 | | Report (issue) | | alumina-rich gneiss and schist from the Blue Ridge, North Carolina and Georgia by Frank G. Lesure U.S. Geological...Geological Survey (USGS) in the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Georgia were analyzed for major and trace...F13-25LC Fine-grained, light gray to pale purple quartz-biotite-garnet schist interlayered with mafic schist...Company quarry, 3 mi southwest of Franklin, Macon County, N.C. F20-23 Coarse-grained, pale red-purple...calc-silicate granolfels, mostly clinozoisite, quartz, and hornblende, 3.7 mi south of Franklin, N.C |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | RUBIES OF COWEE VALLEY, NORTH CAROLINA By MELBOURNE SMITH Cashiers, N o r t h Carolina The Ruby Valley of...of Western North Carolina, along Cowee Creek and its tributaries, enjoyed a brief hope during the summer...Cowee Valley is roughly 6 miles north of Franklin, county seat of Macon County, N. C , on the highway to Bryson...Smoky Mountain Park. The valley is 28 miles south of Bryson City if one is coming in from the north or from...area will be seen on the map at the south of Mason Mountain. 476 along the south side of the valley for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...June 25,1932. 148 JOURNAL MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Quartz Rock Crystal Amethyst Citrine Smoky RoseQuartz...Sphene Rutile Octahedrite Cassiterite Hematite (in quartz) Pyrite Bronzite Hypersthene Pyroxene Diopside...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 22030 Here are some locations on minerals in North Carolina that I visited last November, and I'm planning...Franklin is located in Macon County in the North-Western part of North Carolina, at the junction of Rt...about 5]/2 miles North on Rt. 28 out of Franklin. The new name is the Mason Mountain Rhodolite and Ruby...may be gotten in touch with by writing to the Mason Mountain Rhodolite and Ruby Mine, Rt. 4, Box 234, Franklin...specimens of Rhodolite garnets, pyrope garnets, quartz, biotite mica, and some very nice blue kyanite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Greek for rose) in the Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. He also discovered a number of new...mineral, sperrylite, near the summit of Mason Mountain, North Carolina, in fissuresand cavitiesof a rock made...nails and a plow point. Fort Dunean; from Maverick County, Texas. Weighs43.5 kg. (96 pounds)and is associatedwith...Mexico. Dalton; from Whitfield County, Georgia. Hayden Creek; from Lemhi County, Idaho. 1'2 Seebibliography...Joe Wright Mountain; from Independence County, Arkansas' Laurens County; from Laurens County, South Carolina' |  | | Report (issue) | | occurrences of the Goldville District of Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Seven of the volume's papers deal with...Microthennometry of Fluid Inclusions in Auriferous Quartz Veins, Northern Piedmont, Alabama (Peng Sha and...32 The Royal Vindicator Gold Deposit, Haralson County, Georgia: A Metamorphosed Epithermal Hot-Springs...in the Lilesville Sand and Gravel Deposits, North Carolina (James R. Craig and John E. Callahan) .......Investigation of the Mason Mountain Sperrylite Occurrence, Macon County, North Carolina (Robert B. Cook and |  | | Report (issue) | | 3 : ^> I North C: 3 Library NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS...BULLETIN NUMBER 61 SILLIMANITE DEPOSITS in North Carolina BY LEWIS J. HASH AND EARL C. YAN HORN EDITED...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1951 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...DEPOSITS in North Carolina By LEWIS J. HASH and EARL C. VAN HORN Edited by KEFTON H. TEAGUE North Carolina...Raleigh, North Carolina April 19, 1951 To His Excellency, HONORABLE W. KERR SCOTT Governor of North Carolina |  | | Report (volume) | | the Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area and Extension, Buncombe County, North Carolina By F. G. LESURE...of the Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area and Extension, Bunc1m County, North Carolina. (Geological...I 19.3:1515 1. Mines and mineral resources-North Carolina-Buncombe Co. I. Grosz, Andrew E., jof author...forest land in the Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area and Extension, North Carolina, that is being considered...studied is in the Pisgah National Forest in Buncombe County. CONTENTS Page Summary ------------------- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMS < IF NORTH CAROLINA A greater variety of minerals, more than 300, have been found in North Car olina...unique gems in the world. The largest Emerald in North America is a 1,438-carat specimen found at Hiddenite...Hiddenite, near Statesville. Also, the "Carolina Em erald," now owned by Tiffany & Com pany of New York...discovery in America was made in North Carolina in 1799 in Cabarrus County with the dis covery of a 17-pound...the Reed properties, the gold rush was on in North Carolina. Other large nuggets, weighing up to 28 pounds |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | and often gems can be found. valuable For the mountain ranges and level for the ist to States contain...gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | process, a number of mines in Georgia, North ar..d South Carolina, Virginia and New Jersey are now being...The mines of Colorado are the richest in vein or quartz gOld, This state yields about 1.400,000 ounces...year. California averages about 600,000 ounces of quartz gold annually. The prorluc tion of gravel or placer...placer golrl is much smaller than of quartz golrl in each State. The Territory of Alaska leads in th...plati num has been discovered. Beginning