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Cuprite from
Gillis Mine, Virgilina Mining District, Person County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gillis Mine, Virgilina Mining District, Person County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:66400
Long-form Identifier:1:3:66400:2
GUID (UUID V4):f7662a49-10e6-45f0-91fc-28edb553a988
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Old Durgy Mine, Person County, North Carolina, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Copper World Mine, Person County, North Carolina, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Durgy Mine (Yancey Mine; Person Consolidated Mine), Person County, North Carolina, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) Thomas Mine, Person County, North Carolina, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Cross-Cut Mine, Person County, North Carolina, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Holloway Mine (Copper King Mines), Virgilina District, Granville County, North Carolina, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) Pannebaker Prospects, Granville County, North Carolina, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) Blue Wing Mine (Royster Mine; Spring shaft), Virgilina District, Granville County, North Carolina, USA
9.4km (5.9 miles) Duke Mine (Tingen Mine), Person County, North Carolina, USA
9.9km (6.1 miles) Cornfield Property (Cornfield Prospects), Granville County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 COPPER RAY MINE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA Downloaded by [University of Regina]...Alabama. 40 ROCKS & MINERALS pseudomorphs after cuprite, aragonite, azurite, calcite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite...frequently associated with silver, chalcocite, cuprite, malachite, azurite, tenorite, and a variety of...most notably those in the western mining states and the copper district of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula...were found in a number of locations in the Bisbee district, Arizona (Graeme 1981), including crystals up
Report (issue)
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Virgilina District of Virginia and North Carolina FRANCIS BAKER LANEY JorNrr...Introduction Hyco quartz porphyry Aaron slate Virgilina l4 77 greenstone Gosher schist . Hyco quartz...Analysis of typical Aaron slate Weatherine and soil Virgilina greenstone fntroductorv statement Distribution... . : : . . . . . . . . . . - - . Analyses of Virgilina greenstone Weathering Intrusive rocks oa 27...minerals Development Concentrating plant . Blue Wine mine-.. General*statement... Undergroundilevelopment
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
W a l k e r M in k COPPER MINES, PERSON CO UN TY, NORTH CAROLINA BULLETIN OF T H E GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...COPPER-BEARING ROCKS OF VIRGILINA COPPER DISTRICT, VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA * BY THOMAS LEONARD WATSON........................ 369 Ore deposits of the district................................................. 1501, in a field examination of the Virgilina copper district, and the specimens of the rocks and ores...and he is indebted to Mr W. H. Pannebaker, of Virgilina, for th e photographs illustrating it. L I I —B
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
made to mine the ores, but thus far the only productivepropertieshave been thoseof the Virgilina district...PiedmontRegion. (a) The Virgilina district,whichincludes Halifax county, Virginia; and Person and Granville counties...counties, North Carolina. (b) The depositson or near SouthwestMountain, Albemarle county;thoseof the...EasternBelt near Keysville, Charlotte county; and at Dillwyn, Buckingham county. II. The Blue Ridge Region. I...shalesandstoneseriesof the Triassic areas. In the Virgilina district the oresoccurin quartzfissureveinswhichintersector
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:
Report (issue)
METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA by P. Albert Carpenter, m Reprinted...Previous investigations Mine 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...Furr mine Isenhour mine ..; : Newellmine Nugget mine Phoenix mine Pioneer Mills mine Propst mine Quaker...City mine Reed mine Rocky River mine Silver shaft Snydermine Troutmanmine Tucker mine Whitney mine Chatham
Report (volume)
_ 16 Warren mine ____ 16 Milan mine ____________.._____________________ ._ 18 Lyman mine _______ _ _________...____________ '.__ 24 Copperfield or Ely mine ("Vershire mine).______i______ 24 History______________...character of ores____________________ Hartford County deposits__________________________ Simsbury (Newgate)...mine_________________________________ New Haven County deposits________________________ New York ____..._______________ The ores__ _ _ _____ _ American mine ________'________L ______________ Workings and equipment
Report (volume)
Geology of Some Copper Deposits in North Carolina Virginia, and Alabama By GILBERT H. ESPENSHADE CONTRIBUTIONS...mines, Swain County, North Carolina, the Toncrae mine, Virginia, and the Stone Hill mine, Alabama UNITED...___________ Deposits in Great Smoky ~ountains, North Carolina__________________ GeneralgeologY------...------------------------------Geology of Swain County copper district__________________________ Sedimentary...Counties, Alabama___________________________ Stone Hill mine ___________________________________________ - -
Book (edition)
LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...OF E. M. UZZELL RALEIGH, N. C. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CHROLINS. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It has F...data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 eral causes have been operative in giving...some number of them not hitherto or, The Mica mining industry, elsewhere discovered iu America. great...with Mr. W. E. Hidden, of New explorations and mining for these mineral Among these, York, has spent
