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Glauconite from
Waag quarry, Unteriberg, Schwyz, Schwyz, Switzerland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Glauconite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Glauconite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Waag quarry, Unteriberg, Schwyz, Schwyz, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:953612
Long-form Identifier:1:3:953612:8
GUID (UUID V4):8db90cb2-cff9-4a78-995f-331418798943
Nearest other occurrences of Glauconite
22.2km (13.8 miles) Ängisort, Seedorf, Uri, Switzerland
59.3km (36.9 miles) Limseneck Quarry, Ruggell, Liechtenstein
66.6km (41.4 miles) Limestone quarry, Mellikon, Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sources it is quite reasonable to assume that these glauconite grains in the clays, which by the way are worn...of the London Basin, by way of illustration, glauconite grains are frequent; but no one would venture... Vheinulus velifer, Gemm., Productus gratio&us, Waag., P. p&eudomedusa, Tschern., Pelecypods {Maerodon
Report (volume)
Crystals of albite and adularia, with muscovite; Switzerland. —Dr. R. L. Walker (by exchange). 3. A rare variety...adularia; Switzerland.— Dr. R. L. Walker (by exchange). 4. Sphene and adularia; Switzerland.—Dr. R. L... 5. Fibres of amianthus, with smoky quartz; Switzerland.—Dr. R. L. Walker (by exchange). 6. Anatase and...gneiss; Switzerland.—Dr. R. L. Walker (by exchange). 7. Crushed aggregate of desmine; Switzerland.—Dr. R...L. Wal¬ ker (by exchange). 8. Smoky quartz; Switzerland.—Dr. R. L. Walker (by exchange). 9. Thorotungstite;
Report (volume)
identified by Dr. Stanley Smith as Lonsdalcia indica Waag., but no other fossil is available from this locality...Coggin Brown. List of fossils collected Waag. Derbyia grandis, Waag. Liebea indica y shanensis (Diener)...pcctiniformis (Dav.). (Waag.) Orthotetes cf. capuloides ? SchucheHella semiplam (Waag.). Strophalosia sp...sp. nov. , duplex „ „ ? , sp. nov. indica (Waag.). Martinia dispar Diener ? , Martiniopsis laUmchei...Notolhyris exilis , ? 8ubpentagonalis Gemm. 9 Waag. var. „ nucleolus (Kut.). „ per8imilis 9 sp
Book
lithofacies and important microfossils in the Butkov quarry (Ladce cement factory) section (Manin Unif Strzovske...lithofacies and important macrofossils in the Rutkov quarry (Ladce cement factory) section (Manin Unit, StdZovskk...sediments and muscovite flakes and aulhigenic glauconite and pyrite fissure fillings in basement rocks...Pieniny, Kysuca) dcvclopments of - - - KUROVICE QUARRY SECTION V M A R L 5 ( KUROViCE LIMESTONE T L...important micro- and macrofossils in the Kurovice quarry section (Magura Zone, Dravic, Viovice Highland)
Report (issue)
the weste rn boundary.fault (the stream is called Quarry Burn on the six-inch Map). The strata, between...under­ lying the red marls have been _worked in a quarry just inside Sheet 44, east of the head of the loch...Fountainhead near Achrauich, in the north. At the old quarry at the mouth of AJlt na Samhnachain, a specimen...west of Torosay Castle, and . again in an - old quarry a few hundred yards north . of the lodge, - consist...-b. Ostrea ap. . Pecten (Camptoneotes) cJ. aratus Waag. ,, oomatus Manster . P. , ,, cf. lens Phill. P
Book (edition)
such as quartz, feldspars, clay minerals, and glauconite and nonsilicate minerals such as calcite, gypsu...Walker, 1974; Allen, 1982, p. 219-220 Waag and Ogren, 1984; Ogren and Waag, 1986 Sands Commonly dip upstream...microprobe or by X-ray diffraction techniques. Glauconite and Chamosite. The terms glauconitic and chamositic...total Fe2O 3 (Van Houten and Purucker , 1984). Glauconite, or glauconitic rnica, is one of the gJauconitic...is a serpentine mineral. FIGURE 4.10 Modern glauconite grains: (A) glauconized mjca grain, (B) pale-
Report (issue)
formation. NEi sec. 34. T. 6 S., R. 69 W., Kassler quarry. (Vanderwilt and others. 1947, p. 263.) Silica...sandstone. NEi sec. 11, T. 7S., R. 69 W., Molding Sand quarry. (Vanderwilt and others, 1947, p. 263.) Silica...sandstone. SWj sec. 12, T. 7S., R.69W., Helmer quarry. (Vanderwilt and others, 1947, p. 263.) Silica...formation. SWi sec. 27, T. 6 S., R. 69 W., Little quarry. (Vanderwilt and others, 1947, p. 264.) Silica... R. 19 W., 3-4 miles west of town of Woodruff; quarry. Quartzite, green to gray-green; medium-grained
Report (issue)
