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| Information Circular GOLD RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA by P. A. Carpenter, D oc ms C% M:*L Raleigh...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 26711. Jeffrey C. Reid Chief Geologist Cover...3 Mining Methods and Recovery 3 Gold in North Carolina 5 History of Mining 5 Production 7 General...Deposits of North Carolina 12 Eastern Carolina Belt 12 Portis Mine 14 Other Mines 14 Carolina Slate |
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| METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA by P. Albert Carpenter, m Reprinted...Previous investigations Mine descriptions Alamance County Copper prospect Foust copper mine Robeson gold prospect...Cabarrus County Allman prospect Buffalo mine Cabarrus? mine Clinemine Crayton mine Furniss mine Eva Furr...Furr mine Isenhour mine ..; : Newellmine Nugget mine Phoenix mine Pioneer Mills mine Propst mine Quaker...City mine Reed mine Rocky River mine Silver shaft Snydermine Troutmanmine Tucker mine Whitney mine Chatham |
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| IN NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES ...agencies for the general welfare of the dtizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts basic and applied research...Resources, at Post Office Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687, or call (919) 733-2423. Jeffrey...Chief Geologist GOLD NORTH CAROLINA IN . by P. Albert Carpenter III NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INFORMATION...INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT |
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| telluride attributed to the Boly Fields mine, Lumpkin County, Georgia, was available for $800 from a...Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. The tiny Boly Fields mine closed about 1845, and, although the locality is...pseudohexagonal forms. A few contained an attractive white quartz matrix, although most did not. Others possessed...âthe Chukotka digger cooperative alone managed to mine more than 3000 nuggets in the gold-producing season...nugget gold in sizes up to tens of ounces as well as quartz matrix specimens. Papua New Guinea Phenomenally |
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| Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological... Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc,...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...deposits. Copper occurs with complex sulfide ores in quartz veins in the metamorphic rocks of the 10- Piedmont...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals |
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| GEMS < IF NORTH CAROLINA A greater variety of minerals, more than 300, have been found in North Car olina...unique gems in the world. The largest Emerald in North America is a 1,438-carat specimen found at Hiddenite...Hiddenite, near Statesville. Also, the "Carolina Em erald," now owned by Tiffany & Com pany of New York...discovery in America was made in North Carolina in 1799 in Cabarrus County with the dis covery of a 17-pound...17-pound nugget at what be came the Reed Mine. The story goes that the nugget was found by 12-year old |
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| GOLD PANNING VACATION IN NORTH CAROLINA By THOMAS A. JOHNSON 1316 Emerson Lane, Milford, Ohio Just got...got back from a week in North Carolina where I spent my vacation, panning for gold. I engaged Mrs. Ruth...Prospector", as a guide and we visited the Reed Mine at Concord. W e stopped at Suther's in Concord where...be found. Mr. Barbee is the caretaker of the Reed Mine. W e paid a fee of $1.00 and then panned a while...assume. The entire hill is covered with rock from the mine and dog holes that the gold seekers have left over |
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| Phone (907) 586-1785 Jade, gold, serpentine, quartz, asbestos, rhodonite, chrysoprase Fossils Garnets...lbs., 400/lb. over 100 lbs. Black Mountain Opal Mine. Write Lander's Turquoise, 321 East Andy Devine...Phone (501) 262-2058. Fee: $2.00. Coleman Crystal Mine, Jessleville. AR 71949. Fee: $2-00. Under 12 yrs*...camping. **John Moundy, Mt. Ida. AR. Mine on High Peak Mountain. Ocus Stanly, P.0. Box I63, Mt. Ida. AR 71957...**Rush Zinc Mine, Fred Dirst, Guide, Yellville, AR 72687. Black quartz, "coontailâ quartz, titanium with |
