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Milky Quartz from
Surry County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Milky Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Milky Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Surry County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:350131
Long-form Identifier:1:3:350131:3
GUID (UUID V4):5535e684-3ff0-4475-817e-15513f68cba8
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Book (edition)
Geology of North Carolina. QE 147 .A22 1866-1887 Pt.2 V.2 Chap.1 Digitized by the Internet Archive...org/details/mineralsminerall01 nort n o o / Geology of North Carolina. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It F. A. GENTH...brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2 many new and rare species. The Mica veins...great many very interesting and unique forms of quartz crystals and rutiles, and has added a great number... me some and to, lias of the novel forms of quartz crys- furnished some valuable notes also of
Book (edition)
LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...OF E. M. UZZELL RALEIGH, N. C. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CHROLINS. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It has F...data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 eral causes have been operative in giving...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished...within a few days, so that the having been of North Carolina list mineral species has been very considerably
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
Report (issue)
CI &£ c*z NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT BEN E. DOUGLAS, DIRECTOR DIVISION...BULLETIN NUMBER 67 THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY RICHARD J. COUNCILL UN 11 &» RALEIGH 1954...1954 •^^CAHOUNAS SSU^UBftwy NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT BEN E. DOUGLAS...BULLETIN NUMBER 67 THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NORTH CAROLINA By RICHARD J. COUNCILL RALEIGH 1954 MEMBERS...Canton S. ALLEN Durham W. B. AUSTIN Jefferson North Wilkesboro CARL BUCHAN, JR SCROOP W. ENLOE, JR
Report (issue)
.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...THULITE AND PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ,~O...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
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
Book (volume)
grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book
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...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...n t h e e a r l y 1840's i n b o t h N o r t h Carolina and Georgia. C r y s t a l s were recovered f
Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE FOR NORTH CAROLINA EON ERA PERIOD EPOCH GEOLOGIC...GEOLOGIC EVENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA Recent Deposition of sediments in Coastal Plain. Erosion of Piedmont...Pliocene o Phosphate deposited in eastern North Carolina (Beaufort and Pamlico Counties). Miocene ...E u o E n Formation of the Atlantic Ocean as North America and Africa drifted apart. Weathering and...Piedmont and Mountains. 240 Final collision of North America and Africa.Thrust faulting in west; deformation
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...Silicates Quartz (Rock Crystal) (Amethyst) (Green quartz) (Cairngorm) (Blue quartz) (Rose quartz) (Star...(Star quartz) (Chalcedony) (Agate) (Prase) ' (Onyx) (Jasper) (Opal) Tridymitc Qf-Christobalitc Phcnakirc Olivine...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning
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 (issue)
Dinmond Gra1,hitc GOLD Albemarle County.-"Streaks" occur in quartz veins in slate belt east of South­...South­ western Mt. (ll. 8). Buckingham County.-A placer gold specimen about 7 x 10 x 17 mm. which was mined...collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Culpeper County.-Two specimens with flakes of gold up to 1 cm....dimension perpendicular to the walls of the enclosing quartz vein were found near Richardsville and are now...specimen with irregularly shaped masses of gold in quartz from Loves Farm near Culpeper C. H. is also in
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
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 (volume)
The Crystalline Rocks of South Carolina By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET and HENRY BELL III GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces of South Carolina UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...and Precambrian(?) age_______________________ Carolina slate belt_________________________________________...Quartzite_________________________________________ Quartz-microcline gneiss____________________________ Intrusive...____ __ ____ ____ ________ ____ ___ __ _ Yorkville Quartz Monzonite________________________ Unnamed granites
Report (issue)
Deposits in quartzose rocks _________________ Kyanite-quartz deposits . ._._ __ ____ _________________ Petrography...Sillimanite-quartz deposits _________________________________ Andalusite-pyrophyllite-quartz deposits ______...gneiss_________________ ______________ Deposits in quartz veins and pegmatites-_.-_____-_ _____ Residual...group minerals in micaceous schists and gneisses, quartz veins, and pegmatites Kyanite group minerals in...Graphitic schist Biotite-quartz syenite and aplite____ _ Pegmatites and quartz veins _______________ Diabase
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
Report (issue)
265 Tripoli and rottenstone__ __ _____ ___ __ 266 Quartz abrasives____________________ 266 Artificial a...____ Districts in Appalachia__________________ North Carolina_____________________ South Carolina_____________________...___________ Ne~ 1:ork_________________________ North Carolina__ _ ________ __ ______ __ Ohio________...sulfides____________________________ Sulfide-bearing quartz veins__________ Native copper deposits __________...Georgia_________________ Deposits in North Carolina__________ Deposits in South Carolina and Virginia____________________________
Book
Histories of the Dividing Line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina, William Byrd. $2.00 (tent.) Geographical Essays...Minerals; Beryl 8. Vein and Replacement Minerals Quartz Crystal; 229 Fluorspar; Barite; Magnesite ...minerals; “Vein and Replacement Minerals” such as quartz, fluorspar, barite, and magnesite; “Sedimentary...produced. The artificial synthesis of radio-grade quartz crystals and in- dustrial diamonds is an accomplished...shipped from county to would do as well), it rapidly decreases to place value is shown county, still less
Book
Minerals; Beryl 8. Vein and Replacement Minerals Quartz Crystal; Fluorspar; Barite; Magnesite Vv 1341714...minerals; “Vein and Replacement Minerals” such as quartz, fluorspar, barite, and magnesite; “Sedimentary...produced. The artificial synthesis of radio-grade quartz crystals and industrial diamonds is an accomplished...the fact that little gravel is shipped from county to county, still less from state to state, and none...conventional mining methods, a few, like sheet mica and quartz crystal, stubbornly resist any mode of removal
Book (edition)
Byiby) Ge BURGESS) aie hor, ener 756 reels ae Quartz Crystal) By ROBERT B.. NI@CORMIGE ge15 cet Refractories... Tripoli, Pumice and Pumicite, Silica Sand and Quartz. In this chapter only brief reference will be made...completely interchangeable; thus, while crushed quartz and garnet are both used in sandpaper, the papers...7) Silica Abrasives Buhrstone Flint Chalcedony Quartz Chert Quartzite Other Rocks and Minerals Argillaceous... to 7.5 Sandstone Silica sand Pumice schist Quartz and pumicite conglomerate 5.5) Dolomite Calcite
Report (volume)
compilations published to date: 1. Weeks, Fred B., 1902, North American geologic formation names: U.S. Geol. Survey...Kopf, R. W., and others, 1957, Geologic names of North America introduced in 1936-1955: U.S. Geol. Survey...Hansen, B. E., 1959, Index to the Geologic names of North America: U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 1056-B. 7. Keroher...bluff on north side Missouri Highway 74, Ph miles east of Dutchtown, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Type...Girardeau. Named for Abernathy School, 2 miles north of type section. Abington Interstade, Silt Wisconsin
Report (volume)
States and its possessions. The first compilation, "North American Geologic Formation Names," Bulletin 191...contains: (1) an alphabetical listing of 1,500 North American sedimentary formation names and 100 names...year 1955), Bulletin 1056-A, "Geologic Names of North America Introduced in 1936-1955," by Druid Wilson...listed about 5,000 new names introduced for use in North America, the Pacific Island possessions of the United...nonalphabetical "Index to the Geologic Names of North America," Bulletin 1056-B, by Druid Wilson, Grace
 
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