 | | 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) | | noftonclature* Frui>ar«d in oooperation >dth the liorth Carolina Dep&rtaent of Conservation and Development* C05TSHTS...Metamorphic rocks ................ Mica rocks of the Carolina-type ....... Mioa gneiss .............. Mica schist...schist .............. Petrograpljy of the Carolina-type rocks . Structure and texture ....... Mineral.............. Cranberry gneiss ................ Carolina-type rocks .....*.......* Roan-type rocks ......the Plumtree area, Spruce Pine district, Forth Carolina.............................. In por&et 2» Photomicrographs |  | | 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... Geologic map of part of the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Tennessee. 2-6. Maps showing location of |  | | 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) | | University, Washington, DC 20052, USA b U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, USA c Department of Earth Sciences...Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA d U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, USA Abstract Emplacement of...throughout the Blue Ridge province of Virginia and North Carolina, and were emplaced at shallow levels in continental...rocks of the Robertson River batholith and Irish Creek pluton may be derived from more chemically primitive...Neoproterozoic extension of Rodinia in eastern North America where numerous small granitic plutons, locally |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sedimentary manganese deposits, Sierra Nevada, California, USA Marta J.K. Flohr and J. Stephen Huebner U.S. Geological...Geological Survey, MS 959, Reston, FA 22092, USA (Received July 16, 1991; revised and accepted April 24...sedimentary manganese deposits, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. Lithos, 29: 57-85. Laminated to massive rhodochrosite...Mn-silicates from the Smith prospect and MangaChrome mine, Sierra Nevada, California were deposited as ocean...relatively uncommon layers of jacobsite. The Manga-Chrome mine also contains layers rich in manganoan calcite and |  | | Report (volume) | | deposits of the Nightingale district, Pershing County, Nev., by W. C. Smith and P. W. Guild (published........ Topaz deposits near the Brewer mine, Chesterfield County, S. C., by Carl Pries, Jr. (published...quicksilver deposits of the Del Puerto area, Stanislaus County, Calif., by H. E. Hawkes, Jr., F. G. Wells, and..................... Manganese deposits of Cedar Creek Valley, Frederick and Shenandoah Counties, Va.,...Quicksilver deposits near the Little Missouri River, Pike County, Ark., by David Gallagher (published in October |  | | Report (issue) | | CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK October 21 – 23, 1983 GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN...IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF NORTHWE3STERN NORTH CAROLINA Edited by Sharon E. Lewis Virginia Division of Mineral...pit”, of the main adit and Stopes of the Cranberry mine Copies of this guidebook may be obtained from:...NRCD Post Office Box 27687 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1983 OFFICERS...South Carolina 29613 Vice-President: John J. Chapman Department of Earth Science Western Carolina University |  | | Report (issue) | | Vicinity North Carolina Mineral Resources of the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity North Carolina..._-_ _-____ 3. Map of uranium prospects on North Harper Creek--------- ______ __ 2 5 6 TABLES Page Table...the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity, North Carolina By Bruce Bryant and John C. Reed, Jr. ABSTRACT...Mountain window and vicinity in northwestern North Carolina and presents these data independently of the...THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY, NORTH CAROLINA LINVILLE QUADRANGLE_____45' 82°00 36°15 |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ORTIZ MINE GRANT, SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO Open-file Report 560 By ...New Mexico 87801 March 2014 ABSTRACT The Ortiz Mine Grant, as defined by a patent issued by the US Congress...approximately 10 mi x 10 mi tract centered on the old Ortiz Mine in the eastern part of the Ortiz Mountain range...range in the southwestern part of Santa Fe County, New Mexico. The Ortiz Mountains, physiographically and...of a north-south trending mountain range known as the Ortiz Porphyry Belt that includes, from north to |  | | Report (issue) | | Mining Districts, Boulder River Watershed, Jefferson County, Montana Professional Paper 1652 U.S. Department... Cover. View from Eva May mine looking across Cataract Creek valley at Hoodoo Creek drainage. Photograph by...Mining Districts, Boulder River Watershed, Jefferson County, Montana Edited by David A. Nimick, Stanley E,...mining in the Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana................................. 3 By...Survey The Boulder River watershed study, Jefferson County, Montana .................................... 13 |  | | Report (issue) | | . Descriptions of stocks ........... Apex and Buckeye Mountain stocks Long Gulch stock ........... Bryan...spectrographic analyses for latite, latite porphyry, and plagioclase porphyry .............. 11. Chemical and spectrographic...order to ascertain the proportion of quartz, plagioclase, and potassium feldspar. Although not quantitatively...than those showing a mode to nearest tenth. Plagioclase determinations were done by measuring maximum...Cunninghara and others (1977). Jamestown stock (north) ------ Do. C. E. Hedge, early 1970's, oral comraun |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of the Eastern Great Smoky Mountains North Carolina and Tennessee By JARVIS B. HADLEY and RICHARD...OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 349-B...ement complex _____________________________ _ Carolina gneiss_ ______________ ___________ - Definition...Amphibolite _________ - ___ --- __ -- __ -Origin of the Carolina gneiss ___________ -Plutonic rocks ___________________...________________________ -Type area _____ - __ -- __ ------------Buckeye Lead-Chestnut Mountain belt_ Other areas ____ - |  | | Report (issue) | | OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS: KEVIN G. STEWART MARK G. ADAMS CHARLES H. TRUPE CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL...Loren Raymond Banner Elk, North Carolina September 26-28, 1997 CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1997 FIELD...