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Pyrophyllite from
Dry Creek Mine, Robbins Mining District, Moore County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrophyllite
Formula:Al2Si4O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrophyllite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dry Creek Mine, Robbins Mining District, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:341487
Long-form Identifier:1:3:341487:3
GUID (UUID V4):15344856-3ce8-44cb-9de9-4e1194a769b8
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrophyllite
0.5km (0.3 miles) โ“˜Tucker pit, Dry Creek Mine, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) โ“˜Williams pit, Dry Creek Mine, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) โ“˜California Mine, Robbins Mining District, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) โ“˜Robbins Mine (Hemp Mine; Standard Mineral Company), Robbins Mining District, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) โ“˜Sanders prospect, Robbins Mining District, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) โ“˜Cagle Mine (Talc; Laurel Hill; Hancock), Robbins Mining District, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) โ“˜Standard Mineral Company Mine, Cabin Creek, Robbins Mining District, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
13.9km (8.7 miles) โ“˜Ruff Prospect, Robbins Mining District, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
14.7km (9.1 miles) โ“˜Ammons Mine, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) โ“˜North State No. 1 Mine, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
References
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Report (issue)
C / , state Library North NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OP CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT HARGROVE BOWLES...Resources of Moore County, North Carolina By JAMES F. CONLEY RALEIGH 1962 ^ . NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT...76 Geology and Mineral Resources of Moore County, North Carolina By JAMES F. CONLEY RALEIGH 1962...Raleigh, North Carolina May 2, 1962 To His Excellency, HONORABLE TERRY SANFORD Governor of North Carolina...76, "Geology and Mineral Resources of Moore County, North Carolina", by James F. Conley. This report contains
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 ......MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f ............. 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals f , 7 Rutile
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 throughยญ out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during
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 volume)
of nonfuel minerals and a chapter on trends in mining and quarrying in the metals and industrial mineral...State mineral production and mineral production by county were prepared in the Division of Statistics and...York Geological Survey. North Carolina: Division of Land Resources, North Carolina Department of Environment...Environment, Health, and Natural Resources. . North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey. Oklahoma: Oklahoma...Department of Environmental Management. South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey. South Dakota: South
Report (issue)
โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข Grade and Reserves โ€ขโ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข Mining and Beneficiation โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข Calcination .....individuals, firms and organisations, as well as to the mining and geological departments, both in Commonwealth...alumino-silicate minerals, such as kaolin or pyrophyllite, to which has been added a suitable amount of...note that the hardness of the Brewer topaz, South Carolina, is only 7, and its specific gravity 3-509. When...diaspore with which it is associated, and the South Carolina topaz is said to bear strong casual resemblance
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
omitted from locality information. Where lot and district numbers are given, it is necessary to use topographic...Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville districtโ€”between the State Sanitarium and the...pitโ€”east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...propertyโ€”Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8
Report (issue)
of geochemical samples, northwestern Moore County, North Carolina by Frank G. Lesure, Elmo F. Cooley,...of geochemical samples, northwestern Moore County, North Carolina by F.G. Lesure, E.F. Cooley, J.M. Motooka...from the goldpyrophyllite belt of northwestern Moore County, N. C., are reported here in detail. Localities...Lesure from gold and pyrophyllite mines and their vicinity in northwestern Moore County, N.C. in May 1968...or from several boulders of the same rock type in mine dumps; the rest of the samples are composites of
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern 'โ€˜Schoolmarmโ€ Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
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CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m
Report (issue)
FRONT COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing...Geophysical studies Hydrology Economic geology Mining directory Environmental studies Engineering studies.......................................... 142 Pyrophyllite ........................................................................................ 170 County Index ........................................
Journal (issue)
...........................797 THE GERHARDT PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSIT. By C. Henry King ...................................................810 TOPABRI GoLD MINE OF G EORGIA ......................................ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท81 / NORTH JERSEY MINERALOGISTS' FIELD TRIP. By K. B. Ka111h....:........... 825 NEW METHOD OF " SILVER PICK" MINING. By Dan Barker ..............................................................828 v. SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR GEM AND MINERAL EXHIBIT .................
