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Oligoclase from
Ray Mica Mine, Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Albite var: Oligoclase
Formula:(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Columbite-(Fe)3 photos of Oligoclase associated with Columbite-(Fe) at this locality.
Muscovite2 photos of Oligoclase associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Oligoclase associated with Quartz at this locality.
Fluorapatite1 photo of Oligoclase associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Opal-AN1 photo of Oligoclase associated with Opal-AN at this locality.
Almandine1 photo of Oligoclase associated with Almandine at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Oligoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ray Mica Mine, Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:111154
Long-form Identifier:1:3:111154:5
GUID (UUID V4):26f03a38-a07c-4750-9e57-e611d124e274
Nearest other occurrences of Oligoclase
4.7km (2.9 miles) Cattail Mine (Iscom Mine), Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
8.9km (5.5 miles) Fanny Gouge Mine, Micaville, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
8.9km (5.5 miles) Little Gibbs Mine, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
11.2km (7.0 miles) Carolina Mineral Company No. 20 Mine (Old 20 Mine), Crabtree Creek, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) Field Mine, Crabtree Creek, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) Hootowl Mine, Crabtree Mountain, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) McKinney Mine (Power Mill Creek Mine), Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) Crabtree Mine, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
15.7km (9.8 miles) Chalk Mountain Mine, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) Deer Park No. 2 Mine, Penland, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...commercial mining of these, such as gold, corundum, mica, and monazite. There have been, however, certain...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...Asteriated Sapphire Jasper Opal Hyalite Feldspar Oligoclase Orthoclase Microcline Labradorite Zicon Hyacinth...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite
Book (edition)
LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...OF E. M. UZZELL RALEIGH, N. C. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CHROLINS. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It has F...data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 eral causes have been operative in giving...minerals, some number of them not hitherto or, The Mica mining industry, elsewhere discovered iu America...for number of rare and comlarger carry a veins The Mica species. of them of great interest, and a Among
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 (volume)
Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle,
Report (issue)
.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...GARNET RUBY CORUNDUM GOLD TORBERNITE GARNET IN MICA ANATASE RUTILE AJTUNITE AND TORBERNITE THULITE...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
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
Book (volume)
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...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Book (volume)
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...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Book
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
Book (volume)
NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinating—and the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines and...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather
Book
this comes when one learns that such minerals as mica, apatite, sphene, zircon, fluroite and corundum...often are arrested there. At the Eldorado sapphire mine in Mon¬ tana the action of a million years is readily...Sapphires (Corundum) which combine with Biotite Mica to form R°ck ■ 1 ^ Igneous Dike Rock on the...beds are rich in such minerals as quartz, feldspar, mica, garnet, tourmaline, magnetite, zircon, gold, platinum...gneiss rocks. Schists often contain feldspar, garnet, mica and quartz. With sapphires are often found associated
Journal (issue)
Science Division, Belmont Abbey College Behnont, North Carolina Richard Mitchell Professor of Environmental...Mayo Richard D. Dayvault University of South Carolina Atlanta, Georgia Margaret A. McBrien Arthur...JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1978, Volume 53 Number 1 S 10 The Mica Minerals Mark C Blazek One Locality Minerals of...be returned to the photographer after use. The Mica Minerals "The Mica's comprise a glittering array...to behold the splendid sparkle of the distant mica-mine dumps in New England sunshine to agree with tftis
Book (edition)
Epidote, etc Axinite 282 Danburite, lolite 286 Mica Group Scapolite Group 287 292 293 286 Nephelite... III. Crystalline 468 B. Containing Feldspar, Mica, Leucite, Nephelite, Sodalite, or other related...Alkali-bearing a. b. 469 species 469 Potash-Feldspar and Mica Series Potash -Feldspar and Hornblende or Pyroxene...or without Augite 479 e. Soda-Lime-Feldspar and Mica Series 480 /. Soda-Lime-Feldspar and Hornblende...scribed on mica or a glazed card, and graduated. The arms might but for also be made of stiff card mica, bone
Report (issue)
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
Report (issue)
Descriptions, maps, and diagrams of deposits of mica, beryl, lithium, tantalum, tin, and feldspar UNITED...__ Tertiary dike rocks.______-_--_-______--____ Mica deposits._____________________________________ Distribution__...________ Composition and physical properties of mica. _______ Composition _______________________________..._______________________ Mining, preparation, and uses of mica. _____________ Mining.___________________________________...-_____-.____. Types of mica deposits._________________________ Structure of mica deposits._-__-____-___-___--___
Report (edition)
of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...localities, the Grace mine in Berks County, the Stillwell quarry in Lancaster County, and the Medusa Cement...Cement Company quarry in York County, are now This fourth printing is essentially closed to collectors...Adams County 23 Allegheny County 31 . Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Clinton County Cumberland County Dauphin County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County
Book
OX5 1GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved...Cover photo: Amazonite open pit on the Ploskaya Mountain, Western Keivy, Kola ­Peninsula, Russia. Photo:...deposits in Brazil, India, Canada, Mexico, Mongolia, USA, and other countries. The goal of the conducted laboratory...(EPR), X-ray diffraction, X-ray, photo- and thermoluminescence, heat treatments, and X-ray irradiation... viii Preface Full wet chemical analysis, partial X-ray fluorescence analysis, and optical spectrographic
Book (edition)
dodecahedron. The brownish-black mineral in the mica from Pennsbury, Pa., is magnetite in this form (f...hornblende and pyroxene, and of various kinds of mica are also at times observed associated in parallel...described a similar occurrence from "Specimen Mountain," in the Yellowstone Park ; the form is shown...minerals, appearing, for example, in the Pennsbury mica; quartz is also often mechanically mixed, as in...varieties of gypsum, talc, etc. the is to folia ceous. Mica is a striking structure said be easily separable
Report (edition)
.... . .. . Adams County .... . .. ... ............... . . ... . Allegheny County .... . ...... . ............ . Armstrong County . . . . . . .. . .... ........ .. . .. . Berks County ..... . ..... ......... ...... . Blair County . . .. . ... ... . . .. . .... ........... . Carbon County ..... ..... .............. . Cl1ester County .... . . . .... ... ........... . .. . Cumberland County ...... . ..... . ....... . . Delaware County ... . .. .... . . . .... . . . .. . . . .. . Fulton County . ...... .. . . .
Book (edition)
^ fe o -• vO y MINERALOGY AND MINING. Mine Accidents —Ventilation — Ore Dressing, Etc. DESCRIPTIVE...lific of valuable treats and advice." PRACTICAL MINE VENTILATION. WILSON. For the Use of Mining Engineers...above, there is also the department of Economic Mine) alogy, which is not here and (3) in the coarser...dodecahedron. The brownish-black mineral in the mica from Pennsbury, Pa., is magnetite in this form (f...hornblende and pyroxene, and of various kinds of mica are also at times observed associated in parallel
Book (volume)
localities from is time diamonds had been north to in in thin a the beds of the of majority...find Kimberley. Colony The projected the Du mine, serpentine and and where absence beginnings...and depths therefore in rush the afterwards mine, completely brecciated and fragmented, to in...discovered at of Vaal Kimberley mine when steam magnesium silicate, mine, and water funnel all of...to famous weathering unknown the Their and mine the and India, shown at the Paris Exhibition
 
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