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Plagioclase from
Goldsmith Mine, Democrat, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Goldsmith Mine, Democrat, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20861
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20861:1
GUID (UUID V4):0938c358-3c77-495b-8f89-239a6ef62bf8
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
1.2km (0.7 miles) Arrowood Mine (Corner Spar Mine), Buncombe Mining District, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Sam Cox No. 1, Buncombe Mining District, Madison County, North Carolina, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) Hayes Mine (Egypt Mine), Sampson Mountain, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles) Bald Mountain meteorite, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
21.0km (13.1 miles) Flem McPeters Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
22.1km (13.7 miles) Grassy Wood Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) S. W. Presley Mine (Presnell Mine), Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) Balsam Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
23.0km (14.3 miles) Ray Mica Mine, Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
23.0km (14.3 miles) Middle Ridge Mine, South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
References
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Report (volume)
Wilderness Study Area and Extension, Buncombe County, North Carolina By F. G. LESURE and A. E. GROSZ, U...Wilderness Study Area and Extension, Bunc1m County, North Carolina. (Geological Survey bulletin ; 1515) Bibliography:...3:1515 1. Mines and mineral resources-North Carolina-Buncombe Co. I. Grosz, Andrew E., jof author. II...Mountain Wilderness Study Area and Extension, North Carolina, that is being considered for wilderness designation...studied is in the Pisgah National Forest in Buncombe County. CONTENTS Page Summary ---------------
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Knoxville 1 °X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Knoxville 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°X2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina I by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [et al...Geology- Tennessee. 2. Geology-North Carolina. 3. Geology-South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources-...and mineral resources-North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II
Report (issue)
Knoxville 1°x2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°x2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [etaf...Geology—Tennessee. 2. Geology—North Carolina. 3. Geology—South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources—Tennessee...and mineral resources—North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II...46 Spruce Pine District 46 Woodlawn District 46 Buncombe District 46 Bryson City District 47 Franklin-Sylva
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..._ _______----Spruce Pine district- ___________ Buncombe district__-_-__--_--_ Woodlawn district_____________
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)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK SEPTEMBER 29-30, 1990 GEOLOGY OF GRENVILLE-AGE BASEMENT...CENTRAL BLUE RIDGE, NORTH CAROLINA BY CARL E. MERSCHAT AND LEONARD S. WIENER NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...OBTAINED FROM NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY P.O. BOX 27687 RALEIGH, N.C. 27611-7687 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL...Lee Mitchell South Carolina Water Resources Commission Greenville, South Carolina Vice-President: John...Geology Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina Secretary-Treasurer: S. Duncan Heron, Jr
Report (issue)
Sc ce i en e T ec tonic s R es earc h nc Carolina Geological Society Annual Field Trip October 19-20...southwestern Brushy Mountains, centralwestern North Carolina Guidebook Editors: Robert D. Hatcher, Jr....Columbia, South Carolina Carolina Geological Conultants, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina Central Savannah...Aiken, South Carolina Steve Gurley, Consulting Soil Scientist, Lincolnton, North Carolina Godfrey and...South Carolina Kubal and Furr, Greenville, South Carolina Zemex Corporation, Spruce Pine, North Carolina
Report (issue)
Smoky Mountains National Park, Western North Carolina Carolina Geological Society Annual Field Trip November...Aiken, South Carolina Steve Gurley, Consulting Soil Scientist, Lincolnton, North Carolina Godfrey and...Blythewood, South Carolina Kubal, Furr and Associates, Greenville, South Carolina Zemex Corporation,... Spruce Pine, North Carolina Organization, registering participants, keeping financial records, and guidebook...Cooperation, encouragement, and field checking by North Carolina Geological Survey geologists: Carl E. Merschat
Report (issue)
FONTANA DAM AND TUSKEEGEE QUADRANGLES, SWAIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA by Scott Southworth U.S. Geological Survey...Geological Survey editorial standards (or with the North American Stratigraphic Code). Any use of trade,...FONTANA DAM AND TUSKEEGEE QUADRANGLES, SWAIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA by Scott Southworth INTRODUCTION AND GEOLOGIC...approximately nine days were spent mapping the north shore of Fontana Lake in November, 1993, when more...Valley Authority (TVA) map is on file with the North Carolina Geological Survey in Asheville (L.S. Wiener
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)
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
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ROCKS IN THE TIN–SPODUMENE BELT OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA, USA Samuel E. SWANSON§ Department of...30605, USA Abstract The Tin–Spodumene Belt (TSB) along the border of North and South Carolina, southeastern...southeastern USA, is composed of hundreds of en échelon dikes intruded into amphibolite-facies mica schist...of medium- to very coarse-grained spodumene, plagioclase, K-feldspar, quartz, muscovite, and accessory...also heals fractures in spodumene and feldspar. Plagioclase (Ab95–96) in the pegmatite is only slightly less
Report (issue)
