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Zircon from
Tilley Mine, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tilley Mine, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:606996
Long-form Identifier:1:3:606996:4
GUID (UUID V4):ce1470fc-1b9a-43d4-88ae-2843d6d74f3c
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
8.1km (5.0 miles) Moss Mine, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
11.2km (7.0 miles) Bonanza Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) Ned Wilson Branch, Mason Mountain, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) Mason Mountain, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) Big Ridge Mine, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) L. M. McCall Mine, Pinhook Gap, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
31.1km (19.3 miles) Bee Tree No. 1 Mine, Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) Winding Stair Gap Roadcut, Franklin, Ellijay Mining District, Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
33.3km (20.7 miles) West Fork No. 1 occurrence, Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA
34.8km (21.6 miles) West Fork No. 2 occurrence, Transylvania 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 (volume)
Arabia. A few determinations were made of detrital zircon from sedimentary rocks to obtain information of...Helsinki; R. L. Dott, Oklahoma Geological Survey; C. E. Tilley, Cambridge University; G. M. Schwartz, Minnesota...ios of the different accessory minerals xenotime, zircon, and monazi l.e. The thorium to uranium ratio given...lead determinations were made on a given sample of zircon, all the values are entered in the tabulation and...DETERMINATION Replicate age determinations were made of zircon from the same rock in 85 of the 411 rocks reported
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
system, assemblage, locality (preRegionalization County names are retained) and reference details, following...layered pluton, Rhum, Invernessshire. Zirkelite and zircon also occur. C. T. Williams (1978) Contrib. Mineral...Beinn a Chapuill, Glenelg, Inverness-shire. C. E. Tilley (1937) Mineral. Mag. 24, 559. Elyite Pb4Cu(SO4)(OH)8...with electrum, bismuth, and schirmerite, from old mine dumps at Corrie l~uie, Meal nan Oighreag, south...Skye described by C. E. Tilley (Am. Mineral. 33, 736; M.A. 11, 16; but Tilley actually used the name iron
Book (volume)
Chondrodite Humite, Clinohumite ...... 48 ....... 49 ZIRCON.59 SPHENE.69 GARNET GROUP.77 Almandine ......... per cent., using 20 062, has been published (Jackson, E. D., 1960, U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 400B...Olivine, forsterite—mica—magnetite rock, Vostochyni mine, Ensky, U.S.S.R. (Sobolev, 1947). Olivine, tuff...Olivine, olivine gabbro, Camas M6r, Muck, Scotland (Tilley, 1952). Anal. J. H. Scoon. II Includes Na 0-001...fissility, and Atomic per cent. Fe Olivine 23 Tilley (1947) has described forsterite porphryoblasts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ASWATHANARAYANA(U.), see RAO (V. DIVAKARA), 678 Auburn mine, Minnesota, stilpnomelane, 693 AUCOTT(J. W.), see...GEFFROY(J.), Rameauite and agrinierite, 78I Ceylon, zircon, 6o5, 72I Ceylonite, Ireland, chromian, anaL, 957;...margarite, Io6; Nigeria, 579 Corundum Hill, North Carolina, hornblende, 389 Corvock, Mayo, Ireland, granite...Gimi River, Jos, Nigeria, clinopyroxene, corundum, zircon, 579 GIRAUD (R.), anal. by, 784 Glas Choille, Borralan...composition range of, evaluation of t5oo anals., 389; North Catvlina, France, India, Switzerland, and Tanzania
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of. (phillips, Hess). . L94 Calcite twins from North Plainf i e l d ,N . J . ( H a w k i n s ) . . ....Davis, H. T. with Ilentlerson, E. P. Moore County, N. Carolina, 215 meteorite-Aneweucrite.... DeJong,W....related rock-tYPes from Loch Duich, Ross-shire. 268 (Tilley). Faust, G. T. Fusion relations of of iron-orthoclase...Henderson, E. P. and Davis, II. T. Moore County, N. Carolina, meteorite-Anew eucrite... . 215 and Glass...v i t e(.P a l m q u i s t ) . . . . . . 2 6 9 (Tilley) 612 Irving, J. with Larsen, E. S., Gonyer, F.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
For the locality references we have retained the county names in use immediately prior to the 1973 regionalization... Geikie (ed.), The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland. ·Mem. Geol. S11r11....hornblende-schist and associated with tourmaline and epidote, north-east of Loch Maree, Ross and Cromarty. C. T. Clough...layered pluton, Rhum, Inverness-shire. Zirkelite and zircon also occur. C. T. Williams 1978, Conrrib. Mineral...Barbertonite Red-brown encrustation on quartz, High Pim Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire. A. K. Temple 1955,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dethier Leonhard Thomson Fiedler Breithaupt G locker Jackson (Owen Mason) Bertrand de Lorn (A. de Sismonda)...Thomson, 1828 Fiedler, 1832 Rose, 1837 Glocker, 1839 Jackson, 1840 Type locality Ottre, Belgium Otrelite,*...006 0-82 3-75 1000 1. Rawlinsville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Hietanen (1951, p. 867)....omitted from the calculations. 