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Milky Quartz from
Henderson Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Milky Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Milky Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Henderson Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:924763
Long-form Identifier:1:3:924763:5
GUID (UUID V4):616d1a47-c082-419c-8813-725b18705219
Nearest other occurrences of Milky Quartz
23.0km (14.3 miles) Branson Mine, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
28.2km (17.5 miles) Laughlin Mine (Lytton; Brown Hill; Delph; Delk; Delft; Empire; Miller), Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) Troutman Mine (Trautman Mine), Gold Hill Mining District, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA
29.3km (18.2 miles) Norwood Quartz Quarry, Norwood, Stanly County, North Carolina, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) Silver Valley Mine (Spring Valley Mine), Silver Valley, Cid Mining District, Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
30.8km (19.2 miles) Silver Hill Mine, Silver Hill, Silver Hill Mining District, Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) Parish Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
39.3km (24.4 miles) Redding Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
39.6km (24.6 miles) Merrill prospect, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
39.9km (24.8 miles) New Sawyer Mine (Powell; Ross), Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA by P. Albert Carpenter, m Reprinted...deposits of the slate belt Distribution of mines and prospects Previous investigations Mine descriptions...descriptions Alamance County Copper prospect Foust copper mine Robeson gold prospect Cabarrus County Allman prospect...Buffalo mine Cabarrus? mine Clinemine Crayton mine Furniss mine Eva Furr mine Isenhour mine ..; : Newellmine...Nugget mine Phoenix mine Pioneer Mills mine Propst mine Quaker City mine Reed mine Rocky River mine Silver
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...great many very interesting and unique forms of quartz crystals and rutiles, and has added a great number... me some and to, lias of the novel forms of quartz crys- furnished some valuable notes also of
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA C. HENRY KING, FRANKUNVILLE, N.C. ALAMANCE—The North State pyrophyllite mine is located...to collectors for a fee. Bronzite, tourmaline, quartz xls, and rutile found here. BRUNSWICK—Fossilized...by the Indians. ALLEGHANY—The Crouse manganese mine near Sparta has produced an interesting suite of...magnetite, alleghanyite, rhodonite, spessartite, quartz, calcite, and tephroite. ANSON—About two miles...Triassic sandstone belt, which is goldbearing. ASHE—Site of the Ore Knob copper mine in the eastern part
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IsotopeStudiesto MassiveSulfideand Vein Depositsof the Carolina Slate Belt STEPHEN A. KISH AND P. GEOFFREY FEISS ...Department of Geology,Universityof North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 Abstract Samplesof ore...Carolinaslatebelt of the Charlotte2ø quadrangle,North Carolina,havebeenanalyzed.In generalthesedeposits are...with the peak metamorphism in the North Carolina portionof the Carolina slatebelt. Introduction a mult...0861-0128/82/07/852-1152.50 352 Pb ISOTOPE STUDIES, CAROLINA SLATE BELT mixingof severalisotopically heterogeneous
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)
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. Copper occurs with complex sulfide ores in quartz veins in the metamorphic rocks of the 10- Piedmont...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Silicates Quartz (Rock Crystal) (Amethyst) (Green quartz) (Cairngorm) (Blue quartz) (Rose quartz) (Star...(Star quartz) (Chalcedony) (Agate) (Prase) ' (Onyx) (Jasper) (Opal) Tridymitc Qf-Christobalitc Phcnakirc Olivine...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Miller Davis, 211-212 Guaranty Savings Bldg., Montgomery, Ala. The map received covers the Riddle's Mill...Mill Dist. (gold deposits) of Talladega County, Ala. It is 8l/ 2 x 11 and sells for Si, we believe. ALASKA—"I...corundum prospect in the Sacaton Mountains, 10 miles north of Casa Grande (Pinal Co.), Ariz. The corundum deposit...Diamonds is the only genuine diamond crater in North America. It is a tourist attraction and opened year...several recent trips to Clear Creek, San Benito County, Calif., have shown that the jadeite boulders in
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...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
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
Book
