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| Houston, Texas 77036 ROBERT 0. FAY Oklahoma Geological Survey Norman, Oklahoma 73019 Downloaded by [The Aga...713 15th Street NW Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 OKLAHOMA Figure 1. Oklahoma counties. Mineral Locality...known for its gypsum crystals and barite roses, Oklahoma also boasts a variety of other species, including...unaware of the variety of minerals available from Oklahoma and think primarily of the prolific gypsum crystals...hundred years, extends into the northeast corner of Oklahoma and has produced notable specimens. Unfortunately |
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| besides samples of building stone, clays, and other quarry products. In many instances it has been necessary...gravel from points on Arkansas River in Kansas and Oklahoma, very similar in quality to the well-known Kaw...pinkish-gray granite in the basement of the new capitol building at St; Paul is reported to have been obtained...granite in the capitol at St. Paul, and the exterior of the handsome city hall and county court-house building...are some beds; especially toward the top of the quarry, in which the rock is of a darker shade, varying |
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| COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing.......... ¡ . ¡ . ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ....... -160 Microcline ....................................... ¡ ¡ ¡............................................. 170 County Index ...........................................from Washington and Bleck ley counties to Irwin county. Some minerals described herein have never been |
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| U-Pb geochronology of exposed basement rocks in Oklahoma R I C H A RE) ^ D ^ L E W I S " Department ...o m a are: Tishomingo Granite, 1,374 Âą 15 m.y.; Troy Granite, 1,399 Âą 95 m.y.; and Blue River Gneiss...plutonic rock units, an u n n a m e d granodiorite, the Troy Granite, the Tisho m i n g o Granite, and the Blue...(Taylor, 1 9 1 5 ; Uhl, 1932; Denison, 1973). T h e Troy Granite intrudes the unnamed granodiorite and is...ROCKS, OKLAHOMA TABLE 1. Rock unit Spavinaw Granite Tishomingo Granite Blue River gneiss Troy Granite |
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| xlineâcrystalline CALIFORNIA â From near Indian Pass, Imperial County, Calif, we have a deep blue dumortierite that was...large xled pinkish microcline. This fine 3x5 inch specimen comes from Teller County, Colorado. ARIZONA...was found July 2, 1959, near Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona." â sent in by Clyde N. Hall, Elbridge... Ball Ground is in the northern part of Cherokee County of Northern Georgia. ILLINOIS â An anonymous reader...the state). We never heard of geodes in Hardin County â the specimen sent in may represent an isolated |
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| Wilson County Contentnea Creek area Sims area Elm City area . Edgecombe and Nash Counties Pitt County Fountain...Northeast Piedmont Wake County Raleigh granite area , The city quarries The Sutton quarry . Other quarries The...The Crabtree quarry : Rolesville granite area Dimension stone quarry Lassiter quarry Wendell granite...granite area Abandoned quarry Other granite and granite-gneiss areas in Wake County Zebulon Wake Forest...CONTENTSâCONTINUED Vance County Greystone quarry Middleburg quarry : Other granite areas in Vance County Franklin County |
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| lithology in the section would be represented. The Capitol Dome and Victorio Canyon sections were sampled...examined and most (912) were point counted; from the Capitol Dome and Victorio Canyon sections, thin sections...the usage of El Paso Limestone westward into Luna County, New Mexico. Cloud and Barnes (1948) divided the...concentric oolites at the top of the Gorman in Reagan County, Texas. Hendricks (1964) interpreted the GormanHoneycut...and Marathon units with the Arbuckle Group in Oklahoma. Toomey (1964, 1%7), Flower (1964, 1969), and |
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| more. "The Glove Mine is located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, near the little town of Amado, on the...inches in length. They come from Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado (altitude of pocket where found over...size, comes from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Microcline {feldspar). Nice loose xls, averaging...received. These come from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Garnet (spessartite). Small but gemmy, deep...Locality is Ruby Mountain near Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colo. Topaz: Small, colorless gemmy xls in cavities |
