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Opal from
Sioux County, Nebraska, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sioux County, Nebraska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:996621
Long-form Identifier:1:3:996621:5
GUID (UUID V4):56fecd3b-9b83-499b-9e3b-f83493fc3a93
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Conservation and Survey...Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors Roger K. Pabian University of Nebraska - Lincoln...Lincoln, rpabian1@unl.edu Allan Cook University of Nebraska - Lincoln Follow this and additional works at:...K. and Cook, Allan, "Minerals and Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors" (1976)...Resources, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LAND MAMMAL AGE BOUNDARY ROBERT L. EVANDER Emanuel County Junior College, Swainsboro, Georgia 30401 Downloaded..."based on the Barstow formation , San Bernardino County, California , and specifically on the fossiliferous...complex physical stratigraphy ofsouthern Sioux County, Nebraska. Skinner et al. (1977) placed the abundant...abundant fossil remains from southern Sioux County within a stratigraphic framework, thus establishing the...Butte, are best known from Dawes County and northern Sioux County, Nebraska, where they are found in direct
Book (volume)
Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington ...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
through resistent material. E. H. Barbour, of Nebraska State University, con­ tributed a paper on the...then supposed to be confined to Sioux County in northwestern Nebraska. Now, however, masses of small rootlets...separated localities, notably Lusk, Wyo., and the Sioux Reserva­ tion in South Dakota, where typical individuals...boniferous strata, in the Rio Blanco basin of Archuleta County; the upper jurassic on Oil Creek, near Canon City;...cretaceous limestone at Pagosa Springs in Archuleta County; the Montana cretaceous shales at Florence, in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
77036 ERIC FRITZSCH 1520 S . 169th Avenue Omaha, Nebraska 68 130 out11 Dakota’s mineral localitics would...FiridofGt~rnSphultirite ut IIIP Bulinut Zinc Mine, St. Luwrence County, tditor of NPW b r k ” unrl iipptwwl in the No~~er...and additions. Mlneral Index by Counties Brule County Elm Creek, IS mi. S. of Chamberlain, near junction...of Pierre Formation: barite (gray roses). Butte County Belle Fourche, 6 mi. W., secs. 23, 24, 25. and...Moreau River: barite* (similar to Elk Creek. Meade County, but smaller), calcite (yellow crystals), gypsum
Journal (issue)
........................ 322 SOME MINERALS OF NEBRASKA. By Prof. E. F. Schra,nn1 ........ 323 EYLES...ERALS OF NEBRASKA By PROFESSOR E. F. SCHRAMM Chairman Department of Geology University of Nebraska ess,...ned the :urc '. R . by As you probably know, Nebraska is noted for its scarcity of fine gem minerals...age in the quarries east and west of Louisville, Nebraska, and just east of Weeping Water contain some small...quarry about two miles east of Wymore, Gage County, Nebraska, contains many geodes which ace lined with
Book (edition)
and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville
Book (volume)
Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises 4,460’...Mesozoic era. Thus, as one travels westward across Nebraska they find successively younger formations appearing...disclosing spectacular bedrock formations. Northwestern Nebraska contains most of the gem fields in the state,...that rival the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the...Ridge Escarpment and along Whiteclay Creek near the Sioux Indian community of the same name in Sheridan Co
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to show surface alteration to cerussite. Jasoer County. Missouri. U.S.N.M. 82Z04 Fig. 2. Pyrite to limonite...U.S.N.M. 82100. Fig. 4. Selenite to quartz. Sioux County, Kansas. U.S.N.M. 106749. Fig. 5. Orthoclase...Warm Springs reservoir, near Riverside, Malheur County, Oregon, collected by Frank S. Zimmerman of Payette...PLATE III Fig. I . Copper from cuprite. Globe, Gila County, Arizona. U.S.N.M. C-171. Fig. 2. Chlorite from...clams have been found at Mullica Hill, Gloucester County, N. J., with their interiors filled with vivianite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Black Hills are located near the Custer-Pennington County line. The first occurrence is located in the NWVi...Pierre Shale along the banks of Elk Creek in Meade County. This local­ ity has produced some magnificent...have been collected from Hay Draw, also in Meade County. Crystals similar to those from Elk Creek have...the town of Owanka in Pennington County. Near Hoover in Butte County, South Dakota, very at­ tractive...banks of the Cheyenne River and Elk Creek in Meade County. Gypsum is abundant in the Black Hills, especially
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Report (volume)
Bulletin, nos. 19, 21. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 6, nos...nos. 9-12, vol. 26, nos. 1-8. .Philadelphia, Pa. Nebraska Geological Survey, vol. 7, pts. 3-5. Lincoln,...Olympia, Wash. West Virginia Geological Survey: County reports Doddridge-and Harrison counties. Morgantown...Sketch of the geological history of Green Lake County, Wisconsin : School x Quart., Berlin, Wis., vol...some curious structures in the gypsum of Albert County, New Brunswick: Roy. Soc. Canada, Proc. and Trans
Book (edition)
from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...University of Nebraska recognized this problem in his Minerals and Gemstones of Nebraska (1971),- in which... Louis Moyd, Pauline Moyd, Merrill 0. Murphy, Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division, Nevada Bureau...PRINCIPAL GEMSTONES Diamond, Corundum, Beryl, Topaz, Opal. II 68 IMPORT ANT GEMSTONES The Feldspar Group...crystal forms 23. Views of opal mines, Spencer, Idaho 24. Nodules bearing opal, Spencer, Idaho 25. Drawing
Report (volume)
Pa. Nebraska Geological Survey: Bulletins, 2d ser., 7-9; Papers, 1-6. Lincoln, Nebr. Nebraska State...vol. 1 (nos. 1^11). Lincoln, Nebr. Nebraska University, Nebraska Conservation and Soil Survey: Bulletins...Frederick James. 20. Middle River gold field, Victoria County, Nova Scotia: Canada, Geol. Survey, Summary Kept...Genesis of the mica pegmatite deposits of Latah County, Idaho: Econ. Geology, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 41-58...) Composition' of the Idaho batholith in Boise County, Idaho: Am. Jour. Sci., 5th ser., vol. 27, no.
