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Dolomite from
Pinesburg Quarry, Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Colour:White to Pink
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Baryte1 photo of Dolomite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pinesburg Quarry, Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:352598
Long-form Identifier:1:3:352598:2
GUID (UUID V4):4ec6a212-e63f-4780-a535-24c9fe6b95a2
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
36.1km (22.5 miles) Moler Quarry (United States Steel Corp.), Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA
37.8km (23.5 miles) Howell zinc prospect, Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA
49.6km (30.8 miles) Fort Littleton, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA
52.8km (32.8 miles) Berryville Mine (Keneagy Ore Bank), Clarke County, Virginia, USA
55.8km (34.6 miles) Robert D. Repp Prospect (Portland Cement Company), Carroll County, Maryland, USA
56.6km (35.2 miles) Repp Mine, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
56.6km (35.2 miles) Liberty Mine, Libertytown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
57.3km (35.6 miles) Winchester Quarry (Stuart M. Perry Inc.), Frederick County, Virginia, USA
59.6km (37.0 miles) Frogtown Prospect, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Clarke County, Virginia, USA
59.6km (37.1 miles) Unionville Mine, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
(LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF MARYLAND BY WILLIAM J. SANDO U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. March 30...Page 1. 2. Seer 4. 5. Index map of Washington County, Maryland, showing location of area studied .....ooo voeeknasce rsh Ghovctech ses Variation in dolomite content in the Rockdale Run formation -2...:0c...einen ee meer aa ne an ee 6. Sections of Pinesburg Station dolomite, Row Park limestone, and New Market ...020-2 ses co sess creo cea 7. Sections of Pinesburg Station dolomite along strike of western belt .....0-
Report (issue)
and Mineral Resources of Southeastern Franklin County, Pennsylvania Samuel I. Root COMMONWEALTH OF...and Mineral Resources of Southeastern Franklin County, Pennsylvania by Samuel I. Root Pennsylvania Geological... and possible use of rocks exposed in Franklin County. Rocks exposed range in age from Precambrian to...character and distribution in the eastern part of the county are noted. The limestones and dolomites of Cambrian-Ordovician...Stonehenge Formation Rockdale Run Formation Pinesburg Station Formation St. Paul Group Chambersburg
Report (issue)
AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Samuel I. Root COMMONWEALTH OF...AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA by Samuel I. Root Pennsylvania Geological...possible use of rocks exposed in northeastern Franklin County. Rocks exposed range in age from Cambrian to Ordovician...Stonehenge Formation 18 Rockdale Run Formation 20 Pinesburg Station Formation St. Paul Group Chambersburg... Stratigraphic column in northeastern Franklin County. . . 3. Idealized rock succession within a sedimentary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OF MARYLAND AND ADJACENT STATES BY ROBERT B. NEUMAN ABSTRACT The "Stones River" group of Maryland and...through West Virginia and Maryland, to southern Pennsylvania; it thickens in Maryland and southern Pennsylvania...formations 293 Central Pennsylvania 273 Fauna 293 Maryland and southern Pennsylvania 274 Formations overlying...Chambersburg - Edinburg - Shippensburg Utne n e Dolomite 276 5° , -' T-' ' 'i ' 'iX ' ™ 'u ^ ' 3°° XT Ne...map of the Pinesburg Station quarry, 1. The St. Paul group, Winchester, Virginia, Maryland 280 to the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NOMENCLATURE OF LOWER ORDOVICIAN ROCKS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, MARYLAND BY WILLIAM J. SANDO From June 1951 through...exposed in the Great Valley area of Washington County, Maryland. The report on this investigation has...rocks in Maryland originated in studies by Stose (1908; 1909) of the geology of Franklin County, Pennsylvania...Pennsylvania, which adjoins Washington County, Maryland. The Lower Ordovician succession was referred to a...the basis for subsequent geologic mapping in the Maryland-southern Pennsylvania segment of the Great Valley
Report (issue)
MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WEST VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA, AND MARYLAND compiled by Robert C. McDowell U.S. Geological...the Allegheny Plateau, and together with the Washington West, Fredericksburg, and Leonardtown 30 by 60...1966, Geology and Mineral Resources of Frederick County: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Bulletin...Evitts Creek and pattersons Creek quadrangles, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia: U.S. Geological...West Virginia: West Virginia Geological Survey, County Report, 644 p. Gwinn, V.E., 1964, Thin-skinned
Report (issue)
