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Pyrite from
Gillis Mine, Virgilina Mining District, Person County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gillis Mine, Virgilina Mining District, Person County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:66396
Long-form Identifier:1:3:66396:0
GUID (UUID V4):41f25521-d48d-439a-8f4d-61b6080ea32e
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.9km (1.2 miles) ā“˜Durgy Mine (Yancey Mine; Person Consolidated Mine), Person County, North Carolina, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) ā“˜Blue Wing Mine (Royster Mine; Spring shaft), Virgilina District, Granville County, North Carolina, USA
9.9km (6.1 miles) ā“˜Cornfield Property (Cornfield Prospects), Granville County, North Carolina, USA
17.3km (10.8 miles) ā“˜Red Bank Mine (Goldbank Mine), Virgilina Mining District, Halifax County, Virginia, USA
30.7km (19.1 miles) ā“˜Tippet prospect, Vance County, North Carolina, USA
32.1km (20.0 miles) ā“˜Tungsten Queen Mine and plant (Hamme Mine; Haile Mines; Sneed-Walker), Tungsten, Hamme Tungsten Mining District, Vance County, North Carolina, USA
34.3km (21.3 miles) ā“˜Burwell Prospect, Hamme Tungsten, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA
34.6km (21.5 miles) ā“˜Taylor Prospect, Hamme Tungsten, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA
34.9km (21.7 miles) ā“˜Kimball Prospect, Hamme Tungsten, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA
38.2km (23.7 miles) ā“˜Crooked Run Quarry, Vance County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
W a l k e r M in k COPPER MINES, PERSON CO UN TY, NORTH CAROLINA BULLETIN OF T H E GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...COPPER-BEARING ROCKS OF VIRGILINA COPPER DISTRICT, VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA * BY THOMAS LEONARD WATSON........................ 369 Ore deposits of the district................................................. 1501, in a field examination of the Virgilina copper district, and the specimens of the rocks and ores...and he is indebted to Mr W. H. Pannebaker, of Virgilina, for th e photographs illustrating it. L I I ā€”B
Report (issue)
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Virgilina District of Virginia and North Carolina FRANCIS BAKER LANEY JorNrr...Introduction Hyco quartz porphyry Aaron slate Virgilina l4 77 greenstone Gosher schist . Hyco quartz...Analysis of typical Aaron slate Weatherine and soil Virgilina greenstone fntroductorv statement Distribution... . : : . . . . . . . . . . - - . Analyses of Virgilina greenstone Weathering Intrusive rocks oa 27...Chalcopyrite Native iopper Klaprothite or klaprotholite Pyrite Aieentite GoIa .. Malachite Azurite Cuorite Meiaconite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
made to mine the ores, but thus far the only productivepropertieshave been thoseof the Virgilina district...PiedmontRegion. (a) The Virgilina district,whichincludes Halifax county, Virginia; and Person and Granville counties...counties, North Carolina. (b) The depositson or near SouthwestMountain, Albemarle county;thoseof the...EasternBelt near Keysville, Charlotte county; and at Dillwyn, Buckingham county. II. The Blue Ridge Region. I...shalesandstoneseriesof the Triassic areas. In the Virgilina district the oresoccurin quartzfissureveinswhichintersector
Report (issue)
Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological...related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, pyrite, tinf-, cobalt, 5-...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...10- Piedmont province and in massive pyrrhotite-pyrite deposits in 11 crystalline rocks west of the...metamorphio rocks. 15- Lead and zinc occur in Pyrite occurs in crystalline Tin occurs in pegmatite
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
Report (volume)
Geology of Some Copper Deposits in North Carolina Virginia, and Alabama By GILBERT H. ESPENSHADE CONTRIBUTIONS...mines, Swain County, North Carolina, the Toncrae mine, Virginia, and the Stone Hill mine, Alabama UNITED...___________________ Cupriferous pyrrhotite and pyrite deposits____________________________ D~tributi...___________ Deposits in Great Smoky ~ountains, North Carolina__________________ GeneralgeologY------...------------------------------Geology of Swain County copper district__________________________ Sedimentary
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]...50. II. Tertiary History of the G-rand Caiion District, with atlas, by Clarence E. Dutton, Capt. U. S