Report (issue)
Cady Mountains; YH, Ytrmo Hills, :.>?'VK 20 '» OPAL MTN Mioctn* rocks that art primarily alluvial and...(1968); (3) beds assigned to Pickhandle Formation and Opal Mountain Volcanics by Dibblee (1968)» (4) Barstow...been mapped separately by Dibblee (1968) as the Opal Mountain Volcanics. Age relations of the pre-Barstow...Preliminary radiometric dates suggest that the Pickhandle/Opal Mountain Volcanic sequence may overlap in age with...found in the late Arikareean Harrison Formation of Nebraska; and (2) a tuff radiometrieally dated at 21.6
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...North Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal in Idaho, and so on. Old locations suddenly are...eye of the microscope. A few gem materials notably opal and obsidian are amorphous, lacking crystal structure...with light such as creates the unique beauty of opal or labradorite, the starry splendor of star sapphire...are available. As gems lie in the range between opal (sp. gr. 2.1) and zircon (sp. gr. 4.7), quick and
Book
collections from White River outcrops in Wyoming, Nebraska, and North Dakota as well. Unlike many collectors...the Geological Society of America in Lincoln, Nebraska, on April 27, 1995, the prevailing refrain from...Walsh: Middle Eocene mammalian faunas of San Diego County, California 75 6. S. L. Walsh, D. R. Prothero,...Formation and Poway Group, southwestern San Diego County, California 120 7. D.R. Prothero and E. H. Vance...middle Eocene Coldwater Sandstone, central Ventura County, California 155 8. D.R. Prothero, J. L. Howard
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...Such Plains and created beautiful Crater Lake. Nebraska and Kansas the High — states as —owe their...obsidian, found with other volcanic ejecta. and opal. Minerals are classified according to their structure
Book (volume)
Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy...sne-aseseeateeCounty, Can tess ccraccacaerscsascn enaeantsrse Figure
Book (volume)
El Paso, Texas. Information on the Virgin Valley opal deposits was given by G. Keith Hodson of Scottsdale...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Diamond, Corundum (Ruby and Sapphire), Beryl, Topaz, Opal. IMPORTANT GEMSTONES The Feldspar Group, Spodumene...Ramona Topaz crystal . View of Virgin Valley . An opal digging XI List of Illustrations . . . . . .
Book
topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...crea ted beautiful Crater Lake Such states as Nebraska and Kansas-the Hig h Plains-owe their fertile...as obs1d1an found with other volcanic eiecta and opal M inerals are classified according to their structure...Oregon are nodules of agate o ft en associated with opal Reniform marcas1te 5 inches 1n diameter, with crystals...white lacy spots found 1n Utah. Amorphous fire opal from Mexico. MINERALS THAT AREN 'T MINERALS Every
Report (issue)
The drilling of test holes was to be done on a county-bycounty basis, of which there were about 400 in...stations in Montana. The work was expanded to Nebraska in 1891, to Kansas and Wyoming in 1895, to Colorado...with the States in streamgaging began in Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming in 1895; in Colorado in 1897; in North...Meinzer in the Lodgepole Valley in Wyoming and Nebraska in 1915 (Mein^er, 1919). The drought of the 1930's...of the ground-water program. Cooperation with Nebraska began in 1930, with South Dakota in 1935, with
Book (volume)
Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy... 15 Figure 6. Dallas Gem Mine in San Benito County, CA..............................................Benitoite recovery from alluvial deposits, San Benito County, CA ................ 29 Figure 8. Title page
Report (issue)
... B. Nodule of "coldwater agate" from Benton County showing gray and white chalcedony and crystalline...made from "coldwater agate" material of Keokuk County..................................................Another variation of "coldwater agate" from Keokuk County. C. Quartz geode. D. Doubly terminated quartz crystals...Samuel and H.F. Bain, 1900, Geology of Dubuque County, Iowa: Iowa Geol. Survey Ann. Rept. (1899), v....call attention to the gypsum deposits in Webster County which he saw during a trip by canoe up the Des
 
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