 | | Book | | 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...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom |  | | Report (issue) | | Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 577 Work done...done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development and in part...Administration Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina By FRANK G. LESURE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... Work done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development... Geologic map of part of the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Tennessee. 2-6. Maps showing location of |  | | 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 (volume) | | deposits of the Nightingale district, Pershing County, Nev., by W. C. Smith and P. W. Guild (published........ Topaz deposits near the Brewer mine, Chesterfield County, S. C., by Carl Pries, Jr. (published...quicksilver deposits of the Del Puerto area, Stanislaus County, Calif., by H. E. Hawkes, Jr., F. G. Wells, and...Quicksilver deposits near the Little Missouri River, Pike County, Ark., by David Gallagher (published in October...Pershing County, Nev.................................. In pocket Geologic map of the Nightingale mine area |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | “up” Cane Branch near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina. His lean and sinewy frame suggested...five to ten miles over the hills to a prospect or mine, labor until dark, and then walk home, only to repeat...afterward. In fact, hardly any roads existed in Yancey County in those days, only well-worn foot trails. No...began his career driving steel in a local pegmatite mine for ten cents an hour. He soon moved up to a higher-paying...hand-cobbing feldspar for the Bowditch Feldspar mine. This work required separating the spar from the |  | | 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 (issue) | | CI 3:40 *<•£ North Carolina Sfafe Library Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...CLAY OPPORTUNITIES IN NORTH CAROLINA RALEIGH 1941 NX D°c NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION...MANUFACTURING CHINA CLAY OPPORTUNITIES IN NORTH CAROLINA RALEIGH 1941 Otorth <***, *«* library MEMBERS...COUNCIL W. J. DAMTOFT J. HORTON DOUGHTON IRVING F. HALL ■_ ROY HAMPTON J. L. HORNE, JR J WILLIAM CARL...Map Showing Location of North Carolina Kaolin Deposits 8 2. North Carolina Residual Alaskite Kaolin |  | | 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 (volume) | | ......-...-...---------------...-.-.-.--.. North Carolina ______________________________________________................................._........... North Carolina ___..__._....._..._______..__._.____..._.____...........^....................... 116 116 North Carolina .............................................--.......-........-..--.-........--..-. South Carolina -...-.......:..........-.....-----....---.--........ .... ................................ North Carolina ...._.......-._..---...-....-_.._-......_- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Central Aar granite consisting of zoisite, plagioclase, albite, alkali feldspar, muscovite, tremolite...decreasing temperature zoisite decomposed to calcite, plagioclase, and muscovite. Thulites from different localities...found in a fine-grained vein coexisting with plagioclase (An~7_24), alkali feldspar, albite, quartz, muscovite...development of the dominant foliation striking north-east ( = SO, followed by different stages of deformation...veins and neither show the older S ~ (southwest-north-east) schistosity suggesting a contemporaneous formation |  | | Report (issue) | | under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley Authority Physical...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Falley Authority UNITED...Production of sheet and punch mica, 1912-14, in North Carolina, the Southeastern States, and the entire United...data for mica specimens, arranged by lot and by mine or prospect-_-___--_-___-_-.___---___-_____--_ Results..._______________ 13. Test data for mica (not identified by mine), taken from the production line of the Colonial |  | | Report (issue) | | uscovite schist from west of phenix, Charlotte County; B, Biotite-muscovite schist from northwest of...from Crane Creek; south of Hixburg, Appomattox County; B, Columbia granite near Cub Creek, east of Red...Kyanite quartzite from Baker Mountain, prince Edward County*__ I Massive kyanite in kyanite-bearing pegmatite...from Falling River north of Brookneal; B, Mylonitized granite from Falling River north of Brookneal, Campbell...kyanite-bearing rock on Ridge Mountain, Buckingham County; B, Melrose granite, east of McKeever ferry, on |  | | Report (volume) | | General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County_______________________________...__________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union counties_____________________...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________...____________ 86 Troup County ________________________________ 86 Upson County _______________________________ |  | | Report (volume) | | 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...