 | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | uscovite schist from west of phenix, Charlotte County; B, Biotite-muscovite schist from northwest of...from Crane Creek; south of Hixburg, Appomattox County; B, Columbia granite near Cub Creek, east of Red...Kyanite quartzite from Baker Mountain, prince Edward County*__ I Massive kyanite in kyanite-bearing pegmatite...from Falling River north of Brookneal; B, Mylonitized granite from Falling River north of Brookneal, Campbell...kyanite-bearing rock on Ridge Mountain, Buckingham County; B, Melrose granite, east of McKeever ferry, on |  | Ayuso, R. A., Wooden, J. L., Foley, N. K., Seal, R. R., Sinha, A. K. (2005) U-Pb Zircon Ages and Pb Isotope Geochemistry of Gold Deposits in the Carolina Slate Belt of South Carolina. Economic Geology, 100 (2) 225-252 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.2.225 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geochemistry of Gold Deposits in the Carolina Slate Belt of South Carolina R. A. AYUSO,† U.S. Geological Survey...Formation host the largest known gold mines of the Carolina slate belt. U-Pb (SHRIMP) zircon ages have been...Brewer pit and felsic ash-flow tuff from the quartz sericite alteration zone), from the disseminated and semimassive...(crystal lithic rhyolitic ash-flow tuffs from the Champion pit), and from the Ridgeway deposit (felsic ash-flow...ash-flow tuff from the stratigraphic host of the North pit gold deposit). Generally, the zircons are fine |  | | Report (issue) | | Gold Deposits of the Carolina Slate Belt, Southeastern United States: Age and Origin of the Major Gold..., and Ayuso, R.A., 2012, Gold deposits of the Carolina Slate Belt, southeastern United States—Age and...18. Historic open pit of the Haile Gold Mine, South Carolina ........................................... 4 The regional distribution of rocks in the Carolina and Avalonian tectonic zones.................................. 6 Terrane distributions in the Carolina zone ........................................ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PAULF. KEI•R. INTRODUCTION. TI-IE andalusite mine near White Mountain, California, is at presentthe...,,• '"'> F•. •. The andalusite mine is located in Mono County, C•ifornia, east of the Sierra Nevada...of White Mountain. Nevadaline (Fig. •). The main mine plant is locatedabout 9000 feetabovesea-level.All...C. D.: A note on a depositof andalusitein Mono County, California; its occurrenceand technical importance...7500 feetto almost•o,ooofeetabovesealevel.•' The mine workingsare locatedalongthe face of a cliff on the |  | | Report (issue) | | commercially at White Mountain, California, by the Champion Sillimanite Corporation. Andalusite usually occurs...southeastern Ontario, kyanite occurs as metacrysts in a sericite-quartz-sillimanite schist interbanded with staurolite...inches long and 1/4 inch wr ide, in a fine-grained sericite-sillimanite schist. In another type of occurrence...west of the Ottawa river and 8 miles east of the North Bay - Timiskaming highway. The deposit was discovered...has an apparent width of over 1,200 feet. At the north end of Crocan lake the kyanite-garnet gneiss occurs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gold Mine, Carolina Slate Belt NICHOLAS HAYWARD* GeologyDepartment,JamesCookUniversityof North Queensland...Strata-boundAu-Ag-Momineralizationin the Halle gold mine area is hostedby several ellipsoidal,pyrite-qua...ofTaconian orogenesis. Introduction THE Haile gold mine is located near Kershaw,LancasterCounty, in the...of the southernAppalachianCarolinaslatebelt. The mine hasexploitedseveralrelativelysmallandlow-grade...depositsat Haile, and similar deposits throughoutthe Carolina slate belt, occur near the calization. Previous |  | | Report (issue) | | note that the hardness of the Brewer topaz, South Carolina, is only 7, and its specific gravity 3-509. When...diaspore with which it is associated, and the South Carolina topaz is said to bear strong casual resemblance...include the andalusite-staurolite association of north-east Scotland (the Buchan type of Read3) and instances...The Henry Knob kyanite deposit4 in York County, South Carolina, was previously considered to be the result...cent. kyanite were found to be uneconomic. The north Georgian kyanite schist contains only from 4 to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Humboldt Range (Nevada, USA), the Basin district (Montana, USA) and Equity Mine (British Columbia, Canada)...peripheral (chlorite-epidote-prehnite) to internal (sericite and/or pyrophyllite) alteration zones. In the...(1993), Novazza (Italy) by Cadel (1986), Equity Mine (British Colombia) by Cyr et al. (1984), Wojdak...in the Humboldt Range (Nevada, USA), the Basin district (Montana, USA), in subaerial volcanic and hypabyssal... ,o = 0 E O _= l ZZm 2~ mine, Champion mine, Rochester mine) is mainly located within Triassic |  | | Book (volume) | | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Book (volume) | | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Report (issue) | | COLJ('H ............................Instructor in Mine Accounting nlltl Secretary JAY FOREWORD 6 T H E...DUMORTIERITE I N HUMBOLDT QIJEERCANYOX, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, .I G. Jones ............................Jeffery, President Champion Porcelain Company. C. H. Lawson, Superintendent of the Champion Porcelain Company...Company Mine at Oreana, Xerada. Adolf Pabst, Milleralogy Department, University of California. A. Wetmore...Cornwall, England. Anfoka, near Soavina, 25 kilometers north of Ambalofinandrahana, Madagascar, is the only African |  | | Report (volume) | | prospects._____----_-_--___---_-_-______________ Champion and Evening Star.