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...some number of them not hitherto or, The Mica mining industry, elsewhere discovered iu America. great...with Mr. W. E. Hidden, of New explorations and mining for these mineral Among these, York, has spent
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...Mica mining industry, for example, has brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2...York, has spent many months in explorations and mining for these mineral rarities, and has himself added...B. boring gold region. for notes of the mica mining And to Prof. A. A. Julien the survey occurrence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Globe, Ariz."ā€”on label. Globe, in south Gila County, is in central Arizona. ARKANSAS ā€”ā€¢ "I am sending...crystals. These are from the Jeffrey Stone Quarry in North Little Rock, Ark."ā€”gift from Woodrow Bettis, 4906...crystals are doubly terminated. North Little Rock, in central Pulaski County, is in central Arkansas. CONNECTICUTā€”Mrs...Conn." ā€¢ā€”on label. Newington, in central Hartford County, is in central Connecticut. MAINEā€”A few months...western York County, is in S/W Maine. MINNESOTAā€”"I am sending you a specimen from the Jessie Mine near here
Report (issue)
Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...__________________________________ _ History of mining ________________ Ā·__________________ _ Production...34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. -------...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated ā€œcheck listā€ just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Pentlandite Cubanite Covellitc Violarite Stibnite Pyrite l .ocllingite Marcasite Arsenopyrite Molybdenite...(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 comĀ­ mon rock-making materials
Report (issue)
Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product...Early Jurassic in the Pine Grove Hills-Wassuk Range-Gillis Range, (3) Middle Jurassic in the Yerington area...Nut Mountains, Pine Grove Hills, and southwestern Gillis Range. Sources of chemical data used in this study...Wassuk Range, and possibly in the southwestern Gillis Range (fig. 2). The largest pluton is the granodiorite...exposures in the central Wassuk Range on the south and north sides of ML Grant, respectively. Several other plutons
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals from the Copps mine Figure 1. Entrance to an adit on the Copps mine property. The white material...material is snow. Shawn Carlson photo (2015). Gogebic County, Michigan SHAWN M. CARLSON CULLEN LAUGHLIN-YURS...South Bend, Indiana 46556 tolds@nd.edu T he Copps mine is located in sections 14, 15, and 22, T47N, R43W...Michiganā€™s westernmost county of Gogebic, and approximately 9.8 kilometers north (N17Ā°E) of Marenisco,... the nearest community (fig. 3). The ā€œmineā€ (more aptly described as an exploration) was developed in
Report (issue)
DIVISION OF C O l SERVATIO 1 DEPAHT1\I ENT OF MINE , l\I L ' 11 ' G Al ' D GE OLOGY A. . F IlCHON ... LETTEH OF TRANSl\IITT AL Depa r tm en t of Mines. Mining and Geology December 31, 1965 His Ex cellency Governor...Geo rg ia Bur k e County _ Chattahoochee Count)' Richm ond Count y . J efferso n County _ . ... Wa shi...ng ton County _~.__.._._ .. Houston Cou nty . ~l a con County Ma rion County Screve n County T r eutlen... Non Ba semen t deep tests in Geo rgia Appling County __ ._ ._.._ _ ._ _.__.. ...._..__.. _.._.__ 20
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,...scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects: anatase, rutile,...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Clinotyrolite spray, 3.4 mm across, Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high
Catalog/List
New Jersey USA 2x2 Ā£14 4. GRAPHITE pure grey slightly crystalline mass, Ratnapura district SriLanka small...short-wave. Los Gavilanes area, Baja California, USA with copy of John Sinkankas collection label Ā£ 15...orange Fluorescence short-wave (Franklin, New Jersey, USA) 2.5 xl inch Ā£12 ! " 11. FERRIALLANITE Ce rich...grey mass with Actinolite, large 2x3 inch ..Bastnas Mine Sweden Ā£30 12. SCAPOLITE completely clear single...crystals, possibly some with faces. lxl Mine, Washoe County Nevada USA Ā£30 Olinghouse .... 18. BUKOVSKYITE
Report (issue)
Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product....................... THE LUCKY BOY AND PAMLICO MINING DISTRICTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY by Daniel R. Shawe...Boy mining district ...................................................... Pamlico mining district .....Boy mining district ...................................................... Pamlico mining district .....map of the Lucky Boy mining district 2. Geologic map of the Pamlico mining district ABSTRACT Mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geologyand K-Ar Geochronologyof the ParadisePeak Mine and the Relationship of Pre-BasinandRangeExtensionto...Low-anglenormalfaultsare present5 km northeastof the ParadisePeak mine,buttheyformedmorethan2 Ma afterformation of theParadise...theFMC and more detailed studies of the Paradise Peak mine 1986, 1987; unpublished mapsby Corporationin the...Comstock,Tonopah, Goldfield, Bodie, and vicinity of the mine. We utilize thesedata aswell as Rawhide(Silbermanet...0361-0128/89/927/631-1953.00 alterationhistoryof the ParadisePeak mine area in the contextof late Cenozoicvolcanism, tectonics
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
oxymica associated with sugilite from the Wessels Mine, South Africa: Crystal chemistry and 40Ar-39Ar datingā€”Edwin...ground water composition at the Cripple Creek Mining District, Cripple Creek, Coloradoā€”L. Edmond Eary, Donald...Trapping and mobilization of arsenic and lead in former mine tailings. Environmental conditions effectsā€”A. Courtin-Nomade...dissolution of pyritic sludge from the AznalcĆ³llar mine (SW Spain)ā€”C. DomĆØnech, J. de Pablo, and C. Ayora...395 The mineralized veins and the impact of old mine workings on the environment at Segura, central Portugalā€”I
Report (issue)
Yerington area and mapped in the Gabbs Valley and Gillis Ranges. Four new formations are recognized and...correlated with a similar tuff in the northern Gillis Range; thin and discontinuous erosional remnants...rhyodacite tuff correlated with similar rocks in the Gillis and Gabbs Valley Ranges; and the Santiage Canyon...to the Hartford Hill Rhyolite Tuff. Tuffs in the Gillis and Gabbs Valley Ranges are laterally equivalent...for exposures of rhyolite in the Silver City mining district. He did not designate a type section but reported
Journal (issue)
News, Lee Lowell 16 TEMA J. HECHT Sterling Hill Mining Museum News, Joseph Kaiser 18 Franklin-Sterling...photograph was taken about 1918 in the Franklin Mine. It's a one-of-a-kind photo from the collection...view of a typical event on a typical day in the mine. The miner, probably an immigrant from Eastern Europe...the cold and damp depths of the mine back to his bungalow toward the north end of town, where he will treasure...drill. Wood was used extensively throughout the mine for many other purposes than supporting the immense
Journal (issue)
LuminescentPhantom Quartz From Hudson,St. Croix County,Wisconsin William S. Cordua Dept. Plant and Earth...November-December, 1997 near Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin has revealed some unexpectedly interesting...reached from Interstate 94. One takes Exit 2, marked County F and Carmichael Road, then turns south on Cannichael...83816-2043 Montgomery at the "Little Green Monster" Mine Fairfield, Utah 1937 A 96 page treatise based upon...and new books on minerals, mining, and mining history. These are on mining areas all over the U.S., and
Journal (issue)
P708324 geoniieuw ge ws w maandb blad va an de mine eralogiische kring k a antwer rpen v..z.w. 34((1)...oactivite eit ā€¢ en ve eel ande er Geo--nieuws s... Mine eralogiische Kring Antwe erpen vzw Oprichtin ngsdatum...uittgever : H. DIL LLEN, Doorns straat 15, B-9170 Sint-Gillis--Waas. Niets uit deze d uitgave mag m worden ve...Minerant. Rik DILLEN, D Doorn nstraat 15, B-9170 Sint-Gillis-Waas. Tel. 03 3 7706007. ...Extreme e en minder extreme e minerale enmusea a Als mine eralenverzam melaar streef je er ongetwijfeld d
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the motion between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. Th e San Andreas Fault takes u p... From figure 1, one can see that the generally north-south trend of mountain ranges in most of Nevada...into Earth's mantle) of oceanic plates beneath the North American Plate and, in northern Nevada. by motion...originated from subduction along the west coast of North America. Much of the granite in the Sierra Nevada...near Ely in White Pine County; copper-molybdenum ores north of Tonopah in Nye County: and tungsten ores in
 
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