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Galena from
Thompson Mine, Nacoochee, White County, Georgia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Thompson Mine, Nacoochee, White County, Georgia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:137159
Long-form Identifier:1:3:137159:8
GUID (UUID V4):0c669a02-8e51-4f70-acc4-5bd53839fd3a
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
1.6km (1.0 miles) Reynolds vein, Dean property, Helen, White County, Georgia, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) Standard Mine (Singleton Mine; Dahlonega Mine; Boston Mine), Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA
26.5km (16.5 miles) Findley Mine, Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA
31.5km (19.6 miles) Lowman Mine, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, USA
35.1km (21.8 miles) Barlow Mine, Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA
35.4km (22.0 miles) Battle Branch Mine, Auraria, Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA
49.8km (30.9 miles) Kin Mori Mine, Dawsonville, Dawson County, Georgia, USA
55.3km (34.3 miles) Section 6 Talc prospect, Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA
58.5km (36.3 miles) Otto prospect (Little Coweetah prospect; Sheenah prospect), Macon County, North Carolina, USA
58.8km (36.5 miles) Valley placer (No. 6 vein), Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEORGIA Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX JENNINGS...JENNINGS B. GORDON, JR. P . O . Box 6214 Rome, Georgia 30162 Although perhaps best known for its gold, rutUe...rutUe, and staurolite (the state mineral), Georgia has, in fact, almost two hundred mineral species. ...have been reported and verified from the state of Georgia. The index has been compiled from the literature...be either a report on the economic geology of Georgia or a field guide for lapidaries, it excludes commercial
Report (issue)
COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing... MINERALS OF GEORGIA: THEIR PROPERTIES AND OCCURRENCES by Robert B. Cook STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF................................................. Galena ........................................................................................... 170 County Index ........................................
Report (issue)
TY, GEORGI A PLATE t GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA S. W. McCALLIE, State Geologist BULLETIN No.... 19 SECOND REPORT ON THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA BY S. P. JONES Assistant State Geologist ATLANTA...Survey of Georgia in the Year 1909 (Ex-Officio) His ExcELLENCY, HOKE SMITH, Governor of Georgia PRESIDENT...Schools LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL GEoLOGICAL SuRVEY OF GEoRGIA, ATLANTA, June 15, 1909. To His Excellency, HoKE...the Advisory Board of the Geological Survey of Georgia. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for
Report (issue)
<:I·:OR<: I A. 1'1.. ·1 TF I GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA W. S. YEATES, State Geologist BULLETIN No. 4-...PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A PART OF THE Gold Deposits of Georgia BY W.S.YEATES State Geologist AND S. W. MCCALLIE...Geological Survey of Georgia (Ex-Officio) His ExcELLENCY, W. Y. ATKINSON, Governor of Georgia, PRESIDENT THE...the Advisory Board of the Geological Survey of Georgia, SrR: - I have the honor, to submit, herewith,... State Geologist. • THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA CHAPTER 1 THE OCCURRENCE AND HISTORY OF GOLD
Report (issue)
<:I·:OR<: I A. 1'1.. ·1 TF I GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA W. S. YEATES, State Geologist BULLETIN No. 4-...PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A PART OF THE Gold Deposits of Georgia BY W.S.YEATES State Geologist AND S. W. MCCALLIE...Geological Survey of Georgia (Ex-Officio) His ExcELLENCY, W. Y. ATKINSON, Governor of Georgia, PRESIDENT THE...the Advisory Board of the Geological Survey of Georgia, SrR: - I have the honor, to submit, herewith,... State Geologist. • THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA CHAPTER 1 THE OCCURRENCE AND HISTORY OF GOLD
Book (volume)
..........................................122 Georgia .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
..........................................122 Georgia .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Report (issue)
orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ___________________________________ _ Alabama ...34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. -------...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____...properties _________ .. _____________ _ Halifax County ______ - _____ - __________ ~- _'- __ _ Virgilina..._____ _ ____ __ ... _________________ _ Orange County-· ___________________________ _ Melville ____ -
Report (issue)
Missouri Barite District, Valles Mines, Franklin County Mines, and subdistricts of the Southeast Missouri...Subdistrict, Irondale Subdistrict, and Viburnum No. 29 Mine in the Viburnum Trend Subdistrict in the Southeast...Subdistrict, Irondale Subdistrict, and Viburnum No. 29 Mine in the Viburnum Trend Subdistrict in the Southeast...Subdistrict, Irondale Subdistrict, and Viburnum No. 29 Mine in the Viburnum Trend Subdistrict in the Southeast...pond, Irondale Subdistrict, and Viburnum No. 29 Mine in the Viburnum Trend Subdistrict in the Southeast
Report (volume)
districts___________________________._._. Washington County district, Missouri______.-__.-__ Sweetwater district...______________________ Cartersville district, Georgia.____________..__.__j___ Barite deposits in the...in the residual deposits of barite in Washington County, Mo _________________.____-__--__----_- .100 101...obtained from Arkansas, Missouri, Nevada, and Georgia. Nearly -half of the States have yielded some barite...desirable industrial mineral.because it is generally white in powder form, heavy, mainly nonabrasive, and available
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
writers and confusion in the litera- 3M R. M, THOMPSON ture. It is hoped that the time is rapidly approaching...have already been published (Thompson, I946a, t946b, 1947; Peacock & Thompson, 1946a, I9+6b). The present...severalspectacularspecimensof ore from the Robb-Montbray Mine, Montbray Township, Quebec; to Dr. M. H. Frohberg...Hopkins for specimens from the Wright-Hargreaves Mine, Kirkland Lake, Ontario; to Dr. E. P. Henderson...301',B:97" 34i', t=107" 53L'; Z:12 (Peacock & Thompson, 1946b). Massive but sometimes with interrupted
Journal (issue)
OF DEATH VALLEY By Audrey Pavia 40 ROYAL PEACOCK MINE: A LEGACY OF COWBOYS AND OPALS By Amy Grisak 46...SHOW June 23rd – 26th 2022 (9am to 6pm) Jefferson County Fairgrounds Madras, Oregon FREE PARKING FREE ADMISSION...COM | MAY 2022 7 Sale MADEIN INUSA USA MADE MADEIN INUSA USA MADE !)Fydmveft!Bmbtlb!'!Ibxbjj* Sale...Catalogs Free Catalogs Free Catalogs William Tell Mine  Turquoise Ithaca 1929turquoise.com 8 ROCK&GEM...concentrated deposits. This makes them difficult to mine. Now, a new process has been developed that allows
Book (volume)
Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States GEORGIA Georgia’s nearly 59,000 square miles makes it the...highest elevation in the state at 4,784 feet. 145 Georgia Beginning in the northwest, where the Lookout...mountains loom over rich agricultural valleys, Georgia easily divides into five major physiographic provinces...The first real Gold Rush in America occurred in Georgia following two simultaneous discoveries of Gold...1828, one on the Lovelady place near Loudsville in White Co. and the other on the Bear Cr. near Dahlonega
Journal (issue)
.... 5 by C. S. Stolburg Minerals of the Pereta mine, Tuscany, Italy ..................................and M. Tazzini Alteration minerals of the Cetine mine, Tuscany, It a ly ................................ Sabelli and G. Brizzi Siegenite from the Buick mine, Bixby, Missouri .................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...visit the gun and knife show at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona. Here are some items culled
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfide ores containing principally argentiferous galena, sphalerite, and tetrahedrite occur both in Paleozoic...arenaceous rocks are represented by the Clayton Mine Quartzite and the Kinnikinic Quartzite (Table 1;...(modified from E.A. Schmidt, M.J. Broch, and R.O. White, 1982, unpub. report for Cyprus Exploration, 82...batholith Tonalite, granodiorite, two-mica granite Thompson Creek, Deer Creek, McCoy, Croesus, Beaver Creek...King), Vienna, Carrietown, Rooks Creek, Dead Wood, White Cloud Peak, Little Boulder Creek, Treasure Vault
