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Calcite from
Yorktown, York County, Virginia, USA


Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yorktown, York County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:366999
Long-form Identifier:1:3:366999:0
GUID (UUID V4):2c4b2d69-7ea8-4cab-896e-ab82164605e1
References
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where specimens of Chesapecten were obtained in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina ---------------...different species of Chesapecten in Maryland and Virginia Morphological feature abbreviations us.ed in the...primarily upon sp.ecimens from the Yorktown Formation in Virginia. Pecten madisonius is regarded as a...senior synonym of the North Carolina and Virginia upper Yorktown species, Pecten edgecombensis Conrad 1862...Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina) . A particular problem is the St. Marys Formation of Virginia. Mansfield
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atigraphy and geomorphology ------------------Yorktown Formation ------------------------Flanner Beach... Tertiary and Quaternary geologic history ----Yorktown transgressive-regressive sequence -----Flanner...showing surface features of Newport barrier, Carteret County, N.C -------------12 4. Generalized contour map...deposits in auger hole at Flanner Beach, Craven County, N.C -------------------------------------------------17...uppermost part of Yorktown Formation in auger hole north of Core Creek, Carteret County, N.C __________
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February 12, 1972. To order publications from the Virginia Museum of Natural History, call (276) 634-4141...Martinsville, Virginia 24112. Add 5% of total order amount to cover shipping and handling. Virginia residents...LAUCK W. WARD Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology Virginia Museum of Natural History 21 Starling Avenue Martinsville...Gilmore1 ABSTRACT The Phosphate deposits in Beaufort County North Carolina were first discovered in the early...the underlying geologic formations in Beaufort County, North Carolina. The mining technique initiated
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DEEP TEST IN ACCOMACK COUNTY, VIRGINIA Emil Onuschak, Jr. The J & J Enterprises E. G. Taylor No. 1-G...Eastern Shore of Virginia near Temperanceville, about eight miles south of the Virginia-Maryland boundary... is on file (W-3180) in the repository of the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources and has been described...associated country rock and calcite probably indicate the presence of calcite-filled fractures. The Patuxent...Lignite occurs from trace amounts in individual 2 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Vol. 18 Table
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faunas along the coast of the Carolinas–Virginia ( Yorktown and Duplin Formations) relative to the present...Cape Hatteras (reconstructed annual range for Virginia 12–308C). This interpretation supports conceptual...problematic given warmer seas in the Carolinas–Virginia, and climate model and oceanographic data that...2017 86 M. Williams et al. 552 548 North Sea Virginia Carolina Florida (Sarasota) Figure 1. Geographical...eastern England (‘North Sea’), the Yorktown Formation of Virginia and lateral equivalents in the Carolinas
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between 7 and 6 Ma (Ward and Blackwelder, 1980) Tm Yorktown Formation (middle Pliocene) Tym? Windsor Formation...shelly; interbedded with fineto very coarse grained, calcite-cemented sandstone. Colors range from olive gray...the Rushmere and Morgarts Beach Members of the Yorktown Formation and the Bahramsville and Moorings units...Clark (1895) from bluffs along Aquia Creek in Virginia, was encountered only in one auger hole (MU-03-5...fossiliferous marine strata beneath this unit in Virginia (Weems and Edwards, 2007) indicate that the Altamaha
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Paleontology of the Haynesville Cores Northeastern Virginia Coastal Plain Llthostratigraphy and molluscan...of the Haynesville cores Outer Coastal Plain of Virginia, by R.B. Mixon, David S, Ppwars, Lauck W. Ward...George W. Andrews Mineralogy of the Haynesville, Virginia, cores, by Lucy McGartan Dinoflagellate cysts...Tertiary formations, Haynesville cores, Richmond County, Virginia, by Lucy E. Edwards Foraminiferal stratigraphy...paleoenvironments of Cenozoic strata cored near Haynesville, Virginia, by C. Wylie Poag U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL
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Hampton Roads Planning District Commis:;;ion, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, and National...StructureThe USGS-NASA Langley Corehole, Hampton, Virginia, and Related Coreholes and Geophysical Surveys...StructureThe USGS-NASA Langley Corehole, Hampton, Virginia, and Related Coreholes and Geophysical Surveys...the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, and National...Acting Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2005 For product and ordering information: World
