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Tourmaline from
Madison County, Georgia, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Madison County, Georgia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:356569
Long-form Identifier:1:3:356569:8
GUID (UUID V4):f1d3c0f7-fc6e-49bb-b08d-44aa54456943
References
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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...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
Book (edition)
ONYX • PERIDOT* • ZIRCON • CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • •...Lincoln, of Mesa, Ariz., Frank Bogart Bean of Madison, Wis., Stephen Taber C, L Grossman of Grand Forks... lOLITE k:^ RUBY /^^ RUTILE SAPPHIRE 1^ TOURMALINE CRYSTALS TOPAZ CRYSTALS 4 GEM hunter's GUIDE...six or eight different gem as color, its tourmaline may B are, in fact, A blue gem minerals...found many of stones, such as quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas
Report (volume)
all red stones: spinel, ruby, garnet, and rose tourmaline; the term "sapphire," to lapis lazuli and other...beauty of irregularly colored stones, such as tourmaline. UNIT OF WEIGHT The carat, meaning one-fifth...dikes contain a variety of gem stones, such as tourmaline, beryl (emerald, aquamarine), spodumene (kunzite...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian
Book (edition)
Topaz. 49. Uraninite. 13. 15. Argentite. Tourmaline. Silicai 97. Chrysocolla. Calamine. 100....ities and suggestions from Mrs. H, A. Burdick county, of Mr. J. of A. D. Stephenson of Statesville... have been found at the Reid Mine, in Cabarrus county, the Crump Mine and the Swift Island Mine, in Montgomery...the Little John Mine, in Caldwell county, and Pax Hill in Burke county. Very beautiful arborescent gold...obtained from the Shemwell “ vein in Rutherford county. The variety, electrum,” containing from 36 to
Book (edition)
Pvroliisite. 95. Titanite. 135. Fergusonite. Tourmaline. Tantalates, &c. 126. Pyrochlore. 130. Yttrotantalite...Burdiek, Macon Prof. J. T. I From am of county, of Mr. J. A. D. Stevenson, of States- Humphreys...their size, Cabarrus county, the Montgomery with have been Crump Mine county, (at the lat- octahedral...the Gaston county, and the Little John Caldwell county, and Pax Hill in Burke county. Very Shemwell...been obtained from the The vein in Rutherford county. variety, "electrum," contain- ing from 36 to
Report (volume)
meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkins County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. "Williams...cents. 16. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 1885. 8°. 86 pp....57 pi. Price 25 cents. 38. Peridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky, by J. S. Diller. 1887. 8°. 31 pp. 1......................................1........ Tourmaline................................................mine in Cabarrus County, the Crump mine and' the Swift Island, mine in Montgomery County (at the latter
Report (issue)
related to bullfrog Hills caldera, Nye County, Nevada, and Inyo County, California, by Henry R. Cornwall and...Index map showing locations of wells in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama from which rocks were examined_______...________________----------4. Distribution of tourmaline shapes in heavy-mineral assemblages from sandstones...basement rocks of Florida and adjacent parts of Georgia and Alabama. Most of the sandstones are Early Ordovician...Paleozoic strata in Florida and adjacent parts of Georgia and Alabama and of overlying red and black shales
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Amcnnpijiite: In the Emery Mining district (Powell County) the mineral is found in wellformed crystals in...abundant. Well formed crystals are found within tourmaline crystals in the Blacksmith Shop tunnel of the...Crevasse Mountain Mining district near Jardine (Park County). At the Kennebec mine in the Crevasse Mountain...the Crevasse Mountain district near Jardine (Park County) on the Vindicator claim, one-half inch tabular...cummingtonite. In the Hog Heaven Mining district (Flathead County) at the Flathead Mine, pale yellowish to colorless
Report (issue)
GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director...Number 51 SILLIMANITE AND MASSIVE KYANITE IN GEORGIA (A Preliminary Report) By A. S. FURCRON Assistant... Residual boulders of massive kyanite, Pickens County. ·~· LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines...herewith Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 51, "Sillimanite and Massive Kyanite in Georgia," by Dr...of Mines. The report announces the discovery in Georgia of two economically-important refractory minerals
Report (volume)
Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia..........Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Illinois...Morgantown. Wisconsin.........Prof. W. 0. Hotchkiss, Madison. Wyoming.........Mr. C. E. Jamison, Cheyenne. ...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
Report (volume)
............................................. Georgia..................................................Florida-______Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia,_____Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Idaho______.Mr...Morgantown. Wisconsin____Prof. W. O. Hotchkiss, Madison. Wyoming____.Mr. C. E. Jamison, Cheyenne. Mr. L...See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A.S. Furcron, Georgia Chief Geologist, spoke on "Mineral Locations in Northern Georgia". Dr. James A...ol Virginia Peninsula, Tri-State Rockhounders, Georgia Mineral Society Crystals (Single or Twin)—1st:...Groups— 1st: North Jersey Mineralogical Society 2nd: Georgia Mineral Society Ctf. of Merit: Newark Mineralogical...Lapidary Guild, Gem Cutters Guild of Baltimore, Georgia Mineral Society, Gemcrafters of Miami and Western...and Mineral Society ol the Virginia Peninsula, Georgia Mineral Society and Western South Carolina Gem
Book (volume)
Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States GEORGIA Georgia’s nearly 59,000 square miles makes it the...highest elevation in the state at 4,784 feet. 145 Georgia Beginning in the northwest, where the Lookout...mountains loom over rich agricultural valleys, Georgia easily divides into five major physiographic provinces...The first real Gold Rush in America occurred in Georgia following two simultaneous discoveries of Gold... some Ruby-red Corundum, Spodumene and Topaz. Georgia has been actively prospected for gold since colonial
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Drurfilommon mine. Occurrencesnear Haystack Stock, Park County,were mentionedby Emmons(5). Pegmatitesassociated...pre-Beltian rocks east of Dillon in Beaverheadand Madison Counties. liere they were intruded into Cherry...none are zoned. In the JardineDistrict in Park County,Sea. ger (40) has describedsomewhat lessmetamorphosed...pre-Beltianage that contain orthoclase,quartz, oligoclase;tourmaline,muscovite,apatite, garnet, andalusite,and sillimanite...showsinclusionsof black, brown, pink, and green tourmaline; notably near Boulder, JeffersonCounty, Montana
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEORGIA Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX JENNINGS...JENNINGS B. GORDON, JR. P . O . Box 6214 Rome, Georgia 30162 Although perhaps best known for its gold, rutUe...rutUe, and staurolite (the state mineral), Georgia has, in fact, almost two hundred mineral species. ...have been reported and verified from the state of Georgia. The index has been compiled from the literature...be either a report on the economic geology of Georgia or a field guide for lapidaries, it excludes commercial
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pyrite Bronzite Hypersthene Pyroxene Diopside Tourmaline (black) Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have...localities. Three diamonds have been found in Burke County, two of which were from near the "Ford of Brindletown...diamond is now in the State Museum. The Cleveland County diamond was found in 1893 near Kings Mountain,...weighing approximately f of a carat. The Lincoln County diamond was found.near Cottage Home by Dr. C. L
Report (issue)
. . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper...Staurolite AVERY COUNTY . . ......... 13 13 13 . 13 Iron and Epidote BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet ...........13 Moonstone and Associated Minerals 15 BURKE COUNTY 15 Corundijin 15 Itacolumite 15 Toiirmaline...Amethyst f . , 4 .18 CABARRUS COUNTY 18 Minerals of the Cabarms County Mines 18 CALDWELL COUNT! 18 Pyrite
