 | | 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...Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687, or call (919) 733-2423. Jeffrey C. Reid Chief Geologist GOLD NORTH...NORTH CAROLINA IN . by P. Albert Carpenter III NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29...29 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES |  | | 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...2 Uses 3 Mining Methods and Recovery 3 Gold in North Carolina 5 History of Mining 5 Production...Prospecting 7 10 Gold Deposits of North Carolina 12 Eastern Carolina Belt 12 Portis Mine 14 Other Mines |  | | Report (issue) | | 126? x-> n fi/c. 7£ Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W....457-0*4 9.1267 Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...rocks west of the Blue Ridge. 12 complex ores of gold, copper, lead, zinc, and silver in veins and 13...Mountain. Cobalt minerals with ores of 16 iron or gold have been reported in a few areas in the Piedmont |  | | Report (issue) | | returning it UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDl\IONT GEOLOGICAL...Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...__________________________________ _ History of mining ________________ ·__________________ _ Production...Production ________________________________________ _ Gold deposits _____________________________________ _ |  | | 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...Mica mining industry, for example, has brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2...York, has spent many months in explorations and mining for these mineral rarities, and has himself added...elsewhere. Hanna, of the U. S. Assay Office, Charlotte, I have obtained quite an extended list of mineral |  | | 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...some number of them not hitherto or, The Mica mining industry, elsewhere discovered iu America. great...with Mr. W. E. Hidden, of New explorations and mining for these mineral Among these, York, has spent |  | | Report (issue) | | Mineral-Production Maps of the Charlotte 1° X 2° Quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina The Conterminous...Mineral-Production Maps of the Charlotte 1° X 2 ° Quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina By J. E. Gair, Richard...Mines and mineral resources-North Carolina-Charlotte Region. South Carolina. I. Gair, Jacob Eugene, 1922-...lithotectonic belts in the Charlotte 1 °X2° quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina Schematic diagram for...6 11 TABLE Page TABLE 1. List of maps in Charlotte CUS~AP folio ------------------------------ |  | | Report (issue) | | 1B01YJ JH1lrL~ 11HHJ J\J-rAJii W1.sr B JY1111.Il • CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Field Trip Guidebook 1981 ... October 24-25, 1981 Gaffney, South Carolina - CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1981 OFFICERS +', . I...Schaeffer Duke'Power P.O •. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 0 Secretary-Treasurer: • S. Duncan...Department of Geology, Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27706 Chairman of the Membership Committee:...Department of Geology Catawba College Salisbury, No~th Carolina 28144 Field Trip Leaders: J. Wright Horton, |  | | 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 | | | Report (issue) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...GUMMITE IN GARNET RUBY CORUNDUM GOLD TORBERNITE GARNET IN MICA ANATASE RUTILE AJTUNITE AND TORBERNITE...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) | | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...arc varieties, variant names, etc. Native Elements Gold Silver Copper Platinum Nickel-Iron (Kamacite) (Tacnitc)...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com mon rock-making materials |  | | 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...Direct Connection with all Stock Exchanges by means of Gold and Stock Exchange Telegraph and Ticker. For...the Stock now being sold is to be Mines and Mining Land^, and for the further So resolved and guaranteed...EL DORADO aOLD 7, 1891 aEMS. and THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. IN JStoiies, iiolA and Many Rare |  | | Report (volume) | | minerals. Care should be taken in using color as a means of gem identification because it is not a constant...yellow corundum to colorless. Dyeing is another means of changing the natural color of a gem stone. This...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are: |  | | Report (issue) | | CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING AND FIELD TRIP NOVEMBER 8-10, 2013 SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA...THE CAROLINA TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ONE ARC, TWO ARCS, OLD ARC, NEW ARC THE CAROLINA TERRANE...TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS: James Hibbard and Jeff Pollock TRIP LEADERS: James Hibbard,...Ganis Carolina Geological Society Annual Meeting, November 8-10, 2013 Salisbury, North Carolina Carolina...Waddell University of South Carolina Allen Dennis University of South Carolina, Aiken Vice President William |  | | Report (issue) | | "Whatever is gold does not glitter. A gentle radiance belongs to the Friedrich Nietzsche, The Wanderer...5.1 cm high from Eagle's Nest mine in Placer County, Caifornia, USA Collection Marlin Zinn; photo Jeff...photo Left: A wall of gold bricks in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's gold vault Photo Robert Gambee...Crystallized gold from Canada Private collection; Jeff Scovil photo extraLapis English No. 5 Gold The Noble...International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...