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Sillimanite from
Henry County, Tennessee, USA


Locality type:County
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 Henry County, Tennessee, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1340851
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1340851:2
GUID (UUID V4):c2f61041-6e86-4745-b868-ffebaec7ad6f
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ROBERT J. LAUF 998 W. Outer Drive Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 rjlauf@msn.com JANET H. CLIFFORD 15 Laurel...thousand crystals from various locations in Fannin County, Georgia, they reported that the proportion of...higher-grade metapelites, it may be associated with sillimanite, andalusite, or cordierite. The fact that staurolite...on dark schist, Cook Road, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine. Robert J. Lauf specimen No. 3585. Volume...metamorphosed to the biotite, garnet, staurolite, and sillimanite zones. Green (1963, p. 991) described the paragenesis
Report (issue)
Kyanite, Sillimanite, and Andalusite Deposits of the Southeastern States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 336 Kyanite, Sillimanite, and Andalusite Deposits of the Southeastern States By GILBERT...follows: Espenshade, Gilbert Howry, 1912Kyanite, sillimanite, and andalusite deposits of the southeastern...card) Espenshade, Gilbert Howry, 1912Kyanite, sillimanite, and andalusite deposits of the southeastern...southeastern states. 1960. (Card 2) 1. Cyanite. 2. Sillimanite. 3. Andalusite. 4. Aluminum silicates. 5. Mines and
Report (volume)
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
Journal (issue)
area. The route of the road log is in Franklin, Henry, and Patrick counties near Martinsville where the...staurolite grade along the northwestern border and sillimanite grade to the southeast of this border. Following...State Road 606. Intersection with State Road 605 at Henry, Virginia; turn right (westward) on State Road 605...Railway tracks. Cross Franklin-Henry county boundary. Cross Henry-Franklin county boundary. Cross Mill Creek...River allochthon. Cross Patrick-Henry county boundary and into Henry County. Turn left (northwestward) on
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...(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...to occur only as traces. ACCOMACK COUNTY: none given. ALBEMARLE COUNTY: actinolitc, agate, almandine, amethyst
Report (edition)
Each article was read, annotated, and indexed by county, subject, and stratigraphic interval where applicable...where the area involved was larger than that of a county, subdivisions of the state, based upon physiographic...National Speleological Society from Nashville, Tennessee. NATL. ACAD. SCI. BIOG. MEM. Biographical Memoirs...Washington, D. C. TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. Report of Investigation of the Tennessee Division of Geology...Geology, published by the Division from Nashville, Tennessee. TEXAS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOC. BULL. Bulletin of the
Report (edition)
Each article was read , annotated , and indexed by county , subject, and stratigraphic interval where applicable...where the area involved was larger than that of a county , subdivisions of the state, based upon physiographic...National Speleological Society from Nashville , Tennessee . NATL. ACAD. SCI . BIOG . MEM. Biographical Memoirs...Washington , D. C. TENNESSEE DIV . GEOLOGY REPT. INV . Report of Investigation of the Tennessee Division of..., published by the Division from Nashville , Tennessee . TEXAS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOC . BULL. Bulletin of
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Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...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:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Report (issue)
map of the Ridgeway area, Ilenry County, Virginia, and Rockingham County, North Carolina ,-.--..------In...------In pocket Geologic map of the Axton area, Henry and Pittsylvania counties---In pocket Geologic map of...Patterson mine, 2 miles northeast of Amelia, Amelia County; B, Inclusion of wall rock (biotite gneiss) in...Rutherford mines, lfu miles north oI Amelia, Amelia County A, Micrographic texture in the Leatherwood granite...north of Amelia, Amelia County; B, Piotomicrograph of pegmatite showing sillimanite from the Salter prospect;
Report (issue)
. . . 7 Metamorphic Gradients in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (J. P. Gregory). . . . . . . . . . .... 49 Cataclastic Zone Associated with the Davie County Triassic Basin (D. V. Milton). . . . . . . . ....contact of the Candler from southern Albemarle county southward to Leesville, just north of the study...western boundary of the allochthon and reached sillimanite grade to the southeast. They were retrograded...greenschist facies which converted staurolite and sillimanite to sericite. Following this was a prograde event
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
coxene, magnetite, monazite, pyrite, rutile, sillimanite, sphene, spinel, staurolite, topaz, tourmaline...stable heavy-mineral suite. In contrast, kyanite, sillimanite, and staurolite are the dominant heavy minerals... PETROLOGY species and are principally kyanite, sillimanite, and staurolite. Tourmaline and zircon occur...these sandstones are kyanite, staurolite, and sillimanite; this indicates that the source of the Cretaceous... south Illinois southeast Missouri, and west Tennessee Author This paper Potter (1905) This paper Pryor