5. Chatham County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Genth (1873, p. 399). Although...Indian Grave Mountain near Bull Mountain, Patrick County, Virginia, U.S.A. Genth (1890, pp. 49-50). Pure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in full. This is the case for the Tilley Foster mine (Putnam County), which was well described by Nightingale...geology and mineralogy of the Sterling mine, Antwerp (Jefferson County), which were well documented by Robinson...in the south and the Adirondack Mountains in the north (fig. 1). Smock (1889) completed the first report...district; 3. Lyon Mountain mines; 4. Benson mine; 5. Jayville mine; 6. Chub Lake prospect; 7. Antwerp-Keen...Rock mine; 9. Clintontype; 10. Columbia County iron mines (Burden iron mine); 11. Dutchess County iron
Geological Survey, 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, USA 4 Camborne School of Mines, School of Geography,...presented of chevkinite-group minerals from Canada, USA, Guatemala, Norway, Scotland, Italy and India. The...(Portnov, 1964) from the Burpala alkaline massif, north of Lake Baikal, Russia. Portnov (2001) recorded...olivine, serpentine, chondrodite, apatite, titanite, zircon, Fe-Ti oxides, pyrite, pyrrhotite, rutile, sphalerite...size, irregularly shaped and occurring along the USA T.W. Sisson (U.S. Geological Survey) identified a
Book
Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman...Howe, Neil Hubbard, Frank Ince, Rob lxer, Brian Jackson, Chris Jewson, Diane Johnson, Ian Jones, Jim Knight...Green, Jeremy Hooper, Jana Horak, Rob Jxer, Brian Jackson, Steve Laurie, John Mason, Tony Milodowski, Bruce...onNewMinerals,Nomenclature andClass::ication. Co. County. EMPElectronmicroprobe - an instrument usedto ...with older fluorite specimens from Weardale in County Durham being a case in point. Many of these specimens
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Francis, 1955a,fig.1). They are here described from north to south. \\W\\\W APPROXIMATE SCALE 0 yards 0... 1.—Sketch plan of the zoned hydrothermal body north-west of the summit of Beinn a' Ghairchin, Glen Urquhart...Urquhart. The Beinn a1 Ghairchin Zoned Body.—On the north-west slope of Beinn a' Ghairchin is a striking outcrop...cutting Moine limestone in a quarry 900 m. to the north-east. Marginally to the albitite there is a rim...Zoned Hydrothermal Bodies in Glen Urquhart and North East Transvaal ' 1 A B 2 3 C 39-60 34-46 34-23 30-25
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA b University College, Oxford OX1 4HH, UK c Department...Namaqualand Terrane, structurally overlain, to the north, by the low-grade, high-level igneous, Richtersveld...Bushmanland Terrane, which is overthrust, from the north along the Groothoek Thrust, by the high-pressure...Ma) to the north comprises grey-pink peraluminous potassic orthogneiss, with 1880 Ma zircon cores overgrown...sillimanite, and kyanite, with charnockite and enderbite (Tilley, 1936). The Okiep Group (Springbok Quartzite and
Journal (issue)
Dwyer-Hickey, S.A. Everitt, J. Greatwood, B. Jackson, L. Music, J.B. Nelson, P.G. Read, P.J. Wates,...Chairmen: Midlands - G.M. Green, North West - I. Knight, Scottish - B. Jackson, South West - R.M. Slater Examiners:...Howe, FGA, DGA, S. Hue Williams MA, FGA, DGA, B. Jackson, FGA, DGA, G.H. Jones, B.Sc, Ph.D., FGA, Li Li...B.Sc. (Hons), FGA, Prof. I. Sunagawa, D.Sc, M. Tilley, GG, FGA, CM. Woodward, B.Sc, FGA, DGA The Journal...the eastern flank of the Sudete Mountains of the north-east Bohemian Massif. They occur on the southeastern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Borup, R. A., with Levinson, A. A. High hafnium zircon from Norway New data on hafnium, zirconium and...muscovite mica from the Grandfather Mountain area, N. Carolina..... Buerger, M. J. Vector Space and Its Application...euxer-riteand associated minerals, Sand Basin, Grar.rite County, Montana Coombs, D. S. Lawsonite metagraywackes...possible new yttrium fluocarbonate from Dover, Morris County, New Jersey 92 (Smith, Stone, Ross, Levine) Drysdall...a s s o ti ciated minerals, Sand Basin, Granite CountY, Montana 459 (Heinrich, Conrad) Evans, H. T. and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralized zone near Montauban les Mines, Portneuf County, Quebec, is within a short distancefrom the edgeof...extendingfrom the first to the fifth level of the mine. During mostof the periodof operation the ore won...neighboringformations. Explorationof the ground,to the north of the Tetreaultorebody,whichis characterized by...Alcockmappedthe immediatevicinity of the Tetreault Mine for the Geological Surveyin connection with the...Tetreault. Amphibolitesare found to the west of the mine. The principalGrenville rock type near the mineralizedzone
Report (volume)
