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Sillimanite from
Jones Mine, Zirconia (Tuxedo Station), Zirconia Pegmatite Mining District, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sillimanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sillimanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jones Mine, Zirconia (Tuxedo Station), Zirconia Pegmatite Mining District, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1036433
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1036433:2
GUID (UUID V4):9128d9a0-4865-4f15-aadb-d6b5c346d9c6
Nearest other occurrences of Sillimanite
1.8km (1.1 miles) Freeman Mine, Tuxedo, Zirconia Pegmatite Mining District, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) Unnamed Marble occurrence [1], Polk County, North Carolina, USA
24.2km (15.1 miles) Fletcher Limestone Company Quarry, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
35.3km (21.9 miles) Youngs Mountain deposit, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
56.7km (35.3 miles) Thomas Mine (Balsam Gap kyanite location; Parkway kyanite location), Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
65.4km (40.6 miles) Barber Sillimanite Prospect, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
65.6km (40.8 miles) Pearson and Scott Sillimanite prospect, East View, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
66.6km (41.4 miles) Beam Sillimanite Prospect, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
66.7km (41.5 miles) Alexander Sillimanite Prospect, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
67.2km (41.7 miles) Sugarloaf Mountain Mine, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE TO COLLECT f ... f ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals
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.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT
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Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through­ out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during
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TRANSYLVANIA AND HENDERSON COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA, AND GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA Carolina Geological...Meeting October 4-6, 2019 Travelers Rest, South Carolina Leaders: John M. Garihan, Scott Brame, and Cameron...coordinators: Tyler Clark and William A. Ranson Carolina Geological Society 2019 Board of Directors President...Merschat - USGS Vice-President Robby Morrow - South Carolina Geological Survey Secretary Treasurer Timothy...State Forest, NC with exposures of Henderson Gneiss. Carolina Geological Society Field Trip October
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large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can
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SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY Volume 43 S.C. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 2001 Geology of the Inner Piedmont...northwestern South Carolina SPECIAL ISSUE Devoted to the 2001 Field Trip of the Carolina Geological Society...as part of water supply for Greenville, South Carolina. Reservoir capacity is 9,522,000,000 gallons.... Photograph by Jack Garihan ii CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2001 Officers President Kevin Stewart Vice-President...iii DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY VOLUME 43 2001 JOHN M. GARIHAN, WILLIAM
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The Crystalline Rocks of South Carolina By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET and HENRY BELL III GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces of South Carolina UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...and Precambrian(?) age_______________________ Carolina slate belt_________________________________________...gneiss and migmatite__ __ _____________ __ __ ___ Henderson Gneiss_________________________________ Biotite...blastomylonite, quartzite, and dolomite_ _ __ Henderson Gneiss_________________________________ Intrusive
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French S. Hiscox A. Hodgkinson D. Inkersole B. Jones E. Bruton M. Carr L. Cole P. Daly N. Deeks A.E...Chisholm, M.A., F.G. A. H. J. Milledge, D.Sc. G. H. Jones, B.Sc., Ph.D., F.G.A. M. Font-Altaba, D.Sc. M. Virkkunen...et al. was said to have originated in the Wessel mine near Hotazel by Karuman, N. Cape Province, S. Africa...gem areas have dried up as there is very little mining activity and practically nothing coming through...519 Fig. 4. Young and old female members of the mining family washing the gravel. Fig. 5. A group of
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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
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South Carolina and North Carolina Guidebook for the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Carolina Geological...Muthukrishnan, James L. Bridgeman, and Tom Goforth CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2012 FIELD TRIP Geologic Studies...Ridge, South Carolina and North Carolina October 12-14, 2012 Greenville, South Carolina Guidebook for...for the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Carolina Geological Society 73rd Annual Meeting Founded at Furman...Ranson Carolina Geological Society Board of Directors 2012 President Scott Howard South Carolina Geological
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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...Granite and Pegmatite Pegmatite Deposits 45 Pegmatite Districts 46 Spruce Pine District 46 Woodlawn District
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arawak and North Borneo _________________ _ Sarawak _____________________________ _ North BorneO----...________ _ North Island_____ ------------- ________ _ Antarctica ________________________________ _ North Am...124 126 127 130 Monazite localities-Continued North America-Continued United States of America-Continued...Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer
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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
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CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m
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Selected Bibliography of Andalusite, Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and Pyrophyllite in the... Selected Bibliography of Andalusite, Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and Pyrophyllite in the...______-____________________________________ -________ Sillimanite _ _________________________________________________...SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANDALUSITE, KYANITE SILLIMANITE, DUMORTIERITE, TOPAZ, AND PYROPHYLLITE IN THE...compilation of 566 references on the kyanite, or sillimanite, group of minerals and pyrophyllite to December
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it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota.
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Winter Branch Chairmen: Midlands - G.M. Green, North West - I. Knight, Scottish - B. Jackson Examiners:...G.M. Howe, FGA, DGA, B. Jackson, FGA, DGA, G.H. Jones, B.Sc, Ph.D., FGA, M. Newton, B.Sc, D.Phil., C.J...Dr James E. Shigley, GIA, Carlsbad, California, USA; the United Institute of Geology, Geophysics and... FGA, GG Geneva, Switzerland ABSTRACT: Cubic zirconia (CZ), is one of the most serious diamond impostors...connoisseurs. One such is described. Keywords: cubic zirconia, diamond simulant Introduction 10 8 Recently
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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...Geophysical studies Hydrology Economic geology Mining directory Environmental studies Engineering studies................ ; ....................... 105 Sillimanite ......................................................................................... 170 County Index ........................................
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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
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geology & ilmenite alteration terminology, logistics, mining and processing techniques, as well as an examination...rutile, zircon, titanium, resources, sustainable mining Funding: This work was supported by RMIT University...zircon ((Hf,Zr)SiO4) is an important source of zirconia (zirconium dioxide ZrO2), zirconium (Zr) and hafnium...staurolite(Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)), kyanite (Al2OSiO4), sillimanite (Al2SiO5), andalusite (Al2SiO5), tourmaline ((Al...underground mining techniques) or secondary mineral sands deposits (via dredge, dry or hydraulic mining) and
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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
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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
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omitted from locality information. Where lot and district numbers are given, it is necessary to use topographic...Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium and the...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8
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Alabama, University, Ala. Department of :ty.lines, Mining and Geology State Division of Conservation Atlanta...Jr ___________________________ _ Relationship of mining to other economic sectors, by Albert E. Schreck...Manmade features _____________________ _ Strip mining ______________________ _ Subsidence ________________________...Shirley_______ Types of mica, uses, and prices___________ Mining and preparation_________________ History and p...____ Districts in Appalachia__________________ North Carolina_____________________ South Carolina_____________________
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to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...material collected from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit
 
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