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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 |
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BULLETIN NUMBER 47 FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA By CHARLES E. HUNTER UncleT the...------------------------------~--------- 86 Cane Creek D ep osi t ----------------------------------------------------...Ellijay Creek ---------------------------------------------------------------- 100 OF NORTH CAROLINA AND...___ 107 Buck Creek-Shooting Creek Area-------------------------------------- 107 Buck Creek Deposit-...Laurel Creek Area --------------------------------------------------------------- 113 Laurel Creek Deposit |
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of previously little· known basic rocks in Towns County. It includes a review of the minerals known to...48 Sillimanite 49 Kyanite 49 Corundum 49 Asbestos 51 51 Discussion Speculation on the geology...FIGURES Page 1. The ultramafic belt of eastern North America . . 2 2. 7 Contour diagram of isojoints...map of the Lake Chatuge area, Towns County, Ga., and Clay County, N.C.. . . .in pocket viii :;:. LIST...the sill and the country rock, previously termed Carolina Gneiss, are parallel suggesting contemporaneous |
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of North Carolina S T E V E N P. Y U R K O V I C H Department of Earth Sciences Western Carolina University...University Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 to nearly 7,000 tons (Ballard, 1947). The vast majority of this...mined and collected from a wide area of western North Carolina since 1847 (Pratt and Lewis, 1905). Throughout...at a reasonable cost. Mining of corundum in North Carolina took place dur ing two periods. In the first...first, 1871-1900, corundum mining centered in Clay and Macon counties, although it had been prospected |
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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 |
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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 |
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.'.' .., 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 |
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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 |
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Blue Ridge ophiolites, Southern Appalachian Orogen, USA LOREN A. RAYMOND 1, S A M U E L JAMES E. SWANSON... Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA (e-mail: raymondla@appstate.edu) 2Department o f...Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA Abstract: Resolution of the petrotectonic history...MHT, Mars Hill Terrane; NC, North Carolina; GA, Georgia; SC, South Carolina; TN, Tennessee. Numbered and...Woody; 5, Webster-Addle; 6, Corundum Hill; 7, Buck Creek; 8, Hoots. e, locations of additional meta-ultramafic |
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study of the Day Book Dunite of Yancey county, North carolina, attributed vermiculite to the supergene...concluded that the vermiculite at Buck Creek, Clay County, North carolina was the direct consequenceof the...miles long by 1.5 miles wide, with its long axis north-south. The original material was almost entirely...represent later injections of augite magma. Thin asbestos veins cross diagonally. tainly represent different...Pyrorenite Four alteration minerals predominate, asbestos(tremolite-actinolite), biotite, hydrobiotite, |
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I. C. 1 Doocmbcr NORTH 1940 CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT H. BRUCE STKERIDGE...STATE GEOLOGIST CIRCULAR NATIONAL DEFENSE- NORTH CAROLINA'S POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION LIBRARY N. C,... i.e. i December 1940 IHFORMATTOiJ CIRCULAR NORTH CAHOLIHA DEPARTMEHT DIVISION OF CONSERVATION AND...IlIrJERAL FOR RESOURCES NATIONAL DEFENSE - NORTH CAROLINA'S POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION By T. 0. :.iurdoc#...crystal, tin and tungsten. Critical: Aluminum, asbestos, graphite, platinum, and vanadium. Although |
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MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s 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 Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...Chromite, Columbite & Lead 73 14. Barite 75 15. The Clay Industry 79 16. Kyanite & Unakite 91 17. Other Minerals |
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About 40 miles northeast of Montgomery in Coosa County there is an outcrop that carries considerable tin...galena in asbestos (chrysotile) from Chrysotile (Gila Co.) Ariz. There is quite a bit of asbestos at this...galena." A small but nice specimen of brownish asbestos (chrysotile) with small, imbedded masses of galena...might find interesting. It is scheelite from Marin County, California. It is of primary interest as it is...Andreas fault, extending from Marin County to San Luis Obispo County. Included in the Sur Series are limestone |
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State Line pits, Rock Springs, Cecil Co., Maryland, USA; Cr2 O3 0.06% and NiO 0.095% additionally. (3) Mg3...From Woodsreef, New South Wales, Australia. In the USA, at Texas, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; around Baltimore...Putnam Co., New York; and at Buck Creek, Clay Co., North Carolina. At Asbestos, Quebec, and Timmins, Ontario |