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GROUND-WATER HYDROLOGY OF JAMES CITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA By John F. Harsh U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Water-Resources...Report Prepared in cooperation with James City County, Virginia September 1980 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT...Survey 200 W. Grace Street, Room 304 Richmond, Virginia 23220 CONTENTS Page Conversion factors.......quality........................................ 15 Yorktown aquifer.........................................54 Appendix 1. Records of wells, James City County, Virginia............................ 58 111 ILLUSTRATIONS
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Quarry is located in southwestern Caroline County, Virginia approximately 1mile west of U. S. Highway...and sedimentary rocks are uncommon in central Virginia, and the Caroline Quarry offers an exceptional...overlying Tertiary-age Coastal Plain sediments. 'Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Box 3667, Charlottesville...polymetamorphosed sediments. The Sabot amphibolite consists VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES 30 of interlayered...overlying crystalline Piedmont rocks. No. 4 VIRGINIA MINERALS GEOLOGIC FEATURES Crystalline Rocks
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35662, USA 2 Department o f Geology, University o f Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA Abstract:...surface at the top of the Yorktown Formation ( 2 - 2 4 m thick). (2) Yorktown Formation (Pliocene). Grey...cemented carbonate zone separates the Upper and Lower Yorktown Formation (maximum of about 36 m thick in the...the Aurora area). The contact between the Lower Yorktown and Pungo From NOTHOLT, A. J. G. & JARVIS, I....lyellcollection.org/ at Université Laval on July 11, 2015 SE USA AND TOGO PHOSPORITES 141 Fig. 2. Major structural
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Stratigraphic and Structural Framework near Hopewell, Virginia By JAMES B. DISCHINGER, Jr. U.S. GEOLOGICAL...stratigraphic and structural framework near Hopewell, Virginia. (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; 1567) Bibliography:...2. Geology, Stratigraphic-Cenozoic. 3. Geology-Virginia-Hopewell Region. I. Title. II. Series. QE75.B9...ene Series-"Virginia St. Marys Formation"----------------------Pliocene Series-Yorktown Formation --...sediments of the Nanjemoy Formation and overlying Yorktown Formation __ _ 11. Low-level Pleistocene gravels
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1:100,000-Scale Quadrangle, North Carolina and Virginia By Robert E. Weems, J. Stephen Schindler, and...McNutt, Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2010 For product and ordering information: World...1:100,000-scale quadrangle, North Carolina and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010–...report. Cover: Sediments from the upper part of the Yorktown Formation (Pliocene) at the Old Hickory Heavy...of constituent 1:24,000-scale quadrangles, and county names and boundaries .........................
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Leonardtown 30 X 60Minute Quadrangle, Maryland and Virginia by Lucy McCartan1 Wayne L. Newell1 James P. Owens1...Lowland unit Q5 Pliocene deposits Upland unit T1 Yorktown Formation Miocene deposits Eastover Formation...distribution of depositional lithofacies of the Yorktown Formation 37 GEOLOGIC MAP AND CROSS SECTIONS...LEONARDTOWN 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA by Lucy McCartan, W.L. Newell, J.P. Owens, and...stratigraphic nomenclature suitable for tidewater Virginia, southern Maryland peninsulas, or the eastern
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Upper Miocene Echinoids from the York town Formation of Virginia and Their Environmental Significance... ABSTRACT Porter M. Kier. Virginia and Upper Miocene Echinoids from the Yorktown Formation of Their Paleobiology...from the upper Miocene part of the Yorktown Formation of Virginia: Echinocardium orthonotum Psammechinus...from the Yorktown Formation of Virginia and Their Environmental Significance the Yorktown Formation...Survey, who started collecting fossils from the York¬ town Formation eight years ago. Since that time
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-MINERAL-AND FOSSIL-COLLECTING LOCALITIES IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. . . This article presem the most...for people who are interested "in collecting in Virginia (Figure I). All the listed localities were open...ofticial State Highway Map as well as individual county road maps, both of which are available From the...Broad Street. Richmond. Virginia. Topographic maps are available from the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources...Resources. Box 3667, Charlottemille, Virginia and from the Distribution Section a f ~ h eU. S. &logical
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and over. John Vlismas, 244 Base 77th St.. New York City. WILL EXCHANGE MINERAL SPECIMENS and stones...Frank FLUORESCENT SUPPLIES BEAUTIFUL FLUORESCENT CALCITE, ARA· gonite, and Fluorspar of West Texas. Fluoresce...FOSSILS from the Yorktown formation Miocene Epoch gatherc.J at historic Yorktown, Virginia. Nicely boxed...discovery of compact, translucent Prase Opal from Napa County, California. Gem quality, 75c to $1.50 per lb....Ernest Meier, Room 57, Dept. R, 116 Broad Street, New York City. EMERALD ROUGH FROM COLOMBIA. S. A .• loose
