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IN ASHE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA By MRS. RUTH P. STANLEY Rt. 1, Box 32A, Thurmond, N.C. 28683 Ashe County...County, North Carolina, is situated in the extreme northwestern corner of the State, bordering the States...through the years has been considered the "golden beryl country." Few people outside of the state, probably...natives of Ashe County struggling under snow drifts up to 30 feet deep. The land of Ashe is a beautiful...looking up the chimneys. Ashe is not only known as the land of golden beryl which was discovered by means |
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General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...Royal Gorge region_________________________ Texas Creek region _________________ _ _ Jefferson County__...Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County__...County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union counti...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________ |
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MISCELLANEOUS NONMETALLIC PRODUCTS. MICA DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA. By DOUGLAS B. STERRETT. INTRODUCTION. The...important producers among these have been North Carolina, South Dakota, New Hampshire, Virginia, Colorado...Alabama, Georgia, and Idaho. For many years North Carolina has led in both quantity and value of output...amount North Carolina is credited with $127,870. The value of the mica production in North Carolina during...Geological Survey and the North Carolina Geological Survey. The greater part of the mine descriptions were obtained |
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6 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 |
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feet thick in the south, grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area...⎯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...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |
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feet thick in the south, grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area...⎯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...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |
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the state, insomuch as both the Black Hills of South Dakota and the scenic Badlands thrust long spurs...the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming...of the Pine Ridge Escarpment and along Whiteclay Creek near the Sioux Indian community of the same name...vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...and breaks in the hills along the Minnechaduza Creek and the Niobrara, as well as all tributary canyons |
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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...Malachite, Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y '...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 |
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locations: A directory to co!le.cling sites in North America MINERALS AND GEMS A COLOR TREASURY FORCOLLECTORS...not just a picture book. Rather, it is a veritable mine of information, telling everything the collector...directory listing over fifteen hundred localities in North Am erica where gem specimens may be fou nd. Interspersed...you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary arrangements...LAKE BAILEY N I DELAWARE MINE DUMPS IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI 2 AMYGDAlOID MINE DUMPS 3 AGATE HARBOR (AGATES |
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HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...100 detail maps 1500+ hunting locations: sites in North America A directory to coUpcfing O E Pi rin...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...directory listing over fifteen hundred localities in North America where gem specimens may be found. Interspersed...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID |
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NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinating—and the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines and...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather |
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York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South...quartz crystal; assigned to Issachar). Fourth row: beryl (probably bluish aquamarine or pink morganite; assigned...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least...amethyst, carnelian, petrified wood, rock crystal, beryl, tourmaline, topaz, and garnet. Every rock hunter...and abandoned, one is also sure to find extensive mine dumps sloping steeply down from the shaft or tunnel |
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_.._ Virginia____ _____ ___________________ North Carolina, by W. S. Bayley________________ Distribution...Hog Rock mine _____________ Roda mine____________________ Woodrow, Haywood County___________ Mine of the...Continued. Kaolins from pegmatites Continued. North Carolina Continued. Kaolins in the mountain region Continued...County______-_ 35 AVilson mine________ 35 Wyatt mine __________ 35 Toecane, Yancey County_____ 36 Job...36 Sprucepine, Mitchell County __ 36 Sprucepine mine- ____-_ 36 Sparks mine 39 Franklin, Macon County___-__ |