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Pyrargyrite from
North Carolina, USA


Locality type:State
Classification
Species:Pyrargyrite
Formula:Ag3SbS3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrargyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:357265
Long-form Identifier:1:3:357265:8
GUID (UUID V4):83c031ed-5cd3-4e42-bbc6-6ec238f36db1
Localities for Pyrargyrite in this Region
Kings Mountain Mine (Catawba Mine), Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Silver Hill, Silver Hill Mining District, Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zinc Deposit and AssociatedDeposits, Central North Carolina CHRISTOPHER 1•. INDORF 1744 Mu!!owney Lane...pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, silver, freibergite, pyrargyrite, mackinawitc, cubanitc, bismuthinite, bismuth...(Butler and Fullagar, 1978). The mine lies in the Carolina slate belt, a northGeology of the Mine Area east-trending...Virginia to Stratigraphy Georgia and in central North Carolina is 210 km The stratigraphic sequence in the...Thin unbedded lapilli tuff units emplaced by North Carolina (Seiders and Wright, 1977). Stratigraphic pyroclastic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Washington mine, Davidson County, North Carolina. Here, it County, have been a relatively modern...Creek area and also the Bulldog mine, where North Carolina, small plates and reticulated masses of silver...bornite, and chalcopynicoline, bismuth, and lesser pyrargyrite, rite have been recovered from the Silproustite...though Idaho has its own Silver Islet mine off the north shore of unique silver legacy, good specimens of...The best-known specimen producers stephanite, pyrargyrite, and dyscrainclude the Caballo, New Nevada, and
Proustite 49 SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS name: Pyrargyrite formula: Ag3SbS3 physical properties: Color:...aggregates of crystals. Also compact. occurrences : Pyrargyrite usually forms in low-tempera¬ ture hydrothermal...argentite, and other silver-bearing minerals. Pyrargyrite occurs at silver districts in the western U.S...specimens are found at Colquechaca, Bolivia. Pyrargyrite, associated with proustite, occurs in Atacama...silver mines at Guanajuato, Mexico. 50 15 x Pyrargyrite 51 SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS name: Bournonite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
der County; as attractive intergrowths with pyrargyrite and galena in the Brown lode and rarely as collectible...Georgetown and Silver Plume, Clear Creek County; with pyrargyrite in vugs and fractures in mines of the Dunton...support. the McMakin mine in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, seems to represent a historically reliable...(pseudomorphs after argentite), stephanite, pyrargyrite, and xanthoconite. Proustite has also been reported...America, although most are characterized by pyrargyrite rather than proustite. Excel­ lent proustite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mesa Grande, $22.50 Calif. 1 % x l lAxl 1/4" PYRARGYRITE xl—RARE! Sharp lustrous grouping of two. V i...SATURDAYS—10:00 to 3:00 LARGE SAPPHIRE FOUND IN NORTH CAROLINA R&M is indebted to Oscar A. Pickett, Rt. 1...up what may be the largest sapphire found in North Carolina. "The 23,000-carat stone in laymen's term weighs
Journal (issue)
grinding and polishing machine, made by Kingsley North available in powder coat paint. Heavy duty construction...grinding and polishing machine, made by Kingsley North available in Stainless Steel. Heavy duty construction...(with motor mount) and 7” high. $995. KINGSLEY NORTH DIAMOND GRINDING WHEELS Metal bonded diamond grinding...List $135.00 117.00 SALE $86.00 86.00 KINGSLEY NORTH DIAMOND BELT WHEELS A resin-bonded diamond belt...1-1/2” 3,000 Mesh/Grit Shipping weight Kingsley North, Inc. P.O. Box 216: Dept 3 910 Brown Street Norway
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pinklish palm root (petrified wood) found in an area north of Ogilby (Imperial Co.), Calif. Also a blue cab...except to say to look in the area about 5 miles north of Benchland (Judith Basin Co.), Mont."—letter dated...a pin-point location. ROCKS AND MINERALS Found north of Hay Springs (Sheridan Co.), Nebr. about 20 miles...crystals along the edge of the Erie Barge Canal near North Tonawanda (Niagara Co.), N. Y., last week when I...19, 1962, from John Corrigan, 358 Robinson St., North Tonawanda, N . Y. The specimens receive are very
Book (edition)