Book (edition)
Geology of North Carolina. QE 147 .A22 1866-1887 Pt.2 V.2 Chap.1 Digitized by the Internet Archive...org/details/mineralsminerall01 nort n o o / Geology of North Carolina. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It F. A. GENTH...Mica mining industry, for example, has brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2...York, has spent many months in explorations and mining for these mineral rarities, and has himself added...B. boring gold region. for notes of the mica mining And to Prof. A. A. Julien the survey occurrence
Report (volume)
'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... W. Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...J. W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette]...50. II. Tertiary History of the G-rand Caiion District, with atlas, by Clarence E. Dutton, Capt. U. S
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,...scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects: anatase, rutile,...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Clinotyrolite spray, 3.4 mm across, Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Aikinite Boulangeritc Galcnobismutite Oxides Cuprite (Chalcotrichite) Water (Snow) (Frost) (Hail) Zincite...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials
Journal (issue)
Australian Museum, Sydney • Antleriet van de Jomac mine, Utah • En veel MKA- en ander nieuws… Mineralogische...uitgever : H. DILLEN, Doornstraat 15, B-9170 Sint-Gillis-Waas. Niets uit deze uitgave mag worden vermenigvuldigd...Minerant. Rik DILLEN, Doornstraat 15, B-9170 Sint-Gillis-Waas. Tel. 03 7706007. Bestuurder...Pelckmans Reisbelevenissen in Nevada en Oregon (USA) De reis die Herwig en zijn gezin dit jaar maakte...antleriet met carbonaatcyanotrichiet van de Jomac mine, Utah, USA aangeboden. Meer details hierover vindt U elders
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
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...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, 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
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the motion between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. Th e San Andreas Fault takes u p... From figure 1, one can see that the generally north-south trend of mountain ranges in most of Nevada...into Earth's mantle) of oceanic plates beneath the North American Plate and, in northern Nevada. by motion...originated from subduction along the west coast of North America. Much of the granite in the Sierra Nevada...near Ely in White Pine County; copper-molybdenum ores north of Tonopah in Nye County: and tungsten ores in
Journal (issue)
uitgever : H. DILLEN, Doornstraat 15, B-9170 Sint-Gillis-Waas. Niets uit deze uitgave mag worden vermenigvuldigd...micromineralen. Rik DILLEN, Doornstraat 15, B-9170 Sint-Gillis-Waas. Tel. 03 7706007. Bestuurder...n.v. Henri Dillen, Doornstraat 15, B-9170 Sint-Gillis-Waas. Nederlandse lezers maken hetzelfde bedrag...paceite, two new acetate minerals from the Potosi mine, Broken Hill, Australia * Superior Copperdistrict...mineral species from Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah, USA 91-102 The crystal structure of bergenite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Connecticut, pegmatite district. They are found in South Glastonbury, about 5 miles north-northeast of Portland...quarry on the north. This region includes one of the largest quarries of the entire district, the Howe No...a trail system that follows old carriage roads, mine roads, and pipeline rightsof-way. During the spring...lithium pegmatite minerals. Minerals found in the district include albite, allanite, almandine, autunite...Walden Gem mine. There is every indication that the South Glastonbury quarrying district will produce
Journal (issue)
c5anvw,((e,vMintrafs Mineral Dealer & Mine gent Levant Gallery Lower Boscaswel I, Pendeen, Near Penzance...Schmitt. 812 Imperial Court, Hartland, Wisconsin 53029 USA. Telephone: (0414) 3673674 ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS are...Minerals 35 37 FRONT COVER Caledonite. Red Gill Mine., Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Largest crystal 1.25...issues have demonstrated that the U .K. Mineral & Mining fraternity can support a magazine fitting a ·niche...belt. An old open level was investigated on the north-east side of a hill 1.5 km N. W. of Bontddu. A small
Journal (issue)
Geonieuw s H . Dille n Ripstraat 10 8 2780 Sint-Gillis--maas tel . 031/70 60 07 1 M K A - Nieuw s...; Amos, Quebec, Canada ; Oxford groeve , Liane' County, Texas, U .5 .A . Cp deze laatste plaats komt het... Tsumeb, Namibië samen met o .a . chalcocite, cuprite, austinite en koritnigiet . Rohaie t Sven 1hiarup-Maller...Altai , U .S .S .R . ; Tambang 5awah, 8enkcelen district, Sumatra, Indonesia . Nieuwe gegeven s H*ggie...mei-juni 198 0 The Hamburg mine and vicinity, Vuma Co, Arizona . The Red C1 ❑ ud Mine, Yuma Co ., Arizona
Report (issue)
31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of...Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph...production of environmental protection equipment. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...to Nevada in 1929 and was actively involved in mining in the state and the western U.S. for the rest
Catalog/List
and Nevada were his favorites because of their mining and coin minting history. During his second year...the university, Kevin delved into mineralogy and mining history, and began to update his mineral collection...country as well as exploring scores of abandoned mining towns from California to New Mexico to Montana...and in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield and Tonopah. Kevin...on QUARTZ RHODOCHROSITE District Mine. Climax Climax olTolg-Yole Lake. County. ncredibly difficult it
 
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