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Goethite from
Fontana Mine, Swain County Copper Mining District (Fontana Mining District), Swain County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:α-Fe3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fontana Mine, Swain County Copper Mining District (Fontana Mining District), Swain County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:686850
Long-form Identifier:1:3:686850:5
GUID (UUID V4):27456f2b-6c41-4ef5-85c2-9c17360e0223
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
6.3km (3.9 miles) Hazel Creek Mine (Everett Mine; Adams Mine; Adams-Westfelt Property), Swain County, North Carolina, USA
21.7km (13.5 miles) Nantahala Talc and Limestone Mine, Hewitt, Swain County, North Carolina, USA
34.1km (21.2 miles) Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
47.2km (29.4 miles) J.W. Cooper Prospect, Valley River Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA
47.3km (29.4 miles) J. W. Cooper Prospect, Brasstown Belt, Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA
47.7km (29.6 miles) Sixmile Creek Adit Occurrence, Coker Creek Mining District, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
48.9km (30.4 miles) Johnson Prospect Pit (Johnson adit), Coker Creek Mining District, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
51.9km (32.2 miles) Webster-Balsam, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
57.8km (35.9 miles) Cosby's Creek meteorite, Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
58.0km (36.0 miles) Otto, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Abandoned Fontana and Hazel Creek Mines, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee........... 8 FIGURE 4: Sample location map of Fontana mine site ..........................................9 FIGURE 5: Sample location map of Hazel Creek mine...................................................areas around the abandoned Fontana and Hazel Creek mines in North Carolina, and the upper reaches of the...with enumeration of remediation options around the mine sites. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The U. S. Geological
Report (issue)
Director Professional Paper 179 ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN...Archean rocks. _ _______________________________ Carolina gneiss ____________________________ Roan gneiss...bodies. __________________ Genetic history of the copper-bearing veins of the southern Appalachian region...23 23 24 24 24 26 Page Genetic history of the copper-bearing veins of the southern Appalachian region...__________-_-_J_-_________________ History of the mine- _ ____-_________'________ Results of previous work_______________
Report (issue)
• . • • . • . . • . . . . • . Baldwin (Kelmac) Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swastika (Crescent) Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • • . . ....(Golden Gate) Mine . . . . . . . • • . . . • . • . . . . • . . . . . • . . . • . . . . Adams Mine . . . . ... . . . . . • . . . . Barry-Hollinger (Patricia) Mine . . . . • . . . • . • • . . . . . . . . . . . ....(Yama) Mine . . . . . . . . . • . • . • . • . . • . . . . . . • . . . • • . • . • . . Macassa Mine . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Virginia 20192, USA U.S. Geological Survey, 973 Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA c Dartmouth...Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, New Hampshire, USA Accepted 1 June 2004 Abstract Weathering of metal-sulfide...eastern United States. The salts, which are present on mine wastes, tailings piles, and outcrops, include minerals...Vermont copper belt, the Mineral district of central Virginia, the Copper Basin (Ducktown) mining district...undisturbed by mining are exposed in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee
Report (issue)
Mitigation and Remediation of Contaminated Mine Drainage from Coal Mining in the Appalachian Basin C. Blaine...Radon-222 in Drinking Water Wells in the South Carolina Piedmont James E. Landmeyer and Eric J. Reuber...the Fractured Crystalline-Bedrock Aquifers of North Carolina - A Federal and State Cooperative Study MelindaJ...is Ubiquitous but not Elevated in Abandoned Coal-Mine Discharges in Pennsylvania C.A. Cravotta, III, K...Fecal Contamination to Ground Water in Berkeley County, West Virginia Melvin Mathes and Don Stoeckel.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
located 1/2 mile outside North Little Rock city limits on State Hwy 65 in Pulaski County, Ark." — letter dated...31, 1963 from Richard Purifoy, 2101 Orange St., North Little Rock, Ark. "I have fine xline siderite and...•— note from Charley Jones, 14232 Slover Ave., Fontana, Calif. The 3x4 inch sawed, rounded dark gray mass...combination. "Our first stop was the blue barite mine at Hartsel (Park Co.), Colo. Incidently I have lots...of this barite for trading). This is an open pit mine but some digging is required. "We then by-passed
Book
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
