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Pyrite from
Troy Mine, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Troy Mine, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:341446
Long-form Identifier:1:3:341446:0
GUID (UUID V4):4192cad3-355d-4155-b481-c6de33474cf9
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
7.9km (4.9 miles) Star Mine (Reynolds Mine), Carolina Slate Belt, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) Carter Mine, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
9.4km (5.9 miles) Black Ankle Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
12.6km (7.8 miles) Henderson Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
12.6km (7.8 miles) Uharie Mine (Uwharrie Mine), Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) Coggins Mine (Appalachian Mine; Rich Cog), Eldorado, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
13.1km (8.1 miles) Stafford Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
13.4km (8.3 miles) Griffin Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) Russell Mine, Ophir, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) Morris Mountain Mine (Davis; Dutton Mine), Albemarle, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
References
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Report (issue)
IN NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES ...agencies for the general welfare of the dtizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts basic and applied research...Resources, at Post Office Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687, or call (919) 733-2423. Jeffrey...Chief Geologist GOLD NORTH CAROLINA IN . by P. Albert Carpenter III NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INFORMATION...INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
Report (edition)
Information Circular GOLD RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA by P. A. Carpenter, D oc ms C% M:*L Raleigh...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 26711. Jeffrey C. Reid Chief Geologist Cover...3 Mining Methods and Recovery 3 Gold in North Carolina 5 History of Mining 5 Production 7 General...Deposits of North Carolina 12 Eastern Carolina Belt 12 Portis Mine 14 Other Mines 14 Carolina Slate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1. Gold nugget, 7.67 troy ounces, Fairbanks mining region, Alaska, USA. Donated in 1977 by Arthur...Arthur Sexaur. University of Alaska Museum of the North specimen (No. AK 1271-G- 3), Robert Cook photo. The...than a Figure 2. Gold nugget (Cindy’s Pride), 122 troy ounces, Kingower Goldfield, Loddon Shire, Victoria...Victoria. Figure 3. Gold nugget, approximately 89 troy ounces, Ganes Creek, Iditarod district, Yukon-Koyukuk...small minimum sizes such as one grain (1/480th of a troy ounce). Authors such as Sher (1999) found that Russian
Journal (issue)
127 percent in value. Deep mine production decreased 3 percent and surface mine production increased 9 percent...that cannot be l ~ r o d u c t i o nas measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including...REFERENCE INDEX ALBEMARLE COUNTY Southern: Pegau, A. A., 2. ALLEGHANY COUNTY Clifton Forge-White Sulphur...AMELIA COUNTY Morefield mine: Pegau, A. A., 3. AMHERST COUNTY Cormack, W. B. ARLINGTON COUNTY Great Falls...Stow, M. H. AUGUSTA COUNTY Afton-Staunton, north: Appalachian Geol. Soc., 1. North-central area: Johnson
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CertainGold Deposits in the Slate Belt of the North Carolina Piedmont JOSEPHE. WORTHINGTON AND IRVING T...Geologicalstudiesin the Piedmontof central North Carolina have suggestedseveral lines of evidencethat...consideredhere, in south-centralNorth Carolina, is underlain by rocks of the Carolina slate belt and is boundedon...by the Deep River Triassic basin. Rocks of the Carolina slate belt include a basal sequenceof felsic ...genesisof 100 miles in size in south-central North Carolina certaingold depositsin the Piedmont. This hypoth-
Report (issue)
ouroiina Stare Library Raleigh C/ 3:80 6.£ NORTH CAROLINA jyje Q, Doc. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND...Geologist BULLETIN 80 Pyrophyllite Deposits in North Carolina by Jasper L. Stuckey RALEIGH 1967 Digitized...http://archive.org/details/pyrophyllitedepo1967stuc NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...Geologist BULLETIN 80 Pyrophyllite Deposits in North Carolina by Jasper L. Stuckey RALEIGH 1967 MEMBERS...Raleigh, North Carolina March 1,1967 To His Excellency, HONORABLE DAN K. MOORE Governor of North Carolina
