 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can |  | | Report (issue) | | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of North Carolina ..... 67 Table 12 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of South Carolina ..... 85 Table 15 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of north-central New York........................65 Figure...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of North Carolina................................77 Figure 17...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of South Carolina. ............*......*...........86 Figure 20. |  | | 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 (issue) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...CORUNDUM GOLD TORBERNITE GARNET IN MICA ANATASE RUTILE AJTUNITE AND TORBERNITE THULITE AND PYRITE...MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ,~O NOT REMOVE. fROM LIBRARY...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 | | | 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 |  | | 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; |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | her death has left vacancies from Wildacres, North Carolina, to Rochester, New York, to Baltimore, Maryland...January through March Micromounting, at least in North America, starts in California, and normally it begins...the McDermitt Mine Update: Geology, Microminerals, and Fun. The McDermitt is a mercury mine located in the...The Copper World and Mohawk Mines, San Bernardino County, California. That led into lunch, followed by the...participants: Lead Mountain, Blue Bell, or Bagdad-Chase, with the Blue Bell mine being chosen. The mine is a lead |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m |  | | Book (edition) | | Epidote, etc Axinite 282 Danburite, lolite 286 Mica Group Scapolite Group 287 292 293 286 Nephelite... III. Crystalline 468 B. Containing Feldspar, Mica, Leucite, Nephelite, Sodalite, or other related...Alkali-bearing a. b. 469 species 469 Potash-Feldspar and Mica Series Potash -Feldspar and Hornblende or Pyroxene...or without Augite 479 e. Soda-Lime-Feldspar and Mica Series 480 /. Soda-Lime-Feldspar and Hornblende...scribed on mica or a glazed card, and graduated. The arms might but for also be made of stiff card mica, bone |  | | Book (volume) | | NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinating—and the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines and...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather |  | | 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 (edition) | | of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...localities, the Grace mine in Berks County, the Stillwell quarry in Lancaster County, and the Medusa Cement...Cement Company quarry in York County, are now This fourth printing is essentially closed to collectors...Adams County 23 Allegheny County 31 . Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Clinton County Cumberland County Dauphin County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County |  | | Report (edition) | | .... . .. . Adams County .... . .. ... ............... . . ... . Allegheny County .... . ...... . ............ . Armstrong County . . . . . . .. . .... ........ .. . .. . Berks County ..... . ..... ......... ...... . Blair County . . .. . ... ... . . .. . .... ........... . Carbon County ..... ..... .............. . Cl1ester County .... . . . .... ... ........... . .. . Cumberland County ...... . ..... . ....... . . Delaware County ... . .. .... . . . .... . . . .. . . . .. . Fulton County . ...... .. . . . |  | | Book (edition) | | ^ fe o -• vO y MINERALOGY AND MINING. Mine Accidents —Ventilation — Ore Dressing, Etc. DESCRIPTIVE...lific of valuable treats and advice." PRACTICAL MINE VENTILATION. WILSON. For the Use of Mining Engineers...above, there is also the department of Economic Mine) alogy, which is not here and (3) in the coarser...dodecahedron. The brownish-black mineral in the mica from Pennsbury, Pa., is magnetite in this form (f...hornblende and pyroxene, and of various kinds of mica are also at times observed associated in parallel |  | | Book (edition) | | dodecahedron. The brownish-black mineral in the mica from Pennsbury, Pa., is magnetite in this form (f...hornblende and pyroxene, and of various kinds of mica are also at times observed associated in parallel...described a similar occurrence from "Specimen Mountain," in the Yellowstone Park ; the form is shown...minerals, appearing, for example, in the Pennsbury mica; quartz is also often mechanically mixed, as in...varieties of gypsum, talc, etc. the is to folia ceous. Mica is a striking structure said be easily separable |  | | Book (volume) | | localities from is time diamonds had been north to in in thin a the beds of the of majority...find Kimberley. Colony The projected the Du mine, serpentine and and where absence beginnings...and depths therefore in rush the afterwards mine, completely brecciated and fragmented, to in...discovered at of Vaal Kimberley mine when steam magnesium silicate, mine, and water funnel all of...to famous weathering unknown the Their and mine the and India, shown at the Paris Exhibition |
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Ray Mica Mine, Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA