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Ore Knob Mine, Ore Knob, Ashe Co., North Carolina, USA

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Ref.: Dana 6: 1074; Rocks & Min.: 60: 86.
Commodity:: FEISS, P.G., MAYBIN, A.H., III, RIGGS, S.R., AND GROSZ, A.E., 1991, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CAROLINAS, IN HORTON, J.R., JR., AND ZULLO, V.A., EDS., THE GEOLOGY OF THE CAROLINAS: KNOXVILLE, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE PRESS, P. 319-345.
Deposit:: LAURENCE, R. A., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIN RIDGE, J. D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1931 GRATON-SALES VOLUME V. 1/ AM. INST. MINING, METALL., & PET ENGINEERS, P. 162-168.

A copper mine located on state highway 88, just North of Ore Knob (populated place) in East-central Ashe Co.





 Map Reference: 36°24'0"N , 81°19'45"W

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Mineral List:
  		•  Actinolite
    ☐Ca
     
    2
    		(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		(Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		)(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 60:86.]
  		•  Alabandite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		S
    Reference: [USGS MIneral Resources On - Line Spatial Data 2005]
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Apophyllite-(KOH) (TL)
    KCa
     
    4
    		[(OH,F)|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    20
    		] · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Ore Knob Mine, Ore Knob, Ashe Co., North Carolina, USA
    Reference: [Joseph A. Mandarino and Malcolm E. Back , 2004, Fleischers Glossary of Mineral Species 2004; American Mineralogist, Volume 63, pages 196-202, 1978]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 60:86.]
  		•  Azurite
    Cu
     
    3
    		[OH|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 60:86.]
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 60:86.; Econ Geol (1980) 75:329-339]
  		•  Bornite
    Cu
     
    5
    		FeS
     
    4
    Reference: [USGS MIneral Resources On - Line Spatial Data 2005]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Dana 6: 1074.]
  		•  Chalcocite
    Cu
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [USGS MIneral Resources On - Line Spatial Data 2005]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 60:86.; American Mineralogist, Volume 63, pages 196-202, 1978]
  		•  Chrysocolla
    (Cu,Al)
     
    2
    		H
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [USGS MIneral Resources On - Line Spatial Data 2005]
  		•  Clinozoisite
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    3
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Arthur R.Kinkel.,Jr,1967,The Ore Knob Copper Deposit North Carolina,and Other Massive Sulfide Deposits of the Appalachians,Geological Survey Professional Paper 558]
  		•  Copper
    Cu
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 60:86.]
    Site Photo
    Ore Knob Mine, Ore Knob, Ashe Co., North Carolina, USA
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Cuprite
    Cu
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 60:86.]
  		•  Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  'Garnet Group'
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 60:86.]
  		•  'Hornblende'
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 60:86.; Econ Geol (1980) 75:329-339]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [USGS MIneral Resources On - Line Spatial Data 2005]
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 60:86.]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [USGS MIneral Resources On - Line Spatial Data 2005]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Arthur R.Kinkel.,Jr,1967,The Ore Knob Copper Deposit North Carolina,and Other Massive Sulfide Deposits of the Appalachians,Geological Survey Professional Paper 558]
  		•  'Prochlorite'
    Reference: [USGS MIneral Resources On - Line Spatial Data 2005]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 60:86.]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.; American Mineralogist, Volume 63, pages 196-202, 1978]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Schorl
    [Na][Fe
    2+
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: [Self Collected - Bruce W. Osborne]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 60:86.]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  'Stilbite'
    Reference: [Genth,F.A and Kerr,W.C,1881,Minerals and Mineral Localities of North Carolina,Geologicial Survey]
  		•  Tetrahedrite
    (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)
     
    12
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [J.Wright Horton,Jr.,and Victor A.Zullo,1991,The Geology of the Carolinas,pg # 323]
  		•  Thomsonite-Ca
    NaCa
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    5
    		Si
     
    5
    		O
     
    20
    		] · 6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Ref: Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974]
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    AD
     
    3
    		G
     
    6
    		(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		[T
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]Y
     
    3
    		Z
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Zoisite
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    3
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Arthur R.Kinkel.,Jr,1967,The Ore Knob Copper Deposit North Carolina,and Other Massive Sulfide Deposits of the Appalachians,Geological Survey Professional Paper 558]


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