| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Torbernite |
| Formula: | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| Comments: | Occurs in pegmatite. |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Torbernite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Deer Park No. 2 Mine, Penland, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 60644 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:60644:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 96a083d3-4b17-45a9-90fc-25d24c58d848 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Torbernite |
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| 1.7km (1.1 miles) | ⓘPine Mountain (Pine Mountain Mine), Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA |
| 2.5km (1.6 miles) | ⓘHawkins Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA |
| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | ⓘChalk Mountain Mine, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA |
| 6.7km (4.1 miles) | ⓘField Mine, Crabtree Creek, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA |
| 8.2km (5.1 miles) | ⓘCarolina Mineral Company No. 20 Mine (Old 20 Mine), Crabtree Creek, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA |
| 9.7km (6.0 miles) | ⓘMcKinney Mine (Power Mill Creek Mine), Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA |
| 10.0km (6.2 miles) | ⓘGusher Knob, Ingalls Township, Avery County, North Carolina, USA |
| 10.2km (6.4 miles) | ⓘFanny Gouge Mine, Micaville, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA |
| 16.6km (10.3 miles) | ⓘRay Mica Mine, Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ROCKS AND MINERALS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA By DAVID M. SEAMAN Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh...recently married, I decided to take my wife to North Carolina on a mineral collecting trip, a vacation and...Uniontown. The locality is in an old quarry along the north side of the highway about a mile east of Summit...entered the Skvline Drive in Shenendoah National Park. Three miles south along the drive from Front Royal...several times, after we had crossed the border of North Carolina, to examine quartz dikes cutting the schist |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | afternoon but the rare uranium minerals of this mine were not found. The only specimen of interest collected...minerals found. The Deer Park No. 2 mine was the scene of operations for the day. The mine is located three-quarters...of Pen'and, North Carolina. Here fine autunite, uraninite, gummite, uranophane, torbernite, thulite, muscovite...of monazite about % of an inch, were found. This mine, together with the McKinney and Pittman mines, supply...actively worked at the present time. Near the Deer Park No. 2 mine, several fine potholes may be examined along |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1941 tf 2 - -{) Afa.ft1.Jl11.e got Atl11.eta.fofljfj, {jeofOfi3t3 a11.I c?o/fectot3 Vol. 16, No. 8 !Sc...Sc Whole No. 121 THE ROCKS AND MINERALS ASSOCIATION ( Me mbers All Over the World ) President, R....: ( 1 ) Rocks and Minerals, a monthly magazine. (2) A member's identification ::ard that secures the...Bagro11 ski.. 283 GREEN STILBITE FOUND AT PROSPECT PARK Q UARRY. By Chas. F. Dieg11a11 ................................... 285 MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA. BJ' Da1·id Sea111a11 .................... |
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