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Platinum from
Burke County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Platinum
Formula:Pt
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Platinum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Burke County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:8729
Long-form Identifier:1:3:8729:2
GUID (UUID V4):784ca13f-4c5e-4372-a064-e4765fa392a3
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Book (edition)
Geology of North Carolina. QE 147 .A22 1866-1887 Pt.2 V.2 Chap.1 Digitized by the Internet Archive...org/details/mineralsminerall01 nort n o o / Geology of North Carolina. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It F. A. GENTH...brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2 many new and rare species. The Mica veins... of A largapart of the valuable Catawba and Burke we owe to list of localities in the catalogues...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably
Book (edition)
LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...OF E. M. UZZELL RALEIGH, N. C. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CHROLINS. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It has F...data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 eral causes have been operative in giving...number large part of the valuable of Catawba and Burke, of list we owe Alexander and elsewhere. quartzes...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished
Report (volume)
'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
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#...graphite, platinum, and vanadium. Although in 1938 the value of mineral products of Worth Carolina only
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
shipments of zircon began to flow steadily out of North Carolina to the Nernst Lamp Company at Pittsburgh, Pa...gadolinite throughout North Carolina, he was the first to discover monazite in North Carolina. It was the year...year 1879 at Brindletown, Burke County. Here monazite was found in placer deposits of commercial value...1887 from the Brindletown district in Burke County, North Carolina. These shipments continued until 1911...entered the market in direct competition with the Carolina monazite causing a drastic decline. William Earl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
he discovered and mined to make our state, North Carolina recognized throughout the world. The author...concerning Hidden before he came to North Carolina to prospect for platinum and rare earths for his friend...classify the grassy-green specimen found in Alexander County thought to be a variety of beryl. Hidden was "Big"...about five miles south of Taylorsville, Alexander County, today known as the thriving little town of Hiddenite...MINERALS strata of the prevailing country rock (Carolina gneiss) at various angles. He soon discovered
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...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite...the state occur distributed over a wide area in Burke, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell, Mecklenberg, and...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have
Report (issue)
high from Eagle's Nest mine in Placer County, Caifornia, USA Collection Marlin Zinn; photo Jeff Scovil...International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...Lapis International, LLC East Hampton, Connecticut USA Collection 'Alan Table of Contents What Is Gold...Weiner Page 4 North America's First Gold Rush: Gold Fever in the Southeastern USA . . . . . . . .P...Dermot Henry and Bill Birch The Rush for Gold Turns North to Canada and Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
10 Monazite deposits in North and South Carolina North Carolina South Carolina Deposits in Idaho and Colorado...of the monazite mined in the States of North and South Carolina was used for the manufacture of thorium...far been mined successfully only in North and South America 'in North America, in the Carolinas and in Idaho...manufacturer an outsider received his supply from North and South Carolina. Later, American firms independent of...helpful in fara- MONAZITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. The monazite deposits in the Carolinas
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
Report (volume)
State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....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)
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
Journal (issue)
State Line Kimberlite District, Colorado & Wyoming, USA By Philip Persson, PerssonRareMinerals.com 6 Page...Page Precious Elements Diamonds, Gold, Silver, Platinum By Van King, newryqs@gmail.com Unusual Diamond...Gemdat A Guided Tour Best Minerals - Diamond, Platinum, Gold and Silver Mindat is a free worldwide technical...State Line Kimberlite District, Colorado & Wyoming, USA Philip Persson, PerssonRareMinerals.com While small...Wyoming Craton, part of the core of the ancient North American continent, covers a large portion of Colorado
Report (issue)
___________________ -_-----Lode and placer gold deposits, Mohave County _______________________ _ California ________________________...studies at Bodie ___________ _ Mother Lode, Amador County __________ _ Tertiary gravels, Nevada City area...- -North Carolina ___ ------------------Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba Coun ties _---Central North Carolina...Carolina _-------------Moore County __ ---------- -- ------South Carolina ____ -- __ - - ---- -- -----South...Virginia and North Carolina _______________________ _ Wyoming ___ ______________________ _ Platinum metals
Report (volume)
......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ar­ ticle, " T h e Quartz Crystals of Herkimer County and its Environs." I am interested in knowing whether...discarded batteries are a good substitute for the platinum wire. When heated and touched to either borax...pensive platinum wire or the practically useless nichrome wire formerly substi­ tuted for platinum. Edward...churchite should be added to the minerals from Burke County (page 187), and the photo of spessartine (fig­...page 200 is from the Ma­ gruder mine in Lincoln County rather than from Graves Mountain. Jennings Gordon
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...townagate, 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
Book
^/s^ 5 Mk^ THE •^4^5 ^old I?|inE? of Worth Carolina. Mkl Mkl Mki Mk •?4^# •^4^2 Mk '^4^J -^4^5...N. Y. York. C^ompaijy's propi^rty. McDowell County, N, C. Uwharrie River, Randolph, Davidson and Montgomery...EL DORADO aOLD 7, 1891 aEMS. and THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. IN JStoiies, iiolA and Many Rare...Marion by the North Carolina and northwestern Georgia is a record afternoon train, from the North, a few days...Marion, the County seat of the shopkeeper went to his safe and brought out an McDowell county in we,stern
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
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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Journal (issue)
erogers@geology-books.com • Poncha Springs, Colorado 81242 USA Phone: 719,539,4113 • Fax 719,539,4542 PO Box 455...l\1rquoise, Orogrande i'V\ining District. Otero County. New Mexico. PhoLOgraph by Debra Wilson, courtesy...fine tu r­ q u oise ever si nce. In San Bernadina County, over 200 w rquoise pro pect pits were fo und in...happened in t he B lack Hills with rhe Sioux, and in North C a rolina with the Cherokees. But si nce the two...periods of inactivity, it's unlikely that any other North American location can duplicate such an enduring
Report (issue)
IN NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES ...agencies for the general welfare of the dtizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts basic and applied research...Resources, at Post Office Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687, or call (919) 733-2423. Jeffrey...Chief Geologist GOLD NORTH CAROLINA IN . by P. Albert Carpenter III NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INFORMATION...INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
Report (volume)
North Carolina State Library Gift of "JYortk (^arolinti ^Ihranj 0 Digitized by the Internet Archive...in 2019 with funding from State Library of North Carolina https://archive.org/details/corundumperidoti01prat...OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT and JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS North Carolina State Library...Library Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY J. A. HOLMES, STATE GEOLOGIST VOLUME I CORUNDUM AND...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT AND JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA 1905
 
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