strata along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Williamsport, MD. Stop 3 Devonian Keyser Limestone and Oriskany...703-648-6419, fdulongl@usgs.gov and David K. Brezinski, Maryland Geological survey, 2300 St. Paul St., Baltimore...Survey. This trip originates in Herndon, VA, near Washington D.C.'s Dulles International Airport and ends...Early Devonian strata contain abundant limestone, dolomite, and evaporites. These strata are totally consistent...CAMBRIAN CHILHOWEE GROUP, U.S. 340, WEVERTON, MARYLAND. lat. 77°40.47'N, long. 39°19.29'W, Harper Ferry
Journal (issue)
November Agenda Auction bid slips 3 Rockin’ in Williamsport 4 Kentucky Fluorite 5 Mineral Show Information...shared their new acquisitions from the Rockville Quarry. *George Reimherr displayed his fluorescent willamite...various fluorescent minerals from the Franklin Quarry, including concrete. *Kathy Hrechka displayed various...various fluorescent minerals from the Franklin Quarry. imburse that expense. Side dishes will be provided...Club Page 4 THE MINERAL NEWSLETTER Rockin' in Williamsport By Sheryl Sims On October 11, my daughter, Amber
Report (issue)
unit the Pinesburg Station Dolomite. In this study the Rockdale Run Formation and Pinesburg Station Dolomite...Dolomite are combined into one map unit (Opr). The peritidal cycles of the underlying Conococheague Limestone...predominantly dolostone of the Middle Ordovician Pinesburg Station Dolomite. The dolostone represents a restricted...Limestone unconformably overlies the Pinesburg Station Dolomite. Locally, the contact may be conformable...medium-gray, thick-bedded dolostone of Pinesburg Station Dolomite (Opr) and below dolomitic limestone of
Journal (issue)
1971 No. 2 ROAD LOG OF THE GEOLOGY OF FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA W. E. Nunan The following road log is...features along or near main roads in Frederick County, Virginia. Distances and cumulative mileages between...geology of the County is presented in "Geology and Mineral Resources of Frederick County" by Charles Butts...crossings immediately preceding stops. The Frederick County road map of the Virginia Department of Highways...this road log. Topographic maps covering Frederick County include Boyce, Capon Bridge, Capon Springs, Glengary
Report (issue)
and Edmundson (1966), who mapped the Frederick County, Va., portion at a scale of 1:62,500. Lessing and...Apple Pie Ridge is held up by limestone and shaly dolomite of the Elbrook Formation (Єe) that has been thrust...a regional syncline that spans all of Frederick County (Butts and Edmundson, 1966). To the north, the...approximately 24 mi northward from Green Spring into Maryland and converges with the North Mountain fault zone...limestone and shear structures within brecciated dolomite, observable in outcrops along the lineament.
Report (issue)
and Shenandoah Counties, Virginia, and Hampshire County, West Virginia by Robert C. McDowell Reston,...small part is in Hampshire County, West Virginia. The geology of Frederick County has been mapped at a scale...1:250,000. The bedrock geology of the Hampshire County area was shown at 1:62,500 by Tilton and others...include limestone and dolomite, sandstone, and manganese. Limestone and dolomite have been obtained from...from a crushedrock quarry in the Conococheague Formation along Tumbling Run, in the southeastern part
Report (issue)
R R 6000 9000 Wells Creek Formation Knox Dolomite of Janssens (1973) Rose Run Sandsto ne Krysik...uncertain ? Unconformity — Queried where uncertain Dolomite Datum — Base of micritic limestone at base of...from a correlative measured section in Bedford County by Knowles (1966) and Spelman (1966) F6 ? 1000...Formation ? ? ? ? ? LOWER CAMBRIAN Tomstown Dolomite olomite ne andsto Basal s LOWER ORDOVICIAN...Huntingdon L Lycoming Me Mercer So Somerset MARYLAND W Washington 2 ………….. Belden and Blake and Company No
Journal (issue)
Shippensburg, including a limestone quarry and a quartzite quarry (both were on our itinerary). All of...interpreted to be caused by sinkholes in the Tomstown dolomite that are expressed through a colluvial covering...Geology Continued from page 3 Ordovician Pinesburg Pinesburg Station Fm. StationFm. RockdaleRun Rockdale...Great Valley. easy to point out the quartzite quarry on the far side of the valley that we would also...be visiting. At our first stop in the limestone quarry, we examined the steeply dipping beds of the Rockdale
Report (issue)
such meeting and the third to be held in or near Washington, D.C. This guidebook and the field trips presented...Ridge province in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland (Trip 3); Eocene volcanic rocks that intrude Paleozoic...metamorphic rocks of the eastern Piedmont province in Maryland and Virginia (Trip 5); the use of cosmogenic isotopes...Piedmont province near Great Falls, Virginia and Maryland (Trip 6); the nature of the boundary between rocks...strata around the Chesapeake Bay of Virginia and Maryland (Trip 9). Some of the field trips present new
Report (volume)
Central Appalachian Basin from Morrow County, Ohio, to Pendleton County, West Virginia Depositional Environment...Central Appalachian Basin from Morrow County, Ohio, to Pendleton County, West Virginia By ROBERT T. RYDER...central Appalachian basin from Morrow County, Ohio, to Pendleton County, West Virginia / by Robert T. Ryder...Central Appalachian Basin from Morrow County, Ohio, to Pendleton County, West Virginia By ROBERT T. RYDER...Stratigraphic Framework G6 Basal Sandstone Unit and Shady Dolomite (Lower Cambrian) G6 Rome Formation (Lower and
