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Albite from Great Smoky Mountains Rift Basin, North America Plate

USA
 
  • Georgia
[var. Oligoclase] Cook, Robert B. (1978) Minerals of Georgia: Their Properties and Occurrences. Bulletin 92. State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources
      • Mineral Bluff
[var. Andesine] Cook, Robert B. (1978) Minerals of Georgia: Their Properties and Occurrences. Bulletin 92. State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources
    • Towns County
[var. Andesine] Cook, Robert B. (1978) Minerals of Georgia: Their Properties and Occurrences. Bulletin 92. State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources
[var. Oligoclase] Cook, Robert B. (1978) Minerals of Georgia: Their Properties and Occurrences. Bulletin 92. State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources
  • North Carolina
    • Alleghany County
      • Sparta
        • Bald Knob
[var. Andesine] Winter, Gary A., Essene, Eric J., Peacor, Donald R. (1981) Carbonates and pyroxenoids from the manganese deposit near Bald Knob, North Carolina. American Mineralogist, 66 (3-4) 278-289
    • Ashe County
      • Ore Knob
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
    • Avery County
      • Banner Elk
Wilson, W.F., McKenzie, B.J. (1978) Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina. Information Circular 24. North Carolina Division of Mineral Resources
[var. Oligoclase] Deuser,W.G.,and Herzog,L.F.,(1962) Rubidium-Strontium age determinations of muscovites and biotites from the pegmatites of the Blue Ridge and Piedmont:Journal of Geophysical Research,v.67,p.1997-2007
      • Cranberry Magnetite Mining District
[var. Andesine] W.S. Bayley (1922) General Features of the Magnetite Ores of Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee : Contributions to Economic Geology,1922, Part 1
[var. Oligoclase] Lesure, Frank Gardner (1968) Mica deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina. Professional Paper 577. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp577
      • Linville
Foster,Margaret D.,Bryant,Bruce.,and Hathaway,John.,(1960) Iron-Rich Muscovitic Mica from the Grandfather Mountain Area,North Carolina
The American Mineralogist,Vol.45,July-August,1960
      • Montezuma
Steve and Laurie Adams Collection
[var. Oligoclase] Brobst,Donald A.,(1962) Geology of the Spruce Pine District Avery,Mitchell,and Yancey Counties,North Carolina:Geological Survey Bulletion 1122-A
    • Buncombe County
      • Asheville
[var. Oligoclase] Mountain Mineral Monthly,Vol.66,No.8,Aug,1998
Dana 6:1074.
Dana 6:1074.
      • Democrat
Feldspar Occurrences-www.geology,enr.state.nc.us/mineral%20resources/feldmod.html
      • Pisgah National Forest
[var. Andesine] Wood, Keith Yates (1996)Petrogenesis And Geochemistry Of Kyanite-Bearing Pegmatites in The Buncombe Pegmatite District, North Carolina : Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
[var. Andesine] Wood, Keith Yates (1996)Petrogenesis And Geochemistry Of Kyanite-Bearing Pegmatites in The Buncombe Pegmatite District, North Carolina : Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
[var. Andesine] Wood, Keith Yates (1996)Petrogenesis And Geochemistry Of Kyanite-Bearing Pegmatites In The Buncombe Pegmatite District, North Carolina : Virginia Polytechnic Instituite and State University
    • Clay County
      • Buck Creek
[var. Andesine] Dana 6:515,637 & 1075.
      • Elf
Pratt,J.H., and Lewis,J.V.,(1906) Corundum and Peridotites of Western North Carolina,North Carolina Geological Survey,Vol.1, pg. 298-299
    • Haywood County
[var. Oligoclase] Am. Min. 50 (1965), 1681-1697
      • Canton
Dana 6: 1076.
[var. Oligoclase] Anderson,Eric Douglas and Moecher, David P.(2009) Formation Of The High -Pressure Metabasites In The Southern Appalachian Blue Ridge via Taconic Continental Subduction Beneath The Laurentian Margin: Tectonic Vol.28 (5) October
    • Macon County
Genth,F.A.,1891,The Minerals Of North Carolina:USGS Bulletion No.74
Nathan Clay Collins (2011) Geochemical Systematics Among Amphibolitic Rocks in the Central Blue Ridge Province of southwestern North Carolina:University of South Florida
      • Cowee Valley
        • Ellijay Mining District
          • Franklin
            • Corundum Hill
[var. Oligoclase] Ref.: Dana 6:499, 560 & 1077.
