 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | I I 34° MARIOH 34° I LAMAR , v:I G'l Alabama Q, \'l'I Q, 33° 0 1- I I I (/) ";lO ...Geological Survey of Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has long been a significant |  | | Report (volume) | | Introduction 26 Construction Materials 26 Cement 27 Common Clay and Shale 28 Crushed Stone 28 Dimension Stone 29... Platinum-Group Elements 40 Soapstone and Talc 40 Vermiculite 41 Mineral Commodities Related to Granite and...the Knoxville 1oX 2° quadrangle, with State and county boundaries 2 2. Physiographic provinces of the...near the Knoxville 1oX 2° quadrangle by State and county 27 4. Recorded production of gold and silver from...belt in the central part of the Blue Ridge. 4. Vermiculite produced from a large deposit near Tigerville |  | Robinson, Gilpin R., Lesure, Frank G., Marlowe, J. I., Foley, Nora K., Clark, S.H. (2004) Bedrock geology and mineral resources of the Knoxville 1° x 2° quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Open-File Report 2004-1075. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20041075 | Report (issue) | | Introduction 26 Construction Materials 26 Cement 27 Common Clay and Shale 28 Crushed Stone 28 Dimension Stone 29... Platinum-Group Elements 40 Soapstone and Talc 40 Vermiculite 41 Mineral Commodities Related to Granite and...the Knoxville l°x2° quadrangle, with State and county boundaries 2 2. Physiographic provinces of the...near the Knoxville l°x2° quadrangle by State and county 27 4. Recorded production of gold and silver from...belt in the central part of the Blue Ridge, 4. Vermiculite produced from a large deposit near Tigerville |  | | Report (volume) | | CORUNDUM DEPOSITS IN THE BUCK CREEl( PERIDOTITE CLAY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA BY JARVIS B. HADLEY Strategic...sections of the Buck Creek peridotite body, Clay County, N. C. . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Corundum Knob area, Buck Creek corund~m district, Clay County, N.c ........ Geology and topography of the eastern...eastern part of the Buck Creek area, Clay County, N. C •••....••........•.••...... Geology of the Big...(Cullakeenee) mine, Buck Creek corundum district, Clay Count•y, N. C •••••.•.•.••••••.••... In po eke |  | | Report (issue) | | STUCKEY, STATE GEOLOGIST BULLETIN NO. 50 The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina BY THOMAS G. MURDOCK...STUCKEY, STATE GEOLOGIST BULLETIN NO. 50 The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina BY THOMAS G. MURDOCK...of Vermiculite Uses of Vermiculite Page v vi 1 1 3 4 6 1 .' Geology Mineralogy of Vermiculite Sampling...Sampling of Vermiculite Deposits Mining Methods Processing of Vermiculite Vermiculite Deposits in Other...Description of Vermiculite Deposits .Avery County Frank Deposit Unproven Localities Buncombe County Bee Tree |  | | Report (issue) | | State Geologist BULLETIN NO. 46 KYANITE AND VERMICULITE DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA By LOUIS M. PRINDLE Associate...for publication a report on the Kyanite and Vermiculite Deposits of Georgia by Louis M. Prindle, W. D...behind the recent commercial uses of kyanite and vermiculite is little known to the general public .. Years...not available to make an extensive search for vermiculite. The deposits described are of doubtful importance..._______________________________________ Talbot CountY----------------------------------------------- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VOL. 44, MARCH-APRIL, 1959 THE ORIGIN OF THE VERMICULITE DEPOSIT AT LIBBY, MONTANA Wrrrr.cMA. Bessnrr...largest vermiculite mine at Libby, Montana has been studied and the origin of the vermiculite deposit...has been altered to biotite, hydrobiotite, and vermiculite. Numerous ,l'"rrit" dik.. may be observed in...of vermiculite under hydrothermal conditions and its application to the origin of the vermiculite deposit...hydrobiotite, a regularly interstratified biotite-vermiculite. It is concluded that augite altered to biotite |  | | Report (issue) | | yards above the works at Track Rock Mine, Union county, Ga., there are several slabs, one of which is...HISTORY OF CORUNDUM. KIG I. Track Eock, Union County, Georgia. The dum in first authentic date...it was then discovered ship of Newlin, Chester county, Pa. in the townFollowing the discovery of however...crystalline belt of the United States from Virginia to Alabama. The work confirmed the prophesies of corundum...Litchfield, and at occurs at Newton, in Fair- county. Professor S. L. Penfield writes me, that the |  | | Report (volume) | | United States Continued. Page. Corundum Continued. Alabama ...-.......-......-.-..........:.................the United States......... .................^. Alabama ..........................-..-.-.....----..