in Southern Mecklenburg County and Vicinity, North Carolina 'and South Carolina By Frederick Albert Wilson...IN SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND VICINITY NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA By Frederick Albert Wilson...part of the Charlotte and Carolina slate belts in southern Mecklenburg County and vicinity to help interpret...as metavolcanic rocks* Gravity models of the Carolina slate belt Indicate that it is a synform containing...work II. 11 ^*c*rtT ^^^y Intr oduct Ion 11 Carolina slate belt 13 Millingport Formation 14 Cid
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...Counties, Alabama___________________________ Stone Hill mine ___________________________________________ - -
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Massachusetts: An Avalonian Terrane By RICHARD GOLDSMITH F. Stratigraphy of the Nashoba Zone, Eastern...Massachusetts: An Enigmatic Terrane By RICHARD GOLDSMITH G. Stratigraphy of the Merrimack Belt, Central...RICHARD GOLDSMITH H. Structural and Metamorphic History of Eastern Massachusetts By RICHARD GOLDSMITH I....Eastern Massachusetts By DAVID R. WONES and RICHARD GOLDSMITH J. Radiometric Ages of Rocks in Massachusetts...State. Finally, were amalgamated and accreted to North America dur- Chapter J tabulates all of the isotopic
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CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1975 Officers President: Robert D. Hatcher, Jr Department of Chemistry...Clemson, South Carolina Vice President: Carlton J. Leith Department of Geosciences North Carolina State University...University Raleigh, North Carolina Secretary-Treasurer: S. Duncan Heron, Jr. Department of Geology Duke...Duke University Durham, North Carolina Chairman of Membership Committee: Robert E. Lemm Department...South Carolina Field Trip Leaders: Stephen A. Kish Department of Geology University of North Carolina
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in the eastern Great Smoky Mountains of the North Carolina Blue Ridge contain futile grains only in kyanite...metamorphic isograds. Thin sections of rocks from North Carolina and eastern Connecticut were examined for futile...the 0026-4598/78/0013/0329/$03.00 330 R. Goldsmith Tatnie Hill Formation and Scotland Schist, Connecticut...significant amounts of titanium. The capability of plagioclase ~o carry a greater anorthite content in the middle...highgrade metamorphic terrane in the Blue Ridge of North Carolina, considered by him to be an original source
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North Carolina State Library jleigh ( f t NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN RALEIGH...RALEIGH 1958 G. CONRAD Norffe Carolir* St** NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN G. CONRAD...Jefferson F. J. BOLING Siler City H. C. BUCHAN, JR North Wilkesboro SCROOP W. ENLOE, JR Spruce Pine VOIT
Report (volume)
southeastern Connecticut: a revision, by Richard Goldsmith ............................ A91 Jabez Sandstone...Formation (upper Pleistocene) in the Charleston, South Carolina, area, by Lucy McCartan, Robert E. Weems, and...Mountain Formation in southwestern Massachusetts, and north-central Connecticut, by Rolfe S. Stanley, Douglas...The Putney Volcanics in southeastern Vermont and north-central Massachusetts, by Newell J. Trask ........geologic map of southwestern Massachusetts and north-central Connecticut showing the distribution of
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
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rocks of the Mocksville complex of Central North Carolina: Petrogenetic and tectonic implications E....of the Charlotte terrane of the Carolina zone in central North Carolina, the Mocksville complex is a tabular...the study of volcanic rocks, the terranes of the Carolina zone have been interpreted as magmatic arc terranes...origin of the Charlotte terrane. Introduction The Carolina zone (Hibbard 2000; Hibbard et al. 2002) consists...State University, Kell Hall, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA e-mail: esawie@tiffin.edu rocks that represent a
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cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...elongated crystals that are rooted in the microcline-plagioclase-quartz wall zone Downloaded by [] at 04:12...May 2015 Figure 3. Aquamarine (4.1 cm long), Mack mine, Rincon, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...Aquamarine (8.8 cm long), Black Panther mine, Riverside County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey
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(1986) The Northern Charlotte belt, North Carolina and South Carolina: a deformed composite batholith Frederick...Virginia 22092, The Charlotte belt in North Carolina and South Carolina, U.S.A. is characterized by numerous...batholith. - KEY WORDS Charlotte belt North Carolina South Carolina Batholith Metamorphics 1. Introduction... Only in the northern part of the belt, in North Carolina, does the pattern and spatial relationship...totally within, or in contact with, one another (Goldsmith et af. 1978). Subsequent investigations of gabbro
Report (issue)
Resources Report M 49 1964 Mineral Aspects of the Grace Mine Magnetite Deposit Akio Tsusue COMMONWEALTH OF...Geologist BULLETIN M49 Mineral Aspects of the Grace Mine Magnetite Deposit by Akio Tsusue PENNSYLVANIA...Pennsylvania 2 3. Geologic map of Grace Mine 3rd level and north-south cross section through ore body ...from Grace Mine 6 TABLES Page Table 1. X-ray powder data of serpentine from Grace Mine . . 2. Mg content...dolomite. 5 7 8 MINERAL ASPECTS OF THE GRACE MINE MAGNETITE DEPOSIT by Akio Tsusue ABSTRACT A tabular
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of gravity lows within the Coastal Plain of North Carolina for which granitic sources in the basement...gravity lows within the Coastal Plain of South Carolina for which granitic sources in the basement may...the Coastal Plain of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina for which mafic plutonic sources in the...the Atlantic Coastal Plain from New York to North Carolina and including parts of Georgia, and (2) the...limited largely to Georgia and South Page 2 Carolina. The basement geology maps of the Atlantic Coastal
 
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