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Zoisite from
Ore Knob Mine, Ore Knob, Ashe County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Zoisite
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zoisite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ore Knob Mine, Ore Knob, Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:567108
Long-form Identifier:1:3:567108:3
GUID (UUID V4):e6c756c9-f521-45b0-8567-4964072f286d
Nearest other occurrences of Zoisite
55.2km (34.3 miles) May-Meade Quarry, Banner Elk, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
72.4km (45.0 miles) Slippery Elm Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
72.7km (45.2 miles) Emmons Knob Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
74.3km (46.2 miles) Meadow Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
79.6km (49.5 miles) Hawk Mine, Hawk-Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
79.9km (49.7 miles) Press Buchanan Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
82.6km (51.4 miles) Gouges Creek Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
83.9km (52.1 miles) Pink Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
85.0km (52.8 miles) Chestnut Flats Mine, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
85.5km (53.1 miles) Emily Knob Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Archean rocks. _ _______________________________ Carolina gneiss ____________________________ Roan gneiss... ___ ______________________ Geologic age of the ore bodies. __________________ Genetic history of the..._-________-__-----------Stratigraphic position of ore bodies...._____-_ Structural relations_____________--__-__-_-_...the carbonates_--__--_----_--__ Calcite in other ore deposits of the region-.__ Conclusions. _________________________..._______--------------_-_-___-_-_Copper vein at Ore Knob, N.C______. ___________ Location __________-_
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)
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
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)
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...dynamic and thermal metamorphism on primary ore textures at Ore Knob are described^ and similar Appalachian...___________________________ Geology of the Ore Knob mine____________ Ore Knob mineral deposit_______________ General...____________________ Changes in wallrock along the ore zone. Brecciation. ____________________ Folding and
Report (volume)
Geology of Some Copper Deposits in North Carolina Virginia, and Alabama By GILBERT H. ESPENSHADE CONTRIBUTIONS...mines, Swain County, North Carolina, the Toncrae mine, Virginia, and the Stone Hill mine, Alabama UNITED...___________ Deposits in Great Smoky ~ountains, North Carolina__________________ GeneralgeologY------...------------------------------Geology of Swain County copper district__________________________ Sedimentary...___ ___________________________________________ Ore deposits ________________________________ ---------_____
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 (volume)
_ 16 Warren mine ____ 16 Milan mine ____________.._____________________ ._ 18 Lyman mine _______ _ _________...Geologic relations_____________________________ 18 Ore deposits __________________ _____ _ 20 General c...____________ '.__ 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 ____
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 (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...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals...occur with sulfides in vein|j deposits in Cabarrus County. 21 22 23 24 25- U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
per rail SMOW. The $•C values of calcite in the ore zone range from --13.4 to --17.4 and are similar...metasedimentsand thus became metamorphogenic. In the ore zone a part of this water escapedthrough the shear...enclosinghost rocks. A modelfor the genesisof the ore is proposedwhich is basedon the information from...Tallapoosa depositsin Georgia, the Ore Knob depositsin North Carolina, and the GossanLead deposit in Virginia...shownin Figure 1. Geologic Background General The ore district forms a part of the Blue Ridge metamorphicprovince
Report (issue)
Smith, Director Professional Paper 139 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN MINING DISTRICT, TENNESSEE...-Pre-Cambrian formations __________________ _ Carolina gneiss ____________ .___________ _ Roan gneiss...______________________________ _ CHAPTER V. The ore deposits, by W. H. Emmons ____ _ Geographic distribution...ral character of the primary ore ________ _ Minerals of the primary ore ________________ _ Actinolite...V. The ore deposits-Continued. Mineralogy of the ores-Continued. Minerals of the primary ore-Continued
Report (volume)
North Carolina State Library Gift of "JYortk (^arolinti ^Ihranj 0 Digitized by the Internet Archive...in 2019 with funding from State Library of North Carolina https://archive.org/details/corundumperidoti01prat...OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT and JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS North Carolina State Library...Library Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY J. A. HOLMES, STATE GEOLOGIST VOLUME I CORUNDUM AND...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT AND JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA 1905
Report (issue)
Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 577 Work done...done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development and in part...Administration Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina By FRANK G. LESURE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... Work done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development... Geologic map of part of the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Tennessee. 2-6. Maps showing location of
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)
SCHWARTZAND A. C. RoNBECK. AItSTRACT. The literature of ore depositsindicatesthat magnetite occurs in a large...sphalerite. Becauseof its normal occurrencewith ore and non-metallicminerals indicative of high temperature...garnet, quartz, tourmaline,carbonates,epidote,zoisite, sericite, serpentine, ilvaite,vesuvianite,wollastonite...longagothat magnetiteformedearlyin the sequenceof ore minerals. No doubt this fact led to confusion, asit...betweenmagnetiteasa rockmineralandmagnetite as an ore mineral. In •9•6 Tolman and Rogers97statedthat in
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)
SOME REGIONALLY POSITS AND METAMORPHOSED ORE THE SO-CALLED SEGRE- GATED W•LL•AM DE- VEINS? H. EMMONS...I9O9 the writer studiedin detail certain pyritic ore bodiesin Maine and New Hampshire which proved to...point of view. Among the commontypes of primary ore depositswe have the magmatic segregations,contact...chloritebiotite schists and actinolite schists; the ore bodies are oriented parallel or nearly parallel...schistosityand at many places the ore bodiesare lenseswhi.chin a single mine are parallel and usually overlapping
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Group Pistacitc Clinozoisite (Withamite) Zoisite (Ferian zoisite) Thulite (Saussurite) Perrieritc Orthite...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials
Book
CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o f the t y p e f r o m w...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Talladega-Cartersville and Hayesville faults on the north. The oldest sulfide depositsoccur in a regional...or more. A clearly defined equivalentto footwall ore found beneath Kurokoophiolitesuitehasnot been describedin...continentalshelf.Althoughcorrelations salient centered in Clay County and a southern are uncertain, the overlying carbonaterocks...terrane near the carbonate shelf facies of eastern North America CLEBURNE CO. CHULAFINNEE DIST. ARBACOOCHEE...Stringfellow commonlyare derived from genetic models that mine at the southwestern end of the major outcrop infer
Report (issue)
Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________..._____ _ Lode minerals ________________ ~ ____ _ Ore shoots _____ - _________ - - - __________ _ Localization...___ _ Form and size _______________ ..: _____ _ Ore ______________________________ _ Alteration of wall...34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. -------
 
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