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Ankerite from
Fontana Mine, Swain County Copper Mining District (Fontana Mining District), Swain County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Ankerite
Formula:Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ankerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fontana Mine, Swain County Copper Mining District (Fontana Mining District), Swain County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:362757
Long-form Identifier:1:3:362757:0
GUID (UUID V4):36a9d050-ada6-4ca0-aff5-c03f67ad1026
Nearest other occurrences of Ankerite
9.5km (5.9 miles) ā“˜Calhoun Prospect, Swain County Copper Mining District (Fontana Mining District), Swain County, North Carolina, USA
44.8km (27.8 miles) ā“˜Winding Stair Gap Roadcut, Franklin, Ellijay Mining District, Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
47.7km (29.6 miles) ā“˜Sixmile Creek Adit Occurrence, Coker Creek Mining District, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
48.1km (29.9 miles) ā“˜Peck Prospect, Coker Creek Mining District, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
48.1km (29.9 miles) ā“˜Upper Peck Adit Occurrence, Coker Creek Mining District, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
48.2km (29.9 miles) ā“˜Lower Peck Adit Occurrence, Coker Creek Mining District, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
48.2km (30.0 miles) ā“˜Upper Magill Prospect, Coker Creek Mining District, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
48.2km (30.0 miles) ā“˜Lower Magill Prospect, Coker Creek Mining District, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
48.3km (30.0 miles) ā“˜Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10025294), Coker Creek Mining District, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
48.8km (30.3 miles) ā“˜Upper Johnson Adit Occurrence, Coker Creek Mining District, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
References
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Report (volume)
Geology of Some Copper Deposits in North Carolina Virginia, and Alabama By GILBERT H. ESPENSHADE CONTRIBUTIONS...deposits of the Fontana and Hazel Creek mines, Swain County, North Carolina, the Toncrae mine, Virginia, and...and the Stone Hill mine, Alabama UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1963 UNITED...___________ Deposits in Great Smoky ~ountains, North Carolina__________________ GeneralgeologY------...-----------------------------Geology of Swain County copper district__________________________ Sedimentary
Report (issue)
PARK WITHIN THE FONTANA DAM AND TUSKEEGEE QUADRANGLES, SWAIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA by Scott Southworth...Geological Survey editorial standards (or with the North American Stratigraphic Code). Any use of trade,...PARK WITHIN THE FONTANA DAM AND TUSKEEGEE QUADRANGLES, SWAIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA by Scott Southworth...Mountains National Park (GSMNP) portion of the Fontana Dam and Tuskeegee quadrangles was mapped in 1993...approximately nine days were spent mapping the north shore of Fontana Lake in November, 1993, when more than
Report (issue)
Director Professional Paper 179 ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN...Archean rocks. _ _______________________________ Carolina gneiss ____________________________ Roan gneiss...bodies. __________________ Genetic history of the copper-bearing veins of the southern Appalachian region...23 23 24 24 24 26 Page Genetic history of the copper-bearing veins of the southern Appalachian region...__________-_-_J_-_________________ History of the mine- _ ____-_________'________ Results of previous work_______________
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Knoxville 1Ā°x2Ā° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1Ā°x2Ā° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [etaf...Geologyā€”Tennessee. 2. Geologyā€”North Carolina. 3. Geologyā€”South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resourcesā€”Tennessee...and mineral resourcesā€”North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II...46 Spruce Pine District 46 Woodlawn District 46 Buncombe District 46 Bryson City District 47 Franklin-Sylva
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Knoxville 1 Ā°X2Ā° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Knoxville 1Ā°X2Ā° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1Ā°X2Ā° 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
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IN NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES ...agencies for the general welfare of the dtizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts basic and applied research...Resources, at Post Office Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687, or call (919) 733-2423. Jeffrey...Chief Geologist GOLD NORTH CAROLINA IN . by P. Albert Carpenter III NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INFORMATION...INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
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Abandoned Fontana and Hazel Creek Mines, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee........... 8 FIGURE 4: Sample location map of Fontana mine site ..........................................9 FIGURE 5: Sample location map of Hazel Creek mine...................................................areas around the abandoned Fontana and Hazel Creek mines in North Carolina, and the upper reaches of the...with enumeration of remediation options around the mine sites. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The U. S. Geological
Report (issue)
Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological...base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, pyrite, tinf-,...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...province and in placers derived from these deposits. Copper occurs with complex sulfide ores in quartz veins...west of the Blue Ridge. 12 complex ores of gold, copper, lead, zinc, and silver in veins and 13 replacements
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ā€¢ . ā€¢ ā€¢ . ā€¢ . . ā€¢ . . . . ā€¢ . Baldwin (Kelmac) Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swastika (Crescent) Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ā€¢ . . . ā€¢ ā€¢ . . ....(Golden Gate) Mine . . . . . . . ā€¢ ā€¢ . . . ā€¢ . ā€¢ . . . . ā€¢ . . . . . ā€¢ . . . ā€¢ . . . . Adams Mine . . . . ... . . . . . ā€¢ . . . . Barry-Hollinger (Patricia) Mine . . . . ā€¢ . . . ā€¢ . ā€¢ ā€¢ . . . . . . . . . . . ....(Yama) Mine . . . . . . . . . ā€¢ . ā€¢ . ā€¢ . ā€¢ . . ā€¢ . . . . . . ā€¢ . . . ā€¢ ā€¢ . ā€¢ . ā€¢ . . Macassa Mine . .
