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Quartz from
West Pit, Kings Creek Mine, Kings Creek Mining District, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA


Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view West Pit, Kings Creek Mine, Kings Creek Mining District, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:659393
Long-form Identifier:1:3:659393:3
GUID (UUID V4):87da2861-46a4-49c6-bba4-e7bd3c75b5fc
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cherokee County Kings Creek The Kings Creek, South Carolina, Barite Pits R O G E R BARNETT Simpsonville...Simpsonville, South Carolina 29687 and J E R R Y HOWE Converse College Spartanburg, South Carolina 29301 SOUTH...SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORY Cherokee County, South Carolina, has a long history of mining. Perhaps the most...recovered is gold obtained from over a dozen mines in Cherokee and neighboring York and Union counties. Gold...known North Carolina and Georgia deposits. Cherokee County also contains an iron ore district. An important
Report (issue)
Geological investigations of the Kings Mountain belt and adjacent areas i_n the Carolinas edited by J...Il • CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Field Trip Guidebook 1981 October 24-25, 1981 Gaffney, South Carolina...Carolina - CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1981 OFFICERS +', . I. President: Richard G. Chalcraft Gulf...Schaeffer Duke'Power P.O •. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 0 Secretary-Treasurer: • S. Duncan Heron...Department of Geology, Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27706 Chairman of the Membership Committee:
Report (volume)
____ ____ __________________ _____ ______________ .Quartz"sericite schist ____ : ____________ . __________...__________ ,__ Quartz schist __ __ __________ __ . _ __ ____ __ __ ____ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ Quartz-sericite...________. ___ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ___ Quartz-biotite schist __________ __. _ __ __ __ __ __...__________ __ __ ________ _ 31 Hi to r_v o f t in mining in th e Ca ro lin a . ____ . __ . _. _. ___ _ __... _. _.. _______ . ........ . _.. _... _. __ 75 Mining developments._ .... _._ .. _.... ..... .. _._.
Report (volume)
__________-__--___-_--.-_ _ _.- _ Mineral potential of the district- __-___-_._-____-_-.________-__-_ Mines, prospects...Bunch Hollow mine, Claiborne County. 3. Geologic map and section of the New Prospect mine (Leadmine Bend)...prospects, Union County. 4. Maps of the Ritchie (Lynch) prospect, Claiborne County. FIGURE 1. Sketch...(Cumberland) thrust block. The main part of the district, 6-7 miles wide, extends northeast along the crest...River area, in western Claiborne County and northeastern Union County, is one of the most pervasively
Report (issue)
NEAR SCHOOL HOUSE, LOT 110, 15th DJST., DeKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, SHOWING PEGMATITE DIKE IN MICA SCHIS'...the re-port's preparation. s. L. :Department of Mining and Geology, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa. GALPIN.............................................. . Carolina gneiss ..................................................................................... . Quartz ........................................................ · ............... ·. · · · · · · · · · Mining ..............................................
