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Kyanite from
Watauga County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Kyanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kyanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:416280
Long-form Identifier:1:3:416280:3
GUID (UUID V4):d1ae6f50-792a-4b7f-a27f-c1af66e355d5
References
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Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK October 21 – 23, 1983 GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN...IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF NORTHWE3STERN NORTH CAROLINA Edited by Sharon E. Lewis Virginia Division of Mineral...NRCD Post Office Box 27687 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1983 OFFICERS...South Carolina 29613 Vice-President: John J. Chapman Department of Earth Science Western Carolina University...University Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 Secretary-Treasurer: S. Duncan Heron, Jr. Department of Geology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.3. South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.4. North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....based on the later work of Lieber (1858) in South Carolina. Eschwege’s work caused much interest when he...who noted that the itacolumite he found in South Carolina gradually passed into sandstone. When Orville...in the diamond region of Grao Mogol, 100 miles north of Diamantina in his itacolumite definition. Many
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)
Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 577 Work done...done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development and in part...Administration Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina By FRANK G. LESURE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... Work done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development... Geologic map of part of the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Tennessee. 2-6. Maps showing location of
Report (issue)
Carolina Geological Society Officers 1966-67 President: William J. Furbish Duke University Durham...Durham, North Carolina Vice President: Maurice Magee Tennessee Copper Company Ducktown, Tennessee Secretary-Treasurer:...Secretary-Treasurer: S. Duncan Heron Duke University Durham, North Carolina Field Trip Leader: Douglas W. Rankin U.S...S. Geological Survey Washington, D.C. CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Guidebook for 1967 Annual Meeting...THE GEOLOGY OF THE MT. ROGERS AREA, VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE Douglas W. Rankin U.S. Geological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can
Book
MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright ©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...73 14. Barite 75 15. The Clay Industry 79 16. Kyanite & Unakite 91 17. Other Minerals 95 18. Scrap Mica
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North Carolina State Library jleigh ( f t NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN RALEIGH...RALEIGH 1958 G. CONRAD Norffe Carolir* St** NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN G. CONRAD...Jefferson F. J. BOLING Siler City H. C. BUCHAN, JR North Wilkesboro SCROOP W. ENLOE, JR Spruce Pine VOIT
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)
Winegrapes in Polk, Henderson and Buncombe Counties, NC Carolina Geological Society – Guidebook for the 83rd Annual...Hendersonville, North Carolina Field Trip Leaders: Joseph Forrest, Rick Wooten, Bart Cattanach Carolina Geological...site at 3400 feet on the Blue Ridge escarpment. Carolina Geological Society 2022 Board of Directors President...Engineering Secretary Cheryl Waters-Tormey - Western Carolina University Treasurer Jeff Chaumba - UNC Pembroke...Soil Geomorphology in North Carolina Brad Johnson 105 Western North Carolina Soils, Geology and Wine
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OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS: KEVIN G. STEWART MARK G. ADAMS CHARLES H. TRUPE CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL...Loren Raymond Banner Elk, North Carolina September 26-28, 1997 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1997 FIELD...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Edited by: Kevin G. Stewart Department of Geology University of North Carolina Chapel... Trupe Department of Geology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315 TABLE OF CONTENTS...Evolution Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Complex, Western North Carolina ..........................................
