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Orthoclase from
Flatrock Quarry, Carlisle, Union County, South Carolina, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Flatrock Quarry, Carlisle, Union County, South Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1359840
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1359840:8
GUID (UUID V4):f3341ec3-0040-409d-9f4a-ce98747ba32c
Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase
27.6km (17.2 miles) Leitzey Quarry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA
36.8km (22.9 miles) Anderson Quarry (Winnsboro Granite Corporation Quarry), Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA
45.1km (28.0 miles) Keystone Quarry, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
45.2km (28.1 miles) Rion Quarry (Ri/M Quarry), Rion, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA
45.5km (28.3 miles) Pacolet Quarry, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
52.4km (32.6 miles) Granite Quarry, York County, South Carolina, USA
52.5km (32.6 miles) Unnamed Granite Quarry Fl-039, York County, South Carolina, USA
53.3km (33.1 miles) Whiteside Quarry, Filbert, York County, South Carolina, USA
57.2km (35.6 miles) Cold Point Granite Company Quarry, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
57.9km (36.0 miles) Entrekin Quarry, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PETROLOGY OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA GRANITES' THOMAS LEONARD WATSON Brooks Museum, University of Virginia...OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE CRYSTALLINE AREA The South Carolina area of crystalline rocks extends northwestward...Director of the U. S. Geological Survey. 2 South Carolina Geological Survey, 1908, Series IV, Bull. No...No. 2, p. 505. 730 PETROLOGY OF SOUTH CAROLINA GRANITES 73I position and texture the gneisses...of the state in Cherokee, Laurens, Oconee, and Union counties, where variation is from ordinary blue
Report (volume)
................................ 49 Individual quarry areas.................................................. 51 Baltimore County .................................... 51 Howard County.......................................................... Individual quarry areas. ................................................ Chesterfield County (south of James River)................ Henrico County (north of James River)......................................... Fairfax County area .........................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
comes from a large cave located about 5 or 6 miles south of Talladega, Talladega Co., Ala., and was collected...Marble Peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains, in Pima County, Arizona. A note from him reads: "I have done some...Rock J. Francis Williams suggested the name House, South Mountain Park, Rt. 5, Box natroxonotlite for it...taken from the Cherokee district placers in Butte County, California. Mineral Information Service, July...from our Rose Garden Jasp-Agate found 50 miles south of La Junta by my friend, another retired railroad
Journal (issue)
MINERALS ALLANITE (EPIDOTE GROUP) / @ Amherst County - Black pitchy allanite is found in a small pegmatitemass...used because of their radioactivity. Campbell County - Andalusitecrystals,somevery large,have been reported...attractive cabochons can be cut. BERYL Amelia County - Clear gem quality beryl fragments measuring 0...d i e s cutting Petersburg granite in the Dale quarry (Figure 1). Clear glassy areas within the crystals...personal communication). The quarry is operated by Tarmac Inc. Powhutcan County - Clear beryl crystals (goshenite)
Book (edition)
Tables A and Table A: Mohs' Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum...precious and semi-precious in Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness...through matrix rock. Polished Fairburn agate from South Dakota. \\ jfc^ ^ ^ * Emerald in matrix. Emerald...Diamonds have been found in the United way from North Carolina to California and from Wisconsin. Some are found...source near the east of James' summit bay and south of Hudson bay in Labrador. Only by coming from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FROM T H E THIRTEENTH L A K E QUADRANGLE, WARREN COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . V. H. Collins and J. S. Collins...Schaller, W. T . 1932. Serendibite from War­ ren County, New York and its paragenesis. Amer. Min. 17:457-465...R I T E IN T H E LOCKPORT FORMATION I N MADISON COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . W. P. Dossert and S. C. Chamberlain...2-km band of Lockport Dolostone exposed along the south shore of Oneida Lake. The mineralized area is north...composite alkalic intrusive ex­ posed in Marathon County, Wisconsin. The complex con­ sists of four intrusive
