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Muscovite from
Hunt Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hunt Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:862091
Long-form Identifier:1:3:862091:0
GUID (UUID V4):61e7e352-b38f-4a3d-a915-776258fd1368
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
1.1km (0.7 miles) Jones Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) C. B. McSwain Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Railroad Prospect, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Webb Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
2.8km (1.8 miles) Ellis North Prospects, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Carson Prospect, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Johnson Deposit, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Mill Race Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) W. H. Humphries Prospect, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) E. R. Ellis Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ ...between pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight mine ______ _______________...of granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9....and other units in the Big Bess pegmatite, Gaston County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
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...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished...within a few days, so that the having been of North Carolina list mineral species has been very considerably
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]...separately. Price $2.50. XVI. The Paleozoic Fishes of North America, by John Strong Newberry. 1889. 4°. 340
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Modesto, Calif. Both specimens come from an old Gold mine at Placerville, El Dorado Co., Calif. The following...diabase by pectolite may be seen about iy2 miles North of Middletown, (Lake Co., Calif.), just beyond the...yellow under long wave light, small colorless muscovite xls; tiny slender green gemmy tourmaline xls,...by Seymour F. Dozier, Red Oak, Route 1, Fulton County, Georgia. Large lumps of this material can be picked...Gibbonsville (Lemhi Co.), Idaho, about 34 miles north of Salmon, and the country is already well ROCKS
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...brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2 many new and rare species. The Mica veins...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably...crease of more than 25 per cent. GEOLOGY OE NORTH CAROLINA. 4 than has been discovered in any other
Report (volume)
and preliminary reports by T. L. KESLER, C. B. HUNT, R. P. FISCHER and others UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...Three Kids manganese district, Clark County, Nev., by C. B. Hunt, V. E. McKelvey, and J. H. Wiese (published......<...... The Coso quicksilver district, Inyo County, Calif., by C. P. Ross and R. G. Yates...........deposits in the Artillery Mountains region,' Mohave County, Ariz., by S. G. Lasky and B. N. Webber..........39. 40. 41. 42. 43. Page Outline map of the Carolina tin-spodumene belt, showing locations of tin deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intergranular spaces. Platy minerals such as muscovite are sometimes present and probably add support... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.3. South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.4. North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....based on the later work of Lieber (1858) in South Carolina. Eschwege’s work caused much interest when he...from locations all over the world; see for example Hunt (1891, pp. 564–571). When he proposed a common genesis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
R. Van Horn, Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio. Treasurer: Waldemar T. Schaller, U. S....Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. Eili.tor:Walter F. Hunt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Councilor...sfrom Mariposa County, Californi.a, The North Duncan gold mine near llornitos, Mariposa County, California...from the Chestnut Flat Feldspar Mine near Spruce Pine, North Carolina. The flattened minerals are garnet...essentially of orthoclase. The occurrence of zoisite in muscovite is uncommon, but the occurrence of the other two
Report (issue)
Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological... Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc,...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals...associated with sulfide minerals in Orange, Madison, Cleveland, and Gaston Counties, tore-earths occur with sulfides
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CHLORITOID FROM MEGANTIC COUNTY, QUEBECI I. H. Mrrwr'2 (Inioersil,y oJ Toronto, Toronto, Canada Assrnecr...described. A specimen from the Harvey Hill Mine in Megantic county, euebec (Royal ontario Museum M6366) provided... Similar material was described and analysed by Hunt (1g61) whose analysis has been used in the calculation...pprnocRAprry The Harvey Hill Mine, 5 miles E. of Leeds, Megantic County, was a copper prospect and producer...approximately 1g50 to 1g00. According to Bancroft (1915) the mine is located in slaty schists of precambrian 1 Awarded
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)
ORIGIN OF GREISEN FLUIDS OF THE FOLEY’S ZONE, CLEVELAND TIN DEPOSIT, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA PETER JACKSON...The Cleveland deposit, located in northwest Tasmania, Australia, was a major tin-producing mine until...limestone. Three styles of mineralization occur in the mine sequence. These are carbonate replacement, greisenization...porphyry dike, and fissure veins. The area in the mine encompassing the dike and the surrounding vein halo...sericitized feldspar greisen, quartz-muscovite greisen, quartz-muscovite-topaz greisen, quartz-topaz greisen
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)
