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Calcite from
Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA


Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Diopside11 photos of Calcite associated with Diopside at this locality.
Phlogopite6 photos of Calcite associated with Phlogopite at this locality.
Fluorapatite6 photos of Calcite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Wollastonite5 photos of Calcite associated with Wollastonite at this locality.
Marialite5 photos of Calcite associated with Marialite at this locality.
Meionite5 photos of Calcite associated with Meionite at this locality.
Titanite2 photos of Calcite associated with Titanite at this locality.
Albite2 photos of Calcite associated with Albite at this locality.
Apatite2 photos of Calcite associated with Apatite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:887265
Long-form Identifier:1:3:887265:4
GUID (UUID V4):16363005-adf1-47d0-8089-3abfe599a28d
Localities for Calcite in this Region
Mulvaney property (Rose Road wollastonite deposit; McDonald Sugar Bush), Rose Road, Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Purple Diopside Mound (PDM), Rose Road, Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Rose Road Float Boulders, Rose Road, Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Whitton prospect, Rose Road, Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Toothaker Pond prospect, Cooper Hill, Toothaker Creek State Forest, Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
2.5km (1.5 miles) Toothaker Pond prospect, Cooper Hill, Toothaker Creek State Forest, Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) Purple Diopside Mound (PDM), Rose Road, Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) Mulvaney property (Rose Road wollastonite deposit; McDonald Sugar Bush), Rose Road, Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) Whitton prospect, Rose Road, Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) Jayville mine, Magnetite Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) Gouverneur Talc Company No. 4 Quarry (Valentine deposit), Diana Township, Lewis County, New York, USA
11.5km (7.1 miles) Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) Empire State No. 2 Mine, Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) Arnold Mine, Fowler, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogy of Chub Lake-Type Hematite Deposits in St. Lawrence County, NY Steven C. Chamberlain 1, *, Marian V...Center for Mineralogy, New York State Museum, Albany, NY 12230, USA New York State Museum, Research and...and Collections, Albany, NY 12230, USA; marian.lupulescu@nysed.gov Geosciences Department, Hamilton College...College, Clinton, NY 13323, USA; dbailey@hamilton.edu Correspondence: sccham2@yahoo.com; Tel.: +1-315-682-0580...found in the Grenville Province in St. Lawrence County, New York. Here, we focus on six of them: the
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3140 CEC Center for Mineralogy New York State Museum Albany, New York 12230 sccham2@yahoo.com GEORGE...ROBINSON Department of Geology St. Lawrence University Canton, New York 13617 robinson@mtu.edu SUSAN...SUSAN ROBINSON 9654 Highway 37 Ogdensburg, New York 13669 pebble.art@outlook.com MICHAEL R. WALTER PO Box...Box 137 2982 State Route 11B Nicholville, New York 12965 mwalter9@twcny.rr.com DAVID G. BAILEY Geosciences...Clinton, New York 13323 dbailey@hamilton.edu JEFFREY R. CHIARENZELLI Brown Hall 145 St. Lawrence University
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Mineral Collector's Newsletter $6.00 Torbernite from New Mexico A Medical "Elixer" Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet...the day capitalized on that belief. Southwestern New Mexico's torbernite occurrences (fig. I) became the...Metatorbemite specimen from Grant County, NM in the collection of the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral...old stone house foundation in Baltic, Houghton County, Michigan. The chunk was buried about 8 inches...Rosemeyer collection and photo (10 August 2017). 2 New Mexico Torbernite (Continued from page I) A short
