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Zircon from
Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:900426
Long-form Identifier:1:3:900426:9
GUID (UUID V4):2a4afe7e-aa3c-430b-8404-fa110675487b
References
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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...(Hyacinth) Andradite (Topazolite) __ (Blythite) Zircon (Cyrtolite) Thorite Thorogummite Sillimanitc Andalusitc...(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
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)
Berry, L. G. The space Allophanes from Lawrence County, group of conichalcite. 557 f n d i a n a(. W h...Mount MarcY 330 81oss,F.D...... quadfalrgler Essex CountY' Blggild, O. B. The Mineralogy of N.Y. (Jafre)...m a nI ., . . . . Enchanted Rock pluton, Llano County, Texas, texture of. (Hutchinson). . . 346 Endellite...Frondel, C. Hytlroxyl substitution in thorite and zircon. 1007 New manganese orides: hydro-hausmannite and...uranium-bearirg bodies in San Bernardino .. 1040 County, California .340,342 Goldsmith,J. R. 341 Goodman
Report (issue)
CI &£ c*z NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT BEN E. DOUGLAS, DIRECTOR DIVISION...BULLETIN NUMBER 67 THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY RICHARD J. COUNCILL UN 11 &» RALEIGH 1954...1954 •^^CAHOUNAS SSU^UBftwy NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT BEN E. DOUGLAS...BULLETIN NUMBER 67 THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NORTH CAROLINA By RICHARD J. COUNCILL RALEIGH 1954 MEMBERS...Canton S. ALLEN Durham W. B. AUSTIN Jefferson North Wilkesboro CARL BUCHAN, JR SCROOP W. ENLOE, JR
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
Journal (issue)
MINERALS ALLANITE (EPIDOTE GROUP) / @ Amherst County - Black pitchy allanite is found in a small pegmatitemass...ilmenite, monazite, pyrite, quartz, rutile, sphene and zircon. Pieces of allanite from this localiiy were tumble...used because of their radioactivity. Campbell County - Andalusitecrystals,somevery large,have been reported...attractive cabochons can be cut. BERYL Amelia County - Clear gem quality beryl fragments measuring 0...can be found at the Trueheart pegmatite prospect north of Amelia. A few of the crystals have been faceted
Journal (issue)
TeHurium Sulphur Dinmond Gra1,hitc GOLD Albemarle County.-"Streaks" occur in quartz veins in slate belt...east of South­ western Mt. (ll. 8). Buckingham County.-A placer gold specimen about 7 x 10 x 17 mm. which...collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Culpeper County.-Two specimens with flakes of gold up to 1 cm....collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Dinwiddie County.-Two specimens from the Whitehall Mine with gold...error and should refer to Spotsylvania County.) Fairfax County.-A specimen of gold with galena in quartz
Report (issue)
pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ ___...pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...a bulge in the hanging wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight...granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Same granite...and other units in the Big Bess pegmatite, Gaston County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Report (volume)
----------Six new members of the James Run Formation, Cecil County, northeastern Maryland, by Michael W. Higgins ...--------------------The Massanutten Sandstone in Rockingham, Page, Shenandoah, and Warren Counties, Virginia...Arizona -----Generalized geologic map of Cecil County, Md., showing members of the James Run Formation...--------------------------- A135 Index. map showing Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Warren Counties, Va.; the Silurian...the Code can continue to express the opinions of North American stratigraphers. Thus, at least for the
Journal (issue)
Riverton Corporation in Warren County produces masonry cement at their plant north of Front Royal. There. crushed...Cement Company operates a plant in western Botetourt County. The facility manufacturesportlandcementfrom locally...Pittsylvania counties. Weblite Corporation in Botetourt County mines shale from the Rome Formation to produce...using semi-anthracite waste coal from Montgomery County to fire the kilns. They utilize about 100tons of...inches. Solite Corporation in northern Buckingham County uses the Arvonia Slate of Ordovician age to produce
Journal (issue)
world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...crystals, muscovite crystals, tourmaline AMHERST COUNTY Crystals of goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite;...1 inch across; found near Briar Fork, Albemarle County (photograph by T. M. Gathright, 11; W. F. Giannini
