 5...>CQ uf S B o i s UJ THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA PART TWO CHEMICAL ANALYSES JOHN EYERMAN EASTON... CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA: PART 1 490: 425: 426: A:...pink Lenni, Delaware county VIII crystals green crystals. Rocksville, Bucks county light green crystals...crystals. No. 1 shaft, St. Peter's, Chester county radiating, columnar crystals of light green to pink color
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Red and gray sandstone shale, and limestone. PENNSYLVANIA 40 I 60 50 Ml I 80 KM 76° -, I II --...l0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Mark Schweiker, Governor DEPARTMENT...Geology Slippery Rock University Published by PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PITTSBURGH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...from Hyner View, Hyner Run Slate Park, Clinton County, showing accordant ridges in the Appalachian Plateaus...northeastward over part of the Ridge and Valley province in Huntingdon County. Flooded meanders of Raystown Lake
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. New lGreene County coal~~-~eport. ·: .. ,: ......•..... :I..... 2-"· Pennsylvania Mineralog)..j~·1...·.·.•.··.: ...!.~-=--./ •..•••••••• 10 · . Elk County map.piJ.lQ· st~rts.·.'.~.=·. ·. :. :~ ~)t.< ~ ;=~...deposit, near Lake Wallen. paupack, central Pike County. Photo courtesy of Linda M. Crum . . :---..._...metalli c minerals. Thi s has had repercussions in Pennsylvania which in recent years has seen the closing of...would constitute a truly strategic weapon. Greene County Publication kicks off New Series of Coal Resot
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SERIFS MINERAL COLLECTING PENNSYLVANIA COMMOWl FAITH OF PENNSYLVANIA PY G345/4.3 G33 1959 Snrrtary...Lapham, Davis M. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania c.l PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN G 33 ... MINERAL COLLECTING IN PENNSYLVANIA by Davis M. Lapham and Alan R. Geyer JMluitrationi lu _JtU... Adams County 15 Allegheny County Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Cumberland County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County
Report (Issue volume)
Earth and Mineral Sciences The Pennsylvania State University PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological... ROOM 54, MAIN CAPITOL BUILDING HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 Bulletin M50, Part 2-8, Sheet 1 Page...of the mines of clay and shale companies in Pennsylvania supplying data for use in Part 2-B, of this...concerning 106 clay and shale mines operating in Pennsylvania during 1965 are given on 79 maps of the State
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GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF YORK COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA By GEORGE W. STOSE of the U. S. Geo1ogical...Geo1ogical Survey and ANNA I .•JONAS of the Pennsylvania Topographic and Geologic Survey Published with the...In COPYRIGHTED 1939 BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Additional copies of this publication may be.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Hanover-York Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Pre-Cambrian rocks noTth of Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aporhyolite . . .
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mine, Arizona; photo by Jeffrey Scovil May-June: Calcite, Meshberger Stone, Inc., Columbus, Indiana; photo...gold on quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California. Š Harold and Erica Van Pelt photographers...Hopkinton, Rhode Island, 247 Averett, W. R . , Dinosaur Valley, Colo­ rado's New Paleontological Museum, Grand...Andesine Anorthosite Body Near Montpelier, Hanover County, Virginia, 57 Bowenite, 251, 266, 288 Britholite...K . J . , Minerals of the Rensselaer Stone Co. Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, In­ diana, 111 Brockite, 193 Brookite
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the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
 
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