 | | Report (issue) | | IN NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES ...agencies for the general welfare of the dtizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts basic and applied research...Resources, at Post Office Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687, or call (919) 733-2423. Jeffrey...Chief Geologist GOLD NORTH CAROLINA IN . by P. Albert Carpenter III NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INFORMATION...INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT |  | | Report (issue) | | METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA by P. Albert Carpenter, m Reprinted...and silver Molybdenum Tungsten Production 5 5 5 5 6 Metallic mineral deposits of the slate belt Distribution...Previous investigations Mine descriptions Alamance County Copper prospect Foust copper mine Robeson gold prospect...Cabarrus County Allman prospect Buffalo mine Cabarrus? mine Clinemine Crayton mine Furniss mine Eva Furr...Furr mine Isenhour mine ..; : Newellmine Nugget mine Phoenix mine Pioneer Mills mine Propst mine Quaker |  | | Report (edition) | | Information Circular GOLD RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA by P. A. Carpenter, D oc ms C% M:*L Raleigh...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 26711. Jeffrey C. Reid Chief Geologist Cover...2 Uses 3 Mining Methods and Recovery 3 Gold in North Carolina 5 History of Mining 5 Production...Deposits of North Carolina 12 Eastern Carolina Belt 12 Portis Mine 14 Other Mines 14 Carolina Slate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ll?O-llS• The Silver Hill Zinc Deposit and AssociatedDeposits, Central North Carolina CHRISTOPHER 1•...owney Lane, Billings, Montana 59101 Abstract Silver Hill is a stratiform deposit 15 m wide, 5 m thick...galena, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, silver, freibergite, pyrargyrite, mackinawitc, cubanitc...late-stage ore solution. Arsenic, bismuth, and silver were concentrated in the residual ore solution;...stringer deposits near Silver Hill are genetically related to the Silver Hill deposit. Introduction |  | Klein, T. L., Cunningham, C. G., Logan, M.A.V., Seal, R. R. (2007) The Russell Gold Deposit, Carolina Slate Belt, North Carolina. Economic Geology, 102 (2) 239-256 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.102.2.239 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 239–256 The Russell Gold Deposit, Carolina Slate Belt, North Carolina TERRY L. KLEIN,† U.S. Geological...Abstract Gold deposits have been mined in the Carolina slate belt from the early 1800s to recent times, with...mines in South Carolina. The Russell mine, one of the larger producers in North Carolina, is located in...has shown that a rhyolitic dome near the Russell mine was extruded during the deposition of the lower...Brewer, Haile, and Ridgeway deposits of South Carolina. Gold was mined from at least six zones that are |  | | Report (issue) | | Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...SoutherngrouP----------------------~-- 7 --- Talladega slate ______ ~ _________________ _ Hillabee chlorite schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...__________________________________ _ History of mining ________________ ·__________________ _ Production...34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. ------- |  | | Report (issue) | | Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological...base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, pyrite, tinf-...rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins and mineralized... complex ores of gold, copper, lead, zinc, and silver in veins and 13 replacements in metamorphic rocks...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals |  | | Report (issue) | | CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING AND FIELD TRIP NOVEMBER 8-10, 2013 SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA...THE CAROLINA TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ONE ARC, TWO ARCS, OLD ARC, NEW ARC THE CAROLINA TERRANE...TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS: James Hibbard and Jeff Pollock TRIP LEADERS: James Hibbard,...Ganis Carolina Geological Society Annual Meeting, November 8-10, 2013 Salisbury, North Carolina Carolina...Waddell University of South Carolina Allen Dennis University of South Carolina, Aiken Vice President William |  | | Report (volume) | | the Albemarle Group of the Carolina Slate Belt in Central North Carolina By ARVID A. STROMQUIST and HAROLD...BULLETIN Prepared in cooperation with the North Carolina Division of Mineral Resources 1274-B /nT...________________________ Stratigraphy of the slate belt ________ Definitions of selected terms ________________...