 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COWEE VALLEY, NORTH CAROLINA By MELBOURNE SMITH Cashiers, N o r t h Carolina The Ruby Valley of Western...Western North Carolina, along Cowee Creek and its tributaries, enjoyed a brief hope during the summer of...of 1949 that mining operations in its ruby-bearing gravels might soon be revived after a lapse of 35 years...shaped corundum crystals ranging from translucent ruby, pink and mauve crystals, through all shades of...was finally abandoned in 1914 by the Consolidated Ruby Mining Co., of New York. A New York Collector and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the ma jestic Nantahala Mountains of Western North Carolina. Into the lower end of the valley moves a small...bring fame and possession of precious jewels of ruby or sapphire. No ordinary band of prospectors, this...one of the 23 gem and mineral mines in Macon County, North Carolina. And this might very well be the day...wide variety of gem stones here include even the "North Car olina diamond" for April. Those who simply...the whole adventure memorable. There are eighty ruby mines in the Cowee Valley, along the ancient chan |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | No. 1380. OCCURRENCE DUM AND IN NORTH By DISTRIBUTION CAROLINA AND OF CORUN GEORGIA.* JOSEPH..., to northeastern Georgia and southwestern North Carolina, with the exception of the emery mines at Chester...oriental sapphire, the red sapphire as the oriental ruby, t h e green sapphire as the oriental emerald, the...abrasive purposes, notably at the Corundum Hill mine, Cullasagee, N. C. Corundum as it is mined for abrasive...of one surpasses that of the other. The Nbrth Carolina locality for corundum gems which at the present |  | | Report (volume) | | be changed by heat treatment or dyeing. Only the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of...or two of these qualities. The diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire are considered precious gems. Some...canary yellow in the diamond; pigeon-blood red in the ruby; cornflower blue in the sapphire; and grass green...price of a gem stone. Such gems as the diamond and ruby are rare, in addition to being beautiful and durable...the deep redpyrope garnet closely resembles the ruby in color, there is no comparison in expense and |  | | Report (issue) | | Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE IN GARNET RUBY CORUNDUM...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) | | ... ..-....................._......... Oriental ruby .........--...........'-...'................................................................ North Carolina sapphires^......... ..........._.................... North Carolina..... .... ........................... ................. Macon County .............,.._, Sheffield mine .......... .......... .1...................... Clay County.. ........................................ Buck Creek or Cullakeenee mine.......................... Blue Ridge corundum tracts |  | | Report (volume) | | North Carolina State Library Gift of "JYortk (^arolinti ^Ihranj 0 Digitized by the Internet Archive...in 2019 with funding from State Library of North Carolina https://archive.org/details/corundumperidoti01prat...OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT and JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS North Carolina State Library...Library Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY J. A. HOLMES, STATE GEOLOGIST VOLUME I CORUNDUM AND...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT AND JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA 1905 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vol. XII. On a new mode of oecurre~we of Ruby iu North Caroli~ta. B) Prof. J. W. JUDD, C.B., LL.D...1899:] of the State of North Carolina, with adjoining areas in South p ARTS Carolina and Georgia, have long...area from Alabama in the south to Maine in the north. Quite recently Dr. J. H. Pratt has published a...Corundum associated with the Peridotitvs of North Carolina." But of the existence in any part of this...transparent variety of the mineral, which the term Ruby is properly restricted, there appears to h a v e |  | | Report (volume) | | --......'. Ruby--.----.-..--...-.......-...-...---------------...-.-.-.--.. North Carolina __________................................._........... North Carolina ___..__._....._..._______..__._.____..._.____...........^....................... 116 116 North Carolina .............................................--.......-........-..--.-........--..-. South Carolina -...-.......:..........-.....-----....---.--........ .... ................................ North Carolina ...._.......-._..---...-....-_.._-......_- |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........................ 460 1HE SCARLET COPPER MINE, N. C. By C. Henry King ..........................