 | | Report (volume) | | Saprolite of the Crystalline Rocks in the Shelby Quadrangle North Carolina 1 ___j________________ o GEOLOGICAL...SaproKte of the Crystalline Rocks in the Shelby Quadrangle North Carolina By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET, ROBERT G...concentrates in the Shelby quadrangle, North Carolina.-,. FIGUBB 1. Index map of North Carolina showing location...location of the Shelby quadrangle.__________________________________________ m In pocket 2 IV CONTENTS...saprolite of the crystalline rocks in the Shelby quadrangle, North Carolina._ 2. Sizes of the common heavy minerals |  | | Report (issue) | | Inside back cover Monazite placers of North and South Carolina ........................................were mined in the Piedmont province of North and South Carolina from 1887 to 1911, and again intermittently...Va., south-southwestward for 200 miles into North Carolina. Monazite-bearing rocks near. Rion, S. C.,...the placers that were formerly mined in North and South Carolina. These placers were sampled, and the monazite...country rock, and certain granitic gneisses of the Carolina gneiss. Some of the associated pegmatites also |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEI PEGMATITE GEOLOGY OF THE SHELBY DISTRICT NORTH CAROLINA by \ Wallace R. Griffitts > \ I ...Metamorphic rocks....................... h- Carolina gneiss ..................... Ij- General features... 113 Andalusite. ...................... 113 Zircon. ........................ 113 Calcite and dolomite...volume. .................. 27 k. Minerals of the Shelby district .......... In pocket ILLUSTRATIONS Fitsure...Index map of the Shelby district. ............ 1 2-. Geologic map of the Shelby pegmatite district |  | | Report (issue) | | pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ _______________________...pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...bulge in the hanging wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight...granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Same granite...and other units in the Big Bess pegmatite, Gaston County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ |  | | Report (volume) | | Arabia. A few determinations were made of detrital zircon from sedimentary rocks to obtain information of...ios of the different accessory minerals xenotime, zircon, and monazi l.e. The thorium to uranium ratio given...lead determinations were made on a given sample of zircon, all the values are entered in the tabulation and...DETERMINATION Replicate age determinations were made of zircon from the same rock in 85 of the 411 rocks reported...been measured. The agreement between the ages of zircon, monazite, and xenotime, separated from the same |  | | 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) | | 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...PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ,~O NOT REMOVE...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite...occur distributed over a wide area in Burke, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell, Mecklenberg, and Rutherford...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have |  | | Report (volume) | | Cassiterite Occurrences in the Shelby Area, North and South Carolina By John P. D'Agostino and jesse...Cassiterite occurrences in the Shelby area, North Carolina-South Carolina. (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin;...3:1569. 1. Cassiterite-North Carolina-Shelby Region. 2. Cassiterite-South Carolina-Cowpens Region. I. Whitlow...cassiterite occurrences in the Shelby area, North Carolina and South Carolina---------------------------... CASSITERITE OCCURRENCES IN THE SHELBY AREA, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA By jOHN P. D'AGOSTINO and jESSE |  | | Report (issue) | | Sc ce i en e T ec tonic s R es earc h nc Carolina Geological Society Annual Field Trip October 19-20...southwestern Brushy Mountains, centralwestern North Carolina Guidebook Editors: Robert D. Hatcher, Jr....Columbia, South Carolina Carolina Geological Conultants, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina Central Savannah...Aiken, South Carolina Steve Gurley, Consulting Soil Scientist, Lincolnton, North Carolina Godfrey and...South Carolina Kubal and Furr, Greenville, South Carolina Zemex Corporation, Spruce Pine, North Carolina |  | Overstreet, William C., White, A.M., Whitlow, J.W., Theobald, P.K., Caldwell, D.W., Cuppels, N.P., Stone, Jerome (1968) Fluvial monazite deposits in the southeastern United States, with a section on mineral analyses. Professional Paper 568. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp568 | Report (issue) | | in the western Piedmont of Virginia^ North Carolina^ South Carolina^ and Georgia^ and methods used to appraise...Savannah River-Catawba River area, South Carolina-North Carolina ______________ Rock types._______________________..._________________________ Yadkin River-Dan River area, North Carolina-Virginia. ____________________ Oconee River..._____-_-_ High-alumina minerals. _____________---Zircon. __________-__-----_------------Garnet. _ ____...ilmenite, and garnet. 