 | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | namely: in Maryland, Connecticut, New Mexico, and North Carolina. The Geological Survey, United States Department...severallocalities in each of California, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Washington' The determined...south end, on the east side of Saline Valley, Inyo County'2 A thin section of a specimen,kindly furnished...375(1941). Connecticut At Haddam, in Middlesex County, on the top of Walkley llill' across the Connecticut...Murdoch, Joseph, and Webb, R. W., Bustamite from Inyo County, California : Atn. M ineral., 21, 69-70 (1936) |  | Filina, Maria I., Sorokina, Elena S., Botcharnikov, Roman, Karampelas, Stefanos, Rassomakhin, Mikhail A., Kononkova, Natalia N., Nikolaev, Anatoly G., Berndt, Jasper, Hofmeister, Wolfgang (2019) Corundum Anorthosites-Kyshtymites from the South Urals, Russia: A Combined Mineralogical, Geochemical, and U-Pb Zircon Geochronological Study. Minerals, 9 (4) 234 doi:10.3390/min9040234 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral association includes corundum-sapphire, plagioclase (An61–93 ), muscovite, clinochlore, and clinozoisite...process at 440–420 Ma ago, most probably as plagioclase cumulates in a magma chamber. This cumulate rock...anorthosite from the Chunky Gal Mountain (North Carolina, USA) [12] with pink-colored corundum is located...metasomatites within meta-ultramafic host rocks (mine 418) (Figure 1) [3]. Minerals 2019, 9, x FOR PEER...(5–20% wt. %), amphibole (up to 20 wt. %), and plagioclase 4 of 25 (up to 20 wt. %). Additionally, calcite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | elsevier.com/locate/oregeorev The Southeast Missouri (USA) Proterozoic iron metallogenic province—Types of...University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO 64093, USA ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits, University...Available online 10 October 2013 Keywords: Missouri (USA) iron district Proterozoic Magnetite Hematite IOCG-IOA...IOCG-IOA a b s t r a c t The Southeast Missouri (USA) iron metallogenic province within the Mesoproterozoic...dominant gangue mineral assemblages are albitic plagioclase–K-feldspar–quartz–chlorite; at Iron Mountain |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pegmatites from the Oxford Pegmatite Field (Maine, USA) Lorena Hernández-Filiberto 1, *, Encarnación Roda-Robles...Pegmatites from the Oxford Pegmatite Field (Maine, USA). Minerals 2021, 11, 802. https:// doi.org/10.3390/min11080802...P.O. Box 500, 99 Main Street, Bethel, ME 04217, USA; wsimmons@uno.edu (W.B.S.); kwebber@uno.edu (K.L...Almandine-spessartine garnets, from the Oxford County pegmatites and the Palermo No. 1 pegmatite, record...chemical elements, such as biotite, schorl, plagioclase, apatite, Fe-Mn phosphates, Nb-Ta oxides, zircon |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | for the Gladesville and Associated Bodies in the Carolina Superterrane in Central Georgia, Southern Appalachians...Geography, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina 28372, USA ABSTRACT Terrestrial...Juliette, Holly Grove, and Berry Creek bodies in the Carolina superterrane of the southern Appalachians in central...metagabbronorites. The mineralogies of these bodies are plagioclase, hornblende, clinopyroxene, and opaques. MgO...generally akin to those of tholeiitic basalts. Plagioclase mineral compositions vary widely: the Gladesville |  | Nie, Xiao, Wang, Zongqi, Chen, Lei, Wang, Gang, Li, Zengda (2020) Geochemical Contrasts between Late Triassic Rb-Rich and Barren Pegmatites from Ningshan Pegmatite District, South Qinling Orogen, China: Implications for Petrogenesis and Rare Metal Exploration. Minerals, 10 (7) 582 doi:10.3390/min10070582 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | located in central China and is bounded to the north by the Lingbao–Lushan Fault and to the south by...by the Mianlue–Bashan Fault, connecting the North (NCB) and South China Block (SCB) (Figure 1a) [26–28]...in the QOB, namely, the Shangdan suture in the north and the Mianlue suture in the south (Figure 1b)...Luonan–Luanchuan fault (LL), the QOB is divided into, from north to south, the southern margin of the NCB, NQB, SQB...middle segment [21]). Abbreviations: NCB = North Block; NQB = North Qinling Belt; SQBdistribution = South |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Unit 1a lavas are dominantly aphyric, with few plagioclase and clinopyroxene clots and microphenocrysts...sparsely to moderately phyric with clinopyroxene, plagioclase (altered to albite) and olivine pseudomorphs...