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Tourmaline from
Kay Mine, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kay Mine, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:862868
Long-form Identifier:1:3:862868:8
GUID (UUID V4):43836d68-0be9-4ade-9ed3-6550f6f90ae0
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
23.0km (14.3 miles) North Star Mine, Polk County, North Carolina, USA
29.7km (18.4 miles) J.C. Mills Mine (Mill's Mine; Mills's Mine), Brindletown, Burke County, North Carolina, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) Rob Deyton Mine, South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) Carson Rock Mine, South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
34.1km (21.2 miles) Middle Ridge Mine, South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
35.3km (21.9 miles) Joe Young Mine, South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
35.6km (22.2 miles) Gaston McDowell Mine, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
37.2km (23.1 miles) Maurice Mine, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
38.5km (23.9 miles) Lattimore Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
38.8km (24.1 miles) Brown Creek Mine, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Copper and Lead Minerals from the Eagle Eye Mine, La Paz County, Arizona Paul M. Adams 126 S. Helberta Ave...Eagle Eye Mine is located about 6 miles south southeast of the town of Brenda, La Paz County, Arizona...Brenda and which passes over Interstate I 0. The mine sits at the base of the eastern side of the New...the site "-fnd serves as a navigational aid. The mine workings consist of a water filled shaft and several... C' Fig. 1 Chrysocolla coated with quartz, Ray Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona; photo by Bruce Paul Gaber.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mile west of the West Side Road, 121 black tourmaline xls, some measuring 5í of an inch in length,...coarse xline galena has been found in the Aleo lead mine in Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., III. INDIANA—Slender...13, Kans. "This petrified wood came from Barber County, Kansas. I am not sure of its exact location but...vein in a road cut approx. 1 mile east of road on north side of Beltway, Baltimore Co., Md. "There is a...Beltway, road construction. I found many black tourmaline xls up to ü inch diameter (they are quite brittle)
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Riddle's Mill Dist. (gold deposits) of Talladega County, Ala. It is 8l/ 2 x 11 and sells for Si, we believe...corundum prospect in the Sacaton Mountains, 10 miles north of Casa Grande (Pinal Co.), Ariz. The corundum deposit...Diamonds is the only genuine diamond crater in North America. It is a tourist attraction and opened year...several recent trips to Clear Creek, San Benito County, Calif., have shown that the jadeite boulders in...known as the first locality for this mineral in North America, the discovery having been made public about
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ack (C rowns) Mine. near SI Just. L evant Mine at Trewcllard and the nearby Geevor Tin Mine w hich was econom... resulting in in tanl disa ·ter for the working mine along with countless fa talities. One exploratory...bei ng allowed to vis it lhc dc.;wmcrcd L evant Mine on a number o f occ a. ions during the I 960' s...pec imen materi al wa~ a . ingular thrill' T hi mine is notable for extremely fi ne specimen o f the...where build-up o f pre sure wi thin the mine due to accumulated mine water w ould cause the min e to ·ex
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associate at the Smithsonian Institution. The Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, showed slides...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Rockville, presented a Scholarship to Lawrence...Lapidary and Mineral Society of Prince George's County, Md., Camp Springs. CONNECTICUT The Thames Valley...of vivianite, F e ( P 0 ) • 8 H ) , in Calvert County, near Lusby. Verification was made by x-ray diffraction...Mineral Club. The Northern Berkshire Mineral Club, North Adams, has dis­ continued meetings for the summer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pit south of Rockford to collect beryl, black tourmaline (schorl) and smokey quartz. Pick, shovel, hard...Ames Bixeman and Olin Lewis of the Imperial Polk County Gem and Mineral Society, Lake Wales, presented...visible length of petrified wood." The Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, are continuing...Gem Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Rockville, visited the Medford quarry near Westminster...at the Sears Com­ munity House, Harford Road and North Avenue. Rough sodalite was distributed to members
Journal (issue)
1998 California Show at the Pomona Fairgrounds Mrs. Kay Robertson 103341/ona Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90064 ...days, I never did get around to the dealers at the north-east end! Which I regret very much. This was a wonderful...stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite
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d'Ossola, Italy; Lyangara, Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea...292. Rutherford, R.L., 1939, Geological Survey of Canada Map 503A (Stettler, Alberta) Rutherford, R.L...V anadiun1 l\'line, l\fagnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas is Reclaimed and Collecting Ceases...Located on the east rim of Magnet Cove, the Christy Mine, fonnerly known as the Christy brookite locality
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
wonderful > job they did. "Rockland Nuggets", Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Inc., Editor, Marvin Klibonoff;...collected rocks! The words Division of the Rockland County Mineral "Founded 1886" following the name of and...showed slides on the Jamesville Quarry. The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society. Inc., SufFern, heard Tim...MacCarry speak on "The Palisades Formation of Rockland County". Miss Jessie Weinberger spoke on "The Geology...Geology and Paleontology of Saint Lawrence County, New York". Tim MacCarry also spoke to the Junior Club on
Report (issue)
some deposits occur 12 to 15 miles north of Custer, on the north side of Harney Peak. With the limited...operation the No. 1 or New York mine, and the No. 2 or White Spar mine, both of the Westinghouse Electric...adapted to commutator insulation; the best North Carolina "rum" colored, when in thick sheets, or "white"...is a little softer and less clear than the North Carolina mica and therefore not so satisfactory for...They form an oval uplift about 125 miles long from north-northwest to south-southeast and 60 miles wide.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
39071; 601/879-8832. January 12, 13—Asheville, North Carolina. Gem and Lapidary Wholesalers, Inc., Gem Trade...Tupperware Convention Center, Main Build­ ing, 3175 North Orange Blossom Trail. Infor­ mation: Gem and Lapidary...is announcing The Re-Opening of T H E CALEDONIA MINE in Michigan's Copper Country Tucson. AZ For price...Society, Inc. Kuhlman Center, 4-H Fairgrounds, North Sal­ isbury Road. Chairman: David Straw, P.O. Box...Craig Moore, 302/994-6165. March 18-20—Hickory, North Carolina. 18th Annual Unifour Gem and Mineral Show spon­
Report (issue)
_ Sulfide minerals ___ ______ _______ ___ _ Tourmaline _______________________ _ Other accessory minerals...pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ ...between pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight mine ______ _______________...of granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and minor amounts of other minerals such as tourmaline and apatite. The autunite probably formed as...Location 1-B: The road to the November Pegmatite Mine is located about 1.2 miles east of the "Needles...southwest (right, coming from the tunnel) up a hill. The mine dumps are about 150 yards up this road to the right...and up on the dumps to the mine located near the top of the hill. The mine consists of a long open-cut...since this time, possibly as late as 1957, but the mine was idle in 1958 and 1959. The pegmatite body consists
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
They are sometimes found in town libraries or county buildings. Occasionally club members in a community...the collecting days ahead. I recall a friend of mine telling me that when he was a boy, he spent every...your most informative and stimulating teachers. Kay Jensen ROCKS AND MINERALS CHIPS ANO BITS FROM SOCIETY...Memphis Archeological and Geological Society. SOUTH CAROLINA Graves Mountain was the site for treasure hunting...hunting by the members of the Western South Carolina Gem and Mineral Society, Greenville. Such goodies as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at once to Mrs. Kay Jensen, 199 East Brook Rd., Pittsford, N.Y. 14534. NORTH CAROLINA Ethel Windsor...trip to Mifflin County. Member Bob Cox of the Rock and Min­ eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills...pyrite and black chert; aragonite from the Old Johes Mine; lepidcrocite at Mud Lake and many others. - - -...man in preparing the oncoming club pro­ grams. (Kay Jensen, take note!) The ROCKS A N D MINERALS Federation...[University of Florida] at 14:10 07 August 2017 SOUTH CAROLINA The Spartanburg Gem and Mineral Society held
Journal (issue)
