 | | 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) | | .'.' .., 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | spodumene-bearing Alpine-type fissure veins from Hiddenite, North Carolina, USA Michael A. Wise Received: 10 August...vein mineralization in the Hiddenite area of western North Carolina, USA consists mostly of quartz, but...Cr-bearing beryl (emerald) or Cr-bearing spodumene (hiddenite). These gem minerals occur in mineral-lined cavities...lens-shaped variety, phacolite. Chabazite-Ca from Hiddenite contains minor amounts of Na, Mg, Fe and K. Phacolitic...zoning is absent in rhombohedral chabazite. The Hiddenite chabazite apparently precipitated under low temperature |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DEPOSIT IN ALEXANDER COUNTY' NORTH CAROLINA €nanr,Bs Par.lcnr, S. C. DavrpsoN, ANDE. A. GoneNSoN, Haruard...Haruard, UniuersitY. THE HIDDENITE CONTENTS L lnrnopuctror fI. DrscrrprroNoFTrrECouNrnvRocr III. DrscnrpuoNor... Nontronite Quartz Rutile Feldspars Monazite Hiddenite APatite Holmquistite PYrite Beryl ArsenoPYrite...preliminary account of the geological relations of the hiddenite deposit. In the following pages are presented...photographs of some of the matrix specimens of hiddenite and additional crystallographic material for study |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | QUARTZ VEINS OF THE RIST EMERALD MINE, HIDDENITE, NORTH CAROLINA MICHAEL A. WISE§ Department of Mineral...emerald occurrence at the Rist mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina, in order to provide a foundation for...hydrothermal quartz vein, Rist mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina. SOMMAIRE Nous avons ré-étudié la paragenèse...au gisement d’émeraude situé à la mine Rist, à Hiddenite, en Caroline du Nord, afin d’établir une base... veines de quartz hydrothermales, mine Rist, Hiddenite, Caroline du Nord. § E-mail address: wisem@si |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 00:39 19 January 2015 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lack and nearly black minerals-no...near Waterbury, Vermont; at Poker Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island; and in Essex, Orange, and Warren...M;inahan of Ilelnlont Ahhey College, Uelniont, North Carolina. who sold it to Williani Warren in March 1YX2...(Gordon 1922). Some of these originated in Chester County and include prismatic crystals to 10 cm from Logan’s...diameter have been found near Tee1 Mill, Franklin County. Rutile is relatively common, though generally |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | spodumene-rich pegmatite at Kings Mountain, North Carolina. 2 WHO'S WHO in Mineral Names Downloaded by...Figure 1: Jack Walter Eaker of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. 88 ROCKS AND MINERALS 2 6 1 8 2 2 ...spodumene mine near Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina. He thought the mineral might be a new...Myrtle (Costner) Eaker, was born in York County, South Carolina, on October 26, 1930. After graduating...crystal, Foote Company pegmatite, Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Louis Perloff, photographer. Eaker's interest |  | | Book (volume) | | Utah Alaska Idaho Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon SouthDakota Washington Wyoming vowr-...Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginja West Virginia Southwest...Contents:[I] Northwestregion- [2] Southwest region - [3] North a t region- [4] Southeastregion. ISBN0-943763-24-X(pbk............ forth Carolina ........................................... South Carolina ...................that would color Old Glory. The reel rubies of North Carolina, the white diamonds of Arkan as, the blue sapphires |  | | Report (issue) | | the Charlotte 1° x 2° quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina by K. A. Duttweiler, Theodore Botinelly...of Charlotte 1° x 2° quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina, begun in 1978, that is part of a...identify. The NM fraction also 1 contains zircon, sillimanite, kyanite, spinel, apatite, sphene, and the TiC^...most of the area, elegant twins are common near Hiddenite. Rutile has been derived from most kinds of rock...veins in mica schist and gneiss of the Hiddenite area of Iredell County. The fine-grained "leucoxene" is |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits of Southwestern Virginia and Western North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-D Quartz...Deposits of Southwestern Virginia and Western North Carolina By JOHN B. MERTIE, JR. CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC...deposits of southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina. Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1958...area_______---____--_--_-________________-__--____ Patrick County.______________________________________________...farm........___________________________ Pulaski County. _________________________________________ McNeil |  | Griffitts, W.R., Whitlow, J.W., Duttweiler, K.A., Siems, D.F., Wilch, L.O. (1985) Distribution of niobium in heavy-mineral-concentrate samples from the Charlotte 11 degree by 2 degrees Quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina. Open-File Report Vol. 1985 (84-843) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr84843h | Report (issue) | | the Charlotte 1° x 2° quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina W. R. Griffitts, J. W. Whitlow, K...of Charlotte 1° x 2° quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina, beginning in 1978 that is part of...identify. The NM fraction also contains zircon, sillimanite, kyanite, spinel, apatite, sphene, and the minerals...quadrangle and in the Wilson Creek gneiss just north of the quadrangle, west of Brown Mountain; ixiolite...than 5000 ppm in concentrates from the Blacksburg North 7 1/2 minute quadrangle in the Inner Piedmont. Rutiles |  | | 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 |  | | 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...