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Sericite from
Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, USA


Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:814318
Long-form Identifier:1:3:814318:1
GUID (UUID V4):cdeaebcc-1aaa-4818-9dac-2eedd030d1fc
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
0.9km (0.6 miles) Hillsboro Mine (Hillsborough Mine & Mill), Orange County, North Carolina, USA
12.0km (7.4 miles) Horse Farm Occurrence, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
16.2km (10.1 miles) Teer Prospect, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) Crawford Mountain Prospect, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
18.0km (11.2 miles) Mitchell Mountain Prospect, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) Stroud Prospect, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
29.5km (18.4 miles) Foust Mine, Carolina Slate Belt, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA
31.6km (19.7 miles) Sericite Pits (MRDS - 10099355), Alamance County, North Carolina, USA
32.1km (20.0 miles) Ivey Prospect, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) Major Hill Prospect, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Carolina Geological Society Field Trip November 4-5, 2006 The Geology of the Chapel Hill, Hillsborough...5-Minute Quadrangles, Carolina Terrane, Orange and Durham Counties, North Carolina Carolina Geological Society...Editors: Philip J. Bradley and Timothy W. Clark North Carolina Geological Survey Field Trip Leaders: Philip...W. Clark -i- Carolina Geological Society Field Trip November 4-5, 2006 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...828-651-8605 (H) Email: rick.wooten@ncmail.net - ii - Carolina Geological Society Field Trip November 4-5, 2006
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Departmentof Geology,Uniuersityof North Carolina ChapelHill, North Carolina275l4 Abstract Exploitablepyrophyllite...Exploitablepyrophyllite at Hillsborough,North Carolina, occurs in late Precambrian metavolcanicsof the Carolina slatebelt...rnineralized areaconsistsof quartz,andalusite,topaz,sericite,pyrophyllite, and kaolinite. The followingparagenesis...regionalfoliation of the schistand quartzite;(4) sericite, pyrophyllite,and quartz formed fracturefillings...assemblages. The occurrence of economicpyrophyllitein North Carolina is unique in the United States,but little investigationof
Report (issue)
ouroiina Stare Library Raleigh C/ 3:80 6.£ NORTH CAROLINA jyje Q, Doc. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND...Geologist BULLETIN 80 Pyrophyllite Deposits in North Carolina by Jasper L. Stuckey RALEIGH 1967 Digitized...http://archive.org/details/pyrophyllitedepo1967stuc NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...Geologist BULLETIN 80 Pyrophyllite Deposits in North Carolina by Jasper L. Stuckey RALEIGH 1967 MEMBERS...Raleigh, North Carolina March 1,1967 To His Excellency, HONORABLE DAN K. MOORE Governor of North Carolina
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING AND FIELD TRIP NOVEMBER 8-10, 2013 SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA...THE CAROLINA TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ONE ARC, TWO ARCS, OLD ARC, NEW ARC THE CAROLINA TERRANE...TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS: James Hibbard and Jeff Pollock TRIP LEADERS: James Hibbard,...Ganis Carolina Geological Society Annual Meeting, November 8-10, 2013 Salisbury, North Carolina Carolina...Waddell University of South Carolina Allen Dennis University of South Carolina, Aiken Vice President William
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can
Report (volume)
their Significance to Mineral Prospecting in the Carolina Slate Belt U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1562...their Significance to Mineral Prospecting in the Carolina Slate Belt B_v ROBERT G. SCHMIDT U.S. GEOLOGICAL...their significance to mineral prospecting in the Carolina slate belt. (Geological Survey bulletin ; 1562)...aluminous alterations in other regions ---Examples in North America ---------------------------------------...---------------------------------------General geology of the Carolina slate belt ----------------------------------
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...6.6 cm tall, Government Gravel pit, North Conway, Carroll County. Jeff Scovil specimen and photo. Downloaded... 4.7 cm tall, Middle Moat Mountain, North Conway, Carroll County. Canadian Museum of Nature specimen
