 | | Report (issue) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...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) | | ......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | photo March/April: Fluorite, Dow Scar vein, Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England; Jesse Fisher specimen...May/June: Uvite, Powers farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York; Steven C. Chamberlain specimen, Michael... and albite, Kestral Pocket, Smoky Hawk mine, Teller County, Colorado; Martin Zinn specimen, Jeff Scovil...September/October: Gold and quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California; Scott Rudolph specimen, Jeff...York City, New York County, New York State, R. B. Cook, 244–52 Amethyst, South Carolina, 66–68 Amphibolite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | northeast near Jamestown in Cherokee County is another lead mine." ARIZONA—A letter dated Sept. 17, 1953...his letter, dated Aug. 19, 1953, writes:— "An old mine near here had cavities in it that contained a sandlike...the Navajo Indian Reservation north of this community (in Apache County) with "high hopes" of finding...Chromrutile, has been found at the Red Ledge chromite mine in the Washington mining district of Nevada Co....clear, but presumably it was around 1949. Red Ledge mine was originally developed as a gold-bearing property |  | | 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....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bulldog Tunnel of the Inspiration copper mine. The Live Oak copper mine of the same company (Inspiration Copper...crystals found in the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville, Eldorado County, California. What your correspondent...interest. I happen to be a part owner of the Josephine Mine, and acted as Engineer and Geologist during the...avoid hauling the waste rock to the surface. The mine has been closed for a year and the air now is so...most beautiful sight that I have encountered in any mine. It greatly enriched my mineral collection as far |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | black botryoidal hematite from a working strip iron mine at Brookwood, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala. ALASKA—Some of...collection. This unusual xl, is from near Avant, north-western Garland Co., Arkansas."—item sent in by...Brooklyn mine and adjacent prospects in the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo.,...biotite schist was found in a road cut on the little North Fork of the Clearwater River in Elk River (Clearwater...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | subduction of oceanic crust beneath the western coast of North America. In the northern Great Basin, most of the...volcanic arc that formed along the western coast of North America between about 22 to 4 Ma. By contrast, the...gold-silver deposits in the northern Great Basin (north of latitude 37°30'N). The focus is on variations...the northern Nevada rift. The heavy star at the north end of the rift is the McDermitt caldera (M) and...Farallon plate that was being subducted beneath North America) at the different times indicated. Shaded |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ocean near Pigeon Point Lighthouse in San Mateo County, Calif. The sample is a medium grained, pale reddish...with small amounts of black magnetite and black ilmenite. "A whole new world has opened up for me since...could be spotted. Curtis Corner is in Amdroscoggin County of S. W . Maine. Pink sand from Cushing, Okla....cover I am sending you the following sand samples:—ilmenite (black), monazite (pale brown), rutile (black)...physical provinces, the Piedmont region to the north and the Coastal Plain to the south. "The valley |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1"" Josephine County had the greatest produotlon with a total ot ,,422 tonso Curry County produoed '4,...20-24 will be round-table .e.tings ot .trategio mine~al produ.era, •• peoial~ tho.e operating under government...OREGON MINE REJUVENATED The Pyx Mine, a gold prosp.ot in the Greenhorn Distriot ot Grant County, Or.gon...is. Ward L. Hill i. g.n.ral manager, Gl.n Ingle., mine .up.rintendent, and frank KolkoY, mill superintend...*****************. BONANZA QUICKSILVER MINE REOPENS A. r.ported previously in fh. Or'o-Bin, the Bonanza quioksilv |  | | Report (volume) | | byproduct of the mining of other minerals, such as ilmenite or gold, and even now the economics of producjng...byproduct of ilmenite mining. Monazite was mined from stream placers in western North and South Carolina in the...northern Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology Pamph. 99, 24 p. Between North Fork and Shoup...Shoup, Idaho, immediately north of the Salmon River, several thin beds of marble are interbedded with the...monazite are actinolite, barite, siderite, apatite, ilmenite and magnetite. A genetic interpretation involves |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lime, Baker County, and announced additions to their quarry facilities at Dallas, Polk County. According...Wingville on the Union Pacific Railroad 4 miles north of Baker and announced that Q 30-car siding was...A.. c..,:, Proposed Plant ~ New Mine ._ .- ., ~ P r.1oposed Mine H • X UI Exploration Area Il "...high-grade limestone from their quarry at Durkee, Baker County. The bulk of their production went to sugar refineries...operated its Marble Mountain quarry, Josephine County, at full capacity and trucked crushed limestone |  | | Book (volume) | | .......................................346 North Carolina ........................................................................................356 North Dakota ...............................................................................427 South Carolina ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ............................... |  | | Report (volume) | | the Albemarle Group of the Carolina slate belt in central North Carolina, by Arvid A. Stromquist and...Black. (F) The Reany Creek Formation, Marquette County, Michigan, by Willard P. Puffett. (G) The Aguada...Formation in the southeastern Kaiparowits region, Kane County, Utah, by Fred Peterson. (K) Summary of Cretaceous...Triassic) and Sundance (Upper Jurassic) Formations in north-central Colorado, by G. N. Pipiringos, W. J. Hail...Paleozoic formations of the Mountain City area, Elko County, Nevada, by R. R. Coats________________________________________ |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | .......................................295 North Carolina ........................................................................................302 North Dakota ...............................................................................366 South Carolina ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham |  | | Book (volume) | | .......................................295 North Carolina ........................................................................................302 North Dakota ...............................................................................366 South Carolina ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | physical provinces, the Piedmont region to the north and the Coastal Plain to the south. "The valley...garnet, tourmaline, rutile, zircon, staurolite, ilmenite, and monazite. The greatest concentration of heavy...Aiken, S. C. Horse Creek is in Aiken County of western South Carolina. All of the sands received are fine...Forty Years I have followed 'Canary' That one 'bonanza' we've sought: Though we just managed Bacon & Beans |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Journal (issue) | | Nugget," collected in 1865 at the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California, by Jules Fricot and donated...providing information and photos. The article on North Carolina gold is not intended to be as com prehensive...the subsequent search for specimens, two fine North Carolina thumbnails were found at Har vard and graciously...Harper’s article. John Dysart, Manager of the Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site, sent much additional information...provided a review of gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, Peter Bancroft provides a report on a new specimen |  | | Report (volume) | | and indexes, particularly the "Bibliographies of North American Geology," covering 1785-1957. These were...recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would be classed as...feldspar, and mica, occur in some form in every county in the State. Among mineralogists, Colorado is...mineral belt that extends southwestward from Boulder County to the southern limits of the San Juan Mountains...minerals in the lava flows of North and South Table Mountains, lefferson County, the contact-metamorphic minerals |  | | Report (issue) | | l-A. Sierra Blanca limestone in Santa Barbara County, CaliW. Walker. 1950. 5 pp., 1 pi. Price 25*. ...Price 25tf. Commercial "black granite" of San Diego County, California, by Richard A. Hoppin and L. A. Norman...of the San Dieguito pyrophyllite area, San Diego County, California, by Richard H. Jahns and John F. Lance...Price 25*. Geology of Bitterwater Creek area, Kern County, California, by Henry H. Heikkila and George M...lithium-bearing pegmatites of the Pala district, San Diego County, California, by Richard H. 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