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Marcasite from
Cedar Rapids (Martin Marietta) quarry, Linn County, Iowa, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cedar Rapids (Martin Marietta) quarry, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:210441
Long-form Identifier:1:3:210441:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
21.6km (13.4 miles) ⓘRobins quarry, Robins, Linn County, Iowa, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) ⓘFour County quarry, Johnson County, Iowa, USA
24.4km (15.1 miles) ⓘConklin Quarry, Coralville, Johnson County, Iowa, USA
50.7km (31.5 miles) ⓘMoscow Quarry (Wendling Quarry), Moscow, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA
54.7km (34.0 miles) ⓘBaldwin Mines, Jackson County, Iowa, USA
82.3km (51.1 miles) ⓘPeske Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
84.4km (52.5 miles) ⓘPint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
84.6km (52.6 miles) ⓘLaFarge Quarry (Buffalo Quarry), Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa, USA
85.6km (53.2 miles) ⓘLinwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa, USA
87.4km (54.3 miles) ⓘWaterloo South mine, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
References
USGS National Geochemical Database :Rocks - File D242963
Heyl, Allen V., West, Walter S. (1982) Outlying mineral occurrences related to the Upper Mississippi Valley mineral district, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Minnesota. Economic Geology, 77 (8) 1803-1817 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.77.8.1803
Smith, Arthur E., Prior, Harold L. (2002) Iowa Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 77 (6) 404-413 doi:10.1080/00357529.2002.9924893
 
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