Report (volume)
Cover illustration Beryl crystal in quartz, Lacorne mine. The crystal is 39 mm long and 18 mm wide. National...2359J Molybdenite crystal in quartz, Moly Hill mine. The crystal is 33 mm across. National Mineral Collection...Baldwin (Kelmac) mine Swastika (Crescent Kirkland) mine Lucky Cross (Golden Gate) mine Adams mine Boston molybdenite...Boston Creek gold mine Barry-Hollinger (Patricia) mine Boston-McRae mine Planet Gold mine Miller Independence...Independence mine Kennedy-Boston mine Cathroy Larder (Yama) mine Macassa mine Kirkland Lake gold mine Teck-Hughes
Report (volume)
Bibliography of North American Geology 1946 and 1947 ^ By EMMA MERTINS THOM, MARJORIE HOOKER 'r> and..._ ni 3 7 15 311 * f *, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1946 and 1947 BY EMMA MERTINS THOM...REECE DUNAVEN INTRODUCTION The bibliography of North American geology, including paleontology, petrology...publications on the geology of the Continent of North America and adjacent islands and on Panama, the...index to the lierature cited. The bibliography of North American geology to the end of 1945 is contained
Report (volume)
VVrather, Director Bulletin 952 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1944 and 1945 BY EMMA MERTINS...e tat ~ * Page 1 3 7 15 205 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1944 and 1945 By EMMA MERTINS THOM...THOM INTRODUCTION The bibliography of North American geology, including paleontology, petrology, and...publications on the geology of the Continent of North America and adjacent islands and on Panama, the...index to the literature cited. The bibliography of North American geology to the end of 1943 is contained
Report (issue)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP), North Carolina and Tennessee (Fig. 1) has been of concern...Zn, Mn, and Mg) in the surficial sediments of Fontana Lake, about 27 km to the southwest of Newfound...1984). Elevated Cu concentrations in two of the Fontana Lake sediment samples were attributed to weathering...dolomite, occur in the Anakeesta Formation to the north of Newfound Gap (Hadley and Goldsmith, 1963). Probably...slavikite, bundles of halotrichite needles, and goethite are common fracture fillings. Other fragments
Report (issue)
Alabama, University, Ala. Department of :ty.lines, Mining and Geology State Division of Conservation Atlanta...Jr ___________________________ _ Relationship of mining to other economic sectors, by Albert E. Schreck...Manmade features _____________________ _ Strip mining ______________________ _ Subsidence ________________________...Shirley_______ Types of mica, uses, and prices___________ Mining and preparation_________________ History and p...____ Districts in Appalachia__________________ North Carolina_____________________ South Carolina_____________________
Journal (issue)
Elmer N . Anderson ..........22 Minerals of t he District of Columbia and Vicinity, with Pertinent Bibliography...time of a cruise sailing to this remote coal mining district, the idea came to me that if coal was there...that when new at this business of collecti ng, the mine dumps in Penn• sylvania's anthracite region "·ere...approxima teJy between latitudes 77 and 80 de• grees north and between longitudes 10 and SO degrees east ~d...the Norsen1en in 1>ossession. The di~o,·ery and mining of coal brought the matter of ownership to a head
Journal (issue)
currently being operated for minera l specimens. The mine is an open cut in a Cretaceous basalt fl ow, (fig...n a very barren flat about a kilometer from the mine. We stopped and inquired if he had any minerals...at that time. We were allowed to drive up Lo the mine and " rummage" around for any leftovers. There was...w ith a va ri ety of crystals, (fig. 5 & 6). The mine appears to be a very productive operation. Figure...Figure (Right): Beryl var, Aquamarine with Goethite pseudo. @Siderite, 13 x 10 cm. with 6 cm. Aquamarine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 2014) A first attempt to differentiate goethite- and hematite-based natural materials, used for...Data. [doi:10.1017/S0885715614001407] Key words: goethite, hematite, archaeological ochre, Lessini Mountains...hematite, α-Fe2O3) and oxy-hydroxides (mostly goethite, α-FeOOH) generally associated with variable amounts...2009; Peresani et al., 2013) and Riparo Tagliente (Fontana et al., 2009). The identification of the area and...materials (originally this was an artificial mining site where goethite and pyrolusite were exploited). In general
Report (issue)
History of the Iron Industry in Utah · .1 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Beaver Lake Mountains... .2 . . . . . . . . . . .2 Black Rock mine . . . Skylark mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . · .. 4 Creole mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · .. 4 Cave mine . . . . . . . . . ... 4 Iron mine . . . . . . ......... . . 10 Star Range deposits . . . . . .10 Copper King mine .10 Rocky...Hickory mine . . . . · . 11 Montreal magnetite-copper property . . . . . .11 Bawana magnetite-copper mine
