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Corundum from
Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Corundum
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Corundum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:124465
Long-form Identifier:1:3:124465:6
GUID (UUID V4):894eb07d-62e0-46a5-9b10-5de1549853f9
References
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Book (edition)
Miss Katharine M. Gohn E. W. M. Johnson of Lincoln, of Mesa, Ariz., Frank Bogart Bean of Madison...Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9. ...actually 42.4 times harder than talc hard as corundum. field rests, the following information is...right) CHRYSOBERYL EPIDOTE PERIDOT SPHALERITE CORUNDUM FELDSPAR ^ PHENACITE SPODUMENE DANBURITE...elements such as diamond (carbon), oxides such as corundum (aluminum oxide), carbonates such as malachite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
staurolite, amphiboles, the other aluminosilicates, and corundum. It is often replaced by micas, and psuedomorphs...Cumberland County, Maine. Blue-bladed crystals to 2.5 cm long occur at Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts...at Ratlum Mountain, Hartford County, and at Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Kyanite associated...associated with blue corundum is found at Newtown and Roxbury, and Schairer (1931) Figure 1. An attractive...Jaffrey, Lyme, Orford, Warren, Lebanon, and Berlin, New Hampshire. Good gemmy kyanite has been found at Strafford
Report (volume)
Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr...Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland, State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.....Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found in...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 01:09 24 December 2014 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lue minerals are a traditional...are kyanite, sillimanite, andalusite, rutile, corundum, topaz, dumortierite, garnet, and in restricted...Sagadahoc County, Maine. Gemmy lazulite masses are found in Chittenden Township, Rutland County, Vermont...Vermont. It is reported from Stoddard, Cheshire County, and from the Palermo and Charles Davis pegmatites (possibly...(possibly scorzalite) at North Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Lazulite is best known in the southeastern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...Sanitarium and the Oconee River: andalusite, biotite, corundum, muscovite, quartz (Hurst, 1956c). Wood pit—east...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
writer is best acquainted. New ore bodies aie each year being opened up and new crystal locations will be...Amcnnpijiite: In the Emery Mining district (Powell County) the mineral is found in wellformed crystals in...Crevasse Mountain Mining district near Jardine (Park County). At the Kennebec mine in the Crevasse Mountain...the Crevasse Mountain district near Jardine (Park County) on the Vindicator claim, one-half inch tabular...cummingtonite. In the Hog Heaven Mining district (Flathead County) at the Flathead Mine, pale yellowish to colorless
Report (volume)
further subdivided by geographic areas (State and county) and by subjects, which include general, geology...the White Mountains, Mono County, Calif., and near Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nev. KYANITE Kyanite generally...Baker Mountain, Prince Edward County, and Willis Mountain, Buckingham County, in Virginia, and at Henry...Henry Knob, near Clover, York County, S.C. These are the only deposits now producing kyanite in the United...rocks, such as sericite schists or cordierite and corundum gneisses. It also occurs as replacement bodies
Report (volume)
...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;... Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico mines and minerals, World's Fair edition, 1904
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE...Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09...more people), there is a vast territory to explore. New discoveries continue to be made. Snow cover obscures...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal...Beaverhead County, the pegmatites of Jefferson County, and the Snowbird mine in Mineral County continue
Report (issue)
. . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper...Staurolite AVERY COUNTY . . ......... 13 13 13 . 13 Iron and Epidote BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet ....................... 13 Corundum « . . 13 Kyanite .......... f ...... . . 13 Moonstone and Associated Minerals...Minerals 15 BURKE COUNTY 15 Corundijin 15 Itacolumite 15 Toiirmaline f ........ 16 Garnet .........
Report (volume)
Lamellibranchiata of the Raritan Clays and Greensand Marls of New Jersey, by Robert P. "Whitfleld. 1885. 4°. xx, 338pp...Fishes and Fossil Plants of the Triassic Rocks of New Jersey and the Connecticut Valley, by John S. Nbwberry...Cephalopoda of the Raritan Clays and Greensand Marls of New Jersey, by Robert P. Whittteld. The Penokee Iron-Bearing...Mollusca and Crustacea of the Miocene Formations of New Jersey, by R. P. Whitfleld. Geology of the Eureka...meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkins County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. "Williams
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GENESIS OF THE EMERY PEEKSKILL, DEPOSITS NEAR NEW YORK. JOSEPH L. GILLSON AND JOSEPH E. A. KANIA....minedon a smallscale,are located35 milesnorthof New York city on the eastbankof the Hudson, alongandonbothsidesof...north of New York City, and within the West Point Quadrangle(Fig. i). FIG. I. Outline map of New York...whichliesthe city of New York. The emeryis a fine-grained aggregateof corundum,spinel,and magnetitein...Dana from Cortlandttownship, Westchestercounty, New York. Similar rocks are found in a smallpatchcoveringlessthan
Report (issue)
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...been selected at random, and will be augmented as new subjects are published. MINERALS OF GEORGIA: THEIR................................................ Corundum .......................................................................................... 170 County Index ........................................
