 | | 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) | | 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) | | Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group: 3 2/m. uraninite, which may be mineralogically zoned. As dense...660(3) Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Fanny Gouge mine, North Carolina, USA. 3.195 (100), 5.903 (64), 3.365...Pine, North Carolina, USA. (2) Ajmer district, India. (3) Fanny Gouge mine, North Carolina, USA; by electron...Replacing uraninite, as a late-stage hydrothermal alteration product. Association: Uraninite, uranophane...curite, “gummite”, quartz. Distribution: In the USA, in the Spruce Pine district, from the Deer Park |  | | Report (issue) | | Carolina Geological Society 2008 Fieldtrip and Annual Meeting, Little Switzerland, North Carolina October...Spruce Pine Mining District: Little Switzerland, North Carolina __________________________________________...__ Carolina Geological Society (CGS) 2008 Field trip Spruce Pine Mining District North Carolina Co-leaders...Sponsors Active Minerals International, LLC Imerys North America Ceramics Unimin Corporation Vulcan Materials...Spruce Pine Mining District: Little Switzerland, North Carolina __________________________________________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystallizes during metasomaticreplacementof pegmatitic uraninite by latestage,oxidizing hydrothermal fluids. Samplesare...surroundsa K-rich core (comrnonly with remnant uraninite) and is surrounded by more Ca-rich material; volumetrically...formula for clarkeite from the Fanny Gouge mine near Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is: uu, 0*r](HrO)o noro.e...oxidation and Ewing 1991, 1993). replacementof uraninite late during pegmatite crystalli- Finch and zation...Finch and Ewing 1993). AlPnpvrous woRK though uraninite-bearinggranite pegmatitesare common, Clarkeite |  | | Report (volume) | | Pine District ! Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN \ Prepared...with the Min\ eral Resources Division of the North \ Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...Pine District Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties North Carolina By DONALD A. BROBST ! CONTRIBUTIONS...with the Mineral Resources Division of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...Spruce Pine pegmatite district, Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties, N.C.__________________ In pocket FIGURE |  | | 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 | | | 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) | | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of North Carolina ..... 67 Table 12 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of South Carolina ..... 85 Table 15 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of north-central New York........................65 Figure...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of North Carolina................................77 Figure 17...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of South Carolina. ............*......*...........86 Figure 20. |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 09:35 10 October 2014 Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado O wing to its diverse paragenesis and...zircon crystals from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...quartz specimen from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, John Smolski photo...syenite in the Litchfield-Gardiner area, Kennebec County (King and Foord 1994). Zircon crystals to 2.5 cm...Mineville, Essex County, and crystallized specimens have been collected at Deer Hill, Orange County, and at Fine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | × 2.5 cm (DM 23387), from the White King mine, Lake County, Oregon, the type locality. His label states...× 9.5 × 7.5 cm (DM 23095), from Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona. the life of Professor Heinrich and his...dated 13 August 1930 notes seeing an old lead/silver mine from atop the Castle Marksburg, near Braubach. Another...shifted to kaolinite deposits near Aiken, South Carolina. Heinrich found himself leading the drilling program...25916), from the F. W. Hamrick property, Shelby, North Carolina, an unusual tapered and stepped quartz crystal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | caves. Mr. Toothaker relerred to a trip to North Carolina with Messrs. Biernbaum, Clay, and Gordon. Other...don in JuIy to Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia. At the Fanny Gouge mine near Burnsville, N.C., specimens...specimens of gurnmite, uraninite, cyrtolite, garnet, muscovite, pink zoisite, epidote, albite, and uranophane...uranophane were collected on the dumps, At the McKinney mine near Crabtree creek specimens of muscovite, euxenite...the scenery in the mountainous sections of North Carolina, and gave details of the collecting experiences |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...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...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m |  | | Book | | vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...OECD (2012) In 2010, production of uraniurn in North An1erica represented about 21% of the worldwide...producer, at around 9,775 tU, and was the dominant North American producer. The MacArthur River 1nine, Saskatchewan...Saskatchewan, is the world's largest high-grade uraniu1n mine. The ore from that ,nine is crushed and treated...to start production at the Talvivaara Ni-Zn-Cu-Co mine, ,vhere bio-heap leaching is used to extract metals |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...100 detail maps 1500+ hunting locations: sites in North America A directory to coUpcfing O E Pi rin...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...directory listing over fifteen hundred localities in North America where gem specimens may be found. Interspersed...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID |
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Fanny Gouge Mine, Micaville, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA