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Calcite from
Plum Creek quarry, Monroe Charter Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Plum Creek quarry, Monroe Charter Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:417031
Long-form Identifier:1:3:417031:0
GUID (UUID V4):2fbe644c-1d57-4e85-8bfd-1fbe3de1e68a
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
3.2km (2.0 miles) Lake Erie, Monroe Charter Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) Brest, Point aux Peaux (Stony Point), Frenchtown Charter Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) Unnamed quarry, Newport, Berlin Charter Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) France Stone Co. Quarry (Ida Plant), Grape, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
13.0km (8.1 miles) Enrico Fermi Atomic Energy Plant Quarry, Point aux Peaux (Stony Point), Frenchtown Charter Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) Ida Quarry, Ida, Ida Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
17.5km (10.9 miles) Newport Quarry, Newport, Berlin Charter Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) Holloway Quarry, Newport, Berlin Charter Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) Ottawa Silica Company Quarry (Rockwood Quarry), Rockwood, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) London Aggregates quarry, London Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
area between Toledo and Detroit (Monroe and Wayne counties, Michigan), the limestones, dolomites, and...at Maybee, Michigan (Kraus and Hunt). The emphasis in this article will be on the quarry near Maybee...Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan, since it has, over the years, been a prolific collecting site, especially...and Sulfur FROM S O U T H E A S T E R N MICHIGAN The Maybee quarry cuts the lower part of the Detroit River...River group of rocks of Devonian age. The quarry has been owned by several different companies and has
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 13:58 04 February 2015 Maybee Quarry, Monroe County, Michigan C elestine, the only commercially...variety of minerals, including strontianite, gypsum, calcite, dolomite, fluorite, and sulfur; clastic rock units...gypsum and as casts after halite and calcite are known, as are calcite, quartz, barite, and sulfur pseudomorphs...eastFigure 1. Celestine, Michigan Stone Company quarry, Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan. Unusual celestine...been the Michigan Stone Company quarry, also known as the Woolmith quarry, Borin Brothers quarry, Maybee
Report (issue)
(CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur...the surface and between the nodular masses. The Michigan Bicentennial symbol (back cover) incorporates...Survey Division BULLETIN 6 THE MINERALOGY OF MICHIGAN by E. Wm. Heinrich Professor of Mineralogy and...University of Michigan Ann Arhor, Michigan Lansing, Michigan 1976 STATE OF MICHIGAN WILLIAM G. Mrr...State of Michigan CL '48 s.321.6. Printed by Speaker-Hines and Thomas, Inc., Lansing, Michigan. Available
Book
Mineralogy of Michigan by E. W. Heinrich updated and revised • by George W. Robinson M By E W~ Hellnr]ch...Museum Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan 49931 2004 © MINERALOGY OF MICHIGAN 3 FOREWORD...FOREWORD Michigan has a long and varied geologic history that includes repeated episodes of volcanism...before the first Europeans set foot here. When Michigan became a state in 1837, one of the first actions...and we continue to learn more about them today. Michigan minerals helped to build the state and nation
Book
Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5.95 Gem Guides Book...knowledge and enjoyment of this great owners, mine and quarry operators and science by collecting. Thanks too... and Michigan. Dow Chemical has reported finding diamonds in the kimberlites of upper Michigan, and vast...shoreline on both Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. Michigan is the state with the most shoreline on these...fresh water seas, with waters of Lake Superior, Michigan and Huron virtually surrounding it. Illinois and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TH E N IN T H SUMMER MEETING, H ELD AT DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AUGUST 10, 1897 H erm a n L e R oy F a ir c h.................. 6 Limestones o f southeastern Michigan, with their associated sandstone, salt, and gypsum...A N IT E M O U N T A IN A R E A OP B U R N E T COUNTY, T E X A S BY FREDERIC W. SIMONDS The second paper...on Green river, above Burnett on South Prairie creek, and on Carbon river near Carbonado. A preliminary...feet on Green river, 5,500 feet on South Prairie creek, and 5,480 feet in Carbon River canyon. None o f
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vulcan Materials quarry in Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and...such attractive but common minerals as quartz. calcite, pyrite, and marcasite. A major mining district...Counties, where coarse galena, sphalerite, marcasite, calcite, barite, and copper minerals were found. Mining...and datolite) found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan also occur in Wisconsin. The major difference...zircon), particularly in the Wausau area of Marathon County (Falster 1987). Middle Proterozoic quartzites (1
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Report (volume)
SCALE OP HARDNESS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great
Report (edition)
ls, Inc., Auglaize quarry (formerly Stoneco, Inc.}, near Junction, Pau lding County, Ohio. Specimen is...Auglaize quarry near Junction, Paulding the Huron River, resulting in the discovery of two County, Ohio...M ineralogical and Lap idary Society of Michigan Stark County Gem & M ineral Club Summit Petroleum, Inc... .. .. BuLke,e rurnace Stale Memorial, Jackson County .... Loc.:ition ....... ............................... Crystal Cave, South Bass Island, Ottawa County........ Location .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. ..
