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Gahnite from
Macon County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Gahnite
Formula:ZnAl2O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gahnite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Macon County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:353249
Long-form Identifier:1:3:353249:2
GUID (UUID V4):b617dc62-a61a-465c-88d7-7ba9d7948d2c
Localities for Gahnite in this Region
Cowee Ruby Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
Mason Mountain, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
Otto prospect (Little Coweetah prospect; Sheenah prospect), Macon County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have...localities. Three diamonds have been found in Burke County, two of which were from near the "Ford of Brindletown
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)
in the sands of several streams i n N o r t h Carolina. T w o worth mentioning are: the ones that run...o f Corundum H i l l , Franklin, N . C , in Macon County, and the creek that runs through the Carter...the village of Democrat, N . C , i n Bun­ combe County. Creeks at both places wash through olivine deposits...sapphire and ruby diggings along Cowee Creek in Macon County, N . C , w i l l yield six-sided flat micros...chips of rhodolite. Occa­ sionally a green spinel (gahnite) octa­ hedron is found, or a bit of gold. G o l
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...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably...crease of more than 25 per cent. GEOLOGY OE NORTH CAROLINA. 4 than has been discovered in any other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OF THE RHODOLITE DEPOSIT, MASONS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA E. Wu. Herxntcn, LlniversityoJMi,chigan,Ann...rock, which occurs on Masons Mountain, Macon County, North Carolina, and consisted originally of rhodolite...garnet localities in Macon County, North Carolina, are about six airline miles north of Franklin, along...hornblende gneiss (Roan formation) and biotite gneiss (Carolina formation). Kyanitic gnei5ses are present locally...minerals: quartz, pyrope, corundum, pleonaste, gahnite, hypersthene, cordierite, kyanite, sillimanite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OF T H E C O W E E V A L L E Y , W E S T E R N NORTH C A R O L I N A By PAUL L. BROUGHTON 201 East Dewdney...east-west for several miles north of Franklin in Macon County, western North Carolina. For about 2% miles the...Shuler and her sons. The ruby bearing gravels of Macon County fill the valley floor of a broad basin through...Little Ten­ nessee River at West Mill, some 6 miles north of Franklin on Route 28. The thick gravel deposit...I N E AND O F C O W E E V A L L E Y . NORTH CAROLINA Results were dismal, and the operations ceased
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mamandur, South Arcot District, Madras, ferroan gahnite, 528 Maruturu Anakapatle, Andhra Pradesh, sahlite...coalingite, coalingite-K, 286 Corundum Hill, North Carolina, hornblende, 389 Crystal Falls, Minnesota,...clinopyroxene, potash feldspar, 936 Macon County, North Carolina, hornblende, 389 shoshonite Mexico
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 (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)
Perseus (1) Whittles (2) Mautia* (6) Transvaal-A (1) Macon Co. (1) Cortlandt (2) Toombeola (2) Transvaal-B*...(Nel, 1949). 19628. 8. Fairview Ridge, Macon Co., North Carolina (Friedman, 1952). 88279. 9. Smith and...are single-phase 5H polytypes and specimen 8, Macon County, is an intergrowth of 5H with 4H in notably...nigerite on the spinel gahnite such that [0001] of nigerite is parallel to (111} of gahnite (Bannister et al...spinel is absent (specimen 9). In the Macon County, North Carolina, emery Friedman (1952) recognized the
Report (volume)
......-...-...---------------...-.-.-.--.. North Carolina ______________________________________________................................._........... North Carolina ___..__._....._..._______..__._.____..._.____...........^....................... 116 116 North Carolina .............................................--.......-........-..--.-........--..-. South Carolina -...-.......:..........-.....-----....---.--........ .... ................................ North Carolina ...._.......-._..---...-....-_.._-......_-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals on "A Gahnite Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8...[University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mine—1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the
Report (issue)
Preliminary Investigation of the Geology of Clarke County, Georgia, by Eldon J. Parizek ______________________________...____ 23 Figure 3. Areal Lithologic Map, Clarke County, Georgia ---······-----------------------------------------------...Figure 7. Inclusion embedded in Granite in Clarke County, Georgia. The hammer lies parallel to Bedding Planes...Figure 8. Inclusion Pattern in Granite, Clarke County, Georgia ------------------------------------------...Geology of the Ellijay Quadrangle, Ge0rgia-North Carolina-Tennessee, by A. S. Furcron ______ 32 Figure
Report (volume)
.......................................... North Carolina sapphires^......... ..........._.................... North Carolina..... .... ........................... ................. Macon County ................ .......... .1...................... Clay County.. ...............................................tracts...................... ......... Jackson County ................ ..................................... ..._.... .---.-..-............... South Carolina...... ........ .... ........... .... ........
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
Book
in. ) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite and Malachite...n1useun1. Kunz created a 1nagnificen t collection of North Ainerican ge1ns and precious stones as one of Tiffany's...BeAl2O, 80-82 Spinel (see gems also) MgAl2O. 83 Gahnite ZnAl2O4 84 Magnetite Fez.Fe!· 85- 86 1 2 Franklinite... ~ 29 Native Gold Sheet on Quartz El Dorado County; California 30 5 cm (2 In.) high Native Gold...across Native Copper in Calcite Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan 12 cm (4% in.) across 37 38 Native
Report (issue)
burnt tropics world, than the dark skies of the north." 3 Naturally, to stones so rare and possessed..."The best rubies come from the mines Upper Burma, north of Mandalay, in an area covering 25 to 29 — ing...in Magok Also found in the of Sagyin, 16 miles north of Mandalay. The rubies situ in crystalline is...chloritoid, pyrite, cal- and, also, at Kulah, miles north of England. was discovered it in the Ilmen...in New South Wales." 1 HISTORY OF CORUNDUM IN NORTH AMERICA. GENERAL REMARKS. Authentic history of corundum
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...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...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...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Report (issue)
COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing................................................ Gahnite ........................................................................................... 170 County Index ...........................................from Washington and Bleck ley counties to Irwin county. Some minerals described herein have never been
Report (issue)
occurrences of the Goldville District of Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Seven of the volume's papers deal with...32 The Royal Vindicator Gold Deposit, Haralson County, Georgia: A Metamorphosed Epithermal Hot-Springs...in the Lilesville Sand and Gravel Deposits, North Carolina (James R. Craig and John E. Callahan) .......Mason Mountain Sperrylite Occurrence, Macon County, North Carolina (Robert B. Cook and James R. Bumell)...Central Piedmont Metallogenic Province, South Carolina (Steven K. Mittwede) ........................
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
Book (volume)
roughly on a line connecting Augusta, Milledgeville, Macon, and Columbus. The first real Gold Rush in America...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:
Report (volume)
... ............:....................... 20 Gahnite.---.....-.-.._---....---...---....--....----..-...From the Silver King mine, Calico, San Bernardino County, Cal. Specific gravity, 6:28. Analysis by W. H...From .Teocalli Mountain, Brush Creek, Gunnison County, Colo. Specific gravity, 7.400 at 14.5°, corrected...vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 46. From the Rose mine, Grant County, N". Mex. Specific gravity, 6.644 at 20°. Probably...impurities. From the Missouri mine, Halls Valley, Park County, Colo. Analyses, by Hillebrand, of three different
 
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