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Calcite from
Crystal Cave, Spring Valley, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Crystal Cave, Spring Valley, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:922375
Long-form Identifier:1:3:922375:2
GUID (UUID V4):c0368316-3d12-4710-83c3-ddd31bc1f11e
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
5.7km (3.6 miles) ⓘCady Creek quarry, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘElmwood quarry, Elmwood, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘSt Croix County Highway Department Spooner Quarry, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘSchoeder Quarry (Pierce County Highway Department), Rock Elm, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘDon Borst Quarry (Pierce County Highway Department), Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
28.8km (17.9 miles) ⓘCudd's Quarry (River Falls Dolomite Quarry No. 4), River Falls, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) ⓘMaiden Rock Limestone Quarry No. 1, Maiden Rock, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘH. & M. Rohl Dolomite Quarry No. 1, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
33.0km (20.5 miles) ⓘHager City dolomite deposit No. 1, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
37.5km (23.3 miles) ⓘFayerweather Quarry (Stockholm Quarry; Tiffany Construction Div.; Edward Kraemer and Sons; Inc.), Pepin County, Wisconsin, USA
References
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WISCONSIN UNDERGROUND . a ee, Se 15 es ;= cs : A TRAILS BOOKS GUIDE WISCONSIN UNDERGROUND...aay Wil 53570 e TRAILS BOOKS Black Earth, Wisconsin Š2000 Doris Green All rights reserved. No part...wonder of underground worlds at a family trip to the Cave of the Mounds in 1956. MONTICELLO PUBLIC LIBRARY...12 Dane County AC AV cay sie sues each oo Saas Se ine 16 Pierce County eS onasic Cave .... Gre...See 19 Richland County 4 Kickapoo Indian Caverns ........-.---++00005- 22 Crawford County Caves on Public
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both of these districts are of the Mississippi Valley-type (MVT). Such districts have a number of characteristics...titled “Minerals of the Vanadinite Mine, Mohave County, Arizona.” 400 ROCKS 81 MINERALS rized in Lasnianis...the Granby Mining and Smelting Company. In Jasper County, a large lead deposit was discovered by J. B. Sargent...subdistrict, 14 miles east of Wentworth in Lawrence County, started production in 1886. Zinc minerals from...2014 <>A 13 Z JASPER COUNTY .-._.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-, 9 @ NEWTON COUNTY __" xi ..:.....*r.>
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Paleozoic sediments and rare igneous rocks of the Valley and Ridge, which change crossing the Great Smoky...com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...nitrates extracted from cave earths to make saltpeter, at Nicojack Cave in Marion County, then nitromagnesite
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wanted. Please send them in. Abbreviations: xl—crystal xled—crystallized ALABAMA — Around North Birmingham...Diamond Mines, at (or near) Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas. At the mines, I was kindly given permission...sapphires have been found in gravel deposits near Pierce, Clearwater Co., Idaho. 252 ILLINOIS — Groups...rock xls have been found in the fluorite mines at Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., 111. I N D I A N A — Deep red...how he pinpoints his findings: It is in Somerset County near Great Moose Pond on the banks of Goodwins
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& Advertising Manager Thomas P. Moore COVER: CALCITE on GALENA and dolomite, 19 cm, from Webb City,...TRINCHILLO | w w w.FineMineral.com APATITE Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 11...| New York, NY 10065 | www.mardaninyc.com CRYSTAL CLASSICS Tsumeb Specialists FINEThe MINERALS LIMITED...orders@crystalclassics.co.uk | +44(0)1935 862673 Crystal Classics Fine Minerals Ltd. No. 1, The Old Coach...Tucson USA Visit us at these international shows: Houston Ste. Marie Denver Munich USA France USA Germany
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Figure 1. A 1999 view of the horseshoe-ahoped valley and the town of Quray. This mountain m n e would...various localities in Ouray County, Colorado. The arrangements of the crystal groups, along with their large...now-gated adit issues steam from a geothermal hot spring that was encountered about 50 feet into the tunnel...prospectors had explored the beautiful horseshoeshaped valley that would become the townsite of Ouray. They scoured...the author’s collection. Figure 12. A view of Crystal Cavern, taken from the Camp Bird Road. Many fine
