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Biotite from
A Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view A Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:881495
Long-form Identifier:1:3:881495:1
GUID (UUID V4):9c0ba567-3b12-475a-ad0a-5484e16b14e5
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ā“˜Emmons Knob Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ā“˜Little Elk Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ā“˜Grapevine Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ā“˜Fall Branch Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ā“˜George Burleson Mine, Plumtree, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ā“˜Slippery Elm Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ā“˜Friel Vance Mine (Freel Vance Mine; Jose Camina MIne), Avery County, North Carolina, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ā“˜Lick Log Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ā“˜Johnson Mine, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ā“˜Doublehead Mine (Brown workings; Cantrell workings), Avery County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...H. Jahns, J. M. Parker III, D. H. Amos, S. A. Bergman, A. R. Taylor, K. H. Teague, and others UNITED
Report (volume)
the Spruce Pine District ! Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Division of the North \ Carolina Department of Conservation and Development 1122-A Geology of the...Spruce Pine District Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties North Carolina By DONALD A. BROBST ! CONTRIBUTIONS...BULLETIN 112 2-A Prepared in cooperation with the Mineral Resources Division of the North Carolina Department...Geologic map of Spruce Pine pegmatite district, Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties, N.C.__________________
Report (issue)
c\ NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF MINERAL...Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT BY JOHN M. PARKER, III GEOLOGICAL...RESULTS OF A COOPERATIVE UNDERTAKING BETWEEN THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE...Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT By M. PARKER, III Geological
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK October 21 ā€“ 23, 1983 GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN...IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF NORTHWE3STERN NORTH CAROLINA Edited by Sharon E. Lewis Virginia Division of Mineral...pitā€, of the main adit and Stopes of the Cranberry mine Copies of this guidebook may be obtained from:...NRCD Post Office Box 27687 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1983 OFFICERS...South Carolina 29613 Vice-President: John J. Chapman Department of Earth Science Western Carolina University
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 (issue)
i^orth Caro...ia ^.aie Library Raleigh NORTH ^c CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 58 Halloysite Deposits of Western North Carolina BY CHARLES E. HUNTER AND LEWIS J. HASH...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY In Cooperation with NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...F'erebee Andrews George W. Gillette Wilmington A. H. Guion Charlotte W. Roy Hampton Plymouth R...Pamona A. K. Winget Albemarle R. Bruce Etheridge, Director LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Raleigh, North Carolina
Report (issue)
SPRUCE PIHB DISTRICT, ISOlCffl CABOLIHA by Donald A* Brobst This report la praliminary not tHMn odited...noftonclature* Frui>arĀ«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 ...
Report (issue)
0, I y. 50 .r rVv, rv O. ^ NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE...BULLETIN NO. 50 The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina BY THOMAS G. MURDOCK AND CHARLES E. HUNTER...UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JASPER L. STUCKEY, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1946 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...BULLETIN NO. 50 The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina BY THOMAS G. MURDOCK AND CHARLES E. HUNTER
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A TRIP TO SPRUCE PINES 4812 Wake By J . E . N O R W O O D Forest R d . , Raleigh, N. C . Spruce Pines...Pines in Mitchell County is the best known area in North Carolina to those connected with mining and minĀ­...eastĀ­ ern North Carolina. The type of granite underlying the Spruce Pines region is unique for North Carolina...A. In a ten mile radius of Spruce Pines is most of the alaskite granite found in the state. A few outcrops...outcrops occur in Avery and Yancy Counties which join Mitchell County. Alaskite consists chiefly of oligoclase
Report (volume)
Knoxville 1 Ā°X2Ā° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Knoxville 1Ā°X2Ā° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1Ā°X2Ā° 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)
Knoxville 1Ā°x2Ā° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1Ā°x2Ā° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [etaf...Geologyā€”Tennessee. 2. Geologyā€”North Carolina. 3. Geologyā€”South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resourcesā€”Tennessee...and mineral resourcesā€”North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II...Knoxville lĀ°x2Ā° quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina 2. Paleozoic metamorphic facies map
Report (issue)
Vicinity North Carolina Mineral Resources of the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity North Carolina...Falls ___ _-_ _-____ 3. Map of uranium prospects on North Harper Creek--------- ______ __ 2 5 6 TABLES ...the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity, North Carolina By Bruce Bryant and John C. Reed, Jr. ABSTRACT...during a study of the Grandfather Mountain window and vicinity in northwestern North Carolina and presents...ampnibolite, migmatite, and granitic rock formed during a metamorphic-plutonic event 1,000 1,100 million years
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatites in the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina, USA Samuel E. Swanson*, William B. Veal Department...have a mortar texture with coarse (~ 1 cm) grains of feldspar, quartz and muscovite enclosed in a finer...epidote, muscovite, quartz, and grossular garnet. A few of the pegmatites are more fractionated and contain...unzoned. Zoning in the pegmatites is simple with a quartz core, an intermediate zone of graphic granite...Keywords: Spruce Pine, pegmatites, mineralogy, North Carolina Received: 16 October 2009; accepted: 1 April
Report (issue)
North Carolina State Library jleigh ( f t NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN RALEIGH...RALEIGH 1958 G. CONRAD Norffe Carolir* St** NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN G. CONRAD...Jefferson F. J. BOLING Siler City H. C. BUCHAN, JR North Wilkesboro SCROOP W. ENLOE, JR Spruce Pine VOIT
Report (issue)
Carolina Geological Society 2008 Fieldtrip and Annual Meeting, Little Switzerland, North Carolina October...Spruce Pine Mining District: Little Switzerland, North Carolina __________________________________________...__ Carolina Geological Society (CGS) 2008 Field trip Spruce Pine Mining District North Carolina Co-leaders...Sponsors Active Minerals International, LLC Imerys North America Ceramics Unimin Corporation Vulcan Materials...Spruce Pine Mining District: Little Switzerland, North Carolina __________________________________________
Book
MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolinaā€™s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright Ā©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolinaā€™s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resourcesā€”North Carolinaā€”History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4ā€š7622ā€š09756ā€”dc22...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom
Report (issue)
t'ljLf c 2 North Carolina State ttbraJK N.Ob Raleigh DOC NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION...KAOLIN DEPOSITS OF THE SPRUCE PINE DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA BY JOHN M. PARKER III PREPARED BY GEOLOGICAL...WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH 1946 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT...KAOLIN DEPOSITS OF THE SPRUCE PINE DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA BY JOHN M. PARKER III PREPARED BY GEOLOGICAL...DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR IN COOPERATION WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pegmatites are a valuable part of North Carolina's natural heritage, important both for their commercial...enthusiasts. Pegmatites and Alaskites OF NORTH CAROLINA JOHN C A L L A H A N Geology Department Appalachian...Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina 28608 P E G M A T I T E S A R E O N E O F T H E most interesting...commercially important types of rocks found in North Carolina. Extraction of feldspar, mica, quartz, spoĀ­...mainly located in western North Carolina, to try their luck in finding over a hundred unusual minerals
Report (issue)
c C.2 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF...BULLETIN NUMBER 66 THE SCRAP MICA RESOURCES of NORTH CAROLINA BY SAM D. BROADHURST AND LEWIS J. HASH PREPARED...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1953 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...BULLETIN NUMBER 66 THE SCRAP MICA RESOURCES of NORTH CAROLINA By SAM D. BROADHURST and LEWIS J. HASH PREPARED...Chairman WALTER CHARLES S. ALLEN L. CAVENAUGH A. COOK C. SYLVESTER GREEN CHARLES FRED H. JENKINS
Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL... 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY a RALEIGH 1956 1610...... 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)
late spring or early summer of 1963 were higher by a factor of three or more over concentrations measured...concentrations compared to nonradioactive tracers. Tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, is probably the best...the hydrologic environment and has thus produced a tritium pulse valuable for present and future hydrologic...investigations. Since tritium was first introduced as a water tracer (Kaufman and Libby, 1954, p. 1337) in...given above, the U.S. Geological Survey initiated a program in 1958 to measure fluctuating tritium activities
Report (issue)
.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and applied research...systematic geologic mapping. Services constitute a major portion ofthe Sections's activities and include
Report (issue)
Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...and pr other a . < Ā»<.. .ā€¢Ā«; J ā€” ;cr3r- ces iti- ate to CRYSTALS NOT PISTOLS Th. i a series cn uuncuiu...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide
Report (volume)
Area and Extension, Buncombe County, North Carolina By F. G. LESURE and A. E. GROSZ, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Wilderness Study Area and Extension, Bunc1m County, North Carolina. (Geological Survey bulletin ; 1515) Bibliography:...I 19.3:1515 1. Mines and mineral resources-North Carolina-Buncombe Co. I. Grosz, Andrew E., jof author...suitability studies. This report discusses the results of a mineral survey of national forest land in the Craggy...Mountain Wilderness Study Area and Extension, North Carolina, that is being considered for wilderness designation
Report (volume)
Deposits of Southwestern Virginia and Western North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-D Quartz...Deposits of Southwestern Virginia and Western North Carolina By JOHN B. MERTIE, JR. CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC...ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-D A detailed report on quart* crystals from 37 sources...1959 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRED A. SEATON, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan...deposits of southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina. Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1958
 
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