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Quartz from
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
K Feldspar1 photo of Quartz associated with K Feldspar at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:994615
Long-form Identifier:1:3:994615:6
GUID (UUID V4):35623e5b-cd3d-4de0-b911-2eadf428f7c9
Localities for Quartz in this Region
A. J. Wilson Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Arlington Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Beaver Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Black Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Bradford and Ellington Mines (Blair; Brafford; Hard Hill), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Brawley Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Cathey Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Chapman Mine (Alexander Gold Mine), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Clark Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Davidson Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Dunn Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Elliotte Brothers Prospects, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Ferguson Hill Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Ferris Mine (Faires Gold Mine), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Frank Wilson Prospect, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
G. C. Cathey Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Gibson Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Henderson Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Hopewell Mine (Kerns Gold Mine), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Hovey Prospect, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Hunter Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Isenhour Mine (Yellow Dog Mine), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
John P. Hunter Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Elwood Vein, John P. Hunter Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
McCorkle Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
McDonald Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
McGinn Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Means Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Neal Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Parks Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Point Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Ray Mine (Baltimore and North Carolina Mining Company Mine), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Rudisil Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Shaffer Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Simpson Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Sloan Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Smith and Palmer Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
St. Catherine Mine (Charlotte; McCombs), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Stephen Wilson Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Taylor Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Todd Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Trotter Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10079134), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10079135), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10079136), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10079175), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10079176), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10079177), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10079178), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10079179), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10079191), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10079192), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10079206), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10079217), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10089673), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10089703), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10100210), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Capps Hill Mine, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Surface Hill Mine, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Studies in Southern Mecklenburg County and Vicinity, North Carolina 'and South Carolina By Frederick Albert...STUDIES IN SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND VICINITY NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA By Frederick Albert...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 (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 (volume)
(E) Tungsten deposits of Vance County, N. C., and Mecklenburg County, Va., by G. H. Espenshade (published...deposits near Seiad and McGuffy Creeks, Siskiyou County, Calif., by F. G. Wells, C. T. Smith, G. H. Rynearson...Chromite deposits of Boulder River area, Sweetgrass County, Mont., by A. L. Howland, E. M. Garrels, and W...corundum deposits in the Buck Creek peridotite, Clay County, N. C., by J. B. Hadley (published in December...the tungsten deposits of Vance County, N. c., and Mecklenburg County, Va •••.•••••...••••. Geologic map
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1986) The Northern Charlotte belt, North Carolina and South Carolina: a deformed composite batholith Frederick...Virginia 22092, The Charlotte belt in North Carolina and South Carolina, U.S.A. is characterized by numerous...batholith. - KEY WORDS Charlotte belt North Carolina South Carolina Batholith Metamorphics 1. Introduction... Only in the northern part of the belt, in North Carolina, does the pattern and spatial relationship...geologic mapping and computer gravity models of the Mecklenburg and Weddington gabbroic assemblages, Wilson (1981a
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE LEOPARDITE (QUARTZ PORPHYRY) OF NORTH CAROLINA.' INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. WHILEengaged, during the...past summer, in a study of the granites of North Carolina for the State Survey, opportunity offered for..."leopardite," which occurs near Charlotte in Mecklenburg county. Knowledge of the occurrence of this rock...leopardite found near Charlotte, Mecklenburg county, North Carolina. He says: "It is noticed by Professor...Charlotte, North Carolina." Professor Shepard regarded it as composed of compact feldspar and quartz spotted
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)