Report (issue)
Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological...related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, pyrite, tinf-, cobalt, 5-...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...10- Piedmont province and in massive pyrrhotite-pyrite deposits in 11 crystalline rocks west of the...metamorphio rocks. 15- Lead and zinc occur in Pyrite occurs in crystalline Tin occurs in pegmatite
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING AND FIELD TRIP NOVEMBER 8-10, 2013 SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA...THE CAROLINA TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ONE ARC, TWO ARCS, OLD ARC, NEW ARC THE CAROLINA TERRANE...TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS: James Hibbard and Jeff Pollock TRIP LEADERS: James Hibbard,...Ganis Carolina Geological Society Annual Meeting, November 8-10, 2013 Salisbury, North Carolina Carolina...Waddell University of South Carolina Allen Dennis University of South Carolina, Aiken Vice President William
Journal (issue)
rock, weighing four pounds, that was found on the north side of the Rappahannock River about four miles...mines near the falls of the James River in Amherst County, as well as several placer mines in other parts...valued a t the then-current price of $20.67 per troy ounce. The United States Bureau of Mines estimates...yield in Virginia has been approximately 98,609 troy ounces for a value of $3,575,675 (Table 1 ) . The...the major gold mines and prospects in the gold-pyrite belt and isolated localities of Virginia (Figure
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 (volume)
State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. 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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Book (edition)
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...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral and Gem Show sponsored by the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Soci­ ety. South Orangetown Middle...Chairman: Elmer Schwartzkopf, 49 Bridlespur Lane, Troy, Illinois 62294; 618/667-2347. November 12, 13—Bloomington...Burlington, Washington 98233. Club. North Elementary School, 290 E . 12th North. Information: R. Beck, 1025 E...See our display at the Desert Inn. LES TOLONEN North American Minerals 10710 Kenwood Road, Suite 122...Mineralogical Studies, 1145 Foxfire Road, Kernersville, North Carolina, 27284 1989 1989 Midwest Federation Show
Report (volume)
......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott
Report (issue)
C / , state Library North NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OP CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT HARGROVE BOWLES...of Moore County, North Carolina By JAMES F. CONLEY RALEIGH 1962 ^ . NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT...Geology and Mineral Resources of Moore County, North Carolina By JAMES F. CONLEY RALEIGH 1962 Members...Raleigh, North Carolina May 2, 1962 To His Excellency, HONORABLE TERRY SANFORD Governor of North Carolina..."Geology and Mineral Resources of Moore County, North Carolina", by James F. Conley. This report contains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
239–256 The Russell Gold Deposit, Carolina Slate Belt, North Carolina TERRY L. KLEIN,† U.S. Geological...Abstract Gold deposits have been mined in the Carolina slate belt from the early 1800s to recent times...mines in South Carolina. The Russell mine, one of the larger producers in North Carolina, is located in...has shown that a rhyolitic dome near the Russell mine was extruded during the deposition of the lower...Brewer, Haile, and Ridgeway deposits of South Carolina. Gold was mined from at least six zones that are
Report (issue)
5.1 cm high from Eagle's Nest mine in Placer County, Caifornia, USA Collection Marlin Zinn; photo Jeff...term "ounce" indicates troy ounce; 1 troy ounce = 31.103 grams. There are 12 troy ounces in one pound....International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...Lapis International, LLC East Hampton, Connecticut USA Collection 'Alan Table of Contents What Is Gold...Weiner Page 4 North America's First Gold Rush: Gold Fever in the Southeastern USA . . . . . . . .P
