 | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...THULITE AND PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ,~O...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 | | | 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 throughĀ out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | "OLD PLANTATION" EMERALD MINE By DOUGLAS B. STERRETT, Charlottesville, Va. Doughs B. Sterrett, author...them have been found. The best of these are in North Carolina though none of them have developed into paying...occurrence in North Carolina was reported about 1875 near Stony Point in Alexander County. Prospecting...Mitchell County. At this place a peg- Fig. Fig. 1 . General layout of main workings at the Turner Emerald...Emerald Mine. 302 2. Emerald Sketch map of Mine with basic region rock around Turner areas located |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ROCKS AND MINERALS spotlighting the state of North Carolina in the summer of 1958. This issue detailed...Rockhounds of North Carolina. " This article by Douglas B. Sterrett discussed the history of North Carolina's...MINERALS July-August, 1958 "Old Plantation" Emerald Mine By D O U G L A S B. S T E R R E T T , Charlottesville...them have been found. The best of these are in North Carolina though none of them have developed into paying...occurrence in North CaroĀ lina was reported about 1875 near Stony Point in Alexander County. Prospecting |  | | Report (issue) | | NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT HARGROVE BOWLES, JR., DIRECTOR DIVISION...GEOLOGIST Circular 17 BERYL OCCURRENCES IN NORTH CAROLINA BY WILLIAM F WILSON Ooc RALEIGH 1962 CONTENTS...USESo 8 o . . . BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN NORTH CAROLINA 9 Varieties * o ā¢ā¢ā¢ā¢ā¢ā¢ā¢ā¢.ā¢ Mode of Occurrencec...RESOURCES IN NORTH CAROLINA . H OCCURRENCES OF BERYL IN NORTH CAROLINA. 13 Alexander County ...ā¢ā¢ā¢ā¢ā¢...ā¢ā¢.ā¢ Ashe County,* ... 0 o * * ā¢ o o Burke County* ā¢ * ā¢ . ā¢ . ā¢ ā¢ ā¢ * ā¢ ā¢ Catawba County* ā¢ Ā« . Ā» * |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...June 25,1932. 148 JOURNAL MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Quartz Rock Crystal Amethyst Citrine Smoky RoseQuartz...Sphene Rutile Octahedrite Cassiterite Hematite (in quartz) Pyrite Bronzite Hypersthene Pyroxene Diopside...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite |  | | Report (issue) | | northeastern portion of the Dahlonega gold belt with mine locations (1 :100,000) ...........................onega go.ld belt extending from Canton in Cherokee County Georgia, is a narrqw, ~et;~uence of r-ock units...units that can be northeastward to the Georgia~ North Carolina State line, and mapped.f.rom <1t least the...geologic information on this eastward to the Georgia-North t~rolina'State line, a distance area of potential...Coi.ihty northeastward to. the Georgia-rNorth Carolina State line. ,,ā¢ ,.,._. , 'Ā·'': , ... ,, Pumpkinvine |  | | Journal (issue) | | Photo: 5.1.Pekov. The Baringer Hill Pegmatite Llano County, Texas Art Smith artsmithite@msn.com Introduction...Ownership: Excalibur Mineral Corporation, 1000 North Division Street, Peeks kill, NY 10566-1830. Publisher:...the specimens is meager usually giving just Llano County or 5 miles south of Bluffton. However, when reading...were few other pegmatites recognized in the Llano County area so Baringer Hill can be accepted as their...evident that they had already been dug out. The smoky quartz crystals were taken and then they were filled back |  | | Report (volume) | | D. WALCOTT, DI11ECTOK BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX NORTH AMEEICAN GEOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY, PETEOLOGT, AND MINERALOGY...herewith the manuscript of a Bibliography and Index of North American Geology, Paleontology, Petrology, and Mineralogy...Geological Survey. 1 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY, PETROLOGY, AND MINERALOGY...present work comprises a record of publications on North American geology, paleontology, petrology, and mineralogy............................................. North Carolina................................. ......... |  | | 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 Crystalline Rocks of South Carolina By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET and HENRY BELL III GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces of South Carolina UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...and Precambrian(?) age_______________________ Carolina slate belt_________________________________________...Quartzite_________________________________________ Quartz-microcline gneiss____________________________ Intrusive...____ __ ____ ____ ________ ____ ___ __ _ Yorkville Quartz Monzonite________________________ Unnamed granites |  | | 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 ā¢^^ VESUVIANITE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Ute Mountain Gem & Mineral Society. Montezuma County Annex Bldg., 103 N. Chestnut. Info.āJohn Ferrin...Mineral & Jewelry Festival sponsored by the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. Oxford FairĀ ground...Mineral Show. Bell Grove Arena (next to Science North), 100 Ramsey Lake Road. Info.