 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...the commercial mining of these, such as gold, corundum, mica, and monazite. There have been, however...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...following: Diamond Spodumene Hiddenite Kunzite Corundum Ruby Sapphire Oriental Emerald Oriental Amethyst...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite |  | | 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...titanium, uranium, cerium, lanthanum and yttrium. The corundum mines, iu the chrysolite ledges of the mountain...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished |  | | 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...uranium, cerium, lanthanum and tions yttrium. The corundum mines, in the chrysolite ledges of the gion...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably |  | | 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) | | Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE IN GARNET RUBY CORUNDUM GOLD...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...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT | | | 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 (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) | | NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT HARGROVE BOWLES, JR., DIRECTOR DIVISION...GEOLOGIST Circular 17 BERYL OCCURRENCES IN NORTH CAROLINA BY WILLIAM F WILSON Ooc RALEIGH 1962 CONTENTS...USESo 8 o . . . BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN NORTH CAROLINA 9 Varieties * o ••••••••.• Mode of Occurrencec...RESOURCES IN NORTH CAROLINA . H OCCURRENCES OF BERYL IN NORTH CAROLINA. 13 Alexander County ...•••••...••.• Ashe County,* ... 0 o * * • o o Burke County* • * • . • . • • • * • • Catawba County* • « . » * |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Riddle's Mill Dist. (gold deposits) of Talladega County, Ala. It is 8l/ 2 x 11 and sells for Si, we believe...the writer visited a corundum prospect in the Sacaton Mountains, 10 miles north of Casa Grande (Pinal...(Pinal Co.), Ariz. The corundum deposit is a small lens in granodiorite which has been prospected in several...although the deposit cannot be seen in place. "Corundum occurs as radiating bladed crystals up to an inch...pocket. The corundum is drab grey in color. Rutile is especially common with the corundum. It occurs as |  | | 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 (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) | | Crystalline Rocks in the Shelby Quadrangle North Carolina 1 ___j________________ o GEOLOGICAL !-i...Crystalline Rocks in the Shelby Quadrangle North Carolina By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET, ROBERT G. YATES and...the Shelby quadrangle, North Carolina.-,. FIGUBB 1. Index map of North Carolina showing location of the...crystalline rocks in the Shelby quadrangle, North Carolina._ 2. Sizes of the common heavy minerals in...drainage basin of Knob Creek, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 3. Color of monazite__-_-__-__-_--___ |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 13, Kans. "This petrified wood came from Barber County, Kansas. I am not sure of its exact location but...vein in a road cut approx. 1 mile east of road on north side of Beltway, Baltimore Co., Md. "There is a...the talc mine at Balmat, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y. NORTH C A R O L I N A - ' ! am sending you a specimen...told that it is composed of fuchsite and pink corundum. I have also been told that it is highly fluorescent...xline corundum, but is not fluorescent. Union Mills is in Rutherford County of S.W. North Carolina. NORTH |  | | Report (volume) | | Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral indicate...rated as 10, is many times harder than corundum, rated as 9. Corundum is placed next to diamond only because...all other green stones (Smith, 1949, p. 175). Corundum was referred to as "oriental" because the first...pale-green beryl to blue, violet corundum to rose pink, and yellow corundum to colorless. Dyeing is another...as synthetic alexandrite is actually synthetic corundum. A stone of simple chemical composition generally |  | | 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...CONTENTS Page Kyanite deposits Continued North Carolina-South Carolina Continued Kings Mountain district, etc |  | | Report (volume) | | _____ _ ______ ___ __ _ _______ _ ____ _ South Carolina ____ _ _____ _ ___ __ _ __ _____ _____ _ Florida...monazite-bearing samples from the Coastal Plain of South Carolina _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Map showing... Aiken County, S.C.-----------------5. Suction dredge of the National Lead Co., Duval County, Fla. 6...spirals at the plant of the National Lead Co., Duval County, Fla.-------------------7. Concentrating plant...of the E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co. in Clay County, Fla. ----------------------8. Suction dredge of |  | | 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...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...n t h e e a r l y 1840's i n b o t h N o r t h Carolina and Georgia. C r y s t a l s were recovered f |  | | 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....Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found in...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 |  | | 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...Emerald 33 9. Mica Mining 37 10. Feldspar 55 11. Corundum 61 12. Copper Mining 69 13. Graphite, Chromite |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | North Carolina State Library jleigh ( f t NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN RALEIGH...RALEIGH 1958 G. CONRAD Norffe Carolir* St** NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN G. CONRAD...Jefferson F. J. BOLING Siler City H. C. BUCHAN, JR North Wilkesboro SCROOP W. ENLOE, JR Spruce Pine VOIT |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...to list more than fifteen hundred localities in North America where gems can be found. This is the only...amateurs alike had not gone out to every corner of North America, discovered the rich gem resources of the...Colorado; and Professor Jack Hanahan of Belmont, North Carolina, with locations in their respective states...venture every year into the mountains and deserts of North America, they enjoy not only the pleasure of seeking |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |
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