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ic bodiesin a portion of the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Virginia Devro M. ScorroRD AND JBrpney...northeast-trendingbelt from near West Jefferson,North Carolina to near Floyd, Virginia in the Blue Ridge,...ultramafic bodies occur in the garnet, staurolite, and kyanite zones recognized in the country rock, no correlation...Ridge of North Carolina trending belt from southwest of West Jefferson in Ashe County, North Carolina to near...Virginia (Fig. 1) have not been investigated in Floyd County, Virginia, a distance of 150 km. A any detailed
Report (volume)
Selected Bibliography of Andalusite, Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and Pyrophyllite in the...1019-N Selected Bibliography of Andalusite, Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and Pyrophyllite...showing the location of major deposits of the kyanite group of minerals and pyrophyllite. __________...RESOURCES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANDALUSITE, KYANITE SILLIMANITE, DUMORTIERITE, TOPAZ, AND PYROPHYLLITE...bibliography is a compilation of 566 references on the kyanite, or sillimanite, group of minerals and pyrophyllite
Report (issue)
Deposits between the Yadkin and Dan Rivers, North Carolina and Virginia--------- ------------ ___-___-_-____-_--_-...Drilling data, Yadkin River drainage basin, Surry County, N.C.--- 2. -- 5. __ .._ . 9 ------- ----...Drilling data, Oconee River drainage basin, Oconee County, Ga.-------------------------------------------...Drilling data, Flint River drainage basin, Spalding County Ga.------------------------------------------------...the flood plains of streams in western North and South Carolina--------------------------------------------------
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Blue Ridge ophiolites, Southern Appalachian Orogen, USA LOREN A. RAYMOND 1, S A M U E L JAMES E. SWANSON... Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA (e-mail: raymondla@appstate.edu) 2Department o f...Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA Abstract: Resolution of the petrotectonic history...MHT, Mars Hill Terrane; NC, North Carolina; GA, Georgia; SC, South Carolina; TN, Tennessee. Numbered and...Pacific Ocean, and in the North Caroli- 257 na section of the Blue Ridge Belt of North America (Fig. 1). Hess
Report (issue)
province in North Carolina and Tennessee, as well as smaller gneiss domes of Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia...domes of Maryland; and the Sauras Massif of North Carolina. Still farther east are the isolated Grenville...Appalachians—the real boundary between the craton of North America and that of the AfricanEuropean mass with...opposing cratons, e.g., the Grenville rocks of the North American craton from probably more ancient Precambrian...discovery of 2-billion-year or older rocks in eastern North America or, alternatively, Grenville rocks
Report (issue)
the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity, North Carolina and Tennessee By BRUCE BRYANT and JOHN C. REED...Chilhowee Group --------------------------- 45 Slices north of the Grandfather Mountain window ------------...Ridge and Valley and Ridge belts in parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, and southern Virginia. 4. Geologic...volcanic rocks of the Aleutian Islands, rocks of the Carolina slate belt, and graywackes ______ 77. N&O :K20...rocks of the Aleutian Islands and rocks of the Carolina slate belt ________________ 78. Variation diagram
Report (issue)
The Ore Knob Copper Deposit North Carolina, and Other Massive Sulfide Deposits of the Appalachians GEOLOGICAL...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 558 The Ore Knob Copper Deposit North Carolina, and Other Massive Sulfide Deposits of the...mine, New Hampshire_____________________ Orange County copper district, Vermont___________ Sulphur Mine...Cullowhee mine, North Carolina__________________ Elk Knob copper deposit, North Carolina._________ Ducktown...part of Virginia and North Carolina. 2. Plan of levels, Ore Knob mine, North Carolina. 3. Longitudinal projections
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Ashe Metamorphic Suite of northwestern North Carolina, USA Loren A. Raymond, Arthur Merschat & R. Kelly...the Ashe Metamorphic Suite of northwestern North Carolina, USA, International Geology Review, 58:7, 874-912...the Ashe Metamorphic Suite of northwestern North Carolina, USA Loren A. Raymonda, Arthur Merschatb and R...State University, Boone, NC, USA; bUS Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA; cDepartment of Geology and Geography...Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY Metaultramafic rocks
Report (issue)
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE MAGNETITE ORES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE.1 By W. S. BAYLEY. INTRODUCTION...DISTRIBUTION. The iron ores of western North Carolina and Carter County, Tenn., comprise brown hematite (limonite...of North Carolina have increased in importance. Brown ore and magnetite produced in western North Carolina...353 60,593 43,483 44,482 o From reports of North Carolina Geol. and Econ. Survey and Mineral Resources...total recorded .production of magnetite from North Carolina is about 1,331,600 tons and of brown hematite
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
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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...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...n t h e e a r l y 1840's i n b o t h N o r t h Carolina and Georgia. C r y s t a l s were recovered f
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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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
 
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