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⇱ Chromite from Laurel Creek complex, Rabun County, Georgia, USA


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Chromite from
Laurel Creek complex, Rabun County, Georgia, USA

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Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Laurel Creek complex, Rabun County, Georgia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:144624
Long-form Identifier:1:3:144624:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
2.9km (1.8 miles) Laurel Creek Mine, Pine Mountain, Rabun County, Georgia, USA
15.4km (9.5 miles) Rich Mountain meteorite, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
20.8km (13.0 miles) Norton Dunite deposit, Ellijay Mining District, Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) Socrates Corundum Mine (Socrates Asbestos prospect), Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA
21.7km (13.5 miles) Miller Asbestos Mine, Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA
27.4km (17.0 miles) Deposit Number Nine (McGuire or Maguire Vermiculite property; Deposit No. 9; Ellijay Chromite prospect; Higdon Asbestos Mine), Ellijay Mining District, Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
36.8km (22.9 miles) Mason Mountain, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
42.3km (26.3 miles) Cane Creek Olivine deposit, Webster-Balsam, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
42.5km (26.4 miles) Webster Peridotite deposit (Webster Chromite prospects; Webster deposit), Webster-Balsam, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
42.9km (26.7 miles) Asbestos Mining and Manufacturing Co. (Hollywood) mine, Hollywood, Habersham County, Georgia, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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Report (issue)
27708-0230 Charles Trupe Dept. of Geology/Geography, Georgia Southern University, Box 8149, Statesboro, GA 30460...E. Swanson Department of Geology University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-2501 Scott Southworth U.S. Geological...Thigpen An overview of the Mesoproterozoic basement complex on the west half of the Asheville 1:100,000 scale...terranes of western North Carolina and northern Georgia .................................................2-3 Addie Quarry: Webster-Addie Mafic-ultramafic complex ...............................129 Richard D. Warner
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEORGIA Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX JENNINGS...JENNINGS B. GORDON, JR. P . O . Box 6214 Rome, Georgia 30162 Although perhaps best known for its gold, rutUe...rutUe, and staurolite (the state mineral), Georgia has, in fact, almost two hundred mineral species. ...have been reported and verified from the state of Georgia. The index has been compiled from the literature...be either a report on the economic geology of Georgia or a field guide for lapidaries, it excludes commercial
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115, USA Received 16 September 2008; accepted in revised form...Residual/relict Dunite Northeast GA Laurel Creek complex Webster–Addie complex n/a indicates bulk composition...Residual/relict Dunite Burnsville, NC Sylva, NC Day Book complex Dunite 84–87 Exfoliated shell around corestone...Blue Ridge (the Day Book, Webster–Addie and Laurel Creek complexes) were examined for this study. Common...and Hawai’i, and from the Webster–Addie and Laurel Creek complexes from the southern Blue Ridge, were
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Report (issue)
Mountains. 2. Geology, Structural. 3. Geology Georgia. 4. Geology Alabama. I. Higgins, Michael W . II...sheet .................................. 28 Wolf Creek Formation ............................. 31 Clairmont...sheet ................................ 31 Wahoo Creek thrust sheet ............................. 33 Atlanta...sheet................................ 45 Ropes Creek thrust sheet .............................. 52 Hillabee....................................... 58 Potato Creek and Juliette slices .................... 62 Po Biddy
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Book
Department of Geology University of California, Davis, CA USA DAVID T. WRIGHT Department of Geology University...Estuarine Environment, Willapa Bay, Washington, USA: Palaeogeographic Implications and Estuarine Evolution...Heavy-Mineral Sands of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains, USA. . . . . . . . . . . Fredric L. Pirkle, William A...G.L. BYNUM 761 Towhee Court, Fremont, CA 94539, USA (U.S. Geological Survey, retired) J. CASCALHO Centro... UC Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA G. DURN University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mining,
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Department of Geology University of California, Davis, CA USA DAVID T. WRIGHT Department of Geology University...Estuarine Environment, Willapa Bay, Washington, USA: Palaeogeographic Implications and Estuarine Evolution...Heavy-Mineral Sands of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains, USA. . . . . . . . . . . Fredric L. Pirkle, William A...G.L. BYNUM 761 Towhee Court, Fremont, CA 94539, USA (U.S. Geological Survey, retired) J. CASCALHO Centro... UC Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA G. DURN University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mining,
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