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Epidote from
Rabun Gap, Rabun County, Georgia, USA


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rabun Gap, Rabun County, Georgia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:316712
Long-form Identifier:1:3:316712:0
GUID (UUID V4):0f67e103-1d03-4c2e-9ec3-6bbe169b8ae2
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
6.8km (4.2 miles) Blackrock Mountain, Clayton, Rabun County, Georgia, USA
13.6km (8.5 miles) Otto prospect (Little Coweetah prospect; Sheenah prospect), Macon County, North Carolina, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) Laurel Creek complex, Rabun County, Georgia, USA
34.4km (21.4 miles) Mel Angel Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
39.5km (24.6 miles) Sutton Mill Creek, Clarkesville, Habersham County, Georgia, USA
40.0km (24.8 miles) Cullowhee Mine, Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
42.6km (26.5 miles) Woods prospect, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
43.4km (27.0 miles) Allison prospect (J. R. Brinkley prospect), Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
63.1km (39.2 miles) Big Ridge Mine, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
67.8km (42.2 miles) Liberty Quarry (Beverly Quarry), Pickens County, South Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Auburn University Auburn. Alabama 36849-53115 Epidote Downloaded by [University of West Florida] at 13:20...virtually all mineral collections are members of the epidote and garnet groups, for which many fine localities...of this year's Munich Show, a fine Knappenwand epidote has been chosen as this issue's Connoisseur's Choice...Choice. Most of us were introduced to epidote as a massive or gran­ ular mineral characterized by its...darker material is usually near the epidote end member of the epidote-clinozoisite series, but this is not
Book (edition)
GUIDE (Cross-seaion at right) CHRYSOBERYL EPIDOTE PERIDOT SPHALERITE CORUNDUM FELDSPAR ^ PHENACITE...regions in the east from Maine down through Georgia and westward to Tennessee and in the west including...in which spare North America. States, all the Georgia to they were created by volcanic fires. Others...Diamond Locations place Table North Carolina and Georgia Diamond Locations E: NORTH CAROLINA weight plac«...mountain, 1893 % Canary yellow Cleveland Co. GEORGIA Branch of Muddy Creek, 1843 Williams' Ferry
Report (issue)
COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing... MINERALS OF GEORGIA: THEIR PROPERTIES AND OCCURRENCES by Robert B. Cook STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF............................................ 117 Epidote ........................................................................................... 170 County Index ........................................
Report (issue)
. . GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA S. W. McCALLIE, State Geologist BuLLETIN No. 29 A REPORT ON THE...THE ASBESTOS, TALC AND SOAPSTONE DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA BY OLIVER B. ~OPKlNS, Ph.D., A&sistant State... THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE Geological Survey of Georgia IN THE YEAR 1914 (Ex-Officio) His ExCELLENCY,... JOHN M. SLATON ........ Governor of Georgia PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD HoN. PHILIP COOK ..................Schools LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA, ATLANTA, June 16, 1914. To His Excellency, JoHN
Report (issue)
Hook -VNS4K .C%K'5 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA W. S. YEATES, State Ceologist BULLETIN No....Preliminary Report on the Corundum DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA BY FRANCIS P. KING Assistant Geologist 1894...0OaJU\ e^o-^Lo^QyVhJO. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA W. S. YEATES, State Geologist BULLETIN No...2 A PRELIMINARY REPORT Corundum Deposits or GEORGIA FRANCIS P. KINO Assistant Geologist 1894 Atlanta...Geological of Georgia. (Ex-Officio). His Excellency, W. J. NORTHEN, Governor of Georgia, President
Report (volume)
______________________________________________ Georgia .............................................................................................. Georgia -.-.....---.-----..--.......-........-..--.-....... ...--...-..---.....-.--........---.-..-... Georgia ................................................. II. Outcrop of peridotite at Buck Creek, Clay County, N. C........ III. A, Corundum in chlorite at Corundum...Carolina; B, Corundum in gneiss, Muskrat Fork, Clay County, N. C... J... IV. A, Bed of ruby-bearing gravel
Book (volume)
Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States GEORGIA Georgia’s nearly 59,000 square miles makes it the...highest elevation in the state at 4,784 feet. 145 Georgia Beginning in the northwest, where the Lookout...mountains loom over rich agricultural valleys, Georgia easily divides into five major physiographic provinces...The first real Gold Rush in America occurred in Georgia following two simultaneous discoveries of Gold... some Ruby-red Corundum, Spodumene and Topaz. Georgia has been actively prospected for gold since colonial
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE,
Book
_ _ .... ____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _...y ' s f i r s t g o l d r u s h a t Dahlonega, Georgia. S o m u c h gold w a s f o u n d b y eager prospectors...t a r t o f t h e C i v i l W a r . O t h e r Georgia counties a n d n e i g h b o r i n g s t a t e...f gold! Gold c a n s t i l l be f o u n d i n Georgia a n d i n t h e r i v e r s a n d streams o f i...e , S p a r t a n b u r g , U n i o n , Oconee Georgia: Cherokee, Dawson, L u m p k i n , M c D u ff i
Report (issue)
... _. _.... _ From Asheville east to Swannanoa Gap . ___ .... _.............. .. _.............. ............ . ............ .. _........ . 65 Balsam Gap., ..... _............ ·........ ... . _. _. .. ....southeastwa rd toward Rabun Gap, Ga ... _.......... _........... ...... . ....... . 68 Rabun Gap to BushnelL_...... . ........... ........... ... . 101 From Rabun Gap to Tallulah Falls ........... ........ ~ ................ ·. . . . . . . . . . . ..... Mulberry Gap to Wilkesboro ... .. ... _.': ....... : ........
