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Epidote from
Old Fort, McDowell County, North Carolina, USA


Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Old Fort, McDowell County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:690543
Long-form Identifier:1:3:690543:9
GUID (UUID V4):196b7cce-f358-48bb-9562-4aaa01a87aa8
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...Ruby Grahnite Zoisite' Thulite Olivine Peridot Epidote Iolite Serpentine Malachite Titanite Beryl Aquamarine...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite...over a wide area in Burke, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell, Mecklenberg, and Rutherford Countiesin the westernPiedmont
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)
Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 577 Work done...done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development and in part...Administration Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina By FRANK G. LESURE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... Work done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development... Geologic map of part of the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Tennessee. 2-6. Maps showing location of
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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...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...n t h e e a r l y 1840's i n b o t h N o r t h Carolina and Georgia. C r y s t a l s were recovered f
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grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches
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)
Winegrapes in Polk, Henderson and Buncombe Counties, NC Carolina Geological Society – Guidebook for the 83rd Annual...Hendersonville, North Carolina Field Trip Leaders: Joseph Forrest, Rick Wooten, Bart Cattanach Carolina Geological...site at 3400 feet on the Blue Ridge escarpment. Carolina Geological Society 2022 Board of Directors President...Engineering Secretary Cheryl Waters-Tormey - Western Carolina University Treasurer Jeff Chaumba - UNC Pembroke...Soil Geomorphology in North Carolina Brad Johnson 105 Western North Carolina Soils, Geology and Wine
Report (issue)
GEOLOGIC NOTES Volume 13 October 1969 Number 4 Carolina Geological Society Guidebook October 3-5, 1969... A Guide to the Geology of Northwestern South Carolina.................................................Migmatitic Inner Piedmont Belt of Northwestern South Carolina Villard S. Griffin, Jr..........................Part of the Blue Ridge of Northwesternmost South Carolina Robert D. Hatcher, Jr....................................................... ............. 11 Carolina Geological Society 1969 Field Trip Stops #1 through
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of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...University of North Carolina. INDEX, ERRATA. Page " " " 11 under BRUNSWICK, after Epidote, dele Manganesian...Radiated Sulphurtt of Iron. 7, under TOPSHAM, after Epidote, dele Manganesian. 14, 73, 114, 123, and 124, for...from the top, for north read mouth. " 8 from the top, add T. JV. after copper. NORTH PROVIPotstone. MARKET...less to 5 in m. a coarse grained granite, of North Yarmouth, W. Garnet, manganesian, massive, at
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Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia...Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming...Backwaters The King Snake Blue Jacket The Owls of North America The Conquerors Savage Journey The Court-Martial...to Empire A Time of Terror The Wading Birds of North America The Great Auk The Wand The HAB Theory...For information address: iUniverse.com, Inc. 620 North 48th Street, Suite 201 Lincoln, NE 68504-3467 www
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......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
author Avenue north of Grand 204 Figure 1. The excavation for the railroad tunnels north of Grand Central...equal to similar specimens found in San Benito County, California. John H. Betts is a full-time mineral...large alluvial deposit 20–50 meters deep and a mile north of the city limits at the time. The largest boulder...the clustering of localities corresponding to the old New York and Harlem Railroad tunnel under upper Park...cabinet of New York County minerals before improvements now going on in said county made it impossible
Report (issue)
Old Wine in neW BOttles: Active tectOnics And Active lAndscApes in An Ancient OrOgen Guidebook Editors:...Trip Leaders: Andy Bobyarchick (University of North Carolina - Charlotte) Ellen Cowan (Appalachian State...State University) Jesse Hill (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill) Keith Seramur (Appalachian State...State University) Kevin Stewart (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill) Anne Witt (Virginia Department...Rick Wooten (North Carolina Geological Survey) Logistical Support: Tyler Clark Carolina Geological Society
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Report (volume)
exposures......................................... Fort Ridgely district..................................Gate.................................. Area west of Fort Ridgely ...................................... Basic............................................. 59 Epidote ................................................................................ ............ 63 Fort Eidgely area .............................................................. Geological map of the Fort Ridgely district....................... Geological
Report (issue)
Knoxville 1°x2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°x2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [etaf...Geology—Tennessee. 2. Geology—North Carolina. 3. Geology—South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources—Tennessee...and mineral resources—North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II...Knoxville l°x2° quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina 2. Paleozoic metamorphic facies map
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NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinating—and the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines and...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather
Report (volume)
Knoxville 1 °X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Knoxville 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°X2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina I by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [et al...Geology- Tennessee. 2. Geology-North Carolina. 3. Geology-South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources-...and mineral resources-North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II
Report (issue)
observed in the gold gravels at Cherokee, Butte County, and this locality, became the most noted one in...short articles on California diamonds. A Amador County: few small stones have been picked up near the...towns of Volcano, Oleta and Fiddleto^vn. Butte County: In 1853 it was observed that diamonds occurred...the gravels at Cherokee Flat, about nine miles north of Oroville. More than three hundred good diamonds...placers at Thompson Flat, two miles north of Oroville. El Dorado County: A diamond weighing 1| carats was
Report (issue)
commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic...nickel telluride, melonite, found in Calaveras County in 1867. New minerals and new mineral this is ...products. The gem-bearing pegmatites of San Diego County have aroused special masses, interest. Many ...short articles on California diamonds. A Amador County: few small stones have been picked up near the...recently, one of 21 carats near Plymouth. ; Butte County: In 1853 it was observed that diamonds occurred
Journal (issue)
Keokuk limestone is to be seen ; geologically, Lee County appears thus : Alluvium. Drift or Boulder .. Coal...and botryoidal forms of chalcedony. In Des Moines County geological aspect is somewhat changed, ap pearing...Massachusetts, the bulk of mica coming from Canada and North Carolina and other Southern States. Mica plays an important...quicklime, with a crackling sound, hence the name. Epidote in yellowish, green, prismatic crystals occurs...magnetite, beryl, drusy quartz, aquacreptite, epidote, zircon, menaccanite, allanite ,-a total of 45
Report (volume)
Deposits rOf the Steeple Rock Mining District, Grant County "New Mexico M ^: By ROY L. GRIGGS and HOLLY C....faults.__________-___--________-___-__-_--___--__ North-trending faults._________________________________________...DEPOSITS OF THE STEEPLE ROCK MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO By ROY L. GRIGGS and HOLLY C. WAGNER...The Steeple Rock mining district of western Grant County, N. Mex., is in an area of block-faulted Tertiary...REPORT The steeple Rock mining district, in Grant County, southwestern New Mexico, was selected in 1942
Report (issue)
logs, Nevada Test Site and Hot Creek Valley, Nyo County, Nev., by D. L. HealeY------------------------...Iron deposits of the Estes Creek area, Lawrence County, S.Dak., by R. W. BayleY----------------------...--High-calcium limestone deposits in Lanc~ster County, southeastern Pennsylvania, by A. E. Becher and...Adobe Range, Elko Hills, and adjacent areas, Elko County, Nev., by K. B. Ketner-- 93 102 105 Paleontology...the White Knob Limestone (Mississippian), Custer County, Idaho, by Betty Skipp and B. L. Mamet--------
 
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