Mine detail: Hiddenite Occurrence

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Location: Alexander County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.90065, -81.10898
dep_id: 10089730
mrds_id: W028596
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gemstone
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hiddenite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
conc_proc: Hiddenite Crystals Found In Soils Derived From Weathering Of Bedrock
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Granite
tectonic: Inner Piedmont Belt
disc_yr: 1879
discr: Stephenson, J. A. D., 1875, Collector
References:
  • Deposit:: KUNZ, GEORGE F., 1907, HISTORY OF THE GEMS FOUND IN NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOL. AND ECON. SURVEY BULL. NO. 12, TEXT 60 P., OCCURRENCE TEXT P. 45 - 48.
  • Deposit:: OCCURRENCE IN HIDDENITE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.
  • Deposit:: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSER. AND DEVEL., 1958, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA, SCALE 1:500,000.
  • Deposit:: *GOSTINO, J. P., 1980, DATA FOR CRIB.
  • Deposit:: 1907 COMPILE KUNZ, N. C. STATE, GEM LOCALITIES
  • Deposit:: 1980 COMPILE *GOSTINO, MINES MAP
  • Production:: KUNZ, 1907
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