 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Can anyone supply information on the occurrence? District oĂ ColumbiaâOn a recent visit to Washington, the...R & M recently about 6 lbs. of pebbles from the gravel beds of Bellevue, Jackson Co., Iowa. Among the...carefully the pebbles picked up on a trip to a gravel pit, if you have the time, but bring home also a...found pebbles of green plasma (quartz) in a large gravel pit located 2 miles southwest of Moose Lake. He also...olive-brown vesuvianite crystals are found in the Scratch Gravel Hills near Helena, Lewis & Clark Co., Mont. ROCKS |  | Thompson, Woodrow B., Bearss, Gene T., Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B., Nizamoff, Jams W. (2000) The Estes Quarry, Cumberland County, Maine: A New Pegmatite Mineral Locality. Rocks & Minerals, 75 (6) 408-418 doi:10.1080/00357520009605667 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Prior to the opening of the Estes quarry, a gravel pit was being worked at the base of the hill. In...Smith College led a group of geologists to this pit during a Friends of the Pleistocene field conference...the large pegmatite boulders scattered around the pit. The mineral was identified as purpurite, and this...a new development on the hillside behind the gravel pit. The thin cover of glacial till had been scraped...early September revealed a quarry pit had just been opened. This pit was square and had vertical walls |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of calcite and quartz are found in the Rogers gravel pit (which is more like a huge quarry) just north...Fortville, Ind. Mr. Johansen works in a sand and gravel pit in Hamilton Co., Ind., near Fortville which is...4 9 ) . H e sent us a number of pebbles from the pit, two of which were nicely polished, one is reddish...Rock Creek Park, about one-half mile north of the District of Columbia. I found it where a hill is being... alongside Rock Creek Park, about y? mile north of District of Columbia in Montgomery County, Maryland." â |  | | Book (volume) | | left side of US 27N, on the Roland Hancock farm, a pitďžgemmy chert. CHEROKEE COUNTY BALL GROUND: ď area:...Elberton and Hartwell in Hart Co. The known mica district includes some 250 sq. mi., with most mining revolving...prospectsďžGarnet, Gold, Ruby, Staurolite, Tourmaline, Zircon; ď
SE, at jct. of Long Branch with the Chestatee...via Hwy. 76 or side rds. E of Rte. 69): (a) beach gravelďžCorundum, Garnet, Kyanite, Quartz crystals, Rutile;...Tourmaline; ď
SW 10 mi. on the Gabbetville rd., pit on the Hugh Allen placeďžgem Beryl, Quartz (rose, |  | | Report (issue) | | summer and winter accommodation throughout the district. There are many lakes, and fishing is good. Many...45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 5 1. 52. 53. 54. 55. Gravel pit exposing the interior of the Omemee esker. Burleigh...Moira Lake. Norwood esker ridge, near Norwood. Open pit of Marmoraton iron mine. (viii) FIGURES Page 1...are interesting nepheline pegmatites with large zircon crystals, corundum, nepheline, magnetite, and biotite...Bridgenorth and Norwood eskers. These long, sinuous gravel ridges mark the courses of glacial rivers which |  | | Report (issue) | | slight adjustnients, in the new map. Parts of the district were described i11 the memoir on ' The Geology...Sands, and at tbe top, mottled Reading Beds B.-SAďż˝D PIT (WHEELER'S PrT), .N..E. OF s¡uDBUR'Yďż˝ Thanet Sands...succeeded by Red Crag sands and disturbed glacial sand, gravel and ... ... ... . .. Boulder Clay . .. ... II....-Section in Chalk Pit, Monk's E1eigh (W. Whitaker) â˘â˘â˘ â˘â˘â˘ â˘â˘â˘ 5.-Railway Challr Pit, Sudbury, 1915 (G...in Ballingdon Chďż˝lk pit (W. WhÂątďż˝ker) â˘â˘ ⢠⢠â˘â˘â˘ 7 .