artist as well, mainly for its role in rutilated quartz and star sapphire. These minerals are also important...occasionally faceted, that looks very similar to rutilated quartz is the so-called it the stones tend to be so dark...plays in creating asterism in star sapphire tilated quartz, working it into attractive faceted stones, and...RJL34I5 Figure 4. A fine example of rutilated quartz crystals from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Specimen is... Introduction Figure 5. Freeform cabochons of rutilated quartz from Brazil, totaling about I00 carats. One can
Journal (issue)
Mineral Collector. Quartz and its Varieties. By Albert C. Bates. PART I. QUARTZ is the most widely distributed...earth. The varieties of form and color embraced in quartz are infinite. Its beauty and usefulness in many...minerals include a greater number of specimens of quartz than of any other single species. As it is well...species, and to this class I belong, selecting quartz in the belief that it is the ideal mineral . The...first, because it con sists almost entirely of quartz, and, second, to give an idea of how small a space
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_________________________________________...Quartzite_________________________________________ Quartz-microcline gneiss____________________________ Intrusive..._______________________________ ---___ Charlotte belt __________________________________ -_---_--___ Metamorphosed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geochemical study of the Sweet Home Mine, Colorado Mineral Belt, USA: hydrothermal fluid evolution above...# Springer-Verlag 2008 Abstract Deposition of quartz–molybdenite–pyrite–topaz– muscovite–fluorite and...fluorite–rhodochrosite mineralization at the Sweet Home Mine occurred coeval with the final stage of magmatic...distribution in fluorite suggest that the early-stage quartz–molybdenite–pyrite–topaz–muscovite–fluorite minerEditorial...Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA T. Pettke Institute of Geological Sciences, University
Report (volume)
Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...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;
Book
of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...of Chemis(O-) try, &c. in the University of North Carolina. INDEX, ERRATA. Page " " " 11 under BRUNSWICK...114, 123, and 124, for Basanite read Siliceous Slate. 2, line 10, 3, (J. " " " 72, line 1, add (C...from the top, for north read mouth. " 8 from the top, add T. JV. after copper. NORTH PROVIPotstone. MARKET...less to 5 in m. a coarse grained granite, of North Yarmouth, W. Garnet, manganesian, massive, at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OF THE RHODOLITE DEPOSIT, MASONS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA E. Wu. Herxntcn, LlniversityoJMi,chigan,Ann...which occurs on Masons Mountain, Macon County, North Carolina, and consisted originally of rhodolite...anthophyllite-biotite gneiss. Later solutions, which developed quartz and sillimanite with minor rutile and graphite...graphite, accompanied pegmatites that contain quartz, feldspar, biotite, kyanite, staurolite, muscovite, and...garnet localities in Macon County, North Carolina, are about six airline miles north of Franklin, along the
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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Report (issue)
--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --...-----------------------------Pima County -------------------------------Pinal County -------------------------------Santa...-------Santa Cruz County --------------------------'ravapai County -----------------------------'ruma
Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE FOR NORTH CAROLINA EON ERA PERIOD EPOCH GEOLOGIC...GEOLOGIC EVENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA Recent Deposition of sediments in Coastal Plain. Erosion of Piedmont...Pliocene o Phosphate deposited in eastern North Carolina (Beaufort and Pamlico Counties). Miocene ...E u o E n Formation of the Atlantic Ocean as North America and Africa drifted apart. Weathering and...Piedmont and Mountains. 240 Final collision of North America and Africa.Thrust faulting in west; deformation
Report (volume)
......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...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
Journal (issue)
Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho; Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite...Fluorite from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway;...in Calcite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia; Novacekite from the Brumado mine, Brazil; Elbaite from Nuristan...San Benito County, California; Spinel from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald from the Coscuez mine, Colombia....aquamarine (right), 5.1 inches, from the Pioniera mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Freilich Collection. ♦ 4
 
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