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Pyrrhotite from
Hawk Mine, Hawk-Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hawk Mine, Hawk-Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:339355
Long-form Identifier:1:3:339355:0
GUID (UUID V4):b88d0eae-770c-4098-8dad-1ed2e04cbc99
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
3.0km (1.9 miles) Champ Rock Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) Elk Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) Johnson Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) Waterhole Mine (George Howell Mine), Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
15.4km (9.5 miles) Cranberry Mine, Cranberry Magnetite Mining District, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
18.9km (11.7 miles) Griffin Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
20.9km (13.0 miles) McKinney Mine (Power Mill Creek Mine), Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) Georges Fork Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) Autrey Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
24.2km (15.1 miles) Ray Mica Mine, Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can
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)
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)
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...Upper Precambrian rocks______________________ Bakersville Gabbro_________________________ Ocoee Series
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 (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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
terranessuchasBleikvassli,Norway;BlackHawk, Maine;Ore Knob, North Carolina; and Elizabeth, Vermont. Minor amounts of tourmaline...tz,plagioclase, phlogopite, anddolomite,with pyrrhotite,chalcopyrite,galena,andsphalerite.Many of the...associatedwith magmatic- developedat the Elizabeth mine, Vermont (Mchydrothermal phenomena including tin-tungsten...greisens(Hosking, 1951; Kelly and Rye, Black Hawk mine, Maine (LaPierre, 1977; Slack, 1979) andcopper-bearing...brecciapipes(Sillitoeand 1980), and the Ore Knob mine, North Carolina Sawkins,1971) is apparentlya moreFe-richmember
Report (issue)
c\ NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF MINERAL...Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT BY JOHN M. PARKER, III GEOLOGICAL...SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF...Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT By M. PARKER, III Geological...BETWEEN THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Germantown, Wisconsin 53022 Because most of its mine development occurred in the late 1800s, this district...poorly represented in today's collections. THE BLACK HAWK (also known as Bullard Peak) district is the largest...Kongsberg, Norway; Bou Azzer, Morocco; and the Consols mine at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. These...but also in number of mineral species. The Black Hawk district contains over fifty recorded species, while...features. During mining operations in the Black Hawk district, significant amounts of specimen material
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimen is from the Number 20 mine near Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina. Author’s specimen and...Figure 5. A 2-cm uraninite cube from the Cardiff mine, Wdberforce, Ontario, Canada;Canadian Museum of...the famous Palermo and Ruggles mines in Grafton County, New Hampshire; dendritic uraninite intergrowths...Bedford, WestChester County, and from a locality at Richville Station, St. Lawrence County, New York. Uraninite...from Avondale, Chester County; from Upland and near Vera Cruz, Lehigh County; and from a site near Fairmount
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA z US Geological Survey, National Center, MS 954, Reston, VA 22092, USA Abstract. Boron...(Canada), Broken Hill (Australia), and Ducktown (USA). Overall, the tourmalines display a wide range in...two analyses of a sample from the Ore Knob mine, North Carolina (no. 11119/29), yield 6liB values of -2...Elizabeth mine, Vermont Devonian(?) Amphibolite 1, 2 Cu, Zn, Ag Cu, Zn Elizabeth mine, Vermont Pike...Pike Hill mine, Vermont Devonian(?) Devonian(?) Amphibolite Amphibolite 1, 2 2, 3 Cu, Zn Cu, Zn
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;
Report (issue)
