 | | Report (volume) | | CORUNDUM DEPOSITS IN THE BUCK CREEl( PERIDOTITE CLAY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA BY JARVIS B. HADLEY Strategic.... . . . . . . . . • . • . . . Roan gneiss and Carolina gneiss ...................... Pegma ti tes. ....Shaft mine. . . . . • . . . . . . • . . . . . . . • . . . • . . . . . . . . . • . . . • Herbert mine......Geologic map and sections of the Buck Creek peridotite body, Clay County, N. C. . . . • . . . . . . . ....sections of the Corundum Knob area, Buck Creek corund~m district, Clay County, N.c ........ Geology and topography |  | | Report (issue) | | NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE TO COLLECT f ... f ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals |  | | 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) | | 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) | | ......-...-...---------------...-.-.-.--.. North Carolina ______________________________________________................................._........... North Carolina ___..__._....._..._______..__._.____..._.____...........^....................... 116 116 North Carolina .............................................--.......-........-..--.-........--..-. South Carolina -...-.......:..........-.....-----....---.--........ .... ................................ North Carolina ...._.......-._..---...-....-_.._-......_- |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Hypersthene Amphibole Group Cummingtonitc Trcmolite Actinolite (Asbestos) (Byssolite) Basaltic hornblende Hastingsite...(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 |  | | Report (volume) | | .......................................... North Carolina sapphires^......... ..........._.................... Rock Creek sapphires.........-.-.....-..-..........-...---.... Cottonwood Creek sapphires ............ North Carolina..... .... ........................... ................. Macon County .............,.._, Sheffield mine .......... .......... .1...................... Clay County.. .................................................... Buck Creek or Cullakeenee mine.......................... Blue Ridge |  | | Book (volume) | | undisturbed sedimentaries: sandstone, limestone, shale and clay, with the oldest formation lying in the southeastern...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...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | was some hexagonal brucite crys tals The Bergen County Mineral ogy and Paleontology Society, Paramus...Maryland The Rock and Gem Society of North Jersey visited the Herbert R. Imbt Quarry at Bossardsville, Penna...MASSACHUSETTS The Northern Berkshire Mineral Club, North Adams, showed a slide program provided by the Gregory...made the best use of days like today letin of the North Shore Rock and Min with many field trips. Reports...device for measuring interfacial crystal angles. NORTH CAROLINA Crystal growing was featured by George Mayer |  | | 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) | | limestone, and seams of coal usually underlain with clay. In these coal seams the collector may often find...grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | limestone, and seams of coal usually underlain with clay. In these coal seams the collector may often find...grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NourlrarrNc Cornrrrrnn lon Fnr-rows 1952 3 years-Herbert Insley (Chairman), and A. F. Buddington 2 years-Samuel...ionization potential, charge and radius. SAIITE AND ACTINOLITE AT IRON MOUNTAIN, MISSOURI* VICTORT. ALI,EN AND...Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. Salite, actinolite, dolomite, and fluorite at Iron Mountain, Missouri...lower temperature salite was locally changed to actinolite, which has previously been called amphibole or...properties of numerous grains fall within the range of actinolite with 7:1.645' a:1.625; ZAe :15". The iron garnet |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rochland Nuggets, Marvin Klibinoff, Editor, Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Inc. Neivlapso, Dr. Philip...Wescagem, W. R. Burrage, Editor, Western South Carolina Gem and Mineral Society. The Collecting Bag, Flora...Jerry Fever, Editors, Junior Division, Rockland County AJneral and Gem Society, Inc. Lack of a large attendance...Merit A-3 MINERALS- ANY TYPE AND SIZE Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Ine Newark Mineralogieal...Group B-l MINERALS—ANY SIZE OR TYPE Joseph Glen Herbert A. Duke Advanced Advanced B-2 MINERALS Paul Seel |  | | Book (volume) | | quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 07:55 02 December 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse...appendices (e.g., Dana 1874; Dana 1877, 1892). Herbert P. Whitlock published a New York State list in...listed. L O CA L I T I E S B Y C O U N T Y Albany County Indian Ladder: brookite; F. Old Callanan quarry:...11 August 1859: olivinebronzite chondrite. Bronx County Various excavations: chabazite, harmotome, quartz...(amethyst), stilbite; F. Clinton County Au Sable Forks, iron mines north of: microcline (sunstone), magnetite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | good specimen of a Connecticut mineral. SOUTH CAROLINA Member Lou Dezseran told the Colum bia Gem and...Professor of Paleontology at the University of South Carolina, spoke and showed slides of Diatoms. They must...pyrites to the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills. Members Weldon and Edith Storey...talked about them. Field trip was to 660 Locust Creek, but never a word as to what was found. Leon Swackhammer...Boston Mineral Club went to the Government Pits, North Conway, N.H. (Collecting permits from the White |  | | Report (edition) | | Adams County 15 Allegheny County Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Cumberland County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County...County Monroe County Northampton County Sullivan County York County 18 20 21 23 . 25 28 37 38 39 ...the rockhound, of the land, or from quarry and mine operators, before entering to collect. This will...pseudomorphs after pyrite found near Columbia in Lancaster County, described in this report. If the only description |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Jefferson 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...HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE, |  | | Book (volume) | | quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS |  | | Journal (issue) | | SOUTH CAROLINA On Tuesday, August 10, 1965, the Editor of R&M made a rush trip to South Carolina. Why...visit a new working gold mine in South Carolina and so he rushed down before the mine superintendent would...of Columbia, S.C., had arranged the visit to the mine and the Editor is deeply grateful for her kind interest...northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached, many specimens...cow pasture! The locality was near Odessa, Del. Herbert Allison, also of Wilmington, was with the group |  | | Book | | be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS... Located on an island about 300 km (185 miles) north of Yellowknife, the Acasta River deposit is believed...Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | e r M in k COPPER MINES, PERSON CO UN TY, NORTH CAROLINA BULLETIN OF T H E GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA...OF VIRGILINA COPPER DISTRICT, VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA * BY THOMAS LEONARD WATSON (.Presented before...Montgomery, Randolph, and Stanly counties, North Carolina. Nitze describes the basic rocks as being dark...reports on economic subjects issued by the North Carolina Geological Survey. Such references as bear...reviewed: After describing the Gillis copper mine in Person county, North Caro lina, the earliest discovered |  | | Report (issue) | | DEPOSITS OF THE CALAVERITAS QUADRANGLE CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SPECIAL REPORT 40 UN.VtRSITY OF...l-A. Sierra Blanca limestone in Santa Barbara County, CaliGeorge W. Walker. 1950. 5 pp., 1 pi. Price...Price 250. Commercial "black granite" of San Diego County, California, by Richard A. Hoppin and L. A. Norman...of the San Dieguito pyrophyllite area, San Diego County, California, by Richard H. Jahns and John F. Lance...figs. Price 250. Geology of Bitterwater Creek area, Kern County, California, by Henry H. Heikkila and George |
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