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Quartz from
Sawyer Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph 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 Sawyer Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:341685
Long-form Identifier:1:3:341685:3
GUID (UUID V4):f69582aa-441d-46d0-86ac-0321f36bcbee
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
2.5km (1.6 miles) Merrill prospect, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
4.3km (2.6 miles) Jones and Laughlin Prospect, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) New Sawyer Mine (Powell; Ross), Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) Hoover Hill Mine, Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) Parish Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) Kindley Prospect, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
10.7km (6.7 miles) Scarlett Mine (Scarlet Mine), Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
11.0km (6.8 miles) Jones-Keystone Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) McAllister prospect (Conroy; Davis Hill Mine; Davis Mountain; Dorr's Hill), Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
12.0km (7.4 miles) Newby Mine (Newberry Mine), Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Report (issue)
METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA by P. Albert Carpenter, m Reprinted...deposits of the slate belt Distribution of mines and prospects Previous investigations Mine descriptions...descriptions Alamance County Copper prospect Foust copper mine Robeson gold prospect Cabarrus County Allman prospect...Buffalo mine Cabarrus? mine Clinemine Crayton mine Furniss mine Eva Furr mine Isenhour mine ..; : Newellmine...Nugget mine Phoenix mine Pioneer Mills mine Propst mine Quaker City mine Reed mine Rocky River mine Silver
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
Report (issue)
Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological... Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc,...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...deposits. Copper occurs with complex sulfide ores in quartz veins in the metamorphic rocks of the 10- Piedmont...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals
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, with...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)
Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...SoutherngrouP----------------------~-- 7 --- Talladega slate ______ ~ _________________ _ Hillabee chlorite schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...__ _________________________ _; _____ _ Barren quartz veins ________________ _ Mineralized zones ___________...34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. -------
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pilot Mountain and SelectedOther Localities, Carolina Slate Belt T. L. KLEIN AND R. E. CBISS* U.S. GeologicalSurvey...Abstract Severalepigeneticmineral depositsin the Carolina slatebelt are intimately related to meteoric-...ternflankof Pilot Mountain,predominantlywithin quartz-sericiteschistandquartzgranofelscontainingpodsof...Reconnaissance studiesof other alterationzonesin the Carolina slatebelt havesofar disclosedthe involvementof...depositswhich occurwithin Tertiary volcanic THE Carolina slate belt is one of the most interest- rocks of the
Report (volume)
further subdivided by geographic areas (State and county) and by subjects, which include general, geology...the White Mountains, Mono County, Calif., and near Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nev. KYANITE Kyanite generally...The most important deposits are in the Piedmont belt of crystalline rocks extending from Virginia to...Baker Mountain, Prince Edward County, and Willis Mountain, Buckingham County, in Virginia, and at Henry...Henry Knob, near Clover, York County, S.C. These are the only deposits now producing kyanite in the United
Report (volume)
Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...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;
Report (issue)
14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Asbestos ore Lead ore. Balmat Mine, N. Y. Chromite-chromium ore. Wash. Zinc ore, Friedensville...ore. Poncha Springs, Colo. 14. Tungsten ore, North Carolina 5 World Nonbauxite Aluminum Resources Excluding............................ South Carolina-Georgia-Alabama Kaolin Belt....... Argentina..................Corporation................................... North American Coal Corporation.........................major kaolin districts in the South Carolina-Georgia-Alabama kaolin belt................................
