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Ilmenite from
Mount Airy quarries, Surry County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Ilmenite
Formula:Fe2+TiO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ilmenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Airy quarries, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:562436
Long-form Identifier:1:3:562436:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ilmenite
39.4km (24.5 miles) ⓘBetty Baker Mine (Bettie Baker Mine; Paint Bank Mine; Carter Mine), Betty Baker Segment, Gossan Lead Mining District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Carroll County, Virginia, USA
46.1km (28.7 miles) ⓘBlevin Mine, Gossan Lead Mining District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Grayson County, Virginia, USA
50.7km (31.5 miles) ⓘNew River occurrence, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
55.3km (34.3 miles) ⓘRock Quarry Road site, North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
56.1km (34.9 miles) ⓘMathis Quarries, Antioch, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
59.5km (37.0 miles) ⓘFitches Knob Quarry site, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
64.3km (39.9 miles) ⓘ115 Quarry, Oakwoods, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
67.6km (42.0 miles) ⓘLichtenstein Prospect (Church Copper Prospect), Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
74.1km (46.0 miles) ⓘTuscarora Mine, Friendship, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
79.7km (49.5 miles) ⓘBoomer Township, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
References
DeRosset,W.H.M.,1978,Petrology of the Mount Airy granite(M.S thesis)
Blacksburg,Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
 
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