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A portion of the oxidation dumps. | |
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Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA One view of the very old dumps that are adjacent to interstate 85 about half a mile from the pit. Almost all the material here is from the oxidation zone and with a lot of work, many secondary phosphate species can be obtained as very small micro xls. There are no primary phosphate phases at Foote, just cavities left behind from etched away ... |
| © JBS 2006 | Photo ID: 125809 View Count: 300 |
Another view of the quarry, May, 1968 | |
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Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA Another view of the quarry in May, 1968. Photograph by Louis Shrum. |
| © JBS 2006 | Photo ID: 125812 View Count: 207 |
Foote Mine as it appears today | |
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Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA The old quarry as it appears today (spring 2004). Pegmatite exposures clearly visible. Quarry pond is very deep and full of catfish. The knob at the upper right-hand is the main dump ["parsettensite dump" is what the locals have called it for many years because that is mostly what you find (although I have found many species there)]. |
| © JBS 2006 | Photo ID: 125810 View Count: 314 |
Fresh pegmatite exposure, 1968 | |
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Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA A saturday after a blast complete with collectors! Note pegmatite exposures in background in dark country rock (schists with abundant holmquistite and prehnite/calcite veins). Photo taken by the late Louis Shrum in May, 1968. My mother had yet to enter high school by this point! |
| © JBS 2006 | Photo ID: 125813 View Count: 334 |
hureaulite bearing bouder | |
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Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA Pegmatite block on the oxidation dumps that was worked on 1-13-08 for several minerals including the finest hureaulite ever found. JBS photo. |
| © 2008 JBS | Photo ID: 145441 View Count: 235 |
One more view of the quarry in May, 1968 | |
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Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA One more view of the quarry in May, 1968. Photo by the late Louis Shrum of Lincolnton, NC. |
| © JBS 2006 | Photo ID: 125811 View Count: 204 |
Phosphophyllite Bearing Dump Boulder | |
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Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA Large boulder on the dumps that has produced many of the rarest minerals found at the foote mine. Picture taken on 9-20-08 when I decided to tackle it again. Phosphophyllite, scholzite, autunite, kingsmountite, schoonerite, messelite, jahnsite, kastningite, mangangordonite, whiteite/rittmannite, pseudolaueite, stewartite, laueite, strunzite, ... |
| © 2008 JBS | Photo ID: 189913 View Count: 165 |
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