············· 467 llUBIES OF COWEE VALLEY, NORTH CAROLINA. By Melbourne S1nith ·····················...Boulder Bec!ch on Lake Mead. Nevad~ The Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc. (Paul 0 . Drury, Publicity...wanted to go prospecting in some remote part of the North Woods Possibly in Canada. I had traveled through...and Kirkland Lake districts which were farther North. I wrote to the Ontario Department of Mines and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 76.] (1) In copper-nickel ores from the Vermilion mine, Denison township, Sudbury district, Ontario (H...from the neighbouring Victoria mine (C. W. I)ickson, 1903). (2) In ruby-bearing gravel of tributaries...Fork and Mason Branch) of the Little Tennessee River, near Franklin in Macon Co., North Carolina ; also...Hidden, 1898). (3) In covellite from the Rambler mine, Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming (H. L. Wells and...indefinite faces. The rounding of the edges and North Carolina are still smaller, for of those measured by |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...* D } '<&*=> 4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite...out each year into the mountains and deserts of North America to collect a great variety of materials...glaciers that once covered the northern part of North America. As you can see from the directory of digging...^ (& \ ^^ GARNET KYANITE IOLITE SPHALERITE RUBY i^b TOPAZ CRYSTALS TOURMALINE CRYSTALS (Cro»$-$«ction |  | | Book (volume) | | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...(Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City |  | | Book (volume) | | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...(Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City |  | | Book (edition) | | ........................... _... _..... _. North Carolina..............................................Ledbetter amethyst mine .......................................... . North Geor~ia Co. mine ........................................... . Littlefield beryl mine ............................................. .............. _............ ___. __. _. Beck beryl mine .................................................... . Siskiyou County ................................................. . Butte County .............. |  | | 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...townagate, 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 |  | Robinson, Gilpin R., Lesure, Frank G., Marlowe, J. I., Foley, Nora K., Clark, S.H. (2004) Bedrock geology and mineral resources of the Knoxville 1° x 2° quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Open-File Report 2004-1075. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20041075 | Report (issue) | | Knoxville 1°x2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°x2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [etaf...Geology—Tennessee. 2. Geology—North Carolina. 3. Geology—South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources—Tennessee...and mineral resources—North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II...Knoxville l°x2° quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina 2. Paleozoic metamorphic facies map |  | | Report (volume) | | Knoxville 1 °X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Knoxville 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°X2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina I by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [et al...Geology- Tennessee. 2. Geology-North Carolina. 3. Geology-South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources-...and mineral resources-North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II |  | | 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...DEMCO 38-297 KEY 4& Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu...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 |  | | Book | | wadewabsltoasssts-oncasess 34 Site 2. Iwan Creek Mine & Rock. Shop—Quartz, Crystals .o2.<...0c5.c0tsunc...Aastestes oeareees 27 Site 5 The Starfire Mine Quartz Crystal Mine—Quartz Crystals.............cccccsscssesscessesseeeeens...Crystal ec Site Crystals .........:csseseeseesees Al Mine—Quartz Crystal and Shop Rock Ridge Fiddler’s Site...scssesceereerseeeseersesensensoscnsseessesessessesesoneees Mine—Quartz Site 12 Willis Crystal 46 ...........scs...dccccceecedesaceavaneeecetdecee-ccels el 104 Site. 5..Sengo, Pond, Mine—Aqaaniarine. 2.2: csvccieiniomestautosteccltea tcc |  | | Book | | oxygen form the minerals ruby and sapphire. The pigeon-blood red of the ruby is thought to result from...often are arrested there. At the Eldorado sapphire mine in Mon¬ tana the action of a million years is readily...magnetite, zircon, gold, platinum, topaz, beryl, ruby and sapphire. One important rock in this group is...intrudes a sloping bed of limestone. As the Yogo mine has been worked at various times in the past hundred...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Co lector Turns Artist Garnet Collecting In North Carolina ** ****** * 26-85 W/ LOOP Rhod/ Gold each...Norton, Second Vice-President 11945 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91607 Mrs. Jeanne Mager. Secretary... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 North Carolina's Mason Mountain Rhodolite• by Paul L. Broughton...is priced at only . . . $.85 per lb. BLACK SPIDER MINE TURQUOISE - All ring size stones, mostly of a medium...ln1ur1nce - ALL ORDERS MUST INCLUDE A $2.00 IN II In the USA - all others Including Canada must include lull amount |
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