Report (volume)
................................ 116 San Diego County............................................. 116.... 117 Los Angeles County...:...................................... 117 Kern County.................................................... 117 San Benito County. .......................................... 118..... 118 Sonoma County............................................... 119 Shasta County..................Valley limestone............................ Lime Creek shale................................. Carboniferous
Report (volume)
.... 116 San Diego County .................................... 116 Orange County........................ 117 Los Angeles County .................................. 117. San Benito County ....................Costa counties...................... 118 Sonoma County...................................... 119 Bedding...................................... 152 Lime Creek shales........................................ ....... A- ............................... 189 Michigan..............................................
Report (issue)
TTafill ^Vialo MamHor 14 i^ i^ — ia Drowning Creek Formation ——— —— ——— ia 4 11 12 1°, 14 14 Summary...near top of the Brassfield Member of the Drowning Creek 8 6. Comparison of nomenclature applied by different...different authors to an exposure at Ohio Brush Creek, Adams County, Ohio————— 7-15. Photograph showing: 7. The...The Brassfield Member of the Drowning Creek Formation in the northern part of the outcrop belt —————————...Drowning Creek Formation —————————————————— 9. The Brassfield Member of the Drowning Creek Formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
'PbZn Free Anamosa Mt Carroll 19_ Pb 42" PLUM RIVER •-• i• •'Pb ",, Pb FAULT _ l_._ Rock ...WisconsinRiver where lead and copper have At the Mineral Creek mines,locality 11 (10 km been producedfrom the Prairie...copperminClem Byrnesproperty,adjacentto the Mineral Creek eral deposits,localities•35to $6, are in the vicinity...rock of Richland Center. Near locality 41 (Otter Creek were found in two holesthat containedabout i perarea)...brecciasand algal reefsin the Prairie du Chien calcite, marcasite,jasperoid,and drusy quartz, and Group
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Orthoclase feldspar 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz 3. Calcite 8. Topaz 4. Fluorite 9. Corundum 5. Apatite...gypsum, and a copper coin is just about as hard as calcite. A pocketknife blade will scratch apatite easily...belong here, as well as the many variations that calcite plays on the basic form. The orthorhombic system...Basalt is the copper- and agate-bearing rock in the Michigan Upper Peninsula; underneath the whole region is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
whichcarbonate(eithercalciteor dolomitebut predominantly calcite)is earlyandsulfides are generallylate.Similarities...NaC1)are considerablyhigher than thosedeterminedfor calcite(4.8-5.1 equivwt %) from the mainUpperMississippi...Mineral Creek mines,(3) Twin Springsquarry, (4) G. Huber farm, (5) Fairbank quarry, (6) Pint's quarry, (7)...Fergusonquarry, (9) Four County quarry, (10) Martin-Marietta Cedar Rapidsquarry, (11) Conklin quarry, (12) Collin...CollinsonBrothersstonequarry, (13) Midway quarry, (14) NortheastMoline quarry, (15) SouthRemry farm, (16) Buckwalterfarm
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... 16 p. Type locality: Outcrops along Accotink Creek west of the Capital Beltway, Interstate Highway
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
southeast corner of Fidalgo Island in western Skagit County. The nearest town is LaConner, situated about one...mainly of olivine and serpentine with subordinate calcite and epidote. Of a later age are large amounts of... but there is also considerable strontianite. Calcite, dolomite, and limonite are present, but the last...presence in the deposit Qfveins of pure calcite. The calcite is white in colo:r and coarsely crcystalline...thickness. No specimens were obtained containing both calcite and celestite, so the age relationship between
