| | Report (issue) | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Alabama ............. 4 Table 2 Uranium occurrences in...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Alabama....................................... 5 Figure...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite...overlies a mica schist. One sample km northeast from Micaville, across the road WASH-11; reported assaying 0...radioactivity is 5 to 7 times background. Hill copper mine. RM 1968. Source ol informal Phyllite Location | | | Report (volume) | each of the States, the State lists begin with Alabama and end with Wyoming. Under each State the minerals...Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...statements regarding their respective States: Alabama.........Dr. Eugene A. Smith, University. Arkansas...compilation. ALABAMA. Aluminum. See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; | | | Book (volume) | ............... xi Mineral Locations by State Alabama ....................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map .....................................................................................2 Alabama Stream Map ............................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map .......................................... | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | RFD # 1 , Box 331 Odessa, Fla. 33556 Secretary—Morris Ratcliff 114 Emerald Avenue Lakes Wales, Fla. 33853...Group of the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, met under the leadership of Bob... ciety, Camden, dug into an exceptional vug of quartz crystals at Liberty Hill. They measured 12-14 inches...sented Member Chet Kunsman of the Imperial Polk County Gem and Min eral Society, Lake Wales, presented...junior's library. Ken Helfland, the owner of an opal mine in Australia, was guest speaker. His subject: Three | | | Book (edition) | together. 9194 MIN 44 690 MINERAL RESOURCES. ALABAMA—Mined. Mineralogical name. Coal, var. bitu minous...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater | | | Report (volume) | ......................................... 5 Alabama..................................................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...form. 10 USEFUL MINERALS OF UNITED STATES ALABAMA. ALABAMA. Alum. See Halloysite. Aluminum. See Bauxite...Bauxite and Halloysite. 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; | | | Book | ____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _ 3 VI 1 1 1 1 2 9...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...Newton, Wa l t o n , F a n n i n , F o r s y t h Alabama: C l a y, Cleburn, Coosa, Tallapoosa, C h i l t...i n , Dawson, Banks, Clayton, Lee, Tw i g g s Alabama: St. C l a i r , Lee, Shelby Pearls r a n k a s...e d S t a t e s w e r e t h e Tennessee a n d Alabama Rivers. N e w Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | D # 1 , Box 331 Odessa, F l a . 33556 Secretary—Morris Ratcliff 114 E m e r a l d A v e n u e Lakes Wales... that the committee can plan trips. - Lawrence County for many kinds of - - The Gem, Lapidary and Mineral...- - - Curt Segeler spoke Society of Montgomery County, Rockwith the New York Mineralogical Club ville...workshop on casting. - - - - The the Frederick County Rock and Mineral Nassau Mineral Club, Mineola,...President of the lapidary section met at the Nassau County Central Pennsylvania Rocks and Minerals Museum | | | Book (volume) | .................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama ...............................................................................458 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States ALABAMA Alabama comprises two geological regions. The northeast...exposed and commercially mined in Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa, and parts of Chilton | | | Book (volume) | .................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama ...............................................................................460 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States ALABAMA Alabama comprises two geological regions. The northeast...exposed and commercially mined in Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa, and parts of Chilton | | | Book (edition) | vacation stops at a roadside “dig your own” gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a peach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Dakota Washington Wyoming Nevada Southeast States Alabama Hawaii Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Utah...U.S.A. ATH EDITION Where & How to Dig, Pan, and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals VOLUME 3: SOUTHEAST STATES...U.S.A. 4th Edition: Where & How to Dig, Pan and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals Volume 3: Southeast States | | | Book (volume) | vacation stops at a roadside “dig your own” gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a peach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Washington Wyoming VOLUME 3: Southeast States Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Southwest States...U.S.A. 4TH EDITION Where & How to Dig, Pan, and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals VOLUME 2: SOUTHWEST STATES...the US.A.: 4th Edition Where & How to Dig, Pan and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals Volume 2: Southwest States | | | Report (issue) | sulfur by superheated water through wells at Sulphur mine, Louisiana, are fully detailed. Exploration and...California Auschwitz mine, Lake County - 2, 4 Coso Range deposits, Inyo County - 14 Coyote Mountain deposits...Imperial County - 13 Crater (Last Chance Range) mine, Inyo County - 9, 11, 15, 16, 17 Elgin mine, Colusa...Colusa County - 6, 12 Full Moon deposit, Imperial County - 13 The Geysers, Sonoma County - 1, 18 Leviathan...Leviathan mine, Alpine County - 7, 17 Sulphur Bank mine, Lake County - 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 17; S 7 Supan deposits | | | Report (volume) | conglomerate, flint, gravel,. quartz-mica schist, novaculite, massive quartz, quartzite, sand, "sand-clay... BIBLIOGRAPHY Adams, G. I., 1929, Molding sands of Alabama: Ala. Geol. Survey Bull. 35, p. 30. The Hartselle...Hartselle sandstone, which crops out in Jefferson County in the northeastern suburbs of Birmingham, has been...brown iron ore mines, near Woodstock station, Bibb County, is a bed of sand that is also used in steel foundries...Montgomery Counties [Ark.]: Ark .. Geol. Survey County Mineral Rept. 3, p. 66-74, 87-90. Novaculite is | | | Report (volume) | Clay deposits of the San Antonio area and Morris County, Tex., by P. B. King____._____-.