Proustite 49 SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS NAME: Pyrargyrite PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: FORMULA: Ag,SbS3 Color:...aggregates of crystals. Also compact. OCCURRENCES: Pyrargyrite usually forms in low-temperature hydrothermal...argentite, and other silver-bearing minerals. Pyrargyrite occurs at silver districts in the western U.S...specimens are found at Colquechaca, Bolivia. Pyrargyrite, associated with proustite, occurs in Atacama...found in silver mines at Guanajuato, Mexico. Pyrargyrite 51 SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS NAME: Bournonite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Georgia (Cook 1982), Tennessee (Paris 2011), North Carolina (Kenny Gay, pers. comm., 2012; Wilson and ...from the Tungsten Queen mine, Vance County, North Carolina. Grandfather Mountain Museum specimen, Kenny...Queen mine, Vance County, North Carolina. Specimen 5553 in the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences...Sciences and a part of the North Carolina Treasures Collections as described in the September/October 2008...Vance County, North Carolina. The 15-cm-wide specimen is number 5554 in the North Carolina Museum of Natural
Journal (issue)
❖ ol eco e e ❖ Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)...acanthite crystal clusters and a few very fine pyrargyrite specimens. Most of these were saved through the... The Mineralogical Record, 47 Figure 12. Pyrargyrite crystal cluster on drusy uartz with chalcopyrite...in a private collection; Jeff Scovil photo. Pyrargyrite W Silver W Stephanite Figure 13. Wire silver...section through the top of Apex mine ore zone facing north along the northeast ank of the deposit (from Hewitt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
redeposited. In the Gold H ill (Rowan county, North Carolina) specimens the copper sulphide has not been...Tennessee, and cupriferous pyrite of Gold Hill, North Carolina, behaved in the same way. I t is therefore...to 250 degrees, iniargyrite (Ag.2S. Sb2S3), pyrargyrite (3Ag2S, Sb2S3), and stephanite (5Ag.2S, Sb2S3)...elsewhere in Montana, and also in the ores of North Carolina and Virginia. The glance so found is in all...Union Copper com pany’s m ine at Gold H ill, North Carolina, are especially interesting. The prim ary ore
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....Pennsylvanian series ("Coal Measures") at Plank Shoals on North River. Thin bedded limestone in Mississippian and...Bibb and Tuscaloosa counties; in Cherokee County, north and northwest of Piedmont, and in Cleburne County...Bisbee district, Calumet and Arizona mines, 3 miles north of Dragoon; not abundant. Coconino County, in sandstone
Book
tourmaline, haematite, cinna- bar, proustite, pyrargyrite, graphite, and native elements such as arsenic...specimen its magnetic axis always points to the north pole. Thus, by using accurately positioned speci-...lose their colour for ever, e.g. proustite and pyrargyrite. Originally they are transparent and of a bright...Urals and Altai, USSR; Ajo and Bisbee, Arizona, USA;; localities in Bolivia and Chile; the African ‘Copper...schists near Mansfeld, GDR, and in large deposits north-west of Wroclaw,Poland. Primary native copper originates
Book
tourmaline, haematite, cinnabar, proustite, pyrargyrite, graphite, and native elements such as arsenic...specimen its magnetic axis always points to the north pole. Thus, by using accurately positioned specimens...lose their colour for ever, e.g. proustite and pyrargyrite. Originally they are transparent and of a bright...Urals and Altai, USSR; Ajo and Bisbee, Arizona, USA; localities in Bolivia and Chile; the African 'Copper...schists near Mansfeld, GDR, and in large deposits north-west of Wroclaw,Poland. Primary native copper originates
Book
tourmaline, haematite, cinnabar, proustite, pyrargyrite, graphite, and native elements such as arsenic...specimen its magnetic axis always points to the north pole. Thus, by using accurately positioned specimens...lose their colour for ever, e.g. proustite and pyrargyrite. Originally they are transparent and of a bright...Urals and Altai, USSR; Ajo and Bisbee, Arizona, USA; localities in Bolivia and Chile; the African 'Copper...schists near Mansfeld, GDR, and in large deposits north-west of Wroclaw,Poland. Primary native copper originates
Catalog/List
Laranjeiras Mine, Minas Gerias,Brazil Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA ½ x½ £1.50 5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall...Davis Mountains,Maricopa 5mm £3 County,Arizona, USA Hilarion Mine , Lnurium,Greecc ½ • £3 lxl £5 1...about half inch size (Caledonia Mine, Michigan ,USA) £12 Tremolite rich white fibrous (asbestiform) mass...(elongated on 0 1 0 ) Sterling,Logan County, Colorado USA £10 Barytes A single translucent crystal plate about...exposed in one place 2x2.5 Cave in Rock Illinois USA £ I 0 Bournonite nice dark grey crystals on minor
Book
Borax 0 Boron, California/USA Na2[B405(0H)4]-8 H20 0 Boron, California/USA fr?1 71 Id V\ /"W > Streak...calcite, colemamte, kernite, ulexite. Found in: Nevada/USA; Tibet/China; Kashmir/Pakistan/ India; Kazakhstan/USSR;...SaSSOlite 34 boric acid (3) Death Valley, Califorma/USA B(OH)3 Streak white. Mohs’ hardness 1. Specific...Kamchatka/USSR; Ladakh/India; California, Nevada/USA. Similar to: borax, kernite. Sal Ammoniac 0 Paricutin/Mexico...Vesuvius, Etna/Italy; Flekla/lceland; Hawai, Califorma/USA; Chile; Peru. Similar to: -- ~ 2 < 3< alunite
Book
CD Boron, California/USA Na2[840s(OH)4] · 8 H 20 CT) Boron, California/USA Streak white. 1\-tohs'... colemanite, kernite, ulexite. Found in: Nevada/USA; Tibet/China; Kashmir/Pakistan/ India; Kazakhstan/USSR;...Sassolite boric acid G) Death Valley, California/ USA B(OHb Streak white. Mohs' hardness 1. Specific...Kamchatka/USSR; Ladakh/India; California, Nevada/USA. Similar to: borax, kernite. Sal Ammoniac @ Paricutin/Mexico...Vesuvius, Etna/Italy; Hekla/lceland; Hawai, California/USA; Chile; Peru. Similar to: alunite. Epsonite 3 ◄
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quantity of ruby silver ore (both prous­ tite and pyrargyrite), associated with stephanite, from the Reese...cavities in the sides lined with crystals of pyrargyrite, and contributed by the Reese River pioneers...inches Besides these phosphate rocks from South Carolina there the subject of the Comstock Lode, it may...quantities are fine specimens of wire silver and pyrargyrite. A large piece best way possible. General Wilder...coated with American tin. The collection from North Carolina is very choice, and is are unusually fine,
Book
Na2[8405(0H)4] • 8 H2o (D Boron, California/USA Q) Boron, California/USA Streak white. Mohs' hardness 2- 2½... colemanite, kernite, ulexite. Found in: Nevada/USA; Tibet/China; Kashmir/Pakistan/ India; Kazakhstan/USSR;...Nevada/USA. Similar to: borax, kernite. 8◄ Sal Ammoniac g◄ Q) Death Valley, California/USA (1) Paricutin/Mexico...California/USA; Chile; Peru. Similar to: al unite. • Epsonite 3◄ bitter salt G) California/USA Mg[S04]...Czechoslovakia; Yugoslavia; Surrey/England; Colorado/USA; Kazakhstan, Crimea/USSR. Similar to: Kieserite.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Downloaded by [North Carolina State University] at 08:49 28 February 2015 No. 1 January/February No...JanuarylFebruary 1990 73 Downloaded by [North Carolina State University] at 08:49 28 February 2015...book review: Centennial Field Guide: Volume 3, North Central Section of the Geological Society of America...Maine Mineral Localities. 512 Downloaded by [North Carolina State University] at 08:49 28 February 2015...468-474; serendibite, 469 Newton-White, M. E., 484 North Carolina, Spruce Pine Show, 220 Northwest Territories
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)
artificial, 3 [4. - formation in magmas, 314, 148. - N. Carolina, 139, 150. twin crystal, 355. Crystal angles,...313. Hidden (W. E.) and Judd (J. W.).-Ruby in N. Carolina, 139. and Pratt (J. H.).-Rhodolite, 133. Hintze...290. Judd (J. W.) and Hidden (W. E.).-Ruby in N. Carolina, 139. Ke]ley (J. G . ) . - - B o y Mineral Collectors...of Trinidad, 318. Niobates, Swaziland, 96. North Carolina, 139, 133. Nosean rocks, Little I. of Trinidad...Pratt (J. H . ) . - Crystallography of ruby, N. Carolina, 150. and Midden (W. E.) - Rhodolite, 133. Prior
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
artificial, 3 [4. - formation in magmas, 314, 148. - N. Carolina, 139, 150. twin crystal, 355. Crystal angles,...313. Hidden (W. E.) and Judd (J. W.).-Ruby in N. Carolina, 139. and Pratt (J. H.).-Rhodolite, 133. Hintze...290. Judd (J. W.) and Hidden (W. E.).-Ruby in N. Carolina, 139. Ke]ley (J. G . ) . - - B o y Mineral Collectors...of Trinidad, 318. Niobates, Swaziland, 96. North Carolina, 139, 133. Nosean rocks, Little I. of Trinidad...Pratt (J. H . ) . - Crystallography of ruby, N. Carolina, 150. and Midden (W. E.) - Rhodolite, 133. Prior
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
artificial, 3 [4. - formation in magmas, 314, 148. - N. Carolina, 139, 150. twin crystal, 355. Crystal angles,...313. Hidden (W. E.) and Judd (J. W.).-Ruby in N. Carolina, 139. and Pratt (J. H.).-Rhodolite, 133. Hintze...290. Judd (J. W.) and Hidden (W. E.).-Ruby in N. Carolina, 139. Ke]ley (J. G . ) . - - B o y Mineral Collectors...of Trinidad, 318. Niobates, Swaziland, 96. North Carolina, 139, 133. Nosean rocks, Little I. of Trinidad...Pratt (J. H . ) . - Crystallography of ruby, N. Carolina, 150. and Midden (W. E.) - Rhodolite, 133. Prior
 
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