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yth ANNUAL JEWELRY GEM &MINERAL SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals, Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR...14,1977 VIRGINIA BEACH CIVIC CENTER (THE DOME) 19TH AND PACIFIC AVENUE VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA Rocks&...Minerals from Virginia Richard S. Mitchell 230 Mineral and Fossil Collecting Sites in Virginia Palmer C....Resume: Pseudomorphs in Virginia R. V. Dietrich 244 The Geology of Virginia W. Cullen Sherwood 250 Prehnite—Apophyllite...Minerals of Virginia J. Alexander Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard
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Sad news .........................p. 6 Montgomery County show report.................p. 7 Flag Ponds field...........................p. 12 Website review: Virginia Places ....................p. 13 Purple fluorite...Township, Putnam County, New York; and Rossie, St. Lawrence County, New York. The Putnam County locality is...three crystal The Mineral Newsletter Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, Please join our April speaker...development in the course of my studies at Northern Virginia Community College, including my extensive work
Report (issue)
Ostracoda of the Yorktown Formation _____________ Upper Yorktown _ _______ ____ __ Middle Yorktown _________..._________ _ __ -Lower Yorktown _____ ________ __ Ostracoda of the Duplin Marl ______ ____ _ ____ Upper Miocene...Ostracoda from outcrop samples in North Carolina and Virginia ____________ 4 SOME UPPER MIOCENE AND PLIOCENE(...Pliocene(?) outcrop samples from North Carolina and Virginia yielded 63 species and seven subspecies of Ostracoda...the upper Miocene in northern North Carolina, Virginia, and southernmost Maryland. Two new genera, two
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___________________________________________ 7 "Yorktown (?) and Cohansey (?)" Formations ____________________________...marginal marine and marine beds in the south ("Yorktown(?) and Cohansey(?)" Formations as used by Rasmussen...in age. The late Miocene delta and possibly the Yorktown Formation (lower to middle Pliocene) are overlain...to the south on the Cape Charles Peninsula in Virginia. Geologic maps of the peninsula at 1:250,000 scale...New Jersey and to the southwest in Maryland and Virginia. Our study was concentrated in the lower part
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................ NEW LOCALITIES IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N . Y. By Evelyn lf/aite ................................. THE MIOCENE EXPOSURES IN TIDEWATER VIRGINIA. By George C. Barclay ..........................immediately with the Post Office Inspector, New York, N. Y . LS 1er un :er. .ess vas ,eJ. ich...}v Whole No. 111 NEW LOCALITIES IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N. Y. By EVELYN WAITE Crestwood, N. Y. One day...of the Delaware Water Project by the City of New York. In a few days a very enthusiastic boy returned
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Phosphorescent C alcite Crystal Shell C asts in the Yorktown Formation, V irginia. By George C . Barclay ....fee t in diameter , of fine sand cemented with calcite and limonite. These patches show kettle or trough-like...protection it would rush through, lea,1 ing behind no calcite as binding material. In all these nu111erous blocks...openings between pebbles were then deposited fihus of calcite in the forn1 of flat <·oucenh·ic arches, generally...Tlle a rches are composed of acicular crystals of calcite, botb top and bottom surfaces of the arches presenting
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by the USGS. 1 U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia 20192 CONTENTS Abstract.......................oil and gas fields in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York that constitute the data set in this report.......field, Washington County, Ohio.... 47 Appendix B. Athens gas field, Crawford County, Pennsylvania....... 49 Appendix D. Carbon Hill oil field, Hocking County, Ohio............................... 50 Appendix...Guernsey County, Ohio................................. 51 Appendix F. Clayton oil field, Perry County, Ohio
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of Hydrogeologic Units of the Lower York-James Peninsula, Virginia Professional Paper 1612 Chesapeake... 3128, Bldg. 3, 345 Middlefield Rd. • Reston, Virginia-Rm. 1C402, USGS National Center, 12201 Sunrise...of Hydrogeologic Units of the Lower York-James Peninsula, Virginia By DAVID S. POWARS andT. SCOTT BRUCE...Crater............. Geological Framework of the Lower York-James Peninsula............. Cretaceous Deposits................................................ Yorktown Formation....................................
 
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