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Pyrrhotite from
Thompson Mine, Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Thompson Mine, Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:341831
Long-form Identifier:1:3:341831:4
GUID (UUID V4):8902727f-86da-49b7-840c-3e3979c347a1
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
16.2km (10.1 miles) Henderson Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) Morris Mountain Mine (Davis; Dutton Mine), Albemarle, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) Coggins Mine (Appalachian Mine; Rich Cog), Eldorado, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
19.6km (12.2 miles) Russell Mine, Ophir, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
21.0km (13.1 miles) Russell Mine, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) Stafford Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
22.6km (14.0 miles) Barringer Mine, Stanly County, North Carolina, USA
28.8km (17.9 miles) Uharie Mine (Uwharrie Mine), Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
39.3km (24.4 miles) Emmons Mine (Davidson Mine; Hercules Mine), Cid Mining District, Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
41.7km (25.9 miles) Silver Hill, Silver Hill Mining District, Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson 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
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
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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 (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...of the 10- Piedmont province and in massive pyrrhotite-pyrite deposits in 11 crystalline rocks west...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals
Report (issue)
Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. -------...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____...properties _________ .. _____________ _ Halifax County ______ - _____ - __________ ~- _'- __ _ Virgilina
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reads: "Rose quartz. Clora May Mine, Trout Creek Pass, Chaffee County, Colo." The locality is described...localities swell this book to 223 pages). Chaffee County is in the central part of Colorado. CONNECTICUT—"I...fl—fluoresces ph—phosphoresces Thompson, Conn., abou: 1 to 3 miles north of U.S. Route 44."—note from Harold...by its astringent metallic taste. Thompson, in N / E Windham County, is in N / E Connecticut. FLORIDA—"I...brown, l.w. Belle Glade, in western Palm Beach County, is in southern Florida. I N D I A N A — "The enclosed
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)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...(Christophitc) Chalcopyritc Wurtzite Greenockite Pyrrhotite (Troilite) Pentlandite Cubanite Covellitc Violarite...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials
Report (issue)
RANDATHER QUNTAN of£4 vA, ATE BELT CAROLINA aes \ eer =~CAROLINA ‘ Li, aie! BARTLETT'S/27 FERRY FAULT...GRANDFATHER TENNESSEE ~~ MOUNTAIN KIOKEE BELT SOUTH CAROLINA ug 5; “A BARTLETT'S/.2 FERRY FAULT ? ALABAMA...admittedly speculative, for gold mineralization in the Carolina slate belt; it complements the paper by Neathery...Anomaly at the Peachbottom Deposit, Alleghany County, North Carolina (John E. Callahan, J. Hatten Metal Howard...Geologic South Sulfide (Thornton The Aspects Carolina Faulkner Western E. Carroll) the Southwest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RELATION PYRITE OF AND PYRRHOTITE OTHER TO CHALCO- SULPHIDES. ARTHUR PF2aY THOMPSON. , INTRODUCTION....,•9o9, Vol. 4, 775. •53 I54 ARTHUR PERRY THOMPSON. completethan uponany other easterndeposit. H...describedthe Vermont copperdeposits,particularlythe Ely Mine. W. H. Emroohs 2 and W. H. Weed s have contributed...localities (in most casesthe associated sulphidewas pyrrhotite): Ducktown,Tennessee;Vershire, Vermont; Eustis...Eustis, Quebec; the Union and Clegg mines, North Carolina; and Gordonsville, Virginia. A comparative examination
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY http://carolinageologicalsociety.org/ 2015 Board of Directors Officers...Tectonic history of the eastern Piedmont in South Carolina Donald T. Secor, Jr, C. Scott Howard, and Robert...................... 1 The Haile Gold Mine, South Carolina, USA James M. Berry, Reid M. Mobley, Kenneth............................ 44 STOP 5: Haile Gold Mine Core and Poster Presentation (Lunch) ............................................... 51 iii Carolina Geological Society Field Trip October 24-25, 2015
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 through­ out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during
Report (volume)
Nickel Deposits of North America By H. R. CORNWALL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1223 Geology, resources...district----------------------------------------Thompson-~oak Lake district_ _________ ---------------...-----------------------------------Alexo Nickel mine ____________________________________ - ___ Kenora...----------------------------------------Saline CountY--------------------------------------------Cal...---------------------------------------Boulder CountY------------------------------------------Conne
