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Calcite from
Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, 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 Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:45652
Long-form Identifier:1:3:45652:8
GUID (UUID V4):8f6409eb-ac73-44ae-92d7-af7b22ddf199
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘClark Mine, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
23.1km (14.3 miles) ⓘJohnson Vein (Hooke vein; Johnson barite mine), Scott County, Kentucky, USA
23.1km (14.3 miles) ⓘJohnson Vein, Scott County, Kentucky, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘWm. Davis Vein, Scott County, Kentucky, USA
28.9km (17.9 miles) ⓘLockport Mine, Gratz Vein Area, Henry County, Kentucky, USA
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘNally - Gibson Quarry, Georgetown, Central Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District, Scott County, Kentucky, USA
32.1km (20.0 miles) ⓘGratz Mine, Owen County, Kentucky, USA
32.7km (20.3 miles) ⓘGeorgetown Road Quarry (Blue Grass Quarry), Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
35.2km (21.9 miles) ⓘLexington Underground No. 1 (Central Rock Company vein), Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
36.8km (22.8 miles) ⓘCraig Vein, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Lexington Limestone » (Middle Ordovician) of Central Kentucky By DOUGLAS F. B. BLACK, EARLE R. CRESSMAN, and...BULLETIN ~*> Prepared in cooperation with the Kentucky Geological Survey 1224-C UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT...ILLUSTRATIONS Page FIGURES 1, 2. Map of central Kentucky showing: 1. Counties, location of lines of sections...LEXINGTON LIMESTONE (MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN) OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY By DOUGLAS F. B. BLACK, EARLE E,. CRESSMAN, and...Middle Ordovician age that crop out in central Kentucky have in the past been divided into five formations
Report (issue)
the Lexington Limestone (Ordovician) of Central Kentucky By EARLE R. CRESSMAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... PAPER 768 Prepared in cooperation with the Kentucky Geological Survey A desc1·ijJtion of a Middle...Stratigraphic sections of the Lexington Limestone. central Kentucky, showing ranges of fossils along1. Line A-A'....stratigraphic sections of Lexing'~n Limestone, central Kentucky. Generalized composite fence diagram of Lexington...Lexington Limestone and equivalent formations, central Kentucky, 1 showing facies relations. ‱ Block diagrams
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sand from Leestown, Ky. Leestown, Franklin Co., Ky., is on the Kentucky River. From the river at Leestown...collected for us by Charles Johnson, 307 W. 4th St., Frankfort, Ky. Creek Sand from Jordan Creek, Idaho The sample...silvery ta 12, Kansas. muscovite. "Sand is from the Kentucky The sample is a coarse, gray lustrous River, at...muscovite and quartz (chiefly about a mile N. E. of Frankfort, and smoky, some colorless, also reddish) following...some grayish feldspar and a little bed of the Kentucky River, runs into that black magnetite. river at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
prehistoric animals which once roamed the Mid-South." KENTUCKY — In the last issue of R&M (Jan.-Feb., 1962, p..."I am sending a photo of a fossil I found near Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 19, 1961. I thought it might be of...R&M. "Dr. Jillson, retired state geologist of Kentucky, identified the fossil. He had plates made and...was found in a road cut 4 miles south of Frankfort (Franklin Co.), Ky., on Interstate Highway 1-64, approx... Found Sept. 19, 1961, 4 miles South of Frankfort (Franklin Co.), Ky., on Interstate highway 1-64, approximately
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND 355 MINERALS TRIP THROUGH OHIO —INDIANA — KENTUCKY By PETER ZODAC Editor, Rocks and Minerals Last...join them on a trip through Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Of course I accepted the invitation as a trip...on U. S. 30 in Pittsburgh. 712.3 miles — Beaver County Line (Perm.). 725.9 miles—West Virginia Line on...part of Canton, a nice city and the county seat of Stark County, on our way out. 785.4 miles—The Klinks...Tuscarawas River which we crossed. 800.1 miles—Wayne County line. 814.8 miles—Wooster, on U. S. 30. 820.2 miles—Jefferson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kentucky Kentucky Mineral Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [Dalhousie University] at 18:01 27 December...Figure 1. Twinned calcite, 8 cm, Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen...Commonwealth is Black Mountain in the Appalachians (Harlan County) at 4,139 feet. The lowest point is the floor of...quarry near Grand Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky, at 100 feet below sea level. There are...nondiamondiferous kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnöite intrusions in Crittenden
