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Quartz from
Whitson Mine, South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Whitson Mine, South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:868326
Long-form Identifier:1:3:868326:7
GUID (UUID V4):bceb89d7-6aeb-45d9-a574-902b0e35a319
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.2km (0.1 miles) Sawnee Hill Mine, South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Clear Creek Ridge Mine, South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Westall Mine, South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) Bill Autrey Mine, South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Colberts Creek Mine (Wooley Knob Mine), South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) R. D. Westall Mine, South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Colbert Ridge Mine, South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) Carson Rock Mine, South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) George Moon Mine, South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) Locust Ridge Mine (Sid Critts Mine), South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
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Book
MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright ©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom
Report (issue)
University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA Abstract—Industrial minerals and rocks in the tri-state...Frasch sulfur production in adjacent Culberson County, west Texas. Halite, gypsum, and barite have also...Architectural stone is produced from an underground mine in the thermally metamorphosed aureole of Permian...gypsum dune sands, and in northern Chihuahua the quartz dune sands of Samalayuca have been modestly exploited...characteristic as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) develops. The principal north-south route is from
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crosses the St. Mary River at Sault Ste. Marie. I t is about 40 miles from the north-eastern shore of Lake...organized to work them. Thus it was that Copper Cliff Mine was opened up for copper, although along with the... as it was not known to contain nickel till the mine had been in operation for some little time, and...which extends from the northern shore of Lake Huron north-eastward to Lake Mistassini. In the neighbourhood...that the nickel-deposits occur. The country north-west and south-east of the belt of ~uronian rocks is composed
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New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Peru1Sylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee...Clapp's Museum Publications; not indexed here) North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...Mineral Resources 253 Education Building Raleigh, North Carolina r:). 7 /.i..-0 J, / V _,,Ohio Division of... ? South Carolina Division of Geology State Development Board Box 927 Columbia, South Carolina :,J....publications; not indexed) South Dakota State Geological Survey Science Center Vermillion, South Dakota ,":>- 7 o0
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SMITH, Director Bulletin 758 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1921-1922 BY JOHN M. NICKLES...9 153 243 243 244 245 246 247 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOB 1921-1922. By JOHN M. NIOKLES...NIOKLES. 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 and the...index to the literature listed. The bibliography of North American geology is comprised in the following bulletins
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9 99 101 149 149 150 151 151 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1916, WITH SUBJECT INDEX. By...M. NICKLES. INTRODUCTION. The bibliography of North American geology, including paleontology, petrology...publications bearing on the geology of the Continent of North America and adjoining islands; also Panama and the...immediately precedes the index. The bibliography of North American geology is comprised in the following bulletins...1915. Washington, D. C. 5 6 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1916. Carnegie Museum: Annals
Report (volume)
SMITH, Director Bulletin 698 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1918 WITH SUBJECT INDEX BY...5 9 85 89 127 127 128 128 129 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1918, WITH SUBJECT INDEX. Bv...M. NICKLES. INTRODUCTION. The bibliography of North American geology, including paleontology, petrology...publications bearing on the geology of the Continent of North America and adjoining islands; also Panama and the...immediately precedes the index. The bibliography of North American geology is comprised in the following bulletins
Journal (issue)