----..... II. Outcrop of peridotite at Buck Creek, Clay County, N. C........ III. A, Corundum in chlorite at...Carolina; B, Corundum in gneiss, Muskrat Fork, Clay County, N. C... J... IV. A, Bed of ruby-bearing gravel...VIII. Sapphire crystals from Yogo Gulch, Fergus County, Mont...... I.. General view of the peridotite |  | | Report (issue) | | talc, kyanite, ground mica, sand and gravel, and clay products, are valued at $6,505,052. Of this total...the vicinity of Tate and Marble Hill in Pickens County. Talc, ground for fillers and cut into pencils...obtained from Fort and Cohutta mountains in Murray county. Sheet mica is produced from many districts in...suitable for grinding is produced at Hartwell in Hart County. The kyanite-mica schists of Rabun and Habersham...fillers. Feldspar is ground at Monticello in Jasper County. White dolomite is quarried and crushed for agricultural |  | | Report (issue) | | COLLABORATING STATE AGENCIES Geological Survey of Alabama, University, Ala. Department of :ty.lines, Mining...___ _ Resource potentiaL ____________________ _ Clay, by John W. Hosterman, Sam H. Patterson, J()hn W...Introduction __________________________ _ Miscellaneous clay and shale ____________ _ Types and occurrence ______________...______________ _ Resource potentiaL ________________ _ Fire clay _________ - _- _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...potentiaL _____________ -_-Pottery and stoneware clay __________ ---Potassium-bentonite ________________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the first, 1871-1900, corundum mining centered in Clay and Macon counties, although it had been prospected...the dunite with an intervening chlorite and/or vermiculite zone (Pratt and Lewis, 1905). Other minerals...corundum from the Staley mine, L i n colnton, Lincoln County. Longest crystal is 4 by 1.5 cm. Jim Fowler specimens...Ballard, T . J . 1947. Corundum Hill mine, Macon County, North Carolina: bur. mines, R.I. 4042. Hadley...corundum deposits in the Buck Creek peridotite, Clay County, North Carolina: U.S. geol. surv. bull. 948-E |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | State mineral production and mineral production by county were prepared in the Division of Statistics and...following cooperating organizations: Alabama: Geological Survey of Alabama. Alaska: Division of Geological...this report. Name State____________ SECTION 2. County _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Stocks. production, end...MINERALS (EXCEPT FUELS)-Continued short tons Vermiculite Combined value of aplite, brucite, calcium chloride...(content of ores, etc.) CA CO, ID. AR, UT Vermiculite (crude) SC, MT, VA Wollastonite Zinc (content |  | | Report (volume) | | ...................... ................. Macon County .........._. ...........,..-...........-................ .......... .1...................... Clay County.. .............................................tracts...................... ......... Jackson County ................ ................................United States ....._.............-.......--..-. 79 Alabama ........-..-.....'-------..-..---....-.-.---. -...PLATE I. Outcrop of peridotite at Buck Creek, Clay County, N. C......... II. A, Bed of ruby-bearing gravel |  | | Report (volume) | | Carolina. Clay County. Macon County. Jackson County. Transylvania County. Swain County. Haywood County. Buncombe...Buncombe County . Madison County. Yancey County. Mitchell County . Watauga County . Wilkes County. Ashe...Ashe County . Alleghany County . Physiography and ecology of the peridotites. 28 28 29 32 34 35 36 38 42...basic mag¬ nesian rocks. Shooting Creek region, Clay County, North Carolina. Elf dunite. Elf amphibole-peridotite...amphibolite near Marshall. Peridosteatite at the Madison County Home. Peridotites on Ivy River. Carter mine dunite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | component ranging from vermiculite to chlorite. Mixed-layer material is the only clay mineral common to all...kaolinite and mixedlayer clay minerals and more and better-crystallized 14 A clay material than do the underclays...underclays. They contain less kaolinite and more 14 A clay, both of which are usually slightly better crystallized...crystallized, and also contain less mixed-layer clay. Most underclays from parts of the column in which marine...several ways. The excess kaolinite and mixed-layer clay is thought to result from soil formation in the |  | | Report (issue) | | series will be dropped. THE This publication on Vermiculite _is the first of the new issues. Constructional...latter are situated in hot climates, the mineral vermiculite, which is already widely employed elsewhere for...possi-bilities for Colonial vermiculite of good quality. Occurrences of vermiculite are already known in a...In presenting tl1e salient facts concerning vermiculite it is hoped that the search for and development...individuals that are concerned in any way with vermiculite. The assistance of those who have kindly aided |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DUNITE VERMICULITE POSIT, AT YANCEY J. LAURENCE AND THE THE DAY GEOCHEMISTRY BOOK COUNTY, NORTH...occurs in veins that strike approximatelyeast. Vermiculite is found largely in north striking fractures...excessmagnesiumions,the phlogopite has been convertedto vermiculite to a maximum depth of 40 feet. INTRODUCTION....BROBST. NOTES ON DUNITE AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF VERMICULITE. 