 | | Report (issue) | | ouroiina Stare Library Raleigh C/ 3:80 6.£ NORTH CAROLINA jyje Q, Doc. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND...State Geologist BULLETIN 80 Pyrophyllite Deposits in North Carolina by Jasper L. Stuckey RALEIGH ...http://archive.org/details/pyrophyllitedepo1967stuc NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...State Geologist BULLETIN 80 Pyrophyllite Deposits in North Carolina by Jasper L. Stuckey RALEIGH ...Raleigh, North Carolina March 1,1967 To His Excellency, HONORABLE DAN K. MOORE Governor of North Carolina |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PYROPHYLLITE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA By JOHN HANAHAN Department of Geology, Belmont Abbey College,...localities in the State of North Carolina is located in and around Randolph, Moore, Chatham, Alamance...central part of the state. In these counties pyrophyllite, a white to pale green, soft, talc-like mineral...mineral, has been mined for a number of years. Pyrophyllite is used commercially in ceramics, paints, refractories...roofing, Fig. 1 Top left specimen: lazulite xls in quartz. Top right specimen: massive lazulite a n d sericite |  | | Report (issue) | | their significance to mineral prospecting in the Carolina slate belt by Robert G. Schmidt' GEOLOGiCAL...aluminous alterations in other regions Examples in North America Examples in South America Large hydrothermal...geology of the Carolina slate belt Descriptions of selected high alumina deposits in the Carolina slate belt...High—alumina deposits in Moore County Other deposits in North Carolina Origin and significance of the...Figure 1.--High—alumina alteration systems in the Carolina slate belt 2a Figure 2.--Major porphyry copper |  | | Report (issue) | | 158(5) Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Stenna Gwynn mine, Cornwall, England. (ICDD 19-38). 6.48 (100), 3...turquoise, fluorite, quartz. Distribution: In England, in Cornwall, from the Stenna Gwynn mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannel...the Pereta mine, Scansano, Tuscany, Italy. In the USA, from the Carolina pyrophyllite mine, Staley, Randolph...Randolph Co., North Carolina; in the Gold Quarry mine, near Carlin, Maggie Creek district, Eureka Co....Silver Coin mine, near Valmy, Iron Point district, Humboldt Co., Nevada; from the Tuscarora mine, near Randolph |  | | Report (issue) | | Deposits in quartzose rocks _________________ Kyanite-quartz deposits . ._._ __ ____ _________________ Petrography...Sillimanite-quartz deposits _________________________________ Andalusite-pyrophyllite-quartz deposits ______...gneiss_________________ ______________ Deposits in quartz veins and pegmatites-_.-_____-_ _____ Residual...group minerals in micaceous schists and gneisses, quartz veins, and pegmatites Kyanite group minerals in...Graphitic schist Biotite-quartz syenite and aplite____ _ Pegmatites and quartz veins _______________ Diabase |  | | 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 (volume) | | their Significance to Mineral Prospecting in the Carolina Slate Belt U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1562...their Significance to Mineral Prospecting in the Carolina Slate Belt B_v ROBERT G. SCHMIDT U.S. GEOLOGICAL...their significance to mineral prospecting in the Carolina slate belt. (Geological Survey bulletin ; 1562)...aluminous alterations in other regions ---Examples in North America ---------------------------------------...---------------------------------------General geology of the Carolina slate belt ---------------------------------- |  | | Report (issue) | | geochemical samples, northwestern Moore County, North Carolina by Frank G. Lesure, Elmo F. Cooley, Jerry...geochemical samples, northwestern Moore County, North Carolina by F.G. Lesure, E.F. Cooley, J.M. Motooka...the goldpyrophyllite belt of northwestern Moore County, N. C., are reported here in detail. Localities...sericite schist, mafic tuff, diabase, slate, and vein quartz. Some samples are fresh rock, but most are partly...Lesure from gold and pyrophyllite mines and their vicinity in northwestern Moore County, N.C. in May 1968 |  | | 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 ......MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f ............. 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals f , 7 Rutile |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE SYSTEM A1,O3-SiO'-H'OIN SOME PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA E-.ru Znw,* Department of Geologyand...Lrniaersit'vof I{orth Carolina. ABsrRAcr 'I'he mineral assemblages from seven pyrophyllite deposits in the...the Volcanic Slate belt of the North Carolina Piedmont were studied by *-ray and microscopic methods. These...AlzOrSiOrHzO: 'fhe following are 3-phase quartz, pyrophyllite, andalusite, kyanite, kaolinite, and diaspore...the ternary system: quartz-kaolinite-pyrophyllite; pyrophylliteandalusite-quartz; and kaolinite-diaspore-pyrophyllite |  | | Journal (issue) | | photo_mphed for the first time from the Morefield Mine. Light blue. cobalt blue, and purple apatite crystals...abundantly present in southwest workings of the mine. • I . 6 Fluellite: A I (PO )F (OH) 7H 0 2 3...locality along with the Carolina Pyrophyllite Mine, Randolph County, North Carolina (Dunn, 1977), and the...the Gold Quarry Mine, Eureka County, Nevada (Jensen et al., 1995). Fluellite was originally discovered...HoFlandite is found with albite (cleavelandite), quartz. microcline (amazonite),and bismutite. Apatite |  | | 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) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...THULITE AND PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ,~O...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and Pyrophyllite in the United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and Pyrophyllite in the United States By AGNES B. GRAMETBAUR...Topaz____-_---______-_-______-_-____-__-_-_--___________ Pyrophyllite._____________________________.