 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | They are sometimes found in town libraries or county buildings. Occasionally club members in a community...the collecting days ahead. I recall a friend of mine telling me that when he was a boy, he spent every...Memphis Archeological and Geological Society. SOUTH CAROLINA Graves Mountain was the site for treasure hunting...hunting by the members of the Western South Carolina Gem and Mineral Society, Greenville. Such goodies as...happy digging the members of the Central South Carolina Gem and Mineral Society, Columbia, journeyed to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Metate asbestos mine near Globe (Gila Co.), Ariz. Mr. Jack Neal, one of the owners of the mine, states that...that it occurs in large quantity throughout the mine."â letter dated July 1, 1955, from C. C. Corley, 2534...fifteen years ago from a farm home, about ten miles north of Heber Spring. Cleburne Co., Arkansas. They were...uranous silicate, has been found in the La Sal No. 2 mine, Mesa Co., Colo., and named coffinite in honor of...Danbury, Conn. "Petrified Pound Cake" Found 10 miles north of Heber Springs, Cleburne Co., Ark. 480 Nice |  | | 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...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) | | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated âcheck listâ just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Beryl (Aquamarine) (Golden beryl) Cordieritc Tourmaline Group Elbaite Checklist Dravite Schorl Chrysocolla...(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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALABAMAâArbacoochee, a tiny town in southern Cleburne County of N / E Alabama, was famous over 100 years ago...six inches across."âitem sent in by Mrs. Ray F. Bowman, 1791 Sylvan Drive, Clearwater, Fla. A specimen...miles west of Shoshone, near Bliss, in Gooding County, Idaho. This is on Highway 30. Hope you can identify...Kennebunkport, York Co., Maine. No. 1 is black tourmaline from #3 pit. Do you think it is a nice specimen...Clinton, Sterling, Lancaster area of Worcester County, Mass. It is probably float material. We haven't |  | | 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...townïŸagate, 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | some three miles northeast of here, in Western North Carolina. This is one of the few spots in the United..."At the Crabtree Mountain locality in Mitchell County, the emeralds occur in pegmatite enclosed in mica...feldspar, quartz, black tourmaline and beryl, and encloses horses of biotite-tourmaline schist. "The emeralds...Mitchell County to be emerald crystals. Rhorison, in association with the late D. A. Bowman of Bakersville...emerald mine. A good specimen of emerald from this mine has been on exhibit in the Museum of North Carolina |  | | Report (issue) | | Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product.................................. Cu-Au Quartz-Tourmaline Veins .........................................porphyry-skarn systems with assock*ed Cu-Au quartz-tourmaline veins (for example, Risue Canyon and Meadow Lake...Gardnerville mining district), and Au-Cu quartz-tourmaline veins (Peavine mining district). Tertiary deposits...initial sources of mine and prospect data. Msny existing records were updated and new mine and prospect records |  | | Report (issue) | | ROAD LOG FOR THE ANNUAL EXCURSION OF THE CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY1 OCTOBER 24 â 25, 1953 W.C. Overstreet...by the Director, U.S. Geological Survey. The Carolina Geological Society wishes to express its appreciation...metamorphic rocks 1 Carolina gneiss 1 Biotite gneiss unit of the Carolina gneiss 3 Toluca quartz...area, Shelby, N.C. 5 3: Field trip stops. 6 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Guidebook for 1953 Annual Meeting...1-11 ROAD LOG FOR THE ANNUAL EXCURSION OF THE CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY W.C. Overstreet, P.K. Theobald |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with vesuvianite, magnetite and calcite. "Th's mine goes back to the 1870's and 80'sâand worked off...pounds, have been found in the Copper Queen Copper mine in Bisbee, Cochise Co., Ariz. ARKANSASâA large,...Diamonds is the only genuine diamond crater in North America. It is a tourist attraction and opened year-round...Crestmore, Riverside Co., Calif. 462 "The ores of the mine are of interest to collectors for their bright colorsâa...of pale golden selenite was found by Mrs. Ray F. Bowman, 1791 Sylvan Dr., Clearwater, Fla. GEORGIAâGem |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville districtâbetween the State Sanitarium...pitâeast of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...propertyâRoute 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8...Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mineâ1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the head |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits of Southwestern Virginia and Western North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-D Quartz...Deposits of Southwestern Virginia and Western North Carolina By JOHN B. MERTIE, JR. CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC...deposits of southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina. Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1958...______________________________________ Ernest L. Bowman farm_______-____________________________ J. Otis...area_______---____--_--_-________________-__--____ Patrick County.______________________________________________ |  | | Book (volume) | | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravelsâŻagate, jasper...âŻagate, jasper; d RR siding of ClayâŻagate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area depositsâŻSiderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...depositsâŻSiderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mineâŻpyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.âŻfossils; |  | | Book (volume) | | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravelsâŻagate, jasper...âŻagate, jasper; d RR siding of ClayâŻagate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area depositsâŻSiderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...depositsâŻSiderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mineâŻpyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.âŻfossils; |  | | Book | | MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolinaâs 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 Carolinaâs hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resourcesâNorth CarolinaâHistory. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4â7622â09756âdc22...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom |  | | Report (issue) | | Residual boulders of massive kyanite, Pickens County. ·~· LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines...-- _ SILLIMANITE IN TOWNS COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND CLAY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA--------------------------Location... Residual boulders of massive kyanite, Pickens County. Figure 1. Sillimanite crystals in biotite. gneiss...Hart County ________________ 14 Figure 2. Oglethorpe formation, on Burnt Mountain, Pickens County, containing...York quarry, Marble Hill, Georgia, viewed from the north. The marble dips to the south under Amicalola gneiss |  | | 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...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | assemblageincludes albite, spodumene, blue, green, and pink tourmaline, colorlessand light yellow beryl (goshenite)...cassiterite. The rose mica is associated with the pink tourmaline. Becauseof its reported large 2E, it is possible...sodic selvage, quartz, and rounded deep blue tourmaline grains. In a thin section of unit c, cleavelandite...with ragged crystals of irregularly mottled blue tourmaline. Nearly all the mica books have combined wedge...albite, and microcline together with green and red tourmaline, green and red apatite, green and brown fluorite |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarriesâŻoilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodulesâŻPyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) âŻHematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarriesâŻoilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodulesâŻPyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) âŻHematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Journal (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . 19 by J. A. Scovil The Machow mine, Tamobrzeg, Poland . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. ...after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...archival material related to the Harding pegmatite in north-central New Mexico. This well-known collecting locality...geologic setting and mineralogy of the mine site. The Harding mine catalog will provide researchers and...citations on the Harding mine and information about other collections of Harding mine specimens. The museum |  | | 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 |  | Lupulescu, Marian, Chamberlain, Steven C., Walter, Michael, Wallace, Scott (2010) Diagenetic Uvite with Overgrown DraviteBigelow, St. Lawrence County, New York. Rocks & Minerals, 85 (3) 250-259 doi:10.1080/00357529.2010.487359 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | %LJHORZ6W/DZUHQFH&RXQW\1HZtourmaline-group minerals found in New York State demonstrates...as rossmanite and olenite from Newcomb in Essex County (Lupulescu and Rakovan 2008) and species potentially...analog of dravite from a road cut north of Gouverneur in St. Lawrence County (Lupulescu 2008; Chamberlain...from the Jayville iron deposit in St. Lawrence County, and the hydroxyl-dominant analog of uvite from...Alexandria Bay in Jefferson County and from the Wight mineâArnold pit in St. Lawrence County (Lupulescu 2008). |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | black botryoidal hematite from a working strip iron mine at Brookwood, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala. ALASKAâSome of...collection. This unusual xl, is from near Avant, north-western Garland Co., Arkansas."âitem sent in by...Brooklyn mine and adjacent prospects in the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo.,...step."âitem dated Aug. 25, 1959, from Mrs. Ray F. Bowman, 1791 Sylvan Dr., Clearwater, Fla. In following...(suburb of St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co.), Fla., Mrs. Bowman found groups of beautiful, platy, golden-yellow |
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