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
Journal (issue)
Science Division, Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina Richard Mitchell Professor of Environmental...EDITORS Richard D. Dayvault University of South Carolina Frank Mayo Atlanta, Georgia Arthur J. Ehlmann...Dayvault 214 Turquoise from Virginia's Kelly Bank Mine Richard S. Mitchell Howard R . Freeland 219 A...Published bi-monthly by HELD REF PUBLICATIONS at 4000 Albemarle St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016. Telephone:...collecting rocks FUI July 15, 1978 4 sh Emperor gold mine and gold ore BRAZIL June 8 1974 40 c sandstone
Journal (issue)
Science Division, Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina Richard Mitchell Professor of Environmental...EDITORS Richard D. Dayvault University of South Carolina Frank Mayo Atlanta, Georgia Arthur J. Ehlmann...Dayvault 214 Turquoise from Virginia's Kelly Bank Mine Richard S. Mitchell Howard R . Freeland 219 A...Published bi-monthly by HELD REF PUBLICATIONS at 4000 Albemarle St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016. Telephone:...collecting rocks FUI July 15, 1978 4 sh Emperor gold mine and gold ore BRAZIL June 8 1974 40 c sandstone
Journal (issue)
Science Division, Belmont Abbey College Belrnont, North Carolina Richard Mitchell Professor of Environmental...EDITORS Richard D. Dayvault University of South Carolina Frank Mayo Atlanta, Georgia Arthur J. Ehlrnann...: Fairfieldite from the Foote mine in Kin!!$ Mountain, North Carolina. Now part of the Smithsonian Collection...Published bi-monthly by HELDREF PUBLICATIONS at 4000 Albemarle St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016. Telepho ne:...Lyman, South Carolina 29365 HISTORY ln 1938 the Foote Mineral Company spodumene mine at Kings Mountain
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 (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
Report (volume)
as pentlandite (Fe, Ni) oSs, associated with pyrrhotite, FenSn+t, and chalcopyrite, CuFeS 2 • Nickel...the Great Eastern prospect, Bunkerville, Clark County, Nev.:: U: S. Bur. Mines Inf. Circ. 7029, 8 p....1906a, On the nickel deposits of Webster, western North Car~lina: Canadian Mining Inst. Jour., v. 9, p....E. S., 1908a, A pyrrhotite.peridotite from Knox County, Maine, a sulfide of igneous origin; Jour. Geo...Geol. Atlas, folio 158, 15 p. -.- - 1917, Large pyrrhotite deposits in central Maine: Eng. Mining. Jour
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
developed cubanite crystals from the Henderson No. 2 mine in the Chibougamau mining district, Quebec, Canada...high-temperature hydrothermal settings that include pyrrhotite-rich. volDr Robert B. Cook, an executive editor...MINERALS canogenic, massive sulfide deposits and pyrrhotite-pentlandite Cu-Ni ores in which it commonly occurs...Callahan sulfide deposit at Harborside and with pyrrhotite and other sulfides at Union, Maine. At least...least twenty of the thirtythree cupriferous pyrrhotite deposits of the Great Gossan lead district, Carroll
Report (volume)
Geology of Some Copper Deposits in North Carolina Virginia, and Alabama By GILBERT H. ESPENSHADE CONTRIBUTIONS...cupriferous pyrrhotite deposits of the Fontana and Hazel Creek mines, Swain County, North Carolina, the Toncrae...Toncrae mine, Virginia, and the Stone Hill mine, Alabama UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...________________________________ Cupriferous pyrrhotite and pyrite deposits____________________________...___________ Deposits in Great Smoky ~ountains, North Carolina__________________ GeneralgeologY------
Book (volume)
vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
485-505 METAMORPHIC FEATURES MASSIVE SULFIDE IN NORTH AMERICAN DEPOSITS J. KALLIOKOSKI CONTENTS PAGE...Observations on massive North American sulfide ores ...................... 487 Karo Kotia Mine, Ontario ............ Mcintyre Mine, Ontario ............................................ Anacon Mine, New Brunswick..................................... Heath Steele Mine, New Brunswick ..................................................................... 499 Other North American occurrences ..........................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE PARAGENESIS G. M. OF PYRRHOTITE. SCHWARTZ. •NXRO•)UCX•O•V. I• a discussionof ore minerals with...thewriterhasrarelyseenevenmicroscopic occurrences of pyrrhotite, anda reviewof theliterature suggests thatthisis...over one hundreddescriptions in the literatureon pyrrhotite,especially wherethe relationships havebeenobservedwith... Suites of ores were examinedfrom the Homestake Mine, South Dakota; Parry Sound, Ontario; Fierro, New...New Mexico; Ducktown, Tennessee;Sullivan Mine, British Columbia; Sudbury, Ontario; Noranda and Abana Mines
 
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