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Hypersthene from
Lenoir Quarry, Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Hypersthene' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hypersthene data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lenoir Quarry, Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:769048
Long-form Identifier:1:3:769048:8
GUID (UUID V4):a7b862f2-cf1f-4fa7-939d-fbc627045511
Nearest other occurrences of Hypersthene
38.6km (24.0 miles) Walker Top Mountain, Burke County, North Carolina, USA
61.0km (37.9 miles) Finney and Teegarden Hematitic Magnetite Mine, Walnut Mountain Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA
73.8km (45.9 miles) Day Book, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
90.2km (56.1 miles) Bald Mountain meteorite, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
References
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Report (issue)
the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity, North Carolina and Tennessee By BRUCE BRYANT and JOHN C. REED...Chilhowee Group --------------------------- 45 Slices north of the Grandfather Mountain window ------------...Ridge and Valley and Ridge belts in parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, and southern Virginia. 4. Geologic...volcanic rocks of the Aleutian Islands, rocks of the Carolina slate belt, and graywackes ______ 77. N&O :K20...rocks of the Aleutian Islands and rocks of the Carolina slate belt ________________ 78. Variation diagram
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diabase by pectolite may be seen about iy2 miles North of Middletown, (Lake Co., Calif.), just beyond the...us—both were from the famous Gillette pegmatite quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Conn. One specimen...report." DELAWARE—Black, cleavable masses of hypersthene can be found in Talleyville, New Castle Co.,...by Seymour F. Dozier, Red Oak, Route 1, Fulton County, Georgia. Large lumps of this material can be picked...Gibbonsville (Lemhi Co.), Idaho, about 34 miles north of Salmon, and the country is already well ROCKS
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715-650 Ma ŽMaboko et al., 1985; Lenoir and Haider, 1990; Muhongo and Lenoir, 1994. and is interpreted to...ŽStern, 1994.. Escape occurred predominantly to the north and involved the CongorTanzania Craton as a rigid...Kfeldspar, quartz, plagioclase, biotite, hornblende, hypersthene, augite, sphene, zircon, opaques, apatite, allanite...K-feldspar, quartz, plagioclase, biotite, hornblende, hypersthene, augite, sphene, zircon, opaques, apatite, rutile...Genzebu et al., 1994; Ž13. Kuster et al., 1990; Ž14. Lenoir et al., 1994; Ž15. Nedelec ¨ ´ ´ et al., 1994;
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]...separately. Price $2.50. XVI. The Paleozoic Fishes of North America, by John Strong Newberry. 1889. 4°. 340
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1994) 83:624-641 © Springer-Verlag 1994 J.-L. Lenoir • D. Kfister • J.-R Li6geois • A. Utke A. Haider...Abstract Granitoids within the Precambrian basement of north-eastern and southern Somalia are subdivided on the...different assemblages. The post-kinematic assemblage in north-eastern Somalia ( ~ 630 Ma) comprises granodiorites... characterized by strong juvenile input in the north, close to the A r a b i a n - Nubian Shield, whereas...b i a n - N u b i a n Shield (ANS) to the north and north-west (Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia) and the polycyclic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1994) 83:624-641 © Springer-Verlag 1994 J.-L. Lenoir • D. Kfister • J.-R Li6geois • A. Utke A. Haider...Abstract Granitoids within the Precambrian basement of north-eastern and southern Somalia are subdivided on the...different assemblages. The post-kinematic assemblage in north-eastern Somalia ( ~ 630 Ma) comprises granodiorites... characterized by strong juvenile input in the north, close to the A r a b i a n - Nubian Shield, whereas...b i a n - N u b i a n Shield (ANS) to the north and north-west (Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia) and the polycyclic
Report (issue)
Description of areas studied L Middle River basinL North River basinL Alluvial terrace areasL Calfpasture...River L 81 Eidson CreekL 82 East Dry Branch L 84 North RiverL 84 Calfpasture ValleyL 85 Gillis FallsL 85...ILLUSTRATIONS Pag e PLATE9 9. Drainage map of Calfpasture, North, and Middle river basins, Virginia L In pocket 10...in areas studiedL 49 12. Drainage map of Nelson County, Va. L 51 13. Geologic sketch map of headwaters...made on about 15 streams, most of them in Augusta County, Va., in the area shown on plate 9. Studies were
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
