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Orthoclase from
Randolph County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Adularia1 photo of Orthoclase associated with Adularia at this locality.
Milky Quartz1 photo of Orthoclase associated with Milky Quartz at this locality.
K Feldspar1 photo of Orthoclase associated with K Feldspar at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:353920
Long-form Identifier:1:3:353920:0
GUID (UUID V4):104e381c-523d-456c-9294-36ed0104917a
Localities for Orthoclase in this Region
Lost Cause Mine, Baldwin Place farm, Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
Hoover Hill Mine, Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
Redding Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase
6.6km (4.1 miles) Redding Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
9.4km (5.9 miles) Lost Cause Mine, Baldwin Place farm, Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) Hoover Hill Mine, Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
30.4km (18.9 miles) Lindsay Mine, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
43.0km (26.7 miles) Unnamed Cu prospect, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
56.5km (35.1 miles) Dunns Mountain, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
91.9km (57.1 miles) Short Tom Smith Mine (Ben Smith Mine), Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
ouroiina Stare Library Raleigh C/ 3:80 6.£ NORTH CAROLINA jyje Q, Doc. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND...Geologist BULLETIN 80 Pyrophyllite Deposits in North Carolina by Jasper L. Stuckey RALEIGH 1967 Digitized...http://archive.org/details/pyrophyllitedepo1967stuc NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...Geologist BULLETIN 80 Pyrophyllite Deposits in North Carolina by Jasper L. Stuckey RALEIGH 1967 MEMBERS...Raleigh, North Carolina March 1,1967 To His Excellency, HONORABLE DAN K. MOORE Governor of North Carolina
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
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)
Officers of the Carolina Geological Society (1958-1959) President: Mr. Henry Johnson, Jr. State Development...South Carolina Vice President: Dr. Walter Wheeler Department of Geology University of North Carolina...Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina Secretary: Dr. E. Willard Berry Department of Geology Duke University...University Durham, North Carolina Chairman of Membership Committee: Mr. William J. Furbish Department of Geology...Geology Duke University Durham, North Carolina Chairman of Program Committee: Mr. L.N. Smith State Development
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...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals...occur with sulfides in vein|j deposits in Cabarrus County. 21 22 23 24 25- U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Downloaded by [North Carolina State University] at 08:49 28 February 2015 No. 1 January/February No...photo. March/April: Quartz, Middleville, Herkimer County, New York. John C. Medici specimen and photo. May/June:...May/June: Turgite, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia. Ronald E. Bentley specimen and photo. July/August:...Quartz, H. deLinde No. 4 mine, High Peak, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Private collection; Ronald E. Bentley...Bentley photo. September/October: Barite, Otero County, Colorado. Dan and Dianne Kile specimen; John Muntyan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystal was noted in the Luella mine near Avon, Latah county, Idaho, which measured 3x3x8 feet. Other large...South Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county, Alabama, was 10 inches in diameter and from...noted in the School Section pegmatite of Fremont county, Colorado. ROCKS AND MINERALS Maine, Connecticut...pink and green crystals at Ohio City, Gunnison county, Colorado; dark green, pink, and indicolite tourmalines...miles west of Canon City, Colorado; at Clip, Yuma county, Arizona; and a few other places. CENTRALLASITE
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimen sent you recently. It was found in Coosa County, Ala., near Rockford. You have my permission to...Brown Ave., Terre Haute, Ind. I O W A — From Marion County, Iowa, we have an interesting specimen consisting...upper winding road nearly 2 miles, north y2 mile, west 1 mile and north y2 mile to a fence. Leave car and...a road cut on a new construction job in Lincoln County, Me., on Rt. 1, bypassing the towns of Newcastle...that first in each issue. W e belong to the Oxford County Gem and Mineral Association." — item sent in by
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)
.'.' .., 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
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)
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)
calc-alkaline pluton that is exposed in southwestern Randolph County, Alabama, U.S.A. The petrogenesis of the Blakes...conclusions concerning the granites of southwestern North America which have both I- and S-type signatures...factors: (1) Fig. 11 is a CIPW normative albite-orthoclase-quartz ternary diagram. A minimum melt region...dikes in the eastern Blue Ridge of Georgia and North Carolina. These dikes are in a similar structural position...Petrogenesis of the Blake's Ferry pluton, Randolph County, Alabama. Senior Thesis, Florida State University
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the same. In the vicinity of Micaville, Randolph County, Alabama, there are many pegmatite dikes. In...chief minerals of the pegmatites are qsartz, orthoclase,muscovite, biotite, iron-tourmaline and beryl...content of the dikes varies from nearlv pure orthoclase up to almost pure quartz, and the ,rruscorrite...but crystal faces are generally lacking. The orthoclase, on the other hand, is seldom larger than a few...on Sneed's Creek, in the northern part of Newton County, Arkansas.,, In the
Report (volume)
Calcite Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great
Report (issue)
Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____...properties _________ .. _____________ _ Halifax County ______ - _____ - __________ ~- _'- __ _ Virgilina..._____ _ ____ __ ... _________________ _ Orange County-· ___________________________ _ Melville ____ -
Report (volume)
features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County_____________________________...Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County__...County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union counti...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________...____________ 86 Troup County ________________________________ 86 Upson County _______________________________
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
Report (issue)
C / , state Library North NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OP CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT HARGROVE BOWLES...of Moore County, North Carolina By JAMES F. CONLEY RALEIGH 1962 ^ . NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT...Geology and Mineral Resources of Moore County, North Carolina By JAMES F. CONLEY RALEIGH 1962 Members...Raleigh, North Carolina May 2, 1962 To His Excellency, HONORABLE TERRY SANFORD Governor of North Carolina..."Geology and Mineral Resources of Moore County, North Carolina", by James F. Conley. This report contains
Report (volume)
...... 51 Baltimore County .................................... 51 Howard County......................... Chesterfield County (south of James River)................ Henrico County (north of James River).......................................... Fairfax County area ............................................Edward counties..................... Charlotte County.................................................. Lunenburg County ............................................... Prince William. County............
 
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