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Quartz from
Means Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Means Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:341166
Long-form Identifier:1:3:341166:7
GUID (UUID V4):e4795f25-ce86-4fd1-926c-2a885cab93a2
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.6km (0.4 miles) Hovey Prospect, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Capps Hill Mine, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Todd Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) Elwood Vein, John P. Hunter Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) John P. Hunter Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) G. C. Cathey Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) Sloan Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) Chapman Mine (Alexander Gold Mine), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) Ferris Mine (Faires Gold Mine), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) Clark Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
References
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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 (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)
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...deposits. Copper occurs with complex sulfide ores in quartz veins in the metamorphic rocks of the 10- Piedmont...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals
Report (issue)
Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...__________________________________ _ History of mining ________________ ·__________________ _ Production...__ _________________________ _; _____ _ Barren quartz veins ________________ _ Mineralized zones ___________...34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. -------
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...great many very interesting and unique forms of quartz crystals and rutiles, and has added a great number...York, has spent many months in explorations and mining for these mineral rarities, and has himself added
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)
1B01YJ JH1lrL~ 11HHJ J\J-rAJii W1.sr B JY1111.Il • CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Field Trip Guidebook 1981 ... October 24-25, 1981 Gaffney, South Carolina - CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1981 OFFICERS +', . I...Schaeffer Duke'Power P.O •. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 0 Secretary-Treasurer: • S. Duncan...Department of Geology, Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27706 Chairman of the Membership Committee:...Department of Geology Catawba College Salisbury, No~th Carolina 28144 Field Trip Leaders: J. Wright Horton,
Report (issue)
METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA by P. Albert Carpenter, m Reprinted...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...City mine Reed mine Rocky River mine Silver shaft Snydermine Troutmanmine Tucker mine Whitney mine Chatham
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)
.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...THULITE AND PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ,~O...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
Report (issue)
Mineral-Production Maps of the Charlotte 1° X 2° Quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina The Conterminous...Mineral-Production Maps of the Charlotte 1° X 2 ° Quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina By J. E. Gair, Richard...Mines and mineral resources-North Carolina-Charlotte Region. South Carolina. I. Gair, Jacob Eugene, 1922-...lithotectonic belts in the Charlotte 1 °X2° quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina Schematic diagram for...6 11 TABLE Page TABLE 1. List of maps in Charlotte CUS~AP folio ------------------------------
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...Silicates Quartz (Rock Crystal) (Amethyst) (Green quartz) (Cairngorm) (Blue quartz) (Rose quartz) (Star...(Star quartz) (Chalcedony) (Agate) (Prase) ' (Onyx) (Jasper) (Opal) Tridymitc Qf-Christobalitc Phcnakirc Olivine...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning
Report (volume)
the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...minerals. Care should be taken in using color as a means of gem identification because it is not a constant...Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each...of silica (quartz, 7 on Moh's scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals...react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology, University of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, U.S.A. Received July 21,...maximum width of about 300 km in North Carolina and South Carolina and narrows along strike to the northeast...Appalachians in North Carolina and South Carolina. See Fig. 2 for units in Charlotte belt. Localities:...1968; OVERST~ET and BELL,1965b; GeologicMap of North Carolina, 1958; BVTLnR,J. 1%, unpubl. maps, 1961--1968;...given in text Crystalline Appalachians in North and South Carolina General Geologists working in the crystalline
Book
^/s^ 5 Mk^ THE •^4^5 ^old I?|inE? of Worth Carolina. Mkl Mkl Mki Mk •?4^# •^4^2 Mk '^4^J -^4^5...N. Y. York. C^ompaijy's propi^rty. McDowell County, N, C. Uwharrie River, Randolph, Davidson and Montgomery... Direct Connection with all Stock Exchanges by means of Gold and Stock Exchange Telegraph and Ticker...the Stock now being sold is to be Mines and Mining Land^, and for the further So resolved and guaranteed...EL DORADO aOLD 7, 1891 aEMS. and THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. IN JStoiies, iiolA and Many Rare
Report (issue)
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
Report (issue)
Deposits in quartzose rocks _________________ Kyanite-quartz deposits . ._._ __ ____ _________________ Petrography...Sillimanite-quartz deposits _________________________________ Andalusite-pyrophyllite-quartz deposits ______...gneiss_________________ ______________ Deposits in quartz veins and pegmatites-_.-_____-_ _____ Residual...group minerals in micaceous schists and gneisses, quartz veins, and pegmatites Kyanite group minerals in...sillimanite, and andalusite____________ History of mining. _____________________________________________________
Report (issue)
Inside back cover Monazite placers of North and South Carolina ........................................were mined in the Piedmont province of North and South Carolina from 1887 to 1911, and again intermittently...mineral mining in Florida. The southeastern placers were not exhausted by the earlier mining and new...Va., south-southwestward for 200 miles into North Carolina. Monazite-bearing rocks near. Rion, S. C.,...the placers that were formerly mined in North and South Carolina. These placers were sampled, and the monazite
Report (issue)
5.1 cm high from Eagle's Nest mine in Placer County, Caifornia, USA Collection Marlin Zinn; photo Jeff...International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...Lapis International, LLC East Hampton, Connecticut USA Collection 'Alan Table of Contents What Is Gold...Weiner Page 4 North America's First Gold Rush: Gold Fever in the Southeastern USA . . . . . . . .P...Dermot Henry and Bill Birch The Rush for Gold Turns North to Canada and Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...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.
Journal (issue)
probably some of the earliest ores prospected; mining of these metallic minerals has been done intermittently...province of Virginia. , k (1) The mineralized district in Prince William, Spotsylvania, Louisa, and Buckingham...possibly late Precambrian)age. (2) The Virgilina district is a mineralized area in the southern part of...of the State where copper minerals occur in quartz veins in the Virgilina greenstone of late Precambrian(...southwestward from Maryland for more than 40 miles into north-central Virginia. These rocks, mapped as the upper
Report (volume)
The Crystalline Rocks of South Carolina By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET and HENRY BELL III GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces of South Carolina UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...and Precambrian(?) age_______________________ Carolina slate belt_________________________________________...Quartzite_________________________________________ Quartz-microcline gneiss____________________________ Intrusive...plutons _______________________________ ---___ Charlotte belt __________________________________ -_---_--___
Report (volume)
Geologic Setting of the Hamme Tungsten District North Carolina and Virginia GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...BULLETIN Prepared in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development, Division... Geologic Setting of the Hamme Tungsten District North Carolina and Virginia By JOHN M. PARKER 3o CONTRIBUTIONS...northeastern part of the Carolina slate belt. Prepared in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation...PLATE 1. Geologic map of Hamme tungsten district, North Carolina and Virginia. 2. Generalized geologic
Report (issue)
Cover photo: Mil8ing PDant, Parks GoUd Mine, McDuffie County, Georgia. Photo courtesy Georgia Department... . . . . . . . . . . Historical Sketch of Gold Mining in Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Gold Mining in the East-Central Georgia District. ......... ,........................ Greene County............................................ Lincoln County ................................................................................ McDuffie County ................................ ·..................
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
 
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