province studied in Tanzania (Nanyaro et al. 1983b; Lenoir et al. 1993, 1994), in northeastern Zambia (Schandelmeier...Tanzania yielded Rb–Sr isochron ages of 1725±48 Ma (Lenoir et al. 1993, 1994). According to these authors...reported in extensional tholeiitic mafic rocks. Hypersthene (Ca3–4Mg40–76Fe+Mn57–20) occurs in rocks devoid...for the Cenozoic tectonic evolution of western North America. Geol Soc Am Bull 81: 3513–3536 Barrat JA...(1966) The geochronology of Equatorial Africa. North Holland, Amsterdam Cahen L, Snelling NJ, Delhal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Massif: An Exotic Fragment of Gondwanaland Located in North-Eastern China? Simon A. Wilde, Helen L. Dorsett-Bain...and North China Cratons is poorly constrained, but i t appears likely that, along with the North China...rift system between the Siberian Craton to the north (Cao et al., 1992) and the Sino-Korean Craton to...Lesser Hinggan Mountains of Heilongjiang Province, north-eastern China, and extends northward into Russia...southeast and by the Heilongjiang River to the north (Fig.1). The Jiamusi Massif chiefly consists of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1999; Garrido et al., 2011; Kornprobst, 1969; Lenoir et al., 2001; Obata, 1980; Pearson et al., 1993;...recognized in both massifs (Frets et al., 2014; Lenoir et al., 2001; Soustelle et al., 2009; Van der Wal...recrystallization front (Van der Wal and Vissers, 1993; Lenoir et al., 2001; Vauchez and Garrido, 2001). In Beni...plagioclase lherzolite facies (Hidas et al., 2013a, 2015; Lenoir et al., 2001; Van der Wal and Vissers, 1996). Several...al zoning of the massif in the Late Oligocene (Lenoir et al., 2001; Van der Wal and Vissers, 1996). This
Report (issue)
resting in sharp contact upon Middle Ordovician Lenoir Limestone .......................................otherwise genetically related to a given craton) to the North American craton, whereas higher thrust sheets in...(allochthonous and unrelated to a given craton) to the North American craton. Sequences preserved in the Little...River thrust stack are allochthogenetic to the North American craton and autochthogenetic to the African...the Bill Arp sheet are allochthogenetic to the North American craton; and all of the rocks in the Rome-Kingston
Report (chapter)
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129, USA (e-mail: r.hanson @ tcu.edu) Abstract: The Precambrian...region. Orogenesis in the same time frame farther north is recorded by the Kibaran and Irumide Belts, which...dextral shearing (Fitches 1970; Ray 1974; Daly 1988; Lenoir e t al. 1994; Theunissen e t al. 1996). Mafic rocks...and migmatization at 1995 _+ 0.4 to 1988 _+0.6Ma. Lenoir e t al. (1994) reported a protolith U-Pb zircon...et al. (2000); 27, Grrards & Ledent (1976); 28, Lenoir et al. (1994); 29, M611er et al. (1995); 30, Wendt
Book
of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...of Chemis(O-) try, &c. in the University of North Carolina. INDEX, ERRATA. Page " " " 11 under BRUNSWICK...from the bottom, add (C.) after chalk. " under CALDWELL Co. for (T. A. Greene.) read MAHA VILLAGE should...from the top, for north read mouth. " 8 from the top, add T. JV. after copper. NORTH PROVIPotstone. MARKET...less to 5 in m. a coarse grained granite, of North Yarmouth, W. Garnet, manganesian, massive, at
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Knoxville 1°x2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°x2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [etaf...Geology—Tennessee. 2. Geology—North Carolina. 3. Geology—South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources—Tennessee...and mineral resources—North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II...Knoxville l°x2° quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina 2. Paleozoic metamorphic facies map
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arc-tholeiitic affinity, which is exposed ca. 150 km to the north of the city of Malaga (Turner et al., 1999; Duggen... major and trace elements (e.g., Downes, 2001; Lenoir et al., 2001; Bodinier ED and Godard, 2014; Pearson...Evidence of peridotite interaction with melts from hypersthene-normative pyroxenites has been SC RI documented...upwelling in the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (Lenoir et al., 2001). Mantle xenoliths from the eastern...extended back-arc basin in the western Mediterranean (Lenoir et al., 6.4. Capture of percolating exotic melts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arti®cial inclusions, distributed by Fluid Inc., USA. The measurements can be reproduced within ‹0.2 °C...massif, however, its zircon age (695 Ma, Muhongo and Lenoir 1994) is about 50 Ma older than the granulite metamorphism...whereas the granulite consists of clinopyroxene, hypersthene, plagioclase, minor quartz, secondary hornblende...biotite-quartz symplectite replacing in part hypersthene, and accessory opaques. The garnet-bearing vein...nitrogen-bearing ¯uid inclusions in granulites from Oksfjord, north Norwegian Caledonides. Contrib Mineral Petrol 114:
