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Agate from
Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
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Validity:Believed Valid
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Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:421346
Long-form Identifier:1:3:421346:8
GUID (UUID V4):ac84fb41-e474-4048-b07d-cfd2fa363033
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[University of Connecticut] at 20:42 14 January 2015 South Dakota is perhaps best known for its pegmatites, which...Hills are responsible for the accessibility of South Dakota’s itbundant and diverse mineral locations...to be made. The most complete mineralogy of South Dakota and the Black Hills is found in Roberts and...965). Some uncited mineral species are from the South Dakota School of Mines Museum of Geology. Noteworthy...FiridofGt~rnSphultirite ut IIIP Bulinut Zinc Mine, St. Luwrence County, tditor of NPW b r k ” unrl iipptwwl in the No~~er
Book (edition)
were shaped by some accident of For instance, agate How is their formation. frequently found in...chrysoberyl cats-eye are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are...the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which...specific locations are comparatively few, but jasper, agate and even more valuable stones may turn up almost...through matrix rock. Polished Fairburn agate from South Dakota. \\ jfc^ ^ ^ * Emerald in matrix
Report (issue)
AMERICA SOUTH DAKOTA 1989 THE NATIONAL GAZETTEER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SOUTH DAKOTA 1989 "The... "The Pulpit," Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Apparently named for its resemblance to a ministerial...complex features characteristic of South Dakota Badlands. In South Dakota, the term "badlands" is generally...GAZETTEER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICASOUTH DAKOTA 1989 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...National gazetteer of the United States of America. South Dakota 1989 / prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey
Report (volume)
........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa. Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards...Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Ohio......... Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota... .Prof. E. C. Perisho...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Book (volume)
Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies...rising granite mass intruded the famed Cretaceous Dakota sandstone, which underlies most of the Great Plains...continental seas were advancing from the south, the Dakota sandstone represents topset beds, wave reworked...the fascination of these pegmatites. 437 South Dakota The commercial production of minerals, principally...beds, excavations, etc.ď‚ľSelenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm
Book (volume)
mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...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
Book (volume)
mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...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
Report (volume)
........................................ North Dakota........................................................ South Carolina......................................:.................... South Dakota..........Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; to list all the literature...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2,...1908. Scott, Samuel, Map of the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, with full descriptions of mineral
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of eral color, as in opals. Fashion...create a steady market and a sentithe abundant South mental regard for that gem. make Rarity helps... such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystal- line. For example, an agate nodule may
Report (volume)
Maryland Geological Survey: Kent County; Queen Anne's County; Talbot County. Baltimore, Md. Mazama, vol....55-57; Circular, nos. 11, 14. Raleigh, N. C. North Dakota Geological Survey: Bulletin no. 4. Grand Forks...Quebec: Bulletin, vols. 19, 20. Quebec, Canada. South Dakota Geological Survey: Biennial Report, 1922-4;...1922-4; Circular 18, 20-28. Vermilion, S. Dak. South Dakota School of Mines: Bulletin, no. 14. Rapid City, S...6. Carbonic flora of Butler's Landing [Johnson County, Iowa] (abstract):.' Pan-Am. Geologist, vol. 46
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y ' £f h % ^...stones will remain." On my own table is a section of agate, cut and polished, its concentric rings of rose...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of color, as in opals. Fashion plays...lost some of its high status when the abundant South American supply came on the market. Promotion of
Report (issue)
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA Nils Boe, Governor MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS by WILLARD LINCOLN ROBERTS...Associate in Mineralogy Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and GEORGE RAPP...Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology With the Editorial...Mineralogy South Dakota School of Mines and Technology BULLETIN NUMBER 18 of the South Dakota School of...of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota PUBLICATIONS STAFF F. L. Partlo J. T. Thomas President
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...crystals. North Carolina and the Black Hills of South Dakota are also regions attractive for rose quartz...mines: 3 Mine portal at Fenice Capanne, Grosseto, south of Florence, Italy. f ..1.': * * •• *> ^'^
Book
IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI 2 AMYGDAlOID MINE DUMPS 3 AGATE HARBOR (AGATES THOMSONITE ON BEACH\ )l MUD VLAKE...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...crystals. North Carolina and the Black Hills of South Dakota are also regions attractive for rose quartz...dug from the lava beds in Oregon are nodules of agate o ft en associated with opal Reniform marcas1te...aggregate . ps,lo• melane on rock 1o Banded aggregate agate 11 Arborescent aggregate copper 12 Lamellar rad
Book (volume)
Oregon. Information was also supplied by Dowse’s Agate Shop, Salt Lake City, Utah, by William J. Bingham...Mahaffey of Nevada, Missouri. The well-known Texas agate localities of the Alpine Region were described in...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Montana moss agates . Oregon moss agate (color) . New Mexico plume agate (color) . . . . . . . . . . .
