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Quartz from
Laws Mine, 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 Laws Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:868775
Long-form Identifier:1:3:868775:3
GUID (UUID V4):81af80d1-a192-447a-aaea-1d1bd6ad7bbe
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.7km (1.1 miles) Hampton Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) M. P. Letterman Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Jones Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Bailey and Johnson Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Silly Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Bittner Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) John Letterman Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
4.4km (2.8 miles) Peterson Mine, Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) William Hughes Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) Griffin Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
References
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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 (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
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
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...Cashiers District 47 Feldspar 47 Kaolin 48 Mica 48 Quartz 49 Zircon 49 Other Industrial Minerals 49 Barite
Report (issue)
Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of North Carolina ..... 67 Table 12 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of South Carolina ..... 85 Table 15 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of north-central New York........................65 Figure...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of North Carolina................................77 Figure 17...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of South Carolina. ............*......*...........86 Figure 20.
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
42, Florida. Parliamentarian (Constitution & By-Laws): Mrs. Etta Rasch Davison, 3922 Cloverhill Road...collection of North Carolina gemstones; faceted gemstones by Harry Howard of Greenville, South Carolina; North...North Carolina corundum, cut and uncut, by Dr. Charles Hurah; the Hewitt Memorial collection by the Southern...the finest mineral specimens ever found in North Carolina. These specimens, gathered by the host club...afternoon on "Geology and Mineral Resources of North Carolina". Dr. A.S. Furcron, Georgia Chief Geologist
Report (volume)
North Carolina State Library Gift of "JYortk (^arolinti ^Ihranj 0 Digitized by the Internet Archive...in 2019 with funding from State Library of North Carolina https://archive.org/details/corundumperidoti01prat...OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT and JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS North Carolina State Library...Library Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY J. A. HOLMES, STATE GEOLOGIST VOLUME I CORUNDUM AND...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT AND JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA 1905
Book (edition)
gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE
Report (volume)
........................................ 54 In quartz-schist...__.._..___.__..__..____.._..-..________...and syenite-pegmatite _....-..-.-.-.---.--... In quartz-porphyry ........................................-...----...------.-.---.--..-.-..._.. Origin in quartz-schist....--...............----..--.-.-................-...-...---------------...-.-.-.--.. North Carolina ______________________________________________................................._........... North Carolina ___..__._....._..._______..__._.____..._.____
Report (edition)
Information Circular GOLD RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA by P. A. Carpenter, D oc ms C% M:*L Raleigh...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 26711. Jeffrey C. Reid Chief Geologist Cover...3 Mining Methods and Recovery 3 Gold in North Carolina 5 History of Mining 5 Production 7 General...Deposits of North Carolina 12 Eastern Carolina Belt 12 Portis Mine 14 Other Mines 14 Carolina Slate
Report (issue)
DK-1-03 # # Qcc # 1 0 1 ET IC N O R TH TRUE NORTH MAGN 1 0 1 Qds Artificial fill—Various sandy...to coarse-grained sand containing quartz pebbles, commonly with quartz-pebble conglomerate at base. Color...containing abundant granules and small pebbles of quartz. Colors typically range from yellowish brown (10YR...sand containing abundant granules and pebbles of quartz up to 5 cm in diameter. Colors typically range...(late Pleistocene)—Gravel, with round to subrounded quartz clasts up to 6 cm in diameter in quartzose, medium-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Paleogene stratigraphy and sea-level history of the North Carolina Coastal Plain: global coastal onlap and tectonics...Harris *, Richard A. Laws Department of Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington...Wilmington, NC 28403, USA Received 6 July 1995; accepted 17 July 1996 Abstract Coastal onlap of Paleogene...and Albemarle Blocks about the Neuse Hinge in North Carolina. Differential uplift and subsidence of these...shift in coastal onlap during the Paleogene in North Carolina and show erosional updip limits on both blocks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
terrigenous-carbonate strata, southeastern Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA Mary K. Harris a**,Paul A. Thayer b, Mark B. Amidon’...29808, USA b Department of Earth Sciences, ‘Sire Geotechnical Services, University of North Carolina...NC 28403-3297, USA Westinghouse Savannah River Company, PO. Box 616, Aiken, SC 29808, USA Received 6 July...five terrigenousquartz sand; calcareous quartz sand; sandy carbonate; muddy carbonate;...precipitation of zeolites within secondary moldic pores. Quartz-rich facies have high interparticle porosity and
Report (issue)