(pseudomorphed by calcite) glomerocrysts surrounded by plagioclase microlites and devitrified mesostasis (partly...with different magmatic fractionation events. The spider diagram patterns of selected bulk rock trace elements...length of the Oman Mountains from near Dibba in the north to near Sur in the southeast (Lippard et al., 1986) |  | Zhang, Yaoyao, Liu, Kai, Wang, Ye, Zhang, Da, Mo, Xuanxue, Deng, Yuefei, Yu, Tingxi, Zhao, Zenan (2022) Geological Significance of Late Permian Magmatic Rocks in the Middle Section of the Ailaoshan Orogenic Belt, SW China: Constraints from Petrology, Geochemistry and Geochronology. Minerals, 12 (5) 652 doi:10.3390/min12050652 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | granulites, and the upper section is mainly biotite plagioclase gneisses and biotite amphibolites. The lower...A’Long Formation consists of mainly amphibolite plagioclase gneisses, amphibolite granulites and diopside...marbles, biotite amphibolite granulites and plagioclase amphibolites. The two formations show fault contact...strikes 310–325◦ , and the northwest section dips north-eastward with a dip angle of 60–70◦ . It has compression...Jinshajiang–Ailaoshan fault zone, striking 285–300◦ and dipping north-eastward with a dip angle of 30–70◦ . The dip angle |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deposit is located in north-central Guyana, 35 km to the west of the 5 Moz Omai gold mine. The deposit is hosted...recently discovered Karouni gold deposit is located in north-central Guyana, approximately 170 km southwest of...Georgetown and 35 km northwest of the 5 Moz Au Omai mine (Fig. 1A, B). The deposit represents one of the...NW-SE–trending, strike-slip shear zones such as the North Guiana trough shear zone and Makapa-Kuribrong and...Atlantic in the Jurassic (Deckart et al., 1997). Mine Location and History The Karouni region consists |  | | Report (issue) | | sedimentary and intrusive rocks.... 2 Sunnyside Mine-Marble Creek area............................ 2...Fork-Jerry Peak area............. 18 Area west and north of Stanley and White Cloud Peak area.... 24 Granitic...to black, fine-grained, consists chiefly of plagioclase laths embedded in augite, and scattered crystals...as follows: q=quartz, af=alkali feldspar, pf=plagioclase feldspar, b=biotite, hb*hornblende, px-pyroxene...constants of Steiger and Jaeger (1977).] SUNNYSIDE MINE-MARBLE CREEK AREA Tl Tqp Tir Tds Tmi Tsu Tmx |  | | Journal (issue) | | Industry Background image: Miners at the Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Country, California, circa 1903. On the...They are Found zite (201 cts) is from the Oceanview Mine in Southern California; the 0.72-ct benitoite (left...Dallas Gem Mine area, San America’s Royal Gems – Montana and Yogo Sapphires Benito County, California;... State of Maine phires is from the Gem Mountain Mine, GranTantalizing Turquoise ite Country, Montana...Rare and Beautiful American Gemstone and original mine image by Mark Mauthner. Red Beryl – A Very Rare |  | Yang, Shu-Feng, Li, Zilong, Chen, Hanlin, Santosh, M., Dong, Chuan-Wan, Yu, Xing (2007) Permian bimodal dyke of Tarim Basin, NW China: Geochemical characteristics and tectonic implications. Gondwana Research, 12 (1) 113-120 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2006.10.018 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02318, USA Received 11 April 2006; received in revised form...bimodal dyke in the Shuigongtuan area of Bachu County, Tarim Basin, NW China. Here, quartz syenite porphyry...and HFSE, and uniform Nb-enrichment patterns in spider diagram for the quartz syenitic porphyry, together...Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02318, USA. Tel.: +86 571 87951580; fax: +86 571 87951336. E-mail...with an intermediate-acidic igneous zone in the north and a basic volcanic zone in the central-western |  | | Report (volume) | | In addition to these, a useful time scale for North American mammalian stages is given by: (B) Evernden...dates and the Cenozoic mammalian chronology of North America: Amer. Jour. Sci., v. 262, p. 145-l98. £/From...Correlation chart for the Carboniferous of north-west Europe, Russin, and North America: Geol. Soc. London, 196411... and Kopf, Rudolph W., 1957, Geologic names of North America introduced in 1936-1955: U.S. Geol. Survey...Highway 49 (Skyway Road) near town of Abel, Cleburne County. Absaroka Supergroup/Volcanic Supergroup U ABRK03 |  | Cisse, Mamady, Lü, Xinbiao, Algeo, Thomas J., Cao, Xiaofeng, Li, Huan, Wei, Mei, Yuan, Qian, Chen, Mao (2017) Geochronology and geochemical characteristics of the Dongping ore-bearing granite, North China: Sources and implications for its tectonic setting. Ore Geology Reviews, 89. 1091-1106 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.07.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | characteristics of the Dongping ore-bearing granite, North China: Sources and implications for its tectonic...characteristics of the Dongping ore-bearing granite, North China: Sources and implications for its tectonic...characteristics of the Dongping ore-bearing granite, North China: sources and implications for its tectonic...OH 45221-0013, USA TE D ABSTRACT The Dongping gold deposit, located in Chongli County (Hebei Province)...gold-producing areas along the northern margin of the North China Craton. It is located in the of Shuiquangou |  | Wang, Mao, Pei, Xianzhi, Li, Ruibao, Pei, Lei, Li, Zuochen, Liu, Chengjun, Xu, Lili, Lin, Hao (2023) Timing of Transition from Proto- to Paleo-Tethys: Evidence from the Early Devonian Bimodal Volcanics in the North Qaidam Tectonic Belt, Northern Tibetan Plateau. Minerals, 13 (4) 532 doi:10.3390/min13040532 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from the Early Devonian Bimodal Volcanics in the North Qaidam Tectonic Belt, Northern Tibetan Plateau Mao...from the Early Devonian Bimodal Volcanics in the North Qaidam Tectonic Belt, Northern Tibetan Plateau....earth element (REE) patterns and trace element spider diagrams are characterized by enrichments in LREEs...Qaidam Block in the north and the south, respectively (Figure 1a,b). From north to south, the NQ contains...Zongwulong Tectonic Belt, Olongbuluke Block (OB), and North Qaidam Ultrahigh/High-Pressure (UHP/HP) Metamorphic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department , Marshall University , Huntington, WV, USA Published online: 13 May 2010. To cite this article:...Department, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA Downloaded by [Monash University Library] at 04:45...Mississippian to Triassic units. Phenocrysts of plagioclase (An38–An24) with oscillatory zoning and albitic...fractionation of diopside and plagioclase; Stage 2 by fractionation of plagioclase, hornblende ± orthoclase...Stage 3 by fractionation of biotite, hornblende, plagioclase, and orthoclase. Mineralogic, petrographic, and |  | Günay, Kurtuluş, Dönmez, Cahit, Oyan, Vural, Yıldırım, Nail, Çiftçi, Emin, Yıldız, Hayrullah, Özkümüş, Serkan (2018) Geology and geochemistry of sediment-hosted Hanönü massive sulfide deposit (Kastamonu – Turkey) Ore Geology Reviews, 101. 652-674 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.08.010 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | continental plates 87 carrying Laurasia to the north and Gondwana to the south. Many continental crustal...different tectonic units including the Pontides in the north, the 92 Arabian platform in the south and the...Ionization Mass Spectrometry) 271 (Geochron Lab, USA), which is a magnetic sector mass spectrometer that...clastic 309 rocks. On chondrite-normalized REE spider diagrams, clastic rocks appear to have negative... samples, n-type MORB-normalized multi-element spider diagrams were created (Figure 8c-d). 336 Whole |  | Basta, Fawzy F., Maurice, Ayman E., Bakhit, Bottros R., Azer, Mokhles K., El-Sobky, Atef F. (2017) Intrusive rocks of the Wadi Hamad Area, North Eastern Desert, Egypt: Change of magma composition with maturity of Neoproterozoic continental island arc and the role of collisional plutonism in the differentiation of arc crust. Lithos, 288. 