with North America, he notices the occurrence of traces or |  | | Journal (issue) | | ············· 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...deep in the woods, we came across a vein of gray quartz about eighteen inches wide. It was faulted and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS FROM THE RHODOLITE QUARRY NEAR FRANKLIN, NORTH CAROLINA E. P. Hr,NnERSoN,lU. S. National Museum, INtnonucrtoN...summit of Mason Mountain, on the southern slope, about 8 miles north of Franklin, North Carolina, is an...gedrite, hypersthene and biotite. Small masses of quartz are present but this is not an important constituent...118 garnets worth $117.00 in Burk and Mason County, North Carolina. The value, per carat, was from $1 to...Cowee Creek and other streams originating in Mason Mountain, the gravels of which were worked by hydraulic |  | | Book (volume) | | Utah Alaska Idaho Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon SouthDakota Washington Wyoming vowr-...Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginja West Virginia Southwest...Contents:[I] Northwestregion- [2] Southwest region - [3] North a t region- [4] Southeastregion. ISBN0-943763-24-X(pbk............ forth Carolina ........................................... South Carolina ...................that would color Old Glory. The reel rubies of North Carolina, the white diamonds of Arkan as, the blue sapphires |  | 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...Cashiers District 47 Feldspar 47 Kaolin 48 Mica 48 Quartz 49 Zircon 49 Other Industrial Minerals 49 Barite |  | | Report (issue) | | ore. Poncha Springs. Colo. 14. Tungsten ore. North Carolina Titanium Contents and Titanium Partitioning...rutile and biotite in some gneisses from Mason Mountain, Macon County, N.C --------------------8. ~mong minerals...high-grade gneisses of simple mineralogy from the North Carolina Blue Ridge. Titanium is present virtually only...of titanium between rutile and biotite in some quartz-garnet-feldspar-biotite-sillimanite-cummington...ite-pyroxene-graphite gneisses from Mason Mountain, Macon County, N.C. TABLE [Mineral percentage established |  | | 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 |  | Defnet, Peter A., Wise, Michael A., Harmon, Russell S., Hark, Richard R., Hilferding, Keith (2021) Analysis of Garnet by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy—Two Practical Applications. Minerals, 11 (7) 705 doi:10.3390/min11070705 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 98195, USA; defnep@uw.edu Department of Chemistry, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA 16652, USA; richard...20560, USA; wisem@si.edu Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University...University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Yale University...University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA Correspondence: rsharmon@ncsu.edu; Tel.: +1-919-588-0613 Abstract: Laser-induced...(LCT) pegmatites and the Nb–Y–F (NYF) pegmatites. Quartz, potassium feldspar, and albite are the major constituents |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 14:35 04 June 2016 New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group...representative of a garnet from Deshong’s quarry, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, that can barely be considered almandine...found at several mines near Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, particularly the Standpipe Hill quarry...collected at Mount Apatite near Auburn, Androscoggin County; and the Bumpus quarry, ROCKS & MINERALS 244-253...the Melrose and nearby mines at Stoneham, Oxford County. Phenomenal trapezohedral almandine crystals exhibiting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | process, a number of mines in Georgia, North ar..d South Carolina, Virginia and New Jersey are now being...The mines of Colorado are the richest in vein or quartz gOld, This state yields about 1.400,000 ounces...year. California averages about 600,000 ounces of quartz gold annually. The prorluc tion of gravel or placer...placer golrl is much smaller than of quartz golrl in each State. The Territory of Alaska leads in th...plati num has been discovered. Beginning with North America, he notices the occurrence of traces or |  | | Book | | casess 34 Site 2. Iwan Creek Mine & Rock. Shop—Quartz, Crystals .o2.<...0c5.c0tsunc dieop.4poecgeqnnnctteen--...ecass 35 Sites). [he Crystal ceen I rading Co,—Quartz Crystals, x55. 4..0cses5enasa8basonttoussenct eastecanrs...oeareees 27 Site 5 The Starfire Mine Quartz Crystal Mine—Quartz Crystals.............cccccsscssesscessesseeeeens...eeeeens 38 Site 6 Weener Crystal Mines & Ranch—Quartz Crystals .............sastenrssecerceecancsneenscacsncenesacs...Site Crystals .........:csseseeseesees Al Mine—Quartz Crystal and Shop Rock Ridge Fiddler’s Site 8 P |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gladys Luce displayed some specimens of minute quartz crystals in the form of clusters which shq found...hand of $63.28. She read a letter from the Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineral Societies inquiring whether...materials ever to be displayed at the Los Angeles County Fair. This fair, the largest country fair in the...Mateo Co. The Gem and Mineral Society of San Mateo County recently enjoyed a visit from Mr. Frank Stevenson...displayed. The new mineral, Rockbridgrite, was found at North Groton, New Hampshire, and the rare Niobate Polycrase |  | | 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...a , M o o r e , M o n t g o m e r y, Randolph, Macon South C a r o l i n a : Chesterfield, L a n c a |
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