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at mouth of Silver Creek near Edinburg, Portage County. Figure 1 (left). Rosanna Carlson sitting in dolostone...septarium, Copperas Mountain near Spargursville, Ross County. Ernest Carlson photo. Figure 3. Map showing mineral...predominantly of ferroan dolomite, with lesser amounts of calcite, quartz, illite, and pyrite; siderite is absent...concretions are septaria. Dolomite, ferroan dolomite, calcite, barite, and quartz are the main vein minerals;...Km-h Ming strata dolojtooc fctroan dolomite. calcite. quartz, pyrite fcrroan dolomite, calcitc. barite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Coming Events September 28, 29—Frankfort, Kentucky. An­ nual Show sponsored by the Capital City Gem...Chairman: Miles Smith, 341 Senate Drive, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601. Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY]...8—Roseburg, Oregon. "Gems and Minerals of Douglas County" Show spon­ sored by the South Douglas Gem & Mineral...Club and the Umpqua Gem & Mineral Club. Douglas County Fairgrounds. Chairman: Catherine Smith, 149 S ...Washington 99362. October 5, 6—Franklin, New Jersey. 29th An­ nual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit spon­
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. This locality may also be given as 6 miles east...crystals and massive veinlets of a fluorescent calcite. This material is bright red under short wave U...in Georgia (pp. 9-21). One locality in Habersham County should fascinate many of our readers. Here is Dr..."—on label. KENTUCKY—"The enclosed crystals are from a cut being made through the Kentucky River cliffs...cliffs 4 miles south of Frankfort (Franklin Co.), Ky., for a new highway. The place has become a sort of
Report (issue)
REGION, KENTUCKY Prepared in tion with the Agricultural and Industrial. Development Board of Kentucky. UNITED...INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLIES OF THE BLUE GRASS REGION, KENTUCKY By W. N. Palmquist, Jr., and F. R Hall Prepared...Agricultural and Industrial Development Board of Kentucky. Washington, D. C,, 1953 Free on application......................... In pocket Index map of Kentucky, showing location of this report and progress...INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLIES OF THE BLUE GRASS REGION, KENTUCKY By W. N. Palmquist, Jr., and F. R. Hall ABSTRACT
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Zn/Cd for sphaleritesamplesfrom Illinois and Kentucky that were collectedfrom strata other than coalrangefrom29/1...Illinois Basin Sam- Sample Coal ple Zinc mium County Cad- ple Zinc mium typet (ppm) (ppm) seam* ...6 Franklin DC 333 1.1 C-14630 C-13433 C-14684 C-16501 C-12831 6 6 6 6 6 Franklin Franklin Franklin...Franklin Franklin Franklin CFC DC CFC CFC CFC 60 52 30 22 22 C-12942 C-15038 C 16993 C 15999 C-16030...C-15943 DV C-17601 DV C-15944 DK C-13039 IN III County Sam- Cad- DC CFC DC CFC 25 61 178 10 <0.3
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals of all kinds—and have a "side hobby" of calcite xls—which I exhibit in competition at various mineral... Palmer, Alaska. KENTUCKY—"At the highway cut 4 miles south of Frankfort (Franklin Co.), Ky., Mr. Albert...1961, from Charles Johnson, 1033 Seminole Trail, Frankfort, Ky. NORTH DAKOTA—We are indebted to Harold Johansen...community of about 50 people in southern Lincoln County of Southwestern Wyoming on US 30N, about 10 miles..., and is entitled "Mineral Resources of Uintah County." Mr. Pruitt's report reveals the important role
Report (issue)
Silicified Middle Ordovician Brachiopods From Kentucky GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF ES SIGNAL PAPER 583-A ...with the Kentucky Geological Survey Some Silicified Middle Ordovician Brachiopods From Kentucky By ROBERT...OF KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 583-A Prepared in cooperation with the Kentucky Geological...--__--__--__-_-.--_------Index map of central Kentucky _____________________________________________________________...CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ORDOVICIAN PALEONTOLOGY OF KENTUCKY 1 Synthesized from Nosow and McFarlan (I960,
Book
4 ‘ » deat oggrtniLhy fiih ors! „; The Kentucky Geological Survey “=| WILLARD ROUSE JILLSON! ...Geology: and Mineral Resources of Kentucky 1928 Western Kentucky Fluorite— Ca F, 2 Natural Size The... The GEOLOGY and MINERAL RESOURCES of KENTUCKY A Brief Description of the Physiography, Stratigraphy,...GEOLOGIST OF KENTUCKY, CURATOR OF THE STATE MUSEUM AND LECTURER IN GEOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY Illustrated...Photographs, Maps and Diagrams THE KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL FRANKFORT, 1928 KY. SURVEY FIRST EDITION
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
limestone and the broken thin band in the shale are calcite. The gray lenses in the shale are pyrite, as is...shale about 7 miles east of Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee, a white powdery sediment several inches...conspicuous small areas of coarsely crystallized calcite and consists of about threequarters carbonate rhombohedra...are conspicuous. Locality 1, near Burkesville, Kentucky; X40 FIGURE 4.—LEACHED LIMESTONE Carbonate has...LIMESTONE AND RESIDUUM Locality 1, near Burkesville, Kentucky. Analyst: S. M. Berthold Limestone Specimen 16N-1-2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimen sent you recently. It was found in Coosa County, Ala., near Rockford. You have my permission to...have an interesting specimen of dark gray fibrous calcite that was sent in by Prof. Arthur Blocher, 317 W...find a layer of calcite (sample enclosed is from this layer). Sometimes this calcite is oil impregnated...Brown Ave., Terre Haute, Ind. I O W A — From Marion County, Iowa, we have an interesting specimen consisting...small pale smoky quartz xls — both on drusy gray calcite which in turn coats dark gray limestone. Some goethite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Madison Co., Ky., is on the west shore of the Kentucky River from which our sand sample comes. The sample...Johnson, 307 W . 4th St., Frankfort, Ky. "Boonesboro is located at Lock 10, Kentucky River, in Madison Co...that was built by Daniel Boone. The 3rd school in Kentucky was here among the pupils were the children of...flakes of chlorite. Cave sand from Franklin, H. ‱/‱ From Franklin, Sussex Co., N. J., we have a sand...collected for us by Lawrence Chapman, 41 Church St., Franklin, N.J. The sample is a grey, medium grained sand
