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Muscovite from
Holmes Mine, Monroe County, Georgia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Holmes Mine, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:317714
Long-form Identifier:1:3:317714:3
GUID (UUID V4):af9715b0-b7b1-40e8-b451-526c17f9bd1b
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
2.3km (1.4 miles) Haygood Prospect, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Battles Mine, Culloden, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
2.7km (1.6 miles) Chatfield Mine, Culloden, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Persons Mine, Culloden, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Rev. Thaddeus Persons Mine, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Persons West prospect, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Persons Northeast prospect, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) Johnson Mine, Upson County, Georgia, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) Helen McDonald prospect, Upson County, Georgia, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) O. B. Clements Prospect, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Thomaston-Barnesville District, Georgia Part 10. Outlying Deposits in Georgia GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Thomaston-Barnesville District, Georgia Part 10. Outlying Deposits in Georgia By E. WM. HEINRICH, MONTIS R...___ History _ _________________________________ Mine workings and mining methods _ ________ Production...________________________ Upson County ___ _ ________________________ Bell mine. _____________________________...Partridge mine. ________________________ Maze prospeets______ ___________________ Atwater mine __________________________
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 (issue)
GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES. MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director...BULLETIN NUMBER 48 MICA-BEARING PEGMATITES OF GEORGIA By A. S. FURCRON Assistant State Geologist and...< "'< Sheet Mica from the Early-Vaughn mine, Lamar County. J '\ LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL DEPARTMENT...herewith Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 48, "The Mica-Bearing Pegmatites of Georgia," by Dr....connection with the prosecution of the present war. Georgia is one of four or five states in the nation which
Report (issue)
Falls Fault) Samuel E. Swanson- University of Georgia, Athens (Saturday – Stop 2: Spruce Pine Pegmatite...Glover The Sink Hole at Bandana: A Blue Ridge mica mine reveals Its prehistoric past – Reprinted from Reid...STOP 1 – The Sink Hole at Bandana: A Blue Ridge mine reveals its prehistoric past Peter R. Margolin ...……………………………………………………………… 58 STOP 6 – Hoot Owl Pegmatite Mine………………………………………………. 60 STOP 7 – Annual Banquet –...time when Native Americans mined for glittering muscovite mica during the Woodland Age 2000 years ago. From
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)
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)
Argillite__________________________________________ Muscovite schist___________________________________ Qua...Cherryville Quartz Monzonite_______________________ Muscovite pegmatite_______________________________ Unnamed...Whiteside Granite_________________________________ Muscovite-perthite pegmatite_______________________ Rocks...ages-Continued Age of specific rock units-Continued Muscovite-perthite pegmatite_______________________________...minerals from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. TABLES Page TABLE 1. Major rock
Report (issue)
HENDERSON COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA, AND GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA Carolina Geological Society – Guidebook...Henderson Counties, North Carolina and Greenville County, South Carolina.” John M. Garihan, Department of...Mountain and Cleveland quadrangles, Greenville County, South Carolina. Earlier geologic reports and geologic...hiking and horseback riding trails. Triple Falls and Mine Mountain are trip stops within Dupont State Forest...fault, with hanging wall Chauga River Formation muscovite-biotite-feldspar-quartz schist and gneiss/metasiltstone;
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
Report (issue)
pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ ...between pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight mine ______ _______________...of granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9....and other units in the Big Bess pegmatite, Gaston County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
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........................................... 143 Muscovite .......................................................................................... 170 County Index ........................................