-_ ___ .._....-----.--- ______________________ Deposits in Grimes County.__--___-___-_______._-.-.-.Deposit in Burleson...----.____________________ Ceramic clays of Morris County, Texas ________________________ General relations...Tennessee and possible bleaching clays in Galloway County, Ky., by M. N. Bramlette.. Introduction._ ____...193 196 197 Ball-clay investigations in Carroll County _ ... 203 Conclusions.___-___-______-____- | | | Book | difficult task. On the Cover: Old Chestnut Flat Mine, around 1930 Names of the Miners: L-R: Emmett Duncan...Mica Mine on August 23, 1997. The small hole in the center is all that is left ofan old mica mine in Western...limestone, mica, marble, manganese, nickel, olivine, quartz, samarskite, sand, spodumene, tungsten, talc, vermiculite...he was using. The clay came from a site in Macon County, then called the Joree Mountains, now called the...with a group of men and equipment. He located the mine and purchased five tons of the precious clay from | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 4516 Traymore St. Bethesda, Md. 20014 Secretary—Morris Ratcliff 114 Emerald Avenue Lake Wales, F l a ...associate at the Smithsonian Institution. The Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, showed slides...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Rockville, presented a Scholarship to Lawrence...Lapidary and Mineral Society of Prince George's County, Md., Camp Springs. CONNECTICUT The Thames Valley...which stone was taken in building the Morris Reservoir, East Morris. Collecting is NOT permitted on the | | | Book | : =: n 1871, shortly after the University Alabama reopened by Federal returned of after its...Alabamians. he accomplished transformed became Alabama the from What catalyst that an aimless and...“Little Doc,” as told in Eugene Allen Smith’s Alabama, sources: Smith’s is drawn from many transcribed...histories of the state and of the University of Alabama, and contemporary newspapers. How he accomplished...lush EUGENE ALLEN SMITH’S ALABAMA EUGENE ALLEN SMITH’S ALABAMA How a Geologist Shaped a State | | | Report (issue) | Georgia ___________________________________ _ Alabama __________________________________ _ Younger rocks...__ _________________________ _; _____ _ Barren quartz veins ________________ _ Mineralized zones ___________...34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. -------...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____...properties _________ .. _____________ _ Halifax County ______ - _____ - __________ ~- _'- __ _ Virgilina | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ology of Staten Island. Micro Minerals The Wayne County Gem and Min from the collection of Walter Zabinski...Valley Gem and Mineral Members of the Tompkins County Gem Club, Elmira, made two 27 tape recorded and...Eastchester, provided The members of St. Lawrence County Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY] at 08:01...Mineral Society, Holly Hill, at Club meeting. ALABAMA Jimmy Perkins, a former Junior mem ber of the...in the lobby of the Central Bank of Mobile. The Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society, Birmingham, traveled | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Traymore St. Bethesda, Md. 2 0 0 1 4 Secretary—Morris Ratclift 114 E m e r a l d A v e n u e L a k e...Silver S p r i n g , M d . 2 0 9 0 1 7 ALABAMA The East Alabama Gem and Mineral Society, Opelika, went...collect beryl, black tourmaline (schorl) and smokey quartz. Pick, shovel, hard hat and safety glasses were...illus trated talk on faceting. John Hargett of the Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society, Birmingham, had a...Show in the Eastwood Mall. Study specimens of Alabama rocks and minerals are being furnished to a 38 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | purchases T h e Rock and Min eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless H i l l s , were guests of the Bucks...and Mineral Club, Sayre, joined with the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Society, Ithaca, N . Y . , in a...varisite, in white fibrous needles from Cumberland County, a first find of this mineral in Pennsylvania T...of the U . S. National Foundation, who spoke on Quartz and its related sub-varieties. A workshop meeting...Lapidary and Min eral Society of Prince George's County are making a study of rumbling (rocks, that ROCKS | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, an historically important gold mine in Pinal County, Arizona. Merrill Matson...Lapidary and Mineral Society of Prince George's County saw a demonstration of "wire wrapping" of stones...Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club. NEW J E R S E Y Jack Clark, Geology Curator of the Morris Museum...Traymore St. Bethesda, Md. 2 0 0 1 4 Secretary—Morris Ratcliff 114 E m e r a l d A v e n u e L a k e...Mineralogical Society, led by Irving Folk. ALABAMA The Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society, Birmingham | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Properties of Minerals The Stanley Bentons of the Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, went to the Cree...to the Cedar Hill Quar tins ry (Pa.) The Bucks County Earth showed slides of a vacation from Meteor Science...Valley, meeting. low Road The Mittl Appalachia ALABAMA Rock Club, Mapleton Depot, literally The Mobile...on a trip down that river this summer, to the Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society, Birmingham. SOUTH...Club, Kingsport, Tenn., the Minerals of the Foote Mine The Richmond Gem and Mineral Society had a very | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Point, Maryland can be found some water washed quartz, some of which is clear enough to facet. The Keystone...crystals, chalcopyrite, fluorescent calcite, blue quartz, garnet and other associated minerals. New Jersey...and marcasite; to Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania for quartz crystals; for serpentine at Lake Valhalla; to the...collect the clear quartz crystals known as "Herkimer Diamonds". Morris Dam, East Morris, Connecticut, for...for smoky quartz crystals, columnar beryl and other pegmatite minerals at a site used by member clubs |
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