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Tourmaline from
Smith Mine, Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Smith Mine, Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:955342
Long-form Identifier:1:3:955342:2
GUID (UUID V4):03e13de9-364e-4542-8a93-3253ad1c2ae1
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
24.7km (15.3 miles) Early Vaughn Mine, Barnesville, Lamar County, Georgia, USA
24.8km (15.4 miles) Means prospect, Lamar County, Georgia, USA
27.8km (17.3 miles) J. T. Means Mine, Barnesville, Lamar County, Georgia, USA
34.4km (21.4 miles) Walker Prospect, Upson County, Georgia, USA
36.1km (22.4 miles) Herron Mine, Upson County, Georgia, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) Holmes Mine, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
36.8km (22.9 miles) Castlen Mine (Colbert Mine), Yatesville, Upson County, Georgia, USA
38.0km (23.6 miles) Battles Mine, Culloden, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
38.8km (24.1 miles) Stevens Mine (Rock Mica Mine), Yatesville, Upson County, Georgia, USA
40.7km (25.3 miles) Reynolds Mine, Upson County, Georgia, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Thomaston-Barnesville District, Georgia Part 10. Outlying Deposits in Georgia GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Thomaston-Barnesville District, Georgia Part 10. Outlying Deposits in Georgia By E. WM. HEINRICH, MONTIS R...___ History _ _________________________________ Mine workings and mining methods _ ________ Production...________________________ Upson County ___ _ ________________________ Bell mine. _____________________________...Partridge mine. ________________________ Maze prospeets______ ___________________ Atwater mine __________________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEORGIA Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX JENNINGS...JENNINGS B. GORDON, JR. P . O . Box 6214 Rome, Georgia 30162 Although perhaps best known for its gold, rutUe...rutUe, and staurolite (the state mineral), Georgia has, in fact, almost two hundred mineral species. ...have been reported and verified from the state of Georgia. The index has been compiled from the literature...be either a report on the economic geology of Georgia or a field guide for lapidaries, it excludes commercial
Report (issue)
GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES. MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director...BULLETIN NUMBER 48 MICA-BEARING PEGMATITES OF GEORGIA By A. S. FURCRON Assistant State Geologist and...< "'< Sheet Mica from the Early-Vaughn mine, Lamar County. J '\ LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL DEPARTMENT...herewith Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 48, "The Mica-Bearing Pegmatites of Georgia," by Dr....connection with the prosecution of the present war. Georgia is one of four or five states in the nation which
Book (edition)
ONYX • PERIDOT* • ZIRCON • CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • •... lOLITE k:^ RUBY /^^ RUTILE SAPPHIRE 1^ TOURMALINE CRYSTALS TOPAZ CRYSTALS 4 GEM hunter's GUIDE...six or eight different gem as color, its tourmaline may B are, in fact, A blue gem minerals...found many of stones, such as quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose
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... MINERALS OF GEORGIA: THEIR PROPERTIES AND OCCURRENCES by Robert B. Cook STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF............................................. 170 County Index ...........................................Page Table 1. Classification and composition of Georgia minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE
Book (volume)
Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States GEORGIA Georgia’s nearly 59,000 square miles makes it the...highest elevation in the state at 4,784 feet. 145 Georgia Beginning in the northwest, where the Lookout...mountains loom over rich agricultural valleys, Georgia easily divides into five major physiographic provinces...The first real Gold Rush in America occurred in Georgia following two simultaneous discoveries of Gold... some Ruby-red Corundum, Spodumene and Topaz. Georgia has been actively prospected for gold since colonial
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica...Scovil photo. May/June: Tourmaline on quartz, Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History...History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen, Harold and EricaVan Pelt photo. July/August: Amethyst and...Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen...309 Brochantite, New Hampshire, 416 Brookite, Dodo Mine, Subpolar Urals, Russia, R. B. Cook, 192-95 Buchholz
Report (issue)
Hook -VNS4K .C%K'5 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA W. S. YEATES, State Ceologist BULLETIN No....Preliminary Report on the Corundum DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA BY FRANCIS P. KING Assistant Geologist 1894...0OaJU\ e^o-^Lo^QyVhJO. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA W. S. YEATES, State Geologist BULLETIN No...2 A PRELIMINARY REPORT Corundum Deposits or GEORGIA FRANCIS P. KINO Assistant Geologist 1894 Atlanta...Geological of Georgia. (Ex-Officio). His Excellency, W. J. NORTHEN, Governor of Georgia, President
Report (volume)
INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTI8 SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 585 USEFUL MINERALS OF THE...respective States: Alabama.........Dr. Eugene A. Smith, University. Arkansas..........Dr. A. H. Purdue...Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia..........Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Illinois...University, Baltimore. Michigan..........Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr. A. C. Lane, Tufts College, Mass. Minnesota...Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel
Report (volume)
Secretary UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 624 USEFUL MINERALS OF THE................................................ Georgia..................................................their respective States: Alabama_____Dr. Eugene A. Smith, Universitv.Arizona_ ___Dr. Burt Ogburn, Phoenix...Florida-______Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia,_____Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Idaho______.Mr...Hopkins University, Baltimore. Michigan____Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr. A. C. Lane, Tufts College, Mass. Minnesota____Prof
