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Phyllite from
Fontana Mine, Swain County Copper Mining District (Fontana Mining District), Swain County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Phyllite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Phyllite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fontana Mine, Swain County Copper Mining District (Fontana Mining District), Swain County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1042307
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1042307:9
GUID (UUID V4):cd9cb545-a2e0-4e71-89e3-672ab33c1421
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Report (volume)
Geology of Some Copper Deposits in North Carolina Virginia, and Alabama By GILBERT H. ESPENSHADE CONTRIBUTIONS...deposits of the Fontana and Hazel Creek mines, Swain County, North Carolina, the Toncrae mine, Virginia, and...and the Stone Hill mine, Alabama UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1963 UNITED...___________ Deposits in Great Smoky ~ountains, North Carolina__________________ GeneralgeologY------...-----------------------------Geology of Swain County copper district__________________________ Sedimentary
Report (issue)
PARK WITHIN THE FONTANA DAM AND TUSKEEGEE QUADRANGLES, SWAIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA by Scott Southworth...Geological Survey editorial standards (or with the North American Stratigraphic Code). Any use of trade,...PARK WITHIN THE FONTANA DAM AND TUSKEEGEE QUADRANGLES, SWAIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA by Scott Southworth...Mountains National Park (GSMNP) portion of the Fontana Dam and Tuskeegee quadrangles was mapped in 1993...approximately nine days were spent mapping the north shore of Fontana Lake in November, 1993, when more than
Report (volume)
of the foyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness, ~orth Carolina-Tennessee ~y F. G. LESURE, E. R. FORCE, and J...Mineral resources of Carolina-Tennessee. the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness, North (Studies related...survey of the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness, North Carolina-Tennessee, which was established as a wilderness...Hill ---------------------------------Records of mining activity ---------------------------------Prospect...--------------Mining in nearby areas ------------------------------------Fontana mine --------------
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...2 Uses 3 Mining Methods and Recovery 3 Gold in North Carolina 5 History of Mining 5 Production...Deposits of North Carolina 12 Eastern Carolina Belt 12 Portis Mine 14 Other Mines 14 Carolina Slate
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)
OFFICERS OF CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY (1951-1952 President: Stephen Taber, Columbia, South Carolina Vice President:...Broadhurst, Raleigh, North Carolina Secretary: E. Willard Berry, Duke University, North Carolina PROGRAM COMMITTEE...Maryville, Tennessee Roy L. Ingram, Chapel Hill, North Carolina EXCURSION LEADERS Philip B. King, Jarvis B...Gap and Tennessee-North Carolina State line Locality K (Bradley Fork, 3 miles north of Smokemont) Locality...Ravensford, on east side of Oconaluftee River 2 miles north of Cherokee) Locality M (Road cut on U.S. Highway
Report (issue)
Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological...base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, pyrite, tinf-,...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...province and in placers derived from these deposits. Copper occurs with complex sulfide ores in quartz veins...west of the Blue Ridge. 12 complex ores of gold, copper, lead, zinc, and silver in veins and 13 replacements
Report (volume)
Wilderness Study Area and Additions, Polk County, Tennessee, and Fannin County, Georgia By John F. Slack, U.S....wilderness study area and additions, Polk County, Tennessee and Fannin County, Georgia. (Studies related to wilderness-study...resources-Tennessee-Polk County. 2. Mines and mineral resources-Georgia-Fannin County. I. Gazdik, Gertrude...Chattahoochee National Forests in Pulk County, Tennessee, and Fannin County, Georgia. Big Frog was established...--------------------------------------------Slate and phyllite ---------------------------------------------Stone
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1975 Officers President: Robert D. Hatcher, Jr Department of Chemistry...Clemson, South Carolina Vice President: Carlton J. Leith Department of Geosciences North Carolina State University...University Raleigh, North Carolina Secretary-Treasurer: S. Duncan Heron, Jr. Department of Geology Duke...Duke University Durham, North Carolina Chairman of Membership Committee: Robert E. Lemm Department...South Carolina Field Trip Leaders: Stephen A. Kish Department of Geology University of North Carolina