Report (issue)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY 1971 through 1979 by Howard Ross Cramer ATLANTA 1986 GEORGIA DEPARTMENT...PROTECTION DIVISION GEORGIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 101 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY 1971...1971 through 1979 by Howard Ross Cramer Georgia Department of Natural Resources J. Leonard Ledbetter, Commissioner...Division Harold F. Reheis, Assistant Director Georgia Geologic Survey William H. McLemore, State Geologist...1986 BULLETIN 101 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY FROM 1971 through 1979. by Howard Ross
Book (volume)
..........................................122 Georgia .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
..........................................122 Georgia .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Report (volume)
Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia..........Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Illinois...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...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Report (volume)
............................................. Georgia..................................................Florida-______Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia,_____Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Idaho______.Mr...See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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 S., R. 7 E.;
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...CHIASTOLITE L_V FELDSPAR EMERALD (orthoclote) EPIDOTE l^^l "^fe? GARNET IDOCRASE RUBY V. IOLITE ...corners of the claimed area, and filing in the county land agent's office. In addition he has to show...called bediasites from Bedias, a town in Grimes county. Gold is a subject by itself, but because the gem...magnet, and separate the gold. In the East, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Virginia have been
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...<^ bi ^P CHIASTOLITE BERYL EMERALD FELDSPAR EPIDOTE ^?^ (& \ ^^ GARNET KYANITE IOLITE SPHALERITE...(right) in calcite matrix. Rubies occur in Georgia, Idaho and North Carolina. BLACK OPAL from Virgin...River below Helena, SAPPHIRES in Montana, and in Georgia, Idaho and North Carolina. EMERALD CRYSTALS in...pink hue (right) from the Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County, Colorado. MOTTLED AGATE from Chihuahua, Mexico
Journal (issue)
Thanks to the backing of our anonymous donor from Georgia, the M ineralogical Record will be the publisher...Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...quartz is best known, faden albite, adularia and epidote have also been reported (M artin, 1970, 1971)....leaving two fibers pointing at each other with a gap between. Each may grow into a larger crystal, but...the two crystals may not grow enough to span the gap. These crystals differ from the model in that one
Book
California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky...Caucasus Mountains in the land of Colchis (now Soviet Georgia). The picturesque legend of Jason and the Golden...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will...of the county he is entering posted alongside the highway. By looking up the state and county, the user...guide can determine the collecting sites in that county by range and distance from the major cities and
Book (volume)
gemstones. It is the purpose of this book to fill this gap. Aside from personal satisfaction in writing about...Illinois. Detailed information on the State of Georgia was supplied by Dr. A. S. Furcron, Chief Geologist...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Chondrodite, Benitoite, Iolite, Andalusite, Kyanite, Epidote and Piedmontite, Staurolite, Colemanite, Barite
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic... These are prized as ornaments. Virginia and Georgia are major sources of such crystals known as...pegmatite (g) Mount Antero, 12.000 (h) Chaffee County, Colorado (i) from the Smith collection feet
Book
topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...angles. These are prized as ornaments. Virginia and Georgia are maior sources of such crystals. The group of...mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found , given , etc., with...in pegmatite Mount Antero , 12,000 feet Chaffee County . Colorado from the Smith co llection 1/10/74 ...topographic method. Another advantage Is that any gap in this type of collection becomes obvious. and this
Book (volume)
Staurolite . Andalusite (Chiastolite) . . . . Epidote Piedmontite Dioptase 261 265 282 292 300 302 304...336 „ 5. EPIDOTE, GARNET, AND OLIVINE. Fig. 1. „ 2. 3. „ 4. , 5. n 6. Epidote, crystals :...77. Chiastolite.416 78a—c. Crystalline forms of epidote . 417 . Ruby and sapphire mines of Muang ,,...abundant in this country. Corundum Hill in Macon County, North In the Lucas mine on Carolina, small amounts...found more recently in Cowee Creek, also in Macon County, about five miles from Franklin, and have been
Journal (volume)
Spontaneous Combustion , 567 Chili,Export from County ... , Penn... ofMineral Black Band Ore ... Clarendon...Mines ,. any . , Iron Comp Coal Company 55 Clinton County Share Market for June..... Boston 66 Mining 66...Region and its Mines of Lake Superior from Ontonagon County ,... Copper shipped Copral England..... in Suffolk...Hariz Gas Coal Georgia CopperMines Georgia Copper Mines, Georgia, Gold in .... Georgia, Silver Mines in...HillMine, California .. 242 Gold in Alabama . 422 99 Georgia . 68 16“ Canada , 442 420 301 " New Grenada 69
 
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