carbonate, borate, and phosphate groups are included. Corundum, spinel, cuprite, rutile, cassiterite, calcite...fluorite, 5 apatite, 6 feldspar, 7 quartz, 8 topaz, 9 corundum, 10 diamond. For field identification it is sufficient...interest that on an absolute scale of hardness corundum is actually two thousand times harder to scratch...cassiterite (dark reddish brown, black), p. 120 corundum (grey, blue), p. 112 gypsum (white), p. 124 ...form the eastern coastline from Newfoundland to New York. Further south a flat plain of sedimentary rock
Book (edition)
channels of trade, transportation and consumption, new utilizations, and recent discoveries, have, to a...most part, have been progressive. In addition to new finds of valuable deposits, many of the occurrences...has therefore seemed advisable to pre sent such new information as may bring the whole subject more nearly...gas fields occur in almost every State except in New England and a few Southern States, but the discoveries...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und
Book (edition)
to include And in addition to the general much new materials. synopsis, he has, by request, thrown...that time latest complete exposition of the much new material has been to the State collection, which...occasional instances, for the investigation of species, new species; and the range of occurrence of many known...and the number of greatly extended; all these new data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH...development of the State, and the addi- to many new tion of species to the list of its known minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the commercial mining of these, such as gold, corundum, mica, and monazite. There have been, however...following: Diamond Spodumene Hiddenite Kunzite Corundum Ruby Sapphire Oriental Emerald Oriental Amethyst...distributed over a wide area in Burke, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell, Mecklenberg, and Rutherford Countiesin...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have...localities. Three diamonds have been found in Burke County, two of which were from near the "Ford of Brindletown
Book (volume)
exposures, such as Aquamarine, Beryl, some Ruby-red Corundum, Spodumene and Topaz. Georgia has been actively...the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren, Wilkox, and Lincoln counties. In...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:
Report (volume)
Mountain Wilderness and Adjacent Areas, Lincoln County, New Mexico By KENNETH SEGERSTROM, U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Mountain Wilderness and adjacent areas, Lincoln County, New Mexico. (Studies related to wilderness-wilderness...Bibliography: p. 112 1. Mines and mineral resources-New Mexico-Lincoln Co. I. Stotelmeyer, Ronald B., joint author...White Mountain Wilderness and adjacent areas, New Mexico. CONTENTS Page Summary ····-············...---------------------------------Barber Ridge-Lincoln Canyon area-----------------------------------
Book (edition)
with the former “appendix,” so as to include much new materials. And in addition to the general synopsis...of the subject up to date. Since that time much new material has been added to the state collection...opportunity to examine, except in occasional instances, new species and the range of occurrence of many known...yielding them have been greatly extended all these new data have been embodied. Sevfor the investigation...development of the state, and the addition of many new* species to the list of its known minerals, some
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I have decided it was — or is Archean in Surry County, North Carolina. There gneiss metamorphi2ed; and...and is in the is a Crystal Mountain in Watauga County. belt of rocks in North Carolina that is I do not...find of kee County, South Carolina, in Gaston, amethystine, and the strange occurrence Lincoln and Catawba...from which the solid pale orchid eastern Yadkin County, extending across colored crystals have formed...actly like the matrix from which the fire opal of Mexico occurs, and some- Counties. I have yet to examine
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Hematite DUDLEYVILLE, Tallapoosa Co. Asbestos, with Corundum FORT PAYNE, DeKalb Co. Hematite FREDONIA, Chambers...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite
Report (issue)
J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE IN GARNET RUBY CORUNDUM GOLD TORBERNITE GARNET IN MICA ANATASE RUTILE...owned by Tiffany valued at $100,000. & Company of New York and First thought to be emerald but later identified...beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...Mining 12 Important Gem Stones 12 Diamond 12 Corundum 13 Ruby •• 14 Sapphire 14 Beryl 14 Emerald...COUNTIES Alamance County • .' 22 24 24 Alexander County 24 Alleghany County 25 Ashe County • 25 Avery
 
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