Report (issue)
Lithostratigraphy of Upper Ordovician Strata Exposed in Kentucky U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 11.51-E...cooperation with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, University of Kentucky., Kentucky Geological Survey Lithostratigraphy... Lithostratigraphy of Upper Ordovician Strata Exposed in Kentucky By G. W. WEIR, W. L. PETERSON, and W C SWADLEY...U.S. GEOLOGICAL TO THE SURVEY GEOLOGY OF KENTUCKY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1151-E Prepared in cooperation...cooperation with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, University of Kentucky, Kentucky Geological Survey Descriptions
Report (volume)
Unit in the Lexington Limestone of North-Central Kentucky By DOUGLAS F. B. BLACK and NORMAN P. CUPPELS ...SURVEY BULLETIN Prepared in cooperation with the Kentucky Geological Survey Description of a body of distinctive...6. 7. Index map of report area, north-central Kentucky, showing 7%-minute quadrangles ___________ ___...UNIT IN THE LEXINGTON LIMESTONE OF NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY By DOUGLAS F. B. BLACK and NORMAN P. CUPPELS ABSTRACT...northeast part of the inner Bluegrass region of Kentucky. It consists chiefly of brownish-gray dense lime
Book
Le WU aa, Lay nibs 7|| „ —& Loe sh Kentucky Geological Survey WILLARD ROUSE JILLSON DIRECTOR...SERIES VoLUME SIX THIRTEEN Fluorspar Deposits of Kentucky 1923 UIA AsuUITyO Iedsanoy ‘ouTUT s9d.IO;...AG *M ‘HY NOSTIIF ~ FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS of KENTUCKY A description and interpretation of the geologic...geologic occurrence and industrial importance of Kentucky F luorspar BY Louts WADE ASSISTANT CURRIER...Copies THE KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FRANKFoRT, Ky. 1923 Copyrighted 1923 for THE KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL
Report (issue)
FISHERIES RESEARCH The Ordovician Paleontology of Kentucky and Nearby States-Introduction LAB LIBRARY The...Brachiopods Additional Trilobites From the Ordovician of Kentucky Edrioasteroids (Echinodermata) Asteroidea (Echinodermata)...cooperation with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, University of Kentucky, Kentucky Geological Survey Contributions... Contributions. to the Ordovician PaleontOlogy of Kentucky and Nearby States . Edited by.John Pojet~, Jr. A. ... The Ordovician Paleontology of Kentucky and Nearby StatesIntroduction, by John Pojeta, Jr. B. The Brachiop~d
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the fresh surface, with more or less quartz and calcite present. The "Stromatoporoid' Reef" Zone If you...typical shaly dolomite bed enclosing irregular calcite lumps with grains of sphalerite. To the south,...breaks, like fine lines, filled with probable calcite often lead to various si2e vugs displaying pinkish...pinkish dolomite rhombs, prism quartz, and grayish calcite xls. Sphalerite having a determination to occupy...to mix with grayish white dolomite quartz and calcite xls. Observed Fig. 1 - Crystal of Sphalerite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
central portions of the States of Tennessee and Kentucky with the deposits of the same age in other regions...Prof. A rthur M. Miller for similar courtesies in Kentucky. T h e S e c t io n in K en tu ck y The work...August P. Poerste in the “Blue Grass” region of Kentucky has amply elucidated the stratigraphy and paleontology...him in his later report (1919) on the Geology of Kentucky. The lower Maysville (Mount Hope) is believed...The thickness is about 35 to 60 feet in central Kentucky, but increases northward, where the 50 feet of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
grayish schist. Specimen # 2 is not wollastonite but calcite—group of colorless, coarse fibrous xls. Both specimens...W l / 2 N W & Section 7, T.I., R 19W of Garland County, Ark., some fine quartz xls containing chlorite...occurrence. This material comes from Chattahoochee County near Columbus, Ga. To better preserve the specimen...mine 2 miles south of Knoxville, Iowa, in Marion County."—on label. KANSAS—Travertine, a compact variety...is found around Great Spirit Spring in Mitchell County, Kansas. Here the minerals in the spring water
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Plumose County, Arizona. N o one knows better than we do that there is no such county in Arizona and...specimen was a coarse xline, white gray mottled calcite ; the other a dark (almost black) compact limestone...world, outranked by Langban, Sweden (1st) and Franklin, N . J. ( 2 n d ) , continue to produce interesting...collect, and also quite a few concretions with calcite filling cracks. These concretions (known as septanas)...are not pretty but they do have quite a bit of calcite in them (no crystals)." INDIANA—Walter Reeves,
 
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