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Quartz from
Watauga County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Ferberite1 photo of Quartz associated with Ferberite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:350258
Long-form Identifier:1:3:350258:7
GUID (UUID V4):28e04c20-c08c-40c1-9601-81be82b64ac2
Localities for Quartz in this Region
Arney Foster Mine, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Doe Ridge Mine, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Dugger Mine, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Elk Knob Mine, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Green Prospect, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Hardy Prospect, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Horton Prospect, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Linney Mine, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Linney Prospect, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Squirrel Creek, Rich Mountain Deposit, Meat Camp, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Mica Springs Prospect, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Stout Prospect, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Sutherland Mine and Prospect, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Todd Prospect, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Tugman Prospect, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Water Hole Prospect, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Woodring Prospect, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Tater Hill, Zionville, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Trip Leaders: Andy Bobyarchick (University of North Carolina - Charlotte) Ellen Cowan (Appalachian State...State University) Jesse Hill (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill) Keith Seramur (Appalachian State...State University) Kevin Stewart (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill) Anne Witt (Virginia Department...Rick Wooten (North Carolina Geological Survey) Logistical Support: Tyler Clark Carolina Geological Society...Annual Meeting, October 5-7, 2018 Boone, NC cArOlinA geOlOgicAl sOciety http://carolinageologicalsociety
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK October 21 – 23, 1983 GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN...IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF NORTHWE3STERN NORTH CAROLINA Edited by Sharon E. Lewis Virginia Division of Mineral...NRCD Post Office Box 27687 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1983 OFFICERS...South Carolina 29613 Vice-President: John J. Chapman Department of Earth Science Western Carolina University...University Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 Secretary-Treasurer: S. Duncan Heron, Jr. Department of Geology
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
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
been shown to be due to irregular interlocking quartz grains surrounded by regular intergranular spaces...the texture appears to be chemical dissolution of quartz at the grain boundary. ß 2010 The Geologists’ Association... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.3. South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.4. North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....M.H. Klaproth who devoted a chapter to ‘elastic quartz’ in his book ’Analytical Essays towards promoting
Report (issue)
Winegrapes in Polk, Henderson and Buncombe Counties, NC Carolina Geological Society – Guidebook for the 83rd Annual...Hendersonville, North Carolina Field Trip Leaders: Joseph Forrest, Rick Wooten, Bart Cattanach Carolina Geological...site at 3400 feet on the Blue Ridge escarpment. Carolina Geological Society 2022 Board of Directors President...Engineering Secretary Cheryl Waters-Tormey - Western Carolina University Treasurer Jeff Chaumba - UNC Pembroke...Soil Geomorphology in North Carolina Brad Johnson 105 Western North Carolina Soils, Geology and Wine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
decided it was — or is Archean in Surry County, North Carolina. There gneiss metamorphi2ed; and is in...the is a Crystal Mountain in Watauga County. belt of rocks in North Carolina that is I do not know from...CheroGetting back to my unusual find of kee County, South Carolina, in Gaston, amethystine, and the strange...and Catawba Counties in North of, the associated rock formation. The Carolina. They again out-crop in...from which the solid pale orchid eastern Yadkin County, extending across colored crystals have formed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE LEOPARDITE (QUARTZ PORPHYRY) OF NORTH CAROLINA.' INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. WHILEengaged, during the...past summer, in a study of the granites of North Carolina for the State Survey, opportunity offered for..."leopardite," which occurs near Charlotte in Mecklenburg county. Knowledge of the occurrence of this rock in the...leopardite found near Charlotte, Mecklenburg county, North Carolina. He says: "It is noticed by Professor Shepard...Charlotte, North Carolina." Professor Shepard regarded it as composed of compact feldspar and quartz spotted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
near Jackson, Clarke Co., Ala., we have two fine quartz specimens that had been collected for us by Ken...located in the Eureka Mining District in Yavapai County, Arizona. From this old mine we have a number of...They come from the Blue Creek Mt. Mine, Del Norte County, Calif., which I own. The ore of my mine is very...collectors. The thulite is found associated with quartz and/or zoisite. Some specimens fluoresce a greyish...motor freight or pickup truck. Can also supply quartz crystals (clear and smoky), also beryl, columbite
Report (issue)
Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 577 Work done...done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development and in part...Administration Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina By FRANK G. LESURE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... Work done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development... Geologic map of part of the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Tennessee. 2-6. Maps showing location of
Report (issue)
Carolina Geological Society Officers 1966-67 President: William J. Furbish Duke University Durham...Durham, North Carolina Vice President: Maurice Magee Tennessee Copper Company Ducktown, Tennessee Secretary-Treasurer:...Secretary-Treasurer: S. Duncan Heron Duke University Durham, North Carolina Field Trip Leader: Douglas W. Rankin U.S...S. Geological Survey Washington, D.C. CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Guidebook for 1967 Annual Meeting...THE GEOLOGY OF THE MT. ROGERS AREA, VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE Douglas W. Rankin U.S. Geological
Report (issue)
Vicinity North Carolina Mineral Resources of the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity North Carolina...Falls ___ _-_ _-____ 3. Map of uranium prospects on North Harper Creek--------- ______ __ 2 5 6 TABLES ...the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity, North Carolina By Bruce Bryant and John C. Reed, Jr. ABSTRACT...Mountain window and vicinity in northwestern North Carolina and presents these data independently of the...THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY, NORTH CAROLINA LINVILLE QUADRANGLE_____45' 82°00 36°15
Report (issue)
North Carolina State Library jleigh ( f t NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN RALEIGH...RALEIGH 1958 G. CONRAD Norffe Carolir* St** NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN G. CONRAD...Jefferson F. J. BOLING Siler City H. C. BUCHAN, JR North Wilkesboro SCROOP W. ENLOE, JR Spruce Pine VOIT
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 ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals
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
Book
MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright ©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom
Report (issue)
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE MAGNETITE ORES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE.1 By W. S. BAYLEY. INTRODUCTION...DISTRIBUTION. The iron ores of western North Carolina and Carter County, Tenn., comprise brown hematite (limonite...of North Carolina have increased in importance. Brown ore and magnetite produced in western North Carolina...353 60,593 43,483 44,482 o From reports of North Carolina Geol. and Econ. Survey and Mineral Resources...total recorded .production of magnetite from North Carolina is about 1,331,600 tons and of brown hematite
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 (issue)
concentration increases with latitude going from south to north. The relatively low values for total tritium rainout...distribution of tritium fallout in precipitation over North America: Internat. Assoc. Sci. Hydrol. Bull., v...and Hoffman, C. M., 1963, Tritium fallout over North America from the Soviet tests in 1961: Jour. Geophys...Vicinity North Carolina Mineral Resources of the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity North Carolina...____ ___ - ______ 3. Map of uranium prospects on North Harper Creek-______________-__--__---_-- 2 5 6
Report (issue)
....-..........------..----.---.----....... 84 North side of Holston Mountain .........................89 Watauga River basin ................................................................. 90 North end...---------........... 106 Southern tributary basins of Watauga River....................................... 107.......-........--.........---....-----------116 North Bald Creek basin ...................................................... Paint Creek basin (Cocke County, Tenn.).......................................
Report (issue)
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS: KEVIN G. STEWART MARK G. ADAMS CHARLES H. TRUPE CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL...Loren Raymond Banner Elk, North Carolina September 26-28, 1997 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1997 FIELD...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Edited by: Kevin G. Stewart Department of Geology University of North Carolina Chapel... Trupe Department of Geology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315 TABLE OF CONTENTS...Evolution Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Complex, Western North Carolina ..........................................
Report (volume)
North Carolina State Library Gift of "JYortk (^arolinti ^Ihranj 0 Digitized by the Internet Archive...in 2019 with funding from State Library of North Carolina https://archive.org/details/corundumperidoti01prat...OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT and JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS North Carolina State Library...Library Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY J. A. HOLMES, STATE GEOLOGIST VOLUME I CORUNDUM AND...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT AND JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA 1905
Report (issue)
northeast of the small town of Rising Sun, Cecil County, Md. Another deposit that has been recently worked...distribution of the serpentine in Cecil County and Harford County, Md., is taken from geologic maps of those...descriptions in text, pages 95-98. Numbers refer north of Baltimore, and he readily identified the heavy...origin to a locality near Jarrettsville? in Harford County, which afterward became the site of the Heed mine...which is in Little Britain Township, in Lancaster County, Pa., on a hill almost surrounded by a horseshoe
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
 
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