Report (issue)
porphyry ------------------------------10 Dry Georgia Gulch (4) -----------------------------------14... Geologic map of the Copper Mountain area, Madison County, Montana ____________________________________________...information from many sources. Particular thanks are Madison River. Elevations range from about 4,500 ft in...including the Tobacco Root, Ruby, Gravelly, and Madison, were blanketed by a mantle of mostly marine sedimentary...Creek, (3) Boulder Lakes-Brannon Lakes, (4) Dry Georgia Gulch, (5) Currant Creek, and (6) other reported
Book
_ _ .... ____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _...y ' s f i r s t g o l d r u s h a t Dahlonega, Georgia. S o m u c h gold w a s f o u n d b y eager prospectors...t a r t o f t h e C i v i l W a r . O t h e r Georgia counties a n d n e i g h b o r i n g s t a t e...f gold! Gold c a n s t i l l be f o u n d i n Georgia a n d i n t h e r i v e r s a n d streams o f i...e , S p a r t a n b u r g , U n i o n , Oconee Georgia: Cherokee, Dawson, L u m p k i n , M c D u ff i
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Also in Madison County about one mile north of Morgan Creek black tourmaline is occasionally found in...Silver-Lead mine on Granite Creek near Libby (Lincoln County). Zoisite: Light greenish-gray crystals both in...(Park County). Unconfirmed Beryl: At the White Swan deposit on Gran- i te Creek (Madison County) a few...Glenn C , Mines and Mineral Deposits, Broadwater County, Mont. Bureau of Mines Circular 7592, April 1951...of the Jardine-Crevasse Mountain District, Park County, Montana. Montana State Bureau of Mines and Geology
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA CUT ON FLAT SHOALS ROAD NEAR SCHOOL HOUSE, LOT 110, 15th DJST., DeKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA...SCHIS'.r. FRONTISPIECE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA S. W. McCALLIE, State Geologist BULLETIN No....REPORT ON THE FELDSPAR AND MICA DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA BY !3. L. GALPIN, Ph. D., Assistant State Geologist... THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE Geological Survey of Georgia IN THE YEAR 1915 (Ex-Officio) HIS ExCELLENCY,... JOHN M. SLATON ......... Governor of Georgia PRESIDENT OF 'I'HE BOARD HoN. PHILIP COOK ...........
Report (issue)
Production and reserves ________________________ _ Adams County ________________________________ _ Clarkprospe...Mica deposits ___________ - _____________ _ Boise County ______________ - _---- _______ - _____ _ Mica Slim...columbite prospect __________________ _ Bonner County ________________________________ _ Berry Creek...Creek beryl prospects ________________ _ Boundary County ____________ ------ __ --_-_- ___ _ Lion Head prospect_...prospect_ _______________________ _ Clearwater County _____________________________ _ Bobs Creek mica
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
location a~ included at the end of each entry. Adair County Chariton River (40-04-05N 92-4 I -23W). septarian...septarian concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular...hematite, quartz (Broadhead 1873b, 1877). Audrain County Mexico, in fire clay pits and spoil piles: PYRITE...University Library] at 19:58 29 October 2014 Barton County McKarrow’s coal bank (37-37N 94-28W), 2.5 miles...PICKERINGITE, pyrite, siderite (Broadhead 1873b). Bates County Panther Creek, northwest of Rockville in coal deposits:
Report (volume)
.............. 75 Outlying mines in Beaverhead County.................................. 76 Polaris district................................ 155 Dry and Wet Georgia gulches ...................................................... 168 Elkhorn district (Beaverhead County).................................. 168 Location...Ruby Valley with Ruby Range in the distance, Madison County, Mont.; B, Dredge No. 2, of stacker type, Ruby...Beaverhead County, Mont.; B, Valley of Trapper Creek from top of Lion Mountain, Hecla, Beaverhead County, Mont
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...Beryl (Aquamarine) (Golden beryl) Cordieritc Tourmaline Group Elbaite Checklist Dravite Schorl Chrysocolla...(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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