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Quartz from
Welch Mine, Macon 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 Welch Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:874384
Long-form Identifier:1:3:874384:8
GUID (UUID V4):be60f5c2-f025-44dc-a513-f7341edf60b1
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.3km (0.2 miles) Clyde Downes Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) Hall Mine (Hall-Burra Mine), Macon County, North Carolina, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) S. C. Leatherman Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
2.8km (1.8 miles) Annie Laurie Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Iotla-Bradley Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) Patton Prospect, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Moody Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) Sheep Knob Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) Jacobs Ruby Mine, Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) Iotla-Bowers Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
MISCELLANEOUS NONMETALLIC PRODUCTS. MICA DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA. By DOUGLAS B. STERRETT. INTRODUCTION. The...most important producers among these have been North Carolina, South Dakota, New Hampshire, Virginia, Colorado...Alabama, Georgia, and Idaho. For many years North Carolina has led in both quantity and value of output...amount North Carolina is credited with $127,870. The value of the mica production in North Carolina during...Geological Survey and the North Carolina Geological Survey. The greater part of the mine descriptions were obtained
Report (issue)
noRm c ult * 4 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE, DIRECTOR...MICA DEPOSITS OF THE FRANKLIN-SYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA BY J. C. OLSON AND OTHERS PREPARED BY GEOLOGICAL...WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH 1946 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT...MICA DEPOSITS OF THE FRANKLIN SYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA By J. C. OLSON and Others PREPARED BY GEOLOGICAL...DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR IN COOPERATION WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
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
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
Report (volume)
General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County__...County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union counti...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________...____________ 86 Troup County ________________________________ 86 Upson County _______________________________
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)
Borfh- Ca'^nn8 Stat* CmrSPE Baietgii c.a NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JASPER L. STUCKEY, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1948 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...RESOURCES JASPER L. STUCKEY, State Geologist North Carolina state Library Raleigh BULLETIN NO. 56 * ...UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JASPER L. STUCKEY, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Report (volume)
______________ View of a gully on the Graddy farm, Quitman County-.--.... Easternmost head of Providence Canyons----------_----_-_A...about 40 feet of the Tuscaloosa is exposed in Bibb County. East of the Ocmulgee River the Tuscaloosa so closely...consists of a basal bed containing coarse grains of quartz sand and other detrital materials as well as borings...in part to overlap, to about 77 feet in Marion County. East of the Flint River the Eutaw cannot be differentiated...indications of marine origin. Farther east in Taylor County the formation contains lenses of kaolin, some of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
study of a sample of natural gedrite from North Carolina, USA, with C 2+ 4+ the crystal-chemical formula...expansivities have been determined for amphiboles (Welch et al., 2007). Although the primary goal of compression...than in anthophyllite (1.496105 K1; Welch et al., 2011a). Welch et al. (2011b) determined the bulk and...Methods The sample used in this study is from North Carolina, USA and has an original reference number AMNH...drilled into it by spark-erosion. A crystal of quartz was used as an internal pressure standard (Angel
Journal (issue)
00 Cryptomelane Discovered at the Roxbury Iron Mine, Roxbury, Connecticut Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral...from the classic locality of the Roxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut has...microscopic, fibrous masses lightly scattered in voids in quartz seams (see figure 1), and it has been analytically...morphology resembles the material found at the Clara Mine in Germany. The Roxbury specimen was collected about...extremely ugly quartz that was collected about 30 years ago at the Roxbury Iron Mine. I originally picked
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...deposits. Copper occurs with complex sulfide ores in quartz veins in the metamorphic rocks of the 10- Piedmont...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ore and Historical Mine Waste in the Eastern Adirondack Highlands, New York, USA Ryan D. Taylor,1,† Anjana...mined in the United States since the Mountain Pass mine, California, was put on care and maintenance at...032% U. Other mineral phases in the ore include quartz, clinopyroxene, amphibole, and/or feldspar. Additional...boulder-sized clasts pulled from the mine and deposited near the mine openings, and tailings piles, which...Acquisitions user REE RESOURCES FROM MINE WASTE, EASTERN ADIRONDACK HIGHLANDS, USA 73°40’ 73°30’ A) Regional
Report (volume)
Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fe3+ analogue of bushmakinite from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Nevada A. R. KAMPF1,*, P. M. ADAMS2, B....Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA 126 South Helberta Avenue...90277, USA Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA 5199...UT 84108, USA [Received 6 October 2014; Accepted 23 November 2014; Associate Editor: M. Welch] ABSTRACT...from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA, where it occurs as
Report (issue)