Report (issue)
RESOURCES GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY RHESA M. ALLEN, JR. BULLETIN 8I VIRGINIA DIVISION...RESOURCES GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY RHESA M. ALLEN, JR. BULLETIN 8I VIRGINIA DIVISION... ILLUSTRATIONS PecB Pr,lrB 1. Geologic map of Page County, Virginia. ..' .In ppcket Frcunp 1. Pece ... Index map showing location of Page County. 2 2. Viewof StonyMan... '... 13 .....l4 3. Viewof HoakHill...Geologic formations in Page County. 9 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOIIRCES OF PAGE COUNTY By Rnnsa M. Ar,r,au
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rejuvenation in the Palaeoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic (Lenoir et al., 1994). The Archaean cratonic nuclei appear...with those of the Arabian Nubian Shield to the north (Stern, 1994; Kröner, 2001; Viola et al., 2008)...green augite and slightly lesser amounts of hypersthene, with biotite, hornblende and plagioclase as...significant minor components (BGS, 2009). Both hypersthene and augite contain a crystallographicallycontrolled...Caledonian-Appalachian orogenic belt of Norway and north-eastern North America, in which small maficintrusion hosted
Report (volume)
Knoxville 1 °X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Knoxville 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°X2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina I by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [et al...Geology- Tennessee. 2. Geology-North Carolina. 3. Geology-South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources-...and mineral resources-North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology, Miami University, Oxford OH 45, USA c Dzhavakhishvili Tbilisi State University, pr. Chavchavadze...characterized by low-K, moderate-to high-Ti, olivine-hypersthene-normative, tholeiitic basalts representing N-MORB...Southern Slope Zone of the Great Caucasus in the north and the Lesser Caucasus suture zone in the south...in the Dzirula, Khrami, and Loki salients (from north to south, respectively, Fig. 3), that is overlain...moderate-to high-titanium (1.5–3.1 wt.% TiO2), olivine-hypersthene-normative, differentiated (Mg#= 0.69–0.53) tholeiitic
Report (volume)
States and its possessions. The first compilation, "North American Geologic Formation Names," Bulletin 191...contains: (1) an alphabetical listing of 1,500 North American sedimentary formation names and 100 names...year 1955), Bulletin 1056-A, "Geologic Names of North America Introduced in 1936-1955," by Druid Wilson...listed about 5,000 new names introduced for use in North America, the Pacific Island possessions of the United...nonalphabetical "Index to the Geologic Names of North America," Bulletin 1056-B, by Druid Wilson, Grace
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c ARES, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA d Universität Göttingen, Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum...Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany g Jacobs ESCG, Houston, TX 77058, USA b A R T I C LE I N FO A B S T R A C T Handling...(ARES) Division at NASA-Johnson Space Center (JSC, USA) and at the Institut für Planetologie (Universität...chromium oxide (Cr), San Carlos olivine (Mg), hypersthene (Si), diopside (Ca), rhodonite (Mn), rutile (Ti)...of pyroxenes and spinel (Rampone et al., 1994; Lenoir et al., 2001; Müntener et al., 2004; Tommasi et
Report (issue)
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE MAGNETITE ORES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE.1 By W. S. BAYLEY. INTRODUCTION...DISTRIBUTION. The iron ores of western North Carolina and Carter County, Tenn., comprise brown hematite (limonite...of North Carolina have increased in importance. Brown ore and magnetite produced in western North Carolina...353 60,593 43,483 44,482 o From reports of North Carolina Geol. and Econ. Survey and Mineral Resources...total recorded .production of magnetite from North Carolina is about 1,331,600 tons and of brown hematite
Report (issue)
Topographic map of piedmont alluvial aprons in the North River valleY-------------------------------34. Section...the Blue Ridge Mountains on the southeast and the North and Shenandoah Mountains on the northwest. In local...the Blue Ridge. A study of the meanders of the North Fork, Shenandoah River, was also made at this time...to work with him in mapping some caverns in Page County, Va. (Hack and Durloo, 1962). The help of two field... The classic geomorphic work was done· farther north in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where W. M. Davis
 
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