 | | Report (issue) | | Inside back cover Monazite placers of North and South Carolina ........................................were mined in the Piedmont province of North and South Carolina from 1887 to 1911, and again intermittently...Va., south-southwestward for 200 miles into North Carolina. Monazite-bearing rocks near. Rion, S. C.,...the placers that were formerly mined in North and South Carolina. These placers were sampled, and the monazite...country rock, and certain granitic gneisses of the Carolina gneiss. Some of the associated pegmatites also |  | | Report (issue) | | Pattern: Foote Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA. 5.998 (100), 9.575 (53), 3.192 (44)... (1) Foote Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA; average electron microprobe analysis...Roscherite group. Occurrence: On thin fractures crossing quartz-microcline-spodumene pegmatite. Association: Albite...siderite/rhodochrosite, fairfieldite, fluorapatite, quartz, milarite, pyrite. Distribution: From the Foote...mine (Foote mine), Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA. Name: For the Foote mine, source |  | | Report (issue) | | the Broad River in the western Piedmont of South Carolina. by Theobald, P. K. U. S. Geological Survey. Reports...River in the western Piedmont of South Carolina and North Carolina by Paul K. Theobald, Jr. PRELIMINARY...between Savannah and Catawba Rivers, South Carolina and North Carolina. 2. Map • n • • • • • ********...River-Catawba River district, South Carolina and North Carolina . (Numbers follow in sequence frau...sampled along Tnicketty Creels, Cherokee County and Spartanburg County, S.C. 3 27. Descriptions of sediments |  | | 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 (volume) | | Crystalline Rocks in the Shelby Quadrangle North Carolina 1 ___j________________ o GEOLOGICAL !-i...Crystalline Rocks in the Shelby Quadrangle North Carolina By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET, ROBERT G. YATES and...the Shelby quadrangle, North Carolina.-,. FIGUBB 1. Index map of North Carolina showing location of the...crystalline rocks in the Shelby quadrangle, North Carolina._ 2. Sizes of the common heavy minerals in...the drainage basin of Knob Creek, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 3. Color of monazite__-_-__-__-_ |  | | 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 |  | 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...produced in the western Piedmont of North Carolina and South Carolina, 1887-1917. _______________ 2. Approximate...tailings left from placer mining on Knob Creek, Cleveland County, N.C______________________________ 5. Mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Georgia (Cook 1982), Tennessee (Paris 2011), North Carolina (Kenny Gay, pers. comm., 2012; Wilson and ...Bassett Stone Company quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, ca. 1962. Shown are the older underground...from the Bassett Stone quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Catnip Hill facility near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing...Catnip Hill facility, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing |  | | 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 ••••••••.• 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* • « . » * |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zeolites and prehnite have been found in North Carolina in a wide variety of excava tions for power...ZEOLITES IN NORTH CAROLINA D O N A L D R. P R I V E T T One Circle Street Great Falls, South Carolina 29055...low-grade metamorphic rocks. Zeolites occur in North Carolina in a wide variety of igneous and metamorphic...weathered, and geo logically complex area of North Carolina extending from the Blue Ridge to the Coastal...from south central Georgia to Virginia. In the North Carolina Piedmont, most zeolites are pres ent in a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Map of the Foote mine area, Kings Mountain, North Carolina, prepared by William Besse. Unless otherwise...com FLUORAPATITE Foote Mine Kings Mountain, North Carolina from the Figure 2. Fluorapatite with albite;...country rocks. Geology The Foote mine exploits quartz-microcline-spodumene pegmatites that are found...found throughout the tin-spodumene belt of North Carolina (Swanson 2012). These pegmatite intrusions run up...(Foote mine), Kings Mountain district, Cleveland County, North Carolina, is well known for its numerous rare |  | | 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 through out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | Quartz Crystal Deposits of Southwestern Virginia and Western North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...BULLETIN 1072-D Quartz Crystal Deposits of Southwestern Virginia and Western North Carolina By JOHN B. MERTIE...deposits of southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina. Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1958...Contributions to economic geology) "A detailed report on quartz crystals from 37 sources and an explanation of...of their origins." Bibliography: p. 295-296. 1. Quartz. i. Title. (Series: U. S. Geological Survey. Bulletin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...Crabtree Mountain near Spruce Pine in Mitchell County. At this place a peg- Fig. Fig. 1 . General layout...only a few gems of larger size. Associated with quartz, feldspar, biotite and black tourmaline they furnish...broken emerald crystal picked up near Earl, Cleveland County, in 1897. Dr. George F. Kunz describes it |  | | 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 | | | 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 |  | | Book | | artist as well, mainly for its role in rutilated quartz and star sapphire. These minerals are also important...occasionally faceted, that looks very similar to rutilated quartz is the so-called it the stones tend to be so dark...plays in creating asterism in star sapphire tilated quartz, working it into attractive faceted stones, and...RJL34I5 Figure 4. A fine example of rutilated quartz crystals from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Specimen is... Introduction Figure 5. Freeform cabochons of rutilated quartz from Brazil, totaling about I00 carats. One can |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with quartz, bavenite, albite, and apatite in a spodumene-rich pegmatite at Kings Mountain, North Carolina...Figure 1: Jack Walter Eaker of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. 88 ROCKS AND MINERALS 2 6 1 8 2 2 ...spodumene mine near Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina. He thought the mineral might be a...Myrtle (Costner) Eaker, was born in York County, South Carolina, on October 26, 1930. After graduating...crystal, Foote Company pegmatite, Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Louis Perloff, photographer. Eaker's interest |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. The locality may also be given as 6 miles east...sent in by Sgt. Brown. Wynne, in southern Cross County is in eastern Arkansas. CALIFORNIA—"Thought you...very interesting. Plaster City, in S/W Imperial County, is in southern California. GEORGIA—In the last...of pure white, dense, milky quartz. There is a vein of this type quartz about 5 feet wide extending through...000 ft. quartz lens which is mostly a white ROCKS A N D MINERALS to pinkish fragile quartz in which |  | | Report (issue) | | I. C. 1 Doocmbcr NORTH 1940 CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT H. BRUCE STKERIDGE...STATE GEOLOGIST CIRCULAR NATIONAL DEFENSE- NORTH CAROLINA'S POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION LIBRARY N. C,... i.e. i December 1940 IHFORMATTOiJ CIRCULAR NORTH CAHOLIHA DEPARTMEHT DIVISION OF CONSERVATION AND...IlIrJERAL FOR RESOURCES NATIONAL DEFENSE - NORTH CAROLINA'S POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION By T. 0. :.iurdoc#...manganese (ferro-grade"), mercury, mica, nickel, quartz crystal, tin and tungsten. Critical: Aluminum |  | | 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...them have been found. The best of these are in North Carolina though none of them have developed into paying...occurrence in North Caro lina was reported about 1875 near Stony Point in Alexander County. Prospecting...Crabtree Mountain near Spruce Pine in Mitchell County. At this place a pegmatite deposit carries good |  | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DIAMONDS of North Carolina WILLIAM J . FURBISH Geology Department Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708...and romantic lure for man since antiquity. North Carolina is no exception; in fact, the state has a rich...gold in 1799 (United States mint returns for North Carolina appeared in 1793) and a diamond find in 1843...during the early to mid-nineteenth century when North Carolina led the states in gold production, just before...suspect that gold mining occurred early in North Carolina recorded history and probably well before. |  | | Report (issue) | | Deposits between the Yadkin and Dan Rivers, North Carolina and Virginia--------- ------------ ___-___-_-____-_--_-...Drilling data, Yadkin River drainage basin, Surry County, N.C.--- 2. -- 5. __ .._ . 9 ------- ----...Drilling data, Oconee River drainage basin, Oconee County, Ga.-------------------------------------------...Drilling data, Flint River drainage basin, Spalding County Ga.------------------------------------------------...the flood plains of streams in western North and South Carolina-------------------------------------------------- |
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