Fredville, parts of the rock ai"e so rieh in glauconite as to be quite green in colour. The Oxfo1�d Clay...into a concretionary band of hard calcareous glauconite-grit. Beds of the ' Hytl1e ' type were found...Pale grey sandy limestone with small grains of glauconite and ... ... thin seams of oolite 0 6 --------------...Greenish-grey gritty sandstone with pellets of glauconite. Beds Only 2½ feet represented by .24 ft. 978...Pseudomelania ? [cast] Jfacrocephali tes cf. compre3sum Waag. ,, herveyi ? (J. Sow.) The Forest Marble was recognized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
19(1): 69-74 0510 Logvinenko, N. V. Origin of glauconite in the Recent bottom sediments of the ocean ...Nigeria 25(3): 189-207 0634 Ogren, D. E.; and Waag, C . J . Orientation of cobble and boulder beach
Report (issue)
rock. At the only exposure found, the abandoned quarry. The north margin is marked by a bed. dike is 2...and origwhen fresh. Fresh rock from the abandoned quarry in sec. inally all were included in a red-bed sequence...Golden. The marine fossils in the second shale of Waag! (1955) indicate a transgression of the sea across...reddish brown and.contain small amounts of green glauconite and unidentified rounded black blebs. The concretions...crystalline to dense, contain sparse grains of green glauconite. calcareous concretions. The concretions in the
Report (Issue volume)
the works connected with the Mersey Dock Board's quarry , and it has been found that there is a feeble...may still be room for the zone below the purple quarry -slates. Its fossils should be looked for in the...angular grits . The green mineral resembles the glauconite of the Kentish Hythe Beds in having a low bi...thrust that cuts out several zones. In the ironstone quarry on the south side of the Bryn -celyn road at a...and analyses ] remains to be considered . The old quarry at Bryn-celyn has lately been enlarged , and two
Journal (volume)
Tramitchell, but from the much more accessible Craighead Quarry near the town. To clear up the confusion search...has been made from Tramitchell (now Tormitchell) Quarry and through the whole section exposed of the Stinchar... 34566, X 120, Stinchar Limestone, Tormitchell Quarry, Girvan. 3, Small aggregation showing cross-sections...evidence of inhibited deposition in the presence of glauconite, remanie fossils and rolled phosphatic nodules...records of L. tardefurcata from England, France, Switzerland, Germany, and Transcaspia, not to mention reports
Book
ammonites from England, Scotland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sicily, T u r k e y , Morocco, Algeria, Sinai.... . . 90. Sternberg : the limestone klippe and quarry . . . . . b. Gorge of the Dunajec through the Pienin...sandstones, conglomerate and sandy clay with glauconite: various large Perisphinctids, including Titanites...the source of so many perfect ammonites in t h e quarry at Sully, about 3 miles N W . of Bayeux. I t is...Oppelia subradiata (Sow.), Oecotraustes genicularis Waag., O. skrodskyi Brasil, Leptosphinctes davidsoni
Report (issue)
Gap, Pa_____________________________ 18. Vertical quarry face in limestone, 160 feet high, 4 miles south...Photograph showing Georgia Marble Co.'s White Cherokee quarry, Tate, Ga ______________________ .. - __________...sandstone and carbonate rocks contain abundant glauconite. Rocks equivalent to the Elbrook Formation also...group. Sands at the top of the Tuscaloosa contain glauconite. The overlying Eutaw Formation, 150-300 feet...__________ Impregnated ____ Surface ____ 12.-------- Quarry _______ _ 2_______ Colbert Creek ____________
Book (edition)
quartz-sand, felspar- grains, and (characteristically) glauconite. Cherty segregation in many forms,.— spongy,...cherty contact rock coating the gneiss which also glauconite grains are of common occurrence. This peculiar...Xjyttonia tenuis, iii'jicu^, W;!,:!^. Wa^t. Waag, PReia.^omonotis e.irfortheQSis. Kin^ , Atbyris...Productus Limestone) FOSSILS. ProductUB gratiosua, Waag. Oldhamina decip'en-^. Bellerophoa joneaianu...sandstones. Some of the bands of limestone contain glauconite, and beds of conglomerate occasion- ally occur
Report (Issue volume)
the works connected with t he Mersey Dock Board's quarry, and it has been found that there is a feeble cleavage...may still be room £or the zone below the purple quarry-slates. Its fossils should be looked for in the...angular grits. The green mineral resembles the glauconite of the Kentish Rythe Beds in having a low birefringence...thrust that cuts out several zones. In the ironstone quarry on the south side of the Bryn-celyn road at a place...and analyses J remains to be considered. The old quarry at Bryn-celyn has lately been enlarged, an
Book (edition)