metamorphic rock, which extends from Funter Bay to Hawk Inlet on Admiralty Island and contains a great number...Funter Bay and of Charles Williams and others on Hawk Inlet. The Admiralty-Alaska Co. Avas driving a long...Ketchikan district, as reported, the Dunton gold mine, near Hollis, was operated during 1924 by the Kasaan...Kasaan Gold Co. and the Salt Chuck palladium-copper mine by the Alaskan Palladium Co., and development work...Chickamin Glacier by fall. GOLD PROSPECTS FTTNTER BAY TO HAWK INLET, ADMIRALTY ISLAND General geology. A belt
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 (issue)
amazonite, 11.8 cm, from the "Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008;...Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North Larry & Carmen Piekenbrock Keith & Mauna Proctor...localities like the Sweet Horne mine, Breckenridge, Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek,...By 1864 his expertise had brought him to Gilpin County, Colorado, where his reputation as a consultant...gemstones. After its publication privately in Black Hawk, Colorado, in 1865, it appeared in Ovando Hollister's
Report (issue)
geographic coordinates and, where applicable, by county and section, township, and range. Both published...contain deposits of pentlandite, chalcopyrite, and pyrrhotite. These deposits are often important sources...nickel-plus-copper in the deposit. The Gap mine (Pennsylvania) and the San Julian mine (California),are examples of...deposits varies widely. Some, like the Bluebird mine (Arizona), are small deposits containing 16 mostly...mostly only cobalt minerals. At the Standard mine (Oregon), the , cobalt minerals are associated with
Report (issue)
Northland Mine Net Lake Mine Cedar Lake (Trebor. Cuniptau) Mine Little Dan Mine Sherman Mine Temagami...Temagami (Copperfields) Mine The Cobalt-South Lorrain a r e a Road log along Highway 11B to Cobalt Mines The...Queen Mine Princess Mine McKinley-DarraghMine Cobalt Lake Mine Seneca Superior (Cart Lake) Mine Peterson...Peterson Lake Mine Nipissing407 Mine Penn-Canadian Mine. Bailey Mine Provincial Mine Savage Mine. Mensilvo...Mensilvo Mine Silverfields (Alexandra) Mine HihoMine Ragged Chute compressed a i r plant Townsite Mine BuffaloMine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8...Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mine—1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the head­
Report (edition)
COVER: High grade gold specimen from the San Antonio Mine, Bissett, Manitoba. It measures 24x20x5 cm and contains...Churchill-Superior Boundary Zone 8 8 8 8 WEST HAWK LAKE -FALCON LAKE SHOAL LAKE AREA Regional Geology...domains of Manitoba 10 Figure 6 Geology of the West Hawk Lake-Falcon Lake-Shoal Lake area 12 Figure 7 ...the San Antonio Mine area 21 Figure 12 Geological cross section of the San Antonio Mine area 21 Figure...Figure 13 Composite level plan of the San Antonio Mine showing '16 type' shear veins and '38 type' stockwork
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...was m e r e l y p a r t 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...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)
volcanogenie (volcanic-hosted) massive sulfidepotentialin North America.A 100-millionton resourceof baseand pre...tense icoclinalfolding has overprintedthe original North America.Drill testingof about400 prospects volcanicand...formational groups(modifiedfrom Simset al., 1989). pyrrhotite-magnetite-sericite mineral assemblages. Three...(* The Duval deposit(10 millionst) in Marinette County is considereda 10-- sulfide facies iron formation...10- to 60-million-tonrangeare likely to exist. and Hawk. Current knowledgesuggeststhat the known vol3. Zn-Pb-Cudeposits:Cu
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Meteoritical Society, 1997. Printed in USA. Magnetic investigations of the West Hawk, Deep Bay and Clearwater impact...impact structures, Deep Bay, Saskatchewan; West Hawk, Manitoba; and Clearwater (East and West), Quebec...reduction. 295 Magnetic investigations of West Hawk, Deep Bay and Clearwater well-bedded black shales...the difficulties in re-coring noted above. WEST HAWK responds to a haematized layer in the mafic breccia...in brecciated lithologies is pervasive. The West Hawk structure in Manitoba (49046'NN,95Oll'W) is situated
Book (volume)
Dick's deep concern for the fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest...interest in mining history led him to purchase the mine in order to form a living museum so that it would...mineralogical community. Through his efforts, the Sterling mine has been declared a national historic landmark....greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...probably a greater variety of minerals in a single mine in Franklin, New Jersey, or Mont Saint-Hilaire,
 
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