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| MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright ©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom |
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| Mitchell County, North Carolina By JAMES A. RAY 12 Caledonia Road, Asheville, North Carolina North Carolina...of the immediate area around Crabtree Creek, on the Mitchell-Yancey County Lines, and here specifically...specifically to three workings; The Crabtree Emerald Mine, The McKinney Feldspar and Mica Mines, and the #20 Feldspar...Feldspar and Mica Mine. Also, only those species which the writer has either found himself, or seen found...specimens of these, much less find any of them. Crabtree Emerald Mine. This is the more well-known of the two |
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| 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 ••••••••.• Mode of Occurrencec...RESOURCES IN NORTH CAROLINA . H OCCURRENCES OF BERYL IN NORTH CAROLINA. 13 Alexander County ...•••••...••.• Ashe County,* ... 0 o * * • o o Burke County* • * • . • . • • • * • • Catawba County* • « . » * |
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| NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY a...... 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 |
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| c C.2 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF...BULLETIN NUMBER 66 THE SCRAP MICA RESOURCES of NORTH CAROLINA BY SAM D. BROADHURST AND LEWIS J. HASH PREPARED...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1953 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...BULLETIN NUMBER 66 THE SCRAP MICA RESOURCES of NORTH CAROLINA By SAM D. BROADHURST and LEWIS J. HASH PREPARED...Raleigh, North Carolina March 25, 1953 To His Excellency, HONORABLE WM. B. UMSTEAD Governor of North Carolina |
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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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| n and numerous friends and dedicated admirers. James Luther Thomas was born to Robert E. Lee and Mattie...“up” Cane Branch near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina. His lean and sinewy frame suggested...five to ten miles over the hills to a prospect or mine, labor until dark, and then walk home, only to repeat...afterward. In fact, hardly any roads existed in Yancey County in those days, only well-worn foot trails. No...began his career driving steel in a local pegmatite mine for ten cents an hour. He soon moved up to a higher-paying |
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| '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 |
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| collection of North Carolina gemstones; faceted gemstones by Harry Howard of Greenville, South Carolina; North...North Carolina corundum, cut and uncut, by Dr. Charles Hurah; the Hewitt Memorial collection by the Southern...the finest mineral specimens ever found in North Carolina. These specimens, gathered by the host club...afternoon on "Geology and Mineral Resources of North Carolina". Dr. A.S. Furcron, Georgia Chief Geologist...Northern Georgia". Dr. James A. Ray spoke on tlv.' "Minerals of the Crabtree Creek Area". The annual banquet |
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| Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 577 Work done...done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development and in part...Administration Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina By FRANK G. LESURE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... Work done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development... Geologic map of part of the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Tennessee. 2-6. Maps showing location of |
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| mineral has been mined quite extensively in Clay County, Alabama, from one end to the other. It is quite...worked by the Alabama Graphite Co."—note sent in by James Miller Davis, 212 Guaranty Savings Bldg., Montgomery...Manuel Mine, San Manuel, Arizona. Tourmaline: Mass of black tourmaline xls in massive milky quartz. From...ARKANSAS—Brown jasper pebbles have been found in a creek bed near Benton, Saline Co., Ark. ROCKS AND MINERALS...Stayton Mine, Lone Tree, two miles south of Antimony Peak, near Hollister, San Benito County, California |
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| the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each...of silica (quartz, 7 on Moh's scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals...react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green...sapphire, star sapphire, star ruby, rutile, and quartz are gem stones that have been successfully synthesized |
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| alumina-rich gneiss and schist from the Blue Ridge, North Carolina and Georgia by Frank G. Lesure U.S. Geological...Geological Survey (USGS) in the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Georgia were analyzed for major and trace...F13-25LC Fine-grained, light gray to pale purple quartz-biotite-garnet schist interlayered with mafic schist...Company quarry, 3 mi southwest of Franklin, Macon County, N.C. F20-23 Coarse-grained, pale red-purple to...calc-silicate granolfels, mostly clinozoisite, quartz, and hornblende, 3.7 mi south of Franklin, N.C |
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| Wilderness Study Area and Extension, Buncombe County, North Carolina By F. G. LESURE and A. E. GROSZ, U.S. GEOLOGICAL...1982 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR JAMES G. WATT, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Dallas L....Wilderness Study Area and Extension, Bunc1m County, North Carolina. (Geological Survey bulletin ; 1515) Bibliography:...I 19.3:1515 1. Mines and mineral resources-North Carolina-Buncombe Co. I. Grosz, Andrew E., jof author...Mountain Wilderness Study Area and Extension, North Carolina, that is being considered for wilderness designation |
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| under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley Authority Physical...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Falley Authority UNITED...___._ — —— __-__-_-____ Inclusions of muscovite, quartz, and apatite in muscovite..-._-_.____-__-_-_--...Production of sheet and punch mica, 1912-14, in North Carolina, the Southeastern States, and the entire United...data for mica specimens, arranged by lot and by mine or prospect-_-___--_-___-_-.___---___-_____--_ Results |
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| C Morgan of Smyrna, Wash., J. Harry Howard and James W. Durst of Greenville, S. C, Lucien Beckner of...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 |
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| Article Late Tertiary Petrified Wood from Nevada, USA: Evidence of Multiple Silicification Pathways George...Bellingham, WA 98225, USA; E-Mail: mustoeg@wwu.edu; Tel: +1-360-650-3582 Academic Editor: James Schmitt Received:...precipitation may produce opal, chalcedony, and quartz as deposits within a single cavity. Silica polymorphs... In Nevada, specimens that contain crystalline quartz, this mineral appears to have been formed by direct...Keywords: petrified wood; silica; opal; chalcedony; quartz; paleobotany; Nevada Geosciences 2015, 5 287 |
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| the Falls leucogneiss and adjacent rocks in the Crabtree and Raleigh terranes. It is a characteristic regional...Alleghanian right-lateral shear along the Nutbush Creek fault zone. See the article by Druhan and others...lineated orthogneiss and the Nutbush Creek fault zone. CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK...WESTERN FLANK OF THE RALEIGH METAMORPHIC BELT, NORTH CAROLINA Edited by: Edward F. Stoddard Department of...and Atmospheric Sciences North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8208 David E. Blake |
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| are desired. Please send them in. Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY] at 20:37 25 August 2017 Abbreviations:...northeast near Jamestown in Cherokee County is another lead mine." ARIZONA—A letter dated Sept. 17, 1953...might pass along to you that I found some nice quartz géodes and calcite crystals in Flagstaff (Coconino...his letter, dated Aug. 19, 1953, writes:— "An old mine near here had cavities in it that contained a sandlike...the Navajo Indian Reservation north of this community (in Apache County) with "high hopes" of finding |
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| of the Pine Ridge Escarpment and along Whiteclay Creek near the Sioux Indian community of the same name...vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...and breaks in the hills along the Minnechaduza Creek and the Niobrara, as well as all tributary canyons...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 |
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| 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...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...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...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 |
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| Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of North Carolina ..... 67 Table 12 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of South Carolina ..... 85 Table 15 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of north-central New York........................65 Figure...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of North Carolina................................77 Figure 17...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of South Carolina. ............*......*...........86 Figure 20. |
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| Deposits in quartzose rocks _________________ Kyanite-quartz deposits . ._._ __ ____ _________________ Petrography...Sillimanite-quartz deposits _________________________________ Andalusite-pyrophyllite-quartz deposits ______...gneiss_________________ ______________ Deposits in quartz veins and pegmatites-_.-_____-_ _____ Residual...group minerals in micaceous schists and gneisses, quartz veins, and pegmatites Kyanite group minerals in...Graphitic schist Biotite-quartz syenite and aplite____ _ Pegmatites and quartz veins _______________ Diabase |
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| Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product...Uchee terrane 15 NA36: Juliette terrane 16 NA37a: Carolina terrane 16 NA37b: Spring Hope terrane 18 NA37c:...Charleston terrane 20 NA38: Falls Lake terrane 21 NA39: Crabtree terrane 21 NA40: Goochland terrane 22 NA41: Wilmington...and Dallmeyer, 1989). Terrane concepts in eastern North America have evolved since the circum-Atlantic terrane...The terrane also contains metabasalt of the Sams Creek Formation, which has not yet been chemically characterized |
