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Gold from
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:350034
Long-form Identifier:1:3:350034:7
GUID (UUID V4):509ce823-e829-4eb4-a8b3-e7af7933567a
Localities for Gold in this Region
Flint Knob Mine, Flint Knob, Elk Township, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Roaring River Placer, Roaring River, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Shelton Sparks Property, Roaring River, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
References
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Report (issue)
............................................ 17 Gold ..................................................Celeste 7 1/2 minute quadrangle are a part of the Carolina tectono-stratigraphic terrane. They may be divided...folding that may be related to the accretion of the Carolina terrane to Laurentia. This was followed by a period...were known in Wilkes County despite the fact that at the time it was bordered to the north and west by...a reporl on the gold deposits in Georgia, Jones (1909) described occurrences of gold near ,the study
Report (issue)
GOLD IN EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA , by Vernon J. Hurst University of Georgia with contributions by Kenneth...McDuffie County, Georgia. Photo courtesy Georgia Department of Archives and History. GOLD IN EAST-CENTRAL... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Historical Sketch of Gold Mining in Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................... Synopsis of Gold Mining in the East-Central Georgia District. ............ ,........................ Greene County.....................................................
Book (edition)
LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...OF E. M. UZZELL RALEIGH, N. C. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CHROLINS. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It has F...data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 eral causes have been operative in giving...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished...a localities in From Mr. G. of the neighboring gold region. als at is of mineral B. Hanna, of the
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...Gaston, Lincoln From Mr. •also also G. B. boring gold region. for notes of the mica mining And to Prof...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo....San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. September/October: Gold, Mockingbird...Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals, Inc., specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil...228, 251; Utah, 56, 451 California, Mockingbird gold mine, 392– 401; Oceanview mine, 292–97 Carbonate-cyanotrichite
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
shipments of zircon began to flow steadily out of North Carolina to the Nernst Lamp Company at Pittsburgh, Pa...gadolinite throughout North Carolina, he was the first to discover monazite in North Carolina. It was the year...year 1879 at Brindletown, Burke County. Here monazite was found in placer deposits of commercial value...from the Brindletown district in Burke County, North Carolina. These shipments continued until 1911 when...entered the market in direct competition with the Carolina monazite causing a drastic decline. William Earl
Report (issue)
FRONT COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing............................................... 10 Gold ............................................................................................ 170 County Index ............................................ . . . . . . . . . 3 Table 2. Largest recorded gold nuggets discovered in Georgia ................ 12
Report (issue)
T NORTH DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BEN DIVISION JASPER E. DOUGLAS, OF ♦ AND RESOURCES STATE...MINERALS CAROLINA BY RICHARD J. COUNCILL TNlflO RALEI6H c* 14 ♦ INTRODUCTION NORTH DEVELOPMENT...DIRECTOR MINERAL L. STUCKEY, Information AN CAROLINA 1955 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION , Purpose and...OF RADIOACTIVE MINERALS 5 Occurrences in North Carolina , , , 7 WHERE TO PROSPECT 10 HOW TO PROSPECT... An Introduction to RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN NORTH CAROLINA By Richard J. Councill INTRODUCTION With
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN NORTH CAROLINA By MRS. FRED ALLEN, Lincolnton, N.C. Visitors to the Eastern...which follow the show. Radioactive minerals in North Carolina are present in pegmatites, placer deposits...partial list of the radioactive minerals found in North Carolina and their general location. This outline is...Division of Mineral Resources of the State of North Carolina: ALLAN1TE—This silicate of the rareearth elements...pegmatities in Swain County north of Bryson City, in Madison County west of Marshall, in Wake County near Wake Forest
Report (issue)
Each article was read, annotated, and indexed by county, subject, and geological age where applicable....geographic area of the subject was. greater than a county, subdivisions of the state, based upon physiographic...a , Emory G e o r fl I a iii University, NORTH\_jFLOYD Figure 1. Subdivisions of Georgia used...Published by the North Carolina Academy of Science from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. FLORIDA GEOL. SURVEY...Arbor, Michigan. SO UTH CAROLINA ACAD. SCI. BULL. Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Scien ce. Published
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)
appreciated. of Route 2 2 , Millerton, N . Y . One mile north c f light (near where N.Y., Mass., & Conn, meet...1 9 6 2 August I S , 1 9 , 1 9 6 2 NEWS FROM NORTH CAROLS N A By R U T H P. STANLEY Lady Prospector...Prospector of North Carolina is now the North Carolina mineral news correspondent for the "TRI-COUNTY N E W S...weekly in Spruce Pine, N . C. A half of an ounce gold nugget, and an ounce or more grains and flalces...recently panned from a cool mountain stream in Wilkes County, N . C. A perfect white sapphire crystal was
