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Opal from
Carter Mine, Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carter Mine, Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:987982
Long-form Identifier:1:3:987982:9
GUID (UUID V4):c710af7f-357a-480b-b912-4637cb849907
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
22.2km (13.8 miles) Ray Mica Mine, Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) Fanny Gouge Mine, Micaville, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
31.8km (19.8 miles) Huskins Mine, Seven Mile Ridge, Crabtree Creek, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
32.5km (20.2 miles) Carolina Mineral Company No. 20 Mine (Old 20 Mine), Crabtree Creek, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
33.1km (20.6 miles) Glenn Mine, Crabtree Creek, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
34.6km (21.5 miles) McKinney Mine (Power Mill Creek Mine), Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
37.6km (23.3 miles) Chalk Mountain Mine, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
38.4km (23.9 miles) Hollifield Mine, Little Switzerland, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
38.8km (24.1 miles) Deer Park Mine, Penland, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
38.8km (24.1 miles) Deer Park No. 2 Mine, Penland, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...Topaz Pink Sapphire Asteriated Sapphire Jasper Opal Hyalite Feldspar Oligoclase Orthoclase Microcline...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE
Journal (issue)
length of arsenolamprite in matrix from Alacaran Mine (Pampa Larga, Copiapo, Chile). All the specimens...Precious Stones report stated that the Himalaya Mine was brought into notice in 1898 by Mr. Charles Russell... A. E. Heighway who had operated the tourmaline mine? And how did this lead to the work by the Himalaya...well-earned since he was 6 foot, 3 inches in height (USA passport app Iication 1921 ). As a canoer and sail...writing as an expert on the monazite deposits of North Carolina (l·Ieighway, 1899), and had traveled to California
Report (volume)
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....Morgantown. Wisconsin.........Prof. W. 0. Hotchkiss, Madison. Wyoming.........Mr. C. E. Jamison, Cheyenne. ...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 (volume)
......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott
Report (volume)
'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... W. Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...J. W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette]...separately. Price $2.50. XVI. The Paleozoic Fishes of North America, by John Strong Newberry. 1889. 4°. 340
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...(Chalcedony) (Agate) (Prase) ' (Onyx) (Jasper) (Opal) Tridymitc Qf-Christobalitc Phcnakirc Olivine Fayalite...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials
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 (volume)
grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
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grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
start of a quickly abandoned mine and is located near Huntsville (Madison Co.), Alabama, off State Hwy...mining operation is a barite mine operated by the National Lead Co. The mine is easily seen from Highway...dump of the old open pit Sodium Sulphate mine in Imperial County near BertROCKS AND MINERALS ram siding...the east side of the Saltón Sea, about 20 miles north of Hiland, Calif. Downloaded by [University of...summer of 1957 in the area of the old Calumet iron mine. You will note the quartz xls have inclusions and
Book (edition)
LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...OF E. M. UZZELL RALEIGH, N. C. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CHROLINS. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It has F...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...within a few days, so that the having been of North Carolina list mineral species has been very considerably
Book (edition)
Geology of North Carolina. QE 147 .A22 1866-1887 Pt.2 V.2 Chap.1 Digitized by the Internet Archive...org/details/mineralsminerall01 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...crease of more than 25 per cent. GEOLOGY OE NORTH CAROLINA. 4 than has been discovered in any other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Modesto, Calif. Both specimens come from an old Gold mine at Placerville, El Dorado Co., Calif. The following...diabase by pectolite may be seen about iy2 miles North of Middletown, (Lake Co., Calif.), just beyond the...by Seymour F. Dozier, Red Oak, Route 1, Fulton County, Georgia. Large lumps of this material can be picked...Gibbonsville (Lemhi Co.), Idaho, about 34 miles north of Salmon, and the country is already well ROCKS...Moon Mine, a property owned by Mr. C. Walker Lyons, is located below. The Moon Mine was an old mine belonging
Journal (issue)
$1 .50 and 1.00. . Galenobismutite, Cariboo Gold Mine, British Columbia. A rare bismuth mineral associated...$7.50; 6x5 ½", $6.00. WARD'S 302 Goodman St., North NATURAL SCIENCE ESTABLISHMENT, INC. Rochester,...................... 5B A REPORT ON THE ROEBLING OPAL .............................................. 59...61 NOTES ON A CORUNDUM LOCALITY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. By Kent C. Brannock ·····················...and Minerals, Mark M. Foster, America's most noted opal miner and one of our valued advertisers, offers
Book (volume)
vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rare-earth pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake...from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced most of the rare minerals, ceased...& Minerals on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991)...73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 30 Live Oak \ Llano \ Madison Mason Matagorda Nolan Pecos Presidio Real Reeves...in the compilation of research material. James Carter of the University of Texas at Dallas assembled
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ancient prase mine that had been worked by the Indians many centuries ago. This ancient mine is now known...Eureka Mining District in Yavapai County, Arizona. From this old mine we have a number of gem quality prase...the Blue Creek Mt. Mine, Del Norte County, Calif., which I own. The ore of my mine is very unusual because...Fancher, P. O. Box 63, Ouray, Colo. "At the Brooklyn Mine near Silverton (San Juan Co.), Colo., Frank Richardson..."About two years ago an extensive cut was made in a hill just south of Collinsville (Hartford Co.), Conn
Book (volume)
chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
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chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that took place on 10th August 2013, in Dallas, TX, USA, has been analyzed using X-ray powder diffraction...parallel with glassy silicate materials, but also with opal-A, was essential in the understanding of the fulgurite’s...trinitite sample from Trinity site, Alamogordo, NM, USA, generated after the explosion of the first atomic...from Meteor Crater, near Winslow, Northern Arizona, USA (as part of the Younger Dryas cooling episode 12...2  a Exogenic fulgurite from Elko Hills, Elko County, NV, USA (size: 27 × 19 × 16 mm; weight: 5.32 g) (Mohling
Report (edition)
Excellency, James E. Carter Governor of Georgia Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dear Governor Carter: I have the honor...Excellency, James E. Carter Governor of Georgia Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dear Governor Carter: I have the honor...after those established in the Bibliography of North American geology, published by the U. S. Geological...Each article was read , annotated , and indexed by county , subject, and stratigraphic interval where applicable...where the area involved was larger than that of a county , subdivisions of the state, based upon physiographic
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Book (volume)
Plains state varies from nearly level farmland to hill ridges, increasing steadily in elev. From 1,000’...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...tributary gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream
Journal (issue)
Room Now Open! M-F 7:30-4:00 MST B GRADE WELO OPAL PARCELS 1 ounce lots-$175.00, 2 ounce lots-325...Darlene and I with our guides, mine foreman and guards at the Welo opal mines in Ethiopia. Very long hike...photos are of a 1 kilogram parcel of “B” grade Welo Opal and a close-up of this same parcel. THE VILLAGE...995 00 complete Free shipping in continent USA Made in USA Grit Sizes 60 to 200,000 1.0" hole with...with 3/4", 5/8" & 1/2" bushings Our made in USA soft wheels will last you 3-4 times longer than imported
 
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