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Sericite from
Sawyer Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sawyer Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:341686
Long-form Identifier:1:3:341686:0
GUID (UUID V4):9cc0039a-9bd6-4dab-8ec0-e10166c457f9
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
2.5km (1.6 miles) Merrill prospect, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) New Sawyer Mine (Powell; Ross), Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) Parish Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) Kindley Prospect, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
10.7km (6.7 miles) Scarlett Mine (Scarlet Mine), Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
11.0km (6.8 miles) Jones-Keystone Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) McAllister prospect (Conroy; Davis Hill Mine; Davis Mountain; Dorr's Hill), Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) Southern Homestake Mine (Cameron Mountain Mine), Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
13.6km (8.4 miles) Laughlin Mine (Lytton; Brown Hill; Delph; Delk; Delft; Empire; Miller), Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) McGrew Mine (House Mine), Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
References
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Report (issue)
METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA by P. Albert Carpenter, m Reprinted...deposits of the slate belt Distribution of mines and prospects Previous investigations Mine descriptions...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 mine Isenhour mine ..; : Newellmine...Nugget mine Phoenix mine Pioneer Mills mine Propst mine Quaker City mine Reed mine Rocky River mine Silver
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING AND FIELD TRIP NOVEMBER 8-10, 2013 SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA...THE CAROLINA TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ONE ARC, TWO ARCS, OLD ARC, NEW ARC THE CAROLINA TERRANE...TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS: James Hibbard and Jeff Pollock TRIP LEADERS: James Hibbard,...Ganis Carolina Geological Society Annual Meeting, November 8-10, 2013 Salisbury, North Carolina Carolina...Waddell University of South Carolina Allen Dennis University of South Carolina, Aiken Vice President William
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 (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)
239–256 The Russell Gold Deposit, Carolina Slate Belt, North Carolina TERRY L. KLEIN,† U.S. Geological...Abstract Gold deposits have been mined in the Carolina slate belt from the early 1800s to recent times, with...mines in South Carolina. The Russell mine, one of the larger producers in North Carolina, is located in...has shown that a rhyolitic dome near the Russell mine was extruded during the deposition of the lower...Brewer, Haile, and Ridgeway deposits of South Carolina. Gold was mined from at least six zones that are
Report (issue)
Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...SoutherngrouP----------------------~-- 7 --- Talladega slate ______ ~ _________________ _ Hillabee chlorite schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. -------...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____
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...occur with sulfides in vein|j deposits in Cabarrus County. 21 22 23 24 25- U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pilot Mountain and SelectedOther Localities, Carolina Slate Belt T. L. KLEIN AND R. E. CBISS* U.S. GeologicalSurvey...Abstract Severalepigeneticmineral depositsin the Carolina slatebelt are intimately related to meteoric-...alkali leachingaccompaniedby high aluminaminerals(sericite,pyrophyllite, andalusite___ topaz) and anomalous...>30-km2peripheralzoneof low lso sericiteschists, chlorite-sericite schists, andandesitic volcanicrocks(b•80•,ho•...Reconnaissance studiesof other alterationzonesin the Carolina slatebelt havesofar disclosedthe involvementof
Report (volume)
further subdivided by geographic areas (State and county) and by subjects, which include general, geology...the White Mountains, Mono County, Calif., and near Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nev. KYANITE Kyanite generally...The most important deposits are in the Piedmont belt of crystalline rocks extending from Virginia to...Baker Mountain, Prince Edward County, and Willis Mountain, Buckingham County, in Virginia, and at Henry...Henry Knob, near Clover, York County, S.C. These are the only deposits now producing kyanite in the United
Report (issue)
14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Asbestos ore Lead ore. Balmat Mine, N. Y. Chromite-chromium ore. Wash. Zinc ore, Friedensville...ore. Poncha Springs, Colo. 14. Tungsten ore, North Carolina 5 World Nonbauxite Aluminum Resources Excluding............................ South Carolina-Georgia-Alabama Kaolin Belt....... Argentina..................Corporation................................... North American Coal Corporation.........................major kaolin districts in the South Carolina-Georgia-Alabama kaolin belt................................
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belt terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................ Murphy belt group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . Sandy Springs Group (eastern belt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . Sandy Springs Group (western belt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slate ........ ...... . .. .... . .... ... ...... ...
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
Book (volume)
.......................................346 North Carolina ........................................................................................356 North Dakota ...............................................................................427 South Carolina ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ...............................