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CHIARENZELLI Brown Hall 145 St. Lawrence University 23 Romoda Drive Canton, New York 13617 jchiarenzelli@stlawu...Collections New York State Museum Albany, New York 12230 marian.lupulescu@nysed.gov Town of Pitcairn St. Lawrence...Lawrence County New York Part 2: Geology GEORGE W. ROBINSON Department of Geology St. Lawrence University...University Canton, New York 13617 robinson@mtu.edu DAVID G. BAILEY Geosciences Department Hamilton College...College Clinton, New York 13323 dbailey@hamilton.edu MICHAEL R. WALTER PO Box 137 2982 State Route 11B Nicholville
Field Trip Notes
COLLECTING SITES IN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY MICHAEL A. WHITTON St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club/...Department St. Lawrence University Canton, NY 13617 SCHUYLER ALVERSON St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral...Rensselaer Falls, NY 13680 Introduction The St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club is a local organization...mineral shows. We have members from as far away as New Hampshire, Ohio and Canada. All meetings and trips...field trip of classic mineral localities in St. Lawrence County. If you would like more information about
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review panel consisted of Dr. Steven Chamberlain, New York State Museum; Dr. Carl Francis, Harvard University;...Tewkesbury, Great Britain; Dr. Marian Lupulescu, New York State Museum; and Dr. George Robinson, Michigan...ROSE ROAD WOLLASTONITE DEPOSIT, PITCAIRN, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK. M. R. Walter1, S. C. Chamberlain2...Nicholville, NY 12965; 2Center for Mineralogy, New York State Museum, 3140 CEC, Albany, NY 12230; 3Canadian...NY 13323. This noteworthy locality in northern New York has likely provided quality specimens for at least
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse. MAJOR NEW YORK STATE M I N E...E R A L LOC A L I T I E S N ew York State is rich in minerals of interest to collectors. A number of...Dana 1877, 1892). Herbert P. Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive...localities in the state is the book Minerals of New York State by David Jensen, published in 1978. Our...Mode of Occurrence Most mineral localities in New York can be categorized into three groups based on
Show/Event (guide)
Facilities - Cindi and Keith Newman and able crew What's New in Minerals - Jeff Scovil Registration Desk - Jane...Symposium! This year our speaker roster again has five new people, who are giving seven talks, and two familiar...excellent cover. Jeff Scovil will again lead off What's New on Saturday. We hope you enjoy all the various activities...r the first several years, it was funded by the "New Hampshire syndicate". Since then it has been funded...the recent research into diamonds, discussing the new technology for creating synthetic diamonds, and explaining
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review panel consisted of Dr. Steven Chamberlain, New York State Museum; Dr. Carl Francis, Harvard University;...Tewkesbury, Great Britain; Dr. Marian Lupulescu, New York State Museum; and Dr. George Robinson, Michigan...MINERALOGY OF A RECENTLY EXPOSED LOCALITY OF BLUE CALCITE VEINS IN PRECAMBRIAN MARBLE AND CALC-SILICATE ROCKS...indigo-blue calcite was recently discovered in a newly excavated road cut along the new extension of...village of Grenville, Argenteuil County, Quebec, Canada. The dark blue calcite occurs as anhedral crystals
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Downloaded by [134.117.10.200] at 07:23 21 November 2015 st THE THIRTY-FIRST TECHNICAL SESSION of the Rochester...Mineral and Gem Museum; Dr. Marian Lupulescu, New York State Museum; Dr. George Robinson, Michigan Technological...Adrian College; and Dr. Steven C. Chamberlain, New York State Museum. Sixteen abstracts were submitted...reactions there are those where the formation of a new mineral is spatially and temporarily coupled with...changes is always the same: reequilibration with a new set of environmental conditions (i.e., lowering the
Report (issue)
monthly by the New University of the State of BULLETIN York OCTOBER 298 New York FREDERICK Museum...Director Bulletin 70 MINERALOGY 3 LIST OF* NEW YORK MINERAL LOCALITIES BY H. \YHITLOCK P. C....STATE OF NEW YORK 1903 M125m-Je3-2000 PriCC 2O CCntS University of the State of With years New rk York...York of election 1892 WILLIAM CROSWELL DOANE D.D. LL.D. 1878 WHITELAW REiD^M.A. LL.D. CHAUNCEY M...HENRY E. 1883 ST CLAIR 1881 TURNER LL.D. 1890 1890 1893 1895 1895 New York New York Rochester -
