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Biotite from
Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
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 Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:948557
Long-form Identifier:1:3:948557:0
GUID (UUID V4):2e1c5607-767a-4ce8-aa6b-d36ed13fd667
Localities for Biotite in this Region
Darwin Mine, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
Love Springs Mine, Gaffney Area, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Purpose _ __ _ _ _ _ STRATIGRAPHY Metamorphic Belts Carolina Series Definition Gneiss Facies _ _ Schist Facies..._____ __ _ Biotite Gneiss Mica Schist Marble ___ _ Talladega Series Definition Quartzite Biotite Gneiss Mica...-------------------- __ 41 Woodland Gneiss ___ _ 42 Biotite Granite Gneiss (Lithonia Type) _____ _ 42 _42 Lithonia...__ Granite (Stone Mountain Type) 43 Porphyritic Biotite Granite (Palmetto Type) - _44 Dolerite ---- - 44...--------------------------- ______ 45 _ ______ 45 Biotite Injection Gneiss _ _ ___ _ Hornblende Injection
Report (volume)
The Crystalline Rocks of South Carolina By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET and HENRY BELL III GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...of the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces of South Carolina UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE,...and Precambrian(?) age_______________________ Carolina slate belt_________________________________________...Metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic rocks___________ Biotite schist______________________________________ Q..._____________________________________ -. _ ____ Biotite gneiss and migmatite__ __ _____________ __ __ ___
Report (issue)
. 16 17. Photomicrograph of chlorite after biotite in schist from the Canton .Formation ............onega go.ld belt extending from Canton in Cherokee County Georgia, is a narrqw, ~et;~uence of r-ock units...that can be northeastward to the Georgia~ North Carolina State line, and mapped.f.rom <1t least the Georgia-Alabama...Coi.ihty northeastward to. the Georgia-rNorth Carolina State line. ,,• ,.,._. , '·'': , ... ,, Pumpkinvine...resources of White County were described by Hurst and Otwell, and those in Habersham County were described
Report (issue)
THE GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORIGIN OF PEGMATITES CHEROKEE-PICKENS DISTRICT, GEORGIA Alexander J. Gunow and Gregory...Toonlgh Creek, Cherokee County. THE GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORIGIN OF PEGMATITES CHEROKEE-PICKENS DISTRICT............... 26 Trace Element Distribution in Biotite-Muscovite Pairs ....... .. . .... ...... ........for muscovite samples from pegmatites within the Cherokee-Pickens district ... . 0 ••• 0 • 0 ••• ••...values in ppm) for pegmatitic muscovite from the Cherokee-Pickens district, in comparison with muscovite
Report (issue)
the Broad River in the western Piedmont of South Carolina. by Theobald, P. K. U. S. Geological Survey...River in the western Piedmont of South Carolina and North Carolina by Paul K. Theobald, Jr. PRELIMINARY...between Savannah and Catawba Rivers, South Carolina and North Carolina. 2. Map • n • • • • • ********...Savannah River-Catawba River district, South Carolina and North Carolina . (Numbers follow in sequence frau...sampled along Tnicketty Creels, Cherokee County and Spartanburg County, S.C. 3 27. Descriptions of sediments
Report (issue)
Inside back cover Monazite placers of North and South Carolina .............................................mined in the Piedmont province of North and South Carolina from 1887 to 1911, and again intermittently...of Fredericksburg, Va., south-southwestward for 200 miles into North Carolina. Monazite-bearing rocks...placers that were formerly mined in North and South Carolina. These placers were sampled, and the monazite...country rock, and certain granitic gneisses of the Carolina gneiss. Some of the associated pegmatites also
Report (issue)
Residual boulders of massive kyanite, Pickens County. ·~· LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines...previously known only from India were discovered in Cherokee, Pickens, and Dawson counties. Both of these minerals...-- _ SILLIMANITE IN TOWNS COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND CLAY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA--------------------------Location...-------------------------------------------------Biotite Gneiss, Graywacke, and Quartzite West of Nelson...massive kyanite, Pickens County. Figure 1. Sillimanite crystals in biotite. gneiss, headwaters of Coldwater
Report (volume)
'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette] |...Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette] | Washington...meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkins County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. "Williams
Book (edition)
Geology of North Carolina. QE 147 .A22 1866-1887 Pt.2 V.2 Chap.1 Digitized by the Internet Archive...nerall01 nort n o o / Geology of North Carolina. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It F. A. GENTH...brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2 many new and rare species. The Mica veins...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably extended...crease of more than 25 per cent. GEOLOGY OE NORTH CAROLINA. 4 than has been discovered in any other state;
Report (issue)
chartoflithologic units in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Plutons of category 3 are known to occur only south of the Brevard fault zone. Two major regional progressive...Palmetto, and Ben Hill Granites and Lithonia Gneiss south of the Brevard fault zone and in the Austell, Sand...apparent along this segment of the Brevard zone. South of the Brevard fault zone, units defined as Atlanta...138139140141 142143- Rome South Wa x Kingston Cartersvil le AIIatoona Dam South Canton Canton Birmingham
Book (edition)
LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 eral causes have been operative in giving...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished...a few days, so that the having been of North Carolina list mineral species has been very considerably...Molybdenite. 17- Altaite. GEOLOGY OF NOETH CAROLINA. 18. Bornite. 19 Sphalerite. 54. Braunite.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...Sanitarium and the Oconee River: andalusite, biotite, corundum, muscovite, quartz (Hurst, 1956c). Wood pit—east...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey
Report (issue)
1. Approximate two-day field trip locations of Carolina Geological Society relative to the generalized... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Guidebook for 1973 Annual Meeting...PLUTONS OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA H. D. Wagoner Chiasma Consultants, Inc. 60...29401 David E. Howell2 Division of Geology South Carolina State Development Board P. O. Box 927 Columbia...reserves of this commodity available in the South Carolina Piedmont, Purposes Reconnaissance mapping
Report (issue)
COKCENTRA'l'ING PLANT OF THE S'I'ANDARD PYRITES COMPANY, CHEROKEE COUNTY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA S. W. McCALLIE.............................................. . Carolina gneiss ............................................................................. . Carroll County belt ........................................................ · · · · · · · · · · · · Pauliling County belt .................................. · · · ·...........•.....................• 31-224 Carroll County ..............................................
Report (issue)
COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing............................................ 148 Biotite ........................................................................................... 170 County Index ...........................................from Washington and Bleck ley counties to Irwin county. Some minerals described herein have never been
Report (issue)
IN THE WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA PIEDMONT The Carroll County gold belt and the southwestern portion of the Dahlonega...Miners and workings at the Yorkville Mine, Paulding County (Circa 1930). Photo courtesy of Georgia Department...IN THE WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA PIEDMONT The Carroll County gold belt and the southwestern portion of the Dahlonega...0 o o Burnt Hickory Ridge District 0 0 0 South Canton District 0 0 o Introduction 0 0 0....... 17 11. Local retrogression of garnet and biotite to chlorite ..................................
Report (issue)
"'< Sheet Mica from the Early-Vaughn mine, Lamar County. J '\ LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL DEPARTMENT OF...--------------------------------------------------Biotite -----------------------------------------------------Fcldspar...Monroe Counties---,----------------------------Cherokee and Pickens Counties------------------------------------Lumpkin...Counties------------------------------------Rabun County ------------------------------------------------Hart...Monroe Counties------------------------------Upson County -----------------------------------------------T
Report (issue)
NEAR SCHOOL HOUSE, LOT 110, 15th DJST., DeKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, SHOWING PEGMATITE DIKE IN MICA SCHIS'.............................................. . Carolina gneiss .................................................................................... . Carolina gneiss ............................................... . Baldwin County .......................................... . Warren County .............................................. . Columbia County .......................................... . Other counties
Report (volume)
........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa. Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards...Mr. D. H. Newland, State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota...Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota... .Prof. E. C. Perisho...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;
Report (issue)
CI 3:57 Nc ' ~ ry NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE,...GEOLOGY AND PRELIMINARY ORE DRESSING STUDIES OF THE CAROLINA BARITE BELT By E. C. VAN HORN J. R. LeGRAND and...Authority, the South Carolina Research, Planning and Development Board, 'and the North Carolina State College...Minerals Research Laboratory RALEIGH 1949 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT R....GEOLOGY AND PRELIMINARY ORE DRESSING STUDIES OF THE CAROLINA BARITE BELT > By E. C. VAN HORN J. R. LeGRAND
Report (issue)
Il • CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Field Trip Guidebook 1981 October 24-25, 1981 Gaffney, South Carolina...Carolina - CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1981 OFFICERS +', . I. President: Richard G. Chalcraft Gulf...Schaeffer Duke'Power P.O •. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 0 Secretary-Treasurer: • S. Duncan Heron...Department of Geology, Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27706 Chairman of the Membership Committee: ...Department of Geology Catawba College Salisbury, No~th Carolina 28144 Field Trip Leaders: J. Wright Horton,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
re-examined. Two new occurrences have been found, cherokee county, Georgia, and von der Rossa, val Devero, rtaly...Antique serpentine quarry near Holly Springs, Cherokee County, Georgia, exhibits only a small number of forms...j:? l1,T:;*1,:::n"' data obtained on the Cherokee County, Georgia, material. It could not be a mixture...antique serpentine quarry near Holly Springs, Cherokee County, Georgia. ap:apatite (hydroxylapatite), t:ialc...5. The talc used as reference was from Harford County, Maryland, U.S.N'M. #82519, and consists of clear
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Genesisof Gold Depositsof the Dahlonegaand Carroll County Gold Belts, Georgia JERRYM. GERMAN GeorgiaGeologicSurvey...UniveterFormation.Mostgolddepositsof the Dahlonega and Carroll County belts can be groupedinto six districts:the Villa...Countygoldbeltswere metamorphosed to at leastgreenschist facies(biotite subfacies)and as high as amphibolitefacies(kyanitesubfacies)in...smallerscale(Yeates called the Dahlonegaand the Carroll County gold et al., 1896). belts.Thesebeltscanbe tracedacross...discoveredin Georgia in 1829. For Alabamato North Carolina(Fig. 2) andconsistof at about20 years,Georgiawasoneof
Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY a... 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 f
 
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