Report (issue)
Hill area, Central Carolina slate belt, Alamance and Chatham Counties, North Carolina by Elizabeth H...Area Pyrophyllite Deposits in the Carolina Slate Belt, North Carolina Sketch of Mine Walls, Snow Camp Pyrophyllite...located in the north-central portion of the Carolina slate belt in the Piedmont of North Carolina. Hydrothermally...chloritoid, pyrite, iron oxides), and sericitic (sericite, paragonite, chlorite, iron oxides) alteration...been found in the field area. Pyrophyllite and sericite have been mined from several localities, including
Report (issue)
their significance to mineral prospecting in the Carolina slate belt by Robert G. Schmidt' GEOLOGiCAL...aluminous alterations in other regions Examples in North America Examples in South America Large hydrothermal...geology of the Carolina slate belt Descriptions of selected high alumina deposits in the Carolina slate belt...High—alumina deposits in Moore County Other deposits in North Carolina Origin and significance of the...Figure 1.--High—alumina alteration systems in the Carolina slate belt 2a Figure 2.--Major porphyry copper
Report (issue)
ROCKS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA   TRIP LEADERS: James Hibbard (Emeritus, North Carolina State University)...University) jphibbar@ncsu.edu , Philip Bradley (North Carolina Geological Survey) pbradley@ncdenr.gov and...Clark Carolina Geological Society 78th Annual Meeting, November 3-5, 2017 Roxboro, North Carolina CAROLINA...1.2 of this trip. Back: Stop map for the 2017 Carolina Geological Society field trip. Base map for stops...NCDOT and NC Flood Plain Mapping) for central North Carolina with a portion of the NCGS open file 1:100
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The schist is composed of quartz, muscovite or sericite, pyrite and graphite with small amounts of feldspar...the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville, Eldorado County, California. What your correspondent writes is... he mentions a few minerals found in Middlesex County, Conn. "Sillimanite evidently exsists, at least...still trying to get it identified. It has an almost orange fluorescence and a strong phosphorescence. I seem...recently there has been some dredging in Tampa Bay (Hillsborough Co., Fla.) along the south side of the west
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1958 TUFF FROi\,{ DEEP-WELL CORES FRONI CLINCH COUNTY, GEORGIA* CrenBNcB S. Ross, Ll. S. GeologicalSuraey...cores from a depth of about 4,000 feet from ciinch county, not previously Georgia, merits description because...and is in Clinch County, Georgia, about 12 east of Fargo. The cores of the Clinch County well merit description...valuable information. The core samplesof the Clinch County well extended from a depth of 3,981 to 4,119 ieet...rhyolite Frc. 1. Welded tuff from a deep well, clinch county, Georgia. Dacitic welded tuff. The zoned structure
Catalog/List
ard's Natural Science Establishment, .l nc. 302 NORTH GOODiVf.•\N STREF.T P. 0. Bo'x 24, BEECHll"OOD...Albemarle Counly, Virginia ... Custer County, Colorado . Albemarle County, Virginia . Near Mesaba, l\linnesola...New York . San Juan County, Colorado Delta, Shasta County, California . Boulder County, Colorado .. ......Massachusetts Mt. Shasta, California " Lyon County, Nevada Hillsborough, New Brnnswick Keeseville, New York ... " " " .Near Keene, NC\\' York . Essex County, New York Rochester, New York Split Rock, Minnesota
Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE FOR NORTH CAROLINA EON ERA PERIOD EPOCH GEOLOGIC...GEOLOGIC EVENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA Recent Deposition of sediments in Coastal Plain. Erosion of Piedmont...Pliocene o Phosphate deposited in eastern North Carolina (Beaufort and Pamlico Counties). Miocene ...E u o E n Formation of the Atlantic Ocean as North America and Africa drifted apart. Weathering and...Piedmont and Mountains. 240 Final collision of North America and Africa.Thrust faulting in west; deformation
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
Report (issue)
.......................11 The Ledge (Charlotte County Granite) quarry...........................................................................96 Hillsborough-Albert Mines mines.................................................................145 North River (North River of Five Islands) occurrences..........................................237 ix The North Mountain Coastline................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2. St. George north. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