-(Upper) Section at Sand pit south of Al exandra |  | Hejl, E., Coyle, D., Lal, Nand, den Haute, P. Van, Wagner, G. A. (1997) Fission-track dating of the western border of the Bohemian massif: thermochronology and tectonic implications. Geologische Rundschau, 86 (1) 210 doi:10.1007/s005310050133 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ((120 °C). Seven zircon samples were dated by the external detector method. Zircon ages between 283 and...Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34/III, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria E-mail: ewald.hejl@mh.sbg.ac.at D. Coyle ¡ G. A...Zulauf (1993). Fission-track dating of apatite and zircon Sampling and mineral separation During the period...heavy liquids and a Frantz magnetic separator. Zircon concentrates were obtained by hand picking of the...et al. (1989) and by Bischoff (1993a, b). Seven zircon samples from late-Carboniferous granites were dated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | zinnwaldite, zircon (microcrystals) (Bob Janules, pers. com., 2000). Albany, Government pit, 3 miles NW... miarolitic cavities in decayed Conway Granite. Pit opened in 1955, 1970s brought productive collecting...(microcrystals), topaz* (crystals, sherry and pink), zircon (microcrystals) (Bearss and Janules 1992). Arthur...243 Figure 3. Quartz, 6.6 cm tall, Government Gravel pit, North Conway, Carroll County. Jeff Scovil specimen...(Hollmann 1987; Smith 2001a). Albany, Passaconway gravel pit, 12 miles W of Conway near Downes Brook Crossing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dresden in Lusatia in Germany (Lange, 1995), and in Austria (Koeberl, 1986) (Fig. 1). Based on their occurrence...DrĚenice, gravel pit; (3) DrĚenice, beach of the Jesenice water reservoir; (4) ObilnaĚ, gravel pit; (5) VelkyĚ...VelkyĚ Luh, gravel pit; (6) Odrava, road cut; and (7) TrĚebenĚ. three more moldavites found in the gravel...gravel pit near DrĚenice, about 3 km NW of the place of the original ďŹnds. These data showed a much wider...reservoir (localities DrĚenice and OkrouhlaĚ), gravel pits DrĚenice, ObilnaĚ, and VelkyĚLuh, from a road |  | | Book (volume) | | jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area gravel deposits, pits, bars of the Mississippi R.âŻagate...0.8 mi. on Rte. 1 from Rte. 146 jct., then W on gravel rd. 2 mi. to the Mahoning Mine No. 3, on dumpsâŻFluorite...Gold, Pyrite, Ilmenite, Corundum, Garnet, Diamond, Zircon. (Diamonds from Indianaâs stream gravels, found...placersâŻGold; f along Highland Cr., numerous glacial gravel barsâŻQuartz pebbles, Corundum, rare Diamond, Topaz...limestone quarry, rd. or RR cut, stream bank, gravel bar, or pit⯠Coldwater agate (nodular, fortification |  | | Book (volume) | | jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area gravel deposits, pits, bars of the Mississippi R.âŻagate...0.8 mi. on Rte. 1 from Rte. 146 jct., then W on gravel rd. 2 mi. to the Mahoning Mine No. 3, on dumpsâŻFluorite...Gold, Pyrite, Ilmenite, Corundum, Garnet, Diamond, Zircon. (Diamonds from Indianaâs stream gravels, found...placersâŻGold; f along Highland Cr., numerous glacial gravel barsâŻQuartz pebbles, Corundum, rare Diamond, Topaz...limestone quarry, rd. or RR cut, stream bank, gravel bar, or pit⯠Coldwater agate (nodular, fortification |  | | Report (issue) | | to this stock. Lead-alpha age determinations on zircon from the dikes of this granite in the Isenhour...South Carolina, lead-alpha age determinations of zircon indicates a Permian age for similar appearing plutons... 1910), and this area is called the Gold Hill district. Gold has been mined from placers and veins. The...mineralization not known elsewhere in the Gold Hill district (Sundelius and Bell, 1964). Disseminated pyrite...route 1414 at junk yard. 3.6 0.3 Turn right on gravel road âKennedyâs Recapping sign. Age determinations |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Idaho. Scheelite (Tungsten) has been found in the gravel and sands of the placers 17 miles below Shoup,..."The pebbles enclosed herewith are from a huge gravel pit near Monroe (Ouachita Parish), La., and are found...the streets in town have been