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Pyrite from
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Kyanite5 photos of Pyrite associated with Kyanite at this locality.
Lazulite5 photos of Pyrite associated with Lazulite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:27493
Long-form Identifier:1:3:27493:3
GUID (UUID V4):bcebc487-a03c-4950-9e1d-3824b6a1711e
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
3.6km (2.3 miles) Magruder Mine (Seminole Mine), Metasville, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Chambers prospect, Wilkes County, Georgia, USA
7.3km (4.6 miles) Hilly Mine, Wilkes County, Georgia, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles) M. G. and J. J. Dorn property, Metasville, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
10.9km (6.8 miles) Colley Mine, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) Paschal Mine, Dill Mine (Paschal Mine; Julia Mine; Phelps Mine), Clay Hill, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
11.5km (7.1 miles) Ramsay Mine, Amity, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
11.7km (7.3 miles) Julia Mine, Little River, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) Phillips Mine, Woodlawn, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
12.6km (7.9 miles) Phelps Mine (Julia Mine; Dill Mine; Paschal Mine), Clay Hill, Lincoln County, Georgia, 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Guelph] at 01:09 24 December 2014 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lue minerals are a traditional...well-known locality of this type is, of course, Graves Mountain, Georgia. The occurrence of lazulite in this and...rutile specimens, an attractive lazulite from Graves Mountain has been suggested for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...quartz and generally classed as quartzites (Graves Mountain). Lesser occurrences are in quartz and phosphate-rich...Sagadahoc County, Maine. Gemmy lazulite masses are found in Chittenden Township, Rutland County, Vermont
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...mineral localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, G eorgia............................ from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. Collection of Maudine and Bob Sullivan;...(Randolph Rothschild and our anonymous donor from Georgia), (2) meticulous financial management and careful...localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain Lincoln County, Georgia Robert B. Cook, Jr. Department
Report (chapter)
GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director...AND MINERALOGY OF GRAVES MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA by Vemon J. Hurst ATLANTA 1959 GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF...Number 68 THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF GRAVES MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA by Vernon J. Hurst , ATLANTA 1959 LETTER...His Excellency, S. Ernest Vandiver Governor of Georgia and Commissioner Ex-Officio State Division of Conservation...herewith Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 68, "The Geology and Mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Georgia
Report (issue)
GOLD IN EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA , by Vernon J. Hurst University of Georgia with contributions by Kenneth...Plemons Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Georgia Geologic Survey...PDant, Parks GoUd Mine, McDuffie County, Georgia. Photo courtesy Georgia Department of Archives and History...History. GOLD IN EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA by Vemon J. Hurst University of Georgia with contribl!.lltions lby...of the Accelerated Economic Minerals Program GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAl RESOURCES Jl. leonard ledbetter
Journal (issue)
................................. 130 GRAVES MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA. By Peter z odac................ 131 EARLY...CRAVES MOUNTAIN, CEORCIA By PETER ZODAC Editor Rocks and Minerals To our mind, Graves Mountain is the...the most interesting locality in Georgia. We had long known of its existance as the source for the finest...contemplated during the early spring of 1938, G raves Mountain was the first locality co be placed upon our itinerary...D. Gibson, H ead of the Department of Geology, Georgia School of Technology, in Atlanta, who with Mrs
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 01" GEORGIA POSTAGE WILL BE REFUNDED GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY...BULLETIN NO. 46 KYANITE AND VERMICULITE DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA By LOUIS M. PRINDLE Associate Geologist, U. S....PRINTING COMPANY ATLANTA, GEORGIA .· .. ·.~ THE COMMISSION OF THE Georgia Department of Forestry... Hrs ExcELLENCY, EUGENE TALMADGE, Governor of Georgia, CHAIRMAN (Ex-Officio) MR. PERRY MIDDLETON, Brunswick... LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA, DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND GEOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 00:39 19 January 2015 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lack and nearly black minerals-no...ferberite, and rutile, especially that from Graves Mountain, Georgia. To some, however, the beauty and importance...aluminous schists; and alpine-type pockets. The Graves Mountain rutile nominated for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...near Waterbury, Vermont; at Poker Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island; and in Essex, Orange, and Warren...active kyanite mining oiieration\ at Graves %lorintain, Georgia, hy mine superintendent Logan hIoore
