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Limonite from
Ducktown Mining District, Polk County, Tennessee, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ducktown Mining District, Polk County, Tennessee, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:151031
Long-form Identifier:1:3:151031:7
GUID (UUID V4):6d0acee8-e516-4260-93fc-b2f3563817f7
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GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN MINING DISTRICT, TENNESSEE BY W. H. EMMONS AND F. B. LANEY...-------------------------Location and area of district ___________________,_ Topography and climate ...__ _ CH~P'l'1H!. III. Geology of the Ducktown mining district, by F. B. J...aney _________________________________...23 23 24 CHAPTER III. Geology of the Ducktown mining district-Continued. Metamorphism _______________________________...Erosion __________________________ _ CHAP'.rER IV. Mining, metallurgy, and acid manufacture, by W. H. Em
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Wilderness Study Area and Additions, Polk County, Tennessee, and Fannin County, Georgia By John F. Slack, U.S...wilderness study area and additions, Polk County, Tennessee and Fannin County, Georgia. (Studies related to...mineral resources-Tennessee-Polk County. 2. Mines and mineral resources-Georgia-Fannin County. I. Gazdik, Gertrude...Additions, Tennessee-Georgia, in tlw Ch~._·rokee and Chattahoochee National Forests in Pulk County, Tennessee...Tennessee, and Fannin County, Georgia. Big Frog was established as a WildL'rness Study Area by Public Law
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Tennessee Mineral Locality Index 300 T ennessee covers an area of 41,220 square miles in the southeastern...part of the state. Just prior to crossing the Tennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...TRAVIS A. PARIS 5604 Malmsbury Road Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite...Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo.
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Parry Sound, Ontario; Fierro, New Mexico; Ducktown, Tennessee;Sullivan Mine, British Columbia; Sudbury...City, Montana; Little Bob Mine, Georgia; Cook County,Minnesota;and rfianyothers. The work was aidedby...Shakan* pyriteappearsas relicsin pyrrhotite. At Ducktown,Tennessee, Gilbertodescribes XaNewhouse, W. GEOL.,vol...a Jewell, W. B.: Mineral depositsof the Hyder district, southeasternAlaska. EcoN. GEo,..,vol. 22, pp...Gilbert, G.: Oxidation and enrichment at Ducktown, Tennessee. Am. Inst. Min. Met. Eng. Trans., vol, 70
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deposits of the Fontana and Hazel Creek mines, Swain County, North Carolina, the Toncrae mine, Virginia, and...------------------------------Geology of Swain County copper district__________________________ Sedimentary...Swain County copper district, North Carolina. 2. Geologic map of the Fontana mine, Swain County, N.C....mine, Swain County, N.C. 4. Geologic map and sections of the Hazel Creek mine, Swain County, N.C. 5. Geologic...Geologic map and sections of the Toncrae mine, Floyd County, Va. 6. Geologic map of the Stone Hill mine, Cleburne
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Laney 4 describeore mineral relations at Ducktown, Tennessee,as follows: It is believedthat nearly all...F. B., "Geology and Ore Depositsof the Ducktown Mining District, Tenn.," U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper...chalcopyrite. pyrite crystalspartly replacedby limonite. galenacrystalspartly replacedby anglesiteandcerussite...and magnetitecrystal aggregatespartly replacedby limonite, and aggregatesof galena crystals partly replacedby
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Potential of the Chattanooga 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee and North Carolina-A Preliminary Assessment U...Potential of the Chattanooga 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee and North Carolina-A Preliminary Assessment By...potential of the Chattanooga 1°X2 quadrangle, Tennessee and North Carolina : A preliminary assessment/by...resources- Tennessee. 2. Mines and mineral resources -North Carolina. 3. Geology-Tennessee. 4. Geology-North...Fluorite 12 Ducktown Massive Sulfide District 12 Coker Creek Gold District 13 Sweetwater Barite District and
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percentage of original sulfide. Exotic gossan (limonite) may coat indigenousgossanor occur as float. Varieties...NOMENCLATURE The distinction,in the literature, between limonite consideredin bulk and limoniteconsidered microscopically...it is difficult to determinethe scaleon which limonite is being discussed. To avoid such ambiguity, the...(40), exoticfor limonite"hundredsof feet" from parent sulfideand transportedfor limonite"not more than...non-microscopic, bulk senseto describeany massof limonite that has formed outsidethe orebodyor outsidethe
