 | | Report (volume) | | Wilderness Study Area and Extension, Buncombe County, North Carolina By F. G. LESURE and A. E. GROSZ, U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Wilderness Study Area and Extension, Bunc1m County, North Carolina. (Geological Survey bulletin ; 1515) Bibliography:...I 19.3:1515 1. Mines and mineral resources-North Carolina-Buncombe Co. I. Grosz, Andrew E., jof author...Mountain Wilderness Study Area and Extension, North Carolina, that is being considered for wilderness designation...studied is in the Pisgah National Forest in Buncombe County. CONTENTS Page Summary ------------------- |  | | Book | | MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright ©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...7. Early Economy 31 8. Hiddenite & Emerald 33 9. Mica Mining 37 10. Feldspar 55 11. Corundum 61 12. Copper |  | | Report (volume) | | Pine District ! Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN \ Prepared...with the Min\ eral Resources Division of the North \ Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...Pine District Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties North Carolina By DONALD A. BROBST ! CONTRIBUTIONS...with the Mineral Resources Division of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...__________________ Mica gneiss_____________________________________________ Mica schist-____________ |  | | Report (issue) | | c\ NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF MINERAL...Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT BY JOHN M. PARKER, III GEOLOGICAL...SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF...Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT By M. PARKER, III Geological...BETWEEN THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT |  | | Report (issue) | | c C.2 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF...GEOLOGIST BULLETIN NUMBER 66 THE SCRAP MICA RESOURCES of NORTH CAROLINA BY SAM D. BROADHURST AND LEWIS J....TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1953 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...Geologist BULLETIN NUMBER 66 THE SCRAP MICA RESOURCES of NORTH CAROLINA By SAM D. BROADHURST and LEWIS J...Spruce Pine BUXTON WHITE Elizabeth City LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Raleigh, North Carolina March 25, 1953 |  | | Report (issue) | | Slate __ . Halifax County Other localities North Carolina Hagers Mountain, Person County.- _.______ Corbett...Corbett deposit, Johnston County Burnsville-Swannanoa area, Buncombe, Yancey, and Mitchell Counties ________...________ ____ Rutherford County Other localities North Carolina-South Carolina Kings Mountain district, Cleveland...Cleveland, Gaston, and Lincoln Counties, N.C., and York County, S.C. ._ __-__ ____ --- ---General geology Rock...___ Hornblende gneiss Metatonalite Metagabbro White mica schist Schistose pyroclastic rock Chloritoid |  | | 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) | | 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...Exploration Administration Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina By FRANK G. LESURE GEOLOGICAL... Work done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development... Lower Precambrian basement complex.___________ Mica and hornblende gneiss and schist-_______ Layered |  | | 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 (volume) | | Knoxville 1 °X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Knoxville 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°X2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina I by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [et al...Geology- Tennessee. 2. Geology-North Carolina. 3. Geology-South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources-...and mineral resources-North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II |  | | Report (issue) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...GARNET RUBY CORUNDUM GOLD TORBERNITE GARNET IN MICA ANATASE RUTILE AJTUNITE AND TORBERNITE THULITE...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...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and | | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | observation that most almandite garnets which are found in mica schists are either simple dodecahedral crystals...Dakota. Twenty pound crystals have been found in North Carolina. A large nine inch diameter crystal was found...material in the United States was at the Rutherford mine near Amelia Courthouse, Virginia, where large amounts...Chester and Delaware counties, Pennsylvania ; in North Carolina, and elsewhere. A large pod of intergrown spessartite...was encountered in the Mica Lode pegmatite near the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Common in |  | | Report (issue) | | MICA, GRAPHITE, ETC. MICA DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA/ By DOUGLAS B. STERKETT. INTRODUCTION.... Though one of the lesser minerals, mica is of considerable importance in the industrial world. It receives...coverings, fireproof apparatus, etc. About half of the mica consumed in the United States is of home production... with smaller amounts of phlogopite, or "amber" mica, from Canada. The States contributing to the home...relative rank, are given by G. CK Smith 6 as North Carolina, Colorado, New Hampshire, Georgia, South Dakota |  | 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) | | Knoxville 1°x2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°x2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [etaf...Geology—Tennessee. 2. Geology—North Carolina. 3. Geology—South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources—Tennessee...and mineral resources—North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II...District 47 Cashiers District 47 Feldspar 47 Kaolin 48 Mica 48 Quartz 49 Zircon 49 Other Industrial Minerals |  | | 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. |  | | 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...discovered The Mica mining industry, for example, has brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA...CAROLINA. 2 many new and rare species. The Mica veins carry a and complex combinations than those of any...number larger of rare RARE MINERALS FOUND IN THE MICA MINES. Samarskite, TJrarinite, Pvrochlore, Idatchettolite |  | | 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...minerals, some number of them not hitherto or, The Mica mining industry, elsewhere discovered iu America...for number of rare and comlarger carry a veins The Mica species. of them of great interest, and a Among |  | | Report (volume) | | deposits of the Nightingale district, Pershing County, Nev., by W. C. Smith and P. W. Guild (published........ Topaz deposits near the Brewer mine, Chesterfield County, S. C., by Carl Pries, Jr. (published...quicksilver deposits of the Del Puerto area, Stanislaus County, Calif., by H. E. Hawkes, Jr., F. G. Wells, and...Quicksilver deposits near the Little Missouri River, Pike County, Ark., by David Gallagher (published in October...Pershing County, Nev.................................. In pocket Geologic map of the Nightingale mine area |  | | Report (issue) | | i^orth Caro...ia ^.aie Library Raleigh NORTH ^c CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 58 Halloysite Deposits of Western North Carolina BY CHARLES E. HUNTER AND LEWIS J. HASH...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY In Cooperation with NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...Raleigh, North Carolina April 22, 1949 To His Excellency, Ron. W. Kerr Scott Governor of North Carolina...Bulletin 58, "Halloysite Deposits of Western North Carolina." This bulletin is another in the series being |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...commercial mining of these, such as gold, corundum, mica, and monazite. There have been, however, certain...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...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | “up” Cane Branch near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina. His lean and sinewy frame suggested...physique and for good reason. Luther began mining for mica with his father at age nine. They would leave their...five to ten miles over the hills to a prospect or mine, labor until dark, and then walk home, only to repeat...afterward. In fact, hardly any roads existed in Yancey County in those days, only well-worn foot trails. No...began his career driving steel in a local pegmatite mine for ten cents an hour. He soon moved up to a higher-paying |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pegmatites are a valuable part of North Carolina's natural heritage, important both for their commercial...mineral enthusiasts. Pegmatites and Alaskites OF NORTH CAROLINA JOHN C A L L A H A N Geology Department Appalachian...Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina 28608 P E G M A T I T E S A R E O N E O F T H E most...important types of rocks found in North Carolina. Extraction of feldspar, mica, quartz, spo dumene, and clay...hundreds of pegmatites, mainly located in western North Carolina, to try their luck in finding over a hundred |
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