 | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Physical Characteristics of Commercial Sheet Muscovite in the Southeastern United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley Authority Physical... Physical Characteristics of Commercial Sheet Muscovite in the Southeastern United States By RICHARD H. JAHNS...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Falley Authority UNITED...6 7 8 11 12 12 15 16 16 17 17 22 24 26 Sheet muscovite in the Southeastern States.____________ Distribution |  | | 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...____ Whiteside Granite-_____________________ Muscovite granodiorite of Spruce Pine district-_____ __ |  | | Report (issue) | | noftonclature* Frui>ar«d in oooperation >dth the liorth Carolina Dep&rtaent of Conservation and Development* C05TSHTS...Metamorphic rocks ................ Mica rocks of the Carolina-type ....... Mioa gneiss .............. Mica schist...schist .............. Petrograpljy of the Carolina-type rocks . Structure and texture ....... Mineral.............. Cranberry gneiss ................ Carolina-type rocks .....*.......* Roan-type rocks ......the Plumtree area, Spruce Pine district, Forth Carolina.............................. In por&et 2» Photomicrographs |  | | Report (volume) | | publication] Page (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) Muscovite in the Spruce Pine district, N. C., by T. L. Kesler...deposits of the Nightingale district, Pershing County, Nev., by W. C. Smith and P. W. Guild (published........ Topaz deposits near the Brewer mine, Chesterfield County, S. C., by Carl Pries, Jr. (published...quicksilver deposits of the Del Puerto area, Stanislaus County, Calif., by H. E. Hawkes, Jr., F. G. Wells, and..................... Manganese deposits of Cedar Creek Valley, Frederick and Shenandoah Counties, Va., |  | | Report (issue) | | Vicinity North Carolina Mineral Resources of the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity North Carolina..._-_ _-____ 3. Map of uranium prospects on North Harper Creek--------- ______ __ 2 5 6 TABLES Page Table...the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity, North Carolina By Bruce Bryant and John C. Reed, Jr. ABSTRACT...Mountain window and vicinity in northwestern North Carolina and presents these data independently of the...THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY, NORTH CAROLINA LINVILLE QUADRANGLE_____45' 82°00 36°15 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sedimentary manganese deposits, Sierra Nevada, California, USA Marta J.K. Flohr and J. Stephen Huebner U.S. Geological...Geological Survey, MS 959, Reston, FA 22092, USA (Received July 16, 1991; revised and accepted April 24...sedimentary manganese deposits, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. Lithos, 29: 57-85. Laminated to massive rhodochrosite...Mn-silicates from the Smith prospect and MangaChrome mine, Sierra Nevada, California were deposited as ocean...relatively uncommon layers of jacobsite. The Manga-Chrome mine also contains layers rich in manganoan calcite and |  | | Book (volume) | | of the Pine Ridge Escarpment and along Whiteclay Creek near the Sioux Indian community of the same name...vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...and breaks in the hills along the Minnechaduza Creek and the Niobrara, as well as all tributary canyons...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK October 21 – 23, 1983 GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN...IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF NORTHWE3STERN NORTH CAROLINA Edited by Sharon E. Lewis Virginia Division of Mineral...pit”, of the main adit and Stopes of the Cranberry mine Copies of this guidebook may be obtained from:...NRCD Post Office Box 27687 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1983 OFFICERS...South Carolina 29613 Vice-President: John J. Chapman Department of Earth Science Western Carolina University |  | | Report (issue) | | concentration increases with latitude going from south to north. The relatively low values for total tritium rainout...distribution of tritium fallout in precipitation over North America: Internat. Assoc. Sci. Hydrol. Bull., v...and Hoffman, C. M., 1963, Tritium fallout over North America from the Soviet tests in 1961: Jour. Geophys...Vicinity North Carolina Mineral Resources of the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity North Carolina...___ - ______ 3. Map of uranium prospects on North Harper Creek-______________-__--__---_-- 2 5 6 TABLES |  | | 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; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | red vanadinite xls and coming from the Red Cloud mine (about 30 miles N . of Yuma), Yuma Co., Ariz., have...and store) which is about 6-miles or so, west of Buckeye, a fair sized town. At Hass578 xline—crystalline...the mountain, for 3 miles. The gravel road is a county road, usually fair except after heavy rains. At...party. Be sure to check oil, gas and water at Buckeye, as the Hassayampa station is not always open....of novaculite pebbles (gravel). Of course, both north and south coastal plains and streams thereto, have |  | | Report (issue) | | Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic code. Any use of trade, product...Resource Data File BD001 Site name(s): Banner Creek Site type: Mines ARDFno.: BD001 Quadrangle: BDB-5...346 Location description and accuracy: Banner Creek drains southward into the Tanana River. The approximate...approximate center of mining activity on Banner Creek is in SW1/4SW1/4 section 10, T. 7 S., R. 7 E., of...approximately 2 miles north of the town of Richardson on the Richardson Highway. The creek is approximately |  | | Report (issue) | | THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH Frederick Stugard, Jr. January 1951 Trace...Page Introduction ......................... 2 Mine workings ..................... 5 Uranium workings...Tecumseh Hill, Silver Reef District, Washington County, Utah ............. . . . . Plate 1. 2. 2 In...the Harrisburg (Silver Reef) district, Washington County, Utah, by Paul Dean Proctor, June 1943. (Scale...sections of the Silver Reef mining area, Washington County, Utah, by Paul Dean Proctor, June 1948. (Scale |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of the Eastern Great Smoky Mountains North Carolina and Tennessee By JARVIS B. HADLEY and RICHARD...OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 349-B...ement complex _____________________________ _ Carolina gneiss_ ______________ ___________ - Definition...Amphibolite _________ - ___ --- __ -- __ -Origin of the Carolina gneiss ___________ -Plutonic rocks ___________________...________________________ -Type area _____ - __ -- __ ------------Buckeye Lead-Chestnut Mountain belt_ Other areas ____ - |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of Some Copper Deposits in North Carolina Virginia, and Alabama By GILBERT H. ESPENSHADE CONTRIBUTIONS...Hazel Creek mines, Swain County, North Carolina, the Toncrae mine, Virginia, and the Stone Hill mine, Alabama...___________ Deposits in Great Smoky ~ountains, North Carolina__________________ GeneralgeologY------...------------------------------Geology of Swain County copper district__________________________ Sedimentary...bodY------------------------------------------------Hazel Creek mine_____________________________________________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University, Washington, DC 20052, USA b U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, USA c Department of Earth Sciences...Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA d U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, USA Abstract Emplacement of...throughout the Blue Ridge province of Virginia and North Carolina, and were emplaced at shallow levels in continental...rocks of the Robertson River batholith and Irish Creek pluton may be derived from more chemically primitive...Neoproterozoic extension of Rodinia in eastern North America where numerous small granitic plutons, locally |  | | Report (issue) | | Martinez Lake Turnoff to Quartzsite Quartzsite to Buckeye Note: Road logs will be published in Arizona...Spring Field Trip . STOPS - DAY 1 * BLACK ROCK MINE - DAY 2 , THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK PRELIMINARY...fore-range of the Catalina Mountains lie to the north of this section of freeway. Details of structure...on the limbs are most easily observed from the north section of road. The rocks of Pusch Ridge are alternating...dark, biotite augen-gneiss and light colored muscovite granite. Although all of the K/Ar ages from these |  | | Journal (issue) | | at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...left four ridges or reefs, known as the White, Buckeye, Butte and East Reef (figure 3) on the NE flank...perfect bound for just: $35.00 Postage $5.00 in the USA; $23 for foreign. Excalibur Mineral Corp Tel: 434-964-0875...book filled with historical work involving Oxford County, describing and intertwining its minerals, miners...Fine, St. Lawrence County, New York Antimony-bearing Oxidized Minerals - Jetty Mine, Montana Rare Earth |  | | 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...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals...occur with sulfides in vein|j deposits in Cabarrus County. 21 22 23 24 25- U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: |  | | Book (edition) | | ALASKA Stewart's Jewel Jade Claims, located at Dahl Creek. Stewart's Photo Shop, 531 4th Ave., Anchorage,...lbs., 400/lb. over 100 lbs. Black Mountain Opal Mine. Write Lander's Turquoise, 321 East Andy Devine...Phone (501) 262-2058. Fee: $2.00. Coleman Crystal Mine, Jessleville. AR 71949. Fee: $2-00. Under 12 yrs*...year. Free camping. **John Moundy, Mt. Ida. AR. Mine on High Peak Mountain. Ocus Stanly, P.0. Box I63...Adults $2.00;6—16$1•00, under 6 free. **Rush Zinc Mine, Fred Dirst, Guide, Yellville, AR 72687. Black |  | | Book | | 22092 573-308-3500 703-648-6045 or phone 800-USA-MAPS Map 3. Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains 7.5 Minute...Location 1 Montgomery County quartz deposits................. Other Montgomery County quartz mines.......... 2 Garland County quartz deposits......................... Miller Mountain Quartz Mine................... Ron Coleman Quartz Mine................................... Saline County quartz deposits...........Sandstone Quarry, Pulaski County....... 4 Granite Mountain, Pulaski County..................... 5 Dug |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Sverige) Aln6 lsland, titanomagnetite, 265 Brattfors mine, Nordmarks Odalffalt, Viirmland, manganhumite, katoptrite...Gutter, Brook, Hampshire, glauconite, 373 Mill Close mine, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, corundophilite, I7I Seathwaite... 373 Turf Pits mine, Grassington, Yorkshire, spencerite, I76 Cornwall Botallack mine, digenite, I72 Carn...pseudomorphous after analcime, 245 INDEX Geevor mine, neotocite, 279 and M26 Luxulyan, luxullianite (in...apatite, hornblende, diopside, 427 South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, francevillite, I72 Stamps |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side...LEVYNE, PHILLIPSITE, and THOMSONITE. Adams County Alaska mine, Seven Devils district: azurite, grossular...grossular, malachite, powellite, and scheelite. Arkansas mine, Seven Devils district: grossular. Blue Jacket claim...about 4 miles north-northeast of Cuprum: chabazite, heulandite, and stilbite. Copper Bo~' mine, Seven Devils |
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