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| commercial vermiculite based on statistical analysis of bulk chemical data: Fingerprinting vermiculite from...(XRF) analysis, were obtained on 34 samples of vermiculite to ascertain whether chemical differences exist... and V can be used to distinguish the Libby vermiculite samples from the garden products. In general...of the Libby and South Carolina deposits appeared similar, but differed from the South Africa and China...certainty, grouped the garden samples with the South Africa ore. INTRODUCTION In the fall of 1999, the |
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| of nonfuel minerals and a chapter on trends in mining and quarrying in the metals and industrial mineral...State mineral production and mineral production by county were prepared in the Division of Statistics and...Geological Survey. North Carolina: Division of Land Resources, North Carolina Department of Environment...Environmental Management. South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey. South Dakota: South Dakota Geological.... . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • 359 North Carolina, by Steve W. Sikich, P. Albert Carpenter, Ill |
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| The Crystalline Rocks of South Carolina By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET and HENRY BELL III GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...of the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces of South Carolina UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE,...and Precambrian(?) age_______________________ Carolina slate belt_________________________________________...crystalline rocks in South Carolina. 2. Map showing geologic belts in South Carolina. 3. Map of the main...main metamorphic facies in South Carolina. 4. Map showing location of samples used for age determinations |
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| 130 Iodine 138 Sulfur Talc 260 265 274 Vermiculite 145 Magnesite & magnesia Manganese minerals...boundaries of the mineral industry are clear: the mining and milling of feldspar, for example, belong to...does not. But how does one draw the line between mining and manufacturing where brine from a salt well...districts, or a representative district if there are many. We name the chief mining companies, and give production...supply must come not merely from one district but from a single mine. Thus the physical properties of many |
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| production (Ross and Virta, 2001; Virta, 2002). Mining of crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite) and amosite...operation mined chrysotile deposits in California; this mine closed in 2002. The map shows that 60 asbestos mines...asbestos was mined at various times in Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut, and Massachusetts...small-scale mining of "amphibole asbestos" (unspecified type) in the early 1900s. The last asbestos mining in...Lowell (chrysotile) quarry was the last asbestos mine to operate in the Eastern U.S., closing in 1993 |
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| 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 S...publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more comprehensive...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can be |
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| Alabama, University, Ala. Department of :ty.lines, Mining and Geology State Division of Conservation Atlanta...Jr ___________________________ _ Relationship of mining to other economic sectors, by Albert E. Schreck...Manmade features _____________________ _ Strip mining ______________________ _ Subsidence ________________________...Shirley_______ Types of mica, uses, and prices___________ Mining and preparation_________________ History and p...Appalachia__________________ North Carolina_____________________ South Carolina_____________________ Georgia____________________________ |
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| the gold occurrences of the Goldville District of Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Seven of the volume's papers...districts or occurrences including Georgia's Dahlonega district and Royal Vindicator deposit. Depositional types...margin, Zn-Pb resources of the central Kentucky district, and the geochemistry of America's first known...Thennobarometry of Synmetamorphic Gold Deposits, Goldville District, Northern Piedmont, Alabama (Harold H. Stowell...32 The Royal Vindicator Gold Deposit, Haralson County, Georgia: A Metamorphosed Epithermal Hot-Springs |
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| specimen materiaL_ .. __ ______ ____ . ___ ______ _ Mining .. _______________________ . __ . ____ . __ __...------ -- ----~----- ---- ---- 79 79 79 80 80 Mining-Continued Methods ____ ________ _______ .. ____________...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 ______ _______________ |
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| regular 1:1 interstratification of biotite and vermiculite layers G. W. BnrNorpv Materials Research Laboratory...consist of a regular alternation of biotite and vermiculite layers. Current requirementsfor use of a specialname...3E1-383)for a mineralfrom Kremze resembling vermiculite units." Boettcher (1966,p. 284), discussing that...mica and peak at 25.5A and the high order of vermiculite." He consideredan alternating1:1 sequence that...those of biotite (or femrginous phlogopite) and vermiculite, and therefore, are consistent with an interstratification |
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| omitted from locality information. Where lot and district numbers are given, it is necessary to use topographic...Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium and the...S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham property—Route...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8 |
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| the state, insomuch as both the Black Hills of South Dakota and the scenic Badlands thrust long spurs...the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming...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 |
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| 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 and..._______ Muscovite granodiorite of Spruce Pine district-_____ ________________________ Pegmatite. ___ |
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| C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Stilpnomelane Montmorillonite Nontronite Vermiculite (Dioctahedral vermiculite) Chlorite Group Penninite Clinochlorc...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com mon rock-making materials |
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| of the Dividing Line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina, William Byrd. $2.00 (tent.) Geographical Essays...Metamorphic Minerals 306 Graphite; Asbestos; Talc; Vermiculite 10. Sedimentary Minerals and Sulfur Diamond;...professional geologists who may fail to realize that we “mine” such common materials as sand, gravel, and clay...industrial diamonds, chiefly from the Bakwanga district of the Belgian Congo, where the placer operations...of this text, Dr. Robert Bates, is a native of South Dakota. His graduate education in geology was obtained |
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| to exist in outcrop exposures or rock exposed by mining operations. Note that these site descriptions apply...production (Ross and Virta, 2001; Virta, 2002). Mining of crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite) and amosite...operation mined chrysotile deposits in California; this mine closed in 2002. Naturally Occurring Asbestos Mounting...(road building, urban excavations, agriculture, mining, crushing, and milling, as just a few examples)...asbestos-related mortality and respiratory disease in vermiculite miners and residents of Libby, Montana. This |
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| Metamorphic Minerals Graphite; Asbestos; Talc; Vermiculite 10. Sedimentary Minerals and Sulfur Diamond;...professional geologists who may fail to realize that we “mine” such common materials as sand, gravel, and clay...industrial diamonds, chiefly from the Bakwanga district of the Belgian Congo, where the placer operations...of this text, Dr. Robert Bates, is a native of South Dakota. His graduate education in geology was obtained... MINERALS nage per year as the coal and metal-mining industries combined. The U.S. Bureau of Public |
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| Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh 1978...of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...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 78-10)...viable mineral collecting sites through out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during the |
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| to exist in outcrop exposures or rock exposed by mining operations. Note that these site descriptions apply...production (Ross and Virta, 2001; Virta, 2002). Mining of crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite) and amosite...operation mined chrysotile deposits in California; this mine closed in 2002. Naturally Occurring Asbestos Mounting...(road building, urban excavations, agriculture, mining, crushing, and milling, as just a few examples)...asbestos-related mortality and respiratory disease in vermiculite miners and residents of Libby, Montana. This |
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| .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh 1978...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 applied...Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT |
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| Wyoming) 50 µm 115°W Libby ("Zonolite") vermiculite mine August 1966 31 !( ( ! By Bradley S. Van Gosen...production (Ross and Virta, 2001; Virta, 2002). Mining of crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite) and amosite...operation mined chrysotile deposits in California; this mine closed in 2002. Naturally Occurring Asbestos Mounting...asbestos into the environment from manufacturing, mining, and other occupational sites. Less straightforward...(road building, urban excavations, agriculture, mining, crushing, and milling, as just a few examples) |
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| ...............................5 Regulation of Mining for Industrial Minerals........................................................15 Municipal and County Regulations..............................................................................28 Acid Mine Drainage..........................................Industrial Minerals—Occurrence, Use in Colorado, Mining, and Production..................47 Introduction...............................................49 Mining and Production................................ |
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| 6 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 I N...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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
