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Plagioclase from
Hector Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hector Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:869610
Long-form Identifier:1:3:869610:6
GUID (UUID V4):095e8950-7ee8-4345-9921-ac7f78ca0231
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
0.8km (0.5 miles) β“˜Amos Presnell Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) β“˜Gibbs Green Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) β“˜Tolley Bend Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) β“˜F. G. Jarret Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) β“˜Rebel Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) β“˜Fate Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) β“˜Sidney Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) β“˜Jeff Howell Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) β“˜Murdick Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) β“˜Chestnut Branch Mine, Double Island, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE TO COLLECT f ... f ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vol. 53, 1958, pp. 22-37 A CONTRIBUTION ON THE HECTOR, BENTONITE CALIFORNIA DEPOSIT L. L. AMES, JR............................ ABSTRACT The unique Hector bentonite occurs along a northwest-trendinΓ΅fault...INTRODUCTION A FIELDand laboratoryinvestigation of the Hector bentonitedepositswas begunin October,1955primarilyto...University Library user THE HECTOR, Β½.,'II...BENTONITE DEPOSIT 23 The Hector bentonitedepositsare locatedin...groupsof claimsin the Hector area: the SouthGroup locatedthree miles south of Hector Station on the Santa
Report (issue)
...................................... Sumpter County................................................................................................ Hector Deposit........................................................................................ North Dakota................................................................................... South Carolina.................................................Clay Spur Bentonite Bed of the Mowry Shale, Crook County, Wyo..........................................
Report (issue)
geologyβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” Hector formationβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”...β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” Biostratigraphy of the Hector Formationβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” Mammal ages...Mountainsβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” 5. Block diagram of paleogeographic setting, Hector Formation, northern Cady Mountainsβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”...β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” 6-7. Outcrop photographs of Hector Formation showing 6. Sandstone and siltstone, middle...sedimentary rock types, Hector Formationβ€”β€”β€” 9-20. Outcrop photographs of Hector Formation showing 9. Sandstone
Report (volume)
deposits of the Nightingale district, Pershing County, Nev., by W. C. Smith and P. W. Guild (published........ Topaz deposits near the Brewer mine, Chesterfield County, S. C., by Carl Pries, Jr. (published...quicksilver deposits of the Del Puerto area, Stanislaus County, Calif., by H. E. Hawkes, Jr., F. G. Wells, and...Quicksilver deposits near the Little Missouri River, Pike County, Ark., by David Gallagher (published in October...Pershing County, Nev.................................. In pocket Geologic map of the Nightingale mine area
Report (issue)
* Lithium Resources of North America A By JAMES J. NORTON and DOROTHY McKENNEY SCHLEGEL A CONTRIBUTION...___________________-_______---___._______.__ North and South Carolina.___---_______-_-_---__-__________ South...FIGURE 49. The principal lithium localities of North America._._______ 345 TABLES TABLE 1. 2. 3. 4...Comparative analyses of three spodumene samples, Edison mine, Keystone, S. Dak.. ____..____________^__._______5...in 327 333 338 341 343 LITHIUM RESOURCES OF NORTH AMERICA By JAMES J. NORTON and DOROTHY MCKJENNEY
Book
T. Batchelor, a former manager of the Mt. Lyell Mine, Tasmania. The nnineral resembles pyrophyllite,...for a clay mineral first found as gouge clay in a mine mineral was first called leverrierite by Earson...(1907) A sketch of the Chisos Country, Brewster County, Texas, Univ. , . , Texas Bull. 93. BERGSEIFE...above serpentine in the Cheghet-Lakhran Valley, North Caucasus. The following chemical analysis is given:...Pellet phosphorite from Carmel valley, Monterey County, California California Journal of Mines and Geology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Austin, TX, USA Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA a r t i...relaxation following the Landers (1992) and Hector Mine (1999) earthquakes. These results support a rheological...Cima Volcanic Field. The Landers (1992) and Hector Mine (1999) earthquake ruptures are shown in pink...relaxation following the Landers (1992) and Hector Mine (1999) earthquakes (Pollitz et al., 2000; Freed...groups: (1) a Cr-diopside group of spinel and plagioclase peridotites; (2) a green-pyroxene group of websterite
Report (issue)
Dataset (NED). Road network extracted from ESRI USA Streen map. .......................................infill and established vegetation, view facing north. Bottom right: playa fringe rupture just south of...clasts are derived from nearby flow, view facing north. .................................................60 Desert pavement on unit Qiwey in large wash north of Ludlow. Eolian influx apparently inhibits formation...terminus is Silver Lake, east of the map area and just north of the town of Baker, California. Piedmont alluvial
Report (issue)
with plagi-v clase altered to beidellite; D, Plagioclase phenocryst in rhyolite partly altered to montmorillonite...clay mineral that occurred as a gouge clay in a mine at Beidell, Colo., under the name leverrierite....described an unusually interesting clay mineral from Hector, Calif. This unique mineral has provided a key...the dominance of F over OH seem to establish the Hector clay as a distinct mineral species. For this species...been engaged in the commercial production of the Hector clay. Mr. Eyrich submitted the following analysis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
668 Selective staining of K-feld1003 spar and plagioclase on rock 1020 slabs and thin sections 1315 B a...muscovite mica from the Grandfather Mountain area, N. Carolina..... Buerger, M. J. Vector Space and Its Application...euxer-riteand associated minerals, Sand Basin, Grar.rite County, Montana Coombs, D. S. Lawsonite metagraywackes...possible new yttrium fluocarbonate from Dover, Morris County, New Jersey 92 (Smith, Stone, Ross, Levine) Drysdall...a s s o ti ciated minerals, Sand Basin, Granite CountY, Montana 459 (Heinrich, Conrad) Evans, H. T. and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the t'Company No. 1" quarry, three miles south of Hector, in San Bernardino Co., California. ONE MILE A...properties of the California Talc Company near Hector. All three prospects have yielded light-colored...northwest of Hector station on the Santa Fe Railroad. The other two prospects are south of Hector station...100.1670 Hector clay, California. W. F. Foshag, analyst. Molecular ratios of No. 1. Hector clay, California...spacing of the diffraction lines, the lines of the Hector mineral being slightly displaced with respect to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
East Iceland: beudantite, 431 Pengenna (Trewethen) mine, St. Kew: pitchsbone, oligoclase, 587 Sellatur...WALES Adamite, hiibnerite, xliv Billingham anhydrite mine, Durham: aph~hitalite(?), arsenopyrite(?), epsomite...172 Blaen-y-Nant, Nant Francon, Caernarvonshire, North Wales: chlorite, gar- beudantite, carminite, mimetite...cornubite, 1 Treburland mine, Altarnun: genthelvite, molybdenite, 921 Treore mine, St. Teath: beudantite...jamesonite, mimetite, scorodite, stibnite, 431 Tretoil mine, Lanivet: danalite, garnet, ilvaite, 921 Wheal Betsy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lithium-Rich Claystone in the McDermitt Caldera, Nevada, USA: Geologic, Mineralogical, and Geochemical Characteristics...and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA; vgerboa@gmail.com * Correspondence: chenry@unr.edu;...that of the original hectorite discovery at the Hector Mine near Barstow, California” [2]. In pioneering...Lithium Project) is in the McDermitt caldera in north-central Nevada and southern Oregon (Figure 1). Lithium-rich...the South lens (formerly stage 2 deposit) to the north [7,15,16]. Lithium Nevada has three other areas
Report (issue)
Clay Mineralogy of Pleistocene Lake Tecopa Inyo County, v y * California *β€’ V-? β€’*' $ WE VET Ft Of E... Clay Mineralogy of Pleistocene Lake Tecopa, Inyo County, California By HARRY C. STARKEY and PAUL D. BLACKMON...Clay mineralogy of Pleistocene Lake Tecopa, Inyo County, California. (Geological Survey Professional Paper................................... Quartz and plagioclase feldspar ........................... Potassium...11. Suspended crystals of magadiite from Trinity County, Calif...................................... Vertical
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...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..._______________ 13. Test data for mica (not identified by mine), taken from the production line of the Colonial
