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Ruby from
Staley Mine, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Corundum var: Ruby
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ruby data
Locality Data:Click here to view Staley Mine, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:131999
Long-form Identifier:1:3:131999:6
GUID (UUID V4):9f39d7aa-4d02-4320-b7f6-1931a1b1dac3
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
was mined from stream placers in western North and South Carolina in the late nineteenth a.nd early twentieth...northern Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology Pamph. 99, 24 p. Between North Fork and Shoup...Shoup, Idaho, immediately north of the Salmon River, several thin beds of marble are interbedded with the... 76-77. Gadolinite from Llano County, Tex., and from Henderson County, N. C., has been mined and used...district, central Alaska ; the Long area in the Ruby-Poorman district, central Alaska ; the Nixon Fork
Report (issue)
Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE IN GARNET RUBY CORUNDUM...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...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Today, several dozen ruby mines exist, and the Franklin area is recognized as the only significant source...source of rubies in the United States. Ruby Mines of North Carolina S T E V E N P. Y U R K O V I C H Department...Department of Earth Sciences Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 to nearly 7,000 tons...majority of this ore was taken from the Corundum Hill mine. Com­ mercial corundum production ceased in the...varieties ruby and sapphire, has been mined and collected from a wide area of western North Carolina since
Report (issue)
Powerhouse Fire, Southern California By Dennis M. Staley, Greg M. Smoczyk, and Ryan R. Reeves Open-File...visit http://store.usgs.gov Suggested citation: Staley, D.M., Smoczyk, G.M., and Reeves, R.R., 2013, Emergency...Powerhouse fire burn area near Lancaster, California, USA .................................... 3 Figure 2....Powerhouse fire burn area near Lancaster, California, USA ...................................................Vertical coordinate information is referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). Horizontal
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)
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
Book (volume)
vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches
Report (issue)
column heading "County/Quad" contains second or third order political units -county, province, or quadrangle...IJiCd L'irt' J'M AUNS 1 1 RE USHT AUNS USCO USCA USA* USID AUNS USHT USAZ USID 1VCO USAZ AUNS USHT USHT...Josephine Beresford PoNell Ruby Quad. Sixty-Hiie Beaverhead Gipps Hurchison Salt Lake Ruby Quad. Daiison Chelan...St. Vincent Beaverhead Pna Leihi Mynyard Code County/Quad 17,000 120,000 420 25,500 ! r,5,0M t:,000...CNVT CNYT CNYT USNV USA> USA* USHT USPIT Aims U5HA USAZ SK.OR USAK USMA CNVT USA* USNV USAK Cedar Creek
Report (issue)
--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --...-----------------------------Pima County -------------------------------Pinal County -------------------------------Santa...-------Santa Cruz County --------------------------'ravapai County -----------------------------'ruma
Journal (issue)
£120 Our spies report that people living in the north complain of the extra cost of travelling to and...Clare 9 12 Collecting Angles1te from the Hilton Mine by Steven A . Rust Francohte from C ornwall & Devon...E I ( 198 1/92) No. I July/Aug 198 1 Fluorite La Mine de Lacan Bo n a ll M oor Min e ra ls 28 pp. , 3...No. 2 Sept/O ct I 9 Pha rm acoside rite Red Gill Mine ral Whea l G o rla nd Mille rite 32p p .. 25 illu...ratio n No. 4 J a n/Feb 1982 Silver Mine rals fro m Devon Burga m Mine Childre nit e Fa llga te Qua rry
Book (volume)
grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Book (volume)
grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Report (issue)
arawak and North Borneo _________________ _ Sarawak _____________________________ _ North BorneO----...________ _ North Island_____ ------------- ________ _ Antarctica ________________________________ _ North Am...124 126 127 130 Monazite localities-Continued North America-Continued United States of America-Continued...Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer
Book (edition)
many valuable minerals, which are profitable to mine and gold is your best bet. Gold is easy to recognize...recognize, requires simple, inexpensive equipment to mine and the recent price of over $650 per ounce can...watch out, you may get gold fever too! The word "mine" probably brings to mind an image of men working...dynamiting tunnels through solid rock. This is one way to mine gold (called lode or hard-rock mining), but recovering...phosphate and salt. A special lease is required to mine these minerals on public land. 3. Salable- Includes
