T. H. Saxon Mine, Choestoe, Union County, Georgia, USAi
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T. H. Saxon Mine | Mine |
Choestoe | Village |
Union County | County |
Georgia | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 46' 0'' North , 83° 51' 16'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Helen | 532 (2017) | 13.4km |
Blairsville | 554 (2017) | 15.4km |
Yonah | 507 (2011) | 16.7km |
Young Harris | 1,325 (2017) | 18.5km |
Cleveland | 3,773 (2017) | 20.6km |
Mindat Locality ID:
72607
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:72607:7
GUID (UUID V4):
9619a580-90b6-4d8f-bc5f-0eb122f1fb2d
Mica was first mined on the T. H. Saxon property some 70 years ago by Noah Elliott. This mine lies ll miles by road due south of Blairsville on Noah Branch, one mile north of Tesnatee Gap Road, about two miles northeast of Ponder's post office and due south of Frozen Top Mountain. The mine is now in the Chattahoochee National Forest area.
This mine, now largely fallen in, shows an open cut on the side of the mountain about 100 feet above the old house site. The cut, which strikes N. 50Β° E. (undoubtedly the strike of the pegmatite), is about 30 feet long, 10 feet wide, and now 6 feet deep. The pegmatite is not exposed. The biotite gneiss wall rock strikes N. 60Β° W., dipping 50Β° NE. The pegmatite material, showing in the dumps and as float on the hillside consists of large milky quartz, a mixture of quartz and microcline, and mica associated with the quartz. The mica is hard, clear, and light rum-colored; ruling is common and many books are wavy.
Smith, who visited the property in 1932, states: "Old inhabitants of this section, noted for their truthfulness, state that mica taken from here was 12 to 18 inches across, and that the girls cut it into fans that were used in this part of the country."
This mine, now largely fallen in, shows an open cut on the side of the mountain about 100 feet above the old house site. The cut, which strikes N. 50Β° E. (undoubtedly the strike of the pegmatite), is about 30 feet long, 10 feet wide, and now 6 feet deep. The pegmatite is not exposed. The biotite gneiss wall rock strikes N. 60Β° W., dipping 50Β° NE. The pegmatite material, showing in the dumps and as float on the hillside consists of large milky quartz, a mixture of quartz and microcline, and mica associated with the quartz. The mica is hard, clear, and light rum-colored; ruling is common and many books are wavy.
Smith, who visited the property in 1932, states: "Old inhabitants of this section, noted for their truthfulness, state that mica taken from here was 12 to 18 inches across, and that the girls cut it into fans that were used in this part of the country."
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3 valid minerals.
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β Microcline Formula: K(AlSi3O8) |
β Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
β Quartz var. Milky Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
β | var. Milky Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β | Microcline | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
O | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
O | β Quartz var. Milky Quartz | SiO2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
Al | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
Si | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | β Quartz var. Milky Quartz | SiO2 |
K | Potassium | |
K | β Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
K | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
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