 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | TRIP TO SPRUCE PINES 4812 Wake By J . E . N O R W O O D Forest R d . , Raleigh, N. C . Spruce Pines...Pines in Mitchell County is the best known area in North Carolina to those connected with mining and min...east ern North Carolina. The type of granite underlying the Spruce Pines region is unique for North Carolina...Carolina and even the U.S.A. In a ten mile radius of Spruce Pines is most of the alaskite granite found in...occur in Avery and Yancy Counties which join Mitchell County. Alaskite consists chiefly of oligoclase, quartz |  | | Report (issue) | | under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley Authority Physical...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Falley Authority UNITED...__-__-_-____ Inclusions of muscovite, quartz, and apatite in muscovite..-._-_.____-__-_-_---_——_-_-_______-_-____-_...Production of sheet and punch mica, 1912-14, in North Carolina, the Southeastern States, and the entire United...data for mica specimens, arranged by lot and by mine or prospect-_-___--_-___-_-.___---___-_____--_ Results |  | | Report (issue) | | Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 577 Work done...done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development and in part...Administration Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina By FRANK G. LESURE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... Work done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...Granite-_____________________ Muscovite granodiorite of Spruce Pine district-_____ ________________________ Pegmatite |  | | Book | | MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright ©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom |  | | Book (volume) | | especially along the southern slopes and ridges of the Pine Ridge Escarpment and along Whiteclay Creek near...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...townagate, 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 |  | | 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) | | pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ ...between pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight mine ______ _______________...of granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9....and other units in the Big Bess pegmatite, Gaston County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ |  | | 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...b e a u t i f u l forests o f hardwoods, pines, spruce, and flowering shrubs. Since t h e earliest p e...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | by the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne rivers. These pine covered mountains, higher than the Alleghenies,...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...out each year into the mountains and deserts of North America to collect a great variety of materials...glaciers that once covered the northern part of North America. As you can see from the directory of digging...identify minerals pyramid terminations, and the apatite, with their six-faced flat-terminated prism of...mond, aquamarine, topaz, tourmaline, cyanite, or apatite. Conversely, such a chameleon as tourmaline may |  | | Report (issue) | | Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP), North Carolina and Tennessee (Fig. 1) has been of concern...part of the drainage area that feeds the lake (Abernathy and others, 1984). Elevated Cu concentrations...dolomite, occur in the Anakeesta Formation to the north of Newfound Gap (Hadley and Goldsmith, 1963). Probably...rutile, pyrite, pyrrhotite, allanite, monazite, apatite, and zircon (Table 1). Xenotime was tentatively...have been reported as secondary minerals from acid mine drainage areas (Alpers and others, 1994) were identified |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on the Post territory which covers most of Yuma County, Arizona, and a small area in California."—letter...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U. S.) that has been opened up...ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S 1. The only spot in North America where genuine diamonds are being found in...Liggett military reserjade deposits in (Monterey County) Cali- vation are some of the very few found on...advance of the proposed trip. Written permiles north of Paso Robles—turn-off mission will be granted |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Report (issue) | | 120◦ 350 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Corrego Frio mine, Brazil; nearly identical to lazulite. 3.24 (vs)...00 MgO 4.23 6.34 Fe2 O3 0.54 3+ (1) Corrego Frio mine, Brazil; corresponds to (Fe2+ 0.66 Mg0.34 Zn0.01...Association: Souzalite, triphylite, wyllieite, trolleite, apatite, lacroixite, berlinite, tourmaline, muscovite,...pegmatite mine, Divino das Laranjeiras, near Linópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil. In the USA, at the Victory...Victory mine, four km northeast of Custer, Custer Co., and the White Cap mine, three km south of Keystone |  | | Report (issue) | | Quadrangles, Taos County, New Mexico BY PHILIP F. McKINLAY Geology and ore deposits of the north half of the...Peak quadrangles, is in the northern part of Taos County, New Mexico, between latitudes 36°45' and 37°00'...granite, and later folded along axes that trend from north to 20 degrees west. Thrust faults and extensive...Peak quadrangles are in the northeast part of Taos County, New Mexico, between latitudes 36°45' and 37°00'...served by State Highway 3, which runs from Questa north along the western front of the Sangre de Cristo |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Report (volume) | | 'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... W. Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...J. W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette]...separately. Price $2.50. XVI. The Paleozoic Fishes of North America, by John Strong Newberry. 1889. 4°. 340 |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...to list more than fifteen hundred localities in North America where gems can be found. This is the only...amateurs alike had not gone out to every corner of North America, discovered the rich gem resources of the...Colorado; and Professor Jack Hanahan of Belmont, North Carolina, with locations in their respective states...venture every year into the mountains and deserts of North America, they enjoy not only the pleasure of seeking |  | | Report (volume) | | General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County__...County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union counti...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________...____________ 86 Troup County ________________________________ 86 Upson County _______________________________ |  | | Book (edition) | | Geology of North Carolina. QE 147 .A22 1866-1887 Pt.2 V.2 Chap.1 Digitized by the Internet Archive...org/details/mineralsminerall01 nort n o o / Geology of North Carolina. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It F. A. GENTH...brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2 many new and rare species. The Mica veins...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably...crease of more than 25 per cent. GEOLOGY OE NORTH CAROLINA. 4 than has been discovered in any other |  | | Report (issue) | | A secondary mineral derived from alteration of apatite. Association: Bolivia). Wavellite, paravauxite...(Huanuni, Distribution: In Bolivia, from the Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Potosı́, and at Huanuni, Oruro. Name:...Pennsylvania, USA. Type Material: National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 97561, 103542... 53, 1025–1028. (3) Blanchard, F.N. and S.A. Abernathy (1980) X-ray powder diffraction data for phosphate |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...100 detail maps 1500+ hunting locations: sites in North America A directory to coUpcfing O E Pi rin...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...directory listing over fifteen hundred localities in North America where gem specimens may be found. Interspersed...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID |  | | Journal (issue) | | these many achievements that have helped to give mine ralogy a national recognit ion. Among your fri ends........................... REPORT ON THE TITANIUM MINE AT TAHAWUS, N . Y . By Paul E. Killinge,· ........on for• eign soil-in Australia, Solomon Islands, North Africa, and elsewhere and giving a good account...this I found I had all but four states -Nebraska, North Dakota, Delaware, and Rhode Island-represented in...white quartzite which he had picked up in Nuckolls County, Neb. From a map of Rhode Island I picked a small |
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