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Quartz from
Rocky River Mine, Abbeville County, South 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 Rocky River Mine, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:994162
Long-form Identifier:1:3:994162:5
GUID (UUID V4):68d768e0-3038-45e4-b45b-6cdbea7af037
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.9km (0.5 miles) ā“˜Brown Prospects (Brown Apple Prospect; Brown Cherry Prospect), Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ā“˜Antreville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) ā“˜Diamond Hill Quartz Mine, Antreville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
11.0km (6.8 miles) ā“˜Moffetsville, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA
14.6km (9.1 miles) ā“˜Wharton Mine, Hartwell Mining District, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA
15.2km (9.4 miles) ā“˜Sherard Mine, Hartwell Mining District, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA
16.0km (9.9 miles) ā“˜J M Skelton prospect, Elbert County, Georgia, USA
16.5km (10.3 miles) ā“˜Ben Martin Mine, Hartwell Mining District, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ā“˜J H Craft prospect, Elbert County, Georgia, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) ā“˜Cooley Mine, Elbert County, Georgia, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
and Saluda Rivers in the western Piedmont of South Carolina 11 12 13 by 14 Dabney W. Caldwell } -...the Savannah and Catawba Rivers, South Carolina and North Carolina 3*Ā» ........ .*... 2* Map showing...samples, Savannah River-Catawba River district, South Carolina and North Carolina -..*,Ā» ....... 7...tributaries to the Little River, Anderson 5- County and Abbeville County, S, Ā£.' *....*.. .V -3 2* Descriptions...Creek and other tributaries to the Rocky River, > *" Anderson County, S. C. .............. 3 , 3Ā» -^Descriptions
Report (volume)
The Crystalline Rocks of South Carolina By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET and HENRY BELL III GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...of the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces of South Carolina UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE,...and Precambrian(?) age_______________________ Carolina slate belt_________________________________________...Quartzite_________________________________________ Quartz-microcline gneiss____________________________ Intrusive...____ __ ____ ____ ________ ____ ___ __ _ Yorkville Quartz Monzonite________________________ Unnamed granites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
67 troy ounces, Fairbanks mining region, Alaska, USA. Donated in 1977 by Arthur Sexaur. University of...deposit as consisting of generally well-rounded river or stream gravels with accompanying sand and silt...1985 nugget Alaska, Ganes Creek 2004 mass with quartz Alaska, Ganes Creek 1985 Alaska, Ganes Creek...ounces NAC Alaska, Ganes Creek 1905 mass with quartz 51.6 ounces Tisler specimen www.akmining.biz;...biz; 12/2016 Alaska, Ganes Creek 1905 mass with quartz 55 ounces Wiltz specimen www.akmining.biz; 12/2016
Report (issue)
of SenegaL ___________________ ----Republic of South Mrica ___________________ _ Cape of Good Hope Province...omali Republic ________ - ____ -_---------- -- South-VVestAfrica _________________________ _ Swaziland...-----------------Queensland and New South Wales _______ _ South Australia ____ -------------------Tasmania...------------------New Zealand ______ -----------------------South Island_----------------- ________ _ North Island_____...________ _ Southeastern Alaska ___ ------------South-central Alaska _______________ _ East-central Alaska
Book (volume)
Tertiary erosional debris spreading out from the Rocky Mountains as they rose during the Larimide revolution...the state, insomuch as both the Black Hills of South Dakota and the scenic Badlands thrust long spurs...the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming...and vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...Valentine in Cherry Co., extending along the Niobrara River eastward into Brown Co. The Sandhills Museum in
Report (issue)
Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...__ _________________________ _; _____ _ Barren quartz veins ________________ _ Mineralized zones ___________...34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. -------...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Maryland, Virginia). Southern States (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama). General Conclusions...pre-Cambrian lavas and volcanic tuffs and breccias in the South Mountain of southern Pennsylvania and Maryland3...Waterville, Me.; Professor J. A. Holmes, of North Carolina; Professor H. D. Campbell, of Lexington, Va.;...Haven; Professor S. L. Powell, of Newberry, South Carolina, and Mr. Arthur Keith, of Washington. The "Azoic...search has already proved successful in North Carolina and Maine, while an examination of the older literature
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, pyrite...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
6 8 3 The earliest mining undertaken in North Carolina was for gold, but as the mining increased in depth...The first authentic discovery of gold in North Carolina was in 1799 at which date the nugget weighing...avoirdupois. FourĀ­ teen large nuggets found at the Reed Mine between 1799 and 1835 was a total weight of 1151/2...disĀ­ covered within the slate belt at the Berringer Mine prior to 1824, but the counĀ­ try lying to the southwest...part of the State, not far from the border of South Carolina, and someĀ­ what west o f the center. Through
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Guidebook for 1966 Annual Meeting Pages 1-16 GUIDEBOOK OF EXCURSION IN...IN CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA1 OCTOBER 22-23, 19662 Harry E. LeGrand Henry Bell III 1.Publication...minor corrections and reformatted, November 1999 County and perhaps farther. The Charlotte belt consists...Salisbury-Concord area southwestward to the South Carolina border the eastern boundary has often been...Cabarrus County into seven units. These are slate and undifferentiated volcanic rocks of the Carolina slate
Report (volume)
....................................... North Carolina. ........................................................ South Carolina......................................:.................... South Dakota.......of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; to list all the literature...edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon, C
Journal (issue)
Nugget," collected in 1865 at the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California, by Jules Fricot and donated...all been unravelled. On Arizona collection. or quartz or even silver. On the subject of the other hand...exotic. virtually all the value of a wulfenite or a quartz crystal. In fact, The only problem posed by goldā€™s...providing information and photos. The article on North Carolina gold is not intended to be as comĀ­ prehensive...subsequent search for specimens, two fine North Carolina thumbnails were found at HarĀ­ vard and graciously