Cambrian Shad7 (Tom1town) Dolomite at the Jamea River Bydrnte and Supply Compnny Qunrr7 about one mile...Dinmond Gra1,hitc GOLD Albemarle County.-"Streaks" occur in quartz veins in slate belt east of South­...South­ western Mt. (ll. 8). Buckingham County.-A placer gold specimen about 7 x 10 x 17 mm. which was mined...collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Culpeper County.-Two specimens with flakes of gold up to 1 cm....dimension perpendicular to the walls of the enclosing quartz vein were found near Richardsville and are now
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136 The Silicifled Glass-Breccia of Vermilion River, Sudbury D istrict___________ 138 I n t r o d u...backwoods of Ontario, thirty-six miles north of the mouth of French river, on Lake Huron. Parts of the surrounding...lake, the St. Mary’s river and the north shore of Lake Huron as far as Spanish river, leaving a border of...water and the Laurentian nucleus to the north. Near Spanish river the dividing line between the two systems...Lake Temiscaming at the great bend of Montreal river, and thence it continues in a somewhat zigzaging
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Penseand Ingram townships,3ø milesnorth of Cobalt. In Whitson and adjoiningtownships,25 mileswest.of Cobalt....Jamesand adjoiningtownships,• 5 milesnorth of Whitson. In the vicinitiesof Portage Bay, of Trout Lake...Keewatinm South of Lorrain township,•6 miles southeastof Cobalt. Of theselocalities,CaseyTwp., Whitson Twp...Twp., James Twp., and the area south of Lorrain show native silver in addition to cobalt minerals. The...bytownite), while ilmenite is generallypresentand quartz is common. At the edgeof the sheetsthe rock is
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come not merely from one district but from a single mine. Thus the physical properties of many rocks and...eclipsing the mineral magnesite in some areas; the trona mine rather than the Solvay plant is now the main source...for example, are almost entirely derived from the USA and Tur- key, a situation too narrowly based comfort...comfort. Users of chromite, who must the USSR, South Africa, Albania, and wish that chromite deposits were... The takeover of soda-ash markets, at least in North America, by the mineral trona is another marked
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
it is uncertain to what extent thrusting on the South Range Shear Zone (SRSZ), a ductile shear zone transecting...the so-called South Range. NW-directed thrusting on the SRSZ dominates in the western South Range, whereas...whereas dextral transpression prevails in the eastern South Range. The two deformation regimes are geometrically...SRSZ. We propose that the SRSZ transects the South Range south of the SE-lobe, a tight fold of the SIC. This...dextral transpressive deformation to the eastern South Range. Dextral component shear of this deformation
Report (volume)
Smith, Director Bulletin 784 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1923-1924 BY .,/. JOHN...OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1923-1924 BY JOHN M. NICKLES INTRODUCTION The bibliography of North American...publications on the geology of the Continent of North America and adjacent islands and on Panama and the...index to the literature listed. The bibliography of North American geology is comprised in the following bulletins...cumulated under the title "Geologic literature on North America, 1785-1918," in Bulletin 746 (Part I, Bibliography)
Report (volume)
SMITH, Director 0 Bulletin 731 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1919-1920 BY JOHN M. NICKLES...147 241 241 242 242 244 241 ' BIBLIOGRAPHY 0¥ NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOB 1919-1920. By JOHN M. NICKLES...NICKLES. INTRODUCTION. The bibliography of North American geology, including paleontology. petrologj7, and...publications on the geology of the Continent of North America and adjacent islands and on Panama and the...index to the literature listed. The bibliography of North American geology is comprised in the following bulletins
Journal (issue)
activity continues at the Mist Gas Field, Columbia County. Nahama and Weagant Energy continued the multi-well...drilling program that began during July. The Columbia County 34-31-65, located in the SEV4 sec. 31, T. 6 N.... The survey is located in the western Columbia River Basin and intended to define areas with stratigraphic...survey is a portion of a total project that extends north from western Oregon through Washington into southern... Cover photo Area near Camp Hancock in Wheeler County, central Oregon. The person visible near the center
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Smith, Director Bulletin 823 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1919-1928 BY JOHN M. NICKLES ... BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1919-1928 By JOHN M. NICKLES INTRODUCTION The bibliography of North American...publications on. the geology of the Continent of North America and adjacent islands and on Panama and the...index to the literature cited. The bibliography of North American geology to the end of 1926 is contained...4, 5, 8; Museum Paper, nos. 5, 6; County Report, no. 1 (Clay County). Montgomery, Ala. Alberta, Scientific
