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Quartz from
Alston Mine, Centerville, Franklin County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alston Mine, Centerville, Franklin County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:340405
Long-form Identifier:1:3:340405:8
GUID (UUID V4):907b3040-2c0b-4091-ac49-e5d1ff0e78b7
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
4.0km (2.5 miles) Van Alston Deposit, Centerville, Franklin County, North Carolina, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) Fowler Mine, Warren County, North Carolina, USA
11.3km (7.1 miles) Portis Mine (C. M. Wright Mine), Centerville, Franklin County, North Carolina, USA
14.5km (9.0 miles) Castalia Quarry, Franklin County, North Carolina, USA
16.3km (10.1 miles) Argo Mine (Mann-Arrington), Nash County, North Carolina, USA
20.1km (12.5 miles) H & H Mine (House), Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
23.3km (14.5 miles) R. A. Ellis Prospect, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
23.6km (14.7 miles) Boy Scout Occurrence (Moss-Richardson; Jones; Dryden), Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) Greystone Quarry, Vance County, North Carolina, USA
37.1km (23.0 miles) Gully Mine, Franklinton, Franklin County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens of blende from Roxbury, Connecticut, and from Mine Hill, New Jersey, did not contain this element....in some low grade sulphurets from the Iron Silver Mine of Leadville, Colorado. Hartley and Ramageoreported...blendes from Pierre-la-Fitte; Bensberg; Santander; Alston Moor, Cumberland; Tipperary, heland; Zellerfeld...Jersey, as well as in a sample of zincite from Franklin Furnace, New Jersey. MBrnop or ANarvsrs As far...and photographing the spectrum with the aid of a quartz spectrograph of the Littrow auto-collimating type
Book
History Museum specimen is from Terlingua, Texas, USA, and was used for the determination of the mineral's...description of the species nominates Socrates mine, Sonoma County, California, as the type locality. The NHM...00135 Green River Fonnation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA A. Pabst, P.A. Estep, E.J. Dwornik, R.B. Finkelman... Aerugite (Neotype) BM 1963,00481 South Terras mine, St-Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England R.J. Davis...34. Afwillite (Cotype) BM 1925,00080 Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa J. Parry and F. E. Wright
Journal (issue)
.................. 66 Fluorescence in Herkimer Quartz Crystals. By Alan W. Bernheimer ... .. . ... ....Zodac...... .. 7 5 Autunite in Mitchell County, North Carolina. By Bradley Johnson .....................dichroscopes, h ardness testing pencils, ~licroscope quartz optic Lenses, prisms, Quartzglass apparatus. Address...from Colorado, Idaho, M zine, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming and many other...of Westthe deep l,lack Yariety of smoky quartz chester County, not far from the Conknown as morion. Small
Catalog/List
AGARDITE-(La). Red Cloud Coppcr Hlne,Lincoln County,~ev ~cxico, U.S.A. (La,Cn) Cu0 (As O~),(OH)•311... 65x40x40, (23. 8. AHETHYST.Cataburo County,North Carolina,U.S.A. Oenicourt Collection No.4389. A prctty...developed in and exLending froc slightly smoky Quartz (20mm) in pleas!ng display group. ·40x30xl5. [13...[13. ANOERSOHITE.Repete Hine,San Yuan County,Utuh,U.S.A. Ha..,Ca UO._(C0')).-6H Bright yellov-grcen crystals...little crystals (7mm) on quartz. 65x25, (5. APATITE. Sm1th Vein,Carrock Mine,Caldbeck Fells,Cumbria½
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___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...- - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland...matrix. Unusual species. single blue 3mm crystal on quartz TiO l xl £6 lx2 £12 2x2 £24 Hydrocarbon £5 -·-...ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Montana U.S.A 963 ALBITE Maine USA Rich pinkish line grained mass...1009 ANDALUSITE Ultevis,North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety
Catalog/List
Dufrenoysite and Corkite page 3 General stock Quartz after Gypsum page 13 , Annabergite page 8 Sussexite...grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE...possible Molybdenite. About l/2ins size. (Wolfram Camp North Queensland,Australia) £12 063 CAVANSITE Ca (V 0...in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...ecord Articles Rare sulfosalts from the Van Silver mine, British C olum bia...............................Famous mineral localities: The Brownley Hill mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England........................COVER: ATACAMITE in GYPSUM, 6.8 cm, from the Lily mine, lea, Peru. Irv Brown collection; Jeff Scovil photo...British Columbia the Silver Tunnel o f the Van Silver mine has produced hundreds o f rare and beautiful crystal