Journal (issue)
Trapiche Crystals of Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire & Tourmaline Vivien Gornitz vgornitz@giss.nasa.gov A rare...chiastolite variety of andalusite, and more recently in tourmaline. The trapiche growth phenomenon has been variously...(Sunagawa, 1995; Hainschwang et al., 2007 [in tourmaline]); or exsolution (Hainschwang et al., 2007 [in...Magnet Cove Rutile Sixlings and Eightlings Art Smith artsmithite @msn.com The most sought after mineral...mineral from the Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas' intrusive ring-dike complex are the eightling
Report (volume)
all red stones: spinel, ruby, garnet, and rose tourmaline; the term "sapphire," to lapis lazuli and other..."emerald, " to chrysocolla and all other green stones (Smith, 1949, p. 175). Corundum was referred to as "oriental"...cabochori or rounded ut introduced by the Romans (Smith^l949, p. 141). The cabochon Was used for colored...stone originated in India in the 15th century (Smith, 1949, p. 142). The first faceted gems were diamonds...beauty of irregularly colored stones, such as tourmaline. UNIT OF WEIGHT The carat, meaning one-fifth
Report (volume)
America: Bulletin, Vol. X, 1899. Rochester, N. Y. Georgia Geological Survey, Bulletin, No. 6A and No. 7,...the districts of Nipissing, Ontario, and of the county of Pontiac, Quebec," by A. E. Barlow.] Jour, of...products. 21 Bain (Harry Foster). Geology of Carroll County [Iowa]. Iowa Geol. Surv., vol. ix, pp. 53-107...the district of Nipissing, Ontario, and of the county of Pontiac, Quebec. Can. Geol. Surv., new ser....Bell (Robert). Rising of land around Hudson Bay. Smith Inst., Ann. Rept. for 1897, pp. 359-367, 1898.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
world's Spinel. from stocks o f permit 20 mine, (opal, Mexico. STRICTLY WHOLESALE chon from... write St., O m a h a for 4, 2 l b j . free Monroe wiih Mineral each Store, Mineralight Round...MINERALS - Boxed, mount ed, and identified, postpaid USA, $2.00. Specimens average approx. 1 " . Irma Curry...chunks only, from one lb. and up, right out of the mine. Postage or freight extra. John B. Guillemin, Box... MINERALS MAINE TOURMALINE — Rare specimens of pink and green Tourmaline in matrix from Oxford County, Maine—50t
Book (volume)
..........................................122 Georgia .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
..........................................122 Georgia .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Report (issue)
German Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Georgia Geologic Survey...OF THE DAHLONEGA GOLD BELT Jerry M. German .( Georgia Department of Natural Resources J. Leonard Ledbetter..... . 16 18. Hydraulic mining near Auraria, Georgia .................................................Tables Table 1. Average modal composition of New Georgia Group lithologies in the study area .............elements in the study area with those in northeastern Georgia and in the Greater Atlanta area. . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
EDITOR RENATA WILLIAMS ADVERTISING MGR. LEUELLA SMITH ART DIRECTOR JEAN HAMMOND CIRCULATION JOREE SCHOENY...Tremol1te Ohgoctase Serpent1note Gne,H Bleck Tourmaline Per11ta Grept,I11 L1meatone Travertine Hedenberglte...ROUGH FINEST QUALITY CABOCHONS ORANGE TOURMALINE CHROME TOURMALINE GROSSULAR GARNET GENUINE MALAYA GEM...Jasper .... $25 .25 MINIMUM ORDER S18 postpaid in USA Subscribe to our CATALOG of cabochons. beads. slabs...this ~ of work, but I sure wouldn ' t be without mine. The Basics ofEngraving When the necessary tools
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LOUIS, 14, MO. OPALS, BRILLIANT COLORS-Direct from mine, 15 for $5.00. 10 ringsize cabochons (opal, amethyst...polished tumbled agate, jasper, etc., postpaid in USA for only $5.00. George W. Owens, 150 III. Dr., Jacksonville...COLLECTION-Miniatures of di optase. Tiger Mine; vanadinite, Old Yuma Mine; enargite crystals, Butte, Mont. $2...explanatory booklet $4. 20 polished gem specimens: tourmaline, topaz, garnet, unakite and 16 others mounted...Richey, Florida. CHOICE BARITE ROSES-From Cleveland County, Oklahoma. 2-inch size 75i postpaid. W.L. Hiss
Book (edition)
Pvroliisite. 95. Titanite. 135. Fergusonite. Tourmaline. Tantalates, &c. 126. Pyrochlore. 130. Yttrotantalite...Burdiek, Macon Prof. J. T. I From am of county, of Mr. J. A. D. Stevenson, of States- Humphreys...found at the Reid Mine, in and the Swift Island Mine, ter place Cansler Mine, in & in plates...Shuford Mine, in their size, Cabarrus county, the Montgomery with have been Crump Mine county, (at...the Gaston county, and the Little John Caldwell county, and Pax Hill in Burke county. Very Shemwell
Report (volume)
Proceedings, vol. 17, pts. 6-10, 1902. London, England. Georgia Geological Survey: Bulletin, no. 8, no. 9-A, 1902...Geological Survey: vol. 4,1902; Garrett County, 1902; Cecil County, 1902. Baltimore, Md. Mexico, Institute...Jr.). [Maryland]. The physiography of Garrett County Md. Geol. Surv., Garrett Co., pp. 27-54, pis....Describes .the topographic and drainage features of the county, and discusses its physiographic history. 2 Adams...Knoydart formation (Eq-Devonian) of Antigonish County, Nova Scotia. N. S. Inst. Sci., Trans., vol. 10
Report (issue)
_ Sulfide minerals ___ ______ _______ ___ _ Tourmaline _______________________ _ Other accessory minerals...and pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________...between pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight mine ______ _______________...of granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9.
Report (issue)
STATE GEORGIA DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY A. S. Furcron, Director...Bulletin Number 79 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY THROUGH 1959 by Howard Ross Cramer, Arthur...James George Lester Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia ATLANTA 1967 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department...Governor of Georgia and Commissioner Ex-Officio State Division of Conservation Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dear...and Geology entitled, "Annotated Bibliography of Georgia Geology Through 1959," by Drs. Howard R. Cramer
 
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