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Erica Van Pelt Los Angeles, CA Founder John Sampson White The Mineralogical record May–June 2008 Volume...COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to be the world’s...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals...cases should be professionally photographed. Wayne Thompson proposed the idea to Show Chairman Rick Trapp
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pages 449-536 Cover Photographs January/February: Galena, Tri-State district, Kansas. Smithsonian Institution...photo. March/April: Quartz, Middleville, Herkimer County, New York. John C. Medici specimen and photo. May/June:...May/June: Turgite, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia. Ronald E. Bentley specimen and photo. July/August:...July/August: Quartz, H. deLinde No. 4 mine, High Peak, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Private collection; Ronald...Bentley photo. September/October: Barite, Otero County, Colorado. Dan and Dianne Kile specimen; John Muntyan
Book (edition)
DIANA BRUCE4-5 z WEARDALE, COUNTY DURHA M 6-17 z DI A NA M ARI A MINE 18-29 SUTCLIFFE VEIN GR AEBER...HILL POCKET 38-39 QUEEN OF GREEN POCKET 40-41 GALENA POCKET42-43 PURPLE H AZE POCKET 44-45 NOVEMBER...POCKET92-93 NORTHER N LIGHTS POCKET94-95 z ROGERLEY MINE 96-107 GREENBANK VEIN WOLFIE POCKET108-109 BEADLE...POCKET114-115 50 YEAR POCKET116-117 z LADY ANNABELLA MINE  118-127 THE BULL VEIN THE BULL VEIN 128-129...HELEN’S POCKET158-159 WILSON VEIN POCKET160-161 THOMPSON VEIN EXCAVATOR TER MINATOR POCKET162-163 z MINER
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE
Journal (issue)
4 cm -high specimen is from the DeMaria mine in Placer County, California. (Jeff Scovil Photo/Brett Keller.......... 50 by Bob Jones collecting run-of-the-mine specimens by Steve Voynick Montana Placer Mining...contributor LYNN VARON Managing Editor JIM BRACE-THOMPSON MARC DAVIS SCOTT EMPEY WILLIAM A. KAPPELE STEVE...Wholesale and retail show; Gem Faire Inc.; Lane County Events Center; 796 W. 13th Ave.; Fri. 12-6, Sat...4-6—FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO: Annual show; San Juan County Gem & Mineral Society; Civic Center; 200 W. Arrington;
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
Report (issue)
. Nuffield , Mrs . J .S. Stevenson and R . M. Thompson . It became apparent as the compilation progressed...masses and crysta l s in vugs at the Highland Bell Mine , Wallace Mountain , n ear Beaverdell , 23 miles...3 Argentite has b een found at the Silver King Mine , Toad Mountain, about 5 miles south of Nelson (G...primary min eral associated with argentiferous galena, and has been observed in megascopic amounts in...masses as a supergene mineral replacing galena at the Hewitt Mine, and as films associ ated w ith nativ
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
having crystals of galena, marcasite, pyrite, along with calcite from Wisconsin. Galena crystals make fine...crystal groupings from Breckenridge District, Summit County, Colorado. Under the microscope fine crystal group­...localities in Nevada, Idaho Springs' Clear Creek County, and Mexico where gold and many other fine minerals...Mineral Society of Franklin visited the Mason Mountain mine for rhodolite. Members found excel­ lent specimens...University. Brownlow Thompson, Region 1 State Representative, and Mrs Thompson met with the Southeastern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral has been mined quite extensively in Clay County, Alabama, from one end to the other. It is quite...chrysocolla and greenish malachite. From San Manuel Mine, San Manuel, Arizona. Tourmaline: Mass of black...Stayton Mine, Lone Tree, two miles south of Antimony Peak, near Hollister, San Benito County, California...its original shape. The Stayton Mine is principally a quicksilver mine, yielding cinnabar and native mercury...specimens of stibnite crystals and of massive yellowish-white crusts of stibiconite, a hydrous antimony oxide
Report (volume)
Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia..........Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Illinois...Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin.........Prof. W. 0. Hotchkiss...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;...pure and white in residual clays at following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near
 
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