āRoger Poulin, R.R... Mattituck, NY 11952. Jury 25-28āFranklin, North Carolina. Gem & LapiĀ dary Wholesalers (G&LW) Gem Trade...Societies. Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, 3d Ave. North and Mercer. Info.āBob McKay, Edmonds, WA 98020. |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Report (volume) | | transmit herewith the manuscript for an Index to North American Geology, Palentology, Petrology, and Mineralogy.............. North Carolina....................................................... North Dakota............................................. 80 South Carolina.......................................................... North Carolina........................................................... North Dakota-................................................ North Carolina........................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | arawak and North Borneo _________________ _ Sarawak _____________________________ _ North BorneO----...________ _ North Island_____ ------------- ________ _ Antarctica ________________________________ _ North Am...124 126 127 130 Monazite localities-Continued North America-Continued United States of America-Continued...Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer |  | Overstreet, William C., White, A.M., Whitlow, J.W., Theobald, P.K., Caldwell, D.W., Cuppels, N.P., Stone, Jerome (1968) Fluvial monazite deposits in the southeastern United States, with a section on mineral analyses. Professional Paper 568. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp568 | Report (issue) | | in the western Piedmont of Virginia^ North Carolina^ South Carolina^ and Georgia^ and methods used to appraise...Savannah River-Catawba River area, South Carolina-North Carolina ______________ Rock types._______________________..._________________________ Yadkin River-Dan River area, North Carolina-Virginia. ____________________ Oconee River...-------__3. Photographs of the Lemmons monazite mine-__-__________-__---_-_-----_-____-____ 10 4. Map...produced in the western Piedmont of North Carolina and South Carolina, 1887-1917. _______________ 2. Approximate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 500-mile-long state situated mainly between 35Ā° and 36.6Ā° North latitude and bounded on the west by the Mississippi...(top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page) |  | | Report (volume) | | herewith the manuscript of a Bibliography and Index of North American Geology, Paleontology, Petrology, and Mineralogy...Survey. ' , ' 7 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY, PETROLOGY, AND MINERALOGY...Bulletin, Vol. Ill, No. 15,1896. Albany, N. Y. North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers;...from the nepheline-syenite of Dungannon, Hastings County, Ontario. Am. Jour. Sci., 4th ser., vol. i, pp...Permo-Carboniferous beds. 8 The extinct Felidse of North America. Am. Jour. Sci. ; 4th ser., vol. i, pp. |  | | Report (issue) | | determined as Al2 O3 . (2) Sapucaia mine, Brazil. (3) Gunnislake Clitters mine, England; BeO may include some...frondelite, faheyite, beryl, muscovite, quartz (Sapucaia mine, Brazil). Distribution: On the Greifensteine...Gunnislake Clitters mine, Calstock, Cornwall, England. In Brazil, from the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, about 50 km...pegmatite mine, northeast of GalileĢia, Minas Gerais. In the USA, at the Davis mine, North Groton, Grafton...the Tip Top mine, 8.5 km southwest of Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota; from the Foote mine, Kings Mountain |  | | Report (volume) | | conglomerate, flint, gravel,. quartz-mica schist, novaculite, massive quartz, quartzite, sand, "sand-clay...is used in preference to "Livermore ganister" (Turner, 1950; Wright, 1948). Although high-grade silica...Hartselle sandstone, which crops out in Jefferson County in the northeastern suburbs of Birmingham, has...brown iron ore mines, near Woodstock station, Bibb County, is a bed of sand that is also used in steel foundries...Montgomery Counties [Ark.]: Ark .. Geol. Survey County Mineral Rept. 3, p. 66-74, 87-90. Novaculite is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | nual Show "1990 Festival of Gems" sponsored Lane County Fairgrounds, 13th and Monroe. Show, 2643 N . Charles... 9401 Oak Park Ave. InĀ May 4-6āCharlotte, North Carolina. OldRd. Information: Neil Reeder, 638 E . Statler...Avenue. InĀ Tupperware Convention Center, 3175 North Shows of Integrity Gem & Jewelry Show. formation:...Kalamazoo Geological and May 11-13āFranklin, North Carolina. Gem & May 18-20ā Dearborn, Michigan. 16th...16th Annual Mineral Society. Kalamazoo County FairĀ Lapidary Wholesalers (G&LW), Inc., Gem Gem & Mineral |  | | Book (edition) | | ........................................ . North Carolina. ................................................ : ............................. ā¢...... . Quartz ....................................... ā¢............................................... . Rose Quartz .................................................1911 was the result, of prospecting nt the Turner emernld mine near Shelby, N. C. The qunlity of some of...probably equals that of South American emernlds. The mine hns been purchosed by New York men, who expect to |
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