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...at this locality is associated with quartz, sillimanite, kyanite and blue corundum. Many of the anddusite...attractive cabochons can be cut. BERYL Amelia County - Clear gem quality beryl fragments measuring 0...The quarry is operated by Tarmac Inc. Powhutcan County - Clear beryl crystals (goshenite) occur at the
Book
Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _...t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because t h e a l t i t u d e o f Mt. M i t c...Jefferson, B e r k e l e y Kentucky: E l l i o t Tennessee: Unicoi, Greene, Cocke, Sevier, Blount, Monroe...e c e n t u r y f o u r w e r e f o u n d i n Tennessee. O n e was f o u n d i n K e n t u c k y w h e...r g i n i a : M o n r o e Kentucky: A d a i r Tennessee: Roane, U n i o n N o r t h Carolina: L i n c
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................ ; ....................... 105 Sillimanite ......................................................................................... 170 County Index ...........................................from Washington and Bleck ley counties to Irwin county. Some minerals described herein have never been
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Fossil-Eubrontes 26 27 * Delaware Mineral]-Sillimanite Fossil-Belemnite Soil-Greenwich Loam Series ...Jewelry-Black Hills Gold Soil-Houdek Series * "Tennessee Rock-Limestone Gem-Freshwater Pearl Fossil-Pterotrigonia...made the “Magic City” of Birmingham, Jefferson County “The Pittsburgh of the South” during the turn of...feet thick, occurs near Sylacauga, in Talladega County, being fine-grained and mostly white, ofexceptional...white Sylacauga marble from Sylacauga, Talladega County, is considered among the finest white marble in
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...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...[University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mine—1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the
Report (volume)
of the Clay Products Co_ 36 Sprucepine, Mitchell County __ 36 Sprucepine mine- ____-_ 36 Sparks mine 39...Herren property________________ Birdtown, Swain County _____________ Cole & Black property____________...Mitchell County__________________ Jefferson, Ashe County ______________ Bare property_________________ Kaolins...rocks (partly pegmatites)--68 Troy, Montgomery County _ 68 Mount Gilead, Montgomery County____ 69 Property...Carolina, by W. S. Bayley________________ Abbeville County _____ Georgia _________________________________
Report (issue)
AREA By Robert C. Milici Tennessee Division of Geology Knoxville, Tennessee 37919 and James W. Smith...Atlanta, Georgia 30334 In cooperation with the Tennessee Division of Geology j j j j j j j j j j j j...Regional Geologic Setting Recent studies by the Tennessee Division of Geology have shown that Middle and...the Valley and Ridge province of southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. The present study, a...Department of Mines, Mining and Geology and the Tennessee Division of Geology, was undertaken to establish
Journal (issue)
TeHurium Sulphur Dinmond Gra1,hitc GOLD Albemarle County.-"Streaks" occur in quartz veins in slate belt...east of South­ western Mt. (ll. 8). Buckingham County.-A placer gold specimen about 7 x 10 x 17 mm. which...collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Culpeper County.-Two specimens with flakes of gold up to 1 cm....collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Dinwiddie County.-Two specimens from the Whitehall Mine with gold...error and should refer to Spotsylvania County.) Fairfax County.-A specimen of gold with galena in quartz
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
Report (issue)
References were read, annotated, and indexed·. by county, subject, and geological age. In many entries a...a portion of the state larger than a county is discussed, so that larger subdivisions of the state are... are outlined in Fig. 1. Each index entry to a county or one of the larger subdivisions is also referred...Published" li# the' .:Associatio1'1 from, Nashville, Tennessee. EXPLOSIVES· ENgiNE~~.; '-~:kirri~~i;~~' ~}j:~gineer:...City; N-ew \York•;' ·, TENNESSEE ACAD. SCIENCE JOUR. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of · i .S cie:nce_
Report (issue)
Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer...Spruce Pine district ____________ Madison County and Haywood County _____________________ _ Zirconia district...monazite belt in the Piedmont province __ Stokes County and Surry County_ Wilkes, Alexander, Catawba, Caldwell...Rutherford County and Cleveland County __ --------------Lincoln County and Gaston County _____________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tennessee Mineral Locality Index 300 T ennessee covers an area of 41,220 square miles in the southeastern...part of the state. Just prior to crossing the Tennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...TRAVIS A. PARIS 5604 Malmsbury Road Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite...Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo.
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Oregon Peru1Sylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah 1 11 18 23 39 41 47 49 60 65 73 ...Center Vermillion, South Dakota ,":>- 7 o0 7 Tennessee Division of Geology ~partment of Conservation...,..,,, G-5 State Office Building Nashville ~ Tennessee 3 7 :z I C, ureau of Economic Geology 8th and...Georgia and -ir.-10 Reconnaissance report on Tennessee, by C. W. Hayes. 5 the Fayette Gas Field, Alabama...northeast part of the Coosa Coal Field, St. Clair County, Alabama, by H. E. Rothrock. 1949. 69 B. 50 Well
 
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