Report (volume)
General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...__ JsTew Haven County__________________________ Georgia ____________________________________ General features...Continued. Georgia Continued. Page. Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County ______...Hall County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________
Report (volume)
and preliminary reports by T. L. KESLER, W. H. MONROE, DAVID GALLAGHER and others .. :...*::: . '....publication] Page (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) Muscovite in the Spruce Pine district, N. C., by T. L. Kesler...deposits of the Nightingale district, Pershing County, Nev., by W. C. Smith and P. W. Guild (published........ Topaz deposits near the Brewer mine, Chesterfield County, S. C., by Carl Pries, Jr. (published...quicksilver deposits of the Del Puerto area, Stanislaus County, Calif., by H. E. Hawkes, Jr., F. G. Wells, and
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...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...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
outcrops: Dr. Harold Arndt, Dr. A. T. Cross, Mr. R. S. Holmes, Mr. M. E. Hopkins, Dr. C. B. Moke, Dr. Hayden...were examined microscopically. Quartz, feldspar, muscovite, coal, pyrite, and calcite were the major coarse-grained...part of the soil. Also, in the modern soils, muscovite is persistent throughout the profile, whereas...mica flakes used as a measure of the amount of muscovite are those not passing the 62-micron (350-mesh)...Similarly, the coarser-grained minerals, quartz, muscovite, and chlorite, are most abundant in the bottoms
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1997 Etsevier Science Ltd Pergamon Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/97$17.00 + .OO PI1...State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-2812, USA (Received April 23, 1996; accepted in revised form...TEM/ATEM. Average alkali-site occupancies of muscovite starting materials decreased from 0.97 ? 0.04... as well as a decrease in Mg for a phengitic muscovite. The illites, with initial alkali-site occupancies...composition was inferred. The retrograde reaction, muscovite-to-illite, represents a reversal of the commonly
Report (issue)
South Carolina and Parts of North Carolina and Georgia by David L. Daniels and Isidore Zietz U. S. Geological...regions of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Recently Virginia and Florida have been added...been done, particularly in Georgia, and reported in the literature. In Georgia, the basic work was done...current work is being done by T.M. Chowns of West Georgia College (unpubl.). Geophysics has been used to...sections are found at Cape Hatteras and the Southeast Georgia Embayment. 250 MiLCS 0o Figure 1 - Map showing
Report (issue)
pinnacles beneath soil cover, Bluegrass, Highland County, Va_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...transverse joints cutting shale at Poverty, Highland County, V a_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...__ 24. Strip-mine areas and coal-bed fires in the Appalachian Region__ 25. Strip coal mine, Coalton, W...Va____________________________ 26. Subsidence over a coal mine, Coalton, W. Va________________ 27-29. Maps showing27...beds_____________________ 36. Pennsylvanian rocks in Georgia, showing sequence of and approximate intervals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
. . Amon, W. F., Jr.. 513 Analcime from Benton County, origin of spheroidal clusters of. (Staples). 574...Arsendides of nickel and cobalt at Franklin, N.J. (Holmes). . 198 Artinite from Luning, Nevada. (Hurlbut)...and related minerals. (Grim,Bradley)..... 195 198 Holmes,R. J.. . "*t:Tl *:i""*: I1*u"3,. ,,n 610 Hornblende...Mitchell Creek Preparation and standardiza77 Mine, Upson Co., Georgia. .. tion of diamond powders..153, 198...Brown Derby Jafie, Howard W., witl Kauftman, Albert Mine, Gunnison Co., ColoJ., Jr. Chevkinite (tschefikinite)
Report (issue)
River, about 7 miles southwest of Raton, in Colfax County, N. Mex. The bed lies practically horizontal and...analyses of this coal are given. The bed in the mine is 10 to 15 feet thick. In some places it carries...in the mine where the samples were taken for analysis: Section of coal bed in the Willow mine, Van Houten...been more important as a producer of scrap mica. Muscovite or white mica is the only variety mined in the...considerable yield of scrap, and the most desirable type of mine is that in which the output of good sheet mica is
Report (issue)
STATE GEORGIA DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY A. S. Furcron, Director...Bulletin Number 79 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY THROUGH 1959 by Howard Ross Cramer, Arthur...James George Lester Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia ATLANTA 1967 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department...Governor of Georgia and Commissioner Ex-Officio State Division of Conservation Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dear...and Geology entitled, "Annotated Bibliography of Georgia Geology Through 1959," by Drs. Howard R. Cramer
Report (volume)
Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
WELCOME TO ROCKHOUNDS PARADISE, U.S.A. (MARQUETTE COUNTY) - MICHIGAN By BOB M A R K E R T The Midwest...found on the the abandoned dumps of the Holmes and Cliff Shaft Mine. Cau­ tion: Permission must be obtained...Park, S. Jackson Pit, and near County Road 581 near the Greenwood Mine road intersection. Magnetite is...Magne­ tite is found at the Greenwood Mine and the Champion Mine. The best grade and best looking specimens...specimens coming from the latter mine. Magnetite is the associated mineral in every case when one finds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gradually accumulating that the presently accepted (Holmes-Marble) geologic time scale should be lengthened...xenotime, uraninite, thorianite, coffinite, biotite, muscovite, lepidolite. K feldspar, and glauconite all have...error. Aldrich et al. (1958) have shown that muscovite and biotite usually give concordant ages by the...Polkanov and Gerling, 1958) the Rb/Sr age of the muscovite is greater than other measured ages, for unknown...unknown reasons, but in granites the muscovite and biotite Rb/Sr ages generally agree. K/Ar measurements
Report (chapter)
× Io-X°year-1) KF-XtI, t80, I82 (biotite and muscovite): K = 7-87%, a°Ar* = I "37 × xo-4cma/g, 4°Ar*/4°K...org/ by guest on June 24, 2016 Items References HOLMES, A. I959. KULP, J. L. 196I. LONG, L. E., GRIFFIN...discarded by the same workers in Kulp et al. (196o). Holmes (I959) quoted the age from Kulp as 400 4- I5m.y...Outcrop 2 "5 miles south of Moorestown, Burlington County, New Jersey, U.S.A. [39 ° 56' N, 74 ° 56' w]. ...7' -b IIm.y. (Kulp '959, P. 694); 7' 4- xxm.y. (Holmes x96o, p. 2o,); 62, 7om.y. (Davidson ,96o, p. 335
 
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