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Speaking 3 T5I California Convention 4 Yogo Sapphire Mine Reopened 4 Alpha Counters 5 Berkeley Cass iter ite...States. YOGO SAPPHIRE MINE REOPENED A REOPEN INC OF THE FAMED YOGO~ 'SAPP H I RE MINE, IN THE LITTLE BELT...scheduled TO BEGIN THIS MONTH, UNDER NEW OPERATORS. THE MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1929, AFTER HAVING PRODUCED...Mountains The Yogo mine has the distinction of being the only lode vein SAPPHIRE MINE IN THE WORLD, SINCE...ON DISPLAY AT THE OF CASSITERITE EVER FOUND IN NORTH AMERICA, T his nugget , weighing 184 lbs*, National
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importantcarbonateganguemineralsin veins are calcite,dolomite,ankerite, siderite,manganosiderite, and rhodochrosite....rocks--"horses," if they are large enough to disturbthe mining. As the abundance of fragmentsincreases, veinsgrade...Loughlin, G. F., The oxidized zinc ores oœthe Tintie district, Utah. Ecom GEOL. 9: 1-19, 1914. x4Talmage, S...different sourcesbut even on specimensfrom a single district. The "personalequation"is probablyimportantin...179: 1935. 20 Kirchberg, H., The determination of ankerite in siderite ores, Ber. und hfittenm/inn. Monatsh
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Mitigation and Remediation of Contaminated Mine Drainage from Coal Mining in the Appalachian Basin C. Blaine...Radon-222 in Drinking Water Wells in the South Carolina Piedmont James E. Landmeyer and Eric J. Reuber...the Fractured Crystalline-Bedrock Aquifers of North Carolina - A Federal and State Cooperative Study MelindaJ...is Ubiquitous but not Elevated in Abandoned Coal-Mine Discharges in Pennsylvania C.A. Cravotta, III, K...Fecal Contamination to Ground Water in Berkeley County, West Virginia Melvin Mathes and Don Stoeckel.
Report (volume)
Cover illustration Beryl crystal in quartz, Lacorne mine. The crystal is 39 mm long and 18 mm wide. National...2359J Molybdenite crystal in quartz, Moly Hill mine. The crystal is 33 mm across. National Mineral Collection...Baldwin (Kelmac) mine Swastika (Crescent Kirkland) mine Lucky Cross (Golden Gate) mine Adams mine Boston molybdenite...Boston Creek gold mine Barry-Hollinger (Patricia) mine Boston-McRae mine Planet Gold mine Miller Independence...Independence mine Kennedy-Boston mine Cathroy Larder (Yama) mine Macassa mine Kirkland Lake gold mine Teck-Hughes
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2009; Peresani et al., 2013) and Riparo Tagliente (Fontana et al., 2009). The identiļ¬cation of the area and...yellow materials (originally this was an artiļ¬cial mining site where goethite and pyrolusite were exploited)...layered sequence, end of the main corridor of the mine Yellow earth with carbonate inclusions Friable brown...VT-P, VTf, TP, VT-S (samples from the paleokarst mine in via Tirapelle, locality Valdonega, Verona; VT-P...level of the main gallery ā€“ of the Fe-Mn abandoned mine located at Negrar municipality). CO (samples collected
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Alabama, University, Ala. Department of :ty.lines, Mining and Geology State Division of Conservation Atlanta...Jr ___________________________ _ Relationship of mining to other economic sectors, by Albert E. Schreck...Manmade features _____________________ _ Strip mining ______________________ _ Subsidence ________________________...Shirley_______ Types of mica, uses, and prices___________ Mining and preparation_________________ History and p...____ Districts in Appalachia__________________ North Carolina_____________________ South Carolina_____________________
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Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...__________________________________ _ History of mining ________________ Ā·__________________ _ Production...34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. -------...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____
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VVrather, Director Bulletin 952 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1944 and 1945 BY EMMA MERTINS...e tat ~ * Page 1 3 7 15 205 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1944 and 1945 By EMMA MERTINS THOM...THOM INTRODUCTION The bibliography of North American geology, including paleontology, petrology, and...publications on the geology of the Continent of North America and adjacent islands and on Panama, the...index to the literature cited. The bibliography of North American geology to the end of 1943 is contained