Preliminary Investigation of the Geology of Clarke County, Georgia, by Eldon J. Parizek ______________________________...____ 23 Figure 3. Areal Lithologic Map, Clarke County, Georgia ---······-----------------------------------------------...Figure 7. Inclusion embedded in Granite in Clarke County, Georgia. The hammer lies parallel to Bedding Planes...Figure 8. Inclusion Pattern in Granite, Clarke County, Georgia ------------------------------------------...Geology of the Ellijay Quadrangle, Ge0rgia-North Carolina-Tennessee, by A. S. Furcron ______ 32 Figure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
good specimen of a Connecticut mineral. SOUTH CAROLINA Member Lou Dezseran told the Colum­ bia Gem and...Professor of Paleontology at the University of South Carolina, spoke and showed slides of Diatoms. They must...Society went to Liberty Hill, N.C. to look for smoky quartz of faceting grade. PENNSYLVANIA The Mineral and...pyrites to the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills. Members Weldon and Edith Storey...Boston Mineral Club went to the Government Pits, North Conway, N.H. (Collecting permits from the White
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Washington, D . C . 20016. September 5, 6—Gaslonia, North Carolina. G e m , Mineral, and Jewelry Show sponsored...sponsored by the Schiele Museum and the Gaston County Gem and Mineral C l u b . Schiele Museum Grounds, 1500...Humphries, 2506 Cove Creek Drive, Gastonia, North Carolina 28054. September 5-7—Houston, Texas. 33rd A...Massachusetts 02139. September 12—14—St. Louis County, Missouri. "Gems of the O z a r k s , " McDonnell...Show, North County Recreation Complex, Veteran Memorial P a r k , 2577 Redman Road, St. Louis County, Missouri
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE DIMORPH OF RAISAITE, FROM THE NORTH STAR MINE, TINTIC, UTAH, USA ANTHONY R. KAMPF§ Mineral Sciences...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA ROBERT M. HOUSLEY...91125, USA ABSTRACT Pararaisaite, Cu2þMg[Te6þO4(OH)2]6H2O, is a new mineral from the North Star mine...mine, Tintic district, Juab County, Utah, USA. It is an oxidation-zone mineral occuring in vugs in a matrix...matrix of massive quartz with embedded crystals of baryte and goldfieldite. Crystals are deep blue, striated
Report (issue)
THE LOS BURROS DISTRICT, MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. By JAMES M. HILL. INTRODUCTION. The following...district, in the southwestern part of Monterey County, Calif., are based on observations made during...Gorda properties and the caretaker at the Buclimo mine. The district lies on the west side of the rugged...rugged Coast Range, near the south line of Monterey County, in Tps. 23 and 24 S., R. 25 E. Mount Diablo meridian...along Spruce Creek, in the vicinity of the Gorda mine, and at the head of Alder Creek, near the Buclimo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA School of Science and...dolomite, epsomite, haydeeite, hematite, magnesite and quartz. Paratacamite-(Mg) crystals are rhombs and thick...determined by Fleet (1975) and recently confirmed by Welch et al. (2013) using material from the BM86958 type...stabilized by the presence of some Zn or Ni (2 3 wt.%). Welch et al. (2013) determined the structure of paratacamite...of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, USA. Paratacamite-(Mg) is the first reported example
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the immense quartz specimens at the Natural History Museum Bern. Photo by Eric Welch © GIA, courtesy...permanent exhibit featuring one of the largest quartz-crystal finds in the Swiss Alps, comprising fifty...Planggenstock, close to Gotthard Pass. The slightly smoky quartz specimens are distinguished by their exceptional...300 kilograms. In addition to the nearly fifty quartz specimens, a number of pink fluorite octahedra...for each month, as well as a 22,000-carat faceted quartz and a replica of the jeweled Victoria’s Secret
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 3047–3054 Leverettite from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Provence, Chile: the Co-analogue of herbertsmithite...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA School of Science and...ideally Cu3CoCl2(OH)6, was found at the Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Chile, where it...chalcophanite, goethite, halite, manganite, pyrite, quartz and todorokite. Crystals of leverettite are steep...authors (AAMD) in early 2012 at the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Chile. Rhombohedral green crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geography, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA; E-Mail: saundja@auburn.edu; Tel.: +1-334-844-4884...sulfidation (LS) epithermal deposits in the western USA often show evidence of the former presence of nanoparticle-sized...the banded bonanza veins typical of many western USA epithermal deposits. Chalcopyrite is the most abundant...of these Tertiary banded bonanza ores in western USA (Figure 1) reveal some universal features in these...metals at the hand-sample scale: (1) fine-grained quartz (and locally opal) textures implying former presence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ottensite, brizziite and mopungite from Pereta mine (Tuscany, Italy): new occurrences and crystal structure...from the antimony mine of Pereta (Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy). Ottensite from Pereta mine occurs as brilliant...samples (collected about 25 years ago) from Pereta mine (Tuscany, Italy) (Fig. 1). Botryoidal and stalactitic...mopungite, NaSb(OH)6 (Williams 1985). The antimoniferous mine of Pereta (42°38′37″N; 11°21′ 28″E) is located about...Italy) bordering on the sulphur-cinnabar Zolfiere mine (Fig. 1). Relevant historical, geological and mineralogical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
July 8th, 1951, to French Creek Mines, in Chester County, Penn. When sixty-one rockhounds pounded the old...Newark Museum for a collecting trip to the Siderite mine at Roxbury and the Kyanite diggings at Judd's bridge...and packs we climbed the long hill to the Siderite mine. By 4:00 P. M. holes three feet deep could be found...localities were: the Ruggles mine at Grsfton Center, the Palermo mine at North Groton and the Fluorite mines...made a trip to the old Copper mine at Griggstown, New Jersey. The mine lies on a farm near the historic
 
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