 | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | time is Fodinae Regale . a history and survey of mining. wrinen at the request or Prince Rupert and the...history and general theory of mining. but Peuus is focused on contemporary mining practice. and the first pan...works in mineralogy, early surveys, paleontology, mining, meteoritics, regional geology, and old & new world...erogers@geology-books.com • Poncha Springs, Colorado 81242 USA Phone: 719,539,4113 • Fax 719,539,4542 PO Box 455...COVER: l\1rquoise, Orogrande i'V\ining District. Otero County. New Mexico. PhoLOgraph by Debra Wilson |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 09:35 10 October 2014 Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado O wing to its diverse paragenesis and...zircon crystals from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...fine 7 × 13-cm zircon on quartz specimen from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen...syenite in the Litchfield-Gardiner area, Kennebec County (King and Foord 1994). Zircon crystals to 2.5 cm...Mineville, Essex County, and crystallized specimens have been collected at Deer Hill, Orange County, and at Fine |  | | 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...THULITE AND PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ,~O...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES David M. Seaman American Museum of Natural History, New York...whereas the almandite-spessartites found in granite pegmatite are predominently trapezohedral crystals or else...Dakota. Twenty pound crystals have been found in North Carolina. A large nine inch diameter crystal was found...The crystals occur most frequently in common pegmatite with microcline and orthoclase as the chief feldspars...material in the United States was at the Rutherford mine near Amelia Courthouse, Virginia, where large amounts |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with miners at the Freeman Zircon mine, near Tuxedo, Henderson County, North Carolina, in 1886–87. Photo...Museum of Henderson County, in North Carolina and the Colburn Earth Science Museum, in Ashville, North Carolina...Collections North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences 11 West Jones Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 christopher...gov 5HDO1DPHV C entral to the history of North Carolina geology and mineral production is the regional...vicinity of the town of Hiddenite, in Alexander County (figs. 2 and 3). The story is bolstered by some |  | | Journal (issue) | | Golden Topaz, 3.5 inches, from Katlang, Mardan District, Pakistan; Freilich Collection. OPENING SPREAD:...Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho; Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite...Fluorite from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway;...in Calcite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia; Novacekite from the Brumado mine, Brazil; Elbaite from Nuristan...San Benito County, California; Spinel from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald from the Coscuez mine, Colombia. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Finger) and LKA Emeralds, Hiddenite, Alexander County, NC Go On Public Exhibit in New York City. Emeralds................................... 2 Independence Mine, .................................................................................. 2 Himalaya pegmatite,.................................................................................. 2 Unnamed pegmatite occurrence, Volcan Mountains ........................................ 3 Little Three Mine,.......................................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | c C.2 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF...BULLETIN NUMBER 66 THE SCRAP MICA RESOURCES of NORTH CAROLINA BY SAM D. BROADHURST AND LEWIS J. HASH PREPARED...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1953 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...BULLETIN NUMBER 66 THE SCRAP MICA RESOURCES of NORTH CAROLINA By SAM D. BROADHURST and LEWIS J. HASH PREPARED...Raleigh, North Carolina March 25, 1953 To His Excellency, HONORABLE WM. B. UMSTEAD Governor of North Carolina |  | | 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...1. Early Explorers 9 2. Early Mines 11 3. Iron Mining 15 4. Cranberry Forge 19 5. Gem Mecca 23 6. Gold |  | Simmons, William B., Falster, Alexander U., Nizamoff, James W., Freeman, Gary (2019) Giant spodumene and montebrasite crystals from the Plumbago North pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine. The Canadian Mineralogist, 57 (5) 795-797 doi:10.3749/canmin.ab00024 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MONTEBRASITE CRYSTALS FROM THE PLUMBAGO NORTH PEGMATITE, OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE WILLIAM B. SIMMONS§ AND ALEXANDER...Bethel, Maine, USA JAMES W. NIZAMOFF 64 Mineral Drive, Hebron, Maine, USA GARY FREEMAN Freeman Resources...South Paris, Maine, USA Keywords: giant crystals, spodumene, montebrasite, Plumbago North, Maine. INTRODUCTION...spodumene-bearing pegmatite was recently exposed on the north side of Plumbago Mountain, Oxford