Catalog/List
£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix some with micro...£12 7.x2 £24 Hydrocarbon 963 6 ✓ ALBITE Maine USA variety CLEAVELANDITE, pure white sheafy, masses...Tysse, Hardanger,Norway single blue 3mm crystal on quartz no £5 -------------------------933 ANATASE Hingston...no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine grained
Catalog/List
massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near Creston...£3 2x2 £4.50 2x3 £6.50 Feldspar 963 ALBITE Maine USA 811 ANATASE Tysse, Hardanger,Norway variety CLEA...white sheafy, masses single blue 3mm crystal on quartz TiO lxl £3 Ix2 £5 2x2 £10 feldspar £5 ····- ~-------·-·--
Catalog/List
----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...Grunerite Rich blue-grey massive with possible quartz BeAISiO lxl £2 lx2 £4 2x3 £12 lxl £1.50 -- ----...normal shape ,about I inch Black chunky masses in quartz . From a remote location lxl£4 lx2£8 2x2£12 2x3£l9...ostergotsland, Sweden single blue 3mm crystal on quartz Several pink areas around Sm size on pale green... . --- .. ------- - -· 1009 ANDALUSITE Ultevis,North Sweden 1099 CATAPLEIITE Bratthagcn, near Larvik
Catalog/List
grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4 040 BITYITE Li...Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE Ba Na Ti B...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH U...possible Molybdenite. About l/2ins size. (Wolfram Camp North Queensland,Australia) £12 063 CAVANSITE Ca (V 0
Journal (issue)
circulation manager Articles The Boltsbum mine, Weardale, County Duiham, England ......................... Bariand Arsenate minerals of the Sterling Hill mine: an overview .....................................1144 W .M IRACLE MILE TUCSON. ARIZONA 8 5 7 0 5 . USA 6 0 2 8 8 8 -6 0 1 5 < rDistinctivtJrDisplays Number...The Mineralogical Record Jan uary-February, 1982 mine Weardale, CpuntyJ)urham, England t h e B o l...1800’s, fine specimens have issuedfrom the Boltsburn mine and are still occasionally available today. W
Catalog/List
Gocthite and Lepidocrocitc. single blue 3mm crystal on quartz fcO Ot I Cl £5 3mm£3 ,o _____ __ ___T _ _____ _...lxl£3 ALBITE Kragero Norway ANDALUSITE Ultcvis,North Sweden 6 1009 Rich orange-red masses with darker...lx2 £2 lxl£3 2x2£12 lx2£5 lxl £1 ----· Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minl10, Portugal...FLUORESENCE short wave Quite rich pink masses with quartz and or mica lxl £3 FLUORESENT lx2£6 2x2£l 2 lx2...Andalucia Spain. Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal
Catalog/List
South Africa,Cobaltian Gersdorffite from Gortdmm Mine Containing unusual elements , Iquiqueite,Galkhaite...grey masses with possible Als1oni1e Fallowficld mine. Ix½ £4 Ba Ca C0/3 micros. Hexham.Nonhumbcrlond...in quartz. under 1/, x ½ £2 y K Al S0/4 OH _ _ magnification there arc small cr stals _ __ County. _...IxI£4 TiO --- - 37 ANC\'LITE Cc Ix1/, £2.50 Ix I£4 County. Rich pinkish fine grai ned mass in calc i te Dark..._ _ __ ___ _____ _ _ _ _ 21 7 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro. Bol ivia 6x6mm £3 Pure grey metallic mass
Catalog/List
Africa AMBLYGONITE 1073 Near Chclan, E.Washinglon USA ACTlNOLITE Pure white cleavage mass Green crystal...South Larvik near CITE 13ratthagcn, ANAL 1098 Ojucla Mine, Mapimi, Mexico ADAMITE 88 Unusual rich yellow vitreous...Nandan Co, China 7 23 811 single blue 3mm crystal on quartz brown chips, probably mixed with Gocthitc and Lcpidocrocitc...cleavage Ti0/2 Mn S 1.5cm£4 5mm£2 ANATASE Virtuous Lady mine,Devon 26 ALBITE Kragcro Norway 6 single dark blue...feldspar Ix2£ 1.20 Ix I 50p 68 2 963 AI.BITE Maine USA variety CLEA VELANDITE, pure white sheafy, masses
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is for­ tunate that he was using fluorite from Alston Moor, Eng­ land, because it is probably the brightest...Cochise County, Arizona; mines in Yuma County, Arizona, including the Kofa mine, the Castle Dome mine, and...Black Rock mine, often with red-fluorescing calcite or willemite; the Potter-Cramer mine in Maricopa...Maricopa County, Arizona, with red-fluorescing calcite, green- or yellow-fluorescing willemite, and pink-fluorescing...pink-fluorescing wickenburgite; the Royal Flush mine in Socorro County, New Mexico, sometimes with faint red-fluorescing
Journal (volume)
8QQ. Printed by: Acorn Print Media, Quorn House, North Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1LE. Published...with minor hematite on cream dolomite. Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria. David Green photograph. BACK...2012 PAPERS Geology and mineralisation at Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria Brian Young 3-18 A geochemical...of type mineral species at the Benallt Manganese Mine, Rhiw, Pen Llŷn, Gwynedd, Wales Tom F. Cotterell...mineralisation at Forcett Quarry, East Layton, North Yorkshire Brian Young, Trevor F. Bridges and Peter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
