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Zircon from
Gaston County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:820797
Long-form Identifier:1:3:820797:5
GUID (UUID V4):f178e631-37d9-4bd1-b64d-8e92da31b489
Localities for Zircon in this Region
Big Bess Mine (M. S. Bess Mine; M. M. Carpenter Mine), Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
E. R. Self Mine (Old Neale Mine), Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
LCA Mine, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
The Pinnacle Kyanite Prospects, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
Will Knox Sillimanite Property, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Li Exploration: An Example from the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt, USA Michael A. Wise 1 , Russell S. Harmon...Li Exploration: An Example from the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt, USA. Minerals 2022, 12, 77. https:// doi...20560, USA; wisem@si.edu Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University...University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; accurry3@ncsu.edu (A.C.); dkhashc@ncsu.edu (D.K.) SciAps, Inc., 7...7 Constitution Way, Woburn, MA 01801, USA; mjennings@sciaps.com Piedmont Lithium, Inc., 5706 Dallas Cherryville
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]...separately. Price $2.50. XVI. The Paleozoic Fishes of North America, by John Strong Newberry. 1889. 4°. 340
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...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished...also obtained quite an extended survey list Gaston, Lincoln and elsewhere. And list of mineral
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...brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2 many new and rare species. The Mica veins...list of mineral localities of the neigh- ties in Gaston, Lincoln From Mr. •also also G. B. boring gold...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably
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)
Slate __ . Halifax County Other localities North Carolina Hagers Mountain, Person County.- _.______ Corbett...Corbett deposit, Johnston County Burnsville-Swannanoa area, Buncombe, Yancey, and Mitchell Counties ________...________ ____ Rutherford County Other localities North Carolina-South Carolina Kings Mountain district, Cleveland...Cleveland, Gaston, and Lincoln Counties, N.C., and York County, S.C. ._ __-__ ____ --- ---General geology...CONTENTS Page Kyanite deposits Continued North Carolina-South Carolina Continued Kings Mountain district, etc
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...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals...Cleveland, and Gaston Counties, tore-earths occur with sulfides in vein|j deposits in Cabarrus County. 21 22
Report (issue)
pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ _______________________...between pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...bulge in the hanging wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight...granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Same granite...and other units in the Big Bess pegmatite, Gaston County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Report (issue)
Map of the Kings Mountain Districtt North Carolina and South Carolina. «« . Structure Sketch Map of the...Mountain-flenry Knob aroa, Gaston County, North Carolina and York County* South Carolina. Geologic Map of tha...f Lincoln and Gaston Counties, North Carolina* Geologic J'ap of Henry Knob, Tork County, South C-rolina...property, Gaaton County, North Carolina Geologic Map of The Pinnacle, Gaston County, North Carolina Geologic...Geologic Hap of the North End of Clubb Mountain, Lincoln County, North Carolina Geologic map of the Will Khox
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Number 20 mine near Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina. Author’s specimen and photo. Volume...specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. muth, and arsenic to zircon, tourmaline, fluorite, carbonates, and sulfides;...the famous Palermo and Ruggles mines in Grafton County, New Hampshire; dendritic uraninite intergrowths...Bedford, WestChester County, and from a locality at Richville Station, St. Lawrence County, New York. Uraninite...from Avondale, Chester County; from Upland and near Vera Cruz, Lehigh County; and from a site near Fairmount
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_________________________________________...crystalline rocks in South Carolina. 2. Map showing geologic belts in South Carolina. 3. Map of the main metamorphic...metamorphic facies in South Carolina. 4. Map showing location of samples used for age determinations of
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...PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ,~O NOT REMOVE...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain, North Carolina REVISITED, 1984 JACK HANAHAN Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina 28012...of the dumps. The quarry is located in Cleveland County in the tinspodumene belt that is about a mile wide...stretching from Gaffney, South Carolina, to Lincolnton, North Carolina. The material quarried is a qu...division at Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, North Carolina. Figure 4: Micro switzerke, Foote quarry...Corporation of America mine near Bessemer City, North Carolina, just a few miles from Kings Mountain, of­
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DIAMONDS of North Carolina WILLIAM J . FURBISH Geology Department Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708...and romantic lure for man since antiquity. North Carolina is no exception; in fact, the state has a rich...gold in 1799 (United States mint returns for North Carolina appeared in 1793) and a diamond find in 1843...during the early to mid-nineteenth century when North Carolina led the states in gold production, just before...suspect that gold mining occurred early in North Carolina recorded history and probably well before.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite...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
Report (volume)
further subdivided by geographic areas (State and county) and by subjects, which include general, geology...the White Mountains, Mono County, Calif., and near Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nev. KYANITE Kyanite generally...Baker Mountain, Prince Edward County, and Willis Mountain, Buckingham County, in Virginia, and at Henry...Henry Knob, near Clover, York County, S.C. These are the only deposits now producing kyanite in the United...which are now being exploited for titanium and zircon. Eventually they may be recovered as byproducts
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
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 (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...3 Mining Methods and Recovery 3 Gold in North Carolina 5 History of Mining 5 Production 7 General...Deposits of North Carolina 12 Eastern Carolina Belt 12 Portis Mine 14 Other Mines 14 Carolina Slate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GRANITES OF NORTH CAROLINA.' CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. DISTRIBUTION OF THE GRANITES. TYPES OF THE GRANITES...REGION. General characters. The northeastern Carolina Granite Belt. Lithological characters. The Raleigh...Mountain area. The Mooresville area. The Mecklenburg county areas. The Western Piedmont gneiss and Granite...Published by permission of the state geologist of North Carolina. 373 THOMAS L. WATSON 374 STRUCTURAL FEATURES...on a study of the granites and gneisses of North Carolina during the past field season, while I was engaged
Report (issue)
CI &£ c*z NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT BEN E. DOUGLAS, DIRECTOR DIVISION...BULLETIN NUMBER 67 THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY RICHARD J. COUNCILL UN 11 &» RALEIGH 1954...1954 •^^CAHOUNAS SSU^UBftwy NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT BEN E. DOUGLAS...BULLETIN NUMBER 67 THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NORTH CAROLINA By RICHARD J. COUNCILL RALEIGH 1954 MEMBERS...Canton S. ALLEN Durham W. B. AUSTIN Jefferson North Wilkesboro CARL BUCHAN, JR SCROOP W. ENLOE, JR
Report (volume)
natural pink topaz. In a similar manner a colored zircon may be heat-treated and thereby become colorless...(emerald, aquamarine), spodumene (kunzite, hiddenite), zircon, and gem varieties of feldspar, topaz, and quartz...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...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:
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
Report (issue)
Radioactive rare-earth deposit at Scrub Oaks mine, Morris County, New Jersey, by Harry Klemic, A. V. Heyl, Jr.,...deposits of the St. Regis-Superior area, Mineral County, Montana, by Arthur B. Campbell.____________________...mineral deposits of the Carlile quadrangle, Crook County, Wyoming, by M. H. Bergendahl, R. E. Davis, and...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1082-A A report on the zircon resources of .^Florida and other areas in the Coastal...the Southeastern Atlantic States; a report on the zircon resources of Florida and other areas in the Coastal
 
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