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Goble Quarry (Nicolai Quarry), Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USAi
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Goble Quarry (Nicolai Quarry)Quarry
GobleUnincorporated Community
Columbia CountyCounty
OregonState
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Breccia flow at the east end of quarry in 1989

Goble Quarry, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
08464290017272266673964.jpg
Breccia flow at the east end of quarry in 1989

Goble Quarry, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
08464290017272266673964.jpg
Breccia flow at the east end of quarry in 1989

Goble Quarry, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
46° 0' 45'' North , 122° 53' 2'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Kalama2,398 (2017)3.1km
Rainier1,920 (2017)9.4km
Deer Island294 (2011)9.6km
Longview36,848 (2017)14.6km
Columbia City1,958 (2017)14.8km
Mindat Locality ID:
148985
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:148985:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


The Goble quarry has been in operation since the 1940s with a brief name change around 2000 to the Nicolai quarry. It has been renamed the Goble quarry. The west (active) end of the quarry produce few specimens, mostly copper with calcite on heulandite with the old, forgotten, unused east end of the quarry unexplored. In 1989 Gloria Cook, while leading a field trip with students from the school across from the quarry discovered zeolites in the far east end of the quarry. Collecting was allowed by the owners at that time whose son was one of the students on the field trip. The owner even blasted the zeolite-bearing rock so that more specimens could be collected. The quarry changed owners and collecting is now not allowed. The quarry is operated for crushed rock and landscape rock at SW1/4 SW1/4 Sec. 12, 122W T6N Rainier Quadrangle.

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4 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Copper1.AA.05Cu
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Pyrolusite4.DB.05Mn4+O2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
Chrysocolla9.ED.20Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Unclassified
'Chabazite'-
'Heulandite Subgroup'-(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
'Stilbite Subgroup'-M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
'Thomsonite Subgroup'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
H Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
H Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
O Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
O PyrolusiteMn4+O2
O Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
NaSodium
Na Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
AlAluminium
Al ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Al Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Al Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
SiSilicon
Si ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Si Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Si Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
KPotassium
K Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
MnManganese
Mn PyrolusiteMn4+O2
CuCopper
Cu ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Cu Native CopperCu

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