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Quartz from
May Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view May Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:873731
Long-form Identifier:1:3:873731:1
GUID (UUID V4):9a2c743e-4ce7-45b8-8e9a-765a0d7cacbb
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.5km (0.3 miles) Mack Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Beasley No. 1 Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Horn-Blaine Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Beasley No. 2 Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Cow Ridge Mine (Hall Mine), Macon County, North Carolina, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Shotgun Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Pine Ridge Mine, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
2.3km (1.5 miles) Gum Gap Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) Bettys Creek Mine, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) Buzzard Roost Mine (Coward Mountain Mine), Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...character which a number of these mines have yielded, may be noted the following light a great number larger...great many very interesting and unique forms of quartz crystals and rutiles, and has added a great number
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...this character which a these mines have yielded, may be noted the following: RARE MINERALS FOUND IN THE...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished
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
Report (issue)
.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...THULITE AND PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ,~O...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...Additional copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources...their industrial and economic utilization as it may consider necessary." In carrying out its duties under
Report (issue)
Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...Additional copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources...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)
noRm c ult * 4 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE, DIRECTOR...MICA DEPOSITS OF THE FRANKLIN-SYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA BY J. C. OLSON AND OTHERS PREPARED BY GEOLOGICAL...WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH 1946 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT...MICA DEPOSITS OF THE FRANKLIN SYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA By J. C. OLSON and Others PREPARED BY GEOLOGICAL...DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR IN COOPERATION WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
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...June 25,1932. 148 JOURNAL MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Quartz Rock Crystal Amethyst Citrine Smoky RoseQuartz...Sphene Rutile Octahedrite Cassiterite Hematite (in quartz) Pyrite Bronzite Hypersthene Pyroxene Diopside...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite
Report (issue)
3 : ^> I North C: 3 Library NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS...BULLETIN NUMBER 61 SILLIMANITE DEPOSITS in North Carolina BY LEWIS J. HASH AND EARL C. YAN HORN EDITED...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1951 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...DEPOSITS in North Carolina By LEWIS J. HASH and EARL C. VAN HORN Edited by KEFTON H. TEAGUE North Carolina...Raleigh, North Carolina April 19, 1951 To His Excellency, HONORABLE W. KERR SCOTT Governor of North Carolina
Report (issue)
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 / by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [etaf...Geology—Tennessee. 2. Geology—North Carolina. 3. Geology—South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources—Tennessee...and mineral resources—North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II...Cashiers District 47 Feldspar 47 Kaolin 48 Mica 48 Quartz 49 Zircon 49 Other Industrial Minerals 49 Barite
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gemstones of North Carolina By GEORGE A. BRUCE, International Import Company 604 Peachtree Street, N...Atlanta 8, Georgia "The Land of the Sky" that is North Carolina is also the Land of Gemstones. This beautiful...gems in North Carolina was Mr. C. W. Jenks. This was in 1871 when he opened the corundum mine on Corundum...near Franklin, Macon County. The next was the Buck Creek, or Cullakeenee Mine, in Clay County. This was followed...the mining of emeralds at Stony Point, Alexander County. These gem "pioneers" pointed the way and their
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 (volume)
........................................ 54 In quartz-schist...__.._..___.__..__..____.._..-..________...and syenite-pegmatite _....-..-.-.-.---.--... In quartz-porphyry ........................................-...----...------.-.---.--..-.-..._.. Origin in quartz-schist....--...............----..--.-.-................-...-...---------------...-.-.-.--.. North Carolina ______________________________________________................................._........... North Carolina ___..__._....._..._______..__._.____..._.____
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)