Book (volume)
Iris Agate, 203 Historical, 203 Sard and Carnelian, 206 Historical, 207 Moss Agate, 208 Agate, 210 Color...nature are frequently found in rhyolites, as at Agate Point, Ontario, where quartz phenocrysts contain...with a pitch of microscopic dimensions (see ris Agate, under Chalcedony). References 1. Frondel: 2. Frondel:...Bolivia, in sulfide veins; and at Hamburg, Cochise County, Arizona. Small twins up to 1.5 mm. in size occur...Upsala, 3, 436 (1897); Tilley: Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia, 43, 156 (1919). 6. K. F. Seifert: Zs
Book (edition)
the con dition of affairs, more especially in the South and in the States and Ter ritories of the far West...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...extends from the south prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance...distance of 60 miles. Down to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below...being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater thickness
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 643 SPIRIT LEVELING IN SOUTH DAKOTA 1896 TO 1915, INCLUSIVE R. B. MARSHALL, CHIEF... Sisseton, and White Rock quadrangles (Roberts County)__ _ 53 Appendix A: Elevations adjusted by the...there is no rock. PLATE 1 SPIRIT LEVELING IN SOUTH DAKOTA, 1896 TO 1915, INCLUSIVE. R. B. MARSHALL, Chief...publication. All results of spirit leveling in South Dakota previously published by the United States Geological...tablet (C and E, PL I), 6 6 SPIRIT LEVELING IN SOUTH DAKOTA, 1896 TO 1915. 3| inches in diameter and one-quarter
Report (issue)
locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed...their definitions. County (third 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)
.................:......................... 36 Dakota sandstone ..._................................................................................. Dakota-Lakota formations.........................................:..................--................ Dakota-Lakota formations . _........-................................................................ "Dakota" sandstone ......-....-...--.....-..----..---....Stratigraphy Continued. Cretaceous Continued. ' . "Dakota" sandstone._......._....._:_...'..._.;..._....
Book
logyoO0000grie &N ROADSIDE % JEOLOGY of South Dakota John Paul Gries Mountain Press Publishing...Gries, John Paul, 1911- Roadside geology of South Dakota / John Paul Gries. p. cm. Includes bibliographical...(pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Geology—South Dakota—Guidebooks. 2. South Dakota— Guidebooks. I. Title. QE163.G68...interpreting the details of the surface geology of South Dakota. My model is Nathaniel Horatio Darton, geologist...depth to groundwater in the western half of South Dakota. Even in this day of gadgetry, field studies
Report (volume)
4, 5, 8; Museum Paper, nos. 5, 6; County Report, no. 1 (Clay County). Montgomery, Ala. Alberta, Scientific...Boletfn de Minas, nos. 5-13. Habana, Cuba. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 8, no....Ordovician; Silurian; Queen Annes County; Kent County; Talbot County. Baltimore, Md. Mazama, vols. 5 (no...49-57; Circulars 2-11, 14, 16. Raleigh, N. C. North Dakota Geological Survey: Bulletins 1-6. Grand Forks,...Quebec: Bulletin, vols. 13-22. Quebec, Canada. South Dakota Geological Survey: Reports of the State Geologist
Book
North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Peru1Sylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah...Island ? South Carolina Division of Geology State Development Board Box 927 Columbia, South Carolina...not indexed) South Dakota State Geological Survey Science Center Vermillion, South Dakota ,":>- 7 o0 7...northeast part of the Coosa Coal Field, St. Clair County, Alabama, by H. E. Rothrock. 1949. 69 B. 50 Well...and G. L. Richardson. 91 1940. district, Franklin County, Alabama, by E . F. Burchard and H. D. Pallister
Report (issue)
RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 1 i y 1966... Front cover: The exceedingly varied terrain of Kern County is shown by the brown section— from McKittrick...Sierra Nevada and Owens Peak (highest point in the county); on the east (right side) is the sharp descent...Mojave Desert. The black section, taken farther south, shows the Tehachapi Mountains and the Mojave Desert...Rhodes. MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By BENNIE W. TROXEL, mining geologist
Book (edition)
the total of 4,284 new Terms were United States county and city Terms. Counties and Cities in the United...States Earlier editions had Terms such as Washington County and Portland for counties and cities of the United...for example: Washington County Arkansas and Portland Maine. Each new county Term can now autopost its...to counties was a major task. The scope of U.S. county and city Terms can now be clear even when they...For example, whenever an in¬ dexer uses Atchison County Kansas the Terms Kan¬ sas, Midwest, and United
 
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