 | | Report (issue) | | 455(9) X-ray Powder Pattern: Foote mine, North Carolina, USA. 9.8 (100), 6.9 (80), 2.789 (70), 4.18 (60)...9] Total [100.0] [100.0] (1) Foote mine, North Carolina, USA; by electron microprobe, Fe confirmed as...lithium-rich granite pegmatite (Foote mine, North Carolina, USA). Association: Jahnsite, laueite, mitridatite...rockbridgeite, manganese oxide, quartz (Foote mine, North Carolina, USA); rockbridgeite–frondelite (Hagendorf...(Hagendorf, Germany). Distribution: In the USA, from the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3.5 cm attractively placed on a matrix of small quartz crystals. 248 ROCKS & MINERALS The specimen was...found at the Martin prospect and Bennett quarry in Oxford County. Good crystals up to 25 mm have been found...in crystals up to 1 cm at the Gillette quarry, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Cassiterite as small crystalline...crystalline grains in narrow quartz veins at Jackson, New Hampshire, is thought to have been the first...collected from the Conway Granite north of Moat Mountain, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Good cassiterite |  | Wise, Michael A., Harmon, Russell S., Curry, Adam, Jennings, Morgan, Grimac, Zach, Khashchevskaya, Daria (2022) Handheld LIBS for Li Exploration: An Example from the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt, USA. Minerals, 12 (1) 77 doi:10.3390/min12010077 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Li Exploration: An Example from the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt, USA Michael A. Wise 1 , Russell S. Harmon...Li Exploration: An Example from the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt, USA. Minerals 2022, 12, 77. https:// doi...20560, USA; wisem@si.edu Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University...University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; accurry3@ncsu.edu (A.C.); dkhashc@ncsu.edu (D.K.) SciAps, Inc., 7...7 Constitution Way, Woburn, MA 01801, USA; mjennings@sciaps.com Piedmont Lithium, Inc., 5706 Dallas Cherryville |  | | Report (issue) | | NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE TO COLLECT f ... f ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Foote quarry make it a favorite with mineral collectors. The Foote Quarry, Kings Mountain, North Carolina...JACK HANAHAN Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina 28012 I N 1938 T H E F O O T E M I N E R A...Company spodu mene mine, hereafter called the Foote quarry, consisted of six small prospect pits, and there...outermost edges of the dumps. The quarry is located in Cleveland County in the tinspodumene belt that is...Gaffney, South Carolina, to Lincolnton, North Carolina. The material quarried is a quartz-microcline-spodumene |  | | Report (issue) | | NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT HARGROVE BOWLES, JR., DIRECTOR DIVISION...GEOLOGIST Circular 17 BERYL OCCURRENCES IN NORTH CAROLINA BY WILLIAM F WILSON Ooc RALEIGH 1962 CONTENTS...USESo 8 o . . . BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN NORTH CAROLINA 9 Varieties * o ••••••••.• Mode of Occurrencec...RESOURCES IN NORTH CAROLINA . H OCCURRENCES OF BERYL IN NORTH CAROLINA. 13 Alexander County ...•••••...••.• Ashe County,* ... 0 o * * • o o Burke County* • * • . • . • • • * • • Catawba County* • « . » * |  | | Report (volume) | | The Crystalline Rocks of South Carolina By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET and HENRY BELL III GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces of South Carolina UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...and Precambrian(?) age_______________________ Carolina slate belt_________________________________________...Quartzite_________________________________________ Quartz-microcline gneiss____________________________ Intrusive...____ __ ____ ____ ________ ____ ___ __ _ Yorkville Quartz Monzonite________________________ Unnamed granites |  | | Report (issue) | | FEATURES OF THE BROWN HEMATITE ORES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.1 By W. S. BAYIJSY. INTRODUCTION. Within the...continuous production of brown hematite in North Carolina has attracted attention to the State as a possible...tons of brown ore has been reported to the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey as produced...Cherokee County, in the southwest corner of the State. Formerly a little came from Madison County, near...near Asheville, and from Gaston County, near Bessemer City, but the mines in these counties were abandoned |  | | Report (issue) | | GENERAL FEATURES OF THE MAGNETITE ORES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE.1 By W. S. BAYLEY. INTRODUCTION...DISTRIBUTION. The iron ores of western North Carolina and Carter County, Tenn., comprise brown hematite (limonite...of North Carolina have increased in importance. Brown ore and magnetite produced in western North Carolina...353 60,593 43,483 44,482 o From reports of North Carolina Geol. and Econ. Survey and Mineral Resources...total recorded .production of magnetite from North Carolina is about 1,331,600 tons and of brown hematite |  | | Report (issue) | | THE LOS BURROS DISTRICT, MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. By JAMES M. HILL. INTRODUCTION. The following...district, in the southwestern part of Monterey County, Calif., are based on observations made during...rugged Coast Range, near the south line of Monterey County, in Tps. 23 and 24 S., R. 25 E. Mount Diablo meridian...Monterey and San Luis Obispo. It is reached from King City, a station on the Coast Line of the Southern Pacific...The most abundant constituent of the sandstone is quartz, but orthoclase and plagioclase feldspar is only |  | | Report (issue) | | 1B01YJ JH1lrL~ 11HHJ J\J-rAJii W1.sr B JY1111.Il • CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Field Trip Guidebook 1981 ... October 24-25, 1981 Gaffney, South Carolina - CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1981 OFFICERS +', . I...Schaeffer Duke'Power P.O •. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 0 Secretary-Treasurer: • S. Duncan...Department of Geology, Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27706 Chairman of the Membership Committee:...Department of Geology Catawba College Salisbury, No~th Carolina 28144 Field Trip Leaders: J. Wright Horton, |  | | Report (issue) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...THULITE AND PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ,~O...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and | | | Report (issue) | | Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during |  | | Report (issue) | | Gneiss » » Distribution and iypes » ."letaoorphosed Quartz Gabbro Hornblende Osaiss » Albitization Septa in...Map of the Kings Mountain Districtt North Carolina and South Carolina. «« . Structure Sketch Map of the...Photomicrograph of oligoclase tonallte Crinkled quartz-mica schist ........... Bedding and flow cleavage...the Shelton property, Shall folds shoving flowage Quartz-kyanite vein at Clubb Mountain Photomicrograph...Mountain-flenry Knob aroa, Gaston County, North Carolina and York County* South Carolina. Geologic Map of tha |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ROCKS IN THE TIN–SPODUMENE BELT OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA, USA Samuel E. SWANSON§ Department of...30605, USA Abstract The Tin–Spodumene Belt (TSB) along the border of North and South Carolina, southeastern...southeastern USA, is composed of hundreds of en échelon dikes intruded into amphibolite-facies mica schist...coarse-grained spodumene, plagioclase, K-feldspar, quartz, muscovite, and accessory amounts of beryl, manganoan...replaced by a fine-grained saccharoidal albite– quartz fabric that also heals fractures in spodumene and |  | Kloprogge, J. T., Case, M. H., Frost, R. L. (2001) Raman microscopic study of the Li amphibole holmquistite, from the Martin Marietta Quarry, Bessemer City, NC, USA. Mineralogical Magazine, 65 (6) 775-785 doi:10.1180/0026461016560008 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | holmquistite, from the Martin Marietta Quarry, Bessemer City, NC, USA J. T. KLOPROGGE1,*, M. H. CASE2 AND...Camp, 657 Woodmen Camp Trail, Randleman, NC 27317, USA ABSTR ACT The Raman spectrum of holmquistite, a...Li-containing orthorhombic amphibole from Bessemer City, USA has been measured. The OH-stretching region...from several countries around the world including USA (Palache et al., 1930), the former USSR (Ginzburg... brous crystals at the Martin Marietta Quarry, Bessemer City (formerly known as the Lithium Corporation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. The locality may also be given as 6 miles east...sent in by Sgt. Brown. Wynne, in southern Cross County is in eastern Arkansas. CALIFORNIA—"Thought you...They all come from the desert area around Plaster City, Calif."—items from Don Erpelding, 5041 Acuna St...specimens very interesting. Plaster City, in S/W Imperial County, is in southern California. GEORGIA—In...of pure white, dense, milky quartz. There is a vein of this type quartz about 5 feet wide extending through |  | | Report (issue) | | State Park, North Carolina – A Guide for the Non-Geologist By Philip J. Bradley North Carolina Geological...Park area. Prepared in conjunction with the 2014 Carolina Geological Society Annual Field Trip. Completed...review by Kenneth B. Taylor – State Geologist, North Carolina Geological Survey. Additional text reviews...by Michael A. Medina and Heather D. Hanna – North Carolina Geological Survey Base figures modified from...the Piedmont physiographic province of North Carolina in Gaston and Cleveland Counties (fig. 1). The Piedmont |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Indianapolis. Iowa.............. Prof. George F. Kay, Iowa City. Kansas............Prof. Erasmus Haworth, University...State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Report (volume) | | ......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon |  | | Report (issue) | | Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological... Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc,...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...deposits. Copper occurs with complex sulfide ores in quartz veins in the metamorphic rocks of the 10- Piedmont...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals |  | | Report (volume) | | Santa Fe group, sec. 17, T.19N., R.9E., Santa Fe County, N. Mex. R. S. Cannon, Jr., R. L. Smith. ____.do__-______...Southern edge of intrusive, west-central part of North Mountain, La Sal Mountains, Utah. D. R. Shawe. 21...altered. LS-8-55. South side of Miner's Basin, North Mountain, La Sal Mountains, Utah. D. R. Shnwe. do...Roberts. Quartz monzonite _ ________ __.-do __ RJR-3-56. Copper Canyon, Nev. R. J. Roberts. Quartz monzonite...Aztec wash, 4 miles southeast of Nelson, Clark County, Nev. E. H. Pampeyan. _-__.do__. -----P-2-cc. NEM |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Foote Quarry in Kings Mountain, by L A U R A M A R B L E 102 Dorset Way Lyman, South Carolina 29365 ...spodumene mine at Kings Mountain, Cleve land County, North Carolina consisted of six small prospect pits, and...Milarite from the Foote quarry. Photo by Lewis Perloff MINERALS North Carolina is one of the premier...HAN AH AN JR. Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina 28012 G E N E R A L DESCRIPTION The geology...tin-lithium belt between Lincolnton, North Carolina and Grover at the South Carolina line. The lithium pegmatite |  | | Report (volume) | | district, Calhoun County: 2, 65, 102, 118. 2. r Beaver Creek Valley, St. Clair County and Greens Valley...Valley, Etowah County: 2, 102, 118. 3. r Leeds, Jefferson County: 2, 102. 4. r Longview-Saginaw district...district, Shelby County: 2, 102. 5. r Sinks district, Bibb County: 2, 28, 54, 67, 74, 102, 118, 143. 6. v Southeastern...Southeastern corner, Cherokee County: 1, 2, 54, 74, 102. 7. v Southern Cleburne County: 1, 2, 54, 74, 102. 8...Vincent-Harpersville-Wilsonville district, Shelby County: 2, 54, 102. ARIZONA General: 4, 8, 13, 43, 85 |
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