Report (issue)
model of plate interactions along the west coast of North America. 8 Schematic illustration of three-stage...D. Diem and M. C. Steele of Texaco USA, Joe Newhart of Exxon USA, Magi Nielsen of OXY Petroleum Inc....a marine embayment on the western margin of the North American continent. The marine history of the basin...near the tectonically active boundary between the North American continent and various oceanic plates of...kilometers to the northwest relative to the adjacent North American continent (Graham, 1976, 1978). Detailed
Report (issue)
SOME CERUSITE DEPOSITS IN OUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO. By J. FEED. HUNTER. INTRODUCTION. The following notes...vicinity of Use, Custer County, Colo. One day was spent in examining the Terrible mine, the most important...by R. B. Brinsmade,2 who described the Terrible mine and offered the curious conjecture that the lead...galena-, even on the 250-foot level of the Terrible mine. GEOGRAPHY. The cerusite deposits here described...of Oak Creek, in the northeastern part of Custer County, Colo., about 12 miles northeast of Silver Cliff
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
had discovered when exploring the district near Hector Pass, on the watershed of the Canadian Eocky Mountains...Roy. Soc. Canada, vol. iv, sect, iii, p. 81. 3 Hector Pass, by which the Canada Pacific Kailway crosses...in a south-western direction from the summit of Hector Pass to a place called Leanchoil. About three miles...latter, according to Professor Adams, being all plagioclase. The 1 Mr. Whymper found a few specimens where...The constituents of the nepheliue-syenite are plagioclase, nepheline, and either brown mica or dark-green
Report (issue)
Arikaree Groups (Late Eocene fo Early Miocene, North America) ps HN aoe aeys ...Arikaree Groups (Late Eocene to Early Miocene, North America) Edited by Dennis O. Terry Department of...Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA, phone (978) 750-8400, http://www.copyright.com...Arikaree Groups : (Late Eocene to early Miocene, North America) / edited by Dennis O. Terry, Hannan E....3. Volcanism. 4. Sedimentation and deposition--North America. 5. Sedimentation and deposition--Rocky
Report (issue)
Srequency cross joints, based on survey Station north of boatharbour is Lat. 48Β°00 42Β°S, Long 166Β°35...Chain, seen from a photograph : from . the z north, 11 drawn β€œ 3 it Fig. 6β€”View looking S.W. along...8β€”Remnants of uplifted marine terrace forming headlands north of the boat harbour, main Snares Island - = Figs...9 and 10β€”Sea caves controlled by joint planes, north-east coast of main Snares Island. Photos, R. A....promontory, across the modified summitplateau with its north-eastward-draining streams (middle distance) towards
Report (volume)
Quicksilver Deposits of Chile By J. F. McALLISTER, HECTOR FLORES W., and CARLOS RUIZ F. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS...________________________________________ Los Mantos mine--_.-___-_--_____-____-_____-_-_---_____-_Champurria...pocket 21. Geologic map of the 170 level, Los Mantos mine, Punitaqui, Chile____________________________________________...pocket 22. Geologic map of the 250 level, Los Mantos mine, Punitaqui, Chile___________________________________________...Mantos mine, Punitaqui, Chile. _____ In pocket 24. Geologic map of the 330 adit, Los Mantos mine, Punitaqui
Book
I. Derrah A Survey of Catalytic Properties of North American Clinoptilolites N. Y. Chen, W. J. Reagan...well-fom1ed crystals from the Svappavari Copper Mine, Lappmark, Sweden. He named these new minerals "zeolites"...mining operations of Union Carbide Corporation north of Bowie, Arizona. The 15-cm truck chabazite-rich...this success on its own. Fig. 5. Oinoptilolite mine of Zeaklite Olemical & Mining Company, Ltd., ltaya... β€’ β€’ Fig. 6. Meckovac clinoptilolite deposit north of Vranje, Yugoslavia. A lithic tuff is mined by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
900Β°C dry Diffusion creep 100 1017 1000 Wet plagioclase 4 Viscosity (Pa s) 10 1 0.1 0.01 1 Diffusion...pyroxene. Garnet, spinel, and (at shallow depth) plagioclase are minor phases. This suggests that deformation...experimental error, suggesting that the viscosity of plagioclase rocks is not significantly affected by chemical...the 1992 Mw = 7.4 Landers and 1999 Mw = 7.1 Hector Mine earthquakes in the Mojave Desert of California...The rapid decay of the post-Landers and post–Hector Mine deformation transients is not consistent with
 
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