 | | Book | | what was once an island off the coast of ancient North America. The rocks in this book originated on that...where a completely different ancient island, the Carolina Terrane, crashed into the EPRIP island about 400...EBRIP's lower limit. Incidentally, rocks of the Carolina Terrane island are nearly identical to those of...metamorphism. In addition, the EBRIP island and Carolina Terrane island were really island chains that...southwest into Alabama and northeast into North and South Carolina. The rocks covered in this book are also |  | | 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) | | noRm c ult * 4 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE, DIRECTOR...MICA DEPOSITS OF THE FRANKLIN-SYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA BY J. C. OLSON AND OTHERS PREPARED BY GEOLOGICAL...WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH 1946 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT...MICA DEPOSITS OF THE FRANKLIN SYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA By J. C. OLSON and Others PREPARED BY GEOLOGICAL...DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR IN COOPERATION WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT |  | | Book (edition) | | for schist: Increasing metamorphism Chlorite Biotite Garnet Staurolite Kyanite Sillimanite Again, there...specimens. The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals is a huge treasure trove...and probably takes a beating in the field. I leave mine at home. For web-based research, I recommend the...the United States; other agencies, such as state, county, and wildlife agencies, also control minor lands...hornblende, pyroxene (such as augite or diopside), and biotite. It makes a fine decorative rock, weathering from |  | | | | surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...or nonmetallic. A metallic mineral is opaque and shiny like metal, e.g. copper, silver, gold. A non-metallic...or earthy: not shiny or brilliant, e.g., red hematite, clay Greasy or oily: not shiny, not bright, e...Precambrian, Shield constitutes the stable core of the North American con- tinent. These ancient rocks vary...Plains of the Midwest, the Arctic Lowlands to the north, and the Hudson Bay Lowlands which infills the |  | | Book | | or nonmetallic. A metaUic mineral is opaque and shiny like metal, e.g. copper, silver, gold. Anon-metallic...or earthy: not shiny or brilliant, e.g., red bematite, clay Greasy or oily: not shiny, not bright, e...Plains of the Midwest, the Arctic Lowlands to the north, and the Hudson Bay Lowlands which infills the 111iddle...covered by w·ban spravvl. Appalachian Region In North Ai:nerica, the old, worn Appalachian Mountains stretch...copper. Streak: Yellow. Lustre and transparency: Shiny, 111etallic lustre and opaque. Habit: Usually n1assive |  | | Report (issue) | | NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE FOR NORTH CAROLINA EON ERA PERIOD EPOCH GEOLOGIC...GEOLOGIC EVENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA Recent Deposition of sediments in Coastal Plain. Erosion of Piedmont...Pliocene o Phosphate deposited in eastern North Carolina (Beaufort and Pamlico Counties). Miocene ...E u o E n Formation of the Atlantic Ocean as North America and Africa drifted apart. Weathering and...Piedmont and Mountains. 240 Final collision of North America and Africa.Thrust faulting in west; deformation |  | | Report (issue) | | The Ore Knob Copper Deposit North Carolina, and Other Massive Sulfide Deposits of the Appalachians GEOLOGICAL...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 558 The Ore Knob Copper Deposit North Carolina, and Other Massive Sulfide Deposits of the..._ ______________ Magnetite __________________ Biotite _____________________ Amphibole. _ _______________...-___---___--___-_-_-__--__-_.-_____________ Eustis mine, Quebec. ___________________________ Moulton Hill...eastern Maine._________ Milan mine, New Hampshire_____________________ Orange County copper district, Vermont___________ |  | | Book | | or any stream it is made from tiny grains with shiny where the water has exposed sand and surfaces...places, including the Tethys Seaway. South-western North America was flooded by the Sundance Sea. Cretaceous...Present day Over the last 50 million years, the North Atlantic has opened up to separate Europe and America...pushing the tiny compasses, lining up with the North halves of the ocean bed apart. This Pole at the...down into the mantle and because the magnetic North Pole had destroyed along deep trenches at the |  | | Book (edition) | | iron and also certain iron-bearing silicates (biotite, hornblende, black tourmaline, etc.) can be magnetized...a mineral was discovered (benitoite, San Benito County, California), or dedicated to a scholar (dolomite...that a collector in the field should visit are mine dumps and quarry rubble heaps, where there will...from the Keweenaw measuring Peninsula (Lake USA) where masses weighing up to 400 metric tons and...Arizona (USA) and in the manganese skarns of Langban (Sweden) and Franklin, New Jersey (USA). Dendrites |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral as specimens in Arkansas. Dug Hill in Garland County was the source of most early wavellite specimens...Hot Spring County or from Montgomery County. Dug Hill was in fact part of Hot Spring County until December...Vauquelinite & Mottra01ite fro01 a New Locality: Louisa County, Virginia Lance E. Kearns Dept. of Geology & Environmental...from the dumps of the old Allah Cooper (Valcooper) mine by one of the authors (M .D.), have produced 5 additional...is an underground mine located in Louisa County (Figure I on page 3) 5½ miles north east of Mineral, Virginia |  | | Report (volume) | | THE CITICO CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MONROE COUNTY, / " ~ "NESSEE 1 ICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1552 Mineral...the Citico Creek Wilderness Study Area, Monroe County, Tennessee By JOHN F. SLACK and ERIC R. FORCE,...Study Area, in the Cherokee National Forest, Monroe County, Tenn., that is being considered for wilderness...Monroe County, Tenn. 2. Sample locality maps of the Citico Creek Wilderness Study Area, Monroe County, Tenn...the Citico Creek Wilderness Study Area, Monroe County, Tenn. 2. Range and median values for selected |  | | Catalog/List | | PEBIBlE PlEDDlEIR 100 NORTH LAKE PARK BOTTINEAU, NORTH DAKOTA 58318 Phone: (701) 263-4948 FAX: (701)...