deposits Florida Georgia Idaho Montana North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Utah Wyoming Foreign deposits...sections. State and by are listed alphabetically county; foreign deposits are listed by country and political...Number of deposits Florida Georgia Idaho Montana North Carolina, , , 97 2 2 6 Utah 17 , A TABLE ...the State, the next three digits designate the county, and the last four digits designate a number unique...unique to each deposit within that State and county. For foreign deposits, the first three digits designate
Report (issue)
APPENDIX B. SYNONYM STA TABLE NAME Page State/County Values ............................ B-STA-1 APPENDIX...follows: SSSCCC - State & County Codes State - State boundaries N/S - N or S (North or South) Fix Dec - Fixed...Month - Current month or before Range - Valid for county limits Table - Edit from Value Table Req. - Required...characteristic mineral--clay minerals, quartz, sericite, alunite (less common). 02 SERICITIC (phyllic)...and widespread facies; characteristic minerals--sericite, quartz, pyrite (topaz, tourmaline, potassium-
Report (Issue volume)
Stones of N. Amer.-Gems and Precious Stones of North America by G. F. Kunz (The Scientific Publishing...York, 1890 ). Gemstones of N. Amer.-Gemstones of North America by John Sinkankas (D. Van Nostrand Company... lZ AREAS, NEW BRUNSWICK 8. Petitcodiac 9. Hillsborough Area 10. St. Stephen Area 11. St. George 12...below the falls. From Highway 11 at a point 2 miles north of Bathurst, proceed along the South Tetagouche...Brook and the Southwest Miramichi River, on the north slope of a hill which rises 650 feet above the south
Report (volume)
further subdivided by geographic areas (State and county) and by subjects, which include general, geology...the White Mountains, Mono County, Calif., and near Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nev. KYANITE Kyanite generally...Baker Mountain, Prince Edward County, and Willis Mountain, Buckingham County, in Virginia, and at Henry...Henry Knob, near Clover, York County, S.C. These are the only deposits now producing kyanite in the United...been produced only in very small amount in North Carolina (Stuckey, 1937, p. 75). The most promising
Report (issue)
accompanying memoir in 1904, which covered the north-east quadrant of this sheet and parts of Sheets...K S • 1 07 Introduction, 1 07. Details : Hillsborough Quartz-Porphyry, 1 10 ; Plugs, 1 10 ; Explosion...basalt escarpment, 130; The Lagan Valley, 135 ; Hillsborough-Newtownbreda area, 142. CHAPTER • • 1 2. RECENT...F10. 4. Plan of a temporary section at Killaney, County Down, showing the relationship of Ordovician and...Queen's ·university, Belfast. 3. Trench section north-east from road junction [143 607], Moira 1 19 125
Report (issue)
photo: Mil8ing PDant, Parks GoUd Mine, McDuffie County, Georgia. Photo courtesy Georgia Department of...District. ......... ,........................ Greene County................................................................................ Lincoln County ................................................................................ McDuffie County ................................ ·.............................................. Oglethorpe County ................................ : .............................
Book (volume)
.......................................346 North Carolina ........................................................................................356 North Dakota ...............................................................................427 South Carolina ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ...............................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralassemblage results. Thesesilicadissolution County, California: diasporefrom Chester, Massareactionsare...BasicConceptsand ExperimentalProcedure Bath, North Carolina." All were free of contamina- mostnatura...relatively acid environment (Montoya and Hemley, 1975). Sericite or illite sometimesreflects trationsof aqueoussilicado...associatedwith abundant Na-K feldlocal deep occurrencesof sericite,dickite, and alunite, pathizationof plagioclase...material is relatively the pyrite-chalcopyrite-sericite most susceptible to suchdestruction)and concurrent
 
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