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Augite from
Cranberry Mine, Cranberry Magnetite Mining District, Avery County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cranberry Mine, Cranberry Magnetite Mining District, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:567118
Long-form Identifier:1:3:567118:2
GUID (UUID V4):bd54f5aa-3c8c-49a4-9cef-81f39287932b
Nearest other occurrences of Augite
65.4km (40.6 miles) Ore Knob Mine, Ore Knob, Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
91.6km (56.9 miles) Western North Carolina Nickel Laterite Occurrence (TES), Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
98.5km (61.2 miles) Pressley Sapphire Mine, Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
References
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Report (issue)
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE MAGNETITE ORES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE.1 By W. S. BAYLEY...DISTRIBUTION. The iron ores of western North Carolina and Carter County, Tenn., comprise brown hematite (limonite...possibly turgite), magnetite, mixtures of magnetite and hematite, and titaniferous magnetite (mixtures of magnetite...magnetite with ilmenite or with rutile). Hematite alone also occurs, but the quantity is small, and it...been mined. The brown hematite, magnetite, and titaniferous magnetite ores have been mined and smelted
Report (issue)
Vicinity North Carolina Mineral Resources of the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity North Carolina...Falls ___ _-_ _-____ 3. Map of uranium prospects on North Harper Creek--------- ______ __ 2 5 6 TABLES ...the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity, North Carolina By Bruce Bryant and John C. Reed, Jr. ABSTRACT...Mountain window and vicinity in northwestern North Carolina and presents these data independently of the...THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY, NORTH CAROLINA LINVILLE QUADRANGLE_____45' 82°00 36°15
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OF THS FUJKTKSS SPRUCE PIHB DISTRICT, ISOlCffl CABOLIHA by Donald A* Brobst This report la praliminary...noftonclature* Frui>ar«d in oooperation >dth the liorth Carolina Dep&rtaent of Conservation and Development* C05TSHTS...Metamorphic rocks ................ Mica rocks of the Carolina-type ....... Mioa gneiss .............. Mica schist...schist .............. Petrograpljy of the Carolina-type rocks . Structure and texture ....... Mineral...relationships ....... Qiartzlte .................. Cranberry gneiss .............. Contact and hydrothanoally
Report (volume)
of the Spruce Pine District ! Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...with the Min\ eral Resources Division of the North \ Carolina Department of Conservation and Development... Geology of the Spruce Pine District Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties North Carolina By DONALD A. BROBST...with the Mineral Resources Division of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...PLATE 1. Geologic map of Spruce Pine pegmatite district, Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties, N.C.__________________
Report (issue)
S. Geological Survey personnel of the various district offices. Each precipitation sample represents...concentration increases with latitude going from south to north. The relatively low values for total tritium rainout...distribution of tritium fallout in precipitation over North America: Internat. Assoc. Sci. Hydrol. Bull., v...and Hoffman, C. M., 1963, Tritium fallout over North America from the Soviet tests in 1961: Jour. Geophys...Vicinity North Carolina Mineral Resources of the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity North Carolina
Report (issue)
North Carolina State Library jleigh ( f t NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN RALEIGH...RALEIGH 1958 G. CONRAD Norffe Carolir* St** NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN G. CONRAD...Jefferson F. J. BOLING Siler City H. C. BUCHAN, JR North Wilkesboro SCROOP W. ENLOE, JR Spruce Pine VOIT
Report (issue)
Archean rocks. _ _______________________________ Carolina gneiss ____________________________ Roan gneiss..._____________________ Cavity coatings. _______________________ Magnetite. __________________________ Supergene minerals...__________-_-_J_-_________________ History of the mine- _ ____-_________'________ Results of previous work_______________...__ -_---__.___-____._ Cranberry mines. ________-_-_____--__---_-_ Betty Baker mine...-----------------...-----------------..---Grayson County sulphide zone. _____________ 58 58 59 59 60 60 62 62 63 63 63 64 64 65 66 66 67
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geological of the Cranberry Quadrangle of North Caro- Geologic Atlas ofthe U. S., Cranberry Folio, No. Survey...maps the geology of the Cranberryquadrangle of North Carolina and Tennessee, along the junction of the Piedmont...described under the heads : Carolina gneiss, Roan gneiss, soapstone, Cranberry granite, Blowing rock granite...granite, and Beech granite. The Carolina gneiss is the oldest rock of the ridge and consists of interbedded...interbedded mica-schist and gneiss, all cutting the Carolina gneiss. Soapstone, resulting from the alteration
Report (issue)
Carolina Geological Society Officers 1966-67 President: William J. Furbish Duke University Durham...Durham, North Carolina Vice President: Maurice Magee Tennessee Copper Company Ducktown, Tennessee Secretary-Treasurer:...Secretary-Treasurer: S. Duncan Heron Duke University Durham, North Carolina Field Trip Leader: Douglas W. Rankin U.S...S. Geological Survey Washington, D.C. CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Guidebook for 1967 Annual Meeting...THE GEOLOGY OF THE MT. ROGERS AREA, VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE Douglas W. Rankin U.S. Geological
Report (issue)
the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity, North Carolina and Tennessee By BRUCE BRYANT and JOHN C. REED...Grandfather Ddountain window _________________ _______ Cranberry Gneiss ____________ ________________ 19 19 20...monzonite gneiss _____________________ Aegirine-augite granite gneiss _______________ 36 40 41 21 26...Chilhowee Group --------------------------- 45 Slices north of the Grandfather Mountain window ------------...Ridge and Valley and Ridge belts in parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, and southern Virginia. 4. Geologic
Report (issue)