Report (issue)
METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA by P. Albert Carpenter, m Reprinted...Previous investigations Mine 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...Furr mine Isenhour mine ..; : Newellmine Nugget mine Phoenix mine Pioneer Mills mine Propst mine Quaker...City mine Reed mine Rocky River mine Silver shaft Snydermine Troutmanmine Tucker mine Whitney mine Chatham
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
also present. "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."ā€”on label. ARKANSASā€”In the...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U.S.) that has been opened up...(west of the city). That would be in Jefferson County."ā€”letter datedā€”June 31, 1956, from Marie Kennedy...Rhode Island border. Small crystals of calcite and quartz on trap rock have been found in a huge cut at the...colorless calcite xls associated with deep black smoky quartz xls on black basalt (trap rock). The other consists
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
perfect, a n d abundant, sometimes in very white quartz. Beryl, large crystals in graphic granite, also...bridge in granite; also 1 m. N.W. from the falls, in quartz, crystallized a n d massive, green p. 17 (Bellows...octahedral crystals in mica slate a n d gneiss. Limpid Quartz p. 36 Cumberland, R.I. Tremolite, on Tower hill;...the Wrentham road, on a hill. at a n ancient iron mine hole. The hornblende at this locality w a s immediately...specimens have lately b e e n obtained at the two mine holes, a b o v e described, with epidote; these
Report (issue)
Charlotte 1Ā° x 2Ā° quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina by John P. D'Agostino, Jesse W. Whitlow...Charlotte 1Ā° x 2Ā° quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina for the Conterminous United States Mineral...samples were mostly wet, whereas soils, saprolite, and mine dump material were dry. The stream sediment was...at the stream site, whereas soils, saprolite, and mine dump material were placed in a field container and...samples were taken based on a grid; and from any mine, samples were selected from available dump material
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
activities, month by month. NEW JERSEY The Bergen County Mineralogy and Paleontology Society, Paramus, either...dary Society heard Vincent Vozza of the Bergen County Mineralogy and PaleonĀ­ tology Society speak on...display of one mineral by its members. NORTH CAROLINA Warner Overton, well known collecĀ­ tor of Jade...ZeaĀ­ land to South Africa when speaking to the North Shore Rock and Mineral Club, South Lynfield The...The Southeastern Massachusetts Mineral Club, South WeyĀ­ mouth, learned of Micro Mounts and the pleasures
Report (volume)
'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette] |...Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette] | Washington...meridian of 76Ā° 30', from Tompkins County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. "Williams
Report (issue)
Prediction Equations Applied to 144 Field Sites in South Carolina Open-File Report 2003ā€“295 U.S. Department...Survey COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Bridge over the Enoree River at S.C. Highway 418 collapsed on August 27, 1995...Prediction Equations Applied to 144 Field Sites in South Carolina By Stephen T. Benedict, Nikhil Deshpande, Nadim...prediction equations applied to 144 field sites in South Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2003ā€“295............................................3 South Carolina Field Data................................
Report (volume)
.............................................. Quartz veins............................................discussion Continued. Structural features Continued. Quartz veins.................................................. 51 Baltimore County .................................... 51 Howard County.......................Chesterfield County (south of James River)................ Henrico County (north of James River)................................................. Fairfax County area .........................................
Report (issue)
IN NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES ...for the general welfare of the dtizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts basic and applied research...Resources, at Post Office Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687, or call (919) 733-2423. Jeffrey C...Geologist GOLD NORTH CAROLINA IN . by P. Albert Carpenter III NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INFORMATION...INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
h e Southeastern MassaĀ­ chusetts Mineral Club, South Weymouth, held a very instructive Minetal IdentificaĀ­...periences of mineral hunting in Canada to the Calhoun County Rock and MinĀ­ eral Club, Jacksonville. T h e Club...other Clubs in Alabama, is suggesting Blue Star Quartz as the canĀ­ didate for the State Gemstone of A...and talked about emerald collecting in N o r t h Carolina. H e also showed slides of the tourmaline find...Berkshire AMneral Club, Adams, reports that a copper mine is being opened at Pompfret, Vermont. Preliminary
Book (edition)
vacation stops at a roadside ā€œdig your ownā€ gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a peach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Montana Colorado Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington Wyoming Nevada Southeast States... Louisiana Maine Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire...U.S.A. ATH EDITION Where & How to Dig, Pan, and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals VOLUME 3: SOUTHEAST STATES
Report (issue)
in Southern Mecklenburg County and Vicinity, North Carolina 'and South Carolina By Frederick Albert Wilson...IN SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND VICINITY NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA By Frederick Albert Wilson...part of the Charlotte and Carolina slate belts in southern Mecklenburg County and vicinity to help interpret...as metavolcanic rocks* Gravity models of the Carolina slate belt Indicate that it is a synform containing...y. that are medium to coarse-grained tonalite, quartz diorite, and granodiorites. 2. Concord-Salisbury
Report (edition)
Information Circular GOLD RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA by P. A. Carpenter, D oc ms C% M:*L Raleigh...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The section conducts a number of basic and applied...Survey Section, P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 26711. Jeffrey C. Reid Chief Geologist Cover...Mining Methods and Recovery 3 Gold in North Carolina 5 History of Mining 5 Production 7 General...of North Carolina 12 Eastern Carolina Belt 12 Portis Mine 14 Other Mines 14 Carolina Slate Belt
 
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