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Muscovite from
Bessemer City Quarry, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Spodumene2 photos of Muscovite associated with Spodumene at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Muscovite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Albite2 photos of Muscovite associated with Albite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bessemer City Quarry, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:667301
Long-form Identifier:1:3:667301:7
GUID (UUID V4):bb5cac56-b3a7-4f7b-8b36-a54206fad240
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.4km (0.2 miles) Claude Beam Prospect, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Bessemer City operations (Hallman Mine; Hallman-Beam Mine; Bessemer operations; Lithium Mine), Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) LCA Mine, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Huffman Bean Mine, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) E. R. Self Mine (Old Neale Mine), Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Huskins Mine, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Big Bess Mine (M. S. Bess Mine; M. M. Carpenter Mine), Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) S. E. Peeler Prospect, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
4.6km (2.8 miles) Carolina Lithium Project, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
7.5km (4.6 miles) Bessemer City, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Li Exploration: An Example from the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt, USA Michael A. Wise 1 , Russell S. Harmon...Li Exploration: An Example from the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt, USA. Minerals 2022, 12, 77. https:// doi...20560, USA; wisem@si.edu Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University...University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; accurry3@ncsu.edu (A.C.); dkhashc@ncsu.edu (D.K.) SciAps, Inc., 7...7 Constitution Way, Woburn, MA 01801, USA; mjennings@sciaps.com Piedmont Lithium, Inc., 5706 Dallas Cherryville
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
Report (volume)
The Crystalline Rocks of South Carolina By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET and HENRY BELL III GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces of South Carolina UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...and Precambrian(?) age_______________________ Carolina slate belt_________________________________________...Argillite__________________________________________ Muscovite schist___________________________________ Qua...Cherryville Quartz Monzonite_______________________ Muscovite pegmatite_______________________________ Unnamed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Foote quarry make it a favorite with mineral collectors. The Foote Quarry, Kings Mountain, North Carolina...JACK HANAHAN Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina 28012 I N 1938 T H E F O O T E M I N E R A...Company spodu­ mene mine, hereafter called the Foote quarry, consisted of six small prospect pits, and there...outermost edges of the dumps. The quarry is located in Cleveland County in the tinspodumene belt that is...stretching from Gaffney, South Carolina, to Lincolnton, North Carolina. The material quarried is a qu
Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT HARGROVE BOWLES, JR., DIRECTOR DIVISION...GEOLOGIST Circular 17 BERYL OCCURRENCES IN NORTH CAROLINA BY WILLIAM F WILSON Ooc RALEIGH 1962 CONTENTS...USESo 8 o . . . BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN NORTH CAROLINA 9 Varieties * o ••••••••.• Mode of Occurrencec...RESOURCES IN NORTH CAROLINA . H OCCURRENCES OF BERYL IN NORTH CAROLINA. 13 Alexander County ...•••••...••.• Ashe County,* ... 0 o * * • o o Burke County* • * • . • . • • • * • • Catawba County* • « . » *
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ROCKS IN THE TIN–SPODUMENE BELT OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA, USA Samuel E. SWANSON§ Department of...30605, USA Abstract The Tin–Spodumene Belt (TSB) along the border of North and South Carolina, southeastern...southeastern USA, is composed of hundreds of en échelon dikes intruded into amphibolite-facies mica schist...coarse-grained spodumene, plagioclase, K-feldspar, quartz, muscovite, and accessory amounts of beryl, manganoan fluorapatite...oxide, giving the mineral a light green color. Muscovite contains 1–2 wt% FeO and a trace of sodium (0
Report (issue)
Map of the Kings Mountain Districtt North Carolina and South Carolina. «« . Structure Sketch Map of the...Mountain-flenry Knob aroa, Gaston County, North Carolina and York County* South Carolina. Geologic Map of tha...f Lincoln and Gaston Counties, North Carolina* Geologic J'ap of Henry Knob, Tork County, South C-rolina...property, Gaaton County, North Carolina Geologic Map of The Pinnacle, Gaston County, North Carolina Geologic...Geologic Hap of the North End of Clubb Mountain, Lincoln County, North Carolina Geologic map of the Will Khox
Report (issue)
.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...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...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT
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)
1B01YJ JH1lrL~ 11HHJ J\J-rAJii W1.sr B JY1111.Il • CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Field Trip Guidebook 1981 ... October 24-25, 1981 Gaffney, South Carolina - CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1981 OFFICERS +', . I...Schaeffer Duke'Power P.O •. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 0 Secretary-Treasurer: • S. Duncan...Department of Geology, Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27706 Chairman of the Membership Committee:...Department of Geology Catawba College Salisbury, No~th Carolina 28144 Field Trip Leaders: J. Wright Horton,