template.indd 2 2/21/12 3:58:50 PM 0814 Kingsley North 3x10_c~4 NTC-LAYOUT_Layout 1 6/18/2014 1:11 PM Page...Page 2 CABBING. TREASURE SCOOP Kingsley North is the sole manufacturer of the Treasure Scoop. Available...CABBING UNIT This machine is made in the USA for Kingsley North. Features an all stainless steel construction...ounce package. Limited Supply! Stock No. Kingsley North, Inc. P.O. Box 216: Dept 3 910 Brown Street Norway...4-square-mile area (minus the 20 acres of the Spectrum mine) for collecting by the public. There is a pit toilet
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chalcopyrite with quartz, feldspar, limonite, siderite, muscovite, biotite and possibly epidote and topaz as accessory...is the county seat and is situated in about the center of the county. I do not know if this mine is still...of the dealers ; however I did not ask from what mine these were from." ARIZONA—We recently received...located in a granite mica schist in Sabino Canyon, north of Tucson (Pima Co.), Arizona. These garnets are...Sea (in southern California —chiefly in Imperial County) one of the World's great geological freaks of
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 (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)
waste rock associated with acid drainage at the Penn Mine, California, by ground-based visible to short-wave...94720-4767, USA b U.S. Geological Survey, Placer Hall 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819-6129, USA c U.S....80225, USA Accepted 1 June 2004 Abstract Prior to remediation at the abandoned Cu–Zn Penn Mine in the...massive sulfide belt of the Sierra Nevada, CA, acid mine drainage (AMD) was created, in part, by the subaerial...reflectance spectra of characterized rock samples from the mine helped in gauging the spectral response to particle
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatites are composed of milky quartz, biotite, muscovite, albite, microcline (usually perthitic), garnet...Location 1-B: The road to the November Pegmatite Mine is located about 1.2 miles east of the "Needles...southwest (right, coming from the tunnel) up a hill. The mine dumps are about 150 yards up this road to the right...and up on the dumps to the mine located near the top of the hill. The mine consists of a long open-cut...since this time, possibly as late as 1957, but the mine was idle in 1958 and 1959. The pegmatite body consists
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
copper depositis in Ashe County in the northwesterncorner of North Carolina, approximately8.5 miles east...operationsbegan at Ore Knob in 1855. In 1873-1874T. S. Hunt (16) published oneof the firstaccounts of the deposit...vicinity of Ore Knob are mica gneissand schist (Carolina Gneiss) and amphibolegneiss(Roan Gneiss). These...schist,which are composed essentiallyof biotite, muscovite,feldspar, and quartz, apparentlyare continuationsof...Thesecry•stalline rocksof theBlueRidgeprovince of North Carolinahave been extensivelyfolded and faulted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
when a new pocket was broken into in the Mammoth Mine, Tiger, (Pinal Company), Arizona." ARKANSAS — Another...locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell... June 26-29, 1952. CONNECTICUT — The old copper mine near Bristol, Hartford Co., Conn., used to produce...were driving on Route 78 between Routes 41 and 31 north of Fort Myers (that is, between Salvista and Olga)...from the Fort Myers area on Route 78 very near the north side of the Caloosahatchee all the way to Moorehaven
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Meredith Granite. Introduction THE Cleveland mine, situated at Luina in north- westernTasmania,is locatedapproximately15...km to the west of Mr. Bischoff and (35 km to the north of Renison Bell, two other major cassiterite-sulfide...copperas chalcopyrite. Total productionfrom the mine during the period 1968 to 1979 was :3,940,000 metric...Groves (1968), Cox and Glasson(1971), Ransomand Hunt (1975), and Palmer(1976).The possibility of a volcanogenic...volcanogenicexhalativeoriginfor the Renisono and Cleveland-typedeposits. The purposeof thisstudywasto determinethe
Report (issue)
chiefly of microperthite and nests of secondary muscovite. Near the main igneous body is a dike of fresh...insulation, and wall-paper decoration. On the spur north of Kearney Creek much, of the pyroxene of the large...reached from the main automobile highway along the north bank of the Kootenai River by a short branch road...river. A few miles below Rainy 1 Larsen, E. S., and Hunt, W. F., Two vanadiferous aegirites from Libby, Mont...Creek, however, a logging railroad crosses to the north bank. The name Rainy Creek, is said to be a corruption
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimen sent you recently. It was found in Coosa County, Ala., near Rockford. You have my permission to..."On our return trip home from a fruitful mineral hunt at Copperhill, Tenn., we stopped in Blue Ridge (Fannin...Brown Ave., Terre Haute, Ind. I O W A — From Marion County, Iowa, we have an interesting specimen consisting...upper winding road nearly 2 miles, north y2 mile, west 1 mile and north y2 mile to a fence. Leave car and...a road cut on a new construction job in Lincoln County, Me., on Rt. 1, bypassing the towns of Newcastle
Report (issue)
molecular-vibration absorption features near 2.2 um [Hunt and Salisbury, 1970]. In addition, iron oxide minerals...fundamental silicon-oxygen absorption band at 9.3 um [Hunt and Salisbury, 1971; 1975], The purpose of this...mineralogy of kaolinite, montmorillonite, illite, or muscovite is indicative of argillic or phyllic types of...shifts to longer wavelengths for dolomitic rocks [Hunt and Salisbury, 1971]. The siliceous replacement...that enhances other spectral absorption features [Hunt and Salisbury, 1974]. Different iron-absorption
 
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