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3140 CEC Center for Mineralogy New York State Museum Albany, New York 12230 sccham2@yahoo.com MARIAN...3140 CEC Research and Collections New York State Museum Albany, New York 12230 mlupules@mail.nysed.gov ...Geosciences Department Hamilton College Clinton, New York 13323 dbailey@hamilton.edu Figure 2. Today the...Fine St. Lawrence County New York A small pit on the old Scott farm in the Town of Fine in St. Lawrence...Lawrence County, New York (fig. 1), is the source of some of the finest crystallized specimens of zircon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
May/June: Uvite, Powers farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York; Steven C. Chamberlain specimen, Michael...albite, Kestral Pocket, Smoky Hawk mine, Teller County, Colorado; Martin Zinn specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Gold and quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California; Scott Rudolph specimen, Jeff Scovil...photo A Acanthite, Colorado, 423 Actinolite, New York, 221, 454 Adularia, Michigan, 39 Agate, 160–65...71–72 Albite, Japan, 523; New York, 221, 451, 454 Allanite-(Ce), New York, 221 Allmon, W. D., The Natural
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Emmons on the geology of the second district of New York, the northern and western portions of the Adirondack...some time in the contiguous portions of Saint Lawrence, Jefferson and Lewis counties,, the writer has...consideration. In Essex county they form rather limited patches, while in Saint Lawrence, Jefferson and Lewis...Jefferson county. This belt crosses the townships of Diana, Lewis county, and Pitcairn, Saint Lawrence county...t Report to State Geologist of New York (unpublished). XTrans. New York Acad. Sci., vol. xii, p. 203.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Environments of New York's North Country by BRADFORD B. VAN D I V E R State University College...College at Potsdam Potsdam, New York U676 (Figure 1). The mineral environments of these two subprovinces...environments of the Adirondack Moun­ tains of New York state, which constitute the major part of what...within St. Lawrence County. Students of mineralogy recognize the international reputation of St. Lawrence...Lawrence County for mineral collecting. A survey of Dana's Manual of Mineralogy, any edition, re­ veals frequent
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Gait, Royal Ontario Museum; Dr. William Kelly, New York State Ge­ ological Survey; Dr. Robert King, National...Museums of Canada. The accepted abstracts follow. A NEW O C C U R R E N C E O F R U T I L E IN HASTINGS C...Concession V I I , Wollaston Township, Hastings County. The new occurrence is only 4 km east of Coe Hill, where...pseudomorphic after muscovite in attractive specimens and calcite are also present in the veins. working in Queen...chemical breakdown of the enclosing quartz and calcite. Further investigation along strike from the present
Journal (issue)
Mineralization In the Wollastonite Skarn near Pitcairn, St. Lawrence Co., New York Christopher R. Emproto cemproto@oswego...wollastonite skarn locality off Rose Road near Pitcairn, NY. He noticed a curious patch of mineralization...recent book, Collector's Guide to the Minerals of New York State (Chamberlain and Robinson, 20 I 3). Currently...2) Recent Finds from the Sante Fe Mine Mineral County, Nevada Tony Nikischer Excalibur Mineral Corp....wide-reaching websites like Mindat.org, it is important that new finds, or old finds that were not previously documented
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METEORITICS • • • REQIONAL (iEOLOQY pALEONTOLOQY 0Lo&NEW WORLD EXPLORATION S,x catalogs issued yearly covering...MATRIX Publishing Services Inc. 1940A Carlisle Road York, PA 17404 Telephone number: 717/764-9673 FAX number:...E-mail: matrix@redrose.net FOUNDERS OF MATRIX Lawrence H. Conklin and Jay L. Lininger STAFF: EDITOR AND...MINERAL FEATURE The Mineralogy of St. Lawrence County, New York: A Historical Sketch by Jay L. Lininger...Zebulon Howell Benton: The Man Who Would Be St. Lawrence Mining King by Schuyler Alverson 108 HISTORIC