paved with gravel from this pit and almost any place you stop and look you...agate or petrified wood. In d i c i n g out the gravel they have found several petrified trees, one as...some nice red iasper pebbles which he found in a gravel pit in his citv. MISSISSIPPIâ"Under separate cover |  | ZahradnĂk, Jan, JirĂĄsek, Jakub, StarĂ˝, JaromĂr, Sivek, Martin (2020) Production, Reserves, and Processing of Feldspar and Feldspathoid Rocks in the Czech Republic from 2005 to 2019âAn Overview. Minerals, 10 (8) 722 doi:10.3390/min10080722 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of which four are exploited (mainly as sand and gravel for construction). Other types of feldspar deposits...used. In the first place, it is mining by an open pit (quarry) with the use of blasting and subsequent...sediment) deposits, it is the extraction of dry or wet gravel and the separation of the specific fraction to...pegmatites, and aplites) and sedimentary (sand and gravel) deposits that are mined only in open pits (quarries)...OldrĚich dike in the DolnĂ Bory-HateĚ pegmatite district, which was 630 m long and up to 30 m thick, dipped |  | | Book (edition) | | LAZULI TURQUOISE GARNET ONYX ⢠PERIDOT* ⢠ZIRCON ⢠CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS ⢠AOATI ⢠...which beauti- a lake's are still being found in gravel deposited by the glacier that once covered the...SPINEL STAUROLITE â˘^^ VESUVIANITE WILLEMITE ZIRCON CRYSTALS Crystal forms 5 velopment of one face...and conglomerates. In from the left sand and gravel, formed into them shales, limestones, sand- ...expensive, the from streams or his material either gravel pits, feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, |  | Ĺanda, ZdenÄk, Mizera, JiĹĂ, FrĂĄna, Jaroslav, KuÄEra, Jan (2008) Geochemical characterization of moldavites from a new locality, the Cheb Basin, Czech Republic. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 43 (3) 461-477 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00666.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1914, moldavites have been found also in northern Austria, in the Horn area, for example near the towns of...moldavites have been found in this region, mostly in a gravel-pit near DÂŻenice village (T. Zuckermann, Tekaz, Ltd...collection of about thousand samples from the Tekaz gravel pit provided by Dr. T. Zuckermann (director of the...moldavites (MPG) (BouĹĄka et al. 1990), Moravia (MM), Austria (MA) and Lusatia (ML) are presented in Table 3...MSBâSouthern Bohemia, MMâMoravia, MLâLusatia, MAâAustria. standard deviation (1s) is given. aMCBâCheb |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | appear to have been recorded from this immediate district. The position where these boulders were found...Farnley Beck. They were got from the pit known as ' No. 1 Black Bed pit.' The whole of this neighbourhood...probably an iron oxide or a "crystallite which may be zircon. I expect the quartz has been " derived from an...popular is however untenable. ON A MAMMALIFEROUS GRAVEL AT ELLOUGHTON I N HUMBER. VALLEY. THE BY G. W...last May that a large bone had been found in a gravel pit at Elloughton near Brough-on-the-Humber, I went |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | appear to have been recorded from this immediate district. The position where these boulders were found...Farnley Beck. They were got from the pit known as ' No. 1 Black Bed pit.' The whole of this neighbourhood...probably an iron oxide or a "crystallite which may be zircon. I expect the quartz has been " derived from an...popular is however untenable. ON A MAMMALIFEROUS GRAVEL AT ELLOUGHTON I N HUMBER. VALLEY. THE BY G. W...last May that a large bone had been found in a gravel pit at Elloughton near Brough-on-the-Humber, I went |  | | Book | | âHereford and Leominster The predominantly rural district described in this memoir lies within the wide...English Midlands to South Wales. The rocks of the district