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Pyrrhotite from
Russell Mine, Ophir, Montgomery 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 Russell Mine, Ophir, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:339385
Long-form Identifier:1:3:339385:7
GUID (UUID V4):9b4ab946-eeec-4623-8a9d-195a2069e5eb
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
1.7km (1.0 miles) Coggins Mine (Appalachian Mine; Rich Cog), Eldorado, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) Morris Mountain Mine (Davis; Dutton Mine), Albemarle, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Stafford Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) Henderson Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) Russell Mine, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) Uharie Mine (Uwharrie Mine), Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
19.6km (12.2 miles) Thompson Mine, Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, USA
22.6km (14.0 miles) Emmons Mine (Davidson Mine; Hercules Mine), Cid Mining District, Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
24.4km (15.2 miles) Barringer Mine, Stanly County, North Carolina, USA
26.3km (16.4 miles) Southern Homestake Mine (Cameron Mountain Mine), Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
References
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State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....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
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......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott
Report (issue)
Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological... Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc,...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...of the 10- Piedmont province and in massive pyrrhotite-pyrite deposits in 11 crystalline rocks west...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals
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CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING AND FIELD TRIP NOVEMBER 8-10, 2013 SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA...THE CAROLINA TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ONE ARC, TWO ARCS, OLD ARC, NEW ARC THE CAROLINA TERRANE...TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS: James Hibbard and Jeff Pollock TRIP LEADERS: James Hibbard,...Ganis Carolina Geological Society Annual Meeting, November 8-10, 2013 Salisbury, North Carolina Carolina...Waddell University of South Carolina Allen Dennis University of South Carolina, Aiken Vice President William
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
102, pp. 239–256 The Russell Gold Deposit, Carolina Slate Belt, North Carolina TERRY L. KLEIN,† U.S....Abstract Gold deposits have been mined in the Carolina slate belt from the early 1800s to recent times...mines in South Carolina. The Russell mine, one of the larger producers in North Carolina, is located in...tonne (g/t), with higher-grade zones reported. The Russell deposit is interpreted to be a sediment-hosted...mapping has shown that a rhyolitic dome near the Russell mine was extruded during the deposition of the lower
Report (issue)
occurrences of the Goldville District of Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Seven of the volume's papers deal with...32 The Royal Vindicator Gold Deposit, Haralson County, Georgia: A Metamorphosed Epithermal Hot-Springs...in the Lilesville Sand and Gravel Deposits, North Carolina (James R. Craig and John E. Callahan) .......Mason Mountain Sperrylite Occurrence, Macon County, North Carolina (Robert B. Cook and James R. Bumell) ....Central Piedmont Metallogenic Province, South Carolina (Steven K. Mittwede) ........................
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Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. -------...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____...properties _________ .. _____________ _ Halifax County ______ - _____ - __________ ~- _'- __ _ Virgilina
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--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --...-----------------------------Pima County -------------------------------Pinal County -------------------------------Santa...-------Santa Cruz County --------------------------'ravapai County -----------------------------'ruma
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deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...of deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent...properties (Junner, 1921). Pyrrhotite appears to be been reported in just a single mine in the East Belt of...foothills (Knopf, 1929). Newhouse (1936) reports that pyrrhotite occurs in 86 percent of the districts in Nova...(Malcolm, 1912), galena was widely considered by mine operators to be correlated with better gold grades
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Keystone Trap Rock Quarry at Cornog, Chester County, Pa. thru the courtesy of the owners Messrs J....obtained, principally of the unusual blue quartz, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, epidote, allanite traces, amphibole...Limestone Products Company, Lime Cr,est, (Sussex County) N . J. There were 187 persons registered, the... malacolite, norbergite, phlogopite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, quartz, ruby corundum, scapolite, titanite,...Shulman. The Loux family's showing of local (Bucks County) fossil wood was outstanding. There was also a
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...(Christophitc) Chalcopyritc Wurtzite Greenockite Pyrrhotite (Troilite) Pentlandite Cubanite Covellitc Violarite...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials
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...................................... 415 North Carolina..................................................................................425 South Carolina.................................................not acceptable. A labama Photographed by I. C. Russell 8 by 10 inches. Negative in United States Geological...; ridge at end of glacier (No. 103). View from north, showing mouths of Girdled glacier and Granite canyon...glacier (No. 410). 82. Glacial scratches at the north end of Sebree island (No. 413). 83. Muir glacier
Book
commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...minerals which make lovely cabinet specimens. old mine western states, to kick up and oxidation,
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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;
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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;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COLLOFORM PYRITE AT THE HAILE GOLD DEPOSIT, SOUTH CAROLINA: A TEXTURAL KEY TO GENESIS NORA FOLEY,† ROBERT...Auriferous iron sulfide-bearing deposits of the Carolina slate belt have distinctive mineralogical and...growth textures of pyrite containing electrum and pyrrhotite, establishes unequivocally that gold mineralization...events. Ore horizons at the Haile deposit, South Carolina, contain many remnants of early pyrite: (1) fine-grained...textures are present in other major deposits of the Carolina slate belt, such as Ridgeway and Barite Hill,
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1995 OFFICERS President Fred C. Beyer, Jr. Vice-President Ralph Willougby...individuals have helped in the preparations for the 1995 Carolina Geological Society Annual Meeting, Field Trip...recognize the contributors to volume 38 of South Carolina Geology, bound with this field guide. The reviewers...the right. 5 cm toothpick points approximately north on pavement surface. Outcrop is located off Forest...quadrangle. SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY VOLUME 37 1995 FIELD TRIP GUIDE FOR THE 1995 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
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]...Quaternary Lake of "Northwestern Nevada, by Israel Cook Russell. 1885. 4°. xiv,288pp. 46 pi. and maps. Price $1
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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
Report (issue)
IN NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES ...agencies for the general welfare of the dtizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts basic and applied research...Resources, at Post Office Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687, or call (919) 733-2423. Jeffrey...Chief Geologist GOLD NORTH CAROLINA IN . by P. Albert Carpenter III NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INFORMATION...INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALABAMA—Cherokee County is' in northeastern Alabama. In the central part of Cherokee County is the little...10-yr. old subscriber, Buddy Stewart. "Cherokee County has a wide variety of minerals ranging from those...mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals, so Buddy informs us, and to...around Rock Run, in the southeastern part of the county, and was mined extensively in recent years. The...over Cherokee County. "Lots of Indian relics are found too." A map of Cherokee County, prepared by Buddy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IsotopeStudiesto MassiveSulfideand Vein Depositsof the Carolina Slate Belt STEPHEN A. KISH AND P. GEOFFREY FEISS...Department of Geology,Universityof North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 Abstract Samplesof ore...Carolinaslatebelt of the Charlotte2ø quadrangle,North Carolina,havebeenanalyzed.In generalthesedeposits are...with the peak metamorphism in the North Carolina portionof the Carolina slatebelt. Introduction a mult... the parameters tionshipwas usedby Stantonand Russell(1959) to usedto calculategrowthcurvesfor lead isotopes
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500-mile-long state situated mainly between 35° and 36.6° North latitude and bounded on the west by the Mississippi...(top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page)
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across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side...LEVYNE, PHILLIPSITE, and THOMSONITE. Adams County Alaska mine, Seven Devils district: azurite, grossular...grossular, malachite, powellite, and scheelite. Arkansas mine, Seven Devils district: grossular. Blue Jacket claim...about 4 miles north-northeast of Cuprum: chabazite, heulandite, and stilbite. Copper Bo~' mine, Seven Devils
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey
 
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