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Plagioclase from
Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:842751
Long-form Identifier:1:3:842751:9
GUID (UUID V4):ea177540-67f5-4c9d-ba7f-81d9ee4f92cb
References
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Report (issue)
6 7. Photomicrograph of polycrystalline plagioclase porphyroblast (Barlow Gneiss Member) embedded...onega go.ld belt extending from Canton in Cherokee County Georgia, is a narrqw, ~et;~uence of r-ock units...units that can be northeastward to the Georgia~ North Carolina State line, and mapped.f.rom <1t least the...geologic information on this eastward to the Georgia-North t~rolina'State line, a distance area of potential...Coi.ihty northeastward to. the Georgia-rNorth Carolina State line. ,,• ,.,._. , '·'': , ... ,, Pumpkinvine
Report (issue)
Purpose _ __ _ _ _ _ STRATIGRAPHY Metamorphic Belts Carolina Series Definition Gneiss Facies _ _ Schist Facies...the vicinity of Tate and Marble Hill in Pickens County. Talc, ground for fillers and cut into pencils...obtained from Fort and Cohutta mountains in Murray county. Sheet mica is produced from many districts in...suitable for grinding is produced at Hartwell in Hart County. The kyanite-mica schists of Rabun and Habersham...years. Chlorite and sericite mined in Pickens and Cherokee counties are ground and sold as fillers. Feldspar
Report (issue)
THE GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORIGIN OF PEGMATITES CHEROKEE-PICKENS DISTRICT, GEORGIA Alexander J. Gunow and Gregory...Toonlgh Creek, Cherokee County. THE GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORIGIN OF PEGMATITES CHEROKEE-PICKENS DISTRICT...for muscovite samples from pegmatites within the Cherokee-Pickens district ... . 0 ••• 0 • 0 ••• ••...values in ppm) for pegmatitic muscovite from the Cherokee-Pickens district, in comparison with muscovite...11. Geologic map of the Cochran pegmatite, Cherokee County, Georgia . . ......... . ................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Georgia (Cook 1982), Tennessee (Paris 2011), North Carolina (Kenny Gay, pers. comm., 2012; Wilson and ...Bassett Stone Company quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, ca. 1962. Shown are the older underground...from the Bassett Stone quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Catnip Hill facility near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing...Catnip Hill facility, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing
Report (issue)
chartoflithologic units in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 31 9. Modal analyses of felsic igneous rocks north of the Brevard fault zone . . . . . . . . . . ....Austell, Sand Hill, Kennesaw and Dallas gneisses north of the Brevard zone. The oldest rocks present in...rocks that have many similarities to lithologies north 1 To produce a geologic map of an area as large...10911 0111 11211311411 511611711B119120- Rome North Shannon Adairsvi lie White West White East Waleska
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)
IN THE WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA PIEDMONT The Carroll County gold belt and the southwestern portion of the Dahlonega...Miners and workings at the Yorkville Mine, Paulding County (Circa 1930). Photo courtesy of Georgia Department...IN THE WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA PIEDMONT The Carroll County gold belt and the southwestern portion of the Dahlonega.... 26 List of Plates 1. Geology of the Carroll County gold belt and southwestern portion of the Dahlonega...IN THE WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA PIEDMONT The Carroll County gold belt and the southwestern portion of the Dahlonega
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 20013, USA Keywords: epidote, chemistry, pegmatites. INTRODUCTION...pegmatites typically consist of K-feldspar þ quartz þ plagioclase (albite to oligoclase) and display moderate internal...Lick Ridge, North Carolina. (C) Fine-grained epidote replacing pegmatite, San Diego County, California...Zoned gabbro pegmatites of Eureka Peak, Plumas County, California. Journal of Geology 67, 253–268. MAGLOUGHLIN...epidote bearing leucotrondjhemite pegmatite from the North Cascades, Washington. Geological Society of America
Report (issue)
COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing............................................. 170 County Index ...........................................from Washington and Bleck ley counties to Irwin county. Some minerals described herein have never been...vicinity, and amethyst from Charlies Creek in Towns County. The great diversity of Georgia's mineral wealth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Genesisof Gold Depositsof the Dahlonegaand Carroll County Gold Belts, Georgia JERRYM. GERMAN GeorgiaGeologicSurvey...Togetherthesebeltscanbe tracedacross Georgiafrom Alabamato North Carolinaand consistof at least217 abandonedminesand...UniveterFormation.Mostgolddepositsof the Dahlonega and Carroll County belts can be groupedinto six districts:the Villa...smallerscale(Yeates called the Dahlonegaand the Carroll County gold et al., 1896). belts.Thesebeltscanbe tracedacross...discoveredin Georgia in 1829. For Alabamato North Carolina(Fig. 2) andconsistof at about20 years,Georgiawasoneof
Report (issue)