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. |  | | Report (issue) | | Inside back cover Monazite placers of North and South Carolina ........................................were mined in the Piedmont province of North and South Carolina from 1887 to 1911, and again intermittently...mineral mining in Florida. The southeastern placers were not exhausted by the earlier mining and new...Va., south-southwestward for 200 miles into North Carolina. Monazite-bearing rocks near. Rion, S. C.,...the placers that were formerly mined in North and South Carolina. These placers were sampled, and the monazite |  | | Report (issue) | | sillimanite, and andalusite____________ History of mining. _____________________________________________________...-__ _ ___________ Farmville district, Buckingham, Prince Edward, and Charlotte Counties .____ ___________...deposits Continued Virginia Continued Farmville district, etc. Continued Rock types Continued Other quartzose...Pegmatite Copper Gold _____-_ __-__ Slate __ . Halifax County Other localities North Carolina Hagers Mountain...Mountain, Person County.- _.______ Corbett deposit, Johnston County Burnsville-Swannanoa area, Buncombe, |  | | Journal (issue) | | probably some of the earliest ores prospected; mining of these metallic minerals has been done intermittently...province of Virginia. , k (1) The mineralized district in Prince William, Spotsylvania, Louisa, and Buckingham...possibly late Precambrian)age. (2) The Virgilina district is a mineralized area in the southern part of...southwestward from Maryland for more than 40 miles into north-central Virginia. These rocks, mapped as the upper...Arvonia Formation of Buckingham County (Brown, 1969). Base-metal and gold deposits in this belt were mined |  | | Report (issue) | | GOLD IN EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA , by Vernon J. Hurst University of Georgia with contributions by Kenneth... Cover photo: Mil8ing PDant, Parks GoUd Mine, McDuffie County, Georgia. Photo courtesy Georgia Department...Department of Archives and History. GOLD IN EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA by Vemon J. Hurst University of Georgia... . . . . . . . . . . . Historical Sketch of Gold Mining in Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. Synopsis of Gold Mining in the East-Central Georgia District. ......... ,............. |  | | Report (issue) | | CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1995 OFFICERS President Fred C. Beyer, Jr. Vice-President Ralph Willougby...individuals have helped in the preparations for the 1995 Carolina Geological Society Annual Meeting, Field Trip...recognize the contributors to volume 38 of South Carolina Geology, bound with this field guide. The reviewers...the right. 5 cm toothpick points approximately north on pavement surface. Outcrop is located off Forest...quadrangle. SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY VOLUME 37 1995 FIELD TRIP GUIDE FOR THE 1995 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY |  | | Report (issue) | | geologic . province 54 Ducktown district, Tennessee 60 District geology 60 Theories of origin 61...Sulfide deposits in the Piedmont 129 9. Mineral district, Virginia 133 10. Description of the ore bodies...sulfur isotope studies 145 Virginia gold-pyrite belt 170 Carolina slate belt polymetallic stratabound...Central North Carolina slate belt 177 Lincolnton-McCormick district, Georgia and South Carolina Other...slate belt deposits 188 191 Sulfur isotopes in Carolina slate belt 11. massive sulfides 191 Northern |  | | Report (volume) | | CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME GOLD AND TIN DEPOSITS· OF .THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...__________ __ __ ________ _ 31 Hi to r_v o f t in mining in th e Ca ro lin a . ____ . __ . _. _. ___ _ __... CONTENTS. 5 Economic geology-Continued. Page. Gold-Continued. Gold deposits ................ _. _. ___ .. ___... _. _.. _______ . ........ . _.. _... _. __ 75 Mining developments._ .... _._ .. _.... ..... .. _._....·___ ............. _. ___ . . . . . 75 Methods of mining. ______ ___ . ______ ........ _______ __ __ __ |  | | Report (issue) | | ouroiina Stare Library Raleigh C/ 3:80 6.£ NORTH CAROLINA jyje Q, Doc. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND...Geologist BULLETIN 80 Pyrophyllite Deposits in North Carolina by Jasper L. Stuckey RALEIGH 1967 Digitized...http://archive.org/details/pyrophyllitedepo1967stuc NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...Geologist BULLETIN 80 Pyrophyllite Deposits in North Carolina by Jasper L. Stuckey RALEIGH 1967 MEMBERS...Raleigh, North Carolina March 1,1967 To His Excellency, HONORABLE DAN K. MOORE Governor of North Carolina |  | | Report (volume) | | further subdivided by geographic areas (State and county) and by subjects, which include general, geology...the White Mountains, Mono County, Calif., and near Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nev. KYANITE Kyanite generally...Baker Mountain, Prince Edward County, and Willis Mountain, Buckingham County, in Virginia, and at Henry...Henry Knob, near Clover, York County, S.C. These are the only deposits now producing kyanite in the United...been produced only in very small amount in North Carolina (Stuckey, 1937, p. 75). The most promising |
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