County, Maine.... The pegmatite is spodumenerich and is potentially a significant new Li resource. The site is in a remote |  | | Report (volume) | | VVrather, Director Bulletin 952 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1944 and 1945 BY EMMA MERTINS...e tat ~ * Page 1 3 7 15 205 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1944 and 1945 By EMMA MERTINS THOM...THOM INTRODUCTION The bibliography of North American geology, including paleontology, petrology, and...publications on the geology of the Continent of North America and adjacent islands and on Panama, the...index to the literature cited. The bibliography of North American geology to the end of 1943 is contained |  | | Journal (issue) | | Treasures Issue! $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to be the world’s...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals...and Judy Farnham Fine Gems International Richard Freeman Brice and Christophe Gobin Cal and Kerith Graeber |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite...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. |  | Price, Jonathan G., Henry, Christopher D., Castor, Stephen B., Garside, Larry, Faulds, James E. (1999) Geology of Nevada With excellent rock exposures in the desert, generally good access to collecting localities on public lands, and fine tourist attractions in the towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. Rocks & Minerals, 74 (6) 357-363 doi:10.1080/00357529909605171 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the motion between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. Th e San Andreas Fault takes u p... From figure 1, one can see that the generally north-south trend of mountain ranges in most of Nevada...into Earth's mantle) of oceanic plates beneath the North American Plate and, in northern Nevada. by motion...originated from subduction along the west coast of North America. Much of the granite in the Sierra Nevada...near Ely in White Pine County; copper-molybdenum ores north of Tonopah in Nye County: and tungsten ores in |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | symbol to promote outstanding aspects of their county or state. Approval is usually not difficult because...ALABAMA: Star Blue Quartz Alabama State Senator Don Hale proposed that star blue quartz be named the state...29 March 1990 through Act No. 90-203. Star blue quartz is found only in a 32 × 80-kilometer rectangular...least 1966. Fist-sized nuggets of anhedral blue quartz with an opalescent or waxy luster have been found...excavations 36 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 1. Rough blue quartz, 7 cm across, from the Inner Piedmont Province |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA. 2 Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, University...Drive East, Box 951567, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA. Corresponding author: Wriju Chowdhury (wchowdhu@ur...Norway, Paicoma Canyon, California and Freeman Mine, North Carolina. Our results present direct evidence...comparison between Hadean and modern zircons. The pegmatite zircons return calculated melt values that are...pegmatitic zircons from Norway, California and North Carolina have also Journal Pre-proof been presented |  | | 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) | | other pegmatite district in North America with significant gem production is in San Diego County of southern...element" pegmatites and grouped them into two pegmatite "fields". The Brunswick field is located along...interesting. It was the pioneering feldspar mining district in Maine. The Oxford field is much larger and...and comprises nine series. Cerny's model of pegmatite petrogenesis envisions a parent pluton of fertile...in rare elements. At least superficially the pegmatite series of the Oxford field corresponds to this |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................. North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | plumes of debris at the mouths of over one hundred mine openings. Imbedded solidly in mica schist, the treasure...and, similarly, in the gem gravels of the Mogok district of Burma. Emeralds, especially, were known to...withstood the ravages of time. It is probable that mining for emerald commenced as early as twenty-five hundred...Left, Patricia Emerald (629 carats) from the Chivor mine, Colombia. Main crystal is a perfectly formed 12-sided...MINERALS Figure 6: Aquamarine on feldspar and quartz, Case Pros pect, Connecticut. Largest crystal |  | | Report (volume) | | Bibliography of North American Geology, 1950-1959 PART 2. INDEX VOLUME 3 : A-L GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...BULLETIN 1195 Bibliography of North American Geology, 1950-1959 By RUTH REECE KING, ELISABETH S....the future: Just, E. ing: Burwell, E. B., Jr., 4. Mining geology, retrospect and Index fossils: Stephenson..., 6. T. B., 2. Magmatic vs. metamorphic source North America, western, paleoof ores: Hawley, J. E., 11...evolutionary extinction L. R., 6. factors: Coleman, R. H. North Dakota, petroleum: Laird, Management look at the |
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