$10.00 per specimen. BOTRYOIOAL BORN/TE: Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wiscon�in: 1.5 to 3 inch spe_cimens...only each. at $3.00 priced s inch 3 specimen to 2 shiny. very crystallization and CARBORUNDUM; Silicone...internet sites earlier this week at $25.00 each!! Mine are only $7.00 each while they last! WHITEPINEM...Seaman Minera� Museum in Houghto�, �ichigan. �he mine is now closed! These aro very nice crystalline copper |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | serpentinite outcrop at Mineral Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and was described as a hydrated...that of the material described by Cooke. Typical shiny black fragments were examined using a Philips DebyeScherrer...50 80 (1) Melanosiderite, shiny black fragment, Middleton, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, BM No. 66908...observed; Mg and Cr were also present in many of the shiny black fragments examined. The infra-red spectrum...calcareous sediments at Doi Mok scheelite mine, Wiang Pa Pao, north Thailand (Times Atlas of the World, 4th |  | | 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) | | 14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Asbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N. Y. Chromite, chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...ore, Poncha Springs, Colo. 14. Tungsten ore. North Carolina Geology and Mineral Resources of the Lemhi...Lemhi Pass thorium district, Lemhi County, Idaho, and Beaverhead County, Montana ....... In pocket 2. Geologic...lie on the west edge of the area, 8 miles to the north. State Route 28, which connects these two villages...are other dirt roads along parts of Cow, Yearian, North Frying Pan, South Frying Pan, Bear, Sheser, Reese |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pliitfor111/hnsin (like the present-day east coast of the North American PliIte and Atlantic Ocean). The adjacent...Batholith Figure 5. Topaz from Crystal Park, El Paso County. Crystal is 3.1 cm tall. George and Betty Fisher...from Helen Hunt Falls, Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County. Top crystal is 1.1 cm on edge. Dan and Dianne...quartz from the Saint Peters Dome area, El Paso County. Crystal is 2.2 cm tall. Dan Kile and Dianne Kile...continued to crystallize, yielding the biotite and homblende-biotite granites now generally referred to as |  | | Book (edition) | | probably have always thought of crystals as having shiny flat faces, but you were wrong. Even if flat external...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from | | | | | probably have always thought of crystals as having shiny flat faces, but you were wrong. Even if flat external...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...New Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill...Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped |  | | Book | | conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper , allegedly...Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour: silver-white ...Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia, South America and Siberia. G Au Colour:...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...meteorite, with pieces found at Canyon Diablo (Arizona, USA), fell c. 20,000-40,000 years ago, creating a crater | | | Book | | conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper, allegedly the...Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour: silver-white ...Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia, South America and Siberia. G Au Colour:...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...meteorite, with pieces found at Canyon Diablo (Arizona, USA), fell c. 20,000-40,000 years ago, creating a crater |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A RARE-ALKALI BIOTITE FROM KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA1 FnaNr L. Hnss2 arqn Ror-r.rx E. SrrvrNs3...found by Judge Way, spectroscopictests on the biotite from Tin Mountain gave strong lithium and rubidium...faint cesium lines. Lithium lines were shown in a biotite from the border of the Morefield pegmatite, a mile...White on a shiny dark mica from the Chestnut FIat pegmatite near Spruce Pine, North Carolina, gave strong...cesium lines. Biotite from the Corner Rock pegmatite near Craggy Gardens, North Carolina, was found by |  | | Report (issue) | | COAL TEST DRILLING FOR THE SAN JUAN MINE EXTENSION, SAN JUAN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO By Laura J. Beach and...Uaterflow and Youngs Lake quadrangles, San Juan County, New Mexico TABLES Table 1. 2. 3. 4. Thicknesses...beds, San Juan County, New Mexico 7 Summary of coal test drilling for the San Juan mine extension, San...San Juan County, New Mexico 9 Summary of five core holes in the Waterflow and Youngs Lake quadrangles...quadrangles, San Juan County, New Mexico 10 Report of analysis on coal from the Fruitland Formation by the U |  | | Report (issue) | | - -- 23 Selected mineral localities listed by county - - - - - - 26 Cross index of some minerals found...dne ss is betwee n 3 and 4 . If some of the abov e mine rals are not availabl e , hardn e ss d e t e rminations...to the ge ne ral appearanc e of the surfac e of a mine ral and is d e s crib e d b y the following terms:...having the appe a r ance of glass (quartz) Shiny : v e r y shiny or brilliant (diamond) MINERALS Silky:...aus e th e c olor is usually c onstant in these mine rals; for ex ampl e , magn e tit e is always blac |  | | Catalog/List | | S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to...785 ADAMITE (CUPRIAN),MohawkMine, San Bernardino County, California. Nicely spaced transparent jade green |
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