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Bronzite from
Bonanza Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Enstatite var: Bronzite
Formula:(Mg,Fe2+)2[SiO3]2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bronzite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bonanza Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:414204
Long-form Identifier:1:3:414204:1
GUID (UUID V4):651f402d-a493-414b-bdfb-23014985cf21
Nearest other occurrences of Bronzite
2.6km (1.6 miles) Ned Wilson Branch, Mason Mountain, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) Mincey Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) Webster-Balsam, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) Cane Creek Olivine deposit, Webster-Balsam, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
26.5km (16.4 miles) Dark Ridge Olivine deposit, Webster-Balsam, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
27.6km (17.2 miles) Balsam Gap Olivine deposit, Webster-Balsam, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
References
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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
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each by 95% of all their known meteorites, while North America and Europe bring up the train with 99% of...the simple "county" indications down countries later falls, to the exact locality. county itself County...County may that the county point of fall, In some cases this has been the more essential because...meteorite fell; and a meteorite which fell in Macon now be Lee County, etc. In other cases the fall may have... WARD-COONLEY COLLECTION OF METEORITES. name of the county was in frequent cases given to the meteorite. Foreigners
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Washington, etc. Farrington's Catalogue of Meteorites of North America (Mem. Xat. Acad. Sci. ; Washington, 1915...the country in which the meteorite fell. Thus for North American meteorites the names adopted are for the...PoUasites. (b) Bronzite-asmanite Stony-irons, or Sideropkyres. (c) (d) Bronzite-olivine Stony-irons...silicates, into : — (a) Enstatite-chondrites. (b) Bronzite-cJwndrites. (c) Hypersthene-chondrites. members...Clinobronzite-olivine-achondrites or Ureilites, corresponding to Bronzite-chondrites. (2) > Hypersthene-olivine-achondrites
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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
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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;
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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
By H. H. Nininger * Winslow, Arizona Printed by NORTH FIELD NEWS, Incorporated NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA ...and college officials, teachers, and students; county agents and farm organizations; editors, newscasters...meteorites were far more numerous in the records of North American finds than were stony meteorites. Farrington's...of unwitnessed fall for the entire con tinent of North America. On the other hand, only three of the irons...1 O. C. Farrington, Catalogue of Meteorites of North America. National Acad emy of Sciences, Memoirs
Report (issue)
in Central Part Stillwater Complex, Sweet Grass County, Montana GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1015-D ...in Central Part Stillwater Complex, Sweet Grass County, Montana By A. L. ROWLAND A CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC...West Fork of the Stillwater River in Sweet Grass County, Mont. The chromite occurs as layers near the middle...Stillwater River, which connects with the Mouat mine road. Both junctions of trail and road are nearly...believed to be younger than the complex. To the north are Paleozoic and younger sediments which rest on
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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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(Natural History). It is available exclusively in North America from The University of Arizona Press, 1615...or more others (for example, Saratov, Washington County, Salem). In the past distinct falls with the same...nickel and may contain appreciable silicon; olivine-bronzite chondrites, (H-group), contain of the irons is...of an _ olivine with 15-20 mol. % Fe,SiO, and bronzite, together with. about 16-21 % free metal with...(E-group) Anomalous 24 7 13 3 11 4 18 5 Olivine-bronzite (H-group) meteorites Doubtful Unclassified Irons
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Robert A. Haag P.O. Box 27527 Tucson, AZ 85726 USA Telephone 1 (602) 882-8804 FAX: 1 (602) 743-7225...1053-8267 Copyright 1992 Robert A. Haag Printed in USA. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be...collectors. (See photo 9, next page.) 5 #1 Atacama, North Chile Hf'l:ahedr:t~. The ic.·N nickel content of...sale. The dog "Poopers" is not. #11 Odessa, Texas, USA. This is a coarse octahedrite, meaning it has th...patterns. Usually available. #12 Ocotillo, California, USA. A new, coarse octahedrite find from California.
Report (volume)
...................... 1. Rocks from Aroostook County..... ^..................'........... 2. Miscellaneous............................................. North Carolina..............................................1. Elliott County dike............................................... 2. Crittenden County dike............................ Schist from the Aragon iron mine............................... ill 17 .18 18 19....................................... 3. Colfax County................ I.............................
