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Pyrite from
Pine Branch Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pine Branch Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:881262
Long-form Identifier:1:3:881262:9
GUID (UUID V4):2af901a2-dd14-497a-be2f-360967134376
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.4km (0.9 miles) Slippery Elm Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) A Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) Doublehead Mine (Brown workings; Cantrell workings), Avery County, North Carolina, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Houston Rock Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) Champ Rock Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
8.9km (5.5 miles) Twiggs Mica Mine, Hawk-Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) W. C. Burleson Mica Mine (Joe Stevenson Mine), Hawk-Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) Hawk Mine, Hawk-Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
10.9km (6.8 miles) Mossy Rocky Mica Mine, Hawk-Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
11.0km (6.8 miles) Bardon Mica Mine (Bordon Mine), Hawk-Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
References
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Report (issue)
noftonclature* Frui>ar«d in oooperation >dth the liorth Carolina Dep&rtaent of Conservation and Development* C05TSHTS...Metamorphic rocks ................ Mica rocks of the Carolina-type ....... Mioa gneiss .............. Mica schist...schist .............. Petrograpljy of the Carolina-type rocks . Structure and texture ....... Mineral.............. Cranberry gneiss ................ Carolina-type rocks .....*.......* Roan-type rocks ......Geologic map of the Plumtree area, Spruce Pine district, Forth Carolina.............................. In por&et
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
500-mile-long state situated mainly between 35° and 36.6° North latitude and bounded on the west by the Mississippi...(top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
have fine silica base. Mines are about 4 0 miles north E X C H A N G E — M i n e r a l specimens. Cabinet...topaz five cents a carat. R. F. Bickford, list for mine. Geo. Fales, Cashmere, Norway, Maine. Washington...doesn't have it in stock now, order direct f r o m the mine. This beautiful high red takes a wonderful polish...o w e r i n g obsidian (large or small flowers) Pyrite crystal groups, A r i zona asbestos, Calif. Melanite...crystallized w i t h e r i t e by advertiser in Hardin County, Illinois. T h i s rare mineral available on basis
Report (volume)
OGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1268 Bibliography of North American Geology, 1968 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Index . . . . VII 1 817 III BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1968 INTRODUCTION The current annual...annual volume of the "Bibliography of North American Geology" lists publications that appeared during...during 1968 concerning the geology of the North American continent, Greenland, the West Indies and adjacent...in foreign journals are cited if they deal with North American localities or are of a general nature,
Report (Issue volume)
and Science Service. North Carolina: Office of Earth Resources, ~orth Carolina Department of Natural...Natural and Economic Resources. North Dakota: State Geological Survey of :\'.orth Dakota. Oklahoma: Oklahoma...Administration, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. South Carolina: South Carolina Division of Geolog\. State Development...San1 M. Pickering, Jr. __________ _ 219 Hawaii, by Avery H. Reed --------------- - - - ---------------- 233...___________________ ___ _ 465 New Hampshire, by Avery H. Reed _______ __ ____ ____________ _ _ 479 New
Report (issue)
............................................ 7 County .................................................collection, latitude and longitude of the site location, county, and the name of the 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle...latitude and longitude of the site location, the county, and 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle containing...Service; USGS Water Resources Division Districts: North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Maryland;...river drainage region where the site is located: 01-North Atlantic slope basins, 02South Atlantic slope basins
Report (volume)
States and its possessions. The first compilation, "North American Geologic Formation Names," Bulletin 191...contains: (1) an alphabetical listing of 1,500 North American sedimentary formation names and 100 names...year 1955), Bulletin 1056-A, "Geologic Names of North America Introduced in 1936-1955," by Druid Wilson...listed about 5,000 new names introduced for use in North America, the Pacific Island possessions of the United...nonalphabetical "Index to the Geologic Names of North America," Bulletin 1056-B, by Druid Wilson, Grace
Report (issue)
along the western margins of the interior seaway of North America UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...ebb-tidal delta in barrier shoreline No. 1 ............ North inlet..................................... Jim inlet...Paleogeographic map of the interior Cretaceous seaway of North America during the Maastrichtian Age .............Sandstone Photograph of ebb-tidal delta sandstone at North inlet in the Fox Hills Sandstone ........................................ Paleogeographic map of North inlet area.....................................
Journal (volume)
borofluorosilicate from the Golden Horn batholith, Okanogan County, Washington // Amer. Mi­ neral. 1980. Vol. 65....gittinsite, fluorapatite, barite, galena, molybdenite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite. Baratovite-katayamalite forms...isomeric, with abruptly falling contacts. In the north the massif breaks through limestone-slate thickness...Fluorapatite Barite Fluorite Galenite Molybdenite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Bismuth Sphalerite Löllingite CeBSiO5...nepheline syenites in Wilson Springs, Arkansas, USA (Shaller, 1950); aegirine-al­ bite-microcline metasomatites
Report (issue)
.......... 3 3. Location of coreholes in the Pine Mountain area ..................... 4 4. Location........ -6 6. Correlations of coreholes in the Pine Mountc.in area ................. 7 7. Correlations...drilled in this phase of the program; six were along Pine Mountain (fig. 3) on the northwestern limb of the...northeast-trending belts: (1) along the southeastern slope of Pine Mountain in parts of Wise and Dickenson Counties;... WISE COUNTY Figure 3. \ DICKENSON COUNTY Location of coreholes DDK SW-1 to 5 in the Pine Mountain
Report (issue)
zinc contents of plants and drained peat, Orleans County, N.Y.............................................Louis, Ill ................................... North Sylamore Creek near Fifty Six, Ark ................................. 8 Merced River, Happy Isles Branch, Yosemite, Calif .............. 20 5.0- 15.0 12...Calif.. ....................................... North Fork Quinault River, near Amanda Park, Wash ......Mammoth and nearby districts, Arirona 18. Yellow Pine, Nevada, and nearby Resting Springs and Kingston
Report (issue)
GEORGIA SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY, AUGUST A, RICHMOND COUNTY FRO.NTISPIECE PLATE I -- THE ADVISORY BOARD...Georgia Sand & Gravel Company, Augusta., Richmond County ________ -------------------------Frontispiece...32 B. Mining gravel by gasolene shovel, Muscogee County pit, 3lh miles east of Columbus --------------...Keystone excavator used in loading trucks, Richmond County gravel pit, August-a --------------------------------------...Talbot County --~------------------- 48 A. Mining gravel by crane drag-line system, Richmond County gravel
Book
earthquakes. The Basin and Range lies within the North American plate. Semimolten rock in the asthenosphere...water during part of the year. Highlands to the north and south prevent the escape of water in those directions...Nevada 431. From the south, it is about 8.5 miles north of the intersection of Nevada 28 and U.S. 50. Turn...second crest, the Carson Range, branches off to the north. Nestled within the valley separating these two... At 1,645 feet deep, it is the deepest lake in North America. Tahoe’s unusual beauty attracts its share
Book
Asia. The general boundaries are therefore: in the North, Britain and Scandinavia, in the South, the Mediterranean...his views on the copper mines of Gt Ormes Head in North Wales. I would also like to thank the many archaeologists...Economic Geology Publishing Company, Minnesota, USA, Fig. 93; German Mining Museum, Bochum, West Germany...82, 83, 87; Journal of Field Archaeology, Boston, USA Fig. 64; Museum of History, Cologne, West Germany...temperate Alpine-less Arctic Tundra in NW. Europe Forest pine in S. France and Germany Return to colder conditions
Book (volume)
Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Dr H. Löhrl Formerly Head of the Vogelwarte Radolfzell...Biology, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, USA. Professor I. Newton Emeritus Fellow, Centre for... nesting would be impossible, and then migrate north to breed on the arctic tundra which is frozen and...year many species of the southern hemisphere move north. In contrast, birds confined to lowland equatorial...Progressing northward up the western seaboard of North Africa and Europe, for example, the proportion of
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Caledonia. Until 1989, the massive Bougainville copper mine at Panguna provided around 40% of Papua New...New Guinea's export revenues. Fiji's gold mine at Vatukoula has provided export revenues and employment...atolls are confined to a broad band between 20° north and south of the Equator. Atoll landscapes are distinctive...in the western Pacific Ocean, especially to the north of Australia and around Hong Kong and the Philippines...northwestern part of a huge clockwise gyre whose north edge lies in the west wind drift centered at about
 
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