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predecessor organization, the Manhattan Engineer District ; and, to a lesser extent, by staff members of...United States. The pre-1940 history of uranium mining and geology is concerned largely with veins in...Sierra Ancha region, Arizona ; and the Marysvale district, Utah. All the Western States, including Arizona...comments on the history of uranium geology and mining. The other chapters deal principally with pertinent...temperatures sic age, San Mateo Valley area, Grants district, New of ore and gangue min~rals, nature of ore
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flat, Admirality Concession Flat, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. Specimen width 60 mm. Trevor...24ā€“30 NOTE Kinoshitalite from Bennalt Manganese Mine, Rhiw, Pen LlÅ·n, Gwynedd, Wales: a first British...John S. Mason 32ā€“35 The mineralogy of Pim Hill Mine, Shropshire, with a study of mottramites Richard...the Admiralty Consession Flat, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, Frank Bouweraerts...Bouweraerts and Helen Wilkinson 40ā€“50 Ankerite: its composition and formulae, and its status in the Northern
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BOULANGEBITE AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS OJ' THE CLEVELAND MINE, STEVENS Co., WASH. By Charles 0. Fernquist. A...and Associated Minerals of the Clevelan d Mine, Ste'"ens County, Washington. By Charles O. F ernquist ....and Cobalt, Ten I " Specimans of COPPER 1\fiNERALS-$1.00. Native Copper, Azurite, Bornite, Chaknnthite...MINERALS ANO GEM S A SPECIALTY V I SIT OXFORD COUNTY MINERAL L OC ALITIES IN 1930. I CORDIALLY W E L...gold attached to its surface f rom S nettisham District, Alaska; a large nugget from the Rapidan R iver
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% from tin slag refining and 10 % from secondary mine concentrates. Due to rapid industrialisation and...Canada account for about 92 and 7 % of Nb world mine production, respectively. Since the bulk of the... 2012; Papp 2012). World production of Ta from mining (excluding production from Ta contained in Sn slags)...the start-up time for new operations. The Kenticha mine (Ethiopia) is a past producer that may re-enter...studies on new developments) are required in any mine as price levels vary for each deposit and are dependent
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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...g e s w 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...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...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m
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uccessor in interest, the American Institute oC Mining and M etallurgical Engineers has made a grant from...attended his efforts- not the spectacular success of a mining executive, but the more lasting success in the...spontaneous movement arose among geologists and mining engineers to express in some appropriate fashion...Board of Directors of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers elected him to H onorary...that would touch wider circles, was desirable. The Mining Geology Committee of the A.I.M.E. undertook to
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Charles W. Chesterman _____________________ _ 165 Copper, by J. C. O'Brien __________________ _____________...the general public for whose ultimate good the mining industry exists. Respectfully subnutted, DE\\TrrT...mineralogy, general geolog~-, occurrences in California, mining methods, treatment, utilization, marketing, and...filled with sediments, and is drained from the north b,ā€¢ the Sacramento River ancl from the south b,...gohl-quartz rlistr i<Ā·t Foothill copper-zinc hPlt and northern copper belt Ce11tral-southern leacl-zinc
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of Contents Preface  Alessandra Petrucci ix Mining, collecting, knowing: Habsburg state-building,...great Master. Rector of the University of Firenze Mining, collecting, knowing: Habsburg state-building,...Habsburg dynasty elite to the Lower Hungarian mining district around BanskĆ” Å tiavnica (Schemnitz, Slovakia):...to visit the local and surrounding gold, silver, copper, lead, and iron mines. It is well known how many...one entirely gold-plated and two silver-plated mining tubs.1 (Anonymous 1764, 4ā€“5) 1 Translation of
 
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