___________________________ Helena...Mayflower________._-..._ _____________________ 68 69 69 70 North Fairview_--_---------_------------------___---....Creek area______-_---_-_-_-.__----_-__-_____.__-_-_ North Santiam di8trict______--_-------_-------_--__----_-_-_-__...of North Grouse Mountain, in Bohemia 3. Dendritic gold from leached part of vein at Buzzard mine, Jackson...Barren mine, Jackson County; B, Polished surface of sphalerite from Mineral Harbor prospect, North Santiam |  | | Report (volume) | | General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County__...County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union counti...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________...____________ 86 Troup County ________________________________ 86 Upson County _______________________________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A.: Andalusite in California and Kyanite in North Carolina. Ecoa. GEo•.., vol. 28, no. 7, PP- 692-695... •932. Stuckey, J. L.: Cyanite Deposits of North Carolina. Ecos. G•o•.., vol. 27, pp. 66•-674, •932....Dumortierite in Humboldt Queen Canyon, Pershing County, Nevada. Nevada Univ., Bull., vol. 22, no. 2 (Mackay...largelybarrenschistwhich is essentially a quartz-sericite mixture (Fig. x). A large part of the ore has...courtesyof Dr. Joseph A. Jeffery, President of Champion $illimanite, Inc., who has co6peratedby allowingthe |  | | Report (edition) | | 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 |  | Criss, R. E., Champion, D. E., McIntyre, D. H. (1985) Oxygen isotope, aeromagnetic, and gravity anomalies associated with hydrothermally altered zones in the Yankee Fork mining district, Custer County, Idaho. Economic Geology, 80 (5) 1277-1296 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.80.5.1277 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Custer County, Idaho R. E. CR•SS, U.S. GeologicalSurvey,Reston,Virginia 22092 D. E. CHAMPION, U.S. GeologicalSurvey...miningregionin the SalmonRiver Mountains of northwest Custer County, central Idaho (Fig. 1). Usefuldescriptions of...0361-0128/85/427/1277-2052.50 1277 1278 CRI$$,CHAMPION, & McINTYRE 114046 ' 44 ø CORRF•ATION OF MAP...isotoperatiomassspectrometer. The erateto steepdipstowardthe north,andare usually analysis iS•SOresults are reported...Custer magnetometer, althougha few stronglymagnetized mine, the roof zone of an Eocene granodiorite- sampleswere |  | Cornwall, H.R., Runner, J.J., Stromquist, A.A., Swanson, R.W., White, W.S. (1949) Detailed geologic map of the recently active copper mines; Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan. Open-File Report Vol. 1949 (50-4) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr504 | Report (issue) | | .............. 10 Central Exploration fissure mine, 12 Introduction................ + (- ; Stratigraphy...copper*«...._................,.. 26 ->- Quincy mine ,..........*.......*................... Introduction............^.................... 32 Isle Royale mine ................................... 3U ; *" 30.............. 36 36 36 Contents (cont'd) Champion mine * Introduction .............. Stratigraphy.*...nine Longitudinal projection, Central Exploration mine Geologic plan, Iroquois exploration Index plan of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurrences. These localities have been listed by county; and, strictly for convenience, the list has been...None theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful...micromounting PENINSULA Wayne County International Salt C o . mine—Detroit Alpena County National G y p s u m...dolomite, marcasite, pyrite, quartz, sphalerite Eaton County anhydrite, carnallite (r), celestite, dolomite... palygorskite, pyrite, quartz, sphalerite Spurr mine—Imperial Heights (near Michigamme) clinochlore var |  | | Book (volume) | | vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...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...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine-near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous...topaz, tourmaline, triplite Trueheart pegmatite mine (f)-near Amelia beryl (var. aquamarine), microcline |  | | Report (issue) | | (CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur... the 1845 discovery of the Cliff Mine ( first in the world to mine native copper as its sole product)...product) instilled confidence in North Country mining and initiated the modern mining era. Choice 'Lake Copper'...exceptionally fine, twinned analcite crystals from Houghton County ························-··-······-··-········...····· 41 2. Ankerite on siderite from Alpena County ···-··············-··················· 46 3. |  | | 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...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals...occur with sulfides in vein|j deposits in Cabarrus County. 21 22 23 24 25- U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: |  | | Report (issue) | | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Paragonite Muscovite Phcngite 7 (Damouritc) (Sericite) (Chromium-bearing muscovite) (Pinite) (Ammonium-bearing...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com mon rock-making materials |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE MINERALS OF THE CHAMPION, MICHIGAN, AREA By JOSEPH A. MANDARINO 1034 North Keystone Avenue, Chicago...radiometric and geologic survey of an area north of Champion, Michigan. As no work was done on Sundays...advantage of collecting at the numerous mine dumps in the vicinity of Champion. It is hoped that the following...trip. The Beacon Mine Dumps, Beacon, Michigan The Beacon Mine, operated by the North Range Mining Company...active mine in the Champion area. The numerous dumps and ruins in the vicinity of the Beacon Mine, however |
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