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
slate formation). Pokegama formation (quartzite and quartz-slate formation). Lower Huronian: Granite intrusive...formation. Ogishke conglomerate. limestone Bad River (cherty limestone formation). (Equiva- lent to...Upper Huronian of the original Huronian area of the north shore of Lake Huron, first worked out by Logan and...and northward, Michipicoten Harbor, and the Helen mine, all in Ontario. As a result of this work it is...region also, and from a number of points to the north, as noted by Dr. Bell; but in the latter case the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
transition from norite to granite takes place from south to north in the main range, and in the reverse direction...the eruptive, as at the Creighton or the Murray mine on the southern range, one finds on the southeast...absent, and an intermediate rock containing some quartz, orthoclase, and pegmatite forms the bottom of...dark gray, coarsegrained, with blebs of bluish quartz and large flakes of biotite. On the northern range...monoclinic pyroxene, hornblende, and biotite, with quartz, titaniferous magnetite, apatite, and often sulphides
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Silicates Quartz (Rock Crystal) (Amethyst) (Green quartz) (Cairngorm) (Blue quartz) (Rose quartz) (Star...(Star quartz) (Chalcedony) (Agate) (Prase) ' (Onyx) (Jasper) (Opal) Tridymitc Qf-Christobalitc Phcnakirc Olivine...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning
Report (issue)
all or parts of Townships 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 north, Ranges 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 east, in Portage, Waushara...square miles above stream gages on the Little Plover River and Buena Vista, Big Roche a Cri, Fourmile, Tenmile...for irrigation on streamflow in the Little Plover River basin, a basin within the study area, were determined...ground-water resources of the central Wisconsin River basin, including the report area, is presented by...the period 1931-60 diminishes slightly from north to south and ranges from 31.40 inches at Stevens Point
Report (volume)
MENDENHALL. Director Bulletin 858 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1931 AND 1932 BY JOHN M. NICKLES...___._!____ n Page 1 3 9 223 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1931 AND 1932 By JOHN M. NICKLES...NICKLES INTRODUCTION The bibliography of North American geology, including paleontology, petrology, and mineralogy...publications on the geology of the Continent of North America and adjacent islands and on Panama and the...index to the literature cited. The bibliography of North American geology to the end of the year 1928 is
Book
Professor of Soils, H. L. Instructor in Soils, WHITSON The University of Wisconsin WALSTER The University...sandstone. : granite The granite occurs in the North Central part of the state. It is a composed of...chief of which are quartz, feldspar, mica and hornblende. crystalline rock The quartz pink or is white...contains calcium and phosphoric acid are 'Plic quartz contains only silica. tains silica, alumina,...what in is carried away in the water soaking The quartz is not dissolved much hut bieaks up more or less
Report (issue)
roof in south-west Cornwall 2 Geochemical and geophysical investigations around Garras Mine, near Truro...associated with the Skiddaw Granite near Carrock Mine, Cumbria 8 Investigation of stratiform sulphide...Scotland 10 Geophysical surveys around Talnotry mine. Kirkcudbrightshire. Scotland 11 A study of the...Longlands in north Cumbria 15 Investigation of stratiform sulphide mineralisation at Meall Mor, South Knapdale...Westwater, south Scotland 18 A mineral reconnaissance survey of the Doon-Glenkens area, south-west Scotland
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more detailed informa¬ tion, such as that given in county soil reports or gained from on-site studies, is...selected. (See page 74 for a list of the Illinois county soil reports available.) A number of publications...Soil Conservation Service district offices and county Extension offices. 1 2 Bulletin 778 more than...soils occur on gentle slopes and are somewhat River valley in very thick loess areas. The soils formed...Many of the soils, except for the the Mississippi River valley loess source. This association Ipava, are
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Smith, Director Bulletin 802 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1925 AND 1926 BY JOHN M....187 274 274 276 276 278 279 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOE 1925 AND 1926 By JOHN M. NICKLES...NICKLES 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 and the...index to the literature listed. The bibliography of North American geology is comprised in the following bulletins
 
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