 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PETROLOGY OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA GRANITES' THOMAS LEONARD WATSON Brooks Museum, University of Virginia...OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE CRYSTALLINE AREA The South Carolina area of crystalline rocks extends northwestward...rocks are granitegneisses, hornblende schists, and quartz-sericite schists. In com' Published by permission...Director of the U. S. Geological Survey. 2 South Carolina Geological Survey, 1908, Series IV, Bull. No...No. 2, p. 505. 730 PETROLOGY OF SOUTH CAROLINA GRANITES 73I position and texture the gneisses |  | | Book (edition) | | gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE |  | | Report (issue) | | CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK October 7-8, 1978 GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE...central South Carolina) Edited by Arthur W. Snoke Department of Geology University of South Carolina Columbia...Columbia, South Carolina 29208 Front cover photograph: S-shaped fold of amphibolite in pelitic schist...schist, Lake Murray spillway, central South Carolina Piedmont CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1978 OFFICERS President:...Eldon Allen North Carolina Geology and Mineral Resources Section Raleigh, North Carolina Vice-President: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | where I found on display some very fine acicuiar quartz doubly terminated xls, singles and in clusters...Little Rock city limits on State Hwy 65 in Pulaski County, Ark." — letter dated July 31, 1963 from Richard...but got on some back trail and ended up at an old quartz-feldspar mine back in the boondocks. "We returned...interesting specimens. CONNECTICUT — "I am sending two quartz xl specimens found in the town of Collinsville... Two interesting specimens consisting of small quartz xls which vary from colorless to pale smoky were |  | | Report (volume) | | 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_________________________________________...Quartzite_________________________________________ Quartz-microcline gneiss____________________________ Intrusive...____ __ ____ ____ ________ ____ ___ __ _ Yorkville Quartz Monzonite________________________ Unnamed granites |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | polysynthetic twinning in hand specimens is found on the south bank of the Coosa River just west of Cedar Bluff...were the quartz pits near Hot Springs (Garland Co.), Ark. Here I found about 40 nice quartz xls ranging...are sometimes encrusted with fine grained drusy quartz. Watch for it. Drusy means covered with minute...conglomerates in fields and in gravel bars here in Putnam County, Indiana."—item received from Walter Reeves, R3...attractive specimen. It is a 2x3 inch mass of smoky quartz and embedded in its very center is a mass of deep |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa. Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards...Mr. D. H. Newland, State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota...Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota... .Prof. E. C. Perisho...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | Mudge, M.R., Yochelson, E.L., Douglass, R.C., Duncan, Helen, Strimple, H.L., Gordon, Mackenzie, Dunkle, D.H. (1962) Stratigraphy and paleontology of the uppermost Pennsylvanian and lowermost Permian rocks in Kansas, with sections on paleontology. Professional Paper 323. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp323 | Report (issue) | | Exposure of the Grandhaven limestone member, Greenwood County___________________ 4. Diagram of Grandhaven...Creek shale member, Wabaunsee County. 8. Brownville limestone member, Elk County-___-______--__---__---_---__--_-_-------9... 35. 36. Americus limestone member, Wabaunsee County._______________________________________________________...exposures of the Americus limestone member, Cowley County __________________________________ Correlation...member and the Long Creek limestone, Wabaunsee County.___________________________ Part of the Bennett |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...create a steady market and a sentithe abundant South mental regard for that gem. make Rarity helps...with respect to one another. gem minerals The quartz gems, such as amethyst, form crystal prisms with...another at 60 degrees and intersected by a fourth Quartz and vertical axis at right angles to the other |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... North Carolina. ........................................................ South Carolina......................................:.................... South Dakota.......of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; to list all the literature...edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon, C |  | | Report (issue) | | CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1995 OFFICERS President Fred C. Beyer, Jr. Vice-President Ralph Willougby...individuals have helped in the preparations for the 1995 Carolina Geological Society Annual Meeting, Field Trip...recognize the contributors to volume 38 of South Carolina Geology, bound with this field guide. The reviewers...quadrangle. SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY VOLUME 37 1995 FIELD TRIP GUIDE FOR THE 1995 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL...OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE CAROLINA TERRANE IN NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA ALLEN J. DENNIS, J. ROBERT |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu rite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...Colorado; and Professor Jack Hanahan of Belmont, North Carolina, with locations in their respective states. ...basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal in Idaho...from Derbyshire or, perhaps, a pyramid of smoky quartz from Cumberland. The next it may be rock crystal |  | | Report (issue) | | of SenegaL ___________________ ----Republic of South Mrica ___________________ _ Cape of Good Hope Province...omali Republic ________ - ____ -_---------- -- South-VVestAfrica _________________________ _ Swaziland...