 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pegmatites in the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina, USA Samuel E. Swanson*, William B. Veal Department...Keywords: Spruce Pine, pegmatites, mineralogy, North Carolina Received: 16 October 2009; accepted: 1 April...the Spruce Pine Mining District in western North Carolina have a long history of providing various minerals...Spruce Pine is a major supplier of feldspar in North America. Quartz, a major phase in Spruce Pine granitoid...at the Augusta National golf course (Augusta, GA, USA) were filled with waste quartz sand from Spruce Pine |  | | 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) | | Pegmatites are a valuable part of North Carolina's natural heritage, important both for their commercial...mineral enthusiasts. Pegmatites and Alaskites OF NORTH CAROLINA JOHN C A L L A H A N Geology Department Appalachian...Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina 28608 P E G M A T I T E S A R E O N E O F T H E most...commercially important types of rocks found in North Carolina. Extraction of feldspar, mica, quartz, spo...hundreds of pegmatites, mainly located in western North Carolina, to try their luck in finding over a hundred |  | | 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 |  | | Thesis/Dissertation | | Win Abstract Mogok area is situated about 200 km north of Mandalay and 148 km northeast of Shwebo. The...gem-bearing alluvium deposited at the floor of a sinkhole may be flushed via the narrow channels and deposited...They are occurred in Pyaung-gaung (Mya-sein-taung mine), Zalat-taung and Bernardmyo. Chatoyant hornblende...kaolin, a clay mineral. Occurred gem minerals are almandine, iolite and fibrolite. A B C D Figure 9....Marble and syenite exposures at Yadanar-kadaykadar mine. Fine quality and large sapphies are found in this |  | | Book (volume) | | Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia...Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming...Backwaters Blue Jacket The King Snake The Owls of North America The Conquerors Savage Journey The Court-Martial...of Terror The Frontiersmen The Wading Birds of North Gateway to Empire America The Great Auk The |  | | Book (volume) | | deposits having the age of 3,400 to 2,600 m.y . in North America , 3,400 m.y. (Big Stubby) in Australia,...2,650-m.y.-old massive sulphide deposits of the North-America type. In addition, the late Belomorian granitoids...deposits within the Thompson Greenstone Belt of the North America Platform are associated with tectono-magmatic...those of the Great Lakes region (Canada and the USA), Venezuela, Brazil, Hamersley area of Australia...of Finland, 1,900 to 1,700m.y.-old deposits of North America and 2,200 to 2,000m.y.-old deposits of Karelia |  | | Book | | “sky” because of its color. It was found in Blair County by a traveler from Germany named Schütz, who was...mineral was found in the Saucon Valley of Lehigh County in eastern Pennsylvania and was named sauconite...magnesium carbonate mineral near Lansford in Carbon County, also in eastern Pennsylvania. Like sauconite,...PENNSYLVANIA covery not far from Lansford, in a coal mine at Nesquehoning. This mineral is a magnesium bicarbonate...pile in Forestville, SchuylPhotomicrograph of kill County. It was named for its discovDowneyite crystals |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | is corroborated by calculations indicating that North America and Europe are moving apart at a rate of...P L AT E 8 Chalcopyrite and Calcite. Groundhog mine, Vanadium, New Mexico. 4 x 5 cm. Thesecrystals formed...understood why basalts like the famous Palisades north of New York City showed accumulations of dense olivine...layers of the intruded rock. The Palisades sill north of New York City is afamous example. Because the...I ( o p p o s i t e ) Elbaite. Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala, California. i o-cm crystals. The dramatic |  | | Journal (issue) | | on limestone along r~:t~JQ.\{t;_t:l'!'P_erland County, 5 miles southwest of Carlisle. Photo courtesy~'of... Greene County, with 12 major underground mines planned, may become the "numero uno" county for coal...A wooded area southeast of Colebrook in Lebanon County contains a unique geologic feature. An unusual...DINOSAUR ROCK - Located in the woods north of Lawn in Lebanon County is this unusual example of the weatheri...actinolite albite allanite alloclasite allophane almandine alunite alunogen analcime anatase ancylite anderson |  | | Journal (issue) | | until 4/28/15 U S $5.99 0 74470 02033 PRINTED IN USA 2 04 THAILAND’S ‘GEMSTONE TRIANGLE’ 2 www.rockngem...Ultra Tec.idml 2 3/3/15 12:02 PM 3 Kingsley North full page.idml 3 3/4/15 5:46 PM ON THE COVER...... 36 A very special educational event Gollar Mine Barite and Sulfides ......................... 60...Wholesale and retail show; Gem Faire Inc, Lane County Events Center; 796 W 13th Ave; Fri. Noon-6pm, Sat...Idaho Gem and Mineral Society (SEIGMS), Bannock County Fairgrounds; 10588 Fairground Drive; Sat. 10 am-6 |  | | Book | | from Hyner View, Hyner Run Slate Park, Clinton County, showing accordant ridges in the Appalachian Plateaus...of the Ridge and Valley province in Huntingdon County. Flooded meanders of Raystown Lake on the Raystown...Bookstore, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0053, telephone 717-787-5109...deposits Carlyle Gray C. Nickel-copper deposit (Gap mine) James M. McNeal D. Zinc-lead-silver Arthur W Rose...XXI Pulpit rocks on Warrior Ridge in Huntingdon County, co1nposed of the Lower Devonian Ridgeley Sandstone |  | | Journal (issue) | | notice. On The Cover Covellite specimen, Calabona Mine, Sardinia, Italy (ROB LAVINSKY, The Arkenstone/iRocks...s 48 State Shown is Nova Wheel Unit Kingsley North Cabbing Machine with Rock Rascal, Dop Pot & Accessories...and trim saw. We've combined the popular Kingsley North cabbing machine and the Rock Rascal trim saw along...accessories. 