 | | Report (issue) | | Carolina Geological Society 2008 Fieldtrip and Annual Meeting, Little Switzerland, North Carolina October...2008 annual meeting – 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