was solved independently by Pauling (1928) and Alston and West (1928) and later refined by Ribbe and...Location map of major topaz deposits. 1. San Diego County, California pegmatites; 2. western U.S. topaz rhyolite...rhyolite belt (includes some pegmatites); 3. Mason County, Texas; 4. topaz rhyolite belt of Mexico; 5. Appalachian...Figure 3 (above). Topaz, Little Three mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California. NMNH specimen 147660....131821. figure 9 (left). Topaz, 10.5 em long, Dassu mine, BaItNan, Pakistan. NMNH specimen 165994. figure
Catalog/List
November 1999________ 1 ULEXITE, Boron, California, USA. Matrix free pure mass of tight silky unidirectional...Arizona, USA. Pretty pocket of sparkling tiny blue xtls. GRF. Ml. £4.00 4 MALACHITE, Killie Mine, Elko...Elko Co., Nevada, USA. Very rich with fibrous edges or cross section. GRF. C. £4.00 5 GYPSUM, Simpson Desert...(Tourmaline), Minas Gerais, Brazil. Pale pink 30mm xti in quartz pegmatic matrix. GRF. Ml. £4.00 7 TALC, Isle...£4.00 9 WAVELLITE, County Pit, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA. Pastel apple green radiate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Items Dax Landes, France Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico A t a...Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona...Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona...Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Chessy, France with Uranophane and Mangan-Apatite, Ruggles Mine, Grafton...Grafton Ctr., New Hampshire with Quartz Crystals - Felsobanya, Hungary Cumberland, England Hungary Tsum'eb
Catalog/List
slightly crystalline masses in matrix (M~:!a~hderg,County D~~ega.l,Irel~nd) lil fl lx2 f2 023 ~!~YDBITEC2lciumSulphate...cl~,1·-.:2~l1: r2ss. (lZeysto":c,South r::';Gtil, USA) l~l 701 lx2 f1.20 L2 f2. -:~· ~::3 f.~. 50 OJ.9...Hine,Tooel County, Utah, USA) lxl f2.50 lx2 ES .. 066 ASTROPHYLLITE golden fibres an Quartz. Unusualcombination...Ca Carbonate rich creamycoloured masses . (Near Alston, Curnbria) lx2 50p 2x2 El 2x3 El.SO Bl showingsmall...fl.10 090 BERTHIERITE quite rich grey fibres in quartz. (WhealProsper St Ewe, Cornwall) lxl f!.50 lx2
Report (issue)
Reconnaissance of the ore deposits in northern Yuma County, Ariz.: Bull. 451, 130 pp., 1911. 30c. -. The ore...geology and mining district'of Leadville, Lake County, Colo.: Second Ann. Rept, pp, 201-290, 1882. $2...42-65, 1913. GENTH, F. A., The minerals of North Carolina: Bull. 74, 119 pp., 1891. 65c. GRANT, U. S...pp., 1912. The Grand Gulch mining region, Mohave County, Ariz.: Bull. 580-D, pp. 39-58, 1914. Some mining...LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, and BANCROFT, ROWLAND, Ferry County, Republic (Eureka) district [Washington]: Bull
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
× 2.5 cm (DM 23387), from the White King mine, Lake County, Oregon, the type locality. His label states...× 9.5 × 7.5 cm (DM 23095), from Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona. the life of Professor Heinrich and his...dated 13 August 1930 notes seeing an old lead/silver mine from atop the Castle Marksburg, near Braubach. Another...shifted to kaolinite deposits near Aiken, South Carolina. Heinrich found himself leading the drilling program...two Western Airlines pilots Figure 5 (left). Quartz, 12.5 × 6.5 × 1 cm (DM 22246), from Hot Springs
Catalog/List
Arsenopyrite and Pitticite (brown) (Nagyborzsony,North Hungary » ins £3 107 CHLORARGYRITE Ag Cl good greenish...Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl £5 1x2 £10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS...sections in matrix with Eudialyte.Rare not Rich (Umba Mine,Lovozero Massif,Kola Russia) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 239...silvery areas in matrix with Tellurite. (La Bambolla Mine Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico) lxl £10 14 x 54 ins £5
Catalog/List
Greenish , sparse, acicular micros in Penbenhy Croft Mine, St cavities in quartz_________________ Hilary Cornwall...ALAMOSITE Rawhide Mine, Mohave Ixl £9 'A x A £3 1 xA Pb SiO/3_____________ County. Arizona, U.S.A £5___...Feldspar_____________ Black areas in actinolite Basinas Mine Sweden 1x1 £1.20 ALLANITE 9 Ce Y Fe SiO__________...grey masses with possible Alstonite Fallowfield mine, ALSTONITE 13 Hexham.Northumberland micros.____...Al CO/3_____________ £5___ Rich orange masses in quartz, under Flux Canyon.Santa Cruz 1x2 £10 'A x 'A £2
 
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