were deposited during a period of about 25 million...incorthe porates a bibliography on the geology of the district. UNIVERSITY OF Ole oe TIN FROM ISHAM THE L...Other publications of the Survey dealing with this district and adjoining districts Crown copyright 1989...45 Building stone 45 Rock aggregate 46 Sand and gravel 46 Older Fluvioglacial Terrace Deposits 46 River |  | | Report (issue) | | J2 2-4. Charts showing: 2. Fission-track ages of zircon from tuffs in upper Green River Formation, Duchesne...and conglomerate J12 3. Comparison of biotite and zircon ages from tuffs in upper part of Green River Formation...Duchesne River Formation J12 4. Fission-track ages of zircon from tuffs in upper part of Green River Formation...Contents III TABLES 1. Fission-track ages of zircon from tuffs in the western and central Uinta basin...Potassium-argon ages of biotite and fission-track ages of zircon indicate that lacustrine deposition in the western |  | | Report (issue) | | to Bonnechere Cave at Bonnechere River Twinned zircon crystal with pyroxene in calcite, Turner ' s Island... ⢠⢠. ⢠. ⢠. . . ... â˘. . .⢠. . . . . . Open pit, Hilton Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Magnesium Limited at Haley Station. In the Nipissing District there are numerous former feldspar mines as well...today and leaving behind accumulations of sand, gravel, and till. As the ice withdrew, ITlarine waters...left, Moodie Drive. 8.2 South March, at junction gravel road on left. South March Quarry FELDSPAR, QUARTZ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Keele and Enville Rocks of the Enville-Bridgnorth district of Shropshire, and deposits (? Permian or Carboniferous)...Permian' in South Staffordshire and the Enville district of Shropshire, and since the surveyors find in...the application of these subdivisions to that district, but the strata lying between the Keele Beds and...Enville Beds may be applied in the Warwickshire district. HEAVY MINERALS OF MIDLAND ROCKS. 3 lower...pages, vary in frequency, as follows:Mineral. Zircon (2.)* Tourmaline (T.) Rutile (R.) .. Garnet (G |  | | Report (volume) | | Conglomerate ____--____---------------------_-----______-_ Gravel.. ___ _ _____ ... ------..._ _______-_. Quaternary...______________ _ ____________________________________ Gravel.. -...-...--..---..--. References cited. . ___...conglomerate unit of probable Miocene age and beveled by gravel of middle Pliocene age. Coal beds are in the volcanic...slopes above the valleys, and alluvium and terrace gravel are along stream channels. In general, the Precambrian...the surface. Gold mining has been abandoned. The gravel deposits are utilized in highway construction and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | there. The place has a look of abandonment. The pit where they were working for mica is rapidly filling...through the rock. The formaIDAHO â In the Flint district of tion in which the iolite occurs looks like...11 of Golconda, 111., in the Illinois fluorite district. Among others we visited the Victory mine, Cave-in-Rock...Louisiana's most important mineral locality, a gravel pit at West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, was recently...huge stockpile of washed gravel at the KANSAS â Dark brown nodules of gravel pits on the property of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | was invaluable to the party. S.H. The Tonbridge District. Saturday, June 3rd, 1933. Director, S. HALL,...Vauxhall Lane an account of the geology of the district was given, and afterwards a normal fault well...the present pit is one of the most interesting of its kind near London. Through the pit passes a reversed...eighteen months has resulted in the cutting-back of the pit through the plane of this fault, thus opening up...sections in this rock are not very common in the district; there are several old workings in the area, but |
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