3. Monazite and xenotime. 4. Zircon. 5. Map showing abundance of ThOz and UjOg. 6. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 500-mile-long state situated mainly between 35° and 36.6° North latitude and bounded on the west by the Mississippi...left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...earths to make saltpeter, at Nicojack Cave in Marion County, then nitromagnesite at the same location (Shepard |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | arawak and North Borneo _________________ _ Sarawak _____________________________ _ North BorneO----...________ _ North Island_____ ------------- ________ _ Antarctica ________________________________ _ North Am...124 126 127 130 Monazite localities-Continued North America-Continued United States of America-Continued...Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer |  | | Report (issue) | | ROAD LOG FOR THE ANNUAL EXCURSION OF THE CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY1 OCTOBER 24 — 25, 1953 W.C. Overstreet...by the Director, U.S. Geological Survey. The Carolina Geological Society wishes to express its appreciation...metamorphic rocks 1 Carolina gneiss 1 Biotite gneiss unit of the Carolina gneiss 3 Toluca quartz...log 4 Illustrations Figure 1: Geology of the Shelby, Lincolton, Gaffney, and Kings Mountain Quadrangles...Road Map of assembly area, Shelby, N.C. 5 3: Field trip stops. 6 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Guidebook |  | | Report (volume) | | State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |  | | Catalog/List | | ard's Natural Science Establishment, .l nc. 302 NORTH GOODiVf.•\N STREF.T P. 0. Bo'x 24, BEECHll"OOD...Albemarle Counly, Virginia ... Custer County, Colorado . Albemarle County, Virginia . Near Mesaba, l\linnesola...New York . San Juan County, Colorado Delta, Shasta County, California . Boulder County, Colorado .. ...... Massachusetts Mt. Shasta, California " Lyon County, Nevada Hillsborough, New Brnnswick Keeseville...York " " " .Near Keene, NC\\' York . Essex County, New York Rochester, New York Split Rock, Minnesota |  | | Report (issue) | | magnetite from the Inner Piedmont Belt, North and South Carolina, by P. K. Theobald, Jr., W. C. Overstreet...Magnetite from the Inner Piedmont Belt, North and South Carolina By P. K. THEOBALD, JR., W. C. OVERSTREET..._________ Relations among the elements.__________ North-south dichotomy.____________ Al 1 1 2 2 4 5 5 7...c interpretation.--------.------------------.. North-south dichotomy________---_-_-__-___--___ Distribution...separates from the Inner Piedmont belt of North and South Carolina..__ _ 3. Correlation coefficients (Stuart |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey |  | | Book (edition) | | LAZULI TURQUOISE GARNET ONYX • PERIDOT* • ZIRCON • CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • ...SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE WILLEMITE ZIRCON CRYSTALS Crystal forms 5 velopment of one face...plains have been buried deep under debris brought north by glaciers or washed down down from have been...Diamonds have been found in the United way from North Carolina to California and from Wisconsin. Some are...are found in the rock in which spare North America. States, all the Georgia to they were created by volcanic |  | | Journal (issue) | | erogers@geology-books.com • Poncha Springs, Colorado 81242 USA Phone: 719,539,4113 • Fax 719,539,4542 PO Box 455...Rare Eanh Minerals: Nonh Carolina's Monazite and Zircon Industry by Jay L. Li11i119er l 91 FOUNDERS OF...l\1rquoise, Orogrande i'V\ining District. Otero County. New Mexico. PhoLOgraph by Debra Wilson, courtesy...fine tu r q u oise ever si nce. In San Bernadina County, over 200 w rquoise pro pect pits were fo und in...happened in t he B lack Hills with rhe Sioux, and in North C a rolina with the Cherokees. But si nce the two |  | | Catalog/List | | enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...and cerium orthosilicate Massive; Virginia or N. Carolina ......... ... ...... . Orthite, high grade; Norway...60 .25 .25 .40 .40 .80 .80 ALVITE (altered zircon, hafnium-bearing) Fragments; Norway .............Smaragdite Green xline, with pink corundum; N. Carolina .. ... . Tremolite Fibrous, coarse, greenish-gray;...metasilicate) "Asbestos", fibrous with talc; North Carolina ........ ANTHRACITE-See Mineral Coal I ANTIMONY |  | | Report (volume) | | ......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | that intrude genetically related granitic rocks in North Cerolins is found to be either higher or lower then... 16 17 North Shelby district, Carolina North South County, Shelby district, Carolina California...Crsbtree Creek nrar Little Switzerland, Sorth Carolina. U.S. Net. MllS. No. C-5581. J8mestown, CI~lorado...ieimR Cheyenne Cenyon, Pikee Peak region, El Paso County, Colorado. U.S. Nat. Mue. No. 84413. 33 Inclined...biotite gneiss, respectively. of the Shelby district of North Carolina. These samples show that a high degree |
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