 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | APLITE-PEGMATITES OF THE FRANKLINSYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA1 E. Wu. IIerNnrcn, The Unitersity of Michigan...Aesrnncr The Franklin-Sylva district of southern North Carolina contains a number of rnultiphase, composite...production, is chiefly in southwestern North Carolina (Haywood, Jackson,Transylvania, Macon and Clay Counties)...southeastern part extending southwestward into Rabun County, Georgia (Griffitts et al., 1946; Oison el al....petrologically simplified mappable units: the Carolina "formation"-dominantly biotitic gneiss, and the |  | | Book (edition) | | "scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests, make sure that...angular, banded structure) tube, banded, moss cation (moss-like), will be frequently misled All topaz...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...plains have been buried deep under debris brought north by glaciers or washed down down from have been...line cavity, surrounded by white band of agate. Moss agate, showing a tree-like pattern. agate is |  | | Book (volume) | | vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...investigate for geodes, chert nodules, fossils, Calcite crystals, Marcasite and Pyrite cubes. The area...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 |  | | 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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...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 |  | | 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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...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 |  | | 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...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | 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...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | relics, etc. Please send details to Bob Menser, 2819 North Warner, Tacoma 7, Wash. Your satisfaction is fully...open day entrance 12 years 25North 7 St., Rogers City, Michigan. weighing several...Barstow, Calif. DO YOU LIKE RED? Red plume, red moss, red jasper, dollar a square inch. Do you like crystals...LOUIS, 14, MO. OPALS, BRILLIANT COLORS-Direct from mine, 15 for $5.00. 10 ringsize cabochons (opal, amethyst...polished tumbled agate, jasper, etc., postpaid in USA for only $5.00. George W. Owens, 150 III. Dr., Jacksonville |  | | 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 |  | | 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 ............................... |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...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...their color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of eral color, as in opals...beryl belong here, as well as the variations that calcite plays on the basic form. The orthorhombic system |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | brownish chert, which he collected near Bridgeport, Jackson Co., Ala. "It's local material," he writes us....specimens are calcite after glauber.te from a newly discovered locality in Yavapai County, Ariz., on the...sagged somewhat before the introduction of the calcite. You will note this curvature on some of the specimens...cleavable calcite have been received from C. V. Mills, 34 E. Sunnyslope Lane, Phoenix, Ariz. The calcite fluoresces...in fluorescent calcite which may be of interest. These were collected in Yavapai County, East of Prescott |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Talucah near Vahlermoso Springs, in Morgan County, north Alabama. A large portion of this cave had been...Morning Star zinc mine near the little village of Rush, Marion Co., Ark. CALIFORNIA—From a mine in Darwin, Inyo...letter from him he writes: "The Darwin, Calif., mine is lead and zinc, with occasional high grade silver...beautiful translucent blue xls which I took to be calcite colored with caledonite." COLORADO — Richard Schooner...Colorado School of Mines, I heard of an active uranium mine or quarry a couple of miles from town. Following |  | | Report (volume) | | SCALE OP HARDNESS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great |  | | 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...Chrysoprase Rutilated Agate Chalcedony Carnelian Moss Agate OF AMERICA Sphene Rutile Octahedrite Cassiterite...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have |  | | 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...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...venture every year into the mountains and deserts of North America, they enjoy not only the pleasure of seeking |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | severalspectacularspecimensof ore from the Robb-Montbray Mine, Montbray Township, Quebec; to Dr. M. H. Frohberg...Hopkins for specimens from the Wright-Hargreaves Mine, Kirkland Lake, Ontario; to Dr. E. P. Henderson...Occurrence:This species was found at the Robb-Montbray Mine, Montbray Township, Quebec, and described in detail...of chlorite schist; at the Benguet Consolidated Mine, Antamok, Mountain Province, Philippine Islands...small compact masses or disseminations in quartz, calcite, or altered porphyry, in associationwith other |  | | 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) | | lound in an old roadbed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn, on Highway 147."—note...at the barite mines at Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. "A sample was sent to the Smithsonian..."From Bone Valley Formation at the Peace Valley Mine, south of Bartow (Polk Co.), Fla."-on label. GEORGIA...ILLINOIS—"I am enclosing a specimen of Iceland spar (calcite) I found along the Illinois River about 4 miles...colorless little cleavage showing double refraction. A calcite which shows double refraction is called an Iceland |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | had time to identify, assume some dolomite xls, calcite and fluorite. Rock formation is Madison limestone...Pale brown xline calcite (fl. yellow under both lamps, l.w. and s.w.). The calcite is on pale pinkish...for this mouth-watering specimen is Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee (Cochise Co.), Ariz. ARKANSAS—"First off...have found in the Magnet Cove area of Hot Spring County, Arkansas. I am sending you a specimen under separate...on Delaware Bay, is in the N / E part of Sussex County, Del. From this beach, Bob and Hazel Reynolds, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens of quartz that came from a rock quarry in North Little Rock (Pulaski Co.), Ark. This quartz was...confirmation of my guess as to the rock I found in Marion County, Florida. "I say it's jasper, flint and agate....right, it is agate but of a type called moss agate — brown moss in dark gray chalcedony. A nice specimen...found in Florida but this new one may be the first moss agate we ever saw from the state. GEORGIA — "I should...From Idaho wilderness area near Stanley in Blaine County, Idaho. Some of these come in very large xls." |  | | 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...The crystals were covered with a thin deposit of calcite which easily chipped off leaving magnificent clusters...avoid hauling the waste rock to the surface. The mine has been closed for a year and the air now is so |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...(near) Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Science Division, Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina Richard Mitchell Professor of Environmental...EDITORS Richard D. Dayvault University of South Carolina Frank Mayo Atlanta, Georgia Arthur J. Ehlmann...Dayvault 214 Turquoise from Virginia's Kelly Bank Mine Richard S. Mitchell Howard R . Freeland 219 A...amethyst 2 c agate 3 c quartz 4 c niccolite 5 c moss agate 7 c agate 10 c stilbite 15 c Moshaneng banded...c gem diamonds 25 c chrysotile 35 c jasper 50 c moss quartz 1 r citrine 2 r chalcopyrite August 8, 1968 |
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