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| the greater Boston area, an active member of the North Shore Rock and Mineral Club, and a part-time dealer...dug an enormous hole at the Rist mine in Hiddenite, North Carolina. 96*2: 405,9(3: Figure 2... a white crystal rich in faces from the Aldrich mine in Stoneham, Maine. Beyond his self-collected specimens...collection. A snapshot of his gold display at the 1998 North Shore Rock and Mineral Clubâs show came with his...example, there are nine small thumbnails of gold in quartz with minor matrix and sulfides from Goldenville |
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| .'.' .., 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 |
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| 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 |
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| minerals! Today the Sand and Grit of the Imperial Folk County Gem and Mineral Society, Winter Haven, tells of...Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, in a field trip to St. Johnsville for Herkimer Quartz Profs...minerals they col lected at the Manahan Silver-Lead mine at Loudsville, Mass. Among them: pyromorphite, galena...in vited the Che-Hanna Club and the Tomp kins County Club to join them in a field trip followed with...other. A field trip was made to the old Tunesten Mine. Turnbull, for topaz, chlorophane, fluorite and |
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| and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, found quartz crystals, wulfenite, pyro morphite...at the Wheatley Mine. The Monogahela Rockhounds, Homestead, went to the Bingham Mine and collected cooperrhyolite...Mineralogical Soci ety collected garnets at Green's Garnet Mine for use as "door give-a-ways" at their September...Clauser reported that six members of the Bucks County Earth Science Society, Feasterville, placed in...demonstrated "His kind of Faceting." The Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, made a trip to |
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| RUBIES OF WAKE COUNTY, N.C. 4812 By J . E . N O R W O O D W a k e Forest R d . , Raleigh, N . C . 2...Rock and Mineral Shop on Cheek Road in Durham, North Carolina, I heard an interesting story. Mr. Allison...but well shaped ruby crystals in Northern Wake County. The collector was very close-mouthed and would...bodies occur in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. They vary from the size of a small house to...to several square miles. Buncombe County and Jackson County have many dunite areas. Then, skipping 2 |
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| calcite, 11/2 inches across, Knippa Quarry, Uvalde County, Texas, photo by the author. Tucson 1999 - mouthwash...localities Posey Mine (San Juan Co., Utah, USA) and Planet Mine (La Paz Co., Arizona, USA). That from Posey...Posey Mine is composed of 5-10 mm veins, composed of fibers perpendicular to the veins, in sandstone....experience in mining and selling gems in Oxford County; Vandall King (the expert on Maine minerals); and...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com |
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| specimens?) The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, makes it hard to select an item...ever-active Field Trip Leader of the Central North Carolina Mineral Club, Durham, led a caravan of seven... We are proud of your bulletins . The Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, enjoyed a "geology...in the Baker River. Prior the Club went to Newry Mine . Mr. Roger Marble of Holden, Mass., spoke to the...[University of Arizona] at 10:22 26 August 2017 NORTH CAROLINA MAINE This month the Coastal Maine Mineral |
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| Recovery History of the Olinghouse District, Washoe County, Nevada Scott Kleine [2:20 to 2:40] The Gold Tellurides...Raines [2:40 to 3:00] The Round Mountain Gold Mine, Nye County, Nevada R. Scott Werschky LUNCH BREAK the...Ontario, as well as such unlikely places as South Carolina and Papua New Guinea. Although not all of these...mines, including the Eagleâs Nest and the Colorado Quartz mines, were successfully operated exclusively for... with papers representing African, Australian, North American and European gold occurrences. Each will |
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| NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE FOR NORTH CAROLINA EON ERA PERIOD EPOCH GEOLOGIC...GEOLOGIC EVENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA Recent Deposition of sediments in Coastal Plain. Erosion of Piedmont...Pliocene o Phosphate deposited in eastern North Carolina (Beaufort and Pamlico Counties). Miocene ...E u o E n Formation of the Atlantic Ocean as North America and Africa drifted apart. Weathering and...Piedmont and Mountains. 240 Final collision of North America and Africa.Thrust faulting in west; deformation |
