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Topaz from
Pilot Mountain, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Topaz
Formula:Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Topaz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pilot Mountain, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:785310
Long-form Identifier:1:3:785310:4
GUID (UUID V4):e91c764a-4cd9-4533-b698-3879af1145cb
Nearest other occurrences of Topaz
0.2km (0.1 miles) Pilot Mountain prospect, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
16.8km (10.4 miles) Staley Mine (Gerhardt Mine), Staley, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
32.6km (20.3 miles) Snow Camp Mine (Holman's Mill Mine), Snow Camp, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA
68.3km (42.5 miles) Piedmont Minerals Company Mine, Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
68.5km (42.6 miles) Hillsboro Mine (Hillsborough Mine & Mill), Orange County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
their significance to mineral prospecting in the Carolina slate belt by Robert G. Schmidt' GEOLOGiCAL...aluminous alterations in other regions Examples in North America Examples in South America Large hydrothermal...geology of the Carolina slate belt Descriptions of selected high alumina deposits in the Carolina slate belt...geology of the Pilot Mountain — Fox Mountain region (Ramseur 7 1/2' Quadrangle) Pilot Mountain porphyry gold...High—alumina deposits in Moore County Other deposits in North Carolina Origin and significance of the
Report (volume)
their Significance to Mineral Prospecting in the Carolina Slate Belt U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1562...their Significance to Mineral Prospecting in the Carolina Slate Belt B_v ROBERT G. SCHMIDT U.S. GEOLOGICAL...their significance to mineral prospecting in the Carolina slate belt. (Geological Survey bulletin ; 1562)...aluminous alterations in other regions ---Examples in North America ---------------------------------------...---------------------------------------General geology of the Carolina slate belt ----------------------------------
Report (issue)
Detection of Metal Anomalies on Pilot Mountain, Randolph County, North Carolina by N.M. Milton, William Collins...province of North Carolina. Pilot Mountain, a hydrothermally altered monadnock within the Carolina slate belt...was tested in a mineralized area of central North Carolina which contains a mixed deciduous forest with...Geology and Geochemistry of the Study Area Pilot Mountain is a prominent isolated monadnock located in...province in Randolph County, North Carolina, 13 km southeast of Asheboro (fig. 1). Pilot Mountain is situated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Detection of Metal Anomalies on Pilot Mountain, Randolph County, North Carolina N.M. MILTON, U.S. GeologicalSurvey...Piedmontphysiographic provincein RandolphCounty, North Carolina.Pilot Mountain, a hydrothermallyaltered monadhockwithin...researchtechniquewas tested in a mineralized area of central North Carolina which contains a mixed deciduous forest with...surveymapswere completed. Geologic Setting Pilot Mountain is a prominent isolatedmonadnock locatedin...in such diverse terrain as WashRandolph County, North Carolina, 15 km southeast ington,Montana,and Maine
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING AND FIELD TRIP NOVEMBER 8-10, 2013 SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA...THE CAROLINA TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ONE ARC, TWO ARCS, OLD ARC, NEW ARC THE CAROLINA TERRANE...TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS: James Hibbard and Jeff Pollock TRIP LEADERS: James Hibbard,...Ganis Carolina Geological Society Annual Meeting, November 8-10, 2013 Salisbury, North Carolina Carolina...Waddell University of South Carolina Allen Dennis University of South Carolina, Aiken Vice President William
Report (issue)
ouroiina Stare Library Raleigh C/ 3:80 6.£ NORTH CAROLINA jyje Q, Doc. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND...Geologist BULLETIN 80 Pyrophyllite Deposits in North Carolina by Jasper L. Stuckey RALEIGH 1967 Digitized...http://archive.org/details/pyrophyllitedepo1967stuc NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...Geologist BULLETIN 80 Pyrophyllite Deposits in North Carolina by Jasper L. Stuckey RALEIGH 1967 MEMBERS...Raleigh, North Carolina March 1,1967 To His Excellency, HONORABLE DAN K. MOORE Governor of North Carolina
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Meteoric-Hydrothermal Systemsat Pilot Mountain and SelectedOther Localities, Carolina Slate Belt T. L. KLEIN AND...Abstract Severalepigeneticmineral depositsin the Carolina slatebelt are intimately related to meteoric-...late Precambrianand early Paleozoic age. At Pilot Mountain,low 180 rockscorrelatewell with zonesof st...aluminaminerals(sericite,pyrophyllite, andalusite___ topaz) and anomalous concentrations of Cu, Mo, Sn, B,...broadandresistant(silicifled)westernflankof Pilot Mountain,predominantlywithin quartz-sericiteschista
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...kerrite, culsagerite, Among (all number of rare mountain reminerals, and these are maconite, lesleyite...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably
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...corundum mines, iu the chrysolite ledges of the mountain have also added to the catalogue a number of rare...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mine is hosted within kyanite quartzite at Willis Mountain in the Piedmont Province of Virginia, and numerous...green Cr muscovite), and locally abundant pyrite. Topaz, lazulite, and other rare minerals occur in some...mine in the United States is at Willis Mountain in Buckingham County (Fig. 1). Jonas (1932) provided an early...for the economic deposits at Willis Mountain and Baker Mountain, Virginia. A number of these deposits...including the well-known occurrence at Graves Mountain, Georgia, but the current study represents the
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
Report (issue)
Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____...properties _________ .. _____________ _ Halifax County ______ - _____ - __________ ~- _'- __ _ Virgilina..._____ _ ____ __ ... _________________ _ Orange County-· ___________________________ _ Melville ____ -
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)
.'.' .., 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
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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
239–256 The Russell Gold Deposit, Carolina Slate Belt, North Carolina TERRY L. KLEIN,† U.S. Geological...Abstract Gold deposits have been mined in the Carolina slate belt from the early 1800s to recent times...mines in South Carolina. The Russell mine, one of the larger producers in North Carolina, is located in...Brewer, Haile, and Ridgeway deposits of South Carolina. Gold was mined from at least six zones that are...and the gold mineralization. Introduction THE CAROLINA slate belt was the site of the first lode gold
Report (issue)
Hill area, Central Carolina slate belt, Alamance and Chatham Counties, North Carolina by Elizabeth H...Area Pyrophyllite Deposits in the Carolina Slate Belt, North Carolina Sketch of Mine Walls, Snow Camp Pyrophyllite...located in the north-central portion of the Carolina slate belt in the Piedmont of North Carolina. Hydrothermally...extends along a northeast trend for 180 km in the Carolina slate belt. INTRODUCTION The Snow Camp Mine-Major...located in the Carolina slate belt of north-central North Carolina in southern Alamance County about 24 km
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)
ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District...District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high, Chalk Mountain, Churchill County. Dan Behnke...Lakes: gaylussite, mirabilite, natron, trona Table Mountain (Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon) District Lovelock
Report (issue)
IN NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES ...agencies for the general welfare of the dtizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts basic and applied research...Resources, at Post Office Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687, or call (919) 733-2423. Jeffrey...Chief Geologist GOLD NORTH CAROLINA IN . by P. Albert Carpenter III NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INFORMATION...INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
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
Book
CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m...Wa t a u g a , M o o r e , M o n t g o m e r y, Randolph, Macon South C a r o l i n a : Chesterfield, L
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......... 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
 
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