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DIORAMA The buzz about the newly discovered Crystal Cave in Naica (see article this issue) is reminiscent...and Science) unveiled its crystal cave in 1975. Years in the making, the cave exhibit is a composite, with...more than twenty-five years now, the crystalline cave still manages to inspire and impress. If you haven’t...tall) from the Little Three mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California, “adopted” in memory of Vicki Lee....OPTION The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County offers a unique AdoptA-Mineral program through
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KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com......209 by W. E. Wilson The Crystal Cave, South Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio.................263 by...only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...Regular Collectors Society ( JURCS) (2020–2023) The Crystal Gazers (2022) Funding dedicated to supporting...York at Stony Brook where he studied the role of crystal surface structure on trace element incorporation
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By L.A. Sokolowski 42 ROCK & GEM FIELD GUIDE: CALCITE By Richard Gross & Pam Freeman 44 BUSINESS PROFILE:...but would return to Indiana mating grounds every spring and summer. They say we are what we eat. Minerals...natural mineral specimens packed with very small crystal surfaces that reflect light and create a dazzling...called druzy, druse, or drusies) describes that fine crystal mineralization. The term drusy does not pertain...any mineral variety that displays this type of crystal arrangement. DRUSY CHARACTERISTICS The shimmering
Book (edition)
Studies of Cave Sediments Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate Studies of Cave Sediments Physical...of Akron, Ohio, USA and John Mylroie Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA o) Springer AC...Insert photo: Stalactites in Poor Farm Cave, Pocohantas County, West Virginia. Photo by Ira D. Sasowsky...oldest records of modern human culture are the vivid cave paintings from southern France and northern Spain...drawn to and mortified by caves. Written records of cave exploration exist from as early as 852 BC (Shaw
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Studies of Cave Sediments Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate Studies of Cave Sediments Physical...oldest records of modem human culture are the vivid cave paintings from southern France and northern Spain...drawn to and mortified by caves. Written records of cave exploration exist from as early as 852 BC (Shaw...the entrapment of Floyd Collins in Sand Cave, Kentucky, USA . This was surpassed only by Lindbergh's...across the Atlantic (Murray and Brucker, 1979). Cave science also has a long history , with many accounts
Report (issue)
the day’s sight-seeing by adding a tour through 1 cave in the evening. Respectfully submitted, State...Orystal® Cave Hipple pie fics... ned Indian’ Indian Hchos: Cavieman. Onyx Cave .... ......Ves meets ar Undeveloped creme Cave. Woodward rakeat Cave 2e...48 eens enema caves crete aes...Dreibelbis Cave Durham © Caves Frankstown Hartman Maiden oe thasta. ge caetes atew ea Cave Spring MEW........ Cave kainic o abu soe Naginey Cave y"Gaver age suetn Kennedy Cave Redington Cave Williamson
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Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Ferro-axinite on calcite, Dodo mine, Puiva Mountain, KhantyMansi Avt. Okrug...Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. May/June: Calcite with copper...branch of the Calumet and Hecla mine, Houghton County, Michigan. A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum (Michigan...JulyIAugust: Vanadinite and wulfenite, Old Yuma mine, Pima County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Point claim, Lake George intrusive center, Teller County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo
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University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue...Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA c Office for Terrestrial Records of Environmental Change...Environmental Studies, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA d Department of Geological Sciences and Institute...Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA e Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry and Geosciences...Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA b Received 10 November 2004; received in revised
Book
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Book (edition)
1 SOUTH DAKOTA • MICHIGAN • ILLINOIS • IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA • INDIANA...FOSSILS . 27 THE MISSION AREA ......... Sand Calcite Crystals . 27 28 8 8 8 38 THE HIGH PLAINS Moss.................... 44 44 44 .44 THE RED RIVER VALLEY .... 32 NORTH DAKOTA .. 30 WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...57 CENTRAL & WESTERN MINNESOTA 57 Fossils 58 WISCONSIN 59 LAKE SUPERIOR-GOGEBIC DISTRICT 59 Gems and...Fossil Collecting ........ .77 .77 .77 CENTRAL WISCONSIN . Gems ............................... Crystals
