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Magnetite from
Fisher Hill Mine, Guilford County Copper Mining District, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fisher Hill Mine, Guilford County Copper Mining District, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:340677
Long-form Identifier:1:3:340677:9
GUID (UUID V4):c37856fb-64e3-48d4-ac57-9aa4fe579235
Localities for Magnetite in this Region
Millis Hill Mine (Willis Hill Mine), Fisher Hill Mine, Guilford County Copper Mining District, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Pucket Mine, Fisher Hill Mine, Guilford County Copper Mining District, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Millis Hill Mine (Willis Hill Mine), Fisher Hill Mine, Guilford County Copper Mining District, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
0.6km (0.3 miles) Pucket Mine, Fisher Hill Mine, Guilford County Copper Mining District, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
5.9km (3.6 miles) Gardner Hill Mine, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) Deep River Mine (Coffin), Guilford County Copper Mining District, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
12.3km (7.7 miles) Trueblood Occurrence, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
14.5km (9.0 miles) Tuscarora Mine, Friendship, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
19.1km (11.9 miles) Lewis Occurrence, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
19.4km (12.1 miles) Cook Occurrence, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
22.3km (13.8 miles) New Sawyer Mine (Powell; Ross), Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
30.6km (19.0 miles) Hopkins Occurrence, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
References
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Report (issue)
METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA by P. Albert Carpenter, m Reprinted...rocks Intrusive rocks Metallic minerals Chromium Copper Gold , 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 . Iron Lead, zinc...Previous investigations Mine descriptions Alamance County Copper prospect Foust copper mine Robeson gold prospect...Cabarrus County Allman prospect Buffalo mine Cabarrus? mine Clinemine Crayton mine Furniss mine Eva Furr...Furr mine Isenhour mine ..; : Newellmine Nugget mine Phoenix mine Pioneer Mills mine Propst mine Quaker
Book (edition)
Geology of North Carolina. QE 147 .A22 1866-1887 Pt.2 V.2 Chap.1 Digitized by the Internet Archive...org/details/mineralsminerall01 nort n o o / Geology of North Carolina. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It F. A. GENTH...Mica mining industry, for example, has brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2...York, has spent many months in explorations and mining for these mineral rarities, and has himself added...B. boring gold region. for notes of the mica mining And to Prof. A. A. Julien the survey occurrence
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]...50. II. Tertiary History of the G-rand Caiion District, with atlas, by Clarence E. Dutton, Capt. U. S
Book (edition)
LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...OF E. M. UZZELL RALEIGH, N. C. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CHROLINS. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It has F...data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 eral causes have been operative in giving...some number of them not hitherto or, The Mica mining industry, elsewhere discovered iu America. great...with Mr. W. E. Hidden, of New explorations and mining for these mineral Among these, York, has spent
Report (issue)
Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological...base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, pyrite, tinf-,...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...province and in placers derived from these deposits. Copper occurs with complex sulfide ores in quartz veins...west of the Blue Ridge. 12 complex ores of gold, copper, lead, zinc, and silver in veins and 13 replacements
Report (edition)
Information Circular GOLD RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA by P. A. Carpenter, D oc ms C% M:*L Raleigh...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 26711. Jeffrey C. Reid Chief Geologist Cover...2 Uses 3 Mining Methods and Recovery 3 Gold in North Carolina 5 History of Mining 5 Production...Deposits of North Carolina 12 Eastern Carolina Belt 12 Portis Mine 14 Other Mines 14 Carolina Slate
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)
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
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
Report (issue)
Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...__________________________________ _ History of mining ________________ ·__________________ _ Production...34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. -------...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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
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
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ore and Historical Mine Waste in the Eastern Adirondack Highlands, New York, USA Ryan D. Taylor,1,† Anjana...Highlands, New York, are historical high-grade magnetite mines that contain variable concentrations of...class of deposits that also contain iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits (Hitzman et al., 1992), some...Adirondack Highlands have been exploited for rich magnetite iron ore since their discovery in the mid1700s...additional potential REE resources. Domestic REE mining is limited in the United States. Between 2016 and
Book
York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South...time when Neolithic man was picking up gold and copper nuggets to be hammered into ornaments ( 20,000-14...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead of metallic ores, and mining for turquoise was enormously extended throughout the...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least
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
Report (volume)
Rare-Earth-Bearing Apatite at Mineville Essex County New York GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN This report... Rare-Earth-Bearing Apatite at Mineville Essex County New York By F. A. McKEOWN and HARRY KLEMIC CONTRIBUTIONS...ILLUSTRATIONS FIGUBE 5. Index map of the Mineville district, Essex County, N. ¥._____ 6. Scatter diagram showing...content and equivalent uranium of tailings and magnetite ore from the Old Bed___________________________...analyses, in percent, of apatite separated from magnetite ore, Mineville, N. Y.__________ 2. Partial chemical
Report (issue)
relative to their loca- tion, extent, statistics of mining plant, output and markets, analyses of ores, and... of the mine personal survey of the several iron-ore dis- and a short visit to each mine were planned...mines, especially in their relations to the iron-mining and iron-manufacturing industries of the country...supplemented by the infor- mation furnished by the mine owners and managers, constitute the greater part... Short no- mines and of some of the abandoned mine of a historical nature, have been incorporated
Report (issue)
of Idaho, veins and pipes in the Bokan Mountain district of Alaska, carbonatite dikes, and apatite-bearing...apatite-bearing iron deposits in the Mineville district of New York in the United States. 1980 CIRCULAR 824 ........ . Veins and Pipes in the Bokan Mountain District, Alaska ........................................................................ . Powderhorn District, Colorado ................. . Mountain Pass, California...Montana ................. . Ravalli County, Montan81- Lemhi County, Idaho .. Magnet Cove and Potash Sulfur
Book (volume)
Introduction L ake Superior Region Southern R egion ... North-Eastern Region 32 50 69 75 75 76 77 Western R"(lgion... 5 ONIT1•1D STATES Introduction 'rhe iron-mining industry of the United States dates from the early...the war extraordinary developments in the iron-mining and n1anufacturing industries took place. There...including the Sta-tes of Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, Tennessee...a little local ore in Ohio and Missouri. 2. The North Atlantic region: including Ne,v Engl~nd, New Jersey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1969, pp. 183-190 MetamorphicAspectsof the Magnetite-HematiteDeposit at BensonMines, New York RICHARDD...the Benson open pit mine exhibit well the foliation that may be observedin the mine; the c-axesof sill... oxide deposits. The Bensondepositconsistsof magnetite and hematite grains disseminatedin meta183 to...Corporationfor making the mine availablefor this study. R. M. Crump, Chief Mining and DevelopmentEngineerof...from biotite-quartz-plagioclase in the Ausable district of the northeastern Adirondack gneiss,a very commonrocktypein
Book (volume)
NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinating—and the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines and...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
85 per cent of its ores from the Lake Superior district, of which most has been of sufficiently high iron...that the direct-shipping ore of the Lake Superior district will be exhausted in less than a generation. In...will obviously not eliminate the Lake Superior district as an ore producer, but it will necessitate use...ore producing regions, notably the Adirondack district in New York, in which there is already much evidence...American industry in the future. At present five mining developments are active in the Adirondack region
 
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