Report (volume)
General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...Royal Gorge region_________________________ Texas Creek region _________________ _ _ Jefferson County__...Georgia Continued. Page. Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________...Hall County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________
Journal (volume)
Tucker, District Mining Engineer Logan, District Mining Engineer Chas. V. Averill, District Mining Engineer...Engineer J. C. O'Brien, District Mining Engineer Arthur A. Center, Associate Metallurgical Engineer John...Mineral Technologist Reid J. Sampson, Assistant District Mining Engineer C. A. James M. Little, Assistant...Geology of Santa Rosa Mountain Area, Riverside County, California, by Lawrence B. Wright Geology and...Diego 15 County, California, by S. C. Creasey Tin Deposits of the Gorman District, Kern County, California
Journal (volume)
Geologist C. A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...J. C. District Mining Engineer District Mining Engineer Mining Engineer O'Brien, District Mining...Engineer George John District Sampson, Assistant Chas. V. Averill, Mining Engineer L. Gary, Mineral... Statistician and Curator G. Hubbard, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) Elisabeth L. Egenhoff,...SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DISTRICT Mines and mineral resources of 7 11 Santa Cruz County, by Henry G. Hubbard
Journal (issue)
A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. Jenkins, Chief Geologist McK. Laizure, District W. Burling...Tucker, Reid J. Mining Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas...Chas. V. Averill, District Mining Engineer George John L. Gary, Mineral Technologist F. Bongard, Ore-Buyers'...C. Statistician and Curator O'Brien, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) Eldridge D. Drew, Geological...OF CONTENTS Page DISTRICT REPORTS OF MINING ENGINEERS 7 Sacramento Field District 7 San 7 Francisco
Book (edition)
interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...Division of Litton Educational Publishing, Inc. 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001 V.-\..'- NOSTR.-\...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...are so widespread, as in the case of the alluvial quartz gemstones of the Midwest, that it is impossible
Journal (issue)
MINING WORLD CATALOG, SURVEY & DIRECTORY NUMBER Blue Pages Pink Section Yellow Pages DIRECTORY INDEX...231-26] > 68 United States Mining in 1960 State-by-state report from and MINING to zinc Alaska to Wyoming...Shipments by mines for 1958, 1959, 1960 B96 Open Pit Mine Production ef 3 Technological ; Advances ... Tons mined and stripped & 99 Underground Mine Production from 1955 through 1960 > 101 Geology...—==erererr Ofslo(Seep colitetol Mining Open Pit Mining World-Wide Mining Reports Africa-Asia-Caribbean-Europe
Report (issue)
production and reserve grades source, fineness, mining methods, other economic commodities and general...is useful for analyzing the roles genetics and mining method have on placer grades and volumes. Deposits...Individual workings are not included if deposit or district data are presented. A deposit was subjectively...and areas in Alaska, including sluice and drift mining. 5. Some volumes were estimated from deposit...only identified by host country. Data from New South Wales are located using the 10,000 yd Transverse
Report (issue)
t'ljLf c 2 North Carolina State ttbraJK N.Ob Raleigh DOC NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION...RESIDUAL KAOLIN DEPOSITS OF THE SPRUCE PINE DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA BY JOHN M. PARKER III PREPARED BY GEOLOGICAL...THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH 1946 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT...RESIDUAL KAOLIN DEPOSITS OF THE SPRUCE PINE DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA BY JOHN M. PARKER III PREPARED BY GEOLOGICAL...OF THE INTERIOR IN COOPERATION WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH
Report (volume)
......... Cartersville district, Ga............................ Gerae s mine.......................................... Ward mine........................................ White Oak Mountain, Term.............prospect................................. Dulin mine, Ala...................................... Greasy...Ga., manganiferous pellet deposits.......; Gibson mine. ............^...................... t . Berkstresser.................................. Coble, Hickman County, Tenn.......................... Silver Bluff, S
Report (issue)
FRONTISPIECE-PLATE I OLD DEVER QUARRY, ROCKMART, POLK COUNTY, WHILE OPERATED BY THE GEORGIA SLATE COMPANY, BETWEEN...Rockmart •and Fairmount districts, the Cartersville district being a more recent discovery. Their notes, together...potash, I spent two weeks examining the Pickens .County deposits. Since that time I have made several brief...of the high-potash slates of the Cartersville district may be expected soon, whether the war continues................................. . The Rockmart district ................................... : .......