________ Explanation...deposits of the kyanite group of minerals and pyrophyllite. __________ In pocket m CONTRIBUTIONS TO...KYANITE SILLIMANITE, DUMORTIERITE, TOPAZ, AND PYROPHYLLITE IN THE UNITED STATES By AGNES B. GRAMETBATTR |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Colo., is being reworked. The ore of the Lode is a quartz-fluoride vein in red granite (Pike's Peak variety)...with vesuvianite, magnetite and calcite. "Th's mine goes back to the 1870's and 80's—and worked off...pounds, have been found in the Copper Queen Copper mine in Bisbee, Cochise Co., Ariz. ARKANSAS—A large,...Diamonds is the only genuine diamond crater in North America. It is a tourist attraction and opened year-round...Crestmore, Riverside Co., Calif. 462 "The ores of the mine are of interest to collectors for their bright colors—a |  | | Report (issue) | | 265 Tripoli and rottenstone__ __ _____ ___ __ 266 Quartz abrasives____________________ 266 Artificial a...____ Districts in Appalachia__________________ North Carolina_____________________ South Carolina_____________________...___________ Ne~ 1:ork_________________________ North Carolina__ _ ________ __ ______ __ Ohio________...Dennis P. Cox_________________ Talc, soapstone, pyrophyllite, and sericite schist, by Helmuth Wedow, Jr....~ocks____________________________ 357 360 360 361 Pyrophyllite in Appalachia ____ ----_Sericite schist in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Illinois collections. Talc, Vermont. Pyrophyllite, North Carolina. Pyrophyllite, Oreana, Nevada. Chlorite. Chester...Norton (22). The curve for the pyrophyllite sample from North Carolina (sample 11C) is believed to be...significant for the mineral. The other sample of pyrophyllite (11D) is not pure, and its curve is lesssignificant...sample l1C checks Orcel's (24) findings for pyrophyllite, but not Norton's (22). Orcel (23) has published...microscopic study to be composed of about thirty per cent quartz, ten per cent ferric iron hydrate, and the remainder |  | | Report (volume) | | Bibliography of North American Geology, 1961 -· GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING... BIBLIOGRAPHY·OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1961 INTRODUCTION• This annual volume of the "Bibliography of North American...appeared during 1961 concerning the geology of the North American continent, Greenland, the West Indies and...in foreign journals are cited if they deal with North American localities or are of a general nature,...they deal only with foreign areas. Articles on North America by "foreign authors are included regardless |  | | Book | | bluish or greenish veins, crusts, and nests in quartz veins in black clayslates near Alushta and elsewhere...manager of the Mt. Lyell Mine, Tasmania. The nnineral resembles pyrophyllite, but differs in that it contains...many varied impurities may be found which include quartz, staurolite, the titanium oxide minerals, magnetite...for a clay mineral first found as gouge clay in a mine mineral was first called leverrierite by Earson...(commonly orthoclase and oligoclase), biotite, quartz, pyroxenes, zircon, and various other minerals |  | | Report (issue) | | Francisco, California. Daily Grass Valley Union, Nevada County, California. Daily Evening Gazette, Reno, Nevada...Standard, Eureka, Humboldt County, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 10. 11. 12. County Tribune, California. California...California. Inyo Independent, Inyo County, California. Arizona Gazette, Phoenix, Arizona Territory. Ventura...days in visiting gold mines in Georgia and North Carolina, and some of the iron and coal mines in Alabama...it did much to create a good feeling between the North and the South, in which sense it was worth more |  | | 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...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187 |  | | Book (edition) | | Salts.394 Pumice and Pumicite.407 Pyropiiyllitc.415 Quartz and Silica.419 Refractories.431 Salt (Halite).439...have been employed as abrasives, and among them quartz continues to be the most useful. This is due to...chalce¬ dony, and tripoli, close relatives of quartz with a high percentage of silica in their composition...Calcite 4. Fluorite 5. Apatite 6. Feldspar 7. Quartz 8. Topaz 9. Corundum 10. Diamond See also Appendix...capacity. In Mohs' scale it is noteworthy that quartz is No. 7 and therefore in a position of exhibiting |  | | Report (volume) | | BibliOgraphy of North American Geology, 1959 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1145 Bibliography of North American...----------- 325 m 1 3 7 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1959 By RUTH REEcE KING and...(including Alaska and Hawaii), the rest of the North American continent including Greenland, the West...in foreign journals are cited if they deal with North American localities or are of a general nature,...they deal only with foreign areas. Articles on North America by foreign authors are included regardless |  | | Journal (issue) | | TourmalineGolconda mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil SHOWS r Houston-Se.9-11 Bisbee - Oct. 9-12 Detroit - Oct...T°LOSANct ,Ccmine, Phoenixville, Pa. Hours: Wed-Sat. 10-5 Sunday...rhodochrosite, “W olf” mine, Herdorf, Siegerland, brown pyromorphite, “Friedrichssegen” mine, Bad Ems; brilliant...manganite, Ilfeld, Sax ony; stephanite, “Himmelsfurst” mine, Freiberg, Saxony; proustite, Niederschlema near...sulfate, as described above, from a now de funct mine in western Massachusetts, one should examine the |  | | Book | | Histories of the Dividing Line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina, William Byrd. $2.00 (tent.) Geographical Essays...Minerals; Beryl 8. Vein and Replacement Minerals Quartz Crystal; 229 Fluorspar; Barite; Magnesite ...Wollastonite; Garnet; Kyanite; Al5 Emery; Pyrophyllite; Tripoli Supplement (1969) Geographical Index...professional geologists who may fail to realize that we “mine” such common materials as sand, gravel, and clay...minerals; “Vein and Replacement Minerals” such as quartz, fluorspar, barite, and magnesite; “Sedimentary |
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