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Calcite from
Empress Mine, New Diggings area mines, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Empress Mine, New Diggings area mines, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:505702
Long-form Identifier:1:3:505702:3
GUID (UUID V4):98b41c69-429e-491e-ba6f-3a11eda54cf8
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.4km (0.2 miles) Little Minnie Mine, New Diggings area mines, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Hoskins-Fields Mine (Hoskins; Fields; North Hoskins; East Hoskins), New Diggings area mines, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) New Cottingham Mine (Cottingham No. 2 Mine), New Diggings area mines, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Old Cottingham Mine (Cottingham No. 1), New Diggings area mines, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) Weiskircher Mine, Shullsburg area, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) New Hoskins Mine, New Diggings area mines, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
1.0km (0.7 miles) Benton Star Mine, Benton, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Jug Handle Mine, Benton, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) The Hoskins-Field Mine, New Diggings area mines, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) Meloy Mine (Meloy and Robson Mines), New Diggings area mines, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
The Geology of the Upper Mississippi Valley Zinc-Lead District By ALLEN V. HEYL, Jr., ALLEN F. AGNEW...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 309 Prepared in cooperation with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural Histoyy Survey, the Iowa...Cultural development and facilities related to mining Field work and acknowledgments Scope of the report...geologic work in the district Geology Stratigraphy Precambrian rocks Cambrian system Upper Cambrian series...Platteville formation Decorah formation Galena dolomite Upper Ordovician series Maquoketa shale Silurian system
Report (volume)
DEPOSITS Gi.OLOGI C4( SC, • OF THE 119629 UPPER MISSISSIPPI V ALL IgRA RY 13Y 1 I.� I� I A1.1\1-�...1 9 1) CONTENTS. Introduction � Location and area Historical sketch Bibliography Production_� Past...production� Lead Zinc � Present production Recent mining act ivitScope of this report � Topography. Relief...Limonite 51 � Melanterite 51 Gangue minerals� 51 � Calcite 51 � Dolomite 51 � Selenite 52 � Barite 52 � Quartz...Description of mines and districts 71 � General relations 72 � Mines in Iowa 72 � Dubuque district 72 History�
Report (volume)
Geology of the Cuba City, New Diggings, and Shullsburg Quadrangles, Wisconsin and Illinois o GEOLOGICAL...SURVEY ao Prepared in cooperation with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey I OQ g... Geology of the Cuba City, New Diggings, and Shullsburg Quadrangles, Wisconsin and Illinois *,By *THOMAS...MULLENS GEOLOGY OF PARTS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...1123-H v, 7 Prepared in cooperation with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey UNITED
Report (volume)
of Illinois Southern Illinois district Northwestern Illinois district Historical statement Uses of zinc...Cambrian rocks_ _ _ Ordovician rocks_ Oneota dolomite New Richmond sandstone. Shakopee dolomite St. Peter sandstone...ores—Continued. Malachite and azurite Barite _ _ Gypsum _ Calcite Dolomite _ _ Wad Less abundant minerals .. Paragenesis...of mines and prospects _ . General statement Waters mine Little Corporal mine Weber & Cring mine Vinegar...Vinegar Hill mine _ _ Fox River Valley mine_ Oldenburg mine Northwestern mine _______ . California or Sand
Journal (issue)
COVER PHOTO YOUNG EARTH SCIENTISTS, Zuisdema INDIAN MINING AND USE OF LEAD, Kuhm POTHOLE EROSION, Spitznas...the ESTABLISHMENT, EAST * ROCHESTER 9, INC. NEW’ YORK R Ee WD Ne WMMIII 12° bench model, $72 >|...laboratory of the “Four Corners” land of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona, accessible to youngsters, with...along this summer, as the route leads through an area where deposits of uranium are being worked and where...into the High Sierra and later into the Monument Valley region, which now is part of the country where
Report (volume)
MISSOURI BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINES E. R. BUCKLEY, Pb. D., Director and State Geologist. Vol. IV, 2nd...2nd Series. THE Geology of the Granby Area BY E . R. BUCKLEY AND H . A. BUEHLER . THE HUGH STEPHENS... 57 Ohapte r VII. Desc ription s or Individual Mines . .... . ... .... .... . . .. .. . ........ ...... . . .......... .. 86 Ohapte r X . M e tbodsof Mining, Oonce ntra ting and Smelti ng .. 111 \ LIST...Outcrop m ap of the Gra nby A rea. III II. Typi cal Mines ...............................................