Book
Feldspar 106 Fluorspar Garnet Graphite 110 Slate Sodium sulfate 122 = 130 Iodine 138 Sulfur...come not merely from one district but from a single mine. Thus the physical properties of many rocks and...eclipsing the mineral magnesite in some areas; the trona mine rather than the Solvay plant is now the main source...for example, are almost entirely derived from the USA and Tur- key, a situation too narrowly based comfort... The takeover of soda-ash markets, at least in North America, by the mineral trona is another marked
Report (issue)
SURVEY CIRCULAR 1062 .r • San jose tin~silver mine at Oruro, Bolivia, where high-grade ores are hosted...gold-silver mineralization -An example from the North Amethyst vein system and the Creede mining district...Synorogenic, auriferous fluids of the Juneau gold belt, southeast Alaska-Stable-isotope evidence for a...setting of gold deposits in the Carolina slate belt of North Carolina - Terry W. Offield and Terry L....hydrothermal system at a sediment-covered spreading axis Randolph A. Koski, Janet L. Morton, Robert A. Zierenberg
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Report (issue)
APPENDIX B. SYNONYM STA TABLE NAME Page State/County Values ............................ B-STA-1 APPENDIX...follows: SSSCCC - State & County Codes State - State boundaries N/S - N or S (North or South) Fix Dec - Fixed...Month - Current month or before Range - Valid for county limits Table - Edit from Value Table Req. - Required...characteristic mineral--clay minerals, quartz, sericite, alunite (less common). 02 SERICITIC (phyllic)...and widespread facies; characteristic minerals--sericite, quartz, pyrite (topaz, tourmaline, potassium-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization in the southwestern Nevada volcanic field, USA S t e p h e n B. C a s t o r a a n d S t e v e n...School of Mines, Universityof Nevada, Reno, NV 89557. USA bDepartment of Geological Sciences, Mackay School...School of Mines, Universityof Nevada, Reno. NV 89557, USA (Received August 27, 1991; accepted after revision...mineralization in the southwestern Nevada volcanic field, USA. Ore Geol. Rev., 7: 193-223. The southwestern Nevada...silver-rich vein mineralization of the adularia-sericite type occurred in an intermediate volcanic center
Report (issue)
Base-Metal Ores of the North Amethyst Vein System, Sari Juan Mountains, Mineral County, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Base-Metal Ores of the North Amethyst Vein System, San Juan Mountains, Mineral County, Colorado By NORA K...base-metal ores of the North Amethyst vein system, San Juan Mountains, Mineral County, Colorado / by Nora...ores—Geology—Colorado—Mineral County. 2. Ore deposits—Colorado—Mineral County. I. Foley, N.K. II. Series.............. Plan map showing the levels of the North Amethyst vein system ..........................
Report (issue)
absorbed by an amazing internal expansion." In the North the Champlain-Hudson Canal, completed in 1823, opened...geology in 1816. Amos Eaton had surveyed Rensselaer County, N. Y., and the route of the Erie Canal; further...of the Drift; William Bertram on his Travels in North America; Cotint C. F. Volney's work on the Geology...S. L. Mitchell's Observations on the Geology of North America; Edward Hitchcock's Early Geological Papers;...and Geology; and Elisha Mitchell's work in North Carolina. Louis Agassiz had published his Etudes sur
Report (issue)
Sc ce i en e T ec tonic s R es earc h nc Carolina Geological Society Annual Field Trip October 19-20...southwestern Brushy Mountains, centralwestern North Carolina Guidebook Editors: Robert D. Hatcher, Jr....Columbia, South Carolina Carolina Geological Conultants, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina Central Savannah...Aiken, South Carolina Steve Gurley, Consulting Soil Scientist, Lincolnton, North Carolina Godfrey and...South Carolina Kubal and Furr, Greenville, South Carolina Zemex Corporation, Spruce Pine, North Carolina
Report (issue)
historically famous Mother Lode and East Belt and West Belt (fig. 1), large amounts of gold have also...agreed that the strata of the western metamorphic belt occur in several separate fault-bounded structural...Paleozoic to Middle Jurassic development of the belt and the terranes collectively represent a collage...at various times along the western margin of the North American continent. The eastern flank of this collage...quartz viens are generally characteristic of the north portion of the Mother Lode, whereas immense persistent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Charleston, SC 29412, USA Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Rd., Berkeley, CA 94709, USA c Department...Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA b Received 1 November 2004; received in revised...stress; plume; Continental-breakup; geochemistry; Carolina 1. Introduction The break-up of Pangea has been...the pull-apart basins that line the east coast of North America. Initial maps of the dikes were made using...the SE margin of North America, a series of Ntrending dikes beginning in South Carolina and progressing
Report (issue)
Granite (quartz-monzonite) __________________ DeKalb County ----------------------------------------------...---------------------------------- 95 Gwinnett County ------------------------------------------------------------...------------------------------------------------------ 96 DeKalb County _ __ ------------------------------------------------...---------------------------------- 96 Rockdale County ------------------------------------------------------------...~----------------------------------- 97 DeKalb County _____________________________o________________________________
 
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