248-263 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2017.07.011 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Intrusive Rocks of the Wadi Hamad Area, North Eastern Desert, Egypt: Change of Magma Composition... Atef, Intrusive Rocks of the Wadi Hamad Area, North Eastern Desert, Egypt: Change of Magma Composition...MANUSCRIPT Intrusive Rocks of the Wadi Hamad Area, North Eastern Desert, Egypt: Change of Magma Composition...highK calc-alkaline affinity, Ta-Nb troughs on the spider diagrams and pyroxene and biotite compositions...highly fractionated calc-alkaline nature and their spider diagrams almost devoid of Ta-Nb troughs. The earlier |  | Ashchepkov, Igor, Logvinova, Alla, Spetsius, Zdislav, Downes, Hilary, Ntaflos, Theodoros, Ivanov, Alexandr, Zinchenko, Vladimir, Kostrovitsky, Sergey, Ovchinnikov, Yury (2022) Eclogite Varieties and Their Positions in the Cratonic Mantle Lithosphere beneath Siberian Craton and Archean Cratons Worldwide. Minerals, 12 (11) 1353 doi:10.3390/min12111353 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | using data for eclogites from the Wyoming craton (USA) [78,79], Slave craton [4–7,80–82], the eastern part...often receive nearly flat REE patterns, and the spider diagrams are interpreted as primary tholeitic [17...from the kimberlites [78,79] inGroups Colorado,in North America are mostly from GrB. Those from the GrA... (B) Figure 9. REE patterns and trace element spider diagrams for garnets and clinopyroxenes from Figure...Figure 9. REE patterns and trace element spider diagrams for garnets and clinopyroxenes from eclogite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Record Inc. Articles The Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Id a h o 339 by N. Radford and J...by R. S. W. Braithwaite Barite from the Niobec mine, Chicoutimi, Quebec .....................355 by...G. Gagnon Minerals of the Yates uranium mine, Pontiac County, Quebec . 359 by D. L. Leavitt Shavano...— December, 1981 Bunker Hill the mine kellogg, shoshone county, idaho by Norman Radford P. O. Box N...Bunker Hill mine in the famous Coeur D ’Alene district of Idaho has produced some of North America’s finest |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Manuscript Formation of Rotliegend Ca-Cl brines in the North German Basin compared to analogues in the geological...Lucia , Formation of Rotliegend Ca-Cl brines in the North German Basin compared to analogues in the geological...MANUSCRIPT Formation of Rotliegend Ca-Cl brines in the North German Basin compared to analogues in the geological...enhanced water activity. The Rotliegend brines of the North German Basin evolved by interaction of infiltrating...rocks by albitization and chloritization of plagioclase. At present their temperatures are between 130 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | several new localities, including the Flambeau copper mine near Ladysmith (Rosemeyer 1999, the Vulcan Materials...Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and the Wausau area (Falster 1987)...zircon), particularly in the Wausau area of Marathon County (Falster 1987). Middle Proterozoic quartzites (1...found there (Merge 1996). One deposit, the Flambeau mine near Ladysmith, has already been mined. Other deposits...krennerite, dzahlindite, and kolbeckite. To the north a different early Proterozoic metasedimentary sequence |  | Song, Shiwei, Mao, Jingwen, Xie, Guiqing, Yao, Zaiyu, Chen, Guohua, Rao, Jianfeng, Ouyang, Yongpeng (2018) The formation of the world-class Zhuxi scheelite skarn deposit: Implications from the petrogenesis of scheelite-bearing anorthosite. Lithos, 312. 153-170 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2018.05.002 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | China. The anorthosite mainly comprises An-rich plagioclase (Anavg=91, ~90 vol.%) + scheelite (~3 vol.%)...large-scale MA tungsten mineralization in the Zhuxi mine. Keywords: Scheelite-bearing anorthosite; Petrogenesis;...the abundant tungsten mineralization in the Zhuxi mine are not well understood. Notably, a quartz-free...comprises An-rich (An=84.5–99.7, average=91) plagioclase (~90 vol.%)+ scheelite (~3 vol.%) + apatite (~2...the major and trace element characteristics of plagioclase, apatite, NU titanite, ilmenite, and prehnite |
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