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Tourmaline from
Gold Hill, Chambers County, Alabama, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gold Hill, Chambers County, Alabama, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:298094
Long-form Identifier:1:3:298094:2
GUID (UUID V4):be218ae5-35d8-4746-9800-594122874e7c
References
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Book (volume)
............... xi Mineral Locations by State Alabama ....................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map .....................................................................................2 Alabama Stream Map ............................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..........................................
Book (volume)
.................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States ALABAMA Alabama comprises two geological regions. The northeast...rocks which are exposed and commercially mined in Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa,...to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable
Book (volume)
.................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States ALABAMA Alabama comprises two geological regions. The northeast...rocks which are exposed and commercially mined in Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa,...to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable
Report (volume)
......................................... 5 Alabama..................................................Albany. North Carolina_.Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota_.Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Mr...form. 10 USEFUL MINERALS OF UNITED STATES ALABAMA. ALABAMA. Alum. See Halloysite. Aluminum. See Bauxite...Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Report (volume)
each of the States, the State lists begin with Alabama and end with Wyoming. Under each State the minerals...statements regarding their respective States: Alabama.........Dr. Eugene A. Smith, University. Arkansas...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...compilation. ALABAMA. Aluminum. See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Report (issue)
returning it UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDl\IONT GEOLOGICAL...Georgia ___________________________________ _ Alabama __________________________________ _ Younger rocks...Production ________________________________________ _ Gold deposits _____________________________________ _...21 22 22 23 23 23 24 24 27 29 32 32 32 33 33 Gold deposits-Continued Classification-Continued Lode...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____
Book (volume)
Plains state varies from nearly level farmland to hill ridges, increasing steadily in elev. From 1,000’...addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals, Topaz and Tourmaline add to the fascination of these pegmatites. ...The commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side...CHABAZITE, LEVYNE, PHILLIPSITE, and THOMSONITE. Adams County Alaska mine, Seven Devils district: azurite, grossular...placer deposits: chromite, CORUNDUM, diamond, garnet, gold, ilmenite, magnetite, monazite, and zircon. Peacock...Mountain Road: corundum, quartz, spinel, topaz, and tourmaline. Seven Devils district, centered about 30 miles
Book
commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...accident— burro’s hoof kicking up a nugget of pure gold or silver; an angry mule skinner reaching for... only to discover by its heft that it was solid gold discolored by weathering— must be taken with a grain...practices. Most of them were adventurers searching for gold or silver. Wherever ore bodies were found, many...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand
Book (edition)
Gaston, Lincoln From Mr. •also also G. B. boring gold region. for notes of the mica mining And to Prof...ciated ores of zinc, lead — of gold, iron and copper, silver. Gold occurs almost universally wherever...Silver is very commonly associated with gold, both the free gold of the placers (or gravels) as a native...species hitherto found in : 39. Yttrocerite. Gold. S2. Phlogopite. 83. Biotite. Oxides. 2. Silver...Topaz. 49. Uraninite. 13. 15. Argentite. Tourmaline. Silicai 97. Chrysocolla. Calamine. 100.
Book (edition)
a localities in From Mr. G. of the neighboring gold region. als at is of mineral B. Hanna, of the...distribution of some of the more valuable metallic ores of gold, iron and — copper, and the a.ssociated ores...ores of zinc, lead and silver. : MINERALOGY. Gold / occurs almost universally wherever the rocks...Silver is very commonly associated with gold, both the gold of the placers (or gravels) as a native...described below Sulphids, &c. Native Elements. 1. Gold. 7. Lead. 12. Bismutliinite. 2. Silver. 8
Book
Areas Note : (*) Asterisk denotes fluorescence. ALABAMA ALEXANDER CITY, Tallapoosa Co., (near) ClIALCOPYRITE...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...Corundum FORT PAYNE, DeKalb Co. Hematite FREDONIA, Chambers Co. Magnetite GADSEN, Etowah Co. Hematite GAYESVILLE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology and Geography Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 cookrob@auburn.edu Sylvanite Downloaded...October 2014 Vindicator Mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado I n terms of sheer volume of production...specimens of essentially massive gold tellurides associated with coarse native gold. Cripple Creek, on the other...that resemble cuneiform characters. Sylvanite is gold-silver telluride with the composition (Au,Ag)2Te4...published analyses commonly show minor variations in the gold and silver content, and the presence of such other