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| Where & How to Djg, Pan and Mine Your Own Gen1s & Minerals Where & I-low to 1-Iunt for Treasure From...vacation stops at a roadside "dig your own" gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a p ach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Utah Alaska Idaho Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon SouthDakota Washington Wyoming vowr-...Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginja West Virginia Southwest |
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| wadewabsltoasssts-oncasess 34 Site 2. Iwan Creek Mine & Rock. ShopâQuartz, Crystals .o2.<...0c5.c0tsunc dieop.4...ecass 35 Sites). [he Crystal ceen I rading Co,âQuartz Crystals, x55. 4..0cses5enasa8basonttoussenct eastecanrs...Aastestes oeareees 27 Site 5 The Starfire Mine Quartz Crystal MineâQuartz Crystals.............cccccsscssesscessesseeeeens...eeeeens 38 Site 6 Weener Crystal Mines & RanchâQuartz Crystals .............sastenrssecerceecancsneenscacsncenesacs...ec Site Crystals .........:csseseeseesees Al MineâQuartz Crystal and Shop Rock Ridge Fiddlerâs Site 8 |
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| many valuable minerals, which are profitable to mine and gold is your best bet. Gold is easy to recognize...recognize, requires simple, inexpensive equipment to mine and the recent price of over $650 per ounce can...watch out, you may get gold fever too! The word "mine" probably brings to mind an image of men working...dynamiting tunnels through solid rock. This is one way to mine gold (called lode or hard-rock mining), but recovering...phosphate and salt. A special lease is required to mine these minerals on public land. 3. Salable- Includes |
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| Science Division, Belmont Abbey College Behnont, North Carolina Richard Mitchell Professor of Environmental...Mayo Richard D. Dayvault University of South Carolina Atlanta, Georgia Margaret A. McBrien Arthur...behold the splendid sparkle of the distant mica-mine dumps in New England sunshine to agree with tftis...Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina. Muscovite (twinned) from the Nello Teer Quarry...Deposits of muscovite of commercial value occur in North Carolina, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Idaho, New Mexico |
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| 9 I â " | X. V.v M i i Quartz var. Rock XI. From Jack Steele's Mine, Black Rapids, Lyndhurst, Ont...Talc Beryl Emery Borax Halite Pyrite Barite Sulfur Quartz Galena â˘Columblte Magnetite Magnesite Scheelite...Aadradlte Groeaular Va" Peridot Rhodonite Rose Quartz Wonderstone Psilomelano Apophylllte Stlbicomte...Conichalcite Petrified Wood Meyerhofferite Smoky Quartz Blue Calclte Pyrophylllte Opalued Wood Va" Aquamarine...Felslte âTurltella" Agate Indian Moss Agate Rutilated Quartz Flowering Obsidian Mizzonlte - Scapollte Barite |
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| .. . . . . .. . ......... . .. . .. 144 ANCIENT MINE SAVED GREEK CIVI L I ZATION . ............... 147.... . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 ASTER IATED ROSE QUARTZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 CLUB AND SOCIETY...specimens. When you bring home specimens collected at a mine, quarry, or other locality, WASH THEM in water with...present ground surface they dip about 60° to the north, but flatten out somewhat at depth. Mineralization...trip begins at the south end of the range and goes north ; it happens to start with the oldest exposed rocks |
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| 418. We met at a highly mineralized placer gold mine that is mined by digging, spreading the dirt, and...right where you want to dredge later. in the high north. An interes ting thing happened this This past July........â˘.. 20 Harry Vincent found a 7 3/4-ounce quartz and gold nugget valued at about $5,000. By David...Donkey Prospector Jackass Jill ...... 66 Mt. Millie's Mine Carolyn Dobbs .... 69 Prospector's Preacher Woody...(800)223-0551 Fax: {212)764-9617 Call for lo w prices North Glen Park $100. per mo. for weekend use leave camper |
Cotton Patch Mine, Stanly County, North Carolina, USA