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Bertrandite from
Bessemer City Quarry, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Bertrandite
Formula:Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bertrandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bessemer City Quarry, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:694749
Long-form Identifier:1:3:694749:1
GUID (UUID V4):9979e505-ca3f-4ec2-ac26-f566912af04f
Nearest other occurrences of Bertrandite
0.9km (0.6 miles) LCA Mine, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Foote quarry make it a favorite with mineral collectors. The Foote Quarry, Kings Mountain, North Carolina...JACK HANAHAN Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina 28012 I N 1938 T H E F O O T E M I N E R A...Company spodu­ mene mine, hereafter called the Foote quarry, consisted of six small prospect pits, and there...outermost edges of the dumps. The quarry is located in Cleveland County in the tinspodumene belt that is...stretching from Gaffney, South Carolina, to Lincolnton, North Carolina. The material quarried is a qu
Report (issue)
quartz that contains about 1 percent beryllium as bertrandite. Photograph from Foley and others (2012). Lower.......... E2 Photographs showing the minerals bertrandite, which can contain up to 42 percent beryllium...functioning of a modern society. Two minerals, bertrandite (which is supplied domestically) and beryl (which...composites and beryllium oxide ceramics. Although bertrandite is the source mineral for more than 90 percent...current sole domestic source of beryllium is bertrandite ore from the Spor Mountain deposit in Utah; beryl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Foote Quarry in Kings Mountain, by L A U R A M A R B L E 102 Dorset Way Lyman, South Carolina 29365 ...spodumene mine at Kings Mountain, Cleve­ land County, North Carolina consisted of six small prospect pits, and...Milarite from the Foote quarry. Photo by Lewis Perloff MINERALS North Carolina is one of the premier...HAN AH AN JR. Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina 28012 G E N E R A L DESCRIPTION The geology...tin-lithium belt between Lincolnton, North Carolina and Grover at the South Carolina line. The lithium pegmatite
Book (volume)
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... GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area
Book (volume)
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... GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area
Report (issue)
.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT
Report (issue)
Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through­ out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during
Journal (issue)
Science Division, Belmont Abbey College Belrnont, North Carolina Richard Mitchell Professor of Environmental...EDITORS Richard D. Dayvault University of South Carolina Frank Mayo Atlanta, Georgia Arthur J. Ehlrnann...Fairfieldite from the Foote mine in Kin!!$ Mountain, North Carolina. Now part of the Smithsonian Collection (NR... The Foote Quarry in Kings Mountain, by LAURA MARBLE 102 Dorset Way Lyman, South Carolina 29365 HISTORY...spodumene mine at Kings Mountain , Cleveland County, North Carolina consisted of six small prospect pits, and
Journal (issue)
ore Bessemer 51 ½% Fe, elf. 1-29-64 Mesabi $10.70 Old Range _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _-"'10.95 non-Bessemer 51 ½...Offices in ■ Chicago ■ Los Angeles ■ Calgary ■ Mexico City ■ Rio De Janeiro ■ Caracas ■ Sydney ■ London ■ Paris...west-central Utah, Juab County, or about 100 mi southwest of Salt Lake City. Low-grade pegmatic and non-pegmatic...Nevada which reportedly contains 500,000 tons of bertrandite and phenacite ore, containing 0.5'o BeO or 900...granite batholith, Lake George district, in Park County, Colo. Brush Beryllium iJnmediately embarked on
Book (volume)
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...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...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
Book
problems faced by management of a gravel pit or stone quarry to alleged health hazards that affect the whole...from beryl in pegmatites, but from the mineral bertrandite disseminated in volcanic tuff. Seawater as a...for example, are almost entirely derived from the USA and Tur- key, a situation too narrowly based comfort... The takeover of soda-ash markets, at least in North America, by the mineral trona is another marked...Geology of Industrial Minerals, held annually in North America, provide much geological and related information
Report (Issue volume)
State mineral production and mineral production by county were prepared in the Division of Statistics and...York Geological Survey. North Carolina: Division of Land Resources, North Carolina Department of Environment...Environment, Health, and Natural Resources. . North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey. Oklahoma: Oklahoma...Department of Environmental Management. South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey. South Dakota: South... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • 359 North Carolina, by Steve W. Sikich, P. Albert Carpenter, Ill
Book
ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
Report (issue)
....... E2 Photographs showing the minerals bertrandite, which can contain up to 42 percent beryllium...salt-related carbonate-hosted mineral district in north-central Spain.....................................complex in southern Quebec, Canada, and a schematic north-south crosssection along line A– A’ in A..........category of use, from 2000 to 2012 for the world, North America, and China................................which is located in eastern Siberia, Russia, north of the city of Khabarovsk............................
Report (issue)
Democratic Republic, Hungary, Kampuchea, Laos, Mongolia, North Korea, Poland, Romania, U.S.S.R., and Vietnam. ...major deposits are confined to a belt extending 20° north and south of the equator. RESOURCES For the bauxite...---+---+++-> Latin America a2... ..m.< eee ett North America ......---.------+-:: Others? qia2 85 eeeaeSo...capital recovery cost. 29 Of the nonproducers, the North American mines reflect the most expensive total... only one mine in the United Staes produces bertrandite; five districts in Brazil produce beryl ore.