Report (issue)
__-___-_____- __ Willis Mountain and vicinity____________ Woods Mountain and vicinityBaker Mountain-Madisonville... area____ Leigh Mountain __ __ _ _ Southern Prince Edward CountyOrigin of kyanite deposits Other mineral...Slate __ . Halifax County Other localities North Carolina Hagers Mountain, Person County.- _.______ Corbett...Corbett deposit, Johnston County Burnsville-Swannanoa area, Buncombe, Yancey, and Mitchell Counties ________...____ Rutherford County Other localities North Carolina-South Carolina Kings Mountain district, Cleveland
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3 inches in the other. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. COLORADO—A loose but beautiful...southern Hartford County, is in central Connecticut. GEORGIA—"To our mind, Graves Mountain is the most interesting...interesting locality in Georgia. We had long known of its existence as the source for the finest rutile...contemplated during the early spring of 1938, Graves Mountain was the first locality to be placed upon our...itinerary."—1st paragraph in article "Graves Mountain, Georgia," by Peter Zodac, Editor R&M in May, 1939
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2017 fl—fluoresces GEORGIA — From famous Graves Mountain in Georgia we have 2 specimens that were...specimen consists of blue lazulite, brassy-yellow pyrite and both in smoky gray quartzite. The other specimen...quartzite. Graves Mountain, in S/W Lincoln County, is in N / E Georgia. (See "Graves Mountain, Georgia," by...artifacts about 2y2 miles northwest of Oblong, Crawford County. The specimens were found on top of the ground...specimens which I recently found in Montgomery County, Maryland, near a gold location described in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS in GEORGIA Black rutile crystal in quartz-kyanite matrix, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia...Georgia. VERNON J. HURST University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30602 JOHN W. SHRUM INTRODUCTION With the...the Recent is represented by rocks exposed in Georgia. These rocks have been sub­ jected to an extremely...at the surface and are the probable source of Georgia diamonds. Inter­ mediate temperatures and pressures...Springer Mountain mica mine in Fannin University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30602 County. This occurrence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEMS OF GEORGIA FRANK MAYO 3340 Wood Valley Road Atlanta, Georgia 30327 A vast wealth of minerals and...diamonds in the first half of the 19th century, Georgia has had a fascinating gemstone heritage. Gem-bearing...are found in every geologic region. In northwest Georgia, ancient sedimentary rocks of Paleozoic age contain...ful chalcedony, jasper, and agatized coral. Most Georgia gemstones, however, are found in crystalline rocks...contain­ ing only feldspar, quartz, and mica. Georgia pegmatites are generally poor in four gem-making
Report (volume)
Some Results of Geochemical Sampling in McCormick County, South Carolina By HENRY BELL III GEOLOGICAL...showing some geologic features in South Carolina and Georgia -------------------------------------------------------·...·-----------Photographs of characteristic rocks of McCormick County __________ Map showing conspicuously alined stream...McCormick and Edgefield Counties, S.C., and Lincoln County, Ga --------------------------------------...probable extensions near the Jennings mine, McCormick County, S.C.. Diagram showing distribution of anomalous
Catalog/List
Laranjeiras Mine, Minas Gerias,Brazil Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA ½ x½ £1.50 5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall...Mongolia. P.D.WellNo I , near Ajo, Pima lxl £4 County, Arizona , U.S.A Ribane Mine, Mozambique £8 Mt...Colrcalh, Roche, Comwall Good pieces PSEUDOMORPH after PYRITE crystals. Blaengwylais QuarrySouth Well covered...Close, Cobham.Surrey England KT! I 2NL Boron, Kem County,Califomia U.S.A Madagascar Ix! £2 lxl £7. S0...ltaly lxl £5 Boghill Road Quarry, Glengonnley, County Antrim, Yaknl Mine,Bigndic, Turkey 1/,x½ £S ½
Report (issue)
COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...Rutile crystal from Graves Mountain, approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right... MINERALS OF GEORGIA: THEIR PROPERTIES AND OCCURRENCES by Robert B. Cook STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF................................................. Pyrite ........................................................................................... 170 County Index ........................................