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large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can |
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0, I y. 50 .r rVv, rv O. ^ NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE...BULLETIN NO. 50 The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina BY THOMAS G. MURDOCK AND CHARLES E. HUNTER...UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JASPER L. STUCKEY, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1946 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...BULLETIN NO. 50 The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina BY THOMAS G. MURDOCK AND CHARLES E. HUNTER |
| Garihan, John M., Ranson, William A., Muthukrishnan, Suresh, Bridgeman, James L., Goforth, Tom (2012) Geologic Studies of the Inner Piedmont, Brevarrd Zone, and Blue RIdge, South Carolina and North Carolina. Field Trip Guidebook. Carolina Geological Society | Report (issue) |
South Carolina and North Carolina Guidebook for the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Carolina Geological...Muthukrishnan, James L. Bridgeman, and Tom Goforth CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2012 FIELD TRIP Geologic Studies...Ridge, South Carolina and North Carolina October 12-14, 2012 Greenville, South Carolina Guidebook for...for the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Carolina Geological Society 73rd Annual Meeting Founded at Furman...Ranson Carolina Geological Society Board of Directors 2012 President Scott Howard South Carolina Geological |
| 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...Introduction 26 Construction Materials 26 Cement 27 Common Clay and Shale 28 Crushed Stone 28 Dimension Stone 29 |
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LAURENCE AND THE THE DAY GEOCHEMISTRY BOOK COUNTY, NORTH KULP AND DONALD DUNITE OF DE- CAROLINA3...ABSTRACT. The Day Book dunite depositof western North Carolina is a wellexposedultramafic body representativeof...approximatelyeast. Vermiculite is found largely in north striking fractures. Pegmatiteswere intrudedalong...most other ultramafic de- positsin westernNorth Carolina. Theauthors wishto acknowledge theencouragemer/t...studyof the North Carolinapegmatites,a cooperativeprogramby the U.S. GeologicalSurvey and the North Carolina |
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VARIOUS ZONES OF A SINGLE F'ROM SPRUCE PINE, NORTII CAROLINA CIIESTER M. A]-TER AND EARL S. MCCOLI,EV be...AND ORIGIN OF THE EDWIN CLAY, IONE, CALIFORNIA TIIOMAS}" BATES The Edwin clay occurs near rone, california...miles southeast of sacramento. rt is a residual clay of commercial importance found in but two places...rone formation of Eocene age. west of the Edwin clay and forming the western limit of the trough is a...from the clay by a narrow belt of red laterite. The Edwin clay is a highry refractory kaorin clay used for |
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.......................................... North Carolina sapphires^......... ..........._.................... Rock Creek sapphires.........-.-.....-..-..........-...---.... Cottonwood Creek sapphires ............ North Carolina..... .... ........................... ................. Macon County ....................... Clay County.. ................................................. Buck Creek or Cullakeenee...tracts...................... ......... Jackson County ................ ............................. |
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te from a newly discovered locality in Yavapai County, Ariz., on the Verde River near Camp Verde, Ariz...be of interest. These were collected in Yavapai County, East of Prescott, Arizona. "They were taken from...some discouraging news about the cinnabar mines north of Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark. "Did you know that...TIMES. The clipping refers to a rare variety of asbestos being mined in California and reads as follows:...antigorite, a rare type of asbestos, from a deposit near Jamestown, Tuolumne County, to its plant in Baltimore |
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LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...OF E. M. UZZELL RALEIGH, N. C. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CHROLINS. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It has F...data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 eral causes have been operative in giving...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished...within a few days, so that the having been of North Carolina list mineral species has been very considerably |
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having macroscopic and those having microscopic or clay vermiculite. This paper is concerned with the former...range of cation exchange capacity. Microscopic or clay vermiculites may be either trioctahedral or dioctahedral...61 62 TENTH NATIONAL CONFERENOE ON CLAYS AND CLAY MINERALS are found to be more convincing. A selected...arc epitomized in the occurrence at Day Book, North Carolina (Kulp and Brobst, 1954). A dunite body has...dunite bodies east and southwest of Ashville, North Carolina (Hadley, 1949; Hunter and Mattocks, 1936; Mankin |