obtained from glauconite grains in sediments indicated that the majority of glauconite grains yielded... Ar, Rb-Sr, and K—Ar dates on minerals like glauconite, and on + 1h (225)|_ [7(227) 230 A me...in GTS89 and SEPM95, both of which excluded glauconite dates. The Jurassic scales of van Hinte (1976)...1992’ Episodes 16(3): 379-82, 1993 Massignano quarry, Series Ancona, Italy Eocene Series base Priabonian...Stage 83.5 85.8 89.3 07 0.7 1.0 Carriére quarry, Tercis-les-Bains, 229-38, 2001; Odin (ed.) Landes
Report (volume)
—Barakar sandstones Bogunia, near Barakar in a quarry, rail- way station. —False-bedded Barakar sandstone...occurs above Harabagh at the present site of the quarry and the lime-kilns. It crops out massively, dipping...two samples, one from the lime quarry and the other from the cement quarry are given below and serve to...indicate the composition of the stone : Lime Quarry. Cement Quarry. Si () 2 (oalrinod) . ' . • » * 25-20...Upper E ewali sandand micaceous, is also em- is quarry, styled the Iiathi Bur of the resistance to fracture
Report (volume)
curious inclusions of heulandite, celadonite and glauconite in hand- some green crystals of calcite, and...Japan. One specimen the of coal, from Ramnagar quarry, . H. Macleod, Bengal Coal Lid., for gold. ...Sub8tancc- limeo! 3 Specimens stone, from Routkela quarry, Thomas Skone^ Singbhum. Result. Amda, Analysed...Insoluble residue* Ferric oxide and alumina. Bisra quarry, quarry. and Sonna Carbonate of lime. Carbonate of...PerisphincWaag., and A/. Waag., and that several forms from Each, such as M. pftlpphimus, Waag., are represented
Report (volume)
no. 7, p. 937, 959. 1938, Jour. Geo- Bandera Quarry sandstone member (of Bandera shale) Pennsylvanian..., v. 21, pt. 1, p. 62 (fig. 2), 66. Friendship Quarry marl (of Navet formation) Eocene, lower or middle:...America Mem. 7, p. 57, 59, 61 1939, Geol. Geiser Quarry member (of Dutchtown formation) Lower Ordovician:...NORTH AMERICA INTRODUCED IN 1936-1955 153 Groos Quarry member (of Trenton formation) Middle Ordorician:...Alberta Research Council Rept. 68, p. 6, 8. Howard Quarry sandstone Upper Devonian: Pennsylvania. K. B. Caster
Report (issue)
contains feldspar and abundant heavy minerals. Glauconite is present in the upper part of the upper sandstone...fairly abundant heavy minerals, lithic chert, glauconite, and rounded gray or brown chert pebbles. The...grains of quartz and contains lesser amounts of glauconite, mica (generally biotite), lithic chert, and...Petroleum Geologists Bull., v. 49, p. 379--417. Waag~. K. M., 1955, Dakota Group in northern Front Range...Glacier National Park________________________ 15 Glauconite ______________________ 4,.5,18, 23,24, 26,28
Report (volume)
Missouri "Fern vale." Well exposed at Lawrence quarry, 7 miles southwest of Ada, Pontotoc County, Okla...Shown on columnar section as underlying Marvin Quarry bed (new) and overlying Black Killians bed [Killians...Estimated thickness 325 feet; 62lh feet exposed in quarry near Bayam6n hospital. There is some question whether...column of Silurian rocks exposed in Jefferson and Switzerland Counties. Includes Medina group. D. W. Fisher...where Port Ewen is missing. Thickness 25 feet in quarry at Alsen. Has been considered basal part of Port
Report (volume)
Feet 3. Siltstone, gray, limy; contains sparse glauconite and biotite; interbedded with yellowish-gray...1952: Washington, U.S. Govt. Printing OflBce, 62 p. Waag£, K. M., 1955, Dakota group in northern Front Range
Report (issue)
formation { (Orthoceras limestone) Glauconite limestone) Glauconite sandstone) Dictyonema shale) (Upper...Wenlock-U pper part of Liten beds) (Motoly beds): Quarry “America,” near Budnany (Budnian), Bohemia (Prantl...Ferry limestone of New Jersey Nearpass Jersey (F) quarry, New Jersey (2 miles south Cladopora rectilineata...(Teignmouth Beach, Barton quarry northwest of St. Mary church, and Newton quarry) (f), Plymouth (P), etc...Phillipsastraea carinata Hill, 1942 (e. of Sulcor quarry, B*) P. linearis Hill, 1942 (Par. 88-115) (B*)
Report (volume)
Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve. Geneva, Switzerland. Arctic- Arctic. Journal of the Arctic Institute...Geologicae Helvetiae. Birkhauser Verlag. Basel, Switzerland. Societe Geologique Suisse. Ecology- Ecology...of pure and applied science. Verlag. Basel, Switzerland. Birkhauser Explorer- The Explorer. The Natural...Petrographischen Gesellschaft. Verlag Leemann. Zurich, Switzerland. Sci. American- Scientific American. Scientific...et d'Histoire N aturelle de Geneve. Geneva, Switzerland. Soc. Sci. Fennica Arsb.- Societas Scientarium
 
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