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Zircon from
Lick Ridge, Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Ridge
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 Lick Ridge, Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:915281
Long-form Identifier:1:3:915281:6
GUID (UUID V4):5b496428-4b70-41e4-a364-6badacd0805f
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘFlat Rock Mine (Flat Rock pegmatite), Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘGouge Mine (Googe Mine), Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘEnglish Mine (English Knob Mine), Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘWiseman Mine (Old Mart Wiseman Mine; Sullins-Wiseman Mine), Greasy Creek Township, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘCrabtree Mine, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘCarolina Mineral Company No. 20 Mine (Old 20 Mine), Crabtree Creek, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
19.7km (12.2 miles) ⓘFanny Gouge Mine, Micaville, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘMcKinney Mine (Power Mill Creek Mine), Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘRay Mica Mine, Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘGrandfather Mountain, Linville, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
symplectites after clinopyroxene from the Appalachian Blue Ridge (ABR) and Western Gneiss Region (WGR) suggest that...Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, USA e-mail: edande0@uky.edu with slow/low overstepping;...Symplectite  Omphacite  Eclogite  Eastern Blue Ridge  Western Gneiss Region  P–T path  Retrograde...metabasites of the Blue Ridge Province of the southern Appalachian orogen (USA), and the Western Gneiss... Geological setting of samples Southern Blue Ridge (USA) Occurrences of HP rocks are rare within the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
history of eclogites from the Eastern Blue Ridge, North Carolina, USA F. Z. PAGE, E. J. ESSENE AND S. B. MUKASA...C.C. Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–1063, USA (fpage@umich.edu) ABSTRACT The prograde metamorphism...metamorphism. Eclogites from the Eastern Blue Ridge of North Carolina retain evidence of their prograde path...These eclogites, from the vicinity of Bakersville, North Carolina, USA are primarily comprised of garnet...collision in the early Palaeozoic. Key words: Blue Ridge; eclogite; prograde metamorphism; retrograde metamorphism;
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...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably...crease of more than 25 per cent. GEOLOGY OE NORTH CAROLINA. 4 than has been discovered in any other
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...within a few days, so that the having been of North Carolina list mineral species has been very considerably
Report (issue)
METAMORPHISM, AND TECTONICS OF THE BLUE RIDGE OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS: KEVIN G. STEWART MARK G. ADAMS...ADAMS CHARLES H. TRUPE CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1997 FIELD TRIP AND ANNUAL MEETING Trip Leaders:...Loren Raymond Banner Elk, North Carolina September 26-28, 1997 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1997 FIELD...METAMORPHISM, AND TECTONICS OF THE BLUE RIDGE OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Edited by: Kevin G. Stewart Department...Department of Geology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315 Mark G. Adams Department of
Report (issue)
the Mount Rogers area, revisited, Blue Ridge, VA–NC–TN Carolina Geological Society Annual Field Trip October...the Mount Rogers area, revisited, Blue Ridge, VA–NC–TN Carolina Geological Society Annual Field Trip October...Merschat, Scott Southworth, Crystal G. Wilson i Carolina Geological Society http://carolinageologicalsociety...University of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken, SC Lee Phillips Univeristy of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro...Opening and Closing of the Iapetus Ocean, Blue Ridge, VA– NC–TN ....................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 20013, USA Keywords: epidote, chemistry, pegmatites. INTRODUCTION...epidote-bearing pegmatites may include allanite, titanite, zircon, Cabearing zeolites, axinite-(Fe), prehnite, apatite...fracture, 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
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
Report (issue)
of Lick Ridge, one of the minor elevations of the Appalachian Mountains, at Brinton, Floyd County, Va...the region has been called by Arthur Keith * the Carolina gneiss and is of pre-Cambrian age. In places the...On the crest of Lick Ridge, which is here only »Personal communication. The Carolina gneiss is described...a vein of milky quartz several feet thick. The ridge follows the east-west strike of the schist, which...entered by an adit opening on the south side of the ridge, perhaps 100 feet below the summit and about the
Book
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...l a c h i a n s a r e t h e spectacular B l u e Ridge a n d S m o k y M o u n t a i n r a n g e s w h...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 t h...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
Book (volume)
along the southern slopes and ridges of the Pine Ridge Escarpment and along Whiteclay Creek near the Sioux...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...townï‚Ÿagate, 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
Book (volume)
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
Book (volume)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2007a; Nakano et al., 2007b), the Appalachian Blue Ridge (Anderson & Moecher, 2007; Page, Essene, & Mukasa...– examples are the Hengshan granulite complex (North China Craton, 1.9-1.8 Ga, Zhao, Cawood, Wilde, &...(rutile, quartz, plagioclase, apatite, zoisite, zircon, chlorite and carbonate). Additionally, several...analyses may lead to a slight overestimation of the zircon formation temperature by ~ 10 °C. As a result,...high-pressure metabasites in southern Appalachian Blue Ridge via Taconic continental subduction beneath the Laurentian
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...deposits in 11 crystalline rocks west of the Blue Ridge. 12 complex ores of gold, copper, lead, zinc,...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals
Book
Beauchamp Geology and Geophysics, Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta...Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA Email: Ronald.Blakey@nau.edu Peter M. Burgess Department...Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA Email: fettens@uky.edu William E. Galloway Department...Geological Sciences, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA Email: galloway@mail.utexas.edu Martin R. Gibling...Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Email: ringer@ess.ucla.edu L.S. Lane Geological Survey
 
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