VOLUME 38 NUMBER 2 $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... . . . . .103 by T. P. Moore Collector profile: Kay Robertson and her mineral collection . . . . . ....Connecticut (1968). He also mined localities in North Carolina for emerald and other 90 minerals (1970),...1979 with an article on the Sweet Home mine. He mined the Dixie mine in Idaho Springs for leaf gold and crystallized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
money! CHIPS A N D SOUTH BITS CAROLINA The Cetitral South Carolina Gem and Mineral Society, Columbia...for soapstone (for carving?) The Western South Carolina Gem and Mineral Society opened the fall programs...Gemological Institute of America, told of the Muzo Emerald Mine and showed slides of Columbia, S.A. to the Miami...Mineral and Science Club, Tampa, went to Pasco County, Fla., for agatized coral. The Club presented Mineral...ple blow pipe tests; physical characteris­ Mrs. Kay Jensen of the Rochester tics of minerals; types of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hammer might be fruitful. Excluding the quartz, tourmaline, muscovite, and feldspar types, some of the other...about 16 miles south of Rapid City and 1.3 miles north of Hermosa. Many crystals and pieces of selenite...Atlas, South Dakota: pt. 2. AMETHYST MINE OPENS IN NORTH CAROLINA R&M is indebted to Suther's, the complete...most interesting item titled "Amethyst Mine opens in County" by Kay Harrison, Tribune Staff Writer (with... The mine is in Roberta, Cabarrus Co., N . C. Part of the item reads: "Roberta, Cabarrus County has,
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
collection of North Carolina gemstones; faceted gemstones by Harry Howard of Greenville, South Carolina; North...North Carolina corundum, cut and uncut, by Dr. Charles Hurah; the Hewitt Memorial collection by the Southern...the finest mineral specimens ever found in North Carolina. These specimens, gathered by the host club...afternoon on "Geology and Mineral Resources of North Carolina". Dr. A.S. Furcron, Georgia Chief Geologist...persons participating in the trips to outstanding North Carolina mineral locations. Throughout the show, the
Report (volume)
Indianapolis. Iowa.............. Prof. George F. Kay, Iowa City. Kansas............Prof. Erasmus Haworth...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;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals. Incidentally, Eastern Federation President Kay Jensen, and Past Presidents Cliff Anthes, Paul Seel...Mineral Club of Class II (Multiple Page) Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, deChips and Facets scribe a field...trip to the petrified wood location in Baldwin County. The Piedmont Prospector cover reminds me of the...Piedmont Mineral Club, Greensboro, went to Foote Mine and found switzerite! . . . The Charlotte Gem and...Institution on "Mineral Curiositys" . . . The Central North Carolina Mineral Club, Durham, is training members in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Florida] at 07:16 08 August 2017 Rockingham County Mineral Club President, Charles Setliff 1301 Courtland...a n d Silver Spring, Md. 20901 Minerals Beaver County Rock and Mineral Society President, William Schroeder...bulletin of the Rock and Min­ eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, carries a splendid article on...stint for the Girl Scouts. - - - - The Calhoun County Rock and Mineral Club, Jacksonville, showed slides...Montgomery Gem and Mineral Soc­ iety hunted for tourmaline, beryl, acquamarine, quartz, and other pegmatite
Report (volume)
Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 892 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1935 AND 1936 BY t 9 tr...Index____________ .13 321 ,* « » BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1935 and 1936 By EMMA MERTINS THOM...THOM INTRODUCTION The bibliography of North American geology, including paleontology, petrology, and...publications on the geology of the continent of North America and adjacent islands and on Panama and the...index to the literature cited. The bibliography of North American geology to the end of the year 1934 is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluorite Eastern Federation Show: Boston, of Gomsheche Mine, Natanz, Iran. 1959. June, p. 224 Sept., p. 350...from Georgia. Jan.-Feb., p. 20 sonite in Humboldt County, Nevada. Bolick, Glenn R. How to Cover Showcase...mounters Corner- Orientation. April, Hyalite in North Carolina. Dec, p. 490 p. 142; The Micromounters Corner—...T H O R S INDEX JANUARY-FEBRUARY 23 Jensen, Kay. For the Field Collector: What to Take Along. May...Mixture of Chalcedony and Celadonite from Conejos County, Colorado. Oct., p. 394 Molon, Joseph. Minerals
 
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