Journal (issue)
information " on the____Series Title Firm Address City ER-6 Heavy-Duty Compressors New! Fundamental improvements...heavy off-highway service in construction, mine, quarry and industrial tons For work under large loading...Argall, Zinc, G. : C. Caribbean of South A North America America Cain EDITORIAL AND EXECUTIVE...Hill 3-9294 District BUYERS J-/26 Denny York City Office 370 Lexington Avenuc New York 17, New York...Francisco 5, California. Subscription in United States, North Central and South America $4.00 per year; other
Report (Issue volume)
and Science Service. North Carolina: Office of Earth Resources, ~orth Carolina Department of Natural...Natural and Economic Resources. North Dakota: State Geological Survey of :\'.orth Dakota. Oklahoma: Oklahoma...Administration, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. South Carolina: South Carolina Division of Geolog\. State Development...-- - ---- 511 North Carolina, by Roland W. Merwin and Stephen G. Conrad ___ _ 525 North Dakota, by Joseph...Fulkerson _____ ______ ___________ ___ _ 649 South Carolina, by Robert G. Clarke and Alan J. Lehocky ___ ____
Journal (issue)
Ernüchterung ein bei allen Beteiligten : Händler aus den USA hatten teilweise ihre Ware nicht erhalten (Zollprobleme)... Pseudomorphosen von Achat nach Baryt aus Utah, USA 95 Impressum 96 Das Titelbild zeigt den Blick...Heritage's Nature & Science Signature®Auktion in Dallas/USA statt und war Teil der „Hoppe! Collection of Fine...3 !::,. Erzielte auf einer Versteigerung in den USA am 2. Juni 2013 sagenhafte 662.500 US-Dollar: die...transparenten Auktionsumfeld selbst bestimmen. hb Große USA-Sonderschau auf der „mineralien 2013" in Hamburg
Book
Pegmatite-Aplite Swarm Reinhardsrieth Aplite Hagendorf -North Pegmatite Hagendorf -South Pegmatite 4524/5507...the afore-mentioned pegmatites from Africa and North 8 1 Pegmatitic Rocks and Economic Geology America...Pegmatites are important sources of Li and Cs (Bessemer City, USA, Greenbushes, Australia, and Bikita, Zimbabwe)...D) The pegmatite at Crystal Mountain in Montana, USA is one of the few fluorite-bearing pegmatites. In...high-purity quartz as at Drag, Norway, and Spruce Pine, USA. Quartz of pegmatites may gain a high to ultra-high
Report (volume)
rmllion short tons; about 50 percent was consumed in North America and 41 percent in Europe. The consumption...Portuguese Guinea., Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, North Viet-Nam, and Pakistan ( 934) . Estimates of world...Deoember 1969 (B4) 1 TABLE [Mllllon tona] Cou.ntry North America: United States ____ ____ _____________________...States is transported from Caribbean islands and the north coast of South America. Ore mined in Surinam and...using hydrochloric acid. Dunng part of 1962-63, the North American Coal Corp. produced a high-grade aluminum
Report (issue)
671,000 21 New York 935,000 16 North Carolina 761,000 18 North Dakota 37,700 48 1,040,000 14...270,000 10 Rhode Island2 25,400 49 South Carolina 574,000 24 South Dakota 226,000 38 Tennessee...bauxite mine in Lam Dong Province near Ho Chi Minh City. Burma’s first production of refined copper, using...such as cement plants, construction materials, and quarry products. Foreign investment was visible also in...expected to persist and further curtail production in North America. World Production Capacity: United States
Report (issue)
New York 939,000 15 2.34 North Carolina 785,000 19 1.96 North Dakota 34,700 48 .09 1,150...11 3.19 Rhode Island2 27,800 49 .07 South Carolina 589,000 25 1.47 South Dakota 269,000 37...Europe centered on industrial minerals such as quarry products, cement plants, and construction materials...expected to persist and further curtail production in North America. If current disposal rates and sale schedules...Production and Use: One company in Utah mined bertrandite ore and recovered beryllium hydroxide from this
Book (edition)
(SME) 8307 Shaffer Parkway Littleton, Colorado, USA 80127 (303) 948-4200 / (800) 763-3132 www.smenet...Corporation The Feldspar Corporation Spruce Pine, North Carolina James M. Barker J. Wallace Gwynn New Mexico...Socorro, New Mexico Utah Geological Survey Salt Lake City, Utah Richard B. Berg Garnet Services, Inc. Kirkland...Colorado Nevada Division of Water Resources Carson City, Nevada Mike O’Driscoll Industrial Minerals Magazine...Research Center Clemson University Anderson, South Carolina James M. Barker Dennis P. Bryan New Mexico
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits by Tissot and Welte (1978), Hunt (1979), North (1985), Selley (1997) and Gluyas and Swarbrick (2004)...Benleonardite Benstonite Berborite Berthierine Bertrandite Beryl, aquamarine, heliodor, goshenite, morganite...places. Aggregates, sand and gravel are followed by quarry and dimension stones (Prentice, 1990; Lorenz, 1991)...types may be subdivided into layered (Stillwater, USA, Kemi , Finland, Fiskenaesset, Greenland, and funnel-shaped...deposits such as Guseva-Gora, Russia, Duke Island, and USA, bridge the gap between the chromium deposit originating
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits by Tissot and Welte (1978), Hunt (1979), North (1985), Selley (1997) and Gluyas and Swarbrick (2004)...Benleonardite Benstonite Berborite Berthierine Bertrandite Beryl, aquamarine, heliodor, goshenite, morganite...places. Aggregates, sand and gravel are followed by quarry and dimension stones (Prentice, 1990; Lorenz, 1991)...types may be subdivided into layered (Stillwater, USA, Kemi , Finland, Fiskenaesset, Greenland, and funnel-shaped...deposits such as Guseva-Gora, Russia, Duke Island, and USA, bridge the gap between the chromium deposit originating
 
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