Report (volume)
_ Virginia____ _____ ___________________ North Carolina, by W. S. Bayley________________ Distribution...Hog Rock mine _____________ Roda mine____________________ Woodrow, Haywood County___________ Mine of the...Continued. Kaolins from pegmatites Continued. North Carolina Continued. Kaolins in the mountain region Continued...mine________ 35 Wyatt mine __________ 35 Toecane, Yancey County_____ 36 Job Thomas mine___ _ 36 Pit of the Clay...36 Sprucepine, Mitchell County __ 36 Sprucepine mine- ____-_ 36 Sparks mine 39 Franklin, Macon County___-__
Report (volume)
vols. 13, 14. Tulsa, Okla. I American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers: Year Book 1929; Techniea:J...Techniea:J. Publications 158-385. New York. See also Mining and Metallurgy. J American Journal of Science,...Resources, Division of Mines and Mining: Bulletin, nos. 102, 103 ; Mining in California, vols. 25, 26. San...Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy; Transactions, vols. 31, 32; Canadian Mining and Metallurgical...Bulletin, nos. 201-224. Montreal, . Quebec. Canadian Mining Journal, vols. 50, 51. Garden vale, Quebec. Carnegie
Report (issue)
Distribution Branch, U.S. Geological Survey 604 South Pickett Street, Alexandria, VA 22304 CONTENTS...� 5 Previous work � 6 History of the Lynn mining district � 7 Geology � 8 Sedimentary rocks � 8 Paleozoic...12 Ordovician and Sildrian Systems � 12 Hanson Creek Formation � 12 Silurian and Devonian Systems � 14...33 Blue Star Canyon fault � 33 Sheep Creek fault � 34 Sheep Creek Canyon fault � 34 Hardie fault � 34...General features of the Carlin deposit—Continued 40 West ore zone � 40 Faults � 40 Ore characteristics �
Report (issue)
RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 1 i y 1966...Kern County is shown by the brown section— from McKittrick Peak in the Coast Ranges in the far west (left...Sierra Nevada and Owens Peak (highest point in the county); on the east (right side) is the sharp descent...Mojave Desert. The black section, taken farther south, shows the Tehachapi Mountains and the Mojave Desert...MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By BENNIE W. TROXEL, mining geologist California Division
Report (issue)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By WILLIAM B. CLARK, Mining Geologist California Division...PHILIP A. LYDON, Mining Geologist California Division of Mines and Geology County Report 2 CALIFORNIA...MINES AND GEOLOGY Ian Campbell, State Geologist COUNTY REPORT Price $4.00 2 6 1 - CONTENTS ABSTRACT...metals 106 and semi-precious minerals Precious Quartz 106 '- 106 crystal 107 *- Quicksilver Silica...Limestone Manganese - - Mineral paint - — Quartz 211 21 21 crystal Quicksilver 213 Roofing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that extends from North Carolina through the kaolin districts of South Carolina and Georgia, across Alabama...consist of kaolinite, montmorillonite, chlorite and quartz. Clays occurring somewhat stratigraphically higher...in this section are mixtures ofillite,kaolinite, quartz and minor amounts of montmorillonite and chlorite...Tuscaloosa Formation after the town, county, and river in west Alabama where the formation is exposed...sands in the large clay deposits of eastern Marion County are similar to the sands in the Pottsville Formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
superb quartz crystals, Arkansas also boasts an array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county...county-by-county description of localities. A R K A N S A S H A S A R I C H M I N E R A L and mining heri­ tage...noting the minerals of Magnet Cove, continued with mining in north­ ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove...extensive collecting in Magnet Cove. In the 1900s, mining and minerals continue to play important roles in...in exploration and mining having occurred during World Wars I and I I . The quartz crystal craze is in
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Rossman Orpiment from the Twin Creeks mine, Humboldt County, N e v a d a .............................. 311 by B. K. Lees The Purple Passion mine, Yavapai County, A rizona.................. 323 by E. Davis...Orestimba Creek, Stanislaus County, C alifornia 333 by G. E. Dunning Brookite from Hale Creek, Trinity...Trinity County, California.............. 341 by G. E. Dunning & J. F. Cooper, Jr. Brookite and anatase from
Journal (issue)
Wilson Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs...R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ..................................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8 South Africa: Horst Windisch 30 Van Wouw Street Groenkloof...Friends of Mineralogy COVER: COPPER from the Ray mine, Arizona. The specimen is 3 inches wide, and was
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2003, pp. 409–424 Geology of the Ivanhoe Hg-Au District, Northern Nevada: Influence of Miocene Volcanism...Abstract The mercury-gold deposits of the Ivanhoe mining district in northern Nevada formed when middle Miocene...time, moving south and east from its inception point in the west-central part of the district. Thus, although...although mineralization in the district took place during a span of 300,000 years, the duration of mineralization...shorter. The low-sulfidation deposits of the Ivanhoe district formed at the same time and under similar conditions
 
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