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Pyrrhotite from
Elk Knob Mine, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Elk Knob Mine, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:342103
Long-form Identifier:1:3:342103:1
GUID (UUID V4):ef19aa85-02e2-4a8d-b720-b7833f22cb1a
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
32.7km (20.3 miles) Ore Knob Mine, Ore Knob, Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
34.4km (21.4 miles) Cranberry Mine, Cranberry Magnetite Mining District, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
39.3km (24.4 miles) Uranium Prospect (MRDS - 10151415), North Harper Creek, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
43.1km (26.8 miles) Elk Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
43.7km (27.2 miles) Johnson Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
48.1km (29.9 miles) Champ Rock Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
49.5km (30.8 miles) Hawk Mine, Hawk-Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
55.8km (34.7 miles) Austin Prospect, Gossan Lead Mining District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Grayson County, Virginia, USA
57.2km (35.5 miles) Bald Knob deposit, Bald Knob, Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
57.7km (35.9 miles) Bryan Prospect (Old Trap Hill Prospect), Traphill, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
The Ore Knob Copper Deposit North Carolina, and Other Massive Sulfide Deposits of the Appalachians GEOLOGICAL...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 558 The Ore Knob Copper Deposit North Carolina, and Other Massive Sulfide Deposits...thermal metamorphism on primary ore textures at Ore Knob are described^ and similar Appalachian deposits...___________________________ Geology of the Ore Knob mine____________ Ore Knob mineral deposit_______________ General...ore___-__-_-__________. Mineralogy _____________________ Pyrrhotite __-_--____-______. Pyrite. . ____-___-.___-_-___-
Report (volume)
'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... W. Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...J. W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette]...separately. Price $2.50. XVI. The Paleozoic Fishes of North America, by John Strong Newberry. 1889. 4°. 340
Book (edition)
LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...OF E. M. UZZELL RALEIGH, N. C. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CHROLINS. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It has F...data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 eral causes have been operative in giving...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished...within a few days, so that the having been of North Carolina list mineral species has been very considerably
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK October 21 – 23, 1983 GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN...IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF NORTHWE3STERN NORTH CAROLINA Edited by Sharon E. Lewis Virginia Division of Mineral...pit”, of the main adit and Stopes of the Cranberry mine Copies of this guidebook may be obtained from:...NRCD Post Office Box 27687 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1983 OFFICERS...South Carolina 29613 Vice-President: John J. Chapman Department of Earth Science Western Carolina University
Book (edition)
Geology of North Carolina. QE 147 .A22 1866-1887 Pt.2 V.2 Chap.1 Digitized by the Internet Archive...org/details/mineralsminerall01 nort n o o / Geology of North Carolina. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It F. A. GENTH...brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2 many new and rare species. The Mica veins...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably...crease of more than 25 per cent. GEOLOGY OE NORTH CAROLINA. 4 than has been discovered in any other
Report (issue)
Archean rocks. _ _______________________________ Carolina gneiss ____________________________ Roan gneiss...Ore Knob, N.C______. ___________ Location __________-_-_J_-_________________ History of the mine- _ ...________-_-_____--__---_-_ Betty Baker mine...-----------------..---Grayson County sulphide zone. _____________...bodies..._. Peachbottom vein, North Carolina..--___________ Elk Knob vein, North Carolina________.._..____-__...____-__ Otto vein, North Carolina.__-_-____--.-__.__--. Cullowhee vein, North Carolina.._._______-_.___
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can
Report (issue)
pyrites deposits (including pyrite, marcasite, or pyrrhotite deposits, that commonly contain some copper and...sulfur by superheated water through wells at Sulphur mine, Louisiana, are fully detailed. Exploration and...California Auschwitz mine, Lake County - 2, 4 Coso Range deposits, Inyo County - 14 Coyote Mountain deposits...Imperial County - 13 Crater (Last Chance Range) mine, Inyo County - 9, 11, 15, 16, 17 Elgin mine, Colusa...Colusa County - 6, 12 Full Moon deposit, Imperial County - 13 The Geysers, Sonoma County - 1, 18 Leviathan
Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE TO COLLECT f ... f ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals
Report (issue)
Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological... Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc,...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...of the 10- Piedmont province and in massive pyrrhotite-pyrite deposits in 11 crystalline rocks west...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals
Report (issue)
Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through­ out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during
Report (issue)
.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT
Report (volume)
Geology of Some Copper Deposits in North Carolina Virginia, and Alabama By GILBERT H. ESPENSHADE CONTRIBUTIONS...cupriferous pyrrhotite deposits of the Fontana and Hazel Creek mines, Swain County, North Carolina, the Toncrae...Toncrae mine, Virginia, and the Stone Hill mine, Alabama UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...________________________________ Cupriferous pyrrhotite and pyrite deposits____________________________...___________ Deposits in Great Smoky ~ountains, North Carolina__________________ GeneralgeologY------
Report (volume)
_ 16 Warren mine ____ 16 Milan mine ____________.._____________________ ._ 18 Lyman mine _______ _ _________...____________ '.__ 24 Copperfield or Ely mine ("Vershire mine).______i______ 24 History______________...character of ores____________________ Hartford County deposits__________________________ Simsbury (Newgate)...mine_________________________________ New Haven County deposits________________________ New York ____..._______________ The ores__ _ _ _____ _ American mine ________'________L ______________ Workings and equipment
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Report (volume)
State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Book (volume)
grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Book (volume)
grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Book (volume)
vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ROCK SULFURIZATION THE PAUL D. FULLAGAR, ORE KNOB HENRY ALTERATION IN THE SULFIDE AND THE FORMATION................................ Geologyof the Ore Knob copperdeposit ....................................ABSTRACT Chemicalanalysesof the wall rock gneissat Ore Knob reveal that iron decreases towardthe ore body. Biotite...sulfurization was an important ore-forming process at Ore Knob, and that copper and sulfur introduced in hydrothermal...bodyat Ore Knob. INTRODUCTION THv. Ore Knob massivesulfide copper depositis in Ashe County in the northwesterncorner
Report (volume)
......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott
Book
MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright ©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom
Report (issue)
Slack STOP 16. Open pit, east end of Betty Baker mine by J.E. Gair Drill core, Mineral district by J...4. Geologic map of the Mineral district, Louisa County, Virginia 5. Geology of the Gofer deposit. Plan...following rifting near the eastern edge of the North American continental plate. The rifting initiated...the deposits was converted to pyrrhotite by the metamorphism. The pyrrhotite/pyrite deposits of the Great...about 5 km north of Galax , Va. and to one deposit in the Betty Baker segment, 10 km north of Hillsville
Report (issue)
RANDATHER QUNTAN of£4 vA, ATE BELT CAROLINA aes \ eer =~CAROLINA ‘ Li, aie! BARTLETT'S/27 FERRY FAULT...GRANDFATHER TENNESSEE ~~ MOUNTAIN KIOKEE BELT SOUTH CAROLINA ug 5; “A BARTLETT'S/.2 FERRY FAULT ? ALABAMA...admittedly speculative, for gold mineralization in the Carolina slate belt; it complements the paper by Neathery...Anomaly at the Peachbottom Deposit, Alleghany County, North Carolina (John E. Callahan, J. Hatten Metal Howard...Geologic South Sulfide (Thornton The Aspects Carolina Faulkner Western E. Carroll) the Southwest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA ABSTRACT Standard petrographic, microthermometric...low-salinity, H,O-CH, fluids and calcite, quartz and pyrrhotite daughter crystals. Many of these inclusions exhibit...metamorphosed massive INTRODUCTION Metamorphosed pyrrhotite-pyrite-rich massive sulphide deposits, some of... Research Center, PO Box 3385, Tulsa, OK 74102, USA. tion on the nature of fluids attending the metamorphism...exhalites typically Fig. 1. Index map of the eastern USA showing the locations of stratiform massive sulphide
 
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