What are Ohio's minerals?

Ohio is a major producer of lime & salt. It produces cement, clays, construction & industrial sand/gravel, crushed stone (limestone/dolomite), dimension stone (sandstone/conglomerate), gemstones, and peat.

1. What kind of minerals are found in Ohio?
2. Are there any gemstones found in Ohio?
3. Are diamonds found in Ohio?
4. What natural resources are found in Ohio?
5. Is there obsidian in Ohio?
6. Are there geodes in Ohio?
7. Is there jade in Ohio?
8. Can you find gold in Ohio?
9. Is there Silver in Ohio?
10. What crystals can you find in Ohio?
11. Is there petrified wood in Ohio?
12. What produce is Ohio known for?
13. What goods is Ohio known for?
14. Are geodes worth money?
15. Where can I find fluorite in Ohio?

What kind of minerals are found in Ohio?

Ohio produces six nonfuel minerals (also called industrial minerals) and coal. The industrial minerals are primarily construction materials: limestone and dolomite, sand and gravel, sandstone and conglomerate, clay, shale, and salt. Gypsum has been mined in the past but is not currently produced.

Are there any gemstones found in Ohio?

Flint is Ohio's official gemstone and Flint Ridge flint is renowned for its color and beauty. ... Beautiful and colorful crystals of such minerals as calcite, celestite, pyrite, selenite gypsum, and sphalerite, among others, can be found along with small flakes of gold, colorful flint, and rare meteorites and diamonds.

Are diamonds found in Ohio?

Since diamonds occur primarily in igneous rocks, which are not found at the surface in Ohio, they do not occur in this state's surface bedrock. At least six diamonds have been found in Ohio in sediments deposited by glaciers of the Pleistocene Ice Age.

What natural resources are found in Ohio?

NATURAL RESOURCES

Besides Ohio's fertile soil, the state is also known for coal, natural gas, and rock salt called halite. Mined from beneath Lake Erie, the state produces about five million tons of the salt a year.

Is there obsidian in Ohio?

Obsidian Cliff is the primary source of obsidian in a large concentration of Midwestern sites, including about 90% of obsidian found in Hopewell mortuary sites in the Ohio River Valley (about 1,850–1,750 years ago). Obsidian Cliff was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1996.

Are there geodes in Ohio?

A: Ohio is not a hot spot for geodes. ... Another place with geodes in Ohio is an area in the southern parts of the state in Adams and Highland counties. Called the Serpent Mound zinc district, it's home to some geodes containing calcite and barite. Crystal Cave in Ohio is called the world's largest geode.

Is there jade in Ohio?

Ohio Jade Factory

The new Ohio jade mine has yielded great nephrite and jadeite. ... Several nephrite rocks and the first nephrite cabochon being shaped are with the "snowflake" jadeite rock which weighs in at 16 grams.

Can you find gold in Ohio?

Gold happens to be found in abundance in Ohio by the many hobby prospectors that search there, but the finds are relatively small and commercially insignificant.

Is there Silver in Ohio?

Unfortunately, like every other state in the union, Ohio does not hold any of its reserves in gold and silver. While Ohio may not hold its reserves in gold and silver yet, Tennessee is setting an example by considering legislation that would allow for this.

What crystals can you find in Ohio?

Ohio has a variety of stone materials that can be easily chipped or flaked, including chert, chalcedony, jasper, and agate, all of which are finely crystalline, siliceous materials that are often referred to under the generic name of flint.

Is there petrified wood in Ohio?

All of the petrified wood of Ohio should be classed as silici- fied wood. Silicified wood has been found in a number of places in Ohio. It is known to exist in eastern Lawrence, eastern Gallia, Jackson, western Meigs, southern Athens, northern Monroe, Muskingum, western Guernsey and eastern Belmont Counties, (see Map).

What produce is Ohio known for?

Ohio has a strong manufacturing base, but it's also a leader in the production of soybeans, its largest crop, and corn. Greenhouse and nursery products comprise about 11% of Ohio's total agricultural receipts. Other field crops are wheat, hay, oats, and popcorn, much of it for livestock feed.

What goods is Ohio known for?

Ohio's main cash crops are soybeans and corn. Also important are wheat, oats, hay, fruit, feed, vegetables, livestock, poultry, and dairy products. Tobacco is grown in the Tuscarawas, Muskingum, and Ohio river valleys in the southeastern part of the state.

Are geodes worth money?

According to Answers.com, the value of a geode “… ... Baseball sized geodes with non-spectacular quartz or calcite crystals can be purchased for $4-$12. Geodes with uncommon minerals that are sold on mineral auction sites range in price from $30-$500. Golf ball sized geodes, uncracked, are sold for about $2 at shows.”

Where can I find fluorite in Ohio?

Fluorite is normally found with calcite and some other minerals. Other places in Ohio where the mineral is found are Pugh Quarry in Wood County, Auglaize Quarry in Paulding County. Fluorite specimens have also been found near Gibsonburg in Sandusky County and on Franke Island in Lake Erie.