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Chrysotile from
Goldsmith Mine, Democrat, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysotile
Formula:Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysotile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Goldsmith Mine, Democrat, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20866
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20866:6
GUID (UUID V4):1138bfb8-d575-46fa-959f-6d95b126c413
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysotile
2.6km (1.6 miles) Carter Mine, Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina, USA
39.9km (24.8 miles) Bakersville Olivine deposit (J. H. Pannell prospect), Tocane, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
67.1km (41.7 miles) Balsam Gap Olivine deposit, Webster-Balsam, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
68.3km (42.4 miles) Dark Ridge Olivine deposit, Webster-Balsam, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
96.6km (60.0 miles) Deposit Number Nine (McGuire or Maguire Vermiculite property; Deposit No. 9; Ellijay Chromite prospect; Higdon Asbestos Mine), Ellijay Mining District, Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
References
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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)
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
Report (issue)
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...46 Spruce Pine District 46 Woodlawn District 46 Buncombe District 46 Bryson City District 47 Franklin-Sylva
Report (issue)
.'.' .., 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
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)
Resources Report M 49 1964 Mineral Aspects of the Grace Mine Magnetite Deposit Akio Tsusue COMMONWEALTH OF...Geologist BULLETIN M49 Mineral Aspects of the Grace Mine Magnetite Deposit by Akio Tsusue PENNSYLVANIA...Pennsylvania 2 3. Geologic map of Grace Mine 3rd level and north-south cross section through ore body ...from Grace Mine 6 TABLES Page Table 1. X-ray powder data of serpentine from Grace Mine . . 2. Mg content...dolomite. 5 7 8 MINERAL ASPECTS OF THE GRACE MINE MAGNETITE DEPOSIT by Akio Tsusue ABSTRACT A tabular
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Brushite and taraaakite from Pig Hole Cave, Giles County, Virginia (Murray, Dietrich). . . Buerger,M. J...refraction corrections (Straumanis, Weng). 4s7 Chrysotile, determination of mag351 netite in (Shell) ....Levinson) Cordierite porphyroblasts, large, Fremont County, Colorado, TO VOLUME 41 76 844 127 lI7 956 ...Brushite and taranakite from Pig Hole Cave, Giles CountY' 616 Virginia Trigonal paragonite from Campbell...Review) Edwards, A. B. Hypogene goethite at Peko Mine, N. T., Australia Ellis, A. J., and Fyfe, W. S.
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)
muscovite mica from the Grandfather Mountain area, N. Carolina..... Buerger, M. J. Vector Space and Its Application...(Bilgrami, Ingamells) Carbonate minerals. infrared Chrysotile morphology (Maser, study of (Huang, Kerr) 311...euxer-riteand associated minerals, Sand Basin, Grar.rite County, Montana Coombs, D. S. Lawsonite metagraywackes...possible new yttrium fluocarbonate from Dover, Morris County, New Jersey 92 (Smith, Stone, Ross, Levine) Drysdall...a s s o ti ciated minerals, Sand Basin, Granite CountY, Montana 459 (Heinrich, Conrad) Evans, H. T. and
Report (issue)
Smoky Mountains National Park, Western North Carolina Carolina Geological Society Annual Field Trip November...Aiken, South Carolina Steve Gurley, Consulting Soil Scientist, Lincolnton, North Carolina Godfrey and...Blythewood, South Carolina Kubal, Furr and Associates, Greenville, South Carolina Zemex Corporation,... Spruce Pine, North Carolina Organization, registering participants, keeping financial records, and guidebook...Cooperation, encouragement, and field checking by North Carolina Geological Survey geologists: Carl E. Merschat
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cers E. W. Nuffield, Chairmon B. Stringham J. R. Goldsmith H. Winchell J. F. Schairer The above committees...Faust, Choirman, 1953 R. A. Rowland 1953-54 J. T. Goldsmith 1953-55 Speci.al' Publ,i'cations Editorial' B...GRANITIZED ROCKS IN TIIE YELLOWJACKET DISTRICT, LEMEI COUNTY, IDAIIO co,,,"u ri,'"ilT3i,}, ffi;" ,Tewyork The...MEETING DEPOSITS ON QUARTZ IilLL, CENTRAI GILPIN COUNTY, COLORADO 329 CTTY DISTRICT, F. C. ARMSTRONG...disseminated types of ores such as occur at the Sunshine Mine, Idaho, the correction may be as large as 2O/s oI
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cers E. W. Nuffield, Chairmon B. Stringham J. R. Goldsmith H. Winchell J. F. Schairer The above committees...Faust, Choirman, 1953 R. A. Rowland 1953-54 J. T. Goldsmith 1953-55 Speci.al' Publ,i'cations Editorial' B...GRANITIZED ROCKS IN TIIE YELLOWJACKET DISTRICT, LEMEI COUNTY, IDAIIO co,,,"u ri,'"ilT3i,}, ffi;" ,Tewyork The...MEETING DEPOSITS ON QUARTZ IilLL, CENTRAI GILPIN COUNTY, COLORADO 329 CTTY DISTRICT, F. C. ARMSTRONG...disseminated types of ores such as occur at the Sunshine Mine, Idaho, the correction may be as large as 2O/s oI
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
important pieces of experimental work on feldspars is Goldsmith and Jenkins’ (1985) reversal of the high–low albite...shaded band arises directly from the Goldsmith and Jenkins study. Goldsmith and Jenkins’ curve of the equilibrium...pressure on the kinetics of disordering. Elsewhere, Goldsmith and Jenkins’ classic is mentioned only in passing...produced naturally, are one of main products of acid mine drainage and those involved in studying our legacy...and Martin, R. F. , Eds. The Health Effects of Chrysotile Asbestos: Contribution of Science to Risk Management