Journal (issue)
displayed along Keywood Branch road about half a mile north of Seven Springs and along State Route 91 about...outcrop at least to a point about a mile north of Newport, Giles County ... . The Walker Mountain sandstone...along Buckeye and Spruce Run Mountains in Giles County in addition to the entireBig Walker Mountain outcrop...recognized the sandstone in several outcrop belts north and east of Big Walker George Mason University,...750, the road along Keywood Branch,in Washington County serveas a type section for the Walker Mountain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...crystals), siderite, siderophyllite, zinnwaldite, zircon (microcrystals) (Bob Janules, pers. com., 2000)...(microcrystals), topaz* (crystals, sherry and pink), zircon (microcrystals) (Bearss and Janules 1992). Arthur
Journal (issue)
gneisse of the Blue Ridge thrust sheet, which lies north, east and south of Roanoke. The low lands just to...Interstate liixhway . Cloverdale exit and proceed north on U.S. Highway 220. Daleville, leave Salem syncline...Massanutten syncline in northern Augusta County and southern Rockingham County. Middle Ordovician limestones and...location of the Needmore(?) shale about 350 yards north of the U.S. 220 - State 43 intersection. The section...described at the Fetzer Gap section in Shenandoah County (Rader and Biggs, 1976). Measured Section: Footwall
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
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
Report (issue)
.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ,~O NOT REMOVE...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
Journal (issue)
discovered in a passage of Endless Caverns in Rockingham County, Virginia in July 1996. The cavers left the... apparently in the area of Warrenton, Fauquier County (Hay, 1923). The whereabouts of this tooth is unknown...was found at the Ratliff fossil site in Russell County in 1993 (Figure 4). CAVE RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION...mammoth ulna (lower, front leg bone) found in Russell County,VA. Scale is 7 inches (18 cm) in length. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..., 1960, Geology and mineral resources of Rockingham County: V i a Division of Mineral Resources, Bulletin
Report (issue)
RESOURCES GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY RHESA M. ALLEN, JR. BULLETIN 8I VIRGINIA DIVISION...RESOURCES GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY RHESA M. ALLEN, JR. BULLETIN 8I VIRGINIA DIVISION... ILLUSTRATIONS PecB Pr,lrB 1. Geologic map of Page County, Virginia. ..' .In ppcket Frcunp 1. Pece ... Index map showing location of Page County. 2 2. Viewof StonyMan... '... 13 .....l4 3. Viewof HoakHill...Geologic formations in Page County. 9 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOIIRCES OF PAGE COUNTY By Rnnsa M. Ar,r,au
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
accepted abstracts follow. THE GARNET LINE IN OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE, PEGMATITES. M. M. Felch, W. B. Simmons...intermediate and core zones in many of the Oxford County, Maine, pegmatites. This study primarily focuses...of primary inclusions: quartz, mica, tourmaline, zircon, as well as xeno368 ROCKS & MINERALS Rochester...similar to the model proposed for the San Diego County pegmatites (Webber et al. 1997, 1999). The garnet...shallow level pegmatite-aplite dikes, San Diego County, California. American Mineralogist 84:708–17.
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 (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)
world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...(c) = currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos...cuprite, goethite, malachite, siderite Alleghany County Peters Mountain—(roadcut outcrops) near Jordan
Report (issue)
of the Calfpasture, Middle, and North Rivers, Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Va. 15. Geologic map of...Rock samples collected from formations in Augusta County, Va____________________-_-_----_-------_----------_...-_-___-_-_-_----__--_----_---------4. Types of zircon in insoluble residues of rocks and in the very...terrace and high flood-plain soils from Augusta County.______-___-___-_-_-_-_-.____________________________...-8. Alluvial-soil samples collected in Augusta County--_------___---___---__--__---__-_--------__-----------------9
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
 
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