APLITE-PEGMATITES OF THE FRANKLINSYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA1 E. Wu. IIerNnrcn, The Unitersity of Michigan...Aesrnncr The Franklin-Sylva district of southern North Carolina contains a number of rnultiphase, composite...chiefly in southwestern North Carolina (Haywood, Jackson,Transylvania, Macon and Clay Counties),with...southeastern part extending southwestward into Rabun County, Georgia (Griffitts et al., 1946; Oison el al....petrologically simplified mappable units: the Carolina "formation"-dominantly biotitic gneiss, and the
Report (issue)
MICA, GRAPHITE, ETC. MICA DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA/ By DOUGLAS B. STERKETT. INTRODUCTION. Though...relative rank, are given by G. CK Smith 6 as North Carolina, Colorado, New Hampshire, Georgia, South Dakota...the total production, amounting to $201,155, North Carolina is credited with over two-fifths. During some...domestic production. The mica deposits of western North Carolina have been examined by several.investigators-in...work by the writer, under the direction of the North Carolina Geological Survey, chiefly during the field
Report (volume)
North Carolina State Library Gift of "JYortk (^arolinti ^Ihranj 0 Digitized by the Internet Archive...in 2019 with funding from State Library of North Carolina https://archive.org/details/corundumperidoti01prat...OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT and JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS North Carolina State Library...Library Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY J. A. HOLMES, STATE GEOLOGIST VOLUME I CORUNDUM AND...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT AND JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA 1905
Report (volume)
weight measurement. The color of four popular gems may be changed by heat treatment or dyeing. Only the...the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best quality...results. The six crystal systems in which gem stones may form are: isometric, hexagonal, tetragonal, orthorhombic...stone may be determined by scratching it with another mineral or with a knife blade. This may mutilate...Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each
Book (edition)
the various also types of gem materials you may be seeking. In addition, you will here find...deep satisfaction of creating beauty. The amateur may it also find, if is collector profit in as well...because of their brilliance ( as in Gem stones may diamonds ) , be beautiful their color as in ...gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4
Report (issue)
along the North Carolina – Virginia State Line Guidebook for the 1999 Meeting of the CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL...along the North Carolina – Virginia State Line Guidebook for the 1999 Meeting of the CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL...Eastern Appalachian Piedmont along Lake Gaston, North Carolina and Virginia by Paul E. Sacks 16 Porphyroblast...case study in southern Virginia and northern North Carolina by J. Wright Horton, Jr., and David L. Daniels...study along the Hollister fault zone, eastern North Carolina by David P. Lawrence 49 A field guide to
Report (volume)
.......................................... North Carolina sapphires^......... ..........._.................... North Carolina..... .... ........................... ................. Macon County .............,.._, Sheffield mine .......... .......... .1...................... Clay County.. ........................................ Buck Creek or Cullakeenee mine.......................... Blue Ridge corundum tracts...tracts...................... ......... Jackson County ................ ..............................
Report (issue)
Geology and Industrial Mineral Resources of the Macon-Gordon Kaolin District, Georgia by I/ 2/ 3/ B.F...Geology and industrial mineral resources of the Macon-Gordon kaolin district, Georgia. 2. Structure...Formation in Macon-Gordon district, Georgia. Page Figure 1. Index map showing the location of the Macon-Gordon... Geology and Industrial Mineral Resources of the Macon-Gordon Kaolin District, Georgia by B.F. Buie ,...Patterson and Cathy L. Neeley , 3/ Abstract The Macon-Gordon kaolin district is about 80 miles (130 km)
Report (issue)
c C.2 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF...BULLETIN NUMBER 66 THE SCRAP MICA RESOURCES of NORTH CAROLINA BY SAM D. BROADHURST AND LEWIS J. HASH PREPARED...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1953 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...BULLETIN NUMBER 66 THE SCRAP MICA RESOURCES of NORTH CAROLINA By SAM D. BROADHURST and LEWIS J. HASH PREPARED...Raleigh, North Carolina March 25, 1953 To His Excellency, HONORABLE WM. B. UMSTEAD Governor of North Carolina
Report (issue)
i^orth Caro...ia ^.aie Library Raleigh NORTH ^c CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 58 Halloysite Deposits of Western North Carolina BY CHARLES E. HUNTER AND LEWIS J. HASH...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY In Cooperation with NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...Raleigh, North Carolina April 22, 1949 To His Excellency, Ron. W. Kerr Scott Governor of North Carolina...Bulletin 58, "Halloysite Deposits of Western North Carolina." This bulletin is another in the series being
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...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom
 
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