Regional Geology of the St. Lawrence County Magnetite District Northwest Adirondacks, New York GEOLOGICAL... Regional Geology of the St. Lawrence County Magnetite District Northwest Adirondacks, New York By A....1891Regional geology of the St. Lawrence County magnetite district, northwest Adirondacks, New York, by A...1891Eegional geology of the St. Lawrence County magnetite district, northwest Adirondacks, New York. 1962...Lawrence Co. 2. Geology Adirondack Mountains. 3. Magnetite ores New York (State) St. Lawrence Co. I. Leonard
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calciferous formation near the State College in Center County, P a . , is not pseudomorphic after ordinary or...Hamlinite and its Occurrence with Bertrandite at Oxford County, Aaine. BY s. L. PENFIELD. Am. J . Sci., 154, 313-316...1 - 1 . j per cent. Secondary Occurrences of Magnetite on Islands of British Columbia by Replacement...of magnetite from these and related deposits. On the Magnetite Belt at Cranberry, North Carolina, and...preceding. T h e Cranberry iron ore deposits are described a s obscurely defined lenses of magnetite in a persistent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
State. Many and costly attempts have been made to mine the ores, but thus far the only productivepropertieshave...productivepropertieshave been thoseof the Virgilina district. At the presenttime a numberof propertiesare being developedin...Virgilina district,whichincludes Halifax county, Virginia; and Person and Granville counties, North Carolina...SouthwestMountain, Albemarle county;thoseof the EasternBelt near Keysville, Charlotte county; and at Dillwyn, Buckingham...Buckingham county. II. The Blue Ridge Region. Includesthosedepositsfrom near Front Royal southward, and
Report (issue)
cise fe Sew a Sh bs LO eae hb tole Ce PEO ER baw Avery Ala Drake, Jr. The geology of the Honey Brook Upland...suites in Grenvillian terrane of the Roseland district, Virginia Part fo Lithologic relations: ovis 5...province in North Carolina and Tennessee, as well as smaller gneiss domes of Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia...domes of Maryland; and the Sauras Massif of North Carolina. Still farther east are the isolated Grenville...Appalachians—the real boundary between the craton of North America and that of the AfricanEuropean mass with
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found on the property of George Hobbs close to the north line of Sec. 3, T 2 0 S , R7E. (a little south of...Erin occurrence is approximately 2V2 miles due north of Pleasant Grove Church." Arizona—Albert L. Fritz...of black, crystallized ferberite from the Conger Mine, near Nederland, Boulder Co., Colo. It is good to...pyroxene (augite, diopside, hypersthene), amphibole (hornblende, lamprobolite), olivine, magnetite, ilmenite...Can anyone supply information on the occurrence? District oí Columbia—On a recent visit to Washington, the
Report (volume)
Geology of the Linville Falls Quadrangle North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1161-B Geology... Geology of the Linville Falls Quadrangle North Carolina By JOHN C. REED, JR. CONTRIBUTIONS TO GENERAL GEOLOGY...structural and metamorphic history in western North Carolina UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE,...mica gneiss, and amphibolite____________________ Cranberry Gneiss________________________________________...PLATE 1. Generalized geologic map of western North Carolina and northeastern Tennessee. 2. Geologic map
Report (volume)
The Crystalline Rocks of South Carolina By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET and HENRY BELL III GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces of South Carolina UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...and Precambrian(?) age_______________________ Carolina slate belt_________________________________________...crystalline rocks in South Carolina. 2. Map showing geologic belts in South Carolina. 3. Map of the main metamorphic...metamorphic facies in South Carolina. 4. Map showing location of samples used for age determinations of
Report (issue)
c\ NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF MINERAL...and Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT BY JOHN M. PARKER,...SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF...and Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT By M. PARKER, III Geological...BETWEEN THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Report (volume)
_ 16 Warren mine ____ 16 Milan mine ____________.._____________________ ._ 18 Lyman mine _______ _ _________...____________ '.__ 24 Copperfield or Ely mine ("Vershire mine).______i______ 24 History______________...character of ores____________________ Hartford County deposits__________________________ Simsbury (Newgate)...mine_________________________________ New Haven County deposits________________________ New York ____..._______________ The ores__ _ _ _____ _ American mine ________'________L ______________ Workings and equipment
Book
of Geology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 (deceased). HADLEY, Jarvis...2, p. Huntington Broedel, Reverse faulting north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull...Washington County, in The physical features of Washington County. Md. Geol. Survey, Washington County (Rept...physical features of Washington County. Md. Geol. Survey Washington County (Rept. 14), 17-94. ——, Igneous...physical features of Washington County. Md. Geol. Survey, Washington County (Rept. 14), p. 95-97. ——., Structural
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
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 (volume)
Nome and Norton Bay regions 3 30 Copper River district 3 30 Logarithm tables 3 Regulations 30 3 Instructions...II. Ore deposits. 888 pp., 82 pls. Old tungsten mine at Trumbull, Conn., by W. H. Hobbs, pp. 7-22, pls...Geology and ore deposits of Elkhorn mining district, Jefferson County, Mont., by W. H. Weed, with an appendix...Price, 85 cents. XLIII. The Mesabi iron-bearing district of Minnesota, by C. K. Leith. 1903. 316 pp., 33...pls. Price, $1. XLV. The Vermilion iron-bearing district of Minnesota, with atlas, by J. M. Clements. 1903
Report (volume)
_________--____-_---_-------___-_--------_----_______ Ajo district.-_--_.____---------______--_-_--__---_______ Oatman...______--__-__---_____----_____-__-___-___________ Bonanza district._________________________________________ Breckenridge...region___________________________________________ Spanish Peaks district.____________________________________ Summitville...________________________________________ Edwardsburg district._____________________________________ 11 11 12...22 24 24 24 24 25 25 26 26 27 ,, Pend Oreille district-_-_------------___---__--_-_---_______ 27 i
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
 
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