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Paper 179 ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION BY CLARENCE...Betty Baker mine...-----------------..---Grayson County sulphide zone. _____________ 58 58 59 59 60 60...Copper deposits of the Ducktowu district, Tennessee History of mining development._____________ Location...geology.___________________ ______ Mines of the Ducktown district.._____ 1 ____.._ Burra Burra_.---_________________..._. London..________-______-__-----__-___ East Tennessee._________.._-___.___-___ Ocoee._______________________________
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decide whether a certain metalliferous deposit or district should be included or not. The problem was also...other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United States and...chemical properties of sulfur, the geology and mining operations of the salt-dome sulfur deposits, the...Swager, W. L. , and Sullivan, J. D. , 1951, Sulphur: Mining Engineering, vol. 3. , pp. 403409. The history...bibliography. Brief descriptions of salt dome deposits and mining operations along Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana
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DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director THE GEOLOGICAL...1955 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines, Mining and Geology Atlanta, November 28, 1955 To His...who is a geologist with the Department of Mines, Mining, and Geology. The manner of collecting and interpreting...investigation. It has already proven of value in Fannin County and will, it is anticipated, prove equally useful...Bluff-Blue Ridge area. It will be useful to geologists, mining engineers, and prospectors, and to all others who
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SURVEY. Geology of the Ducktown, Isabella, and Persimmon Creek quadrangles, Tennessee and North Carolina...and sections of the Ducktown, Isabella, and Persimmon Creek quadrangles, Tennessee and North Carolina...Carolina. Map of Ducktown, Isabella, and Persimmon Creek quadrangles showing location of metamorphic isograds...a manuscript on the Ducktown, Isabella, and Persimmon Creek quadrangles, Tennessee and North Carolina...Survey Geology of the Ducktown, Isabella, and Persimmon Creek quadrangles, Tennessee and North Carolina
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DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY A. S. Furcron, Director THE GEOLOGICAL...1967 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines, Mining and Geology September 1, 1967 His Excellency, Lester...herewith Bulletin No. 79 of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology entitled, "Annotated Bibliography of...References were read, annotated, and indexed·. by county, subject, and geological age. In many entries a...a portion of the state larger than a county is discussed, so that larger subdivisions of the state are
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PREPARED AND PUBLISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JASPER...CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND H. S. RANKIN, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1948 NORTH CAROLINA...PREPARED AND PUBLISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JASPER...CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND H. S. RANKIN, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1948 MEMBERS OF THE...being made possible by the cooperation of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The Murphy Marble Belt has produced
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Resources of the Knoxville 1 °X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Resources of the Knoxville 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON...mineral resources of the Knoxville 1°X2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina I by G.R....references. Supt. of Docs. no.: 119.3:1979 1. Geology- Tennessee. 2. Geology-North Carolina. 3. Geology-South Carolina...Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources- Tennessee. 5. Mines and mineral resources-North Carolina. 6
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Resources of the Knoxville 1°x2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON...mineral resources of the Knoxville 1°x2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R.... Supt. of Docs. no.: I 19.3:1979 1. Geology—Tennessee. 2. Geology—North Carolina. 3. Geology—South Carolina...Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources—Tennessee. 5. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina. 6...46 Spruce Pine District 46 Woodlawn District 46 Buncombe District 46 Bryson City District 47 Franklin-Sylva