Bibliography of North American Geology, 1961 -· GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING... BIBLIOGRAPHY·OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1961 INTRODUCTION• This annual volume of the "Bibliography of North American...appeared during 1961 concerning the geology of the North American continent, Greenland, the West Indies and...in foreign journals are cited if they deal with North American localities or are of a general nature,...they deal only with foreign areas. Articles on North America by "foreign authors are included regardless
Report (volume)
_________________ Thorium to uranium ratios in zircon, monazite, and xenotime.______ Age calculations..._____________________________________ Crystallization of zircon in a magma.____________________________ Nature...of optical properties to lead content of zircon.________ Zircon of low lead content._________________________________...monazite, xenotime, and thorite._______________ Zircon of different lead content and alpha activity.________________... ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE 1. Zircon crystals from syenite, Lillian mine, Central City, Colo________.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
material for petrographic study and analysis from the mine dumps. All locations cited are from Clabaugh's detailed...corundum rocks reported by Clabaugh (1952) include zircon, sphene, apatite, and tourmaline. Rogers (1912)...dump, F.Ik Creek deposit Main shaft old Montana mine dump, F.Ik Creek deposit U.S. Bureau of Mines shaft...all these rocks are rutile, apatite, and rounded zircon. The pyroxene occurs as small, anhedral embayed...composition or physical conditions during metamorphism. ZIRCON STUDIES: Zircons are useful in distinguishing between
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geomorphology, '43, (R) 36 Afwillite and Spurrite, C. E. Tilley, '30, 168 Aganides, Clymenia, and Cyrthoceratites...An, AKAAD, M. K., Northern Aureole of the C. E. Tilley, '49, 81 — Metasomatism and the Petrology of Ardara...Leighton Buzzard, C. W. & ALKINS, W. E., & J. W. JACKSON, Quartz E.V.Wright,'47, 161 Conglomerate, Staffs...England in Wealden Times, phosed Limestones, C. E. Tilley, '54, 498 ; Age of the Wealden in '38, 81 N.W....Hawkins, '10, 349 Parkinson, '52, 201 America (North), Geological Map of, Allophane, Note on a Deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silicate rocks in the Hortav&r igneous complex, north-central Norway Calvin G. Barnesa,*, Tore Prestvikb... Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, USA Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering...carbonate rocks (e.g., Daly, 1910; Shand, 1930; Tilley, 1949, 1952; Sabine, 1975; Baker and Black, 1980)...desilication of the host magma (e.g., Daly, 1910, 1918; Tilley, 1952; Sabine, 1975) to form feldspathoid-bearing...thought to arise by interaction with granitic magmas (Tilley, 1949, 1952). Furthermore, isotopic, and trace
Report (issue)
Slate __ . Halifax County Other localities North Carolina Hagers Mountain, Person County.- _.______ Corbett...Corbett deposit, Johnston County Burnsville-Swannanoa area, Buncombe, Yancey, and Mitchell Counties ________...________ ____ Rutherford County Other localities North Carolina-South Carolina Kings Mountain district, Cleveland...Cleveland, Gaston, and Lincoln Counties, N.C., and York County, S.C. ._ __-__ ____ --- ---General geology Rock...CONTENTS Page Kyanite deposits Continued North Carolina-South Carolina Continued Kings Mountain district, etc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
authors focused on the Grenville Province in eastern North 36 R.F. Martin / Lithos 151 (2012) 35–45 America...Adirondacks, they reported a complete overlap of U–Pb (zircon) ages of emplacement of granitic and syenitic rocks...the experiment on W-1 diabase (e.g., Yoder and Tilley, 1962), but if so, it was dissolved soon after...the W-1 standard diabase: Centerville, Loudoun County, Virginia. Its composition is taken from Flanagan...provided by Tilley and Gittins (1961). Provenance: Monmouth Township, Haliburton County, Ontario. DI
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Printed in The Netherlands THE PRESENT STATUS OF ZIRCON BRIAN MARSHALL Department of Geology and Mineralogy...15, 1966) SUMMARY SAXENA (1966a) proposed that zircon could be authigenic and low-grade metamorphic,...questioned the mechanical and chemical stability of zircon, the use of crystal morphology in correlation,...origin. In so doing, he challenged the role of zircon in problems of stratigraphy, pedogenesis, and sedimentary...evidence for authigenic and low-grade metamorphic zircon is unconvincing, since conventional explanations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
effect of [NaOH] on obliquity, 455 Alice Louise mine, Plaine des Pirogues, New Caledonia, chrome-picotite...analogue, 78 Ankerite, Scotland, 119 Anna Madeleine mine, Plaine des Lacs, New Caledonia, olivine, chrome-picotite...fluorite containing Mn impurities, 705 Bambollita mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, cesbronite, 744; quetzalcoatlite...effect on crystallization of, 64I Bauzot uranium mine, Issy l'l~v6que, Sa6ne-etLoire, France, fluorite...Mtns., India = Khandala Ghat, Poona, 658 Bien S~tr mine, Pirogues Valley, New Caledonia, chrome-picotite
 
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