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Microcline from
Ducktown Mining District, Polk County, Tennessee, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ducktown Mining District, Polk County, Tennessee, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:969288
Long-form Identifier:1:3:969288:6
GUID (UUID V4):48737e0b-dd4f-44e8-b93c-e392d1e81f93
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE COPPER ORES OF ORANGE COUNTY, VERMONT. N. W. BUERGER. INTRODUCTION. Dur{ng the courseof a...was collected,along w{th other ores,at the Orange county m{nes. M{croscop{cexam{nat{on proved th{s to conta{n...THE DISTRICT. The depositsl{e {n the eartern footh{1]sof the GreenMounta{ns {n Orange County, Vermont...PP. 289-3o3, x934434 THE COPPER ORES OF ORANGE COUNTY, VERMONT. 435 Elizabeth-Foster-Cleveland property...location of mines. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF TI-IE DISTRICT.2 The ore bodies occur on the eastern flank of
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Tennessee Mineral Locality Index 300 T ennessee covers an area of 41,220 square miles in the southeastern...part of the state. Just prior to crossing the Tennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...TRAVIS A. PARIS 5604 Malmsbury Road Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite...Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo.
Report (issue)
Paper 179 ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION BY CLARENCE...Betty Baker mine...-----------------..---Grayson County sulphide zone. _____________ 58 58 59 59 60 60...Copper deposits of the Ducktowu district, Tennessee History of mining development._____________ Location...geology.___________________ ______ Mines of the Ducktown district.._____ 1 ____.._ Burra Burra_.---_________________..._. London..________-______-__-----__-___ East Tennessee._________.._-___.___-___ Ocoee._______________________________
Report (issue)
SURVEY. Geology of the Ducktown, Isabella, and Persimmon Creek quadrangles, Tennessee and North Carolina...and sections of the Ducktown, Isabella, and Persimmon Creek quadrangles, Tennessee and North Carolina...Carolina. Map of Ducktown, Isabella, and Persimmon Creek quadrangles showing location of metamorphic isograds...a manuscript on the Ducktown, Isabella, and Persimmon Creek quadrangles, Tennessee and North Carolina...Survey Geology of the Ducktown, Isabella, and Persimmon Creek quadrangles, Tennessee and North Carolina
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ANDERSONVILLE DEPOSITS20MOUNT CHASE 8.HINERAL DISTRICT 21.EASTERN METALS DEPOSITS AND PLATFORMAL COVER...NIC CRUST;CONTINENTAL BASEMENT ) DLEINSTER-LAKE DISTRICT ZONETOMIDLANDPLATFORM /J-'•'l 're(NORTHWESTERN...containspre-Caledonian from the Leinster-Lake District zone to the Midland basementand overlyingplatformalsequences...Proterozoicandearly Paleozoicagein the Scandinavian District zone to Midland 1446 STEPHENS,SWINDEN, SLACK...diagramis sulfidedepositsof the Ducktowndistrict,Tennessee particularlyeffective in distinguishingmafic rocks
Report (issue)
New Hampshire_____________________ Orange County copper district, Vermont___________ Sulphur Mine, Virginia...Knob copper deposit, North Carolina._________ Ducktown deposits, Tennessee_____-_--__-___---__ Similar...sulfidc deposits in North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee _____________________________________________...3. Lead isotope ratios for galenas from Ducktown, Tennessee, ore deposits and reference samples..-__-______...copper-bearing massive sulfide deposit at Ore Knob, Ashe County, N.C., is one of a large group of massive sulfide
Report (volume)
Resources of the Knoxville 1 °X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Resources of the Knoxville 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON...mineral resources of the Knoxville 1°X2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina I by G.R....references. Supt. of Docs. no.: 119.3:1979 1. Geology- Tennessee. 2. Geology-North Carolina. 3. Geology-South Carolina...Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources- Tennessee. 5. Mines and mineral resources-North Carolina. 6
Report (issue)
Resources of the Knoxville 1°x2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON...mineral resources of the Knoxville 1°x2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R.... Supt. of Docs. no.: I 19.3:1979 1. Geology—Tennessee. 2. Geology—North Carolina. 3. Geology—South Carolina...Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources—Tennessee. 5. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina. 6...46 Spruce Pine District 46 Woodlawn District 46 Buncombe District 46 Bryson City District 47 Franklin-Sylva
Report (issue)
Alabama, University, Ala. Department of :ty.lines, Mining and Geology State Division of Conservation Atlanta...Jr ___________________________ _ Relationship of mining to other economic sectors, by Albert E. Schreck...Manmade features _____________________ _ Strip mining ______________________ _ Subsidence ________________________...____ Marble and limestone___________________ Tennessee marble belts______________ Virginia marble belts________________...Shirley_______ Types of mica, uses, and prices___________ Mining and preparation_________________ History and p
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DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY A. S. Furcron, Director THE GEOLOGICAL...1967 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines, Mining and Geology September 1, 1967 His Excellency, Lester...herewith Bulletin No. 79 of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology entitled, "Annotated Bibliography of...References were read, annotated, and indexed·. by county, subject, and geological age. In many entries a...a portion of the state larger than a county is discussed, so that larger subdivisions of the state are
Report (issue)
DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director THE GEOLOGICAL...1955 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines, Mining and Geology Atlanta, November 28, 1955 To His...who is a geologist with the Department of Mines, Mining, and Geology. The manner of collecting and interpreting...investigation. It has already proven of value in Fannin County and will, it is anticipated, prove equally useful...Bluff-Blue Ridge area. It will be useful to geologists, mining engineers, and prospectors, and to all others who
Report (issue)
DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director THE GEOLOGICAL...1953 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines, Mining and Geology Atlanta, July 1, 1953 To His Excellency...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
Journal (issue)
, and D. R. Cook Hyalite from the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina ................................Bavaria, Germany (1) Blue Chihuahua mine, San Diego County, 57-59% California (2) 67-80% Poland, Maine (3)...matrix. The largest crystal found in this recent mining operation was only 5cm in length, compared with...associated with albite instead of the buff-colored microcline of the 1976 discovery and are also notable in...hydroxyl-herderite crystals is an etched, tan to cream-colored microcline, although some crystals have been found perched
Report (issue)
King, Chairman, Gatlinburg, Tennessee Robert B. Neuman, Maryville, Tennessee Roy L. Ingram, Chapel Hill...Knoxville, Tennessee Cover and title page printed by the Mountain Press, Gatlinburg, Tennessee i TABLE...presentation Four sequences of rocks Rocks of Tennessee Valley and cove areas Great Smoky fault Rocks...S. Highway 441) Locality J (Newfound Gap and Tennessee-North Carolina State line Locality K (Bradley...northwest of Chilhowee Mountain, In southeast part of Tennessee Valley by Robert B. Neuman Table 2.-Paleozoic
Report (issue)
thrust sheet .................................. Ducktown assemblage ............................. Zebulon....... 24 9. Photographs of rock samples of the Ducktown assemblage .....................................Supergroup) formed when the lapetus Ocean opened; the Ducktown assemblage of volcanic rocks and mafic hypabyssal...Mountain Formations in North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee and thinner sequences associated locally with...of the Ocoee clastic metasedimentary sequence (Ducktown assemblage). The metavolcanic rocks were probably
Report (volume)
vols. 9, 10. Tulsa, Okla. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers: Transactions, vols...11, 12. San Francisco, Calif. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 79, 94-97. San Francisco...39, 40. Ottawa, Ontario. Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Transactions, vols. 27, 28; Bulletin...Bulletin, nos. 153-176. Montreal, Quebec. Canadian Mining Journal, vols. 46, 47. Toronto and Montreal, Canada... nos. 1-2. Chapel) Hill, N. C. Engineering and Mining Journal-Press, vols. 119-122. New York. Engineers
Report (issue)
_____________________ Cordierite-biotite and microcline-biotite schists_____________________________..._ ________ Quartz______________ Perthite and microcline. Muscovite. ___________ Other minerals ________...Geologic map and sections, Fourmile quadrangle, Custer County, South Dakota. 22. Geologic map and sections of...ABSTRACT k., is on The Fourrnile quadrangle, Ouster County, S. Dak., the southwest side of the Black Hills...good secondary roads cross the area. Logging and mining trails are so numerous that, during the summer
Report (issue)
NUMBER 62 Feldspar Deposits of The Bryson City District, forth Carolina BY EUGENE N. CAMERON PREPARED...NUMBER 62 Feldspar Deposits of the Bryson City District, North Carolina By N. CAMERON EUGENE PREPARED...Bulletin 62, "Feldspar Deposits of the Bryson City District, North Carolina." This Bulletin is another in...report is the first detailed study of a feldspar district in North Carolina. It is believed that the information...Acknowledgments History of Mining General description of the Bryson City district Location and general information
Report (issue)
Ore Deposits of the St. Lawrence County Magnetite District Northwest Adirondacks New York GEOLOGICAL...377 Ore Deposits of the St. Lawrence County Magnetite District Northwest Adirondacks New York By B. F...____________________________ Rocks of the St. Lawrence County magnetite district. Metasedimentary rocks and migmatites____...of occurrence in the district ____________ Mineralogy of skarns in the district-..._______ Nomenclature...types__________________________ Economic future of the district _______________________ Individual magnetite deposits
Report (volume)
Geographical Journal. Montreal Canadian Inst, Mining ana Metallurgy irans. cana«uin mst.mte »* »n=i»K...Jour. Canadian Mining Journal, Canadian Min. Met. Bull. Gardenvale, Quebec. Canadian Mining and Metallurgical...Journal. Montreal. Eng. Min. Jour. Engineering and Mining Journal. New York. Engineering and Science. Pasadena...11 Los Angeles County Mus. Quart.; Science Ser. [Paleontology Pub.] Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly;...Washington. Min. Gong. Jour. Mining Congress Journal. Washington. Min. Eng. Mining Engineering. New York. Min
Report (issue)
Eastern Great Smoky Mountains North Carolina and Tennessee By JARVIS B. HADLEY and RICHARD GOLDSMITH GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...104 107 GEOLOGY OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN GREAT...GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE By JARVIS B. HADLEY ABSTRACT The Great Smolty Mountains...level, are along the border of North Carolina and Tennessee in the southern part of the Blue Ridge province
Report (issue)
Gravel secondary roads are common, and lumbering and mining trails cross areas between the secondary roads...northern Black Hills by geologists of the Homestake Mining Co. (Noble and Harder, 1948; Noble and others,...sections of the grayish-brown types are rich in microcline and plagioclase and have large grains pf quartz...gray-brown quartz-rioh rock or a coarse-grained quartz-microcline-plagioclr.se gneiss similar in texture and composition...6-29. Amphibole schist. 6-3A. Biotite-quartz-microcline schist. 5-15. Muscovite schist. 6-5, 6-3, 7-26
Report (issue)
no OIL ORO OIG ZoZ 292 Boulder County Tellurides .... 294 Boulder County Tungsten ...... eeoeeesee 296...323 A. Rifle area, Colorado «0s... 323 B. Uravan District, Colorado 324 Cope tick Rock DIsEEIcL sCoLoradO)...324 DeeGkante District, New sMext Comer. clecetsls cused cists! 0/0 326 E. Shiprock District, Utah—Arizona...Utah—Arizona ....vccccsnens F. Monticello-Moab-Thompsons District, Utah .....secvceee 326 327 ee eeseeee Gig GE...eee eee eeee 495 TENNESSEE eee ese reese eeesreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeesene 498 Ducktown eoeeeerneeneesne
Report (issue)
raniurn Deposits of the Ralston Buttes District Jefferson County, Colorado By DOUGLAS M. SHERIDAN, CHARLES...veins on the of the Front Range west of Denver district flank of the geology of a east UNITED STATES...___________________________________ _ Rocks of the district ____________________________ --· __ Precn.mbrian..._ Hornblende gneiss unit _________________ _ Microcline-quartz-plagioclase-biotite gneiss unit _____...________________________________ _ Microcline-quartz-plagioclase-biotitc · gneiss complexly interlayered with
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1.,able 1. Most 1 In 1966, a second well in Tennessee was drilled into basen1.ent rocks (R. A. L AUR...Associated Oil & Gas Co., No. 1 Sells, Pi ckett County; elevation 900 rt.; total depth 5,800 ft.; depth...Precan1brian 4,920 ft.; lithol- PRECAMBRIAN OF THE USA: SOUTHEASTERN 7 of the ,vells tabulated ,vere drilled...2,700 ft. (vvells 9-13), but in I{cntucky and Tennessee farther southv1·est along the axis they are penetrated...might include l\1iddle Cambrjan. On the arrh jn Tennessee (well 41), 400 ft . of sandstone and sanely limestone
 
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