________________________________ 20 Rocks west of the Silver Hill fault _____________________ 20 References cited...Generalized geologic map showing relation of the Carolina slate belt to the Piedmont province In pocket 2. Generalized |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | decreasingly radiogenic valuesfrom the Mineral district,Virginia,to the StoneHill deposit,Alabama,whi...The mineralizedveinsof the Virginia gold pyrite belt havegalenaswith a wide spreadof radiogeniclead isotoperatiosand...from the re- ore is unclear,asat Ore Knob, North Carolina, where gionhavebeenof an incidentalnature,andonlythree...bodiesof this type can alsobe found in the sten, North Carolina, and Dahlonega,Georgia,dis- Piedmontgeologicprovince...tricts(Doe and Zartman, 1979). A moredetailedlead Silver Hill-type deposits(Brown, 1976) are found isotopestudy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pilot Mountain and SelectedOther Localities, Carolina Slate Belt T. L. KLEIN AND R. E. CBISS* U.S. GeologicalSurvey...Abstract Severalepigeneticmineral depositsin the Carolina slatebelt are intimately related to meteoric-...alkali leachingaccompaniedby high aluminaminerals(sericite,pyrophyllite, andalusite___ topaz) and anomalous...>30-km2peripheralzoneof low lso sericiteschists, chlorite-sericite schists, andandesitic volcanicrocks(b•80•,ho•...Reconnaissance studiesof other alterationzonesin the Carolina slatebelt havesofar disclosedthe involvementof |  | | Report (issue) | | a similar trend in galenas from Kings Mountain belt ores is further evidence for such a source. Sulfur...Inner Piedmont rocks. PMS and the Kings Moun- tain belt have isotope ratios suggesting a mixed source with...geologic . province 54 Ducktown district, Tennessee 60 District geology 60 Theories of origin 61...Sulfide deposits in the Piedmont 129 9. Mineral district, Virginia 133 10. Description of the ore bodies...gold-pyrite belt 170 Carolina slate belt polymetallic stratabound sulfide deposits 175 Central North Carolina |  | | 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) | | in Southern Mecklenburg County and Vicinity, North Carolina 'and South Carolina By Frederick Albert Wilson...IN SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND VICINITY NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA By Frederick Albert Wilson...part of the Charlotte and Carolina slate belts in southern Mecklenburg County and vicinity to help interpret...with granitic plutons. At the west side of the slate belt, the Tillery phyllite is -\ interpreted as having...Charlotte belt where it is mapped as metavolcanic rocks* Gravity models of the Carolina slate belt Indicate |  | | 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) | | .'.' .., 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | IsotopeStudiesto MassiveSulfideand Vein Depositsof the Carolina Slate Belt STEPHEN A. KISH AND P. GEOFFREY FEISS ...Department of Geology,Universityof North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 Abstract Samplesof ore...Carolinaslatebelt of the Charlotte2ø quadrangle,North Carolina,havebeenanalyzed.In generalthesedeposits are...with the peak metamorphism in the North Carolina portionof the Carolina slatebelt. Introduction a mult...0861-0128/82/07/852-1152.50 352 Pb ISOTOPE STUDIES, CAROLINA SLATE BELT mixingof severalisotopically heterogeneous |  | | Book (volume) | | vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA C. HENRY KING, FRANKUNVILLE, N.C. ALAMANCE—The North State pyrophyllite mine is located...by the Indians. ALLEGHANY—The Crouse manganese mine near Sparta has produced an interesting suite of...Triassic sandstone belt, which is goldbearing. ASHE—Site of the Ore Knob copper mine in the eastern part...part of the county has produced chalcocite, bornite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, magnetite, and sphalerite. AVERY—About...Mountain. BURKE—Three diamonds have been found in this county. One specimen is at the State Museum in Raleigh |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...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) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~----------------- Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County -- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SILVER MINED IN NORTH CAROLINA By R U T H P. S T A N L E Y — T h e Lady Prospector Rt. 1, Box 5 8 , T...the development of sil ver mining i n the Piedmont section o f North Carolina is largely a record of attempts...treat the ores. I n the earliest history of each mine, the sur face ores, which required but little skill...prospect ing was done in Davidson County, but few are aware that the Silver H i l l Mine was i n operation before... ( I n 1 8 2 4 "Olmstead" mentioned David son County as a part of the G o l d Coun t r y ) . About |  | | Report (issue) | | and adjacent areas _____ _ E ter-Cleary mineral belt, Fairbanks region ________________________ _ Hyder...___________________ -_-----Lode and placer gold deposits, Mohave County _______________________ _ California ________________________...studies at Bodie ___________ _ Mother Lode, Amador County __________ _ Tertiary gravels, Nevada City area..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Silver and copper in McEJmo Canyon ______ Copper and silver in Precambrian rocks..._ _ _ _ orthwestern San Juan Mountains ________ Silver Cliff- Rosita district_ ____________ Georgia ____ |
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