| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Sillimanite |
| Formula: | Al2(SiO4)O |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sillimanite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Cliff Blanton Mine, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 801991 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:801991:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 7c591156-4e15-4a0e-93e0-4e249d179960 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Sillimanite |
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| 1.2km (0.7 miles) | ⓘWalter Davis Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| 2.8km (1.7 miles) | ⓘMary Gold Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| 2.9km (1.8 miles) | ⓘMartin Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| 8.1km (5.0 miles) | ⓘGettys No. 1 Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| 9.9km (6.1 miles) | ⓘC. B. McSwain Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| 15.4km (9.6 miles) | ⓘHawkins Branch Cassiterite occurrence (Meadow Creek occurrence), Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| 22.4km (13.9 miles) | ⓘBig Bess Mine (M. S. Bess Mine; M. M. Carpenter Mine), Gaston County, North Carolina, USA |
| 23.5km (14.6 miles) | ⓘHull Mine, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA |
| 23.7km (14.7 miles) | ⓘE. R. Self Mine (Old Neale Mine), Gaston County, North Carolina, USA |
| 24.9km (15.5 miles) | ⓘShull Mine (John Dillinger Mine), Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEI PEGMATITE GEOLOGY OF THE SHELBY DISTRICT NORTH CAROLINA by \ Wallace R. Griffitts > \ I ...Metamorphic rocks....................... h- Carolina gneiss ..................... Ij- General features...112 Dumortierite. ..................... 112 Sillimanite ...................... 113 Andalusite. ......volume. .................. 27 k. Minerals of the Shelby district .......... In pocket ILLUSTRATIONS Fitsure...Index map of the Shelby district. ............ 1 2-. Geologic map of the Shelby pegmatite district |  | | 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...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...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 |
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