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Edited by: Kevin G. Stewart Department of Geology University of North Carolina Chapel... Trupe Department of Geology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315 TABLE OF CONTENTS...Evolution Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Complex, Western North Carolina .......................................... |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of Some Copper Deposits in North Carolina Virginia, and Alabama By GILBERT H. ESPENSHADE CONTRIBUTIONS...Hazel Creek mines, Swain County, North Carolina, the Toncrae mine, Virginia, and the Stone Hill mine, Alabama...___________ Deposits in Great Smoky ~ountains, North Carolina__________________ GeneralgeologY------...------------------------------Geology of Swain County copper district__________________________ Sedimentary...bodY------------------------------------------------Hazel Creek mine_____________________________________________ |  | | Report (issue) | | concentration increases with latitude going from south to north. The relatively low values for total tritium rainout...distribution of tritium fallout in precipitation over North America: Internat. Assoc. Sci. Hydrol. Bull., v...and Hoffman, C. M., 1963, Tritium fallout over North America from the Soviet tests in 1961: Jour. Geophys...Vicinity North Carolina Mineral Resources of the Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity North Carolina...___ - ______ 3. Map of uranium prospects on North Harper Creek-______________-__--__---_-- 2 5 6 TABLES |  | | Report (issue) | | varying energy to the present time. The La Grange mine, which is one of the largest hydraulic placers in...the accompanying geologic map (fig. 1). On the north are the Cascade Range and the Coast Range of Oregon...mountain ridges and peaks extending from a point north of the mouth of Rogue River in Oregon to Mad River...of South Fork Mountain and the Salmon Mountains north of Weaverville were formed. The extensive development...Shasta post office west to the La Grange mine, and from Igo north nearly to Trinity Center. It is a little |  | | Report (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunset mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Non-Farell mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ethel Consolidated mine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kittanning mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Merchant mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Report (issue) | | Continued Paint River Group _______-__--__-_-----_Dunn Creek Slate______________-__--_Definition and distribution..._______-. Florence mine. ____-. Badger mine. _______ Buckeye mine_-____Commonwealth mine. Page 45 45 46...mines Continued Davidson mine____________. Ernst mine.______________ Explorations ____-__-__--______....Florence SE and Iron Mountain SW quadrangles, Florence County, Wis. 2. Map showing geology of Precambrian rocks...Florence East quadrangles, Florence County, Wis., and Iron County, Mich. 3. Geologic map showing lithology |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Sverige) Aln6 lsland, titanomagnetite, 265 Brattfors mine, Nordmarks Odalffalt, Viirmland, manganhumite, katoptrite...Gutter, Brook, Hampshire, glauconite, 373 Mill Close mine, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, corundophilite, I7I Seathwaite... 373 Turf Pits mine, Grassington, Yorkshire, spencerite, I76 Cornwall Botallack mine, digenite, I72 Carn...pseudomorphous after analcime, 245 INDEX Geevor mine, neotocite, 279 and M26 Luxulyan, luxullianite (in...apatite, hornblende, diopside, 427 South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, francevillite, I72 Stamps |  | | Report (issue) | | Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic code. Any use of trade, product...Resource Data File BD001 Site name(s): Banner Creek Site type: Mines ARDFno.: BD001 Quadrangle: BDB-5...346 Location description and accuracy: Banner Creek drains southward into the Tanana River. The approximate...approximate center of mining activity on Banner Creek is in SW1/4SW1/4 section 10, T. 7 S., R. 7 E., of...approximately 2 miles north of the town of Richardson on the Richardson Highway. The creek is approximately |  | | Report (issue) | | OF DRILL HOLES,SILVER REEF DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH. __oec.u T. 4IS..R.I4W. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT...Properties investigated., ooo.o... ao ...o.o. 0 .ooooo Buckeye Reef. »oo.ooo««.«o«o-..o.oo.<»oooo Location and...................... 16 17 17 21 Leeds uranium mine .ooo.'.« 0 o« 0 oooo.^oo.ooo Location and ownership...oooooo.»ooo 31 31 32 35 36 3& 36 Requa (or Duff in) mine area O .ooo'«.. 0 **o. 37 - £' Arizona9 Maud...rSTliJ, \UU UmiG SooMine and tailings dumps O000 .^' ooooaa o aooooo Origin |  | | Report (issue) | | Sugar Loaf and St. Kevin Mining Districts Lake County, Colorado By QUENTIN D. SINGEWALD A CONTRIBUTION...nearby mines___________________________________ Mine workings___________..___________________________Records...________________________________________ Tiger-Shields mine.______________________________________ Gertrude-Venture..._________ Griffin mine.____________________________________________ President mine._________________...___________ Amity mine..___________________________________________ Birdella mine.__________________ |  | | Report (issue) | | History of development______________ Rocks exposed in mine area _______ -_Structure ______________ __________...---Old Dominion and United Globe mines____ Buffalo mine-------------------------~Josh Billings vein_______________________...mine_______________ Telfair mine____________________________ Buckeye deposit_ _________________ ------ m 45 45 46...and Stonewall deposits ____________ _ Big Johnnie mine ______________________ _ New Dominion property _______...property _____________________ _ Defiance (Apache) mine _________ _______ _ Doughboy shaft _______________________ |  | | Report (issue) | | are paralle l to host-rock bedding. Black Cloud mine, Leadville district. Sherman-type ore (bottom) in...cemented or veined with ferroan dolomite. rv1oose mine, North Alma district. Photographs b)' \Villiarn Sacco...Carbonate-hosted sulfide deposits of the central Colorado mine ral belt: Introduction, general discussion, and...emphasis on occurrences in th e Black Cloud mine, Lake County, Colorado ........ . .. .. ... .. . .... ...Late Mississippian karst caves and Ba-Ag-P b-Zn mine ralization in central Co lorado: Part II. Fl uid |
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