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Shop—Quartz, Crystals .o2.<...0c5.c0tsunc...Aastestes oeareees 27 Site 5 The Starfire Mine Quartz Crystal Mine—Quartz Crystals.............cccccsscssesscessesseeeeens...Crystal ec Site Crystals .........:csseseeseesees Al Mine—Quartz Crystal and Shop Rock Ridge Fiddler’s Site...scssesceereerseeeseersesensensoscnsseessesessessesesoneees Mine—Quartz Site 12 Willis Crystal 46 ...........scs...dccccceecedesaceavaneeecetdecee-ccels el 104 Site. 5..Sengo, Pond, Mine—Aqaaniarine. 2.2: csvccieiniomestautosteccltea tcc |  | | Report (issue) | | University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA Abstract—Industrial minerals and rocks in the tri-state...Frasch sulfur production in adjacent Culberson County, west Texas. Halite, gypsum, and barite have also...Architectural stone is produced from an underground mine in the thermally metamorphosed aureole of Permian...characteristic as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) develops. The principal north-south route is...Juarez, El Paso, and Las Cruces are located in the north-trending Rio Grande rift. The Basin and Range province |  | | Book (edition) | | Phenakite, Willemite, Garnet (Pyrope), Garnet (Almandine) 293 39 Idocrase (Vesuvianite), Zoisite, Allanite... and go easy on the ore piles you may find at a mine or quarry. Even a few pounds of some minerals, like...chusetts) “p. 21 Massa- E. 24 “eye” (Westchester County, New York) 5. Marble: dolomitic (Bronx, New York)...(Grass Valley, California) 3. Copper (Keweenaw County, AND SULPHIDES 2. Silver (Kongsberg, Norway)...as the sandy olivine formation at Webster, North Carolina, is a dunite, and a rock of pure pyroxene is |  | | Report (issue) | | Hermosa de Santa Rosa, Coahuila.14 Mountain ranges north of Sierra Hermosa de Santa Rosa and southeast of...Rosa.16 Mountains south of Sierra del Carmen and north of Canon de la Alameda . . 17 Mountain ranges of...Sierra de los Pajaros Azules from summit peak at north to near southeast end of range.24 7. Sierra de...of Portlandian age may have come either from the north or south during the Nevadian orogeny. Where the...is bowed eastward between the Rio Blanco on the north and Gomez Farias on the south, Cretaceous limestones |  | | Book (edition) | | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...localities of magmatic origin (in the sequence North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, Asia...those of pegmatitic origin in the same sequence: North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, etc |  | | Book | | ::ccceeseeeees 14 US 13: Maryland state line—North Carolina state line............ 28 WSei- Tappanannock—...ceeeeecceree 89 US 1, Interstate 85: Petersburg— Nowth Carolina state (ines oe. Shee sss itd isce kyon sok 90...ecechesrcnce oper ponesnsqusconecnon: 134 US Zon C Mine per aeAmerst <..22h- con ccesescecnas ces sass ...Ridge............... 193 US 15: James River—North Carolina state line..........0.0.0...00.. 197 WSEZ9...mcr erences. hoon oe 231 US 21: Wytheville—North Carolina state line ....................... 235 US' |  | | Book (edition) | | Iji YY Generalized Map of MAJOR FORMATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA Sedimentary rocks Igneous rocks Met (ie...Their Related Families of Northeastern and Central North America by Boughton Cobb 11. A Field Guide to Trees...Trees and Shrubs (Northeastern and Central North America) by George A. Petrides 12. A Field Guide to Reptiles...Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and.Central North América by Roger Conant 13. A Field Guide to the...Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-central North America by Roger Tory Peterson and Margaret |  | | Book | | places, including the Tethys Seaway. South-western North America was flooded by the Sundance Sea. Cretaceous...Present day Over the last 50 million years, the North Atlantic has opened up to separate Europe and America...pushing the tiny compasses, lining up with the North halves of the ocean bed apart. This Pole at the...down into the mantle and because the magnetic North Pole had destroyed along deep trenches at the ...continents are just Earthquakes happen where plates north as the Arctic circle only added to passengers aboard |  | | Report (volume) | | Index . . . . VII 655 III BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1966 INTRODUCTION The current...current annual volume of the "Bibliography of North American Geology" lists publications that appeared during...during 1966 c~ncerning the geology of the North American continent, Greenland, the West Indies and adjacent·...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | bibliography is modeled after the Bibliography of North American Geology which is published annually and...References were read, annotated, and indexed·. by county, subject, and geological age. In many entries a...a portion of the state larger than a county is discussed, so that larger subdivisions of the state are... are outlined in Fig. 1. Each index entry to a county or one of the larger subdivisions is also referred...Edinburgh, Scotland. ELISHA MITCHELL SCIENTIFIC SOC. JOUR. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. |  | | Report (issue) | | ---Kentucky ----------·--------------------North Carolina --------------------------Puerto Rico ----...-----------------------------South Carolina --------------------------.Tennessee ------------------------------Central...--------New Mexico ----------------------------North Dakota ---------------------------Oklahoma ----...al cooperators _------------------------State, county, and local cooperators -----------Other cooperators...whole-rock sample and jts leachate, Pando area, Eagle County, Colorado ------------------------------------ |
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Sinkhole Mine, Bandana, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA