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Muscovite from
Chestnut Flats Mine, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:Can be 1-30 inches in diameter and 2 -20 inches in thickness.
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chestnut Flats Mine, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:339358
Long-form Identifier:1:3:339358:1
GUID (UUID V4):2aa6aeec-c5bf-4c9f-b328-bfb6a38ffc90
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.4km (0.3 miles) Sugartree Cove Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Emily Knob Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Gimbel Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Mary Pitman Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Wolfden Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Pine Mountain (Pine Mountain Mine), Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Jase Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Riddle Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Flat Rock Mine (Flat Rock pegmatite), Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Buchanan Mine (Buchanan pegmatite), Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Carolina Geological Society 2008 Fieldtrip and Annual Meeting, Little Switzerland, North Carolina October...2008 annual meeting – 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...2008 annual meeting – Spruce Pine Mining District: Little Switzerland, North Carolina __________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
98195, USA; defnep@uw.edu Department of Chemistry, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA 16652, USA; richard...20560, USA; wisem@si.edu Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University...University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Yale University...University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA Correspondence: rsharmon@ncsu.edu; Tel.: +1-919-588-0613 Abstract: Laser-induced...constituents in both the LCT and NYF pegmatites, with muscovite, biotite, garnet, tourmaline, and apatite typically
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE PEGMATITES OF THE NORTH SPRUCE PINE DISTRICT, CAROLINA. C. S. MAURICE. ABSTRACT. Several...district--the largestproducerof muscoviteand feldspar in North America--may be applied to other districts. and..." As the Spruce Pine pegmatitesconstitutethe main sourceof feldsparand sheetmuscovitein North America...composition and genesisof feldspar and sheet muscovite should be revised. The hypothesis advancedto...iterature Cited, at end of article. SPRUCE PINE DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA. 51 reds and bluesproducedby
Report (issue)
Physical Characteristics of Commercial Sheet Muscovite in the Southeastern United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley Authority Physical... Physical Characteristics of Commercial Sheet Muscovite in the Southeastern United States By RICHARD H. JAHNS...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Falley Authority UNITED...6 7 8 11 12 12 15 16 16 17 17 22 24 26 Sheet muscovite in the Southeastern States.____________ Distribution
Book (volume)
especially along the southern slopes and ridges of the Pine Ridge Escarpment and along Whiteclay Creek near...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
Report (volume)
Knoxville 1 °X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Knoxville 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°X2° 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 1°x2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°x2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [etaf...Geology—Tennessee. 2. Geology—North Carolina. 3. Geology—South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources—Tennessee...and mineral resources—North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II...Pegmatite Deposits 45 Pegmatite Districts 46 Spruce Pine District 46 Woodlawn District 46 Buncombe District
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;
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;
Book
York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least...and abandoned, one is also sure to find extensive mine dumps sloping steeply down from the shaft or tunnel...prodvced by atmospheric oxidation, can be found. Old mine dumps often reveal a varied assortment of brightly...unusual for a casual visitor to an old gold rush mine to kick up a solid gold, silver, or native copper
Catalog/List
of the Mine" collection, assembled as a museum display in the offices of the Shinkolobwe mine, was ordered...Africa CUPROSKLODOWSKITE, META-VANURALITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire Very attractive emerald-green.................. $200.00 GUILLEMINITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba , Zaire Yellow to yellow-green crystalline.......... . ....... $100.00 CARROLLITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi , Shaba , Zaire Attractive, 1.2 cm on an.... . . . .. .. $200.00 DEMESMAEKERITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba , Za ire Dull apple-green demesmaekerite
Journal (issue)
Peggy Norton, Secretary 11145 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, Cl. 11ea7 WIii iam Tirk, Treuurer 3844...TREASURE TROVE'' JUNE 15, 16 & 17, 1973 Stanislaus County Fairgrounds Turlock, Callfornla FIELD TRIPS -...Show. " Stanislaus Treasure Trove." Stanislaus County Falrgrounds, Turlock, Ca. Mother Lode Mlwal Society...Convention and Show. " Garnet Star of Idaho." Nez Pet'ce County Fairgrounds. Lewiston. Idaho. Host, Helle Can,on...pattern and/or color at only '3.00 per lb. Average mine run material at S1.50 per lb. Expect small nodules
 
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