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Muscovite from
Sheep Knob Mine, Macon 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 Sheep Knob Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:872310
Long-form Identifier:1:3:872310:9
GUID (UUID V4):5de30f45-c211-4e86-b43e-aab1ae79946f
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
1.0km (0.6 miles) Jacobs Ruby Mine, Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Carroll Gibson Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Lee Mason Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Borrows Cut Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) Lyle Knob Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) Gum Gap Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) Shotgun Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) Cow Ridge Mine (Hall Mine), Macon County, North Carolina, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) Beasley No. 2 Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) Horn-Blaine Mine, Macon 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...____ Whiteside Granite-_____________________ Muscovite granodiorite of Spruce Pine district-_____ __
Report (issue)
Physical Characteristics of Commercial Sheet Muscovite in the Southeastern United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley Authority Physical... Physical Characteristics of Commercial Sheet Muscovite in the Southeastern United States By RICHARD H. JAHNS...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Falley Authority UNITED...6 7 8 11 12 12 15 16 16 17 17 22 24 26 Sheet muscovite in the Southeastern States.____________ Distribution
Book (volume)
grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Book (volume)
grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Book (volume)
vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches
Report (issue)
FONTANA DAM AND TUSKEEGEE QUADRANGLES, SWAIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA by Scott Southworth U.S. Geological Survey...Geological Survey editorial standards (or with the North American Stratigraphic Code). Any use of trade,...FONTANA DAM AND TUSKEEGEE QUADRANGLES, SWAIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA by Scott Southworth INTRODUCTION AND GEOLOGIC...approximately nine days were spent mapping the north shore of Fontana Lake in November, 1993, when more...Valley Authority (TVA) map is on file with the North Carolina Geological Survey in Asheville (L.S. Wiener
Book
CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m
Journal (issue)
........................ 460 1HE SCARLET COPPER MINE, N. C. By C. Henry King ..........................············· 467 llUBIES OF COWEE VALLEY, NORTH CAROLINA. By Melbourne S1nith ·····················...Boulder Bec!ch on Lake Mead. Nevad~ The Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc. (Paul 0 . Drury, Publicity...wanted to go prospecting in some remote part of the North Woods Possibly in Canada. I had traveled through...and Kirkland Lake districts which were farther North. I wrote to the Ontario Department of Mines and
Report (issue)
FEATURES OF THE BROWN HEMATITE ORES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.1 By W. S. BAYIJSY. INTRODUCTION. Within the...continuous production of brown hematite in North Carolina has attracted attention to the State as a possible...tons of brown ore has been reported to the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey as produced...Cherokee County, in the southwest corner of the State. Formerly a little came from Madison County, near...near Asheville, and from Gaston County, near Bessemer City, but the mines in these counties were abandoned
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...out each year into the mountains and deserts of North America to collect a great variety of materials...glaciers that once covered the northern part of North America. As you can see from the directory of digging...dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota, liquid in the solidifying dike...Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. In the West, the Rockies, the Sierra Nevada
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...to list more than fifteen hundred localities in North America where gems can be found. This is the only...amateurs alike had not gone out to every corner of North America, discovered the rich gem resources of the...Colorado; and Professor Jack Hanahan of Belmont, North Carolina, with locations in their respective states...venture every year into the mountains and deserts of North America, they enjoy not only the pleasure of seeking
Report (volume)
Wall, August 29, 1963.......... 5. Chasm Wall at north end of Vernal Mesa.. 6. Major divisions of geologic...of the Black Canyon area. 9. Contorted gneiss, north rim of Black Canyon near Colorado State Highway...of quartzitic gneiss...... 21. Cimarron fault, north across valley of Squaw Creek......................It ranks high among the more awesome gorges of North America. Many great western canyons are as well...few have walls as steep. But no other canyon in North American combines the depth, narrowness, sheerness
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...100 detail maps 1500+ hunting locations: sites in North America A directory to coUpcfing O E Pi rin...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...directory listing over fifteen hundred localities in North America where gem specimens may be found. Interspersed...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID
Book
locations: A directory to co!le.cling sites in North America MINERALS AND GEMS A COLOR TREASURY FORCOLLECTORS...not just a picture book. Rather, it is a veritable mine of information, telling everything the collector...directory listing over fifteen hundred localities in North Am erica where gem specimens may be fou nd. Interspersed...you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary arrangements...LAKE BAILEY N I DELAWARE MINE DUMPS IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI 2 AMYGDAlOID MINE DUMPS 3 AGATE HARBOR (AGATES
 
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