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Graphite from
McDowell County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Graphite
Formula:C
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Limonite1 photo of Graphite associated with Limonite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ1 photo of Graphite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Graphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view McDowell County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:353460
Long-form Identifier:1:3:353460:1
GUID (UUID V4):d86cefee-21a2-4b93-a38e-260cefd47f8b
Localities for Graphite in this Region
Connally Mine, Graphiteville, McDowell County, North Carolina, USA
Wildacres prospect, McDowell County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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
Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... 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
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
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...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT
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...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...viable mineral collecting sites through­ out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during
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...Barite 49 Fluorspar 51 Garnet 51 Gem Stones 52 42 Graphite 53 Kyanite Group of Minerals 53 Phosphate 54 Rutile
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
host for a wide variety of inclusions such as graphite. magnetite, ilmenite, garnet (usually pyrope)...granular to compact bort is known as carborndo. Graphite, chaoite, and lonsdaleite are polymorphs of diamond...discovery in lamproite in Western Eagle, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Other Wisconsin diamonds include a...rapidly as pipelike intrusive bodPlum Creek, Pierce County; a 3.87-carat ies or, more rarely, as dikes or...or sills. Lamstone from near Oregon, Dane County; and a Figure 2. The 5.03-curut Ikproite is also a mantle-derived
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can
Book
MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright ©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...Feldspar 55 11. Corundum 61 12. Copper Mining 69 13. Graphite, Chromite, Columbite & Lead 73 14. Barite 75 15
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
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
Report (issue)
arawak and North Borneo _________________ _ Sarawak _____________________________ _ North BorneO----...________ _ North Island_____ ------------- ________ _ Antarctica ________________________________ _ North Am...124 126 127 130 Monazite localities-Continued North America-Continued United States of America-Continued...Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer
Catalog/List
cerium orthosilicate) Massive; Virginia, or N. Carolina ................. . 34 Orthite, high grade; Norway...Smaragdite Green xline, with pink corundum, North Carolina . . . 92 Tremolite Fibrous, coarse, greenish-gray...metasilicate) "Asbutos", fibrous with talc; North Carolina . . . . . . . . . 17 ANTHRACITE-See Mineral.... . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Xline, white; South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....orthosilicatc} Cleavages, black; Canada and North Carolina . . . .. . ..33 BISMUTITE (A basic bismuth
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....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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
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... Geologic map of part of the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Tennessee. 2-6. Maps showing location of
Catalog/List
enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...and cerium orthosilicate Massive; Virginia or N. Carolina ......... ... ...... . Orthite, high grade; Norway...Smaragdite Green xline, with pink corundum; N. Carolina .. ... . Tremolite Fibrous, coarse, greenish-gray;...metasilicate) "Asbestos", fibrous with talc; North Carolina ........ ANTHRACITE-See Mineral Coal I ANTIMONY...l\lassive, pale bluish-green; Maine, Connecticut or North Carolina ................. . ............. .35 l\lassive
Report (issue)
in the western Piedmont of Virginia^ North Carolina^ South Carolina^ and Georgia^ and methods used to appraise...Savannah River-Catawba River area, South Carolina-North Carolina ______________ Rock types._______________________..._________________________ Yadkin River-Dan River area, North Carolina-Virginia. ____________________ Oconee River...produced in the western Piedmont of North Carolina and South Carolina, 1887-1917. _______________ 2. Approximate...left from placer mining on Knob Creek, Cleveland County, N.C______________________________ 5. Mineral composition
Report (volume)
further subdivided by geographic areas (State and county) and by subjects, which include general, geology...the White Mountains, Mono County, Calif., and near Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nev. KYANITE Kyanite generally...Baker Mountain, Prince Edward County, and Willis Mountain, Buckingham County, in Virginia, and at Henry...Henry Knob, near Clover, York County, S.C. These are the only deposits now producing kyanite in the United...been produced only in very small amount in North Carolina (Stuckey, 1937, p. 75). The most promising
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 (issue)
Selected' references of fossil localities______ Graphite, by Paul· L. Weis and Stanley A. Feitler _ United...____ Districts in Appalachia__________________ North Carolina_____________________ South Carolina_____________________...___________ Ne~ 1:ork_________________________ North Carolina__ _ ________ __ ______ __ Ohio________...Georgia_________________ Deposits in North Carolina__________ Deposits in South Carolina and Virginia____________________________...pinnacles beneath soil cover, Bluegrass, Highland County, Va_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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
Report (volume)
The Crystalline Rocks of South Carolina By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET and HENRY BELL III GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces of South Carolina UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...and Precambrian(?) age_______________________ Carolina slate belt_________________________________________...crystalline rocks in South Carolina. 2. Map showing geologic belts in South Carolina. 3. Map of the main metamorphic...metamorphic facies in South Carolina. 4. Map showing location of samples used for age determinations of
Report (issue)
Winegrapes in Polk, Henderson and Buncombe Counties, NC Carolina Geological Society – Guidebook for the 83rd Annual...Hendersonville, North Carolina Field Trip Leaders: Joseph Forrest, Rick Wooten, Bart Cattanach Carolina Geological...site at 3400 feet on the Blue Ridge escarpment. Carolina Geological Society 2022 Board of Directors President...Engineering Secretary Cheryl Waters-Tormey - Western Carolina University Treasurer Jeff Chaumba - UNC Pembroke...Soil Geomorphology in North Carolina Brad Johnson 105 Western North Carolina Soils, Geology and Wine
 
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