Residual boulders of massive kyanite, Pickens County. ·~· LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines...previously known only from India were discovered in Cherokee, Pickens, and Dawson counties. Both of these minerals...-- _ SILLIMANITE IN TOWNS COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND CLAY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA--------------------------Location... Residual boulders of massive kyanite, Pickens County. Figure 1. Sillimanite crystals in biotite. gneiss...Hart County ________________ 14 Figure 2. Oglethorpe formation, on Burnt Mountain, Pickens County, containing
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)
Descriptions of deposits. ________________________ Upson County ___ _ ________________________ Bell mine. ____...Continued Descriptions of deposits— Continued Upson County—Continued Blount No. 1 mine __ _____________ ——...Introduction: Field work and acknowledgments- ___ Cherokee and Pickens Counties __ _______________ General...Part 10. Outlying deposits in Georgia—Continued Cherokee and Pickens Counties—Continued Descriptions of...prospects.-_____________ Forsyth County.___________________________ Hall County------____-__--_-___-____________
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...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...country rock, and certain granitic gneisses of the Carolina gneiss. Some of the associated pegmatites also
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
re-examined. Two new occurrences have been found, cherokee county, Georgia, and von der Rossa, val Devero, rtaly...Antique serpentine quarry near Holly Springs, Cherokee County, Georgia, exhibits only a small number of forms...j:? l1,T:;*1,:::n"' data obtained on the Cherokee County, Georgia, material. It could not be a mixture...antique serpentine quarry near Holly Springs, Cherokee County, Georgia. ap:apatite (hydroxylapatite), t:ialc...5. The talc used as reference was from Harford County, Maryland, U.S.N'M. #82519, and consists of clear
Report (issue)
NEAR SCHOOL HOUSE, LOT 110, 15th DJST., DeKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, SHOWING PEGMATITE DIKE IN MICA SCHIS'.............................................. . Carolina gneiss .................................................................................... . Carolina gneiss ............................................... . Baldwin County .......................................... . Warren County .............................................. . Columbia County .......................................... . Other counties
Report (volume)
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....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 (issue)
and the ''Corundum and Peridotites of Western North Carolina," by Joseph Hyde Pratt and ,Joseph Voltney...rocks .............•........•.••..........•..... Carolina gneiss ..................•.............•......................... 125-137 Asbestos deposits of North America .................................. 127-189...142-189 Rabun County ........ , ..................... , .................. 142-149 Towns County ............149-153 Habersham County...................................... , ...... 153-165 White County ............
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PETROLOGY OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA GRANITES' THOMAS LEONARD WATSON Brooks Museum, University of Virginia...THE GEOLOGY OF THE CRYSTALLINE AREA The South Carolina area of crystalline rocks extends northwestward...Director of the U. S. Geological Survey. 2 South Carolina Geological Survey, 1908, Series IV, Bull. No.... 2, p. 505. 730 PETROLOGY OF SOUTH CAROLINA GRANITES 73I position and texture the gneisses indicate...some muscovite), much microcline and some acid plagioclase (oligoclase). The hornblende schists (amphibolites)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AsheFormationin North Carolina, and sulfidedepositsare similarto thoseseenin the Asheat Ore Knob,North Carolina... 1522 c. E. ABRAMSAND K. I. McCONNELL NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE GEORGIA % % •,?,,,,,...b•obtemuscowte-plagloclase gneiss and hornblendequartz-plagioclase Umveter gneiss. Formation i'i.•[]Losl Mountain...Ferry Gneissis predominantlya hornblende-quartz-plagioclase gneiss,characterized by low concentrations of...Somephasesconsistof a biotitemuscovite-quartz-plagioclase gneisswith 12- to 18in. layersof hornblendeg
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8...[University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mine—1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the
Catalog/List
Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....CROSSITE Sodium iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite...sodium potassium alumino-silicate Arizona Final County, Christmas Dark green cleavages in andesite ..
Report (volume)
......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY STUDIES OF PRECAMBRIAN AND PALEOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY IN THE WESTERN BLUE RIDGE...edited by STEPHEN A. K ISH November 9-10, 1991 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1991OFFICERS President: Vice-President:...Mitchell 1991Bill Hoffman Don Hathaway Vic Zuello Carolina Geological Society Field Trip 1991 Joseph G. Aylor...Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-1410 Carl Merschat North Carolina Geological Survey 59 Woodfin Place Asheville...Box 6666 New Haven CT 06511 Leonard Wiener North Carolina Geological Surve 59 Woodfin Place Asheville
 
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