 | | Book (edition) | | types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which believed...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...some authentic finds. Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...4^ carats. All Alabama stones are of good quality with a greenish cast. The two most famous American |  | | Report (volume) | | ______________ View of a gully on the Graddy farm, Quitman County-.--.... Easternmost head of Providence Canyons----------_----_-_A...about 40 feet of the Tuscaloosa is exposed in Bibb County. East of the Ocmulgee River the Tuscaloosa so...in part to overlap, to about 77 feet in Marion County. East of the Flint River the Eutaw cannot be differentiated...indications of marine origin. Farther east in Taylor County the formation contains lenses of kaolin, some of...miles east of the river and up the dip in Stewart County it consists of coarse crossbedded sand containing |  | | Book (volume) | | .................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States ALABAMA Alabama comprises two geological regions. The northeast...California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham |  | | Book (volume) | | .................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States ALABAMA Alabama comprises two geological regions. The northeast...California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham |  | | Book (volume) | | ............... xi Mineral Locations by State Alabama ....................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map .....................................................................................2 Alabama Stream Map ............................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map .......................................... |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...plane of lesser molecular cohesion in the splitting wood along the grain. Cleavage cracks across the prism...lava is petrified wood by replacement of may form in the by decay or destruction of the wood. Agate...Appalachians, sweeps down from the province of Quebec to Alabama, affording a challenge to the collector, especially...quarries. Some gems may also be dug from agate, petrified wood, crystals easily worked soil, disintegrated |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state... IT'S FUN TO HUNT FOR GEMS and refreshing, a petrified pool never to be disturbed by wind or tide. Few...molecular cohesion in the crystal. It is like splitting wood along the grain. Cleavage cracks across the prism...amethyst. Lava and pumice also engulf trees. The wood burns away as the rock cools, leaving a mold in...substance may be replaced slowly by silica to form petrified wood. Lava is also the environment in which obsidian |  | | 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...Published by the Academy. ALABAMA ACAD. SCI. JOUR. Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science. Published...Academy from Birmingham, Alabama. ALABAMA GEOL. SURVEY MON. Monographs of the Alabama Geological Survey. Published...Published by the Geological Survey of Alabama from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. AMER. ASSOC. PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS |  | | Book (edition) | | together. 9194 MIN 44 690 MINERAL RESOURCES. ALABAMA—Mined. Mineralogical name. Coal, var. bitu minous...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...15 miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater |  | | Report (issue) | | ~__ XXVI. A, Restoration of the Jackson coast of Alabama; B, Restoration of a skull of Ze1tglodonXXVII....eastern Gulf region in 'l'ennessee, Mississippi, Alabama,· and ·aeorgia: U. S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper...the deposition of the ·marine Gosport snnd in Alabama. Except for these more or less local submergences...in other places of Vicksburg age. In southern Alabama and eastward marine conditions appear to have been...indicated by the fossil plants. Age. Georgia. : Alabama. I Catahoula sandstone. I ~Iississippi. I |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | x l — c r y s t a l xled—crystallized xline- ALABAMA—A letter, dated Sept. 11, 1952, comes from W. L...specimens. Centreville is in Bibb County, in the central part of Alabama. Near Odenville, St. Clair Co...community of about 1,200 in southeastern Pinal County which probably will become a ghost town when the...clear and resemble ones from the famous Herkimer County, New York, locality. In almost all cases, they...from a creek bed in the vicinity of Rome, Floyd County (Georgia). He did not supply us with the exact |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...etc.agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...stream beds and the rocks the stream Agates and petrified wood fragments as well as specimens of hundreds...hold put a vise, grinding wheels, a it them wood block, a and a bright lamp. Workshops vary according |  | | Report (volume) | | ......................................... 5 Alabama..................................................form. 10 USEFUL MINERALS OF UNITED STATES ALABAMA. ALABAMA. Alum. See Halloysite. Aluminum. See Bauxite...Bauxite and Halloysite. 