Report (volume)
Bibliography of North American Geology 1946 and 1947 ^ By EMMA MERTINS THOM, MARJORIE HOOKER 'r> and..._ ni 3 7 15 311 * f *, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1946 and 1947 BY EMMA MERTINS THOM...REECE DUNAVEN INTRODUCTION The bibliography of North American geology, including paleontology, petrology...publications on the geology of the Continent of North America and adjacent islands and on Panama, the...index to the lierature cited. The bibliography of North American geology to the end of 1945 is contained
Report (issue)
34°45' -118°24' 0 50 100 100 By Dennis M. Staley, Greg M. Smoczyk, and Ryan R. Reeves Powerhouse...000 m3 RUBY CA NYON 10,000-100,000 m3 34°33' Powerhouse Fire Perimeter Projection is North American...Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system Zone 11 North. This work is preliminary and is subject to revision...use of the assessment. Pour Points ! Citation: Staley, D.M., Smoczyk, G.M., and Reeves, R.R., 2013, Emergency
Report (issue)
southern California 34°45' _ ^ By Dennis M. Staley, Greg M. Smoczyk, and Ryan R. Reeves Powerhouse... ! 53 55 ! ! ! ! 38 RUBY CA ! 39 43 NYON 61 Projection is North American Datum of 1983, Universal...Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system Zone 11 North. This work is preliminary and is subject to revision...Powerhouse Fire Perimeter Basin Outlet ! Citation: Staley, D.M., Smoczyk, G.M., and Reeves, R.R., 2013, Emergency
Journal (issue)
CHROMIUM A. R E D GROUP Precious stone / natural \ Ruby i . . > \_ synthetic J Red Spinel^ , . ^ ^synthetic...green gem varieties is the fact that both synthetic ruby and synthetic emerald owe their typical colour to...considerably higher in the synthetics than in natural ruby or emerald, as can be seen in T a b l e 1. Further...itself, for instance malachite). Emeraldgreen and ruby-red are the outstanding colour tints. An exception...aluminium ions fulfil this condition. (In the case of ruby, aluminium only is available.) C h r o m i u m and
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cabinet sizes. John Parnau, 1 3 4 2 N o r t h Lincoln St., Stockton, Calif. vVANTED:Fluorite f r o m.... Y. MINERALS FOR EXCHANGE. Send your list for mine. Geo. Fales, Cashmere, Washington. FOSSILS TRILOBITES...k . ) 2 5 c to $ 1 . 2 5 . Pyrophyllite (Staley, N . Carolina) — 2 5 c to $ 1 . 0 0 . — BRENTW O O D L...Santa A n i t a , San Gabriel, Calif. 8 Herkimer County "Diamonds," $ 1 . 0 0 . 6 Golden A p a t i t e...i n e , No. Carolina, 10c, 40c, 50c. Samarskite w i t h c o l u m b i t e — N o . Carolina $ 1 . 5 0
Report (issue)
Bannock ene is County. ss 91 Bear Lake Eranklin= County seer County. County ............ Benewah...Benewah County ............ Bingham’ County” -..2.2. Blaine Countyses — es. iBoiseCounty; = =e Bonner County...Bonneville County .......... Boundary County ............ Buttem County ees Camas. County /thn ‘Fremont...‘Fremont ‘County 23 9253 Gem County eee 93) dahon County =e 93 Jefferson County ............ 98 Kootenai...Kootenai County ............... 101. “Latah Countye. veers oes 129 105 +05,Lemh liCounty cancce. tee 130-132
Report (issue)
sericea we South Idaho Legislators Visit Bunker Hill Mine _......._ Ss 24 The Coeur d’Alenes of Idaho—A Billion...Auidisveport of the state, Mine Inspector =. 2) 30-38 s es iwomVvlenmiwescued trom»Mine Cave-Dn 2. ceee 38 Wienmbmploved...of Western Gold Miners: 3.22 se idahomsenator.on Mine Committee 2. sofa i a ). ee een eee) een vine Viens...PACES COME Y2-2 3 ose et Bannock. County... ow. Beammlbake; County ...2.0....2ibenewahm@ounty =... 145...Bingham) County) see [BI nboXeN (Cron Mee ag Boise Count ya eee ene Bonnier’ County. Boundary County <2) =
Report (issue)
risk to homes? A case study in San Diego County, California, USA: Landscape and Urban Planning, v. 157,...fire to terrestrial ecosystem carbon dynamics in North America from 1990 to 2012: Global Biogeochemical...variables in Tahoe National Forest, California, USA: Canadian Journal of Forest Research, v. 47, no....from a lacustrine environment in the southwestern USA: Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, v...fire—Will area burned increase in a warming western USA: Ecological Applications, v. 27, no. 1, p. 26–36
Book
provide an account of his experiences in the Sterling mine. Don Newsome, first president of the Fluorescent...31 Some Early Day Collecting / 32 In the Sterling Mine / 40 Building a Collection / 52 Preparation and...was a dominant consideration. In ancient times, ruby or sapphire or emerald meant any hard and gemmy...blue only under short wave ultraviolet light, and ruby fluoresces bright red primarily under long wave...employed at Franklin for exploration within the mine and was kept handy to the sorting table to aid in
 
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