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology and Geography, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC 28372 Abstract The...in the southern Appalachians Piedmont in Georgia, USA. Oxygen isotope compositions obtained by laser-fluorination...supercontinent Rodinia followed by collision between North America and Africa via at least three diachronous...alteration of some mafic/ultramafic rocks in the Carolina superterrane resulted from postemplacement deformation...are a Paleozoic mountain chain formed along the North American eastern continental margin during Wilson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1329 Arizona Economic geology Aluminum, Maricopa county, Wickenberg (Sheridan, Michael F , et al.) tt-t2...(Mclean, W. John, er a/.) 7-E 1103 Hemihedrite,Pinal county, Florencemine, Maricopacounty, Wickenburg,Rat Tail...a/.) 7-8 1088 Kinoite, SantaRita mountains,Pima county (Anthony, John W., er a/.) 5-6 7O9 Phoenicochroite...Jerome,United Verde mine (Wood, Michael M.) 5-6 729 Wherryite, Tiger, Mammoth mine (Mclean, W. John.)...er a/.) 1.2 224 Breccia Intrusive Utah, San Juan county, MosesRock dike, kimberlite (McGetchin, Thomas
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;
Report (issue)
tremolite, and actinolite and the serpentine mineral chrysotile are classified as asbestos if the individual...of all commercial asbestos be stopped? Must all mine dusts containing such particles be controlled to...Russia during the rule of Peter the Great where chrysotile asbestos from the Urals was used for a short...English entrepreneurs, and the reopening of the chrysotile asbestos deposits of northern Italy and simultaneous...simultaneous exploitation of the vast chrysotile resources in Quebec. The supply for the first time was ample
Report (volume)
lung. The individual was exposed primarily to chrysotile. The particles consist of asbestos fibers coated...induce pulmonary diseases. The asbestos minerals (chrysotile and asbestiform amphiboles) are by far the most...major natural fiber sources. New Idria (Coalinga) chrysotile region, California. Riebeckite and crocidolite...symmetry. Chemical variations. Chrysotile. Layer conformation. Chrysotile polymorphs and polytypes. Chemical... surface charge, and dissolution kinetics of chrysotile... 95 Surface chemistry and structure. 95 Surface
Journal (issue)
Wright'sRockShopspecimen. Minerals of the Scratch Awl Mine PhilipsburgMining District, GraniteCounty, Montana...location of the Cordaba claim, later renamed the Hope mine (Albright, 2005). Silver was the primary metal produced...magnetite and other iron oxides. The Scratch Awl mine is located about one mile south of the old mining...discovery date of the property is unknown, but the mine produced silver, lead, zinc, and manganese until...until the late 1940's or early 1950's. In 1940, the mine consisted of a vertical shaft with three levels
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI 53706, USA d Institute of Earth Sciences, the Hebrew University...Troodos RTI. Complete serpentinization, widespread chrysotile veining and very high δ18O (Srp), 10.6 to 12...(Wicks and Whittaker, 1977). Up to 5 cm thick chrysotile veins are conspicuous in the field and in some...surprising that the former Pano-Amiandos asbestos mine was located within the area of the central profile...Magaritz and Taylor (1974). The δ18O values of three chrysotile veins from the central profile are 1–2‰ higher
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
compositions that are chemographically colinear with chrysotile/lizardite, Mg3Si2Os (OH)~ and talc, Mg3Si4Olo(OH)2...periodicities can be observed. In addition, relics of chrysotile may be observed in high-grade metamorphic rocks...serpentinite involves the formation of antigorite from chrysotile rocks (Cornelius 1912) and its breakdown to olivine...very similar to those found in lizardite and chrysotile. However, whereas fiat layers occur in lizardite...and Zanazzi 1987) and rolled layers occur in chrysotile (Wicks and Whittaker 1975), these structural
Report (issue)
system aO-MnO-CO; was investigated by J. R. Goldsmith and D. L. Graf (1957, p. 327 ff.). _ COUPLED...same subject, the extensive studies of J. R. Goldsmith, D. L. Graf, and O. I. Joensuu (1955) have demonstrated...about 600° C. in the schematic diagram (Fig. 45). Goldsmith and Joensuu also describe unmixing structures...also affect the ratio Mg : Ca in the calcites. Goldsmith and others use preferably the (112), (521), and...magnesian calcites are in equilibrium (J. R. Goldsmith and D. L. Graf, 1955, p. 126). 64 STRUCTURAL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
500-mile-long state situated mainly between 35° and 36.6° North latitude and bounded on the west by the Mississippi...(top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
different serpentine polymorphs and polysomes (chrysotile, lizardite, antigorite), which are common in...serpentine minerals, namely lizardite with flat layers, chrysotile with curled layers, antigorite with alternating...carbonatation (Carb) for antigorite (Atg) rather than for chrysotile veinlets (Ctl), Fawakhir aureole; crossed nicols...distal variety show the presence of cylindrical chrysotile, which becomes more flattened and replaced by...the granite contact: (1) chrysotile–magnesite–antigorite, (2) talc–chrysotile–magnesite–antigorite, (3)
 
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