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 S., R. 7 E |  | | Journal (issue) | | Peters in Chester County, and several places west of the point into Berks County. Two of the mining...operation for many years. THE CHESTER-MONTGOMERY COUNTY LEAD, ZINC, AND COPPER MINES All these mines are...Mont• Station in French Creek valley. First gomery County. In each mine the veins opened about 1850 and worked...origin. When country rock (the Township, Montgomery County, about Brunswick shale) is invaded by an in1/ 3...variety of quartz is found that is known as "petrified horse hairs." The limestones are highly inclined |  | | Book | | ____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _ 3 VI 1 1 1 1 2 9...Newton, Wa l t o n , F a n n i n , F o r s y t h Alabama: C l a y, Cleburn, Coosa, Tallapoosa, C h i l t...i n , Dawson, Banks, Clayton, Lee, Tw i g g s Alabama: St. C l a i r , Lee, Shelby Pearls r a n k a s...e d S t a t e s w e r e t h e Tennessee a n d Alabama Rivers. N e w Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood...epidote, unakite, blue quartz, agate, chalcedony, petrified wood and other gemstones. Photograph by Tennessee |  | | Report (issue) | | Richmond and Burke counties Savannah River, Burke County Shell Bluff . . . Demeries Ferry . Hancock Landing...Richmond County . Hephzibah . . . . Jefferson County .. Louisville . . . . Washington County Sandersville...Twiggs County . Dry Branch .. Gallemore . . . Area west of Ocmulgee River Perry, Houston County Flint...Columbia County Grovetown .. . harlem . . . . . Jefferson County Wrens . . . . . Glascock County .. Gibson...Gibson . . . . . . Washington County Sandersville . ·Chalker . . . . . . 237-241 . 237-238 238 239 . 239-240 |  | | Report (volume) | | the upper Eocene outlier on Rich Hill, Crawford County, much closer to the main body of the· upper Eocene...North Carolina, South. Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama _______________ .. ____ 7 PLATE ~. : ,<· ....Eutaw in Marion County and 'extends eastward on the Tuscaloosa as far as Peach County, where it is overlain...TallahBtt~ formation' and the Lisbon formation of Alabama, extends completely across Georgi~ but it is partly...formation, in the northeast, meet and merge in Twiggs County. Both lie unconformably on the McBean formation |  | | Book (volume) | | extensive files. Photographs and information on the Petrified Forest National Monument were supplied by Fred...Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Wyoming, Montana and...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...specimens of petrified wood Map of Yellowstone River agate area, Montana Moss agate slab Petrified Forest, |  | | Report (volume) | | each of the States, the State lists begin with Alabama and end with Wyoming. Under each State the minerals...statements regarding their respective States: Alabama.........Dr. Eugene A. Smith, University. Arkansas...compilation. ALABAMA. Aluminum. See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum...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.; |  | | Report (issue) | | EASTERN GULF REGION IN TENNESSEE, ~iiSSISSIPPI, . . ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA BY EDWARD WILBER BERRY WASHINGTON...formation in an exposure at Glen Allen, Fayette County, Ala ......... ·............. . PLATE 8 14 16...Shirleys Mill, 10 miles southeast of Fayette, Fayette County, Ala ...................... . 3. Section· of the...formation in an exposure near Cottondale, Tuscaloosa County, Ala .................. . 4. Section of the Tuscaloosa...Havana, Hale County, Ala .. 10. Diagrammatic section of the Ripley formation in McNairy County, Tenn., from |  | | Report (issue) | | COLLABORATING STATE AGENCIES Geological Survey of Alabama, University, Ala. Department of :ty.lines, Mining...pinnacles beneath soil cover, Bluegrass, Highland County, Va_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...transverse joints cutting shale at Poverty, Highland County, V a_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Generalized section-s of35. Pennsylvanian rocks in Alabama, showing sequence of and approximate intervals...distribution of c·lassified ·coal resources in Alabama, eastern Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia |  | | Report (issue) | | ........... II. A, Gorge of Rock Creek, Valley County, Mont.; B, Grain field near Scobey, Mont.; C, Camp...foothills of the Little Rocky Mountains, Phillips County, Mont...................................... III...View up the valley of Cottonwood Creek, Phillips County, Mont.; B, Badlands of Bearpaw shale near Lisn1as...subdivisions of the Comanche series in Grayson County, Tex., to the formations of the same series in...Grayson County, Tex.; B, Goodland limestone on Little Mineral Creek in northern Grayson County, Tex.. |  | | Report (issue) | | COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing............................................. 170 County Index ...........................................from Washington and Bleck ley counties to Irwin county. Some minerals described herein have never been...vicinity, and amethyst from Charlies Creek in Towns County. The great diversity of Georgia's mineral wealth |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | 01126 Florida: Bullen, R. P. 0 I 127 Florida and Alabama. flonda State Univ laborator). list Supp. J. J...Laboratory: Rusnak. G . A 04425 Texas. Atascosa County, water. Carrizo Sand: Pearson, F J_, Jr.11606 Teitas...dates: :-; oak.es, J . E_07328 Sedimenrary roi;kf Alabama-M issbs1ppi. ~endian Sand, muscovite: Wermund....Meridian S?nd. musco,·ite: \\"ermund. E. G. 10739 Alabama A real getJ/Qgy Ahce,ille. ..,bntua. and Eutaw...D . Jr. 06236 Chocta-.. County. map: Toulmin. L. D . 1)6256 Chocta-.. County. Quitman fault zone, reconnaissance |
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