Report (issue)
FRONTISPIECE PLATE I STONE MOUNTAIN, DEKALB COUNTY, GEOHGIA, I6 MILES NORTHEA T O F ATLANTA , 0 TilE... • New York . . North Carolina Pennsylvania . . Rhode Island . South Carolina Tennessee Vermont . . ...Heard County . . . . . . . 65-68 The Flat Rock Quarry . 66 The Wynn Quarry . . . . 6S Troup County . .... . . . . • 69-70 The Mountville Quarry • 70 Meriwether County . . . • • 70-SJ Granite • o • • • • • •...• 7I The Tigner Quarry. . . . . . . . • . 73 The Greenville Granite Company's Quarry 74 Flat Shoals
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...(Clcavclanditc) Checklist Microcline (Amazonstone) Orthoclase (Moonstone) (Iso-orthoclasc) Adularia Anorthoclasc...(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
Book (edition)
from the Principal Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut Unclassified Material Page...Directions to the Mineral Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut .... Additional Locality...booklet devoted to the mineralogy of the Middlesex County region. Invaluable assistance in preparing the...OOLIVINE-Magnesium iron silicate OPAL-Hydrated silicon dioxide ORTHOCLASE-Potassium aluminum silicate - PPALERMOITE-Complex...been found in the aegirite-granite at the Flatrock (Quarry in Waterford. Its color is dull black to brownish
Journal (issue)
........... 858 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................7-3185> ROCKS AND MINERALS 801 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY A POST CARD FROM HELL ! Hell Joes exist and R&M...the Galleon Dining Room, Seton Flail University, South Orange, N. J. from 3 to 10 p.m. Nov. 12-14, 1965—Dallas...San Antonio Rock & Lapi­ dary Society and Bexar County Mineral Hobby Club. Chairman; Fred Stevenson, P...Monroe, Peru, Indiana. April 30, May 1. 1966—Dallas County' Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...create a steady market and a sentithe abundant South mental regard for that gem. make Rarity helps...Such crystals, including those of spodumene and orthoclase feldspar, have visualize. a droopy appearance...in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota, liquid in the solidifying dike. and... Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. In the West, the Rockies, the Sierra Nevada,
Report (issue)
of SenegaL ___________________ ----Republic of South Mrica ___________________ _ Cape of Good Hope Province...omali Republic ________ - ____ -_---------- -- South-VVestAfrica _________________________ _ Swaziland...-----------------Queensland and New South Wales _______ _ South Australia ____ -------------------Tasmania...------------------New Zealand ______ -----------------------South Island_----------------- ________ _ North Island_____...________ _ Southeastern Alaska ___ ------------South-central Alaska _______________ _ East-central Alaska
Book (volume)
octagonal calcite (21.30 ct), Montana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 ct), Idaho; rectangular step...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...IDE DS AED 3) June Culp Zeitner, of Rapid City, South Dakota, for her lifelong devotion to the study...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache
Book (edition)
from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...Ruby mine, Cowee Creek, North Carolina 6. Corundum Hill, North Carolina 7. Eldorado Bar, Montana 8. W...Hiddenite, North Carolina 10. View of American Gems, Inc. property, Hiddenite, North Carolina 11. Test pit...emeralds, Hiddenite, North Carolina 12. Digging for emeralds, Hiddenite, North Carolina 13 . Drawing of beryl...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and
Journal (volume)
son . . . ............ Petrology of the South Carolina Granites. Thomas Leonard Wat- ...... ......Methuen. stones here dip at a low angle to the south and are excellently exposed original character ...Pyroxene, scapolite, plagioclase, microcHne, orthoclase, and quartz. The relative abundance of these...these, which are composed of quartz, microcline, orthoclase, and plagioclase, the quartz occurs for the ...increase in the proportion of horn- blende and orthoclase present and a decrease in the amount of plagioclase
Book (volume)
calcite (21 .30 et), 1\1ontana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 et), Idaho; rectangular step...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...E DICATED TO ] une Culp Zeitner, o/ Rapid City South Dakota, /or her /;/efong devotion to the study and...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Petrified Wood, Lebanon, OR; Dr. Eric Fritzsch, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City
Report (volume)
Distribution Branch, U.S. Geological Survey, 604 South Pickett Street, Alexandria, VA 22304 CONTENTS...74, Ph miles east of Dutchtown, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Type section cut by northtrending fault with...exposures along south bank of small stream in NEIA sec. 33, T. 16 N., R. 14 E, Wayne County. Named after...after village of Abington, about 3 miles south of Wildman, Smith, and Darrah Farm sections. Abrahams Creek...Named for Adam Peak in Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County. Occupies belt about 21f2 miles long on western
Report (volume)
Crystallographica. Published for the International Union of Crystallography by Munksgaard. Copenhagen, Denmark...Md. Am. Geophys. Union Geophys. Mon. Monograph. Washington, D. C. Am. Geophys. Union Trans. Washington...American Geophysical Union Geophysical Transactions of the American Geophysical Union. American Journal...Washington, Auk- Auk. American Ornithologists' Union. Cornell University. Ithaca, N.Y. Battelle Tech...International Association of Geodesy. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. Bureau Central de l'Association
Book (volume)
lithiumbearing pegmatites of the Pala district of San Diego County, California, from which much of the beautiful kunzite...courtesy of the Anglo-American 14 Corporation of South Africa Ltd.) INDIA Pennar discharges into the...situated at Majgawan, which lies some 12 miles south-west of Panna, in which well-shaped octahedral crystals...river. Another diamondiferous district lies in the south-east of the island in the area around Martapura...(Serujan) and Kotawaringin rivers which lie to the south of the island. The Borneo diamonds are won from
Report (edition)
ls, Inc., Auglaize quarry (formerly Stoneco, Inc.}, near Junction, Pau lding County, Ohio. Specimen is...Auglaize quarry near Junction, Paulding the Huron River, resulting in the discovery of two County, Ohio...ineralogical and Lap idary Society of Michigan Stark County Gem & M ineral Club Summit Petroleum, Inc. $1-$100... .. .. BuLke,e rurnace Stale Memorial, Jackson County .... Loc.:ition ....... ............................................ Crystal Cave, South Bass Island, Ottawa County........ Location .. ... .. .. ..
Report (issue)
1965. 1966. 1967. 1968. Numerous Federal, State, county, and local agencies and other organizations and...___ North Carolina-__--___--__--__-_-___-._ Oregon._ ______________________________ South Dakota_____________...---64 West Virginia________-____-_----------64 South Carolina_--__---__--------------64 Georgia-_---...-------73 North Dakota ____._-_._ ____--_-_ 74 South Dakota___________--------------75 Utah-..-.__-....cooperators________-____________________ State, county, and local cooperators_____________ Other cooperators
Report (volume)
for mdtcatmg rad10contammatton [dbs] Am Geophys UniOn Tr dns , v 46, no I, p 168, 1965 02208 Abu-Ghetda... Fatrvtew Valley, and Fourmtle Flat, Churchtll County, Nevada US Atomtc Energy Comm Rept VUF-1001, p...Tychsen, Paul C A gUtde to the stratigraphy of South Dakota South Dakota Geol Survey Bull 14, 195 p, tllus...Jr., Szabo, M W Mmeral resources map of Barbour County, Alabama Alabama Geol Survey Map 32, scale about...Stewart, John H Preltmtnary geologic map of Esmeralda County Nevada US Geol Survey Mtneral lnv Fteld Studtes
Book (volume)
Dr. H. Burnham. Project Manager. ucts Division, Union Obio. ACTIVATED CARBON. Carbide Carbon Prod-... ment, USDA Forest Service, Asheville, North Carolina. ForRear Admiral tional Hydrographic HYDROGRAPHY...part. Consultant; formerly, Charleston, South U.S. Carolina. Angelakos, Dr. Diogenes J. College of...SCLERACTINIA; other articles. Mountain, North Carolina. Fiotation. Kings Baer, Dr. Donald R. Jackson...University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, North Carolina. SEAWATER FERTILITY—in part, Barbosa, Dr. Pedro
Book
(8146 Jimbell) by the International Astronomical Union. JIM Cambridge Planetary Science Series Editors:...Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona Tuscon, AZ 85721 USA RAY E. ARVIDSON...Science Washington University St Louis, MO 63130 USA Geochemistry Department Max Planck Institut für...Tempe, AZ USA Department of Geological Science MS 172 University of Nevada Reno, NV 89557-0138 USA JAMES...402 Space Sciences Building Ithaca, NY 14853-6801 USA Planetary Sciences Laboratory Lockheed Martin Aerospce
 
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