 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | UP ON THE CHALK Figure 1. Panorama of Chalk Mountain Quarry viewed from the Western side. 304 R O C...MATTISON Rt 5 Box 281 A Burnsville, N.C. 28714 Spruce Pine District Just four years after Lee surrendered...tled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina; and, things there haven't been the...some seven miles north of presentday Spruce Pine. Their success at the "Sink Hole" Mine, as the digging...district. During ensuing years, the mines of the Spruce Pine area grew to number in the hundreds, producing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | petrogenesis of pegmatites in the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina, USA Samuel E. Swanson*, William B...Granitic rocks (mainly granodiorites) of the Spruce Pine Plutonic Suite occur as small plutons and numerous...textures in the Spruce Pine Plutonic Suite is related to the depth of crystallization. Spruce Pine granitoids...plumose muscovite clusters are common in the Spruce Pine pegmatites. Water content of magmas at such high...granitic to pegmatitic texture so common at Spruce Pine (and in other deep-seated systems) was probably |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | TRIP TO SPRUCE PINES 4812 Wake By J . E . N O R W O O D Forest R d . , Raleigh, N. C . Spruce Pines...Pines in Mitchell County is the best known area in North Carolina to those connected with mining and min...east ern North Carolina. The type of granite underlying the Spruce Pines region is unique for North Carolina...Carolina and even the U.S.A. In a ten mile radius of Spruce Pines is most of the alaskite granite found in...occur in Avery and Yancy Counties which join Mitchell County. Alaskite consists chiefly of oligoclase, quartz |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | microscopic alteration products as micas and the mica-albite mixture known as “cymatolite.” Spodumene does not...lithium sources such as the Foote mine at Kings Mountain, North Carolina; the giant crystal-bearing pegmatites...the Black Hills, South Dakota; the Harding mine in Taos County, New Mexico; the enormous Bernic Lake pegmatite...esthetic kunzite crystal sits upright on a base of albite and associated elbaite. The specimen, which is...Androscoggin County; Georgetown, Sagadoho County; and Andover and Newry, Oxford County, Maine. Purple |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 2: Meta-torbernite, Chalk Mountain, Mitchell County, North Carolina. RICHARD D. GREEN 1745 13th...rare-earth minerals, and niobates-tantalates. The albite con tent is usually unimportant. 2. The second...topaz, triphylitelithiophilite, beryl, and much albite. Minerals of all three pegmatite types can be altered...processes. Figure 5 (above): Cuprosklodowskite, Musonoi mine, Zaire. Photo by Lou Perloff. Figure 6 (right):...Uraninite, Deep Creek, Bayson City, Swain County, North Carolina. Photo by Lou Perloff. 248 ROCKS AND |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE PEGMATITES OF THE SPRUCE PINE DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA. C. S. MAURICE. (Continued from ["ol....teoccur in lensesof kyanite gneiss within the Carolina gneiss series. They consistmainly of quartz, kyanite...distributionof thesebodies •58 SPRUCE PINE DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA. 159 and their composition and...massivequartz at the Phillipsmine,No. 9 •, andthe Deer Park mine,No. 235, both in Group IV-A. Para#enesis in the...moresodic,plagioclase. SPRUCEPINE DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA. I6I countingshootsseparately.The larger |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | has found a similar occurrence at the Wallbridge Mine in Ma doc. He says he read about the Metavoltine...could be allanite. The locality, Calumet Uranium Mine in Bryson, was not listed in Canadian Deposits of...in soil but in San Antonio Canyon in Los Angeles County, pink euhedral corundum is found up to 5 mm locked...appeared to be albite was also associated. The specimens were from San Benito County. Illinois Mr. Leavitt...is moderate New Jersey length Richard Batt of North Tonawanda, New York presented two specimens for |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of the Spruce Pine District ! Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...the North \ Carolina Department of Conservation and Development 1122-A Geology of the Spruce Pine...Pine District Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties North Carolina By DONALD A. BROBST ! CONTRIBUTIONS TO...with the Mineral Resources Division of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...ILLUSTEATIONS PLATE 1. Geologic map of Spruce Pine pegmatite district, Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties, N.C.__________________ |  | | 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...Granite-_____________________ Muscovite granodiorite of Spruce Pine district-_____ ________________________ Pegmatite |  | | 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) | | under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley Authority Physical...