Report (volume)
Central Appalachian Basin from Morrow County, Ohio, to Pendleton County, West Virginia Depositional Environment...Central Appalachian Basin from Morrow County, Ohio, to Pendleton County, West Virginia By ROBERT T. RYDER...central Appalachian basin from Morrow County, Ohio, to Pendleton County, West Virginia / by Robert T. Ryder...Central Appalachian Basin from Morrow County, Ohio, to Pendleton County, West Virginia By ROBERT T. RYDER...Stratigraphic Framework G6 Basal Sandstone Unit and Shady Dolomite (Lower Cambrian) G6 Rome Formation (Lower and
Journal (issue)
Preferential Groundwater Flow Patterns to Cumberland County Springs with Fluorescent Dye Tracing Page 3 Core...The two Big Spring source springs in Cumberland County, Pa., responded differently to a large rain event...Preferential Groundwater Flow Patterns to Cumberland County Springs with Fluorescent Dye Tracing Todd M. Hurd...the largest karst spring systems in Cumberland County (Figures 2 and 3) and Pennsylvania’s fifth largest...discharge (Hurd and others, 2008), and a limestone quarry just a little over a mile south and east of the
Report (volume)
1482-A UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1979 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, LT.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 Stock Number 024-001-03302-0 CONTENTS...1977, Geology and mineral deposits of Pershing County, Nevada: Nevada Bur. Mines and Geology Bull. 89...Silver Cliff and Rosita volcanic centers, Custer County, Colorado: U.S. Geol. Survey Misc. Geol. Inv. Map...Ordovician (upper Canadian through Chazyan) western Maryland and northern Virginia Harris, A. G., and Harris
Report (issue)
Medina County, Ohio, through Southwestern and South-Central Pennsylvania to Hampshire County, West Virginia...Medina County, Ohio, through southwestern and south-central Pennsylvania to Hampshire County, West Virginia...Medina County, Ohio, through Southwestern and South-Central Pennsylvania to Hampshire County, West Virginia...Medina County, Ohio, through southwestern and south-central Pennsylvania to Hampshire County, W. Va....(1) sandstone, shale, limestone, and dolomite unit, (2) dolomite and sandstone unit, (3) limestone and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OH 43210, USA Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA a r t i c l...Basin (Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland) record shallow water environments that mark the...region is characterized by peritidal to supratidal dolomite of the Knox or Beekmantown groups that are overlain...(Brezinski et al., 2012). Only in the region of western Maryland and adjacent parts of Pennsylvania is the Sauk–Tippecanoe...transition relatively conformable between the Pinesburg Station Dolomite of the upper Beekmantown Group and the
Report (volume)
Medina County, Ohio, through Southwestern and South-Central Pennsylvania to Hampshire County, West Virginia...Medina County, Ohio, through Southwestern and South-Central Pennsylvania to Hampshire County, West Virginia...Medina County, Ohio, through southwestern and south-central Pennsylvania to Hampshire County, West Virginia...Framework K10 Basal Sandstone Unit and Tomstown Dolomite (Lower Cambrian) K10 Waynesboro Formation (Lower...Medina County, Ohio, through southwestern and south-central Pennsylvania to Hampshire County, W. Va.
Journal (issue)
Smithsonian Institution (Publication 4253) CITY OF WASHINGTON PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION JUNE...limestone Pinesburg member 83 of Shippensburg formation 83 member 84 84 Correlation of Pinesburg Poteet...Platteville formation Minneapolis limestone Beloit dolomite formation Middle Mississippi Valley Buffalo River...Valley Authority, were establishing in Tazewell County, Va., a detailed section that was to become a standard...formations and the reefs of the Effna at Porterfield Quarry. This expedition was followed by others, first
Journal (issue)
National Museum (Publication 4253) CITY OF WASHINGTON PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION JUNE...35, T. 5 S., R. 1 Criner Hills, Carter E., County, Okla. ? grandis Cooper, new species i> of the...pedicle views, Red Knobs formation, in a marble quarry near Knoxville, Term. H. Obolus 190 X Plate...member), Allumette Island, Ottawa River, Pontiac County, Ontario, Canada. D. Lingulella brainerdi (Raymond)...iar pitted surface. Shippensburg formation (Pinesburg member Echinosphaerites zone), railroad cut 2
Report (issue)
region UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1968 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price 35 cents (paper cover) CONTEN'TS...with the upper part of the Beekmantown Group of Maryland and Pennsylvania. The brachiopods of zone L of...1958) of Lower and Middle Ordovician strata in Maryland and Pennsylvania provide data that perrnit a close...GARDEN CITY FORMATION, NORTH-CENTRAL UTAH Cll MARYLAND OZARK MOUNTAINS Sando (1957, 1958) Sando (1957
 
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