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Microcline from
Big Ridge Mine, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Ridge Mine, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:362479
Long-form Identifier:1:3:362479:1
GUID (UUID V4):9ead29e6-a06b-4198-8053-b0763177982a
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
22.8km (14.2 miles) Moss Mine, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) Tilley Mine, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
41.6km (25.9 miles) Fletcher Limestone Company Quarry, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
42.9km (26.6 miles) Carson Kaolin and Feldspar Mines (Hill Mine), Bryson City Feldspar Mining District, Swain County, North Carolina, USA
48.2km (29.9 miles) Hendersonville Quarry, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
49.7km (30.9 miles) Otto prospect (Little Coweetah prospect; Sheenah prospect), Macon County, North Carolina, USA
54.5km (33.9 miles) Freeman Mine, Tuxedo, Zirconia Pegmatite Mining District, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
54.8km (34.0 miles) Zirconia Mine, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
56.2km (34.9 miles) Jones Mine, Zirconia (Tuxedo Station), Zirconia Pegmatite Mining District, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
59.6km (37.0 miles) Goldsmith Mine, Democrat, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
APLITE-PEGMATITES OF THE FRANKLINSYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA1 E. Wu. IIerNnrcn, The Unitersity of Michigan...Aesrnncr The Franklin-Sylva district of southern North Carolina contains a number of rnultiphase, composite...production, is chiefly in southwestern North Carolina (Haywood, Jackson,Transylvania, Macon and Clay Counties)...southeastern part extending southwestward into Rabun County, Georgia (Griffitts et al., 1946; Oison el al....petrologically simplified mappable units: the Carolina "formation"-dominantly biotitic gneiss, and the
Report (issue)
noRm c ult * 4 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE, DIRECTOR...MICA DEPOSITS OF THE FRANKLIN-SYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA BY J. C. OLSON AND OTHERS PREPARED BY GEOLOGICAL...WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH 1946 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT...MICA DEPOSITS OF THE FRANKLIN SYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA By J. C. OLSON and Others PREPARED BY GEOLOGICAL...DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR IN COOPERATION WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Report (issue)
MICA, GRAPHITE, ETC. MICA DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA/ By DOUGLAS B. STERKETT. INTRODUCTION. Though...relative rank, are given by G. CK Smith 6 as North Carolina, Colorado, New Hampshire, Georgia, South Dakota...the total production, amounting to $201,155, North Carolina is credited with over two-fifths. During some...domestic production. The mica deposits of western North Carolina have been examined by several.investigators-in...work by the writer, under the direction of the North Carolina Geological Survey, chiefly during the field
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..._-- _ __- _____ . Faults ____ ___ ___ ... Blue Ridge thrust sheet. ______ Metamorphism. _ _ _ _ _____________
Report (issue)
Knoxville 1°x2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°x2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [etaf...Geology—Tennessee. 2. Geology—North Carolina. 3. Geology—South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources—Tennessee...and mineral resources—North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II...Piedmont Lithotectonic Belt 10 Blue Ridge 13 East Flank Blue Ridge Lithotectonic Belt 14 Helen Thrust
Report (issue)
3 : ^> I North C: 3 Library NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS...BULLETIN NUMBER 61 SILLIMANITE DEPOSITS in North Carolina BY LEWIS J. HASH AND EARL C. YAN HORN EDITED...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1951 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...DEPOSITS in North Carolina By LEWIS J. HASH and EARL C. VAN HORN Edited by KEFTON H. TEAGUE North Carolina...Raleigh, North Carolina April 19, 1951 To His Excellency, HONORABLE W. KERR SCOTT Governor of North Carolina
Report (volume)
Knoxville 1 °X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Knoxville 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°X2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina I by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [et al...Geology- Tennessee. 2. Geology-North Carolina. 3. Geology-South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources-...and mineral resources-North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II
Report (volume)
General 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 (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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Report (issue)
OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 349-A...siltstone___________________ Rocks of Webb Mountain and Big Ridge __ Walden Creek group. ___________________ Licklog...... Folds south of Dunn Creek fault_____ Folds north of Dunn Creek fault-____ Dunn Creek fault--.---_---_-_--_-Faults...---_---_-_--_-Faults south of Dunn Creek fault-___ Faults north of Dunn Creek fault__ Postmetamorphism structural...----------------------------------Structural features north of Great Smoky and English Mountain faults.__________________
Report (issue)
Piedmont, Brevard Zone, and Blue Ridge, South Carolina and North Carolina Guidebook for the Seventy-fifth...Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Carolina Geological Society October 12-14, 2012 Field Trip Leaders: John M. Garihan...Muthukrishnan, James L. Bridgeman, and Tom Goforth CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2012 FIELD TRIP Geologic Studies...and Blue Ridge, South Carolina and North Carolina October 12-14, 2012 Greenville, South Carolina Guidebook...Guidebook for the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Carolina Geological Society 73rd Annual Meeting Founded
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...(Moonstone) AI bite (Clcavclanditc) Checklist Microcline (Amazonstone) Orthoclase (Moonstone) (Iso-orthoclasc)...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials
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...pit”, of the main adit and Stopes of the Cranberry mine Copies of this guidebook may be obtained from:...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
Book
commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...minerals which make lovely cabinet specimens. old mine western states, to kick up and oxidation,
Book (volume)
along the southern slopes and ridges of the Pine Ridge Escarpment and along Whiteclay Creek near the Sioux...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
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...l a c h i a n s a r e t h e spectacular B l u e Ridge a n d S m o k y M o u n t a i n r a n g e s w h...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 t h...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o
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)
the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity, North Carolina and Tennessee By BRUCE BRYANT and JOHN C. REED..._____________________ _ 1 2 2 6 7 7 7 Page Blue Ridge thrust sheet-Continued Structure and metamorphism...metamorphism ____________________ 11 11 11 11 Blue Ridge thrust sheet ----------------------------Rock un~s...Chilhowee Group --------------------------- 45 Slices north of the Grandfather Mountain window ------------...tectonic map of the Blue Ridge and Valley and Ridge belts in parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, and southern
Report (issue)
_____________ _ Blue Ridge ________________________________ _ Valley and Ridge ___________________________..._________________________________ _ 27 28 30 30 Valley and Ridge province,.-_-----------Appalachian Plateaus provin...tensely disturbed local areas ___ --- - -- -- Blue Ridge and Piedmont provinces ____ --- 12 13 13 13 13...___ _ 96 Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces ______ _ Valley and Ridge province ______________ _ Appalachian...Slate__________________________________ Valley and Ridge slate belt__________ West Virginia slate belt______________
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY STUDIES OF PRECAMBRIAN AND PALEOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY IN THE WESTERN BLUE RIDGE...RIDGE edited by STEPHEN A. K ISH November 9-10, 1991 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1991OFFICERS President:...Mitchell 1991Bill Hoffman Don Hathaway Vic Zuello Carolina Geological Society Field Trip 1991 Joseph G. Aylor...Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-1410 Carl Merschat North Carolina Geological Survey 59 Woodfin Place Asheville...University of Tennessee Knoxville TN 37996-1410 & Oak Ridge National Laboratory John Rodgers Dept. of Geology
Report (issue)
of plutons in the Skykomish-Stillaguamish areas, North Cascades, Wash., by R. S. Yeats and J. C. Engels...Mount Stuart Granodiorite and Beckler Peak stock, North Cascades, Wash., by J. C. Engels and D. F. Crowder...lacustrine Pliocene tuffs near Wikieup, Mohave County, Ariz., by R. A. Sheppard and A. J. Gude 3d . ...mineralogic data on some plutonic rocks of western North Carolina, by A. E. Nelson :, . . . . . . . . . . . ...rock units in the Causey Dam quadrangle, Weber County, Utah, by T. E. Mullens 89 99 105 Sedimentation
Report (issue)
OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 349-C...46 Local features._____________________ 46 Area north of Tuckaleechee Cove_ 46 Other areas____________________...-___________---_ Whiteoak Sink______----__---___-___ Big Spring Cove_____-___-_-____--_-_ Configuration of...Area south of Gatlinburg____________________ Area north of Gatlinburg- ___________________ Belt of Metcalf...faults__ _ ___________________________ Lesser faults north of Gatlinburg fault_______ Mountain block______
Report (issue)
under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley Authority Physical...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Falley Authority UNITED...Production of sheet and punch mica, 1912-14, in North Carolina, the Southeastern States, and the entire United...data for mica specimens, arranged by lot and by mine or prospect-_-___--_-___-_-.___---___-_____--_ Results..._______________ 13. Test data for mica (not identified by mine), taken from the production line of the Colonial
Report (issue)
of the Great Smoky Mountains Tennessee and North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY This volume was published...OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 349-D...beneath Great Smoky fault________----_-__ Syncline north of Chilhowee Mountain. _______ Guess Creek fault...___________ Valley and Ridge province.---------------------Outliers of the Valley and Ridge province the coves__...Cove_________________-__-_------_--Miller Cove-- -_ _ -- -Blue Ridge province______________ -----------Post-Paleozoic
 
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