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Falley Authority UNITED...Production of sheet and punch mica, 1912-14, in North Carolina, the Southeastern States, and the entire United...data for mica specimens, arranged by lot and by mine or prospect-_-___--_-___-_-.___---___-_____--_ Results..._______________ 13. Test data for mica (not identified by mine), taken from the production line of the Colonial |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SPRUCE PINE MINERAL AND GEM FESTIVAL AUGUST 5 - 8, 1964 By WARNER LORD Warpas Road, Madison, Conn. -...of filled with pleasant memories of the most North Carolina and environs are not, for enjoyable four days...land, New York, New Jersey or PennsylSpruce Pine, North Carolina with Howard vania. Pate of Fluorescent House...go to Connecticut. Without Howard, the trip Spruce Pine was that it would be a golden would have been...area of offer. I also thought about the fabuSpruce Pine. lous minerals one hears about from this Free camping |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District...District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high, Chalk Mountain, Churchill...Churchill County. Dan Behnke specimens and photos. Hot Springs Iron meteorite Lake (Mopung Hills) District Various |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 23:49 05 October 2014 Daybreak Mine, Spokane County, Washington T he naming of minerals that...its outstanding classic occurrence at the Daybreak mine near Elk, Washington. Autunite is characterized...most “autunite” specimens that have been found on mine dumps or have resided in collections for decades...some localities, including that from the Daybreak mine described below, dehydrates in such a way that what...of autunite aggregates from the Daybreak mine, Spokane County, Washington; John Lucking specimen, Jeff |  | | Report (volume) | | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Report (volume) | | General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County__...County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union counti...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________...____________ 86 Troup County ________________________________ 86 Upson County _______________________________ |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALABAMA Iron phosphate mineral locality at Indian Mountain, Alabama (by H. Harwood) 5:241-244 Iron-manganese...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Division, Belmont Abbey College Behnont, North Carolina Richard Mitchell Professor of Environmental Sciences...Mayo Richard D. Dayvault University of South Carolina Atlanta, Georgia Margaret A. McBrien Arthur...behold the splendid sparkle of the distant mica-mine dumps in New England sunshine to agree with tftis...Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina. Muscovite (twinned) from the Nello Teer Quarry...Deposits of muscovite of commercial value occur in North Carolina, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Idaho, New Mexico |  | | Report (issue) | | 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph... Davis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper 91 References ...Mexican Mine Gold, Majuba Placer Pyromorphite after Galena with Conichalcite Gold, Round Mountain Mine...Almandine-Spessartine Annabergite Gypsum Quartz, Petersen Mountain Heterogenite Quartz (amethyst), faceted Arsenolite |  | | 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...chalcophanite crystals on \/ad. 104 ADAMITE, Quartz Mountain, Nevada. Pale blue to colorless nearly equant | | | Report (issue) | | 3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...te, r.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph... Vavis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG ...Hen1in1orphite Azurile Barite, N1eikJe Mine Barite, '\forthun1berland Mine Bante, Rosebud t1ine Barile v;ith...inclusions Bolt½'OOdite Calcite, Meikle Mine Calcite, Getchell Mine Callaghanite Cassiterite and Hema tile |  | | 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...1914: Oklahoma Geol. Survey Bull. 22, pt. 2, 1914. Mitchell, John Graham, Minerals of Oregon: Oregon Univ |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Collins The Lake Clear-Kuehl Lake area, Renfrew County, Ontario.........................................Endlichite and descloizite from the Chalk Mountain mine, Churchill County, Nevada ..........................subscription = $44 195 Photo: Fishtail selenite mine in Coahuila, Mexico We don’t claim to be the largest...(such as the Blanchard mine, NM; Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; New Nevada mine, Batopilas, Chihuahua...Chihuahua, Mexico; and the San Fran cisco mine, Sonora, Mexico). We also have an active acquisition program |  | | Report (issue) | | districts with notable production include: Chalk Mountain (Pb, Ag), Fairview (Ag, Au, Pb, Cu), Sand Springs...Basin (Fe) in Churchill County; Buckskin (Fe, Cu, Au, Ag) in Douglas County; Como (Ag, Au, Cu) and Yerington...Yerington (Cu, Ag, Au) In Lyon County; Broken Hills (Ag, Pb, Cu, Au, Zn), Nevada Scheelite (W, Pb, Ag...Au, Pb, Cu) in Mineral County; Quartz Mountain (Ag, Pb, Au, W) in Nye County; Ragged Top (W) and Nightingale...Nightingale (W) in Pershing County; Gooseberry (Ag, Au) in Storey County; and Galena (Zn, Pb, Ag, Cu), Olinghouse |
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