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Limonite from
Woodlawn Quarry, Woodlawn, McDowell County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Woodlawn Quarry, Woodlawn, McDowell County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:268154
Long-form Identifier:1:3:268154:2
GUID (UUID V4):fc98bdf3-d902-4628-9178-af816d383ac2
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘMcKinney Mine (Power Mill Creek Mine), Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Limonite Occurrence (MRDS - 10078847), Linville Falls, Burke County, North Carolina, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘWoods Mountain meteorite, McDowell County, North Carolina, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) ⓘBuchanan Mine (Buchanan pegmatite), Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
24.2km (15.1 miles) ⓘRay Mica Mine, Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘJ. C. Woody Asbestos Mine, Brush Creek, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘJ.C. Mills Mine (Mill's Mine; Mills's Mine), Brindletown, Burke County, North Carolina, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) ⓘScott Hill Mine (Miller Gold Mine), Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, USA
45.8km (28.5 miles) ⓘCages Mountain Sillimanite Deposit, Caldwell County, North Carolina, USA
55.8km (34.7 miles) ⓘCedar Hill Manganese Mine, Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, 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
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
Journal (issue)
South Wales collaborative effort on an article (Woodlawn). And this publication will have at least another..............................18 Minerals of the Woodlawn Mine in the Southern Tablelands of NSW .........Tooeleite was first described from Gold Hill, Tooele County, Utah in 1991. It has since been found sparingly...Saturday of each month. This now takes us as far north as Maitland, as far south as Dapto and as far west...favourite specimen’, to ‘Broken Hill’, to ‘southeastern USA’ and anything in between. Again, there was little
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and much used in industry, is found in De Kalb County, 4 miles northwest of Fort Payne, Ala. There a...Another deposit is reported as being in Clarke County-" ARIZONA—Earl Mayer, 1753 " I " St, Yuma, Ariz..., Ariz, and consisted of a dark brown cube of limonite (pseudo pyrite) embedded in milky quartz. ARKANSAS—Byron...one of my many trips, doing cave exploration, in north-western Arkansas. I had stopped at Clinton, to inquire...Yep, a Troy Beavers, who lived about six miles north of Clinton, had one time mentioned this bridge.
Journal (issue)
world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite, apatite...pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry-Esmont dolomite. limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, siderite...crystals, muscovite crystals, tourmaline AMHERST COUNTY Crystals of goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral has been mined quite extensively in Clay County, Alabama, from one end to the other. It is quite...wulfenite xls with drusy rock xls in a dark brown limonite matrix. "From a claim I own about 20 miles S.E...south of Antimony Peak, near Hollister, San Benito County, California. While it might sound like exaggeration...hunting with my father, and some friends, at Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Conn. While going over the old dump...sending under separate cover some hematite and limonite from the Paleocene Clayton formation in southwest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos, apatite...pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry—Esmont dolomite, limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, pyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ic bodiesin a portion of the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Virginia Devro M. ScorroRD AND JBrpney...northeast-trendingbelt from near West Jefferson,North Carolina to near Floyd, Virginia in the Blue Ridge,...Ridge of North Carolina trending belt from southwest of West Jefferson in Ashe County, North Carolina to near...Virginia (Fig. 1) have not been investigated in Floyd County, Virginia, a distance of 150 km. A any detailed...of ultramafic bodies in easternBlue Ridge in North Carolina and Virginia southeastof Fries fault. pee-Elk
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...Pegmatite Districts 46 Spruce Pine District 46 Woodlawn District 46 Buncombe District 46 Bryson City District
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)
Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 577 Work done...done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development and in part...Administration Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina By FRANK G. LESURE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... Work done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...district- ___________ Buncombe district__-_-__--_--_ Woodlawn district_____________ Franklin-Sylva district-
Journal (issue)
course of investigation of the economic geology of north-eastern Victoria. several pyrope garnet crystals...Corryong batholith. Garnet is reasonably common i n north-eastern Victoria, being found in granite gneiss...Gc-ochcmie;1l investigations in the Corryong dist net, North-cast V1cton:i. Um". Melbourne Ph D. thuis. ( unpubl...Unanderra: 80, 84 Warrumbungle Mtns.: 9 Whipstick: 4 1 Woodlawn: 83 Northern Territory Hans Range: 96, 100 Rum... 1 6, 69. 73 Leucophosphite 49 Libethenite 77 Limonite 2 1 Lithiophorite 26 Lollingite 73 Loveringite
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book
MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright ©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom
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...Psiloniclanc Cryptomelanc Gibbsitc Diaspore Goerhite Limonite (Limnite) Spinel Seric Pleonaste Hercynite Picotitc...(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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
F. G., Nicholas, T., and McKay, W. J. (1975) Woodlawn copper-lead-zinc orebody. Ibid. 701-10. [Revised...COMMUNICATIONS pyrite is extensively oxidized to limonite and other secondary minerals. Galena in minor...covelline, blaubleibender covelline, bornite, and limonite. Analyses are given in Table I. Galena is the
Book (edition)
LAKE CITY, UTAH. MINERAL LOCALITIES. BEAVER COUNTY. (Vy Beaver City, near; hyalite, banded in brownish... chalcocite, chalcopyrite, covellite, copper, limonite, malachite, molybdite, pyrite. Bradshaw District;...malachite. Cactus Gulch; chalcopyrite, garnet, limonite, quartz, crystals enclosing tourmaline. English...sulphur. Elsewhere; bismite, bismutite. BOX ELDER COUNTY. Copper Mountain Mine; azurite, Dove Creek; gold...in aggregate of thin yellow plates and crystals. North Shore of Salt Lake; asphaltum as an exudation, petroleum
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...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarryï‚Ÿ chalcedony, jasper...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
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...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...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE,
Book
Distributors for the United States and Canada: ELSEVIER NORTH-HOLLAND INC. 52, Vanderbilt Avenue New York, N.Y...in the Central City gold mining district, Gilpin County, Colorado (Sims et al., 1963) as shown in Fig....bedrock source. The Tarryall mining district, Park County, Colorado, affords an example. Placer gold was...poorly exposed sills of similar composition on the north slope of Mt. Silverheels, caused him to infer the...and their related physiographic features, Park County, Colorado. thinly veneered or had been recently
Report (issue)
zinc/lead deposit, Pillara, Western Australia Woodlawn — a synthesis of exploration and structural geology...and tungsten in north Queensland Exploration for tin at Collingwood, Cooktown, north Queensland Alluvial...Alluvial tin deposits and exploration in north Queensland IRON Geological aspects of Australian iron ore...in the advancement of geological knowledge in the USA. However, although the Federal Government in 1927...mining fields. Other newcomers were taken from the USA and included Roland Blanchard who was a pioneer of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
during weathering has led to the development of limonite and yellowish secondary uranium minerals of which...Silurian age. It closely resembles the deposits of Woodlawn (Malone et al., 1975) and Captains Flat (Davis
Report (volume)
Geology and Construction-Material Resources of Nemaha County, Kansas GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN Prepared... Geology and Construction-Material Resources of Nemaha County, Kansas By MELVILLE R. MUDGE, CHARLES P. WALTERS...Nemaha County, Kans________________________ In pocket 7. Stratigraphic section from Nemaha County, Kans_______...Summary of tests on construction materials of Nemaha County, Kans __ __ _ ___ --- 184 GEOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION...GEOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION-MATERIAL RESOURCES OF NEMAHA COUNTY, KANSAS By MELVILLE R. MUDGE, CHARLES P. WALTERS
 
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