Weeping Water, Cass County, Nebraska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Weeping Water | City |
| Cass County | County |
| Nebraska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Weeping Water | 1,057 (2017) |
Weeping Water is a city near the Platte River. The area is a center for limestone production in Nebraska. As of 2020, there are three large active operations in the area producing limestone aggregate and agricultural lime, with above-ground and underground mining in Pennsylvanian limestones. Each June, Weeping Water celebrates its main industry, limestone, with a parade, games, a children's fishing contest, canoe races and "Rock Olympics" during "Limestone Days."
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| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Agate Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Lake Superior Agate Formula: SiO2 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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| ⓘ | Quartz var. Agate | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| ⓘ | var. Lake Superior Agate | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Agate | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Lake Superior Agate | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Agate | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Lake Superior Agate | SiO2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Fossils
There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 1 | ||||||
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| Youngest Fossil Listed | 299 Ma (Carboniferous) | ||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 323 Ma (Carboniferous) | ||||||
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Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeping_Water,_Nebraska |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q968919 |
| GeoNames ID: | 5081518 |
Localities in this Region
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- Cass County
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Weeping Water, Cass County, Nebraska, USA