Book
https://archive.org/details/feeminingmineralOOOOmona FEE MINING AND MINERAL ADVENTURES IN THE EASTERN U.S. By...and the many changes due to man or nature, Fee Mining and Mineral Adventures in the Eastern U.S., its...wadewabsltoasssts-oncasess 34 Site 2. Iwan Creek Mine & Rock. Shop—Quartz, Crystals .o2.<...0c5.c0tsunc...Aastestes oeareees 27 Site 5 The Starfire Mine Quartz Crystal Mine—Quartz Crystals.............cccccsscssesscessesseeeeens...cccccsscssesscessesseeeeens 38 Site 6 Weener Crystal Mines & Ranch—Quartz Crystals .............sastenrssecer
Book (edition)
before planning a trip, or calling if you are in the area. Many places close unexpectedly, due to illness...illness or death in the family; some are sold, and the new owners may not always permit digging. It is a good...they are thought to be operating. If you are in the area on a trip, by all means check them out. Any information...arranged by states, and then by towns where the mines are located (underlined), in alphabetical order...lbs., 400/lb. over 100 lbs. Black Mountain Opal Mine. Write Lander's Turquoise, 321 East Andy Devine
Report (issue)
BUREAU OF MINES LIBRARY SPOK.'lr.'~ \1, 11 ('., S£p 1 0 19.r~ 1 fLEASE ifT lJ;. ro ueRAP. Geology...and Ore Depostts of the Darwin Quadrangle Inyo County, California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared...California, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines ~ytate I !; i :•j \. i PAPER 368 Geology... Geology and Ore Deposits ofthe Darwin Quadrangle Inyo County, California By WAYNE E. HALL and E. M. MAcKEVETT...California, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines I UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON
Report (issue)
169 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO BY W. S. BURBANK WITH A SECTION...Prepared in cooperation with the COLORADO METAL MINING FUND UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...Geography _ ______________ ___-__-__ Situation of the district _ _ _________________ Topographic features. ....Previous geologic and topographic work in the district. ____ ___________._-__-______--__. Field work...limestone member. ______ Quartzite member_-____________ Upper limestone member ______ _ Age and correlation. ___________
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...Sanford. Upon Mr. Sanford's transfer to the Bureau of Mines the work was put into the hands of Frank L. Hess...Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA DISTRICT SAGUACHE COUNTY COLORADO By HORACE B. PATTON 1915 DENVER...ARMALEK ___________________ President State School of Mines CHARLES A. LoRY ____________________ President State...State Geologist. PROP:::IHV STATE BUREAU OF MINES Must not be removed from this office, CONTENTS... . . 67 Mines in Rawley Gulch .... ·.·.................................. 69 The Rawley mine........................... . . . . . 69 Rock formations in mine and tunnel................... 74 Vein systems .
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Edition Russell P. MacFall Thomas Y. Crowell New York / Company Established 1834 Copyright ©... California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett of Baltimore, Maryland;...West, the broad plains and the verdant hills of New England hold inestimable treasures of living things...doorstep in the vicinity of Paris? Have you heard, Mr. New Jersey, of your famous pearls?" citing other notable
Book
Fossil-Belemnite Soil-Greenwich Loam Series 29 30 31 * District of Columbia Dinosaur-Capitalsaurus fo, Fossil-Petrified...Minnesota Gemstone-Lake Superior Agate Vil * Mississippi * Louisiana Gemstone-Agate Fossil-Petrified...Fossil-Ichthyosaur Metal-Silver Precious Gemstone-Virgin Valley Black Fire Opal Semiprecious Gemstone-Iurquoise...Dinosaur-Acrocanthosaurus atokensis * Oregon Rock-Thunderegg * New Hampshire Rock-Granite Mineral-Bery] Gem-Smoky Quartz... * New Jersey Dinosaur-Hadrosaurus foulkii * New Mexico Gem-Turquoise Fossil- Coelophysis * New York
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................... Mississippi...................................................... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. ..................................................... Wisconsin..............................................