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Report (issue) | | OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS: KEVIN G. STEWART MARK G. ADAMS CHARLES H. TRUPE CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL...Loren Raymond Banner Elk, North Carolina September 26-28, 1997 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1997 FIELD...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Edited by: Kevin G. Stewart Department of Geology University of North Carolina Chapel... Trupe Department of Geology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315 TABLE OF CONTENTS...Evolution Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Complex, Western North Carolina .......................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | chartoflithologic units in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 31 9. Modal analyses of felsic igneous rocks north of the Brevard fault zone . . . . . . . . . . ....Austell, Sand Hill, Kennesaw and Dallas gneisses north of the Brevard zone. The oldest rocks present in...rocks that have many similarities to lithologies north 1 To produce a geologic map of an area as large...10911 0111 11211311411 511611711B119120- Rome North Shannon Adairsvi lie White West White East Waleska |  | | Report (issue) | | MISCELLANEOUS NONMETALLIC PRODUCTS. MICA DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA. By DOUGLAS B. STERRETT. INTRODUCTION. The...most 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | THE LOS BURROS DISTRICT, MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. By JAMES M. HILL. INTRODUCTION. The following...district, in the southwestern part of Monterey County, Calif., are based on observations made during...Gorda properties and the caretaker at the Buclimo mine. The district lies on the west side of the rugged...rugged Coast Range, near the south line of Monterey County, in Tps. 23 and 24 S., R. 25 E. Mount Diablo meridian...along Spruce Creek, in the vicinity of the Gorda mine, and at the head of Alder Creek, near the Buclimo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2501, USA 2 IMERYS, Sandersville, GA 31082, USA Abstract—The Eocene Huber Formation...Formation, exposed in the CFI Hall mine south of Irwinton, in Wilkinson County, Georgia, displays colored...mineralogical properties of kaolin deposits of Georgia, USA, are influenced by numerous pre-depositional and...redox processes. BACKGROUND The Georgia–South Carolina kaolin belt contains large reserves of sedimentary-hosted...kaolin in the CFI Hall mine operated by IMERYS south of Irwinton, in Wilkinson County, Georgia. The formation |  | | Report (issue) | | Purpose _ __ _ _ _ _ STRATIGRAPHY Metamorphic Belts Carolina Series Definition Gneiss Facies _ _ Schist Facies...the vicinity of Tate and Marble Hill in Pickens County. Talc, ground for fillers and cut into pencils...obtained from Fort and Cohutta mountains in Murray county. Sheet mica is produced from many districts in...suitable for grinding is produced at Hartwell in Hart County. The kyanite-mica schists of Rabun and Habersham...fillers. Feldspar is ground at Monticello in Jasper County. White dolomite is quarried and crushed for agricultural |  | | Report (issue) | | ____ Districts in Appalachia__________________ North Carolina_____________________ South Carolina_____________________...___________ Ne~ 1:ork_________________________ North Carolina__ _ ________ __ ______ __ Ohio________...Georgia_________________ Deposits in North Carolina__________ Deposits in South Carolina and Virginia____________________________...pinnacles beneath soil cover, Bluegrass, Highland County, Va_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...transverse joints cutting shale at Poverty, Highland County, V a_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |  | | Report (issue) | | the Celeste 71/2' Quadrangle, Georgia by Mark E. Hall Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection...Celeste 7 1/2 minute quadrangle are a part of the Carolina tectono-stratigraphic terrane. They may be divided...folding that may be related to the accretion of the Carolina terrane to Laurentia. This was followed by a period...known in Wilkes County despite the fact that at the time it was bordered to the north and west by the...study area, such as the Latimer mine to the east and the Stoney Ridge mine to the south. In a report on |  | | Report (issue) | | REPRINT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY Wilbur A. Nelson BULLETIN 77 Adobe Acrobat® Reader®...rendering of Geology and Mineral Resources of Albemarle County by Wilbur Nelson is to make accessible an out of...RESOURCES GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY Wilbur A. Nelson BULLETIN 77 VIRGINIA DIVISION...Geology, to popularize the geology of Albernarle County. I t is written in a non-technical manner for the...the people of Virginia and Albemarle County. Professor Nelson is well acquainted with the entire geologic |  | | Report (issue) | | pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ ...between pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight mine ______ _______________...of granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9....and other units in the Big Bess pegmatite, Gaston County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ |
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