under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley Authority Physical...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Falley Authority UNITED...___._ — —— __-__-_-____ Inclusions of muscovite, quartz, and apatite in muscovite..-._-_.____-__-_-_--...Production of sheet and punch mica, 1912-14, in North Carolina, the Southeastern States, and the entire United...data for mica specimens, arranged by lot and by mine or prospect-_-___--_-___-_-.___---___-_____--_ Results
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
photo March/April: Fluorite, Dow Scar vein, Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England; Jesse Fisher specimen...May/June: Uvite, Powers farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York; Steven C. Chamberlain specimen, Michael...July/August: Microcline, quartz, and albite, Kestral Pocket, Smoky Hawk mine, Teller County, Colorado; Martin...September/October: Gold and quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California; Scott Rudolph specimen...454 Adularia, Michigan, 39 Agate, 160–65 Albert Laws Kidwell (1919–2008), A. E. Smith, 71–72 Albite,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
transition zone continental shelf, southeastern USA Brian P. Coffey *, J. Fred Read Department of Geological...Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420, USA Received 4 April 2003; received in revised form 5...Paleogene in the subsurface of the Albemarle Basin, North Carolina was defined using 1600 thin sections of plastic...The inner shelf was characterized by distinctive quartz sand and sandy mollusk facies inshore, passing...mapping. The Paleogene Albemarle basin of eastern North Carolina (U.S. Atlantic coastal plain) provides an excellent
Book
^/s^ 5 Mk^ THE •^4^5 ^old I?|inE? of Worth Carolina. Mkl Mkl Mki Mk •?4^# •^4^2 Mk '^4^J -^4^5...N. Y. York. C^ompaijy's propi^rty. McDowell County, N, C. Uwharrie River, Randolph, Davidson and Montgomery...EL DORADO aOLD 7, 1891 aEMS. and THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. IN JStoiies, iiolA and Many Rare...town in promagnificent country mansion. no gold mine worthy of the name east of the cess of transformation...Marion by the North Carolina and northwestern Georgia is a record afternoon train, from the North, a few days
Catalog/List
000 •*11 A VERY LARGE MEGALODON TOOTH NORTH CAROLINA, USA 6Ω inch tooth of Carcharodon sp. from the...300-7,000 9 •*12 A LARGE MEGALODON TOOTH NORTH CAROLINA, USA 6 inch Carcharodon sp. from the Tortonian... 15 15 A SPECIMEN OF CALCITE HUNAN, CHINA 16 A QUARTZ CLUSTER MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL of natural form 6Ωin...000 $3,100-4,500 Ç2,900-4,200 17 A SPECIMEN OF QUARTZ BRAZIL of bowl form, cut from one piece and polished...500-2,500 $2,300-3,800 Ç2,200-3,500 17 18 THREE QUARTZ SPHERES BRAZIL the largest with 4-inch diameter
Journal (issue)
Project 28-30 Our Affiliates 31 Mimetite, Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Mexico, 2.4 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm, Alex Schauss...of changes to our by-laws and operating regulations. The changes to the by-laws will next go to the membership...of the By-Laws Committee, pointed out during the meeting, the only major change to the by-laws is the addition...experiencing remnants of winter while the rest of the county can feel spring in the air. This means it’s time...answer that question and show you why the Milpillas mine is one of the great contemporary mineral localities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and a draft of By-Laws for the Section was accepted as the new Section's By-Laws. The Section includes...By-Laws The Council approved revised By-laws for the Sections and the Divisions. The new By-laws were...were necessary because of the Society's revised By-laws. The incidental updating will, hopefully, make it...Bibliography and Index of Geology Exclusive of North America. The Council also authorized the Executive...University of Texas St. Joseph Island, Aransas County, Texas: A washover fan. Lithofacies and biofacies
Book
other property of any library organized under the laws of this state, shall be fined not less than ten...of Mines and Technical Surveys. The on mining laws in the Middle Western and Eastern states was compiled...CONTENTS WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MINING LAWS 53 and Federal laws which affect the prospector. Key points...jumping. Guide to prospecting laws in claims. Guide to prospecting laws in the estern and Eastern states...states. Canadian mining laws in brief. Mining-law references. United States Bureau of Land Manage?nent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonate-siliciclastic continental shelf: Paleogene, North Carolina, eastern U.S.A. Jenny LaGesse, J. Fred Read...Paleogene sediments of the Albemarle Basin, North Carolina, span the transition between the southern carbonate...slowly subsiding (1.5 cm/ky) Albemarle Block to the north. The Paleogene supersequence set has a basal boundary...Sequence development; Nontropical wave-dominated; North Carolina * Corresponding author. E-mail address: jread@vt...shallowing to sea level. The Paleogene succession of North Carolina formed in such a non-tropical open-shelf setting
Journal (issue)
········································345 rRON HILL IRON MINE. By C. Henry King ·····························................................368 NOTED TRUMBULL MINE CLOSED To COLLECTORS ..................................................... ....... 375 SQUAW PEAK MINE. By Edison Thacker ...............................377 DID ANCIENT MOUND BUILDERS GET MICA FROM NORTH CAROLINA DEPOSITS ? ..................................and adjacent to the left side of the road, going north towards Broadway, in Jersey City. It is opposite
Show/Event (guide)
Marshall has spent his career at the University of North Texas since 1967 involved in nuclear magnetic resonance...laboratory chemistry. Dr. Marshall cofounded the North Texas section of the Materials Research Society...Denton, Texas, whereJim teaches at the University of North Texasand Jenny pursues her own business in computer...2:45 R a r e - e a r t h mineralogy of the Mohave County pegmatites, NW Arizona byS.L. Hanson, A U. Falam;...and D. D. Eberl 3:30 T y p o m o r p h i s m of quartz, calcite and pyrite: Implication for Be and Li
 
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