Report (issue)
TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. INTRODUCTION. The tungsten...tungsten deposits of northwestern Inyo County, Cal., are west of Bishop, the largest town in Owens Valley...Valley are known by distinctive names, such as the Alabama Hills, and the name Tungsten Hills is here suggested...in northwestern Inyo County, Cal., and vicinity. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF INTO COUNTY, GAL. 231 DISCOVERY...by chance. Three partners, who were mining placer gold in Deep Canyon, found that the concentrates they
Book
____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _ 3 VI 1 1 1 1 2 9...l d r u s h a t Dahlonega, Georgia. S o m u c h gold w a s f o u n d b y eager prospectors i n L u m...established a m i n t a t Dahlonega w h i c h m i n t e d gold coins u n t i l t h e s t a r t o f t h e C i v...r e f a m i l i a r gold w a s extensive. T h e y k n e w the value o f gold! Gold c a n s t i l l be...Newton, Wa l t o n , F a n n i n , F o r s y t h Alabama: C l a y, Cleburn, Coosa, Tallapoosa, C h i l t
Report (issue)
MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH by H. M. EI-Shatoury and J. A. Whelan...The Cane Spring Mine The Bonnemort Mine The Rube Gold Mine . The Frankie Mine The Yellow Hammer Mine The...map showing location and accessibility to the Gold Hill mining district, Utah . . . . . . . . . . . ....Stratigraphic units occurring in the vicinity of Gold Hill, Utah . Geologic map of the surface, vicinity...deposit, Gold Hill, Tooele County, Utah . . . . . . . . . Surface geology of the Gold Hill open pit mine
Book (edition)
exten sive deposits, such as coal and iron fields, gold belts, etc., are mentioned in general terms. 688...MINERAL RESOURCES. ALABAMA—Mined. Mineralogical name. Coal, var. bitu minous. Gold. Common name. Remarks...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
North America; the rare earth pegmatitesb of Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI), Ytterby (Sweden)...543-547,1929. Lonsdale, John T., Geology of the gold-pyrite belt of the northeast piedmont, Virginia:...San Diego, California, world famous for their tourmaline crystals and lithium minerals, are of Mesozoic...Thomson, F. A., and Ballard, S. M., Geology and gold resourcesof north-central ldaho: Id.aho Bw. Geologyond...A. L Genesis of mica pegmatite deposits, Latah County, Idaho: , Econ. Geology,vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 41-58
Report (volume)
Emmons. 1883. 8°. 42 pp. 2 pi. Price 10 cents. 2. Gold and Silver Conversion Tables, giving the coining...meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkins County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. "Williams...cents. 16. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 1885. 8°. 86 pp....57 pi. Price 25 cents. 38. Peridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky, by J. S. Diller. 1887. 8°. 31 pp. 1...Cretaceous Strata of the Tuscaloosa, Tombigbee, and Alabama Rivers, by Eugene A. Smith and Lawrence C. Johnson
Report (volume)
all red stones: spinel, ruby, garnet, and rose tourmaline; the term "sapphire," to lapis lazuli and other...beauty of irregularly colored stones, such as tourmaline. UNIT OF WEIGHT The carat, meaning one-fifth...dikes contain a variety of gem stones, such as tourmaline, beryl (emerald, aquamarine), spodumene (kunzite...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...and Webber Hill, El Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral
Book (edition)
How to Hunt for Treasure From rubies, opals and gold to emeralds, diamonds and aquamarine, each regional...Matlins, PG This book is for: ¢ Rockhounds ¢ Gold prospectors ¢ Gem collectors ¢ Gemologists e Tourists...Dakota Washington Wyoming Nevada Southeast States Alabama Hawaii Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Utah...from foreign lands. These include turquoise, tourmaline, amethyst, pearls, opals, jade, sapphires, emeralds...footsteps of Cortés and Pizarro, searching not only for gold but also for turquoise, amethyst and emeralds. In
Book
[ [ 23 I 1992 [ 65-128 65-136 65-128 1-96 GOLD-II] 1-112 MMEE•] 25 I 1994 1-80 ARIZONA-I] ...257-320 [ [ GOLD-I ] 321--412 ARIZONA-V] 265-352 257-320 353-400 321-384 TOURMALINE ] 327--438...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Gibbs) 14:283-298 ALABAMA Iron phosphate mineral locality at Indian Mountain, Alabama (by H. Harwood) 5:241-244...phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
Catalog/List
Mohave Ixl £9 'A x A £3 1 xA Pb SiO/3_____________ County. Arizona, U.S.A £5___ Rich orange-red masses with...OH__________ magnification there are small crystals County, Arizona Pure green cleavage AMAZONITE Landsverk...grained mass in calcite Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County, lx!4 £2.50 Ixl £4 37 Ce Sr CO/3 Montana U.S.A...mixture with Chrysotile, pale grey-green Ixl £1 County Bridge Quarry,Lizard Mg Fe SiO_______ massive....green mass with minor mauve STITCHITE Stitchtitc Hill near Dundas Ixl £4 -------------------------------------
 
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