213 The Day Book depositis locatedon State...anthophyllit• asbestos,as above. 3. Day Book, vermiculite, as above. 4. Day Book, pegmatite, as above. |  | | Report (edition) | | Each article was read, annotated, and indexed by county, subject, and stratigraphic interval where applicable...where the area involved was larger than that of a county, subdivisions of the state, based upon physiographic...CITED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY ALABAMA ACAD. SCI. JOUR. Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science, published...published by the Academy from Birmingham, Alabama. ALABAMA GEOL. SURVEY BULL.; MAP; REPT. PROG. Bulletin, Map...Progress of the Alabama Geological Survey, published by the Survey from University, Alabama. AM. ANTIQUITY |  | | Book | | TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PREFACE LIST OF SURVEYS Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut...List of Surveys / 2ological Survey of Alabama University, Alabama 3S J.33 Arizona Bureau of Mines University...' ,a ALABAMA Bulletin. 1886- Vs.1 Preliminary report on the Tertiary fossils of Alabama and Mississippi...paleontology of Alabama and Mississippi, by 0. Meyer. 1886. 2 B. 2 On the phosphates and marls of Alabama, by E...1900. 8 Geological relations of the clays of Alabama, by E. A. Smith, 1900. 9 "'13. 7 Preliminary |  | | Report (edition) | | Each article was read , annotated , and indexed by county , subject, and stratigraphic interval where applicable...where the area involved was larger than that of a county , subdivisions of the state, based upon physiographic...CRISP WILCOX SQUITMAN TURNER BEN HILL m TERREL LEE CLAY EARLY CALHOUN DOUGHERTY 7 BERRIEN BAKER WORTH COASTAL...CITED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY ALABAMA ACAD. SCI . JOUR . Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science , published...published by the Academy from Birmingham , Alabama . ALABAMA GEOL. SURVEY BULL.; MAP ; REPT. PROG . Bulletin |  | | Report (issue) | | related to bullfrog Hills caldera, Nye County, Nevada, and Inyo County, California, by Henry R. Cornwall and...showing locations of wells in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama from which rocks were examined_______ 3. Orthoquartzites...rocks of Florida and adjacent parts of Georgia and Alabama. Most of the sandstones are Early Ordovician in...strata in Florida and adjacent parts of Georgia and Alabama and of overlying red and black shales were made...Marion County, Fla. Union Producing Co. E. P. Kirkland 1, sec. 20, T. 7 N., R. 11 W., Houston County, Ala |  | | Report (volume) | | Cretaceous strata of the Tuscaloosa, Toinbigbee, and Alabama Rivers, by Eugene A. Smith and Lawrence C.Johnson... VI. VII. VIII. I.. Claiborne Upper Lauding, Alabama River ........................ St. Stephens Bluff.... Claiborne between Upper and Lower Landings, Alabama River.... Coffeeville Landing, Toinbigbee River...Tombigbee River .. J........ Yellow Bluff Landing, Alabama River............................ Nanafalia Landing...of the Tuscaloosa formation, near Havana, Hale County, Ala ......................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ _______________________...pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...bulge in the hanging wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight...granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Same granite..._________ _____ 16. Platy masses of quartz in typical Alabama pegmatites __ _________ ____________ __ ________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | anthophyllite, tremolite, talc,green chlorite, vermiculite, andrarelykammererite andalbite. Puretal.cformssmallveinlets...that are somewhatlarger have an inner core of vermiculite,and .commonlythere is a transition zone in which...anthophyllite and tremolite, and chlorite and vermiculite are derived from biotite. No biotite was observedat...Hill, Macon County, N. C., contain biotite that has not been completelyaltered to vermiculite. The coar...unstablein the new environment,and talc, chlorite, vermiculite, and serpentinewere formed at the expenseof older |
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