-----------------Queensland and New South Wales _______ _ South Australia ____ -------------------Tasmania...------------------New Zealand ______ -----------------------South Island_----------------- ________ _ North Island_____...________ _ Southeastern Alaska ___ ------------South-central Alaska _______________ _ East-central Alaska |  | | Report (volume) | | 1 uranium mine, Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah: TEI-287, Jan. 11, 1954. GJ, SL. Fischer...exploration at the Old Leyden coal mine, Jefferson County, Colo.: TEM-292, Mar. 30, 1953. D, GJ. Hinrichs...The pegmatites of the Errington-Thiel mine, Elko County, Nevada: TEI-71, Dec. 28, 1949. Office of Director...Ridge, and West End claims near Clancy, Jefferson County, Mont.: TEM-31, Oct. 19, 1951. D, SL, T. (332,...and structure of the Miners Mountain area, Wayne County, Utah: Aug. 17, 1953. SL. McKelvey, V. E., Preliminary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Virginia). 42.0 miles—Fauquer County line (Va.) 56.0 miles — Culpeper County line (Virginia). About 200...86.0 miles — Famous Skyline Drive crossed. Page County line here. This is the apex of the ascent: W e...Park. 95.0 miles—Luray, Va., — nice little town—county seat of Page Co. 97.0 miles—Famous Luray Caverns...Massanutten Mt. 110.0 miles—We turn left and go south on U.S. 11 in New Market. We again go through the...did not stop— raining. 128.0 miles — Harrisonburg—county seat of Buckingham Co. 129.0 miles—Madison College |  | | Book | | 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...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...o o r e , M o n t g o m e r y, Randolph, Macon South C a r o l i n a : Chesterfield, L a n c a s t e |  | | Report (volume) | | .............................................. Quartz veins............................................discussion Continued. Structural features Continued. Quartz veins.................................................. 51 Baltimore County .................................... 51 Howard County............................. Chesterfield County (south of James River)................ Henrico County (north of James River)......................................... Fairfax County area ......................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY Volume 43 S.C. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 2001 Geology of the Inner Piedmont...northwestern South Carolina SPECIAL ISSUE Devoted to the 2001 Field Trip of the Carolina Geological Society...serves as part of water supply for Greenville, South Carolina. Reservoir capacity is 9,522,000,000 gallons...gallons. Photograph by Jack Garihan ii CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2001 Officers President Kevin Stewart...Members iii DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY VOLUME 43 2001 JOHN M. GARIHAN, WILLIAM |  | | Report (issue) | | Il • CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Field Trip Guidebook 1981 October 24-25, 1981 Gaffney, South Carolina...Carolina - CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1981 OFFICERS +', . I. President: Richard G. Chalcraft Gulf...Schaeffer Duke'Power P.O •. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 0 Secretary-Treasurer: • S. Duncan Heron...Department of Geology, Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27706 Chairman of the Membership Committee: ...Department of Geology Catawba College Salisbury, No~th Carolina 28144 Field Trip Leaders: J. Wright Horton, |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...townagate, 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................. North Carolina and South Carolina.............................. Georgia..................................... 95 North Carolina............................................................................................... South Dakota.................................;..........mines............................ 178 Deposits south of Cristo and at Dos Bocas.................................................................. 181 South America........................................ |  | | Book (edition) | | the con dition of affairs, more especially in the South and in the States and Ter ritories of the far West...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...extends from the south prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance...distance of 60 miles. Down to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below...being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater thickness |  | | Book | | topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...frlled with geodes lined with glittering calcite or quartz. Otten these can be found where they have been...known as pegmat1te Prospectors look for pieces of quartz and mica then try to trace the long narrow pegmat1te...pattern of the quartz and feldspar mass that would lead to a pocket of crystals. North Carolina and the Black...Black Hills of South Dakota are also regions attractive for rose quartz and other minerals found 1n pegmatites |  | | 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 |
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