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Actinolite from
Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:371474
Long-form Identifier:1:3:371474:4
GUID (UUID V4):053655f1-5ad6-4bf4-9273-467b90b8fb77
Localities for Actinolite in this Region
Bald Knob deposit, Bald Knob, Sparta, Alleghany 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
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)
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 (issue)
world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite, apatite, ferroan...crystals, muscovite crystals, tourmaline AMHERST COUNTY Crystals of goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite;...1 inch across; found near Briar Fork, Albemarle County (photograph by T. M. Gathright, 11; W. F. Giannini
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)
world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...long; Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...(c) = currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos...pyromorphite Old Dominion soapstone quarry—Old Dominion actinolite asbestos, apatite, chalcopyrite, chlorite, cobaltite
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...Hypersthene Amphibole Group Cummingtonitc Trcmolite Actinolite (Asbestos) (Byssolite) Basaltic hornblende Hastingsite...(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
Journal (issue)
pseudoby Ho{1/atd (1981) on a geologic map of Loudoun County, morphic after magmatic phases. Rock types include...igneous amphibole and metathe geology of Loudoun County (Burton and others, 1992). morphic chlorite in...basins (Kline, 1990). This system evolved into the North American passive continental margin bordering the...volcanism. The Blue Ridge terrane was deformed into a north-northeasterly-trending anticlinorium in the Paleozoic...Figure 1. The hill is centered at about 38°59'30" north latitude, 77°43'26" west longitude in the Middleburg
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MANGANESE MINERALS OF A VEIN NEAR BALD KNOB; NORTH CAROLINA Cr.anBNcBS. Rossl axo Pnur- F. KBnn hqrnooucrtoN...interesting of these is a vein near BaId Knob, North Carolina, which is characterized.by an unusual group...The manganese vein is situated in Alleghany County, North Carolina, and has been prospected at a point...about 1f miles (2.4 kilometers) south of the North Carolina-Virginia State line and 6 miles (9.6 kilometers)...miles (11.26 kilometers) northwest and Sparta, North Carolina, about 3 miles (4.83 kilometers) southwest
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)
RANDATHER QUNTAN of£4 vA, ATE BELT CAROLINA aes \ eer =~CAROLINA ‘ Li, aie! BARTLETT'S/27 FERRY FAULT...GRANDFATHER TENNESSEE ~~ MOUNTAIN KIOKEE BELT SOUTH CAROLINA ug 5; “A BARTLETT'S/.2 FERRY FAULT ? ALABAMA...admittedly speculative, for gold mineralization in the Carolina slate belt; it complements the paper by Neathery...Anomaly at the Peachbottom Deposit, Alleghany County, North Carolina (John E. Callahan, J. Hatten Metal...Geologic South Sulfide (Thornton The Aspects Carolina Faulkner Western E. Carroll) the Southwest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[2MnO.Si02]. Named from the locality, Alleghany County, North Carolina. [M.A. 5-50.] A l u m o - c h a l...end-member H2Ca2FesSisOs4 of the tremolite-actinolite series, actinolite being really an intermediate member...group, as black grains in manganese-ore from North Carolina. Named from the neighbouring town of Galax
Journal (issue)
Gaines Minerals O f The Spinel Group From Alleghany County, North C a ro lin a ............................the tive of the Friends of M ineralogy as well. county schools during the com ing school A frequent lack...nated green-blue crystal, from Pike’s Peak, El Paso County, Colorado; 3 x 2-1/2 x 2-1/2 in. W hile there is...m inerals. Morro V elho gold m ine, N ova Lima (county), am blygom ite— perfect, colorless crystals, 1...Sandspar’s m ines, at Taquaral (locality), Itinga (county), anatase— perfect, 1 cm long, dipyramidal crystals
Journal (issue)
MINERAL GARDEN 1. Black and Gray Limestone Augusta County Donated By: Rockydale Quarries Corporation, Staunton...Tightly-folded, Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss Chesterfield County Donated By: Vulcan Materials Company, Dale Quarry...Ma). 3. Biotite - Feldspar Granofels Albemarle County Donated By: Martin Marietta Aggregates, Red Hill...Proterozoic (900 – 1600 Ma). 4. Ribbon Limestone Wythe County Donated By: Austinville Limestone Company, Inc...Hydrothermally-altered Diorite (Furtharwite) Culpeper County Donated By: Cedar Mountain Stone Corporation, Mitchells
Journal (issue)
............. 349 A GA.R NET OCCURRENCE IN NORTH CAROLINA. By Rt,d Poh/i ............................. Peters in Chester County, and several places west of the point into Berks County. Two of the mining...openings thus obtained. ROCKS AND MINERALS actinolite, talc, serpentine, byssolite, and g raphite....operation for many years. THE CHESTER-MONTGOMERY COUNTY LEAD, ZINC, AND COPPER MINES All these mines are...Mont• Station in French Creek valley. First gomery County. In each mine the veins opened about 1850 and worked
Book
Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
Book (volume)
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...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches
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
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 (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 (issue)
TeHurium Sulphur Dinmond Gra1,hitc GOLD Albemarle County.-"Streaks" occur in quartz veins in slate belt...east of South­ western Mt. (ll. 8). Buckingham County.-A placer gold specimen about 7 x 10 x 17 mm. which...collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Culpeper County.-Two specimens with flakes of gold up to 1 cm....collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Dinwiddie County.-Two specimens from the Whitehall Mine with gold...error and should refer to Spotsylvania County.) Fairfax County.-A specimen of gold with galena in quartz
 
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