Map of the Clarksville North and Boydton 7.5-minute Quadrangles, Mecklenburg and Charlotte Counties,...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product... Government. 1997 ABSTRACT The Clarksville North and Boydton 7.5 minute quadrangles include an area...km to about 21 km north of the Virginia - North Carolina State line, mostly north of and along a ponded...of the Boydton quadrangle and in the Clarksville North quadrangle. The Clarksville batholith is a zoned
Report (issue)
IN NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES ...agencies 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...Chief 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
Report (issue)
along the North Carolina – Virginia State Line Guidebook for the 1999 Meeting of the CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL...along the North Carolina – Virginia State Line Guidebook for the 1999 Meeting of the CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL...Eastern Appalachian Piedmont along Lake Gaston, North Carolina and Virginia by Paul E. Sacks 16 Porphyroblast...case study in southern Virginia and northern North Carolina by J. Wright Horton, Jr., and David L. Daniels...study along the Hollister fault zone, eastern North Carolina by David P. Lawrence 49 A field guide to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GRANITES OF NORTH CAROLINA.' CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. DISTRIBUTION OF THE GRANITES. TYPES OF THE GRANITES...REGION. General characters. The northeastern Carolina Granite Belt. Lithological characters. The Raleigh...Mountain area. The Mooresville area. The Mecklenburg county areas. The Western Piedmont gneiss and Granite...Published by permission of the state geologist of North Carolina. 373 THOMAS L. WATSON 374 STRUCTURAL FEATURES...igneous dikes. Granite dikes. Pegmatite and aplite. Quartz veins. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE JOINTS OF THE GRANITE
Report (volume)
Geologic Setting of the Hamme Tungsten District North Carolina and Virginia GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN ... Prepared in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development, Division... Geologic Setting of the Hamme Tungsten District North Carolina and Virginia By JOHN M. PARKER 3o CONTRIBUTIONS...northeastern part of the Carolina slate belt. Prepared in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation...1. Geologic map of Hamme tungsten district, North Carolina and Virginia. 2. Generalized geologic map and
Journal (issue)
production. of the Mississippi, the state of South Carolina has seen two abandoned gold mines reopened and...geologic and precious-metal study in Rockbridge County contains new analytical data to guide detailed...Woods Mill Occurrence; 4 - Yancey gold mine; 5 - North River prospect; 6 - Dunlap mine; 7 - Edison Ridge...Springs Silver mine (Figure 2) is located in Augusta County, on the Augusta Springs 7.5-minute quadrangle,...a mother lode of silver were worked in Augusta County. The mine was reportedly a tunnel back in the hillside
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
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
Report (issue)
Boston 30 X 60 Minute Quadrangle, Virginia and North Carolina by J. Wright Horton, Jr.1, John D. Peper1...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product...in south-central Virginia and northernmost North Carolina. It covers an area of about 4,800 square kilometers...Brunswick, Charlotte, Halifax, Lunenburg, and Mecklenburg Counties, Virginia, and parts of Granville, Person...Person, Vance, and Warren Counties, North Carolina. The quadrangle contains most of John H. Kerr Reservoir
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...Geological Survey Section, P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 26711. Jeffrey C. Reid Chief Geologist Cover...3 Mining Methods and Recovery 3 Gold in North Carolina 5 History of Mining 5 Production 7 General...Deposits of North Carolina 12 Eastern Carolina Belt 12 Portis Mine 14 Other Mines 14 Carolina Slate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HammeDistrict,VanceCounty, North Carolina:A StableIsotopeStudyof a Metamorphosed Quartz-HuebneriteVein Tou ... The TungstenQueenmine, Vance County,North Carolina, is a large quartz-huebnerite vein depositof late...hydrothermalorigin for the •ein which involvesmeteoric waters. Quartz-sericite oxygenisotopedistributions in the vein...remarkablysimilarto thoseof youngerhuebnerite/wolframite-quartz veins associated with shallowintrusionsin orogenicbelts...alongdrag foldsand warps in the shearzone to form the quartz lodes;he concludesthat the veins replaced T•.
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Georgia (Cook 1982), Tennessee (Paris 2011), North Carolina (Kenny Gay, pers. comm., 2012; Wilson and ...Bassett Stone Company quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, ca. 1962. Shown are the older underground...from the Bassett Stone quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Catnip Hill facility near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing...Catnip Hill facility, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alabama 36849-5305 SCHEELITE CAMP BIRD MINE, OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO I n keeping with the theme of the 1996... and fluorite in high-temperature hydrothermal quartz veins; with garnet, epidote, and diopside in skarns...have been pro­ duced. The Boriana mine in Mohave County, Arizona, has fur­ nished orange euhedral crystals...of the famous Camp Bird mine near Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. A complete description of this spectacular...colorless fluorite with variable amounts of associated quartz, calcite, hiibnerite, pyrite, sphalerite, galena
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
Report (issue)
the Charlotte 1° x 2° quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina by K. A. Duttweiler, W. R. Griffitts...Piedmont than we would have had otherwise. The quartz, feldspar, and other minerals of specific gravity...quadrangle; an area encompassing the Charlotte Belt, Carolina Slate Belt, and the Triassic Basin. Pellets constitute...1902, Soil survey of the Statesville Area, North Carolina: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of...1901, Soil survey of the Statesville Area, North Carolina: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of
 
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