 | | 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 |  | | 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) | | 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...years a great ties and minerals in Iredell and Alexander, and and value T of the mineral lists for those...especial interest tion of the supposed diopside of Alexander, new variety of spodumene, and is is his |  | | 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 | | | Report (issue) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...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 |  | | 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...valuable of Catawba and Burke, of list we owe Alexander and elsewhere. quartzes, he has (juartz crystals...mineral localities and minerals in Iredell and Alexander, and much of counties And the interest and |  | Kloprogge, J. T., Case, M. H., Frost, R. L. (2001) Raman microscopic study of the Li amphibole holmquistite, from the Martin Marietta Quarry, Bessemer City, NC, USA. Mineralogical Magazine, 65 (6) 775-785 doi:10.1180/0026461016560008 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from the Martin Marietta Quarry, Bessemer City, NC, USA J. T. KLOPROGGE1,*, M. H. CASE2 AND R. L. FROST1...Camp, 657 Woodmen Camp Trail, Randleman, NC 27317, USA ABSTR ACT The Raman spectrum of holmquistite, a...Li-containing orthorhombic amphibole from Bessemer City, USA has been measured. The OH-stretching region is characterized...from several countries around the world including USA (Palache et al., 1930), the former USSR (Ginzburg...package GRAMS (Galactic Industries Corporation, NH, USA). Band component analysis was undertaken using the |  | | Report (volume) | | North Carolina State Library Gift of "JYortk (^arolinti ^Ihranj 0 Digitized by the Internet Archive...in 2019 with funding from State Library of North Carolina https://archive.org/details/corundumperidoti01prat...OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT and JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS North Carolina State Library...Library Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY J. A. HOLMES, STATE GEOLOGIST VOLUME I CORUNDUM AND...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT AND JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA 1905 |  | | Report (volume) | | State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |  | | Book (edition) | | specimens. The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals is a huge treasure trove...the United States; other agencies, such as state, county, and wildlife agencies, also control minor lands...Phyllite is common in the Appalachians of eastern North America and throughout the eastern seaboard. Colorado...common minerals include antigorite, lizardite, and chrysotile. Many of these minerals are amphibole asbestos...the upper Feather River. Oregon, Washington, North Carolina, and Massachusetts are some of the many states |  | | Report (volume) | | ......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott |  | | Book | | for example, are almost entirely derived from the USA and Tur- key, a situation too narrowly based comfort... The takeover of soda-ash markets, at least in North America, by the mineral trona is another marked...Geology of Industrial Minerals, held annually in North America, provide much geological and related information...Minerals International Congress took place in Boston, USA, in April 1988. 4| a) envi at wererieryre' humus...generic name for the minerals chrysotile, crocidolite, and amosite. Chrysotile is the fibrous form of serpentine; |  | | 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 |  | | | | zircon, amphibole, pyroxene, chlorite, talc, clay, chrysotile, chrysocolla, quartz, lazurite are the examples... variable), p. 226 sulphur (yellow), p. 90 chrysotile (green, white, yellow), p. 214 garnet (red,...Precambrian, Shield constitutes the stable core of the North American con- tinent. These ancient rocks vary...Plains of the Midwest, the Arctic Lowlands to the north, and the Hudson Bay Lowlands which infills the...covered by urban sprawl. Appalachian Region In North America, the old, worn Appalachian Mountains stretch |  | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | 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...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...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | | Report (volume) | | From the Silver King mine, Calico, San Bernardino County, Cal. Specific gravity, 6:28. Analysis by W. H...From .Teocalli Mountain, Brush Creek, Gunnison County, Colo. Specific gravity, 7.400 at 14.5°, corrected...vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 46. From the Rose mine, Grant County, N". Mex. Specific gravity, 6.644 at 20°. Probably...impurities. From the Missouri mine, Halls Valley, Park County, Colo. Analyses, by Hillebrand, of three different...From the Brobdignag mine, Red Mountain, San Juan County, Colo. Specific gravity, 5.21 at 18°. Analyzed |  | | Book (edition) | | forms a very small industry at Brandon in Suffolk County. Grindstones and Pulpstones. The production of...350 5,323 Minnesota, 140,290 103,180 113,138 North C arolina, Beach pebbles, artifuiully rounile...manufactiirod from quartzite and granite in Minnesota, North (’arolina, Wisc«)nsin, and Soutli Dakota. Millstones...small way. limited output fi oin Minnesota and North ('arolina \s licu e gi anitc^ is Chaser stones...principally in the vicinity of Hot Springs, Garland County, are of two varieties: Arkansas stone, which is | | | | | chrysoberyl 24, 24 chrysocolla 105, 106 chrysolite 75 chrysotile /07, 108 cinnabar 12, /3 clinochlore 106 clinozoisite... The most famous deposits of silver are in the North Mexico, American continent, the western United...suppliers are, in order, the USSR, Canada, and the USA (South Dakota, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and California)...and massive pyrite is found at Ellenville, Ulster County, New York. This very widespread mineral is to be...calcite and chalcopyrite at Rossie, St Lawrence County, New York. It is found in many other localities |  | | Book | | chrysoberyl 24, 24 chrysocolla /05, 106 chrysolite 75 chrysotile /07, 108 cinnabar 12, /3 clinochlore 106 clinozoisite...The most famous deposits of silver are in the North Mexico, Plates of gold on quartzite. California...suppliers are, in order, the USSR, Canada, and the USA (South Dakota, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and California)...massive pyrite is found at Ellenville, Ulster County, New York. This very widespread mineral is to be...calcite and chalcopyrite at Rossie, St Lawrence County, New York. It is found in many other localities |  | | Book | | Survey) Chester County, Pa.: Alabama; Texas; Montana: Humbolt County, Nevada; Beaver County, Utah; Loudon...~unty, Virginia; Wake County, North Carolina; Albany County, Wyommg; and Kern County, California. Natural... Stanley Co11nty In the amalgamation proNorth Carolina cess for the recovery of gold, (Courtesy U. S...realgar and usually with it. It is found in Iron County and Mercur, Utah; also in Yellowstone Park in hot...Counties, California; Idaho; Humbolt, Nevada; Iron county, Utah. It is found also in Mexico. Stibnite is | | | Book | | chrysoberyl24,24 chrysocolla 105, 106 chrysolite 75 chrysotile 107, 108 cinnabar 12, 13 clinochlore I06 clinozoisite... The most famous deposits of silver are in the North American continent, in various regions of Mexico...and massive pyrite is found at Ellenville, Ulster County, New York. This very widespread mineral is to be...calcite and chalcopyrite at Rossie, St Lawrence County, New York. It is found in many other localities...States; it is however, :>und at Hollister, Benito County, California. The ompact variety is·found at Gerrei |
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