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Quartz from
Durham County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chlorite Group12 photos of Quartz associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Durham County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1040350
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1040350:7
GUID (UUID V4):20f97b73-c7cd-4a54-9a29-cafb7c794092
Localities for Quartz in this Region
Durham Quarry, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
Nello Teer Quarry, Mill Grove, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
Hanson Stone Quarry (Rougemont Quarry), Rougemont, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zeolites and prehnite have been found in North Carolina in a wide variety of excava­ tions for power...ZEOLITES IN NORTH CAROLINA D O N A L D R. P R I V E T T One Circle Street Great Falls, South Carolina 29055...low-grade metamorphic rocks. Zeolites occur in North Carolina in a wide variety of igneous and metamorphic...weathered, and geo­ logically complex area of North Carolina extending from the Blue Ridge to the Coastal...from south central Georgia to Virginia. In the North Carolina Piedmont, most zeolites are pres­ ent in a
Report (issue)
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
Report (issue)
ANNUAL MEETING CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY NOVEMBER 7-8, 1964 ROAD LOG OF THE CHATHAM, RANDOLPH AND...AND ORANGE COUNTY AREAS, NORTH CAROLINA FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK RALEIGH, 1964 Typed and reformatted from...from the original, October 1999. CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OFFICERS 1963-1964 President: Henry Brown...Brown N.C. State of the University of North Carolina at Raleigh Vice President: George E. Siple U.S. Geological...South Carolina Secretary: E. Willard Berry Department of Geology Duke University Durham, North Carolina
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
embed some of the barite. Superior, in N/E Pinal County, is in southern Arizona. CALIFORNIA — John S. Albanese...Pala, Calif."—on label. Pala, in N / W San Diego County, is in southern California. COLORADO — "I am sending...Weld County, is in N / E Colorado. CONNECTICUT — "I am sending some minerals found at the Quartz or Silicate...milky quartz xls on porous milky quartz; also tiny rock xls in cavities of porous pinkish quartz. A small...small patch on the porous milky quartz fl. blue-—too small and thin to identify but it may be scheelite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Report (issue)
ROCKS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA   TRIP LEADERS: James Hibbard (Emeritus, North Carolina State University)...University) jphibbar@ncsu.edu , Philip Bradley (North Carolina Geological Survey) pbradley@ncdenr.gov and...Clark Carolina Geological Society 78th Annual Meeting, November 3-5, 2017 Roxboro, North Carolina CAROLINA...1.2 of this trip. Back: Stop map for the 2017 Carolina Geological Society field trip. Base map for stops...NCDOT and NC Flood Plain Mapping) for central North Carolina with a portion of the NCGS open file 1:100
Report (issue)
.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...THULITE AND PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ,~O...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
Report (issue)
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
Report (issue)
FIELD GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE DURHAM TRIASSIC BASIN BY George L. Bain1 and Bruce W. Harvey2 ...of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; officials of the North Carolina Division of Earth Resources...and Mineral Resources Section; Dr. Parker, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; and Norm Tilford...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and...Resources Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. i CONTENTS Acknowledgments.. .
Report (issue)
Carolina Geological Society Field Trip November 4-5, 2006 The Geology of the Chapel Hill, Hillsborough...5-Minute Quadrangles, Carolina Terrane, Orange and Durham Counties, North Carolina Carolina Geological Society...Editors: Philip J. Bradley and Timothy W. Clark North Carolina Geological Survey Field Trip Leaders: Philip...W. Clark -i- Carolina Geological Society Field Trip November 4-5, 2006 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...Earth and Ocean Science, Box 90230 Duke University Durham, NC 27708-0230 919-684-5321 (W); 919-489-4402 (H)
Report (edition)
GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION GUIDES The Durham Area Compiled by G. A. L. JOHNSON Introduction page ITINERARY...Coal Measures in the Banks of the River Wear at Durham 3 II. Ordovician, Carboniferous and Intrusive Rocks...Weardalc 12 IV. The Permiao in North-East Durham 15 21 V. Jurassic Rocks of the North Cleveland Hills 23 VI....of East Durham VII. Supplement to llinernrics 11, Ill and V: Igneous Rocks 26 in the Durham Arca 30 References...for incorporation in any further edition. The Durham Area Compiled by G. A. L. JOHNSON Contributors:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
three exposures of Permian Yellow Sands in County Durham, north-east England, throws light on their environment...effects. The Yellow (Basal Permian) Sands of County Durham and Tyne & Wear, northeast England, is a patchilydistributed...this work has not been repeated. Pryor showed that quartz (in various forms) and sandsized rock fragments...oct" NORTH lEA (J + Durham 40 Fig. 1. Outcrop map of the Lower Permian Yellow Sands in County Durham...Sherburn Hill Sand Pit (NZ 34354172), both in County Durham (Fig. 1). Several samples were of typically
Book
of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty LEAD MINING LANDSCAPES of the North Pennines...Outstanding Natural Beauty Authors: lan Forbes, Durham County Council. Brian Young, British Geological Survey...Clive Crossley, Northumberland County Council. Lesley Hehir, Durham County Council. Graphic design: Louise...Louise Fenwick, Durham County Council. Geological illustrations: All originated as watercolour paintings...outside Smallcleugh Level, Nenthead, Beamish The North of England Open Air Museum. Page.12 Fossilised
Book
of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty LEAD MINING LANDSCAPES of the North Pennines...Outstanding Natural Beauty Authors: Ian Forbes, Durham County Council. Brian Young, British Geological Survey...Clive Crossley, Northumberland County Council. Lesley Hehir, Durham County Council. Graphic design: Louise...Louise Fenwick, Durham County Council. Geological illustrations: All originated as watercolour paintings...outside Smallcleugh Level, Nenthead, Beamish The North of England Open Air Museum. Page.12 Fossilised
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham City, England Received July 2, 1971 Abstract...below: Table. Stratigraphical Nomenclature in Co. Durham Upper Limestone Group Namurian Middle Limestone...CARBONIFEROUS I ~.- WHIN SILL FAULTS CG COW GREEN D DURHAM L LEEDS M MANCHESTER o 5 19 KM. Fig. 1. Map...massive, light-coloured limestones. When traced north into the Northumberland trough (a deltaic environment)...shows that they are quite pure with no detectable quartz or clay minerals. The samples were also digested
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Report of the 1976 summer field meeting in North East England MAURICE E. TUCKER TUCKER, M. E. 1977.... Report of 1976 summer field meeting in North East England. Proc. Geo!. Ass., 88 (4), 275-94. The 1976...Pleistocene ages. Silurian greywackes were seen north of Berwick and Old Red Sandstone lavas and pyroclastics...day was spent on the unique Permian rocks of County Durham and another considering the effects of the Pleistocene...Geologists' Association visited Northumberland and Durham in 1931 and, although a guide to the geology of
Report (volume)
Nomenclature of the Newark Supergroup of Eastern North America U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1572 Stratigraphic...Nomenclature of the Newark Supergroup of Eastern North America By GWENDOLYN W. LUTTRELL U. S. GE0 L0...characteristics of the early Mesozoic basins of eastern North America UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...nomenclature of the Newark Supergroup of eastern North America. (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; 1572)...clature. 3. Geology, StratigraphicNomenclature-North America. I. Title. II. Series. QE75.B9 no. 1572
Book
the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages 41, 46, 54...Earth Sciences,University of Durham: page_26 C H. Emeleus,University of Durham: page 26 Friends of Killhope...Valley ................... The Northumberland and Durham Coalfield ............. The Northern Pennine Orefield...District, the north Pennines, Cumbria, various regions of north-east England, and North Yorkshire. Such...finest examples of a zoned orefield. Indeed, the north Pennines are designated a Global Geopark. Economic
Report (issue)
SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN ONTARIO Welland County Niagara Falls Calaguiro Brothers Braas Brothers...Limited Wentworth County Aldershot J. Cooke Concrete Blocks Limited Halton County Milton Hayward and...and Picket Limited Halton County Pit DCB Gravel Company Sherman Sand and Gravel Limited Georgetown Industrial...Alrex Sand and Gravel Limehouse Brooks Pit Peel County Clarkson Sherman Sand and Gravel Limited Hughs...Limited Dufferin County Orangeville Hyco Ready Mix Limited Mono Sand and Gravel York County Kleinburg Monarch
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stratigraphic context of the Easington Raised Beach, County Durham, UK Bethan J. Davies a,*, David R. Bridgland...Austin d a Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK Department of Geography,...Easington Raised Beach, in Shippersea Bay, County Durham, is the most northerly known interglacial beach...re-appraisal of the glacial sequence in eastern County Durham, the results of which suggest that the Warren...reserved. Keywords: Quaternary MIS 7 Raised beach County Durham Gravel 1. Introduction The Easington Raised
Book (volume)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
. . ~, . . . . . --: 9, " .... ~ ,, 9 ~ DURHAM . Whm sdts and dykes --- Carboniferous/Permian...Sill, a very extensive dolerite intrusion in the North of England, was selected for further study by electron...Clinopyroxene Orthopyroxene Ore minerals Micropegmatite Quartz Carbonate Plag : Pyx. Ratio 41.8 33.4 0.3 13.2...Petrography The Whin Sill is composed of fine-grained quartz dolerite containing essential plagioclase, pyroxenes...pyroxenes, iron-titanium oxides and small amounts of quartz, alkali feldspar, and apatite. Most samples also
Report (issue)
4 Descriptions of Sand and Gravel Pits 12 Essex County 13 Erie Sand and Gravel Company 13 Kennette Contracting...Industries Limited 15 Kent County 16 Adams Sand and Gravel Limited 16 Lambton County 18 E. Johnston Construction...Construction 18 Elgin County 19 McLaws Gravel and Crushing Limited 19 Middlesex County 20 J.F. Marshall and...Huron County 28 F. Kling Limited 28 George Radford 29 Joynt Pit, Yundt Brothers 29 Perth County 30 Yundt...Yundt and McCann 30 Norfolk County 30 Cayuga Quarries Limited 30 Oxford County 32 Oxford Sand and Gravel
Report (chapter)
Westphalian (Upper Carboniferous) Coal Measures of the Durham coalfield in NE England, which were deposited on...scale. At an opencast coal mine in southern Co. Durham close to the major Butterknowle fault, an exposed...by mid-Westphalian A times (Calver 1969). In the Durham area, despite the almost uniform sequence of Westphalian...Buckhead opencast (strip) coal mine in southern Co. Durham (Figs 1 & 2), which straddles part of the Butt...512 C.R. Fielding & G.A.L. Johnson 0 5 10 km North Sea f ! ~ ~~ Sl it c~ k \ Fault 9 ."j-~ 9
Book (edition)
SOURCES OF AGG R EGA TE THE sources are given under county headings, with all the counties of England, Wales...Scotland in one alphabetical list. Within each county the crushed rock quarries, gravel pits and slagworks...teschenite Epidiorite Hornblende-schist Lamprophyre Quartz-dolerite Spilite 2 SOURCES OF ROAD AGGREGATE...Gneiss Granite Granodiorite Granulite Pegmatite Quartz-diorite Syenite Gritstone group Agglomerate Arkose...Felsite Granophyre Keratopbyre Microgranite Porphyry Quartz-porphyrite Rhyolite Trachyte Quartzite group Ganister
 
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