Report (volume)
prospects__-____-_______-______-__-_-_-_-_____ Blackbutte mine-_______________________________ Location, history..._____________________________________ Nonpareil-Bonanza area_____---------__-_---_-----^--_-------Location...________-____-______.___-_------------ 37 38 Nonpareil mine.______________________________________ History,...alteration and mineralization__._-_-__--_--____ Bonanza mine._______________________________________ Sutherland...Ore_-_---------................................. War Eagle mine._._-___-_________-_-______.___--____. Location,
Journal (issue)
Gold Mines Middle Buttes Volcanic Complex, Kern County, California Allan R. Blaske allan.blaske@gmail...volcanic complex is located in southeastern Kern County, approximately 9 miles southwest of the town of...of Mojave, and approximately 60 miles north of Los Angeles, California. The complex was host to six epithermal...with a grade of 0.043 oz/ton gold. In addition, a bonanza vein system was mined intermittently between the...During the summers of I 987 and I 988 I worked at the mine as a summer student intern while working on my master's
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FERBERITE-HÜBNERITE FROM THE NINE MILE PLUTON, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. T. W. Buchholz1, A. U. Falster2, and...apatite. Thus, it can be classified as an olivine-bronzite chrondrite and can be further subclassified as...hundred specimens). As part of a new initiative to “mine” this resource for both educational and research...collection. A small tube of placer gold is from Bonanza Creek, and a crystallized specimen is from Eldorado...only contemporary specimen is from the Red Lake mine near Balmerton in western Ontario. Rich specimens
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal...Beaverhead County, the pegmatites of Jefferson County, and the Snowbird mine in Mineral County continue...Highlands Centennial Nugget in 1989 in Silver Bow County. The seventh largest gold nugget found in Montana;...Mormon uprising. They escaped Utah by traveling north and wintered on the Big Hole River. They set out
Report (issue)
Francisco, California. Daily Grass Valley Union, Nevada County, California. Daily Evening Gazette, Reno, Nevada...Standard, Eureka, Humboldt County, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 10. 11. 12. County Tribune, California. California...California. Inyo Independent, Inyo County, California. Arizona Gazette, Phoenix, Arizona Territory. Ventura...days in visiting gold mines in Georgia and North Carolina, and some of the iron and coal mines in Alabama...it did much to create a good feeling between the North and the South, in which sense it was worth more
Journal (issue)
is initially used to divide the incoming "run-of-mine" shipments of diamonds into two groups called smalls...the Novello Prospect a n d the abandoned Twin Star Mine, both of which are located about 17 km N W . of...visited, but is located some 6 km north of the famous Bikita lithium mine about 80 km east of Fort Victoria...Shamvaian age (2,650 m. years). T h e Twin Star mine is only 6 or 7 km distant from the Novello Prospect...about 90 km eastward, near the Bikita pegmatite mine. Novello Prospect : T h e discovery of emerald and
Book
far from a simple task because the "'Gewstones of North America. 8 artist must know minerals in order...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...cleavage parallel to a plane (micas, chlorites, bronzite). If crystals are noticeably elongated their aggregates...also in the cavities of certain basaltic lavas. USA - copper mines of Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan,...Saxony. CZECHOSLOVAKIA - Jachymov (Joachimstal). USA - crystals ( ! !), branching masses ( ! !) in copper
Book (volume)
.......................................346 North Carolina ........................................................................................356 North Dakota ...............................................................................427 South Carolina ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ...............................
Journal (issue)
Trinidad, in the southwestern part of Las Animas County, is the coal mining center of southern Colorado...Trail and U. S. Highways 85 and 87 ; it is 16 miles north of the Colorado-New Mexico state line. The city...high cliffs; to the west is Prospect Point, to the north is Simpson's Rest, to the south lies Fisher's Peak...side canyons which flow into the main canyons. Each mine has a camp with st~res, garages, and houses for...the Dakota sandstone forming giant walls running north and south. These walls are cut through by canyons
Report (volume)
...................... 1. Eocks from Aroostook County I............................. 19 19 2. Litchfieldite...............:.......................... 51 North Carolina..............................................56 1. Elliott County dike........................................ 56 2. Crittenden County dike...................... Fourth. Schist from the Aragon iron mine ................. 5 64 66 70 70 71 72 72 ( 6....................................... 3. Colfax County.......".......................................
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
 
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