Journal (issue)
Tree Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85740 Articles The mines and minerals of Darwin, California ................... 5 by C. S. Stolburg Minerals of the Pereta mine, Tuscany, Italy ..................................and M. Tazzini Alteration minerals of the Cetine mine, Tuscany, It a ly ................................ Sabelli and G. Brizzi Siegenite from the Buick mine, Bixby, Missouri .......................................................................41 What’s new in minerals? by W. E. Wilson ...................
Book
Pape HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY , | 3 4028 04886 ’ ; “4 : BP ae - ms bs . -a i 7 : ; -...Designed by McDonald's Jewelry, Fresno, California (USA). Collection: Michael M. Scott, San José, California...from William Larson’s Stuart Mine in the Pala Mountains, California (USA). Next to it, a step-cut, red-green...garnet-lherzolite. It came out of the volcanic kimberlite to an area of the Earth’s crust where it was accessible to... Collection: Houston Museum, Houston, Texas (USA). Photo: Erica and Harold Van Pelt, Los Angeles.
Report (issue)
^ 1& (NKW SOUTH /^^ ^'? DEPARTMENT OF MINES \VALES. AND AGRICULTURE. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. nsineering.../SS^*-., 191: or jo?s GOVERNMENT PRINTER. New Chum Hill, shewing Open Cuts. From the South...South , NEAV SOUTH V/ALES. DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND AGRICULTURE. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. E. F. PiTTMAX, A.R...PRINTER. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Departmeut of Mines and Agriculture. Sydney, 17th July...PITTMAN, Government The Under Secretary for Mines and Agriculture. Geologist. —— — SYNOPSIS OP
Journal (issue)
C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County, Iowa ............. 231 by P. L. Garvin &...Sevillano The geosc_ience collections of the Freiberg Mining Academy .................................................. 267 by M. P. Cooper & M. Calvo What's new in minerals? Tucson Show 1992 .....................really good result of the museum having come under new management in recent and important is out on display...in extraordinary, aesthetic specimens. In 1979 a new mineral species, desautelsite, was named in his honor
Journal (issue)
$6.00 Scheelite and Powellite from the Oriole Mine Near Minerva, White Pine Co., Nevada Tony Nikischer...es away. The drive north through the Great Basin area was an educational experience. with posted signs...1(right): The portal of main haulage adit of the Oriole Mine shows some collapsing timbering but is otherwise...the condition of the mine is solid and easily passable. Author's image. Calcite Pseudomorphs after Ikaite..."glendonite" variety of calcite. CaCOi. lkaite is actua lly a hexahyd rate of calcite with the HP forming
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
largest state in the United States, with a land area of 156,299 square miles and virtually every type...Imagine, as a field collector, being able to go mining virtually any month of the year-the deserts in...prospectors who first discovered it in 1907 in San Benito County believed that they had found sapphire. Lapidaries...determined it to be a new mineral, which he subsequently named after the stream and the county in which it was...was discovered. In the early years of mining, all the crystals were thought to still be in place at the
Journal (issue)
Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root
Journal (issue)
A gold specimen from the Spanish Dry Diggings, Eldorado County, California, and a little of its history...Hessonite with apatite, Mount Avie, Bellecombe area, Aosta Valley, Italy ................ ......... .........with Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See the article...Obituary: Lawrence H. Conklin (by W E. Wilson) What's New in Minerals Tucson Show, 2016 (by T. P. Moore) ....(bequeathed) Eric D. Long SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Houston Area Mineral Society (HAMS) (2009-2015) Mineral Association
Report (issue)
International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...and microcline from Pakistan's world famous Gilgit area. The schorl is 4. 7 cm high. Photo Jeff Scovil;...elbaite crystals with lepidolite from the Golconda Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil by Eberhard Equit, 1993...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...History in Brief .......... 4 Vandall T. King • New from Sludyanka .......... ...... . 9 • Mineralogy
Journal (issue)
Switzerland photomicrography Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality..................... 323 by B. L. Muntyan What’s new in Colorado minerals? ............................. Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by...be accepted until January 1, after which date the new rates will be $16 for one year and $30 for two years
 
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