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...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.
Report (volume)
Annotated Bibliography of North American Geology, 1950 By MARJORIE HOOKER GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...in 1 2 5 7 17 291 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1950 BY MARJORIE HOOKER INTRODUCTION...lists publications concerning the geology of the North American continent, including adjacent islands,...in foreign journals are cited if they deal with North American localities or are of a general character...foreign areas. Articles by foreign' authors on North America are included regardless of place of publication;
Report (issue)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A sbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...ore, Poncha Springs, Colo . 14. Tungsten ore, North Carolina Geology and Resources of Fluorine in the...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once they are discovered......... .. ..... .... .. ...... ... . Big Squaw Creek................................................
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................. North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely
Report (issue)
MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau McN. HAMILTON STATE MINERALOGIST F. F...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this...localities new and quently the The second list ^Mining' State Mineralogist. This known localities...literature of a general nature on the geology and mining industry of the State. bibliography of A. may...The excellent Vodges, Bulletin 30 of the State Mining Bureau, be referred to for such literature. The
Book (volume)
.......................................346 North Carolina ........................................................................................356 North Dakota ...............................................................................427 South Carolina ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ...............................
Report (issue)
particular service in co- operating with the State ^Mining Bureau in making possible this addition to our...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then quently...the thirty years which elapsed since the State Mining Bureau. appearance of the second list, our knowledge...literature of a general nature on Die geology and mining industry of the State. The various kinds of minerals...Woodcock, formerly of the State Mining Bureau. Walter W. Bradley of the State Mining Bureau, M. Vonsen of Petaluma
Report (issue)
BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...1 D E J โ€ขLEGEND- MEXICO -^ Mining O Division Boundaries. Mining Division Offices. (6) PREFACE...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then State Mineralogist...''Minerals of California," of the California State Mining Bureau. In the thirty years which had elapsed since...published as Bulletin 91 of the California State Mining Bureau. Many additional species were included,
Report (issue)
said to have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small...Counties of California: Minerals and mineral lists Mining Districts of California Unvalidated entries in...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...resulting from references to the geographic term ''Mining District," especially in the pre-1920 literature. Widespread...rhyolite locality in Alameda County and the lawsonite type locality Marin County, which have been completely
Report (issue)
minerals Sulfur Sulfuric acid Talc, soapstone, and pyrophyllite 1 PART IVโ€” METALS Aluminum โ€ข Antimony Bismuth...inros of California 18-19 Aerial photo showing view north toward Whiterock Bluff, from south bank of Cuyama...Cuyama River 224-225 A(M-ial plioto showing view north townnl Xafividad dolomite quarry and calcining plant...and Chemical Corporation near Salinas, Mimtercy County 224-225 Aerial photo showing sea-water chemical...Calaveras County. li, Photo showing Permaneute Cement Company plant, Permanente, Santa Clara County _ A, Photo
Report (issue)
large area in the south of France, an important district being at Baux (originally Beaux), from which locality...bauxite has been found In one locality in Riverside' County, California, and dlaspore occurs in compact masses...masses with andalusite in one locality in Mono County, California. Transparent crystals of dlaspore in...fo\ind by the writer in one locality in Calaveras County, California. .the PREPARATION - The usual process...Minerals and Rocks, 1937 i The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, pp. 111-128. C. L
Report (issue)
read Vonsen. p. 46. T'nder anatase, San Benito County, add, at end of sentence, 136. They do Louderhack...Louderhack and Bl'isdale (5) p. SSO. Fish Creek Mountains from p. 87. Celestite in Fish Mountains should...30 E... M.n., read p. 89." Under cerussite. Inyo County (1) for sec. U,. T. sec. IJ,, T. 6 S., R. 30 E...erytlirite. add Tuolumne County: erijthrite 189. arscnopyrite in the Josephine mine, Logan (16), p. p. 1...Lake County, Bradford oecurence sliould bo li.sted as 2. p. 210. !^^onazite, Itiverside County, reference
 
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