= c o m m o n names a f e w l i k e these, — hiddenite, turquoise rhodolite, w i l l i a m s i t e ,...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...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 100 COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA C. HENRY KING, FRANKUNVILLE, N.C. ALAMANCE—The North State pyrophyllite...of the Cretaceous. (Black Creek Formation.) ALEXANDER—Emeralds were first discovered about 1875 near...near Stony Point; a few years later the fabulous hiddenite crystals were found at what is now the town of...Ore Knob copper mine in the eastern part of the county has produced chalcocite, bornite, pyrite, pyrrhotite...Mountain. BURKE—Three diamonds have been found in this county. One specimen is at the State Museum in Raleigh |  | | Report (issue) | | SURVEI PEGMATITE GEOLOGY OF THE SHELBY DISTRICT NORTH CAROLINA by \ Wallace R. Griffitts > \ I ,' -* U...Metamorphic rocks....................... h- Carolina gneiss ..................... Ij- General features...112 Dumortierite. ..................... 112 Sillimanite ...................... 113 Andalusite. ......district , Worth Carolina. .................... In pocket 3A. Contorted garnet layer in Carolina gneiss * 3B...lens of fine-grained lime- silicate rook from the Carolina gneiss. ............... * k-. Metabasalt with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ROCKS AND MINERALS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA By DAVID M. SEAMAN Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh...recently married, I decided to take my wife to North Carolina on a mineral collecting trip, a vacation and...Uniontown. The locality is in an old quarry along the north side of the highway about a mile east of Summit...several times, after we had crossed the border of North Carolina, to examine quartz dikes cutting the schist...anythin}! of interest in them. Statesville, North Carolina, was the destination for this day. July 5th |  | Griffitts, W.R., Duttweiler, K.A., Whitlow, J.W., Siems, D.F., Hoffman, J.D. (1985) Distribution of beryllium in heavy-mineral-concentrate samples from the Charlotte 1 degree x 2 degrees Quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina. Open-File Report Vol. 1985 (84-843) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr84843g | Report (issue) | | the Charlotte 1° x 2° quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina by W. R. Griffitts, K. A. Duttweiler...of Charlotte 1° x 2° quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina, beginning in 1978 that is part of...identify. The NM fraction also contains zircon, sillimanite, kyanite, spinel, apatite, sphene, and the TiCU...irregular area in and near the South Mountains just north of 35°30' and east of 82°00' is evidently in part...moderately high lithium contents just east and north of the South Mountains may be related to the beryllium |  | | Book (volume) | | vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches |  | | Book | | exhibit polymorphism such as Al2$íO5 (andalusite-sillimanite-kyanite) and SíO2 (quartz-cristobalite-tridymite)...nature in heavily shocked garnet-cordierite-sillimanite gneiss from the Ries Crater in Germany (El Goresy...prismatic rutile is common in pegmatite at Hiddenite, North Carolina, associated with muscovite, beryl, and...an emerald crystal, from North America Emerald Mines, Hiddenite, North Carolina. The emerald is about I...localities include: the McGuire pegmatite, Park County, Colorado; the Etta and Peerless mines, near Keystone |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA Downloaded by [The University of Texas at Dallas] at 23:09 09 August...August 2017 By FRED ALLEN, Lincolnton, N X . North Carolina contains a wide variety of mineral resources...granite, gabbro, gneiss, sandstone, barite, sillimanite, kyanite, kaolin, mica, quartz, monazite, pyrophyllite...gneiss, quartzite, marble, limestone, talc, sillimanite, kyanite, garnet and ores of iron, manganese...to gem quality. Spodumene crystals, including hiddenite. Titanium: massive rutile, crystals, reticulated |  | | Book (edition) | | London 2001 Distribution ISBN 0 565 09155 7 North America including Canada, South America, All rights...Avenue South publisher. New York, NY 16016 - 8810 USA The right of the authors to be identified as the...55 Is it a gem? 5 Andalusite, Fibrolite (sillimanite) Finding gems 7 and Kyanite 56 Properties...needle-like crystals of rutile, hornblende and Arizona, USA. asbestos occur in many gems, often developed parallel...ultraviolet light. It bears a portrait of Tsar Alexander II and was presented to Roderick Murchison by |  | | Report (issue) | | 3 : ^> I North C: 3 Library NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS...GEOLOGIST BULLETIN NUMBER 61 SILLIMANITE DEPOSITS in North Carolina BY LEWIS J. HASH AND EARL C. YAN...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1951 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...Geologist BULLETIN NUMBER 61 SILLIMANITE DEPOSITS in North Carolina By LEWIS J. HASH and EARL C...C. VAN HORN Edited by KEFTON H. TEAGUE North Carolina State Library Raleigh, N. Q PREPARED IN COOPERATION |
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