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Origin of MassiveSulfide Deposits, GossanLead District, Virginia JACOBE. GAIR AND JOHN F. SLACK U.S....much as 40 m thick--the thickest known in the district. This deposit containsabundantcoarsebreccia fragmentsof...originaldepositsignificantly.In the northeasternpart of the district,drill holesintersect severalsulfidelayersthat...structurallyrepeated. The Ashe Formationin the district is a sequenceof metasedimentary rocks and local...amphibolitefrom a muchhigher stratigraphiclevel, southof the district,differssignificantlyfrom the maficrockscloserto
Report (issue)
geologic . province 54 Ducktown district, Tennessee 60 District geology 60 Theories of origin 61...Sulfide deposits in the Piedmont 129 9. Mineral district, Virginia 133 10. Description of the ore bodies...170 Carolina slate belt polymetallic stratabound sulfide deposits 175 Central North Carolina slate...belt 177 Lincolnton-McCormick district, Georgia and South Carolina Other slate belt deposits 188 191...191 Sulfur isotopes in Carolina slate belt 11. massive sulfides 191 Northern Alabama Piedmont 197
Report (issue)
SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA by Art Schultz USGS Reston, VA Open-File...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product...Appalachian-Ouachita Orogen in the United States, The Geology of North America: Geological Society of America, Boulder...Geology of the eastern Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina and Tennessee: U.S. Geological Survey Professional...Appalachian-Ouachita orogen in the United States, The geology of North America: Geological Society of America, Boulder
Report (issue)
metals. 3. Various metalliferous deposits (mostly copper, zinc, lead, iron, gold, and molybdenum) that contain...commonly contain some copper and zinc sulfides), metalliferous' deposits (including copper, zinc, lead, iron...decide whether a certain metalliferous deposit or district should be included or not. The problem was also...sulfur are available as potential byproducts from copper, lead, and zinc deposits, coal, industrial and...other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United States and
Book (volume)
:\IBRIAN OF 1'HE UNITED S1'ATES 01•' A:\IERICA: NORTH\VESTERN UNITED STATES-1"HE BEL1"' SERIES by Clyde...::.\1aryland 6.3. Virginia . 6.4. North Carolina and South Carolina 6.5. Georgia and Alabama 7. A.tlantic...in the Canadian Shield and its appendages in the north, and in the Blue Ridge Province farther south. They...they ,vere sumn1arized on the-' geologic rnap of North .._.\.n1f'rica (WILLIS and STOSE, 1911). l{ErrH's...the edge of the continental platform or craton of North America. The surface r ocks of the r egion are gently
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Virginia 20192, USA U.S. Geological Survey, 973 Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA c Dartmouth...Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, New Hampshire, USA Accepted 1 June 2004 Abstract Weathering of metal-sulfide...eastern United States. The salts, which are present on mine wastes, tailings piles, and outcrops, include minerals...Vermont copper belt, the Mineral district of central Virginia, the Copper Basin (Ducktown) mining district...undisturbed by mining are exposed in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee
Report (issue)
Borfh- Ca'^nn8 Stat* CmrSPE Baietgii c.a NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JASPER L. STUCKEY, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1948 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...RESOURCES JASPER L. STUCKEY, State Geologist North Carolina state Library Raleigh BULLETIN NO. 56 * ...UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JASPER L. STUCKEY, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Report (issue)
Alabama, University, Ala. Department of :ty.lines, Mining and Geology State Division of Conservation Atlanta...Jr ___________________________ _ Relationship of mining to other economic sectors, by Albert E. Schreck...Manmade features _____________________ _ Strip mining ______________________ _ Subsidence ________________________...Shirley_______ Types of mica, uses, and prices___________ Mining and preparation_________________ History and p...____ Districts in Appalachia__________________ North Carolina_____________________ South Carolina_____________________
Report (issue)
Mitigation and Remediation of Contaminated Mine Drainage from Coal Mining in the Appalachian Basin C. Blaine...Radon-222 in Drinking Water Wells in the South Carolina Piedmont James E. Landmeyer and Eric J. Reuber...the Fractured Crystalline-Bedrock Aquifers of North Carolina - A Federal and State Cooperative Study MelindaJ...is Ubiquitous but not Elevated in Abandoned Coal-Mine Discharges in Pennsylvania C.A. Cravotta, III, K...Fecal Contamination to Ground Water in Berkeley County, West Virginia Melvin Mathes and Don Stoeckel.