Journal (issue)
Pegmatite Mine The early-day history (1896-1913) of gem tourmaline mining at the Himalaya mine, San Diego...Diego County, is rife with conflicts by men who truly believed they were on the cusp of being wealthy....“The Early Mining History of the Himalaya Pegmatite Mine,” as described above was serialized in the January...sold, with mailing postage prepaid to continental USA addresses at $15 per copy. Requests for purchase...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caracolite from Challacollo mine, Iquique, Tarapaca Prov., Chile, Compliments of
Journal (issue)
template.indd 2 2/21/12 3:58:50 PM 0714 Kingsley North 3x10_4~c REVISED_Layout 1 5/23/2014 9:17 AM Page...Stock No. 1-0643 SALE Stock No. 1-0649S Kingsley North, Inc. P.O. Box 216: Dept 3 910 Brown Street Norway...4 cm -high specimen is from the DeMaria mine in Placer County, California. (Jeff Scovil Photo/Brett Keller.......... 50 by Bob Jones collecting run-of-the-mine specimens by Steve Voynick Montana Placer Mining...Wholesale and retail show; Gem Faire Inc.; Lane County Events Center; 796 W. 13th Ave.; Fri. 12-6, Sat
Journal (issue)
production from 1,465,686troy ounces in 1982to 7,716,168 troy ounces produced in 1989. The Bureau investigated...production. of the Mississippi, the state of South Carolina has seen two abandoned gold mines reopened and...20,000 (troy) ounces of gold were being produced by Piedmont Mining Company at the Haile mine, by Wesunont...Wesunont Mining Company at the Brewer mine, and by the Ridgeway mine. TheRidgewayminebecamethe 10thlargest...EXPLORATION IN VIRGINIA Interest continues in the Gold-pyrite belt in the Virginia Piedmont province and the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
James Miller Davis, 210 Guarantv Savings Bldg., Montgomery, Ala. A R I Z O N A-Beautiful bluish-green amorphous...grayish, bladed tremolite xls., tiny brassy-yellow pyrite xls., and yellowish micaceous flakes of phlogopite...coarse xline galena has been found in the Aleo lead mine in Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., III. INDIANA—Slender...13, Kans. "This petrified wood came from Barber County, Kansas. I am not sure of its exact location but...vein in a road cut approx. 1 mile east of road on north side of Beltway, Baltimore Co., Md. "There is a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALABAMA—Arbacoochee, a tiny town in southern Cleburne County of N / E Alabama, was famous over 100 years ago...of gray granite showing specks of brassyyellow pyrite. A 4'á inch piece of the root with a very slender...miles west of Shoshone, near Bliss, in Gooding County, Idaho. This is on Highway 30. Hope you can identify...Delavan (Tazewell Co.), Illinois."—on label. INDIANA-Pyrite has been mined with coal (bituminous) at Terre...of marcasite (tabular212 spear point), and iron pyrite (tiny cubes), formed on the drusy quartz, galena
Report (volume)
'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... W. Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...J. W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette]...separately. Price $2.50. XVI. The Paleozoic Fishes of North America, by John Strong Newberry. 1889. 4°. 340
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1-K, Potlatch, ID 83855. May 5-7—Franklin, North Carolina. Gem & Lapidary Wholesalers (G&LW), Inc., Gem...610 Sterling Dr., Eugene Oregon 97404. May 6, 7—Troy, Ohio. Gem and Mineral Show sponsored by the Brukner...State, Rte. 55, Troy, Ohio 45373; 513/3398975. May 12-14—Charlotte, North Carolina. Gemfest '89 Gem...NC 28105; 704/537-0316. May 19-21—Aiken, South Carolina. Gem and Mineral Show sponsored by the Aiken and...Gem and Mineral Societies. University of South Carolina Student Activity Center, Uni­ versity Parkway
Report (issue)
South Carolina .......................................................................77 North Carolina...Montana, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts...chlorite and tremolite. Talc in the Murphy belt, North Carolina and Georgia, is found in the Cambrian Murphy...deposits in Massachusetts are mostly located in a north-trending belt of Cambrian and Ordovician metasedimentary...Talc deposits in Vermont are mostly located in a north-trending belt of Cambrian and Ordovician metasedimentary
 
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