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Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, USA New York State Museum, Research...Albany, NY 12230, USA Geosciences Department, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323, USA Earth and Environmental...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rensselaer, NY 12180, USA Correspondence: jchiaren@stlawu.edu; Tel.: +1-315-229-5202...amphibole, clinopyroxene, and scapolite within a calcite matrix. Crystals can reach a meter or more in long...rocks. Carbon and oxygen isotopic ratios from calcite plot within a restricted field away from igneous
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Elsewhere? Manuel Robbins Manning Lane Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08003 T A K I N G T H E Q U E S T I O N L...originate from the mines at Franklin or Sterling Hill in New Jersey. But if the question is rephrased to ask if...a piece of brilliantly and solidly fluorescing calcite with willemite that cannot be easily carried out...wonderful combination of fluorescent miner­ als calcite, willemite, hardystonite, esperite, and clinohedrite...Such a jackpot piece is rarer than a win in the New Jersey lottery. Some of these fluo­ rescent minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the peak assemblage by phlogopite, oligoclase, calcite, and scapolite (Me50–Me67) as a result of CO2-...fluid) to form albite, muscovite, corundum, and calcite. Late, lowtemperature zeolite mineralization is...the Rae Craton by the Trans-Hudson orogeny (THO; St-Onge et al. 2009). Detrital zircon ages indicate...multiple deformational and metamorphic events (see St-Onge et al. 2007). In deformation event D0, which...This localized recrystallization is interpreted by St-Onge et al. (2007) as being controlled by deformation-enhanced
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committee consisting of Dr. Steven Chamberlain, New York State Museum; Dr. Carl Francis, Maine Mineral...Dr. Marian Lupulescu, New York State Museum; and Dr. George Robinson, St. Lawrence University. Fifteen...abstracts follow. A NEW LOCALITY FOR PHENAKITE AND CASSITERITE IN MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. T. W. Buchholz1...Mineral & Gem Museum, PO Box 500, 99 Main St., Bethel, ME 04217. A new site producing phenakite has been discovered...discovered in the Wausau Syenite Complex, Marathon County, Wisconsin. The site is located in the Nine Mile
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sources of metals in orogenic gold deposits Iain K. Pitcairn & Dave Craw & Damon A. H. Teagle Received: 6...metabasaltic rocks from the Otago and Alpine Schists, New Zealand. The metabasaltic rocks in the Otago and...environment. The concentrations of Au, As, I. K. Pitcairn (*) Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm...Department, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand D. A. H. Teagle National Oceanography Centre...Goldfarb et al. 2005; Groves and Bierlein 2007; Pitcairn et al. 2006a, 2010, 2014; Large et al. 2007, 2011;
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111.- Tlie Motioclitiic Pyroxenes of New York State. UY IlEINRICII RIES. Rend March l?!h, 15%. COSTESTS...S e a York Pyroxenes ............................................. 131 Clmmck.rs of the Xea York Pyro.......................... 1C8 Cicnesiu of the Sew York Pyroxene .........................................the monoclinic * pyroscnes occurring witliiti New York Stnte, and to this is ndded Such iiiformntion...wollnstonite. The Jlonoclinic Pyroxenes of Yew York Stale. 125 A constnnt difHciilty nll through the
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deposit. The Philadelphia Zinc Mine'near Rush, Marion County, Arkansas has long been abandoned but collecting...include calcite, clinozoisite, epidote, and quartz. Georgia-Steve Chamberlain of Syracuse, New York recently...ilmenite, goethite, and rutile. New Jersey-Philip Masters of Commack, New York found some interesting speci­...microcline crys­ tals associated with magnetite and calcite. The microcline has right-angle cleavage as well...specimen consisted of green willemite in calcite. New York-Richard Stagl of Kenoza Lake has come up
 
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