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...Cahaba field appear to be less interbedded with slate than those of the Warrior; and theCahaba eontains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pa. EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT TREASURER Vernon Sawyer Carl Krotki 13y2 Sentinel Road 250 W. 57th Street...by Dr. Jasper L. Stuckey, State Geologist of North Carolina, Dr. William Forbish of Duke University and...informative. The Field Trips were a glimpse of North Carolina's mineral wealth, and all who worked to...Lapidary First Place: J. P. Hayes, Central North Carolina Mineral Club, Raleigh, N.C. First Place: Raymond...Ky. Second Place: Stough B. Gantt, Central North Carolina Mineral Club, Raleigh, N. C. C-3: Cabachons
Report (volume)
......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
or Binoculars. Wack Sales Co., Inc., 3131 West North Avenue, Milwaukee 8, Wis. FOSSILS IS CLASSIFIED...Minerals, Box 569, Boulder, Colorado. ATOMIC COLORED QUARTZ GEMS. THREE different faceted stones colored by... Nebraska. OPALS, BRILLIANT COLORS-Direct from mine, 15 for $5.00. 10 ringsize cabochons (opal, amethyst...your Christmas jewelry. Mixture of Brazil rose quartz, jasper, agates, petrified coral, tigereyes, and...fluorescent. "Needle ' quartz. Barite crested and "rabbit-ears." Drusy quartz. Wavellite. Fluorspar with
Report (volume)
Smith, Director Bulletin 784 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1923-1924 BY .,/. JOHN...OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1923-1924 BY JOHN M. NICKLES INTRODUCTION The bibliography of North American...publications on the geology of the Continent of North America and adjacent islands and on Panama and the...index to the literature listed. The bibliography of North American geology is comprised in the following bulletins...cumulated under the title "Geologic literature on North America, 1785-1918," in Bulletin 746 (Part I, Bibliography)
Report (volume)
beds of Eocene age in Orangeburg County and vicinity, South Carolina, by George E. Siple and William K... Anarchist Group ____ _ Late (?) Permian ___ North-central Washington. Anvil Rock Sandstone Member..._________ late Eocene (Jackson)_ Montana ____. South Carolina and Georgia. Basey Member (of Snowshoe Formation)...and surrounding counties in south-central South Carolina) as uppermost of its four formations; overlies...Triassic ________ Wyoming ___. Late(?) Permian ___ North-central Washington. Bumblebee Granodiorite_ Precambrian
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 ...............................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
10.1007/s00126-007-0124-8 ARTICLE High-purity quartz mineralisation in kyanite quartzites, Norway Axel...Nasafjellet as potential deposits of high-purity quartz (HPQ) for use as raw material for special applications...applications in high-technology industries. Fine-grained quartz, which forms 70 to 85 vol.% of these rocks, generally...being mined and produced in Norway and elsewhere. Quartz analyses were performed using laser ablation– inductively...whole-rock analyses and cathodoluminescence studies of quartz were carried out to reveal processes, which have
Report (issue)
absorbed by an amazing internal expansion." In the North the Champlain-Hudson Canal, completed in 1823, opened...geology in 1816. Amos Eaton had surveyed Rensselaer County, N. Y., and the route of the Erie Canal; further...of the Drift; William Bertram on his Travels in North America; Cotint C. F. Volney's work on the Geology...S. L. Mitchell's Observations on the Geology of North America; Edward Hitchcock's Early Geological Papers;...and Geology; and Elisha Mitchell's work in North Carolina. Louis Agassiz had published his Etudes sur
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
or Binoculars. Wack Sales Co., Inc., 3131 West North Avenue, Milwaukee 8, Wis. MINERALS TO TRADE — For...rhodo- amethyst and if proof number 1405 star quartz of dealership and are W. blue price list sent...LaboialDry, COLORED faceted rays $3.00 Berry, QUARTZ stones postpaid. 5040 ROCKS AND MINERALS for... world's Spinel. from stocks o f permit 20 mine, (opal, Mexico. STRICTLY WHOLESALE chon from...Road, Sebastopol, Calif. Scott's Rose Quartz Co. — Rose Quartz — also Black Hills Rock Specimens of many
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...from 18’ to 27’ long. In addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals, Topaz and Tourmaline add to the fascination...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...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
xline—crystalline CALIFORNIA — From near Indian Pass, Imperial County, Calif, we have a deep blue dumortierite that was... This fine 3x5 inch specimen comes from Teller County, Colorado. ARIZONA — "Would you please identify...identify this specimen for me? I know it is quartz but what is the silvery particles? I have had it lying around...for 3 years believing it to be just a piece of quartz til the other day when I sawed off this piece sent...was found July 2, 1959, near Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona." — sent in by Clyde N. Hall, Elbridge
 
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