Report (issue)
State Park, North Carolina – A Guide for the Non-Geologist By Philip J. Bradley North Carolina Geological...Park area. Prepared in conjunction with the 2014 Carolina Geological Society Annual Field Trip. Completed...review by Kenneth B. Taylor – State Geologist, North Carolina Geological Survey. Additional text reviews...by Michael A. Medina and Heather D. Hanna – North Carolina Geological Survey Base figures modified from...the Piedmont physiographic province of North Carolina in Gaston and Cleveland Counties (fig. 1). The Piedmont
Report (issue)
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE MAGNETITE ORES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE.1 By W. S. BAYLEY. INTRODUCTION...DISTRIBUTION. The iron ores of western North Carolina and Carter County, Tenn., comprise brown hematite (limonite...of North Carolina have increased in importance. Brown ore and magnetite produced in western North Carolina...353 60,593 43,483 44,482 o From reports of North Carolina Geol. and Econ. Survey and Mineral Resources...total recorded .production of magnetite from North Carolina is about 1,331,600 tons and of brown hematite
Report (issue)
FEATURES OF THE BROWN HEMATITE ORES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.1 By W. S. BAYIJSY. INTRODUCTION. Within the...continuous production of brown hematite in North Carolina has attracted attention to the State as a possible...tons of brown ore has been reported to the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey as produced...Cherokee County, in the southwest corner of the State. Formerly a little came from Madison County, near...near Asheville, and from Gaston County, near Bessemer City, but the mines in these counties were abandoned
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Foote Quarry in Kings Mountain, by L A U R A M A R B L E 102 Dorset Way Lyman, South Carolina 29365 ...spodumene mine at Kings Mountain, Cleve­ land County, North Carolina consisted of six small prospect pits, and...Milarite from the Foote quarry. Photo by Lewis Perloff MINERALS North Carolina is one of the premier...HAN AH AN JR. Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina 28012 G E N E R A L DESCRIPTION The geology...tin-lithium belt between Lincolnton, North Carolina and Grover at the South Carolina line. The lithium pegmatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pegmatites are a valuable part of North Carolina's natural heritage, important both for their commercial...mineral enthusiasts. Pegmatites and Alaskites OF NORTH CAROLINA JOHN C A L L A H A N Geology Department Appalachian...Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina 28608 P E G M A T I T E S A R E O N E O F T H E most...commercially important types of rocks found in North Carolina. Extraction of feldspar, mica, quartz, spo­...hundreds of pegmatites, mainly located in western North Carolina, to try their luck in finding over a hundred
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...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals...Cleveland, and Gaston Counties, tore-earths occur with sulfides in vein|j deposits in Cabarrus County. 21 22
Report (volume)
Indianapolis. Iowa.............. Prof. George F. Kay, Iowa City. Kansas............Prof. Erasmus Haworth, University...State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Report (issue)
RESOURCES OF THE KINGS MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. By ARTHUR KEITH and DOUGLAS B. STERRETT...equally divided between North Carolina and South Carolina, the part in North Carolina being a little larger...including Gaffney, Blacksburg, Kings Mountain, Bessemer City, and Gastonia. The Kingville & Marion branch...through Lincolnton and Cherryville. Between Bessemer City and Gaffney the Southern Railway passes within...MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, Mine or prospect NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. TIN RESOURCES OF KINGS MOUNTAIN
Report (volume)
......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott
Book (volume)
grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip... GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area
Book (volume)
grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip... GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area
Report (volume)
Santa Fe group, sec. 17, T.19N., R.9E., Santa Fe County, N. Mex. R. S. Cannon, Jr., R. L. Smith. ____.do__-______...Southern edge of intrusive, west-central part of North Mountain, La Sal Mountains, Utah. D. R. Shawe. 21...altered. LS-8-55. South side of Miner's Basin, North Mountain, La Sal Mountains, Utah. D. R. Shnwe. do...Aztec wash, 4 miles southeast of Nelson, Clark County, Nev. E. H. Pampeyan. _-__.do__. -----P-2-cc. NEM...1.5 miles northeast of center of Boulder City, Clark County, Nev. E. H. Pampeyan. Granodiorite_ _______
Book (volume)
vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches
Journal (issue)
Science Division, Belmont Abbey College Behnont, North Carolina Richard Mitchell Professor of Environmental...Mayo Richard D. Dayvault University of South Carolina Atlanta, Georgia Margaret A. McBrien Arthur...their layered atomic structure. Of the micas, muscovite, phlogopite, and lepidolite are of the most economic...general formula : by MARK C. BLAZEK Descriptions MUSCOVITE, KA1 2 (A1Si 3) 0 10 (OH)2 : In any discussion...transparent and colorless). Its specific name, muscovite, appears to have originated from the old popular
 
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