Report (issue)
any other cultural features (city, village, county, township, crossroad, and railroad siding) are named...kinds of flowing water that locally may be called a creek, run, river, branch, bayou, or fork. See page xxvii...appropriate variants. County (fourth column) This column lists the name of the county in which the entity...place, feature, or area lies in more than one county, the county listed is the one in which the center of...in the case of a stream, valley, or arroyo, the county listed is the one in which the mouth of the feature
Report (issue)
Mineralization in the North Moccasin Mountains, Fergus County, Montana By DAVID A. LINDSEY and CHARLES W. NAESER...Zone at Kendall, North Moccasin Mountains, Fergus County, Montana By DAVID A. LINDSEY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...mineralization in the North Moccasin Mountains, Fergus County, Montana / by David A. Lindsey and Charles W. Naeser...zone at Kendall, North Moccasin Mountains, Fergus County, Montana / by David A. Lindsey. 1. Intrusions (Geology)...mineralization in the North Moccasin Mountains, Fergus County, Montana. 1985. III. Lindsey, David A. A goldmineralized
Report (issue)
properties to physical tests Chapter V. Quarry practise Location of a quarry site — 32 34 36 39 39 40 41...Character of the competition Engineering advice 64 Quarry methods 65 65 66 PAGE Removal of overburden...Secondary blasting Handling the rock Loading Hauling Quarry cars Track layouts Crushing the rock 68 69 69...Summary 71 — VII. — The Chapter VI. Quarries and quarry sites in Illinois Introduction Chapter limestone...— the Boone County 73 73 northern district 92 92 92 Shipping quarries Local quarry sites 93 Carroll
Book
fossil-hunting localities, organized by state, county, township, section, or other landmark, together with...7 THE ERA OF THE FLOODISTS In a limestone quarry near the village of Oeningen in Upper Baden, stonemasons...shells are made up largely of calcium carbonate (calcite or aragonite); during replacement, silica—a much...fossil bone tissue found elsewhere is petrified by calcite or collophane, an amorphous (uncrystallized), hydrous...fertilizers. Collophane may itself be replaced by calcite. Other minerals sometimes associated with collophane
Report (volume)
Robert F. Black. (F) The Reany Creek Formation, Marquette County, Michigan, by Willard P. Puffett. (G) The...Limestone of northwestern Puerto Rico, by Watson H. Monroe. (H) Cretaceous Tertiary boundary in New Jersey...Formation in the southeastern Kaiparowits region, Kane County, Utah, by Fred Peterson. (K) Summary of Cretaceous...Eocene units in the southern part of the Piceance Creek basin, Colorado, by John R. Donnell. (N) The Chinle...Paleozoic formations of the Mountain City area, Elko County, Nevada, by R. R. Coats________________________________________
Book
Again, some of the best specimens from Emerald Creek in Idaho have been found by indi¬ viduals standing...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...Mohs Scale 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Talc (softest) Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Feldspar Quartz...scratch talc and gypsum, a copper coin will mark calcite. A knife blade will make a mark on fluorite and...permission must be obtained from the operator of a quarry before one is permitted to hunt there. Road cuts
Journal (volume)
C. RUSSELL Stanford University University of Michigan CLARK, Johns Hopkins University VOLUME VII...Province of Essex County, Mass. II. Henry - S. Washington ---------------- The Sweetland Creek Beds. J... --- The Distribution of Loess II. of Essex County, Mass. III. Henry 105 Fossils. B. Granitic.... Charles E. Monroe and Edgar E. Teller The Petrographical Province of Essex County, S. Mass. Reviews...v VII PAGE Petrographical Province of Essex County, Mass. Henry S. Washington sion and Conclusions
 
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