[var. Andesine] Absher and McSween H.Y Jr, 1986, Winding Stair Gap granulite
Genth, Frederick Augustus.,1891,The Minerals Of North Carolina:USGS Bulletion No.74
[Oligoclase var. Oligoclase-Albite] Abe Heinrich
Wilson, W.F., McKenzie, B.J. (1978) Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina. Information Circular 24. North Carolina Division of Mineral Resources
      • Sealy
[var. Oligoclase] Am. Min. 50 (1965), 1681-1697
Wilson, W.F., McKenzie, B.J. (1978) Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina. Information Circular 24. North Carolina Division of Mineral Resources
Collins,Nathan Clay(2011) Geochemical Systematics among amphibolitic Rocks in the Central Blue Ridge Province of southwestern North Carolina:University of South Florida
      • Thorn Mountain
(1891) The minerals of North Carolina. Bulletin Vol. 74. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b74
Genth,F.A.,1891,The Minerals Of North Carolina
    • Madison County
Roger Howell Collection
      • Canton-Democrat
[var. Andesine] Wilson, W.F., McKenzie, B.J. (1978) Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina. Information Circular 24. North Carolina Division of Mineral Resources
      • Mars Hill
[var. Andesine] Dana 6:1077.
    • Mitchell County
      • Bandana
[var. Oligoclase] Handbook of Aboriginal American Antiquities, 1919.
C.W. Allen collection
Dana 6:1078.
      • Cane Creek Section
        • Bakersville
          • Pizzle Mtn
Rocks & Min.:11:76-77.
      • Crabtree Creek
Veal,William Brian (2004) Mineralogy Of The Peraluminous Spruce Pine Plutonic Suite,Mitchell,Avery, and Yancey Counties, North Carolina:B.S.,Georgia Southwestern State University
[var. Oligoclase] Veal,William Brian (2004) Mineralogy Of The Peraluminous Spruce Pine Plutonic Suite,Mitchell,Avery,And Yancey Counties, North Carolina
B.S.,Georgia Southwestern State University
      • Deake
Dana 6:1078.
U.S Bureau of Mines/Spatial Data from the Minerals System/Mineral Industry Location System(Mas/Mils)CD-Rom,Sep,1995
[var. Oligoclase] Richard C. Erd, US. Geological Survey unpublished data
      • Hawk-Bakersville
[var. Oligoclase] Pratt, Joseph Hyde (1933) Gems and gem minerals of North Carolina. American Mineralogist, 18 (4) 148-159
Dana 6:1077
Rocks & Min.:60:92.
[var. Oligoclase] King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
Lesure, Frank Gardner (1968) Mica deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina. Professional Paper 577. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp577
Genth, Frederick Augustus.,1891,The Minerals Of North Carolina:USGS Bulletion No.74
Wise,Michael A.,and Brown,Cathleen D,( 2009) Extreme Rare Element Enrichment In A Muscovite-Rare Element Class Granitic Pegmatite
A Case Study Of The Spodumene-Amazonite McHone Pegmatite,Spruce Pine,North Carolina :Deparment of Mineral Sciences National Museum Of Natural History,Smithsonian Institution,Washington,D.C,20560,U.S.A,Abstract
      • Penland
Rocks & Min.:11:77 & 60:92.
      • Spruce Pine
Streeter, Michael (2003) A Rockhounding Guide to North Carolinas Blue Ridge Mountains. Milestone Press Inc.
Smithsonian Institution Mineral Reference Collection No. 166062-00,166063-00,166064-00 and 166065-00.
        • Crabtree Mountain
Streeter, Michael (2003) A Rockhounding Guide to North Carolinas Blue Ridge Mountains. Milestone Press Inc.
[var. Oligoclase]
        • Greasy Creek Township
C.W. Allen collection
[var. Oligoclase] Erd,Richard C.,(1996) U.S Geological Survey unpublished data
Wood, Keith Y., Abbott, Richard N. (1996) Pumpellyite and Clinozoisite from the McKinney Mine, Spruce Pine District, North Carolina. The Mineralogical Record, 27 (4) 289-290
    • Swain County
[var. Oligoclase] Howard W.Jaffe and Alexander M.Sherwood,1950, Phosphate-Allophane in an Epidosite from North Carolina:The American Mineralogist,Vol.35,No.1-2,1950
    • Watauga County
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
    • Yancey County
      • Burnsville
        • Hurricane Mountain
Miller, J.W. and Allen, C.W. "Mineralogy of the Ray Mica Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina." UNCA, 2001. (to be published by NCGS)
[var. Oligoclase] www.mcrocks.com
      • Celo
Dana 6:1080.
[var. Oligoclase] Rocks & Min.:60:99.
        • Micaville
[var. Oligoclase] Richard C. Erd, US. Geological Survey unpublished data
C.W. Allen collection
Dana 6: 1080.
      • Crabtree Creek
[var. Oligoclase] Erd,Richard C.,(1996) U.S Geological Survey unpublished data
Smithsonian Institution Mineral Reference Collection No.168307-00
  • Tennessee
    • Carter County
      • Walnut Mountain Mining District
[var. Oligoclase] Rocks & Minerals Vol. 86, No. 4 Jul/Aug 2011
W.S. Bayley (1922) General Features of the Magnetite Ores of Western Ores of Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee : Contributions to Economic Geology ,1922, Part 1
W.S. Bayley (1922) General Features of the Magnetite Ores of Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee : Contributions to Economic Geology,1922, Part 1
  • Virginia
    • Carroll County
      • Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province
        • Gossan Lead Mining District
          • Cranberry Creek Segment
[var. Oligoclase] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
[var. Oligoclase] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
[var. Oligoclase] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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