Report (issue)
GoldSilver Deposit and Vicinity, South Carolina and Georgia By SandraH.B. Clark U.S. Geological Survey, National...GoldSilver Deposit and Vicinity, South Carolina and Georgia By Sandra H.B. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey, National...the Piedmont physiographic province in McCormick County, South Carolina. The deposit is in the Lincolnton-McCormick...not confined to them, and occur more commonly in pyrite-quartz altered fragmental rock. The stratigraphically...McCormick area, McCormick County, South Carolina: Athens, Georgia, University of Georgia, unpub. M.S. thesis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen, Harold and...mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen, Harold and...Tourmaline Discovery at the CryoGenie Mine, San Diego County, California, 156-68 Clifford Frondel (1907-2002)...Millerite from Barrick Goldstrike’s Meikle Mine, Elko County, Nevada, C. Jones, J. Jones, S. Kulinski, 129-31;...America 101518'hSthWSte601 Washington,DC 20036-5212 USA phone: 202-775-4344 fax: 202-775-0018 website: www
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo....Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen, Jeff Scovil...September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals, Inc., specimen...Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Arizona, 538 Alunogen, Arizona, 538 Amethyst, Georgia, 550–52 Amphibole-Group Minerals from New York
Journal (issue)
our tourmaline. Dale [Sweatt] went down off the mountain today and rented the two largest safe deposit...(Szenics, 1967) Spruce Peak, King County, Washington, 1977 Beautiful pyrite and quartz specimens are Washington...not an easy task, 10 Pyrite with quartz crystals, 13.5 cm, from Spruce Mountain, Washington, collected...perhaps the greatest find ever made on Spruce Mountain: “From the road we had to negotiate a 550-meter...Petefish’s rock climbing expertise [he was their mountain climbing guide] was immediately useful, as the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PECORAAND ]. J. FAHEY The material from Graves Mountain occurs as well-formed crystals in quaftzite;...crystals recoveredfrom quartzite at Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Ga. About 16 forms have been reported...r+''' ffi Lc. Frc. 1. Lazulite crystals from Graves Mountain, Ga.,4, view of twinned bipyramid from the...centimeterin diameter and similar in habit to the Graves Mountain occurrence. Well-developed crystals are reported...qlrartz in Horrsjciberg,Wermland, Sweden. In the Graves Mountain specimens available for this investigation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ar­ ticle, " T h e Quartz Crystals of Herkimer County and its Environs." I am interested in knowing whether...(second-year grants), University of Utah. Rocky Mountain Federation: Mar­ garet Mills and Cara L . Wellerman...platinum. Edward J . Marcin St. Petersburg, Florida GEORGIA MINERALS Please inform readers that in my "Geor­...churchite should be added to the minerals from Burke County (page 187), and the photo of spessartine (fig­...gruder mine in Lincoln County rather than from Graves Mountain. Jennings Gordon Rome, Georgia FOSSIL T H
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BearingMineralsin the CarolinaSlateBelt, SouthCarolinaand Georgia HENRY BELL U.S. GeologicalSurvey,National Center...largermineralizedareas. Massivesulfides,largely pyrite, and somepolymetallicsulfidesoccurin minesopenedfor...occurringwith kyanite contains1,000 ppm tin. At Little Mountain, cassiteriteand hematite are presentin rocksconsideredto...lower unit of the slate belt, such as the Little Mountain and the Cedar Creek-Blythewoodarea where massivesulfide...structuresand abundant, very thin quartz veinlets and pyrite. Alterationextendedinto the argillite of the upper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Herkimer County, New York. John C. Medici specimen and photo. May/June: Turgite, Graves Mountain, Lincoln...Lincoln County, Georgia. Ronald E. Bentley specimen and photo. July/August: Quartz, H. deLinde No. 4 mine...mine, High Peak, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Private collection; Ronald E. Bentley photo. September/October:...September/October: Barite, Otero County, Colorado. Dan and Dianne Kile specimen; John Muntyan photo. November/December:...Arkansas, 316 Amethyst Scepters, Salem, New London County, Connecticut, W. A. Henderson, Jr., M. Haritos
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RELATED MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIA. PAULF. KEI•R. INTRODUCTION. TI-IE andalusite mine near White Mountain, California...Mono County, C•ifornia, east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and on the west side of White Mountain. Nevadaline...C. D.: A note on a depositof andalusitein Mono County, California; its occurrenceand technical importance...White Mountain (Fig. 2). The principalmine is on the north sideof Dry CreekCanyon,White Mountain Quadrangle...is handsorted,and carriedby mule-backdown the mountain. A mixing platformis maintained at Shealy,wherean
 
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