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| ........ 57 57 58 59 59 60 61 62 62 63 64 64 Quarry methods............... ..........................age in the Minnesota River valley...... Big Stone County .....................................'...........Consolidated Granite Co. quarry................................ Aberdeen Granite Co. quarry..................................... Chippewa County................................................. Montevideo area................................... Yellow Medicine County.......................................... Granite |
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| nice black tourmaline xls associated with pink microcline, lustrous silvery muscovite, and smoky quartz...P. 206 (Dr. A. S. Furcron, Editor, 425 State Capitol, Atlanta 3, Ga.) I D A H O â We are indebted to...beautiful specimens have been gathHubbard (Brandywine) quarry in Wilm- ered in the past for jewelry. ington,...Georgia. The Cobb p:bbles have been found in Chicago, County specimen was collected by Bob Cook Co., III., on...away." Delphi is in the western part of Carroll County in the central part of the state. IOWA â A nice |
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| interesting one, is the rocks and minerals of your county or state. Itâs amazing how many people are ignorant...search ds rockhoun sides. Here two . California in quarry abandoned limestone It is usually easier to clean...the price was pegged at thirty-five dollars per troy ounce by the government. All this has changedâgold...do know that between 1792 and 1969, 316,770,000 troy ounces of gold were mined in the United States....become involved with various federal, state, and county laws and regulations regarding mining. For serious |
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| may be interested in his state's resources. The quarry operators and cut-stone dealers must bear the responsibility... . . . . . .. 27 16. REMOVING BLOCKS FROM A QUARRY LEDGE BY DRILLING AND WEDGING........... 28 17... . 29 19. A BOOM DERRICK COMl\fOXLY USED IN QUARRY OPERATIONS.................... 30 20. DIAGRAMMATIC..... . . . . . . . . ... 63 37. TI-IE STEARNS COUNTY COUHTHOUSE, ST. C L O U D . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68-69 40. QUARRY OF THE COLD SPRING GRANITE COMPANY SOUTHWEST OF |
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| ___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ Âą ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______ |
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| Conklin Famous mineral localities: the Gillette quarry, Had dam Neck, Connecticut . . . . . . . . . ....Tuolumne County; 3.18 cm (36) Tuolumne County; 2.54 cm, 1.9 cm (39) Seaton mine, Amador County; 12.07 cm...Dorado County; 1.5 cm (55) Grit mine, El Dorado County; 8.26 cm (60) Grit mine, El Dorado County; 4.76...Dorado County; 4.29 cm (62) Grit mine, El Dorado County; 2.22 cm (63) Grit mine, El Dorado County; 2.54...WEW Figure 3. Gold from the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California: shown on the facing page as no. 60 |
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| geology in 1816. Amos Eaton had surveyed Rensselaer County, N. Y., and the route of the Erie Canal; further...REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST In Troy, Orleans County, titaniferous magnetite had been discovered...deposits are noted in Coventry, Lowell, Westfield, Troy and Jay but no mention is made of the verd antique...value as a building stone." He notes that Essex County is practically all granite and gneiss. Gneiss he...resting upon the crystallines (Pre-Cambrian) in Essex County, N. Y., and was supposed for many years to be the |
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| Augusta, El Dorado, and at mileage 3288.0âMarion County line was crossed; a mile further (3289.0) was the...the river but we did not stop. 3306.0 milesâChase County line on U.S. 50S. 567 3307.0 milesâCeder Point...Hamm limestone quarry which we saw before but never stopped. 3446.2 milesâPark at quarry. No one was around...so we had it all to ourselves. Unfortunately the quarry did not look too interesting from a collector's...milesâWe turn right on U.S. 75. 3475.0 milesâJackson County line on U.S. 75. 3488.0 milesâIndian Reservation |
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| FRONTISPIECE PLATE I STONE MOUNTAIN, DEKALB COUNTY, GEOHGIA, I6 MILES NORTHEA T O F ATLANTA , 0 TilE...Heard County . . . . . . . 65-68 The Flat Rock Quarry . 66 The Wynn Quarry . . . . 6S Troup County . .... . . . . ⢠69-70 The Mountville Quarry ⢠70 Meriwether County . . . ⢠⢠70-SJ Granite ⢠o ⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠â˘...⢠7I The Tigner Quarry. . . . . . . . ⢠. 73 The Greenville Granite Company's Quarry 74 Flat Shoals ...77 Mrs. M. J. Hill's Property.-. . 77 The Odessa Quarry . . . . 78 Cedar Rock . . . . . . . So The H. W |
