 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...1819, Elias Cornelius described the occurrence of quartz ("flint, jasper, semi-opal") in the Tennessee River...River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the state...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from GEORGIA Figure 1. A rare crystallized gold specimen from the Loud mine in White County, Georgia...is part of the former geology collection of the Georgia Capitol Museum and is now exhibited at Tellus Science...lthough famous for its historical gold production, Georgia has few gold specimens with acceptable attribution...Science Museum 100 Tellus Drive Cartersville, Georgia 30120 juliang@tellusmuseum.org ROBERT B. COOK...placer and saprolite deposits and as visible gold in quartz mined from lode deposits. Crystals are rare, but |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORIGIN OF PEGMATITES CHEROKEE-PICKENS DISTRICT, GEORGIA Alexander J. Gunow and Gregory N...NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION GEORGIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 103 Cover photo: Pegmatite&...Toonlgh Creek, Cherokee County. THE GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORIGIN OF PEGMATITES CHEROKEE-PICKENS DISTRICT...DISTRICT, GEORGIA Alexander J. Gunow and Gregory N. Bonn Georgia Department of Natural Resources J. Leonard...Division Harold F. Reheis, Assistant Director Georgia Geologic Survey William H. Mclemore, State Geologist |  | | Report (issue) | | GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director...GEORGIAy By Geoffrey W. Crickmay ATLANTA 1952 GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES...Number 58 GEOLOGY OF THE CRYSTALLINE ROCKS OF GEORGIA By Geoffrey W. Crickmay ATLANTA 1952 ic ::I...herewith Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 58, "Geology of the Crystalline Rocks of Georgia," by Dr...Crickmay, a former Assistant State Geologist of Georgia. The report embodies the results of research extending |  | | Report (issue) | | German Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Georgia Geologic Survey...OF THE DAHLONEGA GOLD BELT Jerry M. German .( Georgia Department of Natural Resources J. Leonard Ledbetter..... . 16 18. Hydraulic mining near Auraria, Georgia .................................................Tables Table 1. Average modal composition of New Georgia Group lithologies in the study area .............elements in the study area with those in northeastern Georgia and in the Greater Atlanta area. . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS in GEORGIA Black rutile crystal in quartz-kyanite matrix, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia...Georgia. VERNON J. HURST University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30602 JOHN W. SHRUM INTRODUCTION With the...the Recent is represented by rocks exposed in Georgia. These rocks have been sub jected to an extremely...at the surface and are the probable source of Georgia diamonds. Inter mediate temperatures and pressures...mica mine in Fannin University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30602 County. This occurrence was brought to |  | | 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... MINERALS OF GEORGIA: THEIR PROPERTIES AND OCCURRENCES by Robert B. Cook STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF............................................. 153 Quartz ........................................................................................... 170 County Index ........................................ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cherokee County Kings Creek The Kings Creek, South Carolina, Barite Pits R O G E R BARNETT Simpsonville...South Carolina 29301 SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORY Cherokee County, South Carolina, has a long history of mining...recovered is gold obtained from over a dozen mines in Cherokee and neighboring York and Union counties. Gold...more well known North Carolina and Georgia deposits. Cherokee County also contains an iron ore district... length of largest central group is 2.5 cm, on quartz. Right: Barite crystals, bladed habit, maximum |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | such as those for Alabama (Cook and Smith 1982), Georgia (Cook 1982), Tennessee (Paris 2011), North Carolina...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) | | Samples and mines in Coastal Plain of southeastern Georgia and northeastern Florida............. 14 ABSTRACT...of the monazite-bearing granitic intrusives are quartz monzonite or closely related rocks. The mean tenor...of Cretaceous age, have recently been found in Georgia and South Carolina, along the inner margin of the...states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. Collateral investigations relating...thereafter as the crystalline rocks of South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama are overlapped progressively by the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEORGIA Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX JENNINGS...JENNINGS B. GORDON, JR. P . O . Box 6214 Rome, Georgia 30162 Although perhaps best known for its gold, rutUe...rutUe, and staurolite (the state mineral), Georgia has, in fact, almost two hundred mineral species. ...have been reported and verified from the state of Georgia. The index has been compiled from the literature...be either a report on the economic geology of Georgia or a field guide for lapidaries, it excludes commercial |  | | Report (volume) | | Quartzite_________________________________________ Quartz-microcline gneiss____________________________ Intrusive...____ __ ____ ____ ________ ____ ___ __ _ Yorkville Quartz Monzonite________________________ Unnamed granites...___________ Toluca Quartz Monzonite__________________________ Cherryville Quartz Monzonite_______________________...the Piedmont____________________________ Toluca Quartz Monzonite_ _ _ _ __ ____________ _____ __ __ __..._____ Cherryville Quartz Monzonite_______________________________ Yorkville Quartz Monzonite________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMS OF GEORGIA FRANK MAYO 3340 Wood Valley Road Atlanta, Georgia 30327 A vast wealth of minerals and...diamonds in the first half of the 19th century, Georgia has had a fascinating gemstone heritage. Gem-bearing...are found in every geologic region. In northwest Georgia, ancient sedimentary rocks of Paleozoic age contain...ful chalcedony, jasper, and agatized coral. Most Georgia gemstones, however, are found in crystalline rocks...pegmatites contain ing only feldspar, quartz, and mica. Georgia pegmatites are generally poor in four |  | | Report (issue) | | GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director...Number 51 SILLIMANITE AND MASSIVE KYANITE IN GEORGIA (A Preliminary Report) By A. S. FURCRON Assistant... Residual boulders of massive kyanite, Pickens County. ·~· LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines...herewith Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 51, "Sillimanite and Massive Kyanite in Georgia," by Dr...of Mines. The report announces the discovery in Georgia of two economically-important refractory minerals |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia..........Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Illinois...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. 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, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |  | | Report (issue) | | Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Georgia Geologic Survey Cover and title page photo: ...Division Harold F. Reheis, Assistant Director Georgia Geologic Survey William H. McLemore, State Geologist.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Georgia Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Variation diagrams of mafic rocks of the New Georgia Group ...........................................FeO*, MgO+Mnoplotofmeta-igneousrocksofthe New Georgia Group ........................................ |  | | Report (issue) | | <:I·:OR<: I A. 1'1.. ·1 TF I GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA W. S. YEATES, State Geologist BULLETIN No. 4-...PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A PART OF THE Gold Deposits of Georgia BY W.S.YEATES State Geologist AND S. W. MCCALLIE...Geological Survey of Georgia (Ex-Officio) His ExcELLENCY, W. Y. ATKINSON, Governor of Georgia, PRESIDENT THE...the Advisory Board of the Geological Survey of Georgia, SrR: - I have the honor, to submit, herewith,... State Geologist. • THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA CHAPTER 1 THE OCCURRENCE AND HISTORY OF GOLD |  | | Report (issue) | | <:I·:OR<: I A. 1'1.. ·1 TF I GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA W. S. YEATES, State Geologist BULLETIN No. 4-...PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A PART OF THE Gold Deposits of Georgia BY W.S.YEATES State Geologist AND S. W. MCCALLIE...Geological Survey of Georgia (Ex-Officio) His ExcELLENCY, W. Y. ATKINSON, Governor of Georgia, PRESIDENT THE...the Advisory Board of the Geological Survey of Georgia, SrR: - I have the honor, to submit, herewith,... State Geologist. • THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA CHAPTER 1 THE OCCURRENCE AND HISTORY OF GOLD |  | | Report (issue) | | OCCURRENCES IN THE WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA PIEDMONT The Carroll County gold belt and the southwestern portion... German Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Georgia Geologic Survey...the Yorkville Mine, Paulding County (Circa 1930). Photo courtesy of Georgia Department of Archives and...OCCURRENCES IN THE WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA PIEDMONT The Carroll County gold belt and the southwestern portion...portion of the Dahlonega gold belt Jerry M. German Georgia Department of Natural Resources J. Leonard Ledbetter |  | | Report (issue) | | PYRITE DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA FRONTISPIECE-PLATE I .. • ~~~ · ., i;:~~· ~:·. .. .,.. ., ~:,V: ...S'I'ANDARD PYRITES COMPANY, CHEROKEE COUNTY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA S. W. McCALLIE, State Geologist...REPORT ON A PART OF THE PRYITES DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA BY H. K. SHEARER and J. P. D. HULL, • Assistant... THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE Geological Survey of Georgia IN THE YEAR 1918 (Ex-Officio) His ExcELLENCY, HUGH...HUGH l\1. DORSEY ........ Governor of Georgia PRESIDENT OF 'rim BoARD HoN. HENRY B. S'l'RANGE ... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALABAMA—Cherokee County is' in northeastern Alabama. In the central part of Cherokee County is the little...a 10-yr. old subscriber, Buddy Stewart. "Cherokee County has a wide variety of minerals ranging from...found are bauxite, coal, mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals, so Buddy...around Rock Run, in the southeastern part of the county, and was mined extensively in recent years. The...Rock Run. "Quartz, mica, iron ore, coal and limestone are found all over Cherokee County. "Lots of Indian |  | | Book | | org/details/georgiagoldrusht0000will The Georgia Gold Rush THE GEORGIA GOLD RUSH Twenty-Niners, Cherokees...21 Chapter Three “Get a Little Further’: The Cherokee Nation Abandoned of Chapter Four “Civilized...Dancing Houses, & Drinking Saloons”: Life in the Georgia Gold Region Chapter Seven “Prosper the Americans...evidence of a gold strike in Georgia Gold miners in nineteenth-century Lumpkin County John Ross, principal chief...Gilmer, governor of Georgia (1829-31, 1837-39) Wilson Lumpkin, governor of Georgia (1831-35) Drawing tickets |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | remarked one member. Cedar Bluff is in central Cherokee County in N / E Alabama. ARKANSAS—From a gravel pit...present. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. Rome, Georgia Mineral Society collecting...found in the sanbornite deposits of eastern Fresno County in central California. The four new minerals are:...occurs as tiny yellow grains—name is for Fresno County. Verplanckite (barium manganese silicate with chlorine)...(chalcedony pseudo-morph after coral) from Hamilton County, Florida near the famous Suwannee River. This coral |  | | Report (volume) | | section of the Nances Creek bauxite area, Calhoun County, Ala. 2. Topographic map of sites N.C. 1 and N...area, Calhoun County, Ala. 4. Geologic map of the De Armanville bauxite area, Calhoun County, Ala. in PI...clay in five areas in northeastern Alabama in Cherokee, Calhoun, and Talladega Counties were investigated...scattered over an area about 70 miles long, in Cherokee, Calhoun, and Talladega Counties. Because of the...includes cellular chert and aggregates of crystalline quartz. The formation is believed to rest conformably |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Georgia..................................................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Florida-______Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia,_____Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Idaho______.Mr...See 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; |
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