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Sweden; Flin Flon, Manitoba; Sudbury, Ontario; and Ducktown, Tenn. In certain sulfide vein deposits a variety...deposits in the Silver City district, Idaho; Comstock Lode and Jarbidge district, Nev.; and Guanajuato, Mexico...with gold and silver are found in the Republic district, Wash., and in Radjang Lebong, Sumatra. The seleniferous...Nev.; San Francisco district, Utah; and the Liberty Bell mine, Telluride district, Colo., all contain...Abbott mine, Calif.; the Lucky Boy mine, Piute County, Utah; and at Guadalcazar, San Onofre, and Huitzuco
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Alabama, University, Ala. Department of :ty.lines, Mining and Geology State Division of Conservation Atlanta...Jr ___________________________ _ Relationship of mining to other economic sectors, by Albert E. Schreck...Manmade features _____________________ _ Strip mining ______________________ _ Subsidence ________________________...____ Marble and limestone___________________ Tennessee marble belts______________ Virginia marble belts________________...Shirley_______ Types of mica, uses, and prices___________ Mining and preparation_________________ History and p
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NevadaiGity —'Grass: Valley) iter ore ae ee Shasta County a eee cere asses ee avs Oe ee COlOTAMGS ee Pie...possible to designate the individual mines of which a district is composed but rather that the geological conditions...conditions from one mine to another within the district are so generally the same that what is said of...Canadian Institute of Mining*and| Metallurgye a. 12ers ee ett elt hanes Engineering and Mining Journal.........Features (Book)....................+-4..-Canadian: Mining Journal ssi elora fs aeent-< sia tac nes etare
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Pavlides ............. STOP 1, 8 STOP 1A. Mineral district Chopawamsic Formation at Contrary Creek by J.E... Gair .............. 24 Ores of the Mineral district by J.R. Craig, J.W. Miller, L.J. Cox, and R.F...Betty Baker mine by J.E. Gair Drill core, Mineral district by J.E. Gair ................. ................Mineral district. STOP LA and STOP 2 shown 4. Geologic map of the Mineral district, Louisa County, Virginia...Tables Table 1. Mining history of some major sulfide deposits of the Mineral district ...............
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DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director THE GEOLOGICAL...1953 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines, Mining and Geology Atlanta, July 1, 1953 To His Excellency...Preliminary Investigation of the Geology of Clarke County, Georgia, by Eldon J. Parizek ______________________________...____ 23 Figure 3. Areal Lithologic Map, Clarke County, Georgia ---······-----------------------------------------------...Figure 7. Inclusion embedded in Granite in Clarke County, Georgia. The hammer lies parallel to Bedding Planes
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, and D. R. Cook Hyalite from the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina ................................Bavaria, Germany (1) Blue Chihuahua mine, San Diego County, 57-59% California (2) 67-80% Poland, Maine (3)...matrix. The largest crystal found in this recent mining operation was only 5cm in length, compared with...glucinium calcium phosphate and fluoride, from Oxford County, Maine. American Journal o f Science, 3rd Series...Lowell for helpful discussions on present (1977) mining activity at Virgem da Lapa, to Julie Norberg for
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description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
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NUMBER 62 Feldspar Deposits of The Bryson City District, forth Carolina BY EUGENE N. CAMERON PREPARED...NUMBER 62 Feldspar Deposits of the Bryson City District, North Carolina By N. CAMERON EUGENE PREPARED...Bulletin 62, "Feldspar Deposits of the Bryson City District, North Carolina." This Bulletin is another in...report is the first detailed study of a feldspar district in North Carolina. It is believed that the information...Acknowledgments History of Mining General description of the Bryson City district Location and general information
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Mines SP Mining and Mineral in the South-Central] Operations States B80TIAT(G ge’ MINING AND MINERAL...cataloged as follows: United States. Bureau of Mines. Mining and mineral operations in the South-Central States:...and nonmetallics. Stable and economic domestic mining, mineral, metal, and mineral reclamation industries...enjoy your experiences. This pamphlet, a guide to mining and mineral operations that may be observed or...aid tourists and students who are interested in mining. Some may wish to study our Nation’s romantic past;
 
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