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| pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan...on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991). i i ⢠I...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? â â â â best occurrence..."specimen quality" questionable occurrence Angelina County Lufkin, 1 mile N of Lufkin in railroad cuts, in...(petrified wood) (Folk et al., 1961). Baylor County Aransas County Aransas Pass area, Intercoastal Canal |
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| on U. S. 30 in Pittsburgh. 712.3 miles â Beaver County Line (Perm.). 725.9 milesâWest Virginia Line on...part of Canton, a nice city and the county seat of Stark County, on our way out. 785.4 milesâThe Klinks...Tuscarawas River which we crossed. 800.1 milesâWayne County line. 814.8 milesâWooster, on U. S. 30. 820.2 milesâJefferson...silvery flakes of muscovite. 826.9 milesâAshland County line. 831.7 milesâWe turn right on Ohio 80. ROCKS...nice dark brown jasper pebble. 846.3 milesâLoraine County line. 856.2 miles â Black River crossedâ only about |
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| quarries................................ Caledonia County ........................................................ Grout quarry............................................. Kearney Hill quarry......................................... Burke quarry .......................... ................. Newark ...................... Gibson quarry ............................................ Morrison quarry ...................35 36 37 Italian quarry............................................ Tupper quarry ................. |
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| Allyndale quarry in North Canaan, from w h i c h came the marble for the Connecticut State Capitol; the sandstone...York City and elsewhere; and the Hoadley Neck quarry in Guilford, which furnished the granite base for...through out the United States. I n modern times, one quarry has been used by the Navy as an underwater sound...district, Danbury: barite, calcite, graphite, microcline. Marcelle Weber, a mineral collector for almost...construction, from Danbury just north of Agstone quarry to Iron Works district in Brookfield: albite, allanite |
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| R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Thomssen Design Wendell E. Wilson Graphic Production Capitol Communications, Crofton, MD Printing Waverly Press...the western slope of the Mosquito Range, in Lake County, Colorado, about 128 km (80 miles) southwest of...Henriette and Maid of Erin properties. In 1893 Lake County began to pro duce considerable gold, chiefly from...$4500 in gold computes to approximately 20 pounds troy of gold in a single pan, or about $74,000 at late |
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| beds, excavations, etc.ďžSelenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...ďžgray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.ďžpetrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: ď area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...minesďžColumbite, Gold, Silver, etc.; and (2) Old Marble Quarry on the Needles Hwy. 5.5 mi. NEďžScheelite, and deep |
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| Al SO/4 767 â AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near Creston...ÂŁ3 2x2 ÂŁ4.50 2x3 ÂŁ6.50 Feldspar 963 ALBITE Maine USA 811 ANATASE Tysse, Hardanger,Norway variety CLEA...ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...2x2ÂŁ10 2x3ÂŁ15 Gamet 50 ANDRADITE Franklin New Jersey USA Quite rich orange mass in matrix.. Minor willemitc...with minor calcite or matrix ½" ÂŁ4 7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvcdalcn near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate |
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| VI. A, Belle Island granite quarry and crusher; B, Smith granite quarry, 2 miles above Richmond, Va....McGowan granite quarry, 3 miles south of Manchester, Va.; B, Richmond Granite Co. quarry, 4 miles northwest...northwest of Richmond, Va. VIII. A, Granite quarry of J. A. McCloy, in western part of Richmond, Va.; B,...of Richmond and to the west, and in Chesterfield County, the rock'is at or near the surface, although it...inclosed blocks of banded granite gneiss in the McCloy quarry, 2 miles south of Manchester. The blocks are several |