Journal (issue)
Branch Chairmen: Midlands Branch: J. Leek, FGA North-West Branch: R. Perrett, FGA Examiners: A. J. Allnutt...brown zircon and translucent to opaque dark green North-West of Kenya were examined to determine all the...dirty-brown colour and sometimes fractured. In the North-Western region, corundum is Introduction found in...unusual gemstones, have been known to produce district of the Northern Rift Valley Province, and corundum...of the star sapphires in the North-western region of Kenya. The mining area, dashed area in the map,
Report (edition)
with cubic and octahedral cleavages, Pequea silver mine; middle left: azurite crystals on calcite, “old”...bottom: calcite crystals with oriented coatings of goethite, “old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy, (courtesy of...from the owners of the land, from the quarry or mine operators before entering to collect. (Land ownership...particular site, remember it is possible to visit the county courthouse in which the site is located, and trace...1722. The water was tested copper by Benjamin Franklin. In 1732 Gap mine land was owned by the honorable
Book
of Contents Preface  Alessandra Petrucci ix Mining, collecting, knowing: Habsburg state-building,...great Master. Rector of the University of Firenze Mining, collecting, knowing: Habsburg state-building,...Habsburg dynasty elite to the Lower Hungarian mining district around Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz, Slovakia):...to visit the local and surrounding gold, silver, copper, lead, and iron mines. It is well known how many...one entirely gold-plated and two silver-plated mining tubs.1 (Anonymous 1764, 4–5) 1 Translation of
Report (issue)
Charles W. Chesterman _____________________ _ 165 Copper, by J. C. O'Brien __________________ _____________...the general public for whose ultimate good the mining industry exists. Respectfully subnutted, DE\\TrrT...mineralogy, general geolog~-, occurrences in California, mining methods, treatment, utilization, marketing, and...filled with sediments, and is drained from the north b,• the Sacramento River ancl from the south b,...gohl-quartz rlistr i<·t Foothill copper-zinc hPlt and northern copper belt Ce11tral-southern leacl-zinc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
weathering fronts around these zones. At the Ashanti mine, Ghana (Fig. 1), narrow (1-3 m) shear zones contain...gold in the primary mineralisation of the Ashanti mine occurs as (Bowell et al., 1990; Bowell, 1991): ...(Junner, 1932). The active mining of the past and the present illegal mining have largely removed all the...quarry. (b) Relict arsenopyrite (asp) replaced by goethite (go) and scorodite (sc) as well as a range of...level 4 main drive. (c) Intergrowth of gold and goethite pseudomorphing arsenopyrite x70. Scale bar 100
Book (edition)
the outstanding sho,vs of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...useful in the arts and sciences and therefore worth mining. The formation of various types of ore deposits...3 THE AGES OF METAL It is likely that gold and copper, both known to occur widel y in native form, were...tarnishing, gold was used mainly for ornament; copper, easily hardened by hammering but suffering fro1n...in receptacles for food and drink. In regard to copper, it is known that this metal occurs in large masses
Report (volume)
BibliOgraphy of North American Geology, 1959 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1145 Bibliography of North American...----------- 325 m 1 3 7 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1959 By RUTH REEcE KING and...(including Alaska and Hawaii), the rest of the North American continent including Greenland, the West...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
Book
carried out using a fi ngernail (hardness 2-2.5), a copper coin (hardness 3) or a steel knife (hardness 5...ELEMENTS Copper opper has a characteristic reddish colour darkened by a coating of black copper oxide....weathering produces a covering of green copper carbonate. Native copper is quite rare, but the metal is easily...from ores. Copper was one of the earliest metals known, and bronze, a hard alloy of copper and tin, has...been used since c. 3000 BC. Native copper is found in altered copper deposits, cracks in basaltic lavas
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carried out using a fi ngernail (hardness 2-2.5), a copper coin (hardness 3) or a steel knife (hardness 5...ELEMENTS Copper opper has a characteristic reddish colour darkened by a coating of black copper oxide....weathering produces a covering of green copper carbonate. Native copper is quite rare, but the metal is easily...from ores. Copper was one of the earliest metals known, and bronze, a hard alloy of copper and tin, has...been used since c. 3000 BC. Native copper is found in altered copper deposits, cracks in basaltic lavas
 
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