| Locality type: | Prospect |
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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Calhoun Prospect, Swain County Copper Mining District (Fontana Mining District), Swain County, North Carolina, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 341870 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:341870:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | cd3598cb-2e9e-4f1e-a9f5-58c17fd55d9f |
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| 3.2km (2.0 miles) | ⓘHazel Creek Mine (Everett Mine; Adams Mine; Adams-Westfelt Property), Swain County, North Carolina, USA |
| 9.5km (5.9 miles) | ⓘFontana Mine, Swain County Copper Mining District (Fontana Mining District), Swain County, North Carolina, USA |
| 10.9km (6.8 miles) | ⓘSilers Bald Prospect (Calhoun Prospect), Swain County Copper Mining District (Fontana Mining District), Swain County, North Carolina, USA |
| 21.0km (13.1 miles) | ⓘTownsend prospect, Tuckaleechee Cove, Blount County, Tennessee, USA |
| 21.7km (13.5 miles) | ⓘPayne and Sullivan Kaolin Mine, Bryson City Feldspar Mining District, Swain County, North Carolina, USA |
| 21.9km (13.6 miles) | ⓘCarson Kaolin and Feldspar Mines (Hill Mine), Bryson City Feldspar Mining District, Swain County, North Carolina, USA |
| 23.5km (14.6 miles) | ⓘNantahala Talc and Limestone Mine, Hewitt, Swain County, North Carolina, USA |
| 30.5km (19.0 miles) | ⓘSellers Prospect, Blount County, Tennessee, USA |
| 35.9km (22.3 miles) | ⓘMudhole Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA |
| 36.8km (22.8 miles) | ⓘWelch Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA |
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 | | Report (volume) | | Geology of Some Copper Deposits in North Carolina Virginia, and Alabama By GILBERT H. ESPENSHADE CONTRIBUTIONS...pyrrhotite deposits of the Fontana and Hazel Creek mines, Swain County, North Carolina, the Toncrae mine, Virginia...___________ Deposits in Great Smoky ~ountains, North Carolina__________________ GeneralgeologY------...-----------------------------Geology of Swain County copper district__________________________ Sedimentary...lgneousrocks_____________________________________________ Quartz veins______________________________________________ |  | | Report (volume) | | Knoxville 1 °X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Knoxville 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°X2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina I by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [et al...Geology- Tennessee. 2. Geology-North Carolina. 3. Geology-South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources-...and mineral resources-North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II |  | | 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...derived from these deposits. Copper occurs with complex sulfide ores in quartz veins in the metamorphic...west of the Blue Ridge. 12 complex ores of gold, copper, lead, zinc, and silver in veins and 13 replacements |  | | Report (issue) | | have been considerable prospecting and mining in the district and notable advances have been mad.e in...Dolomite 78 Calcite 78 ----Barite -----Fluorite Quartz ----- StratigraphicrelationsofzincJeadmineralization...lead in Virginia-----Crystalline area -------- County Selected references Louisa and Spotsylvania counties-----Selected...ah County Botetourt County Troutville Bonsacks -Martin prospect Montgomery County Pulaski County Delton...counties ----------General statemenr Bertha district ----------Prospect at Carter Ferry ------Mineralized exposures |
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