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Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia, USA
A quartz-sericite-kyanite deposit. Mined for kyanite. Located South of US highway 378 between Lincolnton and Washington.
Mineral List
41 entries listed. 36 valid minerals.
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References
Shepard, C. U., (1859), On lazulite, pyrophyllite and tetradymite in Georgia, American Journal of Science, 27, pp. 36-40.
Zodac, P., (1939), Graves Mountain, Georgia: Rocks and Minerals, 14:5, pp. 131-141.
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 910.
Hurst, Vernon J., (1959), The geology and mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 68, 33 p.
Barwood, Henry L., (1970), Phosphate Minerals at Graves Mountain, Georgia, Rocks and Minerals, 45:1, p. 30.
Cook, R.B., (1978), Minerals of Georgia: Their Properties and Occurrences, Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 92, 189 p.
Radcliffe, D., (1978), Geology of kyanite in Twelfth Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals: Georgia Geological Survey Information Circular 49, pp. 69-78.
Barwood, Henry L., and Hajek, B., (1979), Notes on some occurrences in Georgia and Virginia, The Mineralogical Record, 10:1, pp. 48-49.
Reusing, S.P., (1979), Geology of the Graves Mountain area, Lincoln and Wilkes Counties, Georgia, Unpublished M.S. Thesis, University of Georgia, 121 p.
Bell, H., III, Carpenter, R.H., and Feiss, P.G. (1980), Volcanogenic ore deposits of the Carolina Slate belt in Frey, R.W. (ed.), Excursions in southeastern geology: Geological Society of America Guidebook, Annual Meeting, May 1980, p. 149-178.
Cook, R.B. (1985), Famous mineral localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia, Mineralogical Record, 16:6, pp: 443-458.
Gordon, J.B., Jr., (1989), Georgia Mineral Locality Index, Rocks and Minerals, 64:3, pp.184-208.
Gray, Julian C., and Schroeder, Paul A., (2003), Mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, in Elliott, W.C., ed., Field Trip Guide for the 40th Annual Meeting of the Clay Mineral Society and Spring Meeting of the Mineralogical Society of America, Clay Mineral Society, pp. 57-67.
Santamaria, Jose (2004), Mineral History of Graves Mountain, Matrix, 11:4, pp. 233-244.
Zodac, P., (1939), Graves Mountain, Georgia: Rocks and Minerals, 14:5, pp. 131-141.
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 910.
Hurst, Vernon J., (1959), The geology and mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 68, 33 p.
Barwood, Henry L., (1970), Phosphate Minerals at Graves Mountain, Georgia, Rocks and Minerals, 45:1, p. 30.
Cook, R.B., (1978), Minerals of Georgia: Their Properties and Occurrences, Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 92, 189 p.
Radcliffe, D., (1978), Geology of kyanite in Twelfth Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals: Georgia Geological Survey Information Circular 49, pp. 69-78.
Barwood, Henry L., and Hajek, B., (1979), Notes on some occurrences in Georgia and Virginia, The Mineralogical Record, 10:1, pp. 48-49.
Reusing, S.P., (1979), Geology of the Graves Mountain area, Lincoln and Wilkes Counties, Georgia, Unpublished M.S. Thesis, University of Georgia, 121 p.
Bell, H., III, Carpenter, R.H., and Feiss, P.G. (1980), Volcanogenic ore deposits of the Carolina Slate belt in Frey, R.W. (ed.), Excursions in southeastern geology: Geological Society of America Guidebook, Annual Meeting, May 1980, p. 149-178.
Cook, R.B. (1985), Famous mineral localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia, Mineralogical Record, 16:6, pp: 443-458.
Gordon, J.B., Jr., (1989), Georgia Mineral Locality Index, Rocks and Minerals, 64:3, pp.184-208.
Gray, Julian C., and Schroeder, Paul A., (2003), Mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, in Elliott, W.C., ed., Field Trip Guide for the 40th Annual Meeting of the Clay Mineral Society and Spring Meeting of the Mineralogical Society of America, Clay Mineral Society, pp. 57-67.
Santamaria, Jose (2004), Mineral History of Graves Mountain, Matrix, 11:4, pp. 233-244.
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