Report (volume)
Results of Geochemical Sampling in McCormick County, South Carolina By HENRY BELL III GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...statistically areas favorable for prospecting in the Carolina slate belt UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...McCormick area, South Carolina. 2. In which heavy-mineral concentrates contain one or more gold particles identified...identified in the gold pan, or >20 parts per million determined by spectragraphic analysis, McCormick area...area, South Carolina. 3. In which heavy-mineral concentrates contain a magnetic fraction 2:4.8 grams,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gemological Institute of America. Downloaded by [North Dakota State University] at 07:03 14 October 2014...FOSSIL SHOW West Springfield, MA Downloaded by [North Dakota State University] at 07:03 14 October 2014...Fossils • Beads Lapidary • Meteorites • Jewelry Gems • Gold • Diamonds 200 great retail and wholesale dealers...- 22 G HOLIDAY INN - CARTERSVILLE, GA 45 Miles North of Atlanta - I-75 at EXIT 293 G G Next to the Tellus... Downloaded by [North Dakota State University] at 07:03 14 October 2014 Wilkes County, Georgia (November/
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Georgia 30162 Although perhaps best known for its gold, rutUe, and staurolite (the state mineral), Georgia...Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...minerals, or in the commercial mining of these, such as gold, corundum, mica, and monazite. There have been,...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have
Report (volume)
further subdivided by geographic areas (State and county) and by subjects, which include general, geology...the White Mountains, Mono County, Calif., and near Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nev. KYANITE Kyanite generally...Baker Mountain, Prince Edward County, and Willis Mountain, Buckingham County, in Virginia, and at Henry...Henry Knob, near Clover, York County, S.C. These are the only deposits now producing kyanite in the United...been produced only in very small amount in North Carolina (Stuckey, 1937, p. 75). The most promising
Report (issue)
L\ l\l i LL AND CHLORI~ATIO N PLANT, CREI GHTON GoLD ~1INE, CHEROKEE Cou_ TY, GEORGI A PLATE t GEOLOGICAL...Geologist BULLETIN No. 19 SECOND REPORT ON THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA BY S. P. JONES Assistant... S. P. Jones, Assistant State Geologist, on the Gold Deposits of Georgia. This report is the second report...which was issued in 1896, covered only a part of the gold deposits of the State, whereas this report ...industry. It is hoped that this report will stimulate gold mining in Georgia, which for the last few years
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
currently being mined at Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. The more familiar and more highly...variety of the mineral spodumene, that occurs in North Carolina. ;V\YTHSPUL Gem tourmaline (the species elbaite...fragments were found at Mount Mica, Paris Hill, Oxford County, Maine, in 1820 among the roots of a fallen tree...discovery occurred at the Dunton mine, Newry, Oxford County, in 1972, consisting of a series of pockets that...tourmaline (elbaite) from the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, California. Tino Hammid photo. =VS\TL1HU\HY`-LIY\HY`
Report (issue)
Publisher Lithographie, Ltd. Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria A. Staebler © 2012 Lithographic...Lithographic, Ltd. PO Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone: 1.303.495.5521 • Fax: 1.303.482.1238 W\\w...Scovil photo Title (facing) Page Amethyst mouse with gold tail, 130 grams, 6.3 cm wide Carved by Gerd Dreher...Archaeological Museum in Amman, Jordan, houses a gold ring set with a pale, 16 by 12 millimeter amethyst...Villa collection, Malibu, California Lower left: Gold hat ornament with foiled flat and fancy-cut amethysts
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)
Franklin County; at Coventry and Irasburgh, Orleans County; and at Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont... at Keene, and southeast of Hinsdale, Cheshire County, and elsewhere in New Hampshire and is reported...from Haddam, Middletown, and Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. In Rhode Island, rhodonite has been...in manganese prospects at Cumberland, Providence County. Downloaded by [Universite Laval] at 20:02 10...An unusual rhodonite on galena specimen from the North mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia; field
Report (issue)
BibYiography of North American Geology. Each article was read, annotated, and indexed by county, subject, and...geographic area of the subject was greater than a county, subdivisions of the state, based upon physiographic...Science Letters. Published commercially by the North Holland Publishing Company from Amsterdam, Holland...Published by the North Carolina Academy of Science from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. EXPLORER. The Explorer...Journal of Hydrology. Published commercially by the North Holland Publishing Company from Amsterdam, Holland
Report (issue)
3 : ^> I North C: 3 Library NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS...BULLETIN NUMBER 61 SILLIMANITE DEPOSITS in North Carolina BY LEWIS J. HASH AND EARL C. YAN HORN EDITED...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1951 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...DEPOSITS in North Carolina By LEWIS J. HASH and EARL C. VAN HORN Edited by KEFTON H. TEAGUE North Carolina...Raleigh, North Carolina April 19, 1951 To His Excellency, HONORABLE W. KERR SCOTT Governor of North Carolina
 
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