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Zircon from
Stokes 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 Stokes County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:947249
Long-form Identifier:1:3:947249:5
GUID (UUID V4):50205724-90d3-4891-9a44-9a8ebaf66fb4
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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 (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)
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
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)
Deposits between the Yadkin and Dan Rivers, North Carolina and Virginia--------- ------------ ___-___-_-____-_--_-...Drilling data, Yadkin River drainage basin, Surry County, N.C.--- 2. -- 5. __ .._ . 9 ------- ----...Drilling data, Dan River drainage basin, Surry and Stokes Counties, N.C. 3. _ ----- ---- -_-_ -- 20...Drilling data, Oconee River drainage basin, Oconee County, Ga.-------------------------------------------...Drilling data, Flint River drainage basin, Spalding County Ga.------------------------------------------------
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)
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)
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
Report (issue)
North Carolina State Library jleigh ( f t NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN RALEIGH...RALEIGH 1958 G. CONRAD Norffe Carolir* St** NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN G. CONRAD...Jefferson F. J. BOLING Siler City H. C. BUCHAN, JR North Wilkesboro SCROOP W. ENLOE, JR Spruce Pine VOIT
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1988 OFFICERS President: Kenneth A. Gillon BP Minerals America 1112 Mill...Department of Earth Sciences University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC 28403 Secretary-Treasurer:...Anthropology Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC 28723 H. Lee Mitchell South Carolina Water Resources...of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695 Wayne V...ZONE OF THE SAURATOWN MOUNTAINS ANTICLINORIUM, NORTH CAROLINA TEUNIS HEYN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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
Catalog/List
ard's Natural Science Establishment, .l nc. 302 NORTH GOODiVf.•\N STREF.T P. 0. Bo'x 24, BEECHll"OOD...Albemarle Counly, Virginia ... Custer County, Colorado . Albemarle County, Virginia . Near Mesaba, l\linnesola...New York . San Juan County, Colorado Delta, Shasta County, California . Boulder County, Colorado .. ...... Massachusetts Mt. Shasta, California " Lyon County, Nevada Hillsborough, New Brnnswick Keeseville...York " " " .Near Keene, NC\\' York . Essex County, New York Rochester, New York Split Rock, Minnesota
Report (issue)
pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ _______________________...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...and other units in the Big Bess pegmatite, Gaston County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Report (issue)
arawak and North Borneo _________________ _ Sarawak _____________________________ _ North BorneO----...________ _ North Island_____ ------------- ________ _ Antarctica ________________________________ _ North Am...124 126 127 130 Monazite localities-Continued North America-Continued United States of America-Continued...Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer
Book (edition)
LAZULI TURQUOISE GARNET ONYX • PERIDOT* • ZIRCON • CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • ...SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE WILLEMITE ZIRCON CRYSTALS Crystal forms 5 velopment of one face...plains have been buried deep under debris brought north by glaciers or washed down down from have been...Diamonds have been found in the United way from North Carolina to California and from Wisconsin. Some are...are found in the rock in which spare North America. States, all the Georgia to they were created by volcanic
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
Catalog/List
enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...and cerium orthosilicate Massive; Virginia or N. Carolina ......... ... ...... . Orthite, high grade; Norway...60 .25 .25 .40 .40 .80 .80 ALVITE (altered zircon, hafnium-bearing) Fragments; Norway .............Smaragdite Green xline, with pink corundum; N. Carolina .. ... . Tremolite Fibrous, coarse, greenish-gray;...metasilicate) "Asbestos", fibrous with talc; North Carolina ........ ANTHRACITE-See Mineral Coal I ANTIMONY
Catalog/List
cerium orthosilicate) Massive; Vii·ginia or N. Carolina ....... ..... .. .... Orthite, high grade; Norway... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALVITE (altered zircon, hafnium-bearing) XI-fragment; Norway, lr", 10¢...PH IBOLE-Cont'd Smaragdite Green xline mass; N. Carolina ...................... •. Tremolite XI prism,...metasilicate) "Asbestos,'' fibrous with talc; North Carolina ... . . .25 .50 .10 .25 .50 .35 1.50.... ... ..... .. . .. ... XI-scales on rock; N. Carolina ... ..... ..... .. ............ .60 .50 .35
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
Catalog/List
cerium orthosilicate) Massive; Virginia, or N. Carolina ................. . 34 Orthite, high grade; Norway...Smaragdite Green xline, with pink corundum, North Carolina . . . 92 Tremolite Fibrous, coarse, greenish-gray...metasilicate) "Asbutos", fibrous with talc; North Carolina . . . . . . . . . 17 ANTHRACITE-See Mineral.... . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Xline, white; South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....orthosilicatc} Cleavages, black; Canada and North Carolina . . . .. . ..33 BISMUTITE (A basic bismuth
Report (issue)
in the western Piedmont of Virginia^ North Carolina^ South Carolina^ and Georgia^ and methods used to appraise...Savannah River-Catawba River area, South Carolina-North Carolina ______________ Rock types._______________________..._________________________ Yadkin River-Dan River area, North Carolina-Virginia. ____________________ Oconee River..._____-_-_ High-alumina minerals. _____________---Zircon. __________-__-----_------------Garnet. _ ____...ilmenite, and garnet. 3. Monazite and xenotime. 4. Zircon. 5. Map showing abundance of ThOz and UjOg. 6.
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...g e s w 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...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...n t h e e a r l y 1840's i n b o t h N o r t h Carolina and Georgia. C r y s t a l s were recovered f
Report (issue)
under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley Authority Physical...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Falley Authority UNITED...Production of sheet and punch mica, 1912-14, in North Carolina, the Southeastern States, and the entire United...United States Geological Survey, the State of North Carolina, and the Tennessee Valley Authority, involved...in the States of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. This report includes
Book (volume)
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...townagate, 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...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches
 
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