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represented at the 2016 Agate Expo in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, including Laguna agate from Mexico. This specimen....... 12 coming full circle with a little blue crystal Collecting on Peridot Mesa .....................Show; Gaston Gem, Mineral & Faceters Club; Gaston County Park; 1303 Dallas Cherryville Hwy.; Fri. 9-6, Sat...4-5—JEFFERSON, WISCONSIN: 42nd Annual Mineral, Fossil, Gem and Jewelry Show; Rock River Valley Geological...Geological Society; Jefferson County Fair Park; Jackson Rd. and Peurner Rd.; Sat. 10-5, Sun. 10-4; donations accepted;
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of the Cornish tin miners made their way to SW Wisconsin to mine for lead in the 19th century. That’s...tie! It’s a bola tie! Uh-huh Geodes of Western Wisconsin by Dr. William S. Cordua Most mineral collectors...region, but few realize that there are geodes in Wisconsin. The geodes are smaller, and not as common as...Prescott, Wisconsin south to the Iowa border and beyond. It is widely exposed in Wisconsin along the...thus can be found loose in the sediments along the valley floors downhill from the Prairie du Chien outcrops
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DAKOTA • OHIO • MICHIGAN • NEBRASKA • IOWA WISCONSIN Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 ...includes SOUTH DAKOTA • MICHIGAN • ILLINOIS • IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA • INDIANA...The Badlands 17 Northwestern Area 18 Sand Calcite Crystals ___ ._ 27 27 28 29 _ - _____ 30...32 State Park Agates 31 _. Minnesota 32 Wisconsin 39 Nebraska 40 North Dakota 43 Indiana ...piece of this moss turned to stone. The mineral calcite, or sometimes silica, is deposited by the hot mineral
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47th annual Gem, Mineral & Jewelry show at Howard County Fairgrounds October 24 Gen. Mtg. November 28 Gen...7 Combing Calvert Cliffs 8 Amazing Geode Crystal Cave 9 Club information 10 Page 2 THE MINERAL...elementary children about the Civil War. Arlington County has a fort that The Northern Virginia Mineral...high school reunion. We visited her mother in Wisconsin and her sister and brother in Minnesota. I did...invitation of Dean Hostetter, from the Shenandoah Valley Gem and Mineral Society, my daughter, Amber, and
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ARTICLES MARBLE. By Dr. Walter F. Hunt. DEATH VALLEY AND THE BoRATES OF CALIFORNIA. By M. Vonsen. ...························ .•...•..•... 71 Death Valley and the Borates of California. By 1\1. Vonsen ...WEST PARIS. MAINE STA N L E Y 1. PERHAM OXf'ORO COUNTY MINIEIIA L S AN D GE M S A SPECIALTY A M BER M.... . . Boracite, Hanover . . . . . . . . . . . Calcite, England . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cassiterite...lo1eet our on1ds, ,urribrerpid 1rs' 73 DEATH VALLEY AND THE BORATES OF CALIFORNIA By Ai. VON SEN
Report (issue)
4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating needles, with calcite. Colorless...42 9.86 4.77 13.60 100.69 2.277 LOCALITY: Berks County: Birdsboro. MESOLITE m Na Al Si3Oio.2H O 2 2
Report (volume)
............................................ Wisconsin.................................................that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by reason...See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
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and a natural bridge. Ha Ha Tonka Spring, the fifteenth largest spring in the state, has a flow of 48 million...Whispering Dell Sink, Counterfeiter’s Cave, and Robber’s Cave as well as the remains of a European-style...than forty recorded caves, one of which, Fisher Cave, is open to the public. Flowing through the park...the nation’s largest Johnson Shut-Ins, Reynolds County. Willis D. Smith has been an active collector...Americans. St. Louis Community CollegeFlorissant Valley Branch, 3400 Pershall Rd., St. Louis, MO 63135;
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modified, flattened rhombohedra or cream-colored calcite, lightly sprinkled with small pyrite crystals,...tenninated clear calcite crystals, 2.5 by 1.75 inches, Howard quarry, Howard, Fremont County. C-O-L-O-R-A-O-O...C-O-L-O-R-A-O-O CALCITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs by John...Muntyan of specimens from the author's collection CALCITE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, is one of nature's most common...Dal'negorsk (Primor'ye) region of eastern Russia. Calcite also occurs at many localities in Colorado. Further
 
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