Report (issue)
................. Mineralogy of the Anakeesta Phyllite .................................... Mineralogy...of a variety of secondary minerals that form on phyllite ................................................chemical formulas of metamorphic minerals from phyllite, Anakeesta Formation, Alum Cave, Great Smoky Mountains...the secondary minerals identified in samples of phyllite, Anakeesta Formation, Alum Cave, Great Smoky Mountains...Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP), North Carolina and Tennessee (Fig. 1) has been of concern
Book
Permanence of Paper durability. Frontispiece: Looking north toward Foothills for Printed The binding materials...118 Clingmans Dome The Blue Ridge province in North Carolina, 118 viewed from the Clingmans Dome parking...Laurel Creek Road, tunneling through of Metcalf Phyllite tilted strata 134 Shaly appearance of the Metcalf...\jfr^~^ \ GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK NORTH CAROLINA-TENNESSEE \J\ UHtTED STATF.S HPWTMEHT S...Mountain shelf (lower) Exposed in valleys and ridges north and Chilhowee Group Green Mountain west of Park
Report (volume)
Bibliography of North American Geology 1946 and 1947 ^ By EMMA MERTINS THOM, MARJORIE HOOKER 'r> and..._ ni 3 7 15 311 * f *, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1946 and 1947 BY EMMA MERTINS THOM...REECE DUNAVEN INTRODUCTION The bibliography of North American geology, including paleontology, petrology...publications on the geology of the Continent of North America and adjacent islands and on Panama, the...index to the lierature cited. The bibliography of North American geology to the end of 1945 is contained
Report (issue)
Antimony Bismuth .• Cadmium Chromite Cobalt . Copper Ferro-alloys Gold Iron - Lead Manganese Mercury...inros of California 18-19 Aerial photo showing view north toward Whiterock Bluff, from south bank of Cuyama...Cuyama River 224-225 A(M-ial plioto showing view north townnl Xafividad dolomite quarry and calcining plant...and Chemical Corporation near Salinas, Mimtercy County 224-225 Aerial photo showing sea-water chemical...Calaveras County. li, Photo showing Permaneute Cement Company plant, Permanente, Santa Clara County _ A, Photo
Report (volume)
VVrather, Director Bulletin 952 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1944 and 1945 BY EMMA MERTINS...e tat ~ * Page 1 3 7 15 205 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1944 and 1945 By EMMA MERTINS THOM...THOM INTRODUCTION The bibliography of North American geology, including paleontology, petrology, and...publications on the geology of the Continent of North America and adjacent islands and on Panama, the...index to the literature cited. The bibliography of North American geology to the end of 1943 is contained
Report (issue)
PHYSICAL SCI. COUNTY REPORT 7 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Uk ... R&daubced. oj COUNTY IMPERIAL Gedifansua By Paul K. Morton Geologist COUNTY REPORT California...Sand Hills, as viewed toward the northwest from County Park. The prevailing wind direction, as indicated...PREFACE vi ABSTRACT vii INTRODUCTION Summary of County 1 Mineral Trends and Needs Principal Geographic...Quaternary lake beds Eastern and northeastern Imperial County Sedimentary breccia 1 1 1 1 1 19 19 19 1 Andesite
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...especial interest or value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G.
 
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