Minerals Most Commonly found in the Area include:
- actinolite
- albite
- allanite
- amphibole group
- amazonite
- anatase
- ancylite
- apatite
- augite
- beryl
- biotite
- brucite
- calcite
- cancrinite
- chalcopyrite
- chlorite
- chondrodite
- cleavelandite
- clino-amphibole
- clinopyroxene
- corundum
- diopside
- epidote
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- feldspar group
- fluor-richterite
- galena
- garnet
- goethite
- graphic-granite
- graphite
- gypsum
- hackmanite
- hematite
- hornblende
- hydroxyl-bastnaesite
- k-feldspar
- lyndochite
- magnetite
- mica group
- microcline
- molybdenite
- monazite
- muscovite
- natrolite
- nepheline
- peristerite
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- phlogopite
- pyrite
- pyroxene group
- pyrrhotite
- quartz
- rutile
- scapolite
- serpentine
- sinhalite
- sodalite
- spinel
- stillwellite
- titanite (sphene)
- thorite
- tremolite
- tourmaline
- uraninite
- uranothorite
- vesuvianite
- warwickite
- wollastonite
- zircon
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Some of the minerals listed and grouped into 5 classifications
Primary Rock-Forming Minerals of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
Feldspar group: microcline
Mica Group: muscovite, phlogopite, biotite
Amphibole Group: hornblende, actinolite, tremolite
Pyroxene Group: augite, diopside
quartz, nepheline, garnet, zircon, titanite (sphene)
Secondary Minerals formed by Alterations
serpentine, chlorite, epidote, scapolite
Chemically Precipitated Minerals, Forming Sedimentary Rocks:
calcite, gypsum , quartz
Metalic Ore Minerals:
Iron Minerals: magnetite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, hematite , goethite
Copper Minerals:chalcopyrite
Lead Mineral: galena
Uranium Minerals: uraninite, uranothorite
Rare-earth element and radioactive minerals:allanite
Molybdenum Mineral:molybdenite
Beryllium Mineral: beryl
Nonmetallic Minerals
apatite, brucite, corundum, graphite , sodalite, tourmaline
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