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Buck Creek Mine (Cullakenee Mine), Buck Creek, Clay Co., North Carolina, USA

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Ref.: Dana 6:515,637,1075; Rocks & Min.: 23:414; 60:57. A corundum mine on U.S. Forest Service land.
Deposit:: HUNTER, C.E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 41, P. 108-112.
Deposit:: LARRABEE, D.M., AND SWEENEY, J.W., 1968, OLIVINE, IN





Mineral List:
  		•  Actinolite
    var: Smaragdite
    Ca
     
    2
    		(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Kunz,1892: Gems & Precious Stones of N. America, p.150.]
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.]
  		•  Albite
    var: Andesine
    (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.]
  		•  Anorthite
    var: Labradorite
    (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.]
  		•  Beryl
    var: Emerald
    Reference: [Mineral Commodity Files, Asheville Regional Office, North Carolina Geological Survey]
  		•  'Chabazite'
    Reference: [Ch. Robert, Bull. Minéral., 1988, 111, pp. 671-677, France.]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Chromite
    FeCr
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.]
  		•  'Chrysolite'
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.]
  		•  Chrysotile
    Mg
     
    3
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.]
  		•  Clinochlore
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		Al[(OH)
     
    8
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.]
  		•  Corundum
    Al
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075; Rocks & Min.: 23:414.]
  		•  Enstatite
    Mg
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.]
  		•  Harmotome
    (Ba
     
    0.5
    		,Ca
     
    0.5
    		,K,Na)
     
    5
    		[Al
     
    5
    		Si
     
    11
    		O
     
    32
    		] ·12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/cgi-bin/minfich?s=Wellsite]
  		•  Kyanite
    Al
     
    2
    		[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.]
  		•  Margarite
    CaAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.]
  		•  'Olivine'
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Orthoclase
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.]
  		•  Phillipsite-Ca
    (Ca
     
    0.5
    		,K,Na,Ba
     
    0.5
    		)
     
    4-7
    		[Al
     
    4-7
    		Si
     
    12-9
    		O
     
    32
    .
     
    		 12H2O
    Reference: [European Journal of Mineralogy,1990,Vol #2, pg 827-839]
  		•  Preiswerkite
    NaMg
     
    2
    		Al[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Description: synonym:willcoxite
    Reference: [Genth,F.A,1891,The Minerals of North Carolina,pg.68 and 94]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.]
  		•  'Serpentine Group'
    D
     
    2
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		](OH)4 + or - nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Spinel
    MgAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.]
  		•  Talc
    Mg
     
    3
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.]
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    AD
     
    3
    		G
     
    6
    		(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		[T
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]Y
     
    3
    		Z
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.]
  		•  Vermiculite
    (Mg,Fe,Al)
     
    3
    		(Al,Si)
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Wellsite
    (Ba,Ca,K
     
    2
    		)Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    16
    		·6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Buck Creek Mine (Cullakenee Mine), Buck Creek, Clay Co., North Carolina, USA
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Zoisite
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    3
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.]


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