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Findlay rch and Serpent Mound Districts
Although best known for Itsfluorite^apdcelestite...Itsfluorite^apdcelestite, northern Ohio also
offers an array of other minerals, including superb calcite, strontianite...Department of Geology
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio 44242
OHIO C A N BOAST O F several classic mineral localities...be found in museums around the world.
Interest in Ohio minerals developed in the early 1800s with
the discovery...the famous
Green (Strontian) Island site in Ottawa County (Douglass,
1820, 1821). Although Ohio's minerals | ๐ Image
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An Equal...
Minerals of Ohio
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Ernest H. Carlson
Bulletin 69
Second Edition
STATE OF OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...(formerly Stoneco, Inc.}, near Junction, Pau lding County, Ohio. Specimen is 3.8 x 2.4
cm with the largest crystal | ๐ Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | andIsotopicStudiesof the Findlay
Arch District, Northwestern Ohio
ElINEST H. CAP&SON
Departmentof Geology,KentStateUniversity...ratiosare 100 or higher.Early dolomite,pyrite-marcasite,
andcelestiteI arepremain-stage
phases,whereassaddledolomite...m/km (lessthan 0.4รธ) alongthe
to determine if the Ohio sulfides are allied to ores of flanksof the arch...I
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Fluorite
Figure 1. Top: Outline...freckle the glacially
scraped landscape of northwest Ohio. No bird has yet considered a whistle and the pavement...tall, from the
White Rock quarry at Clay Center,
Ottawa County, Ohio. Don and Gloria
Olson specimen, Jeff...Mineral District
Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana
Figure 3. Pugh quarry, Custar, Wood
County, Ohio, included in...collected at the Graymont
Dolime quarry, Genoa, Ottawa
County, Ohio, part of the Findlay
Arch area. Joseph W | ๐ Image
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FLUORITE
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
R
egular readers of this column will...sphalerite,
8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood
mine, Smith County, Tennessee.
Note the gemmy corners of the
cube...the fluorspar district, Hardin County,
Illinois. Cincinnati Museum Center specimens,
Terry Huizing photo...dolomite,
siderite, sphalerite, cerussite, pyrite, marcasite, talc, hemimorphite, smithsonite, and goethite...cubes
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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mining in Alabama in the Cragford district of Clay County, the workings which
entered the unoxidized zone...Palmer, Alaska.
ARIZONAโFrom a locality in Mohave County in N . W . Arizona, we have
an interesting specimen...glauberite xls mailed you last June
from Imperial County near Bertam Siding on the Southern Pacific R.R...Pittsfield,
Pike
Co., 111., I have a specimen of marcasite
that was found on my uncle's farm by
my cousin...grayish xls.
The locality is in S/W Winneshiek County of N / E Iowa.
KANSASโ"In the southeast corner | ๐ Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OCCURRENCE AND ORIGIN OF CELESTITE AND FLUORITE AT CLAY CENTER, OHIO Rocnn B. MonnrsoN. Cornell Uniaersittt. Ithaca...Michigan (9), Put-in-Bay (8) and Clay Center, Ohio, and Mineral County, West Virginia (13). The Put-in-Bay...provided a number of large crystals, but the Clay Center occurrence is particularly interesting, not only...especially fluorite. These minerals are found at CIay Center in the Guelph member of the Niagara group. Higher...but in other parts o{ Ottawa County, these uppermost Niagara beds (known in Ohio as the Cedarville-Springfield | ๐ Image
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Indiana
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia...in Indiana (Shaffer, 1981)
and a similar study in Ohio (Botoman and Stieglitz, 1978) provide more
detailed...occurrences are
from deep wells (especially in Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee) and the age
of the host rock does...occurrence of sulfide
and associated minerals in Ohio: Ohio Geological Survey Report
of Investigations 104...deposits of the Mosheim and Johnson Anticlines,
Greene County, Tennessee: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1222-A | ๐ Image
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Monaco...pink
saddle-shaped dolomite crystals and shiny marcasite and pyrite.
Caves lined with huge amber to lavender-colored...Springs
in Cherokee County, Kansas; and Commerce, Cardin, Douthit and
Picher in Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
181 | ๐ Image
| | Report (issue) | | more extensive deposits of some others,
such as clay, coal, and iron ore, are mentioned only in general...excellent
museum specimens. Some mineral aggregates, as clay, granite, limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included...North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks.
Ohio.............Prof. John A. Bownocker, Columbus.
Prof...See Bauxite and Hallpysite.
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; | ๐ Image
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Ohio...................................................more extensive deposits of some others, such as
clay, coal, and iron ore, are mentioned only in general...museum specimens. Some mineral aggregates, such as clay, granite,
limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included...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; | ๐ Image
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vanadinite and wulfenite, is located in
Pima County, Ariz., about 15 miles N . W .
of Tucson. Although...Lithium-bearing pegmatites of the Pala
district, San Diego County, California"
has just been released by the Division...specimen comes from near Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado.
"We find this pectolite high on a cliff...of these contain fine
crystals of sphalerite, marcasite groups,
some with excellent examples of the
spearhead...recent feldspar
mine. That day parties from Michigan,
Ohio, Virginia, and Massachusetts went
only to the feldspar | ๐ Image
| | Book (volume) | | Ohio
OHIO
Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohioโs Pleistocene surface debris and
Quaternary soils...soils. For long ages Ohio lay beneath a shallow sea which received successively
enormous quantities of...occasionally produces pieces of
silicified wood.
Ohio ranks first in the nation in the production of limestone...economy. But as far as the collector is concerned,
Ohio is unique in but a single gemstone, an exceptionally...implements.
While occurrences are widespread throughout Ohio, the chief deposits of true flint
(characterized | ๐ Image
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OHIO
Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohioโs Pleistocene surface debris and
Quaternary soils...soils. For long ages Ohio lay beneath a shallow sea which received successively
enormous quantities of...occasionally produces pieces of
silicified wood.
Ohio ranks first in the nation in the production of limestone...economy. But as far as the collector is concerned,
Ohio is unique in but a single gemstone, an exceptionally...implements.
While occurrences are widespread throughout Ohio, the chief deposits of true flint
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IN CELESTITE CRYSTALS FROM CLAY CENTER,
OHIO, AND IN OTHER MINERALS1
EnwrN Roolton, lJ...in dolomite
in the vicinity of CIay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio, (lat.41o 34'N.;
long.83o 22'W.) are...calcite, aragonite, dolomite, strontianite,
pyrite, marcasite, sphalerite, galena, barite, and gypsum (Strogonofi...from similar occurrencesto the north in Monroe
County, Michigan, are associatedwith free sulfur and hydrogen...the southeastwall of the Basic,Inc., quarry at Clay Center, about 15 m below top
of bedrock (sample ER 65-72) | ๐ Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | July 8th, 1951, to
French Creek Mines, in Chester County, Penn.
When sixty-one rockhounds pounded the old...trip to the clay pits of
Sayreville and Parlin, New Jersey, to collect
Pyrite and Marcasite nodules.
W...success. One of our members stepped into a
bed of soft clay over his boot top and had to be
dragged out by sheer...Hampshire localities were: the Ruggles mine at Grsfton Center, the Palermo mine
at North Groton and the Fluorite...remarkable
collection of marcasite leaf-like formations and
pyrite, (fool's gold) from the clay pite of Sayreville | ๐ Image
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| | Book (volume) | | undisturbed sedimentaries: sandstone, limestone, shale and
clay, with the oldest formation lying in the southeastern...geodes, chert
nodules, fossils, Calcite crystals, Marcasite and Pyrite cubes. The area around the
confluence...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood.
BUFFALO COUNTY
KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...town๏พagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood.
CASS COUNTY
WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils.
CHERRY COUNTY
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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | About 18 miles northeast near
Jamestown in Cherokee County is another
lead mine."
ARIZONAโA letter dated Sept...Reservation north
of this community (in Apache County)
with "high hopes" of finding the legendary diamond...president of the Coronado Development
Company, Inc. The clay-like substance
has been found to contain diamonds...properties on Squaw Creek, Mineral Hill
District, Lemhi County, Idaho. It is reported they are after Columbite...new
related property in Eureka District, Lemhi
County, Idaho. Good Assays of Uranium,
Vanadium and Rare | ๐ Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | August 2017
336 Caruthers Rd., Tallmadge, Ohio 44278
Although Ohio is not considered one
of the mineral meccas...variety of minerals, such as
barite, fluorite, marcasite, dolomite, calcite and pyrite. However, one of...eventually closed, are the White Rock Quarry
at Clay Center and the Lime City Quarry.
Both of these can be...be considered wellknown mineral localities. Clay Center
produced choice cubes of multi-colored
fluorite...workers who like to hear them pop.
In addition, Clay Center is also known
for its beautiful blue and white | ๐ Image
| | Journal (issue) | | crystals bristling out towards the hollow
space in the center. The crystals are of varied lengths, and the angles...mineral museum has
an extensive โbruisedโ area in the center which resulted from the
specimen falling on my...museum quality.โ
(Szenics, 1967)
Spruce Peak, King County, Washington, 1977
Beautiful pyrite and quartz specimens...to reconstruct a pocket in the new Earth Science Center that was still under construction. That pocket... Piled
high in the room was a mass of chloritic clay studded with great
smoky quartz crystals. Large | ๐ Image
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state,
county,
township,
and geologic
range.
For easy identification...cities, and many of todayโs prosperous western
county seats began as mining-boom camps.
In the nuclear...districts, such as those listed alphabetically by
county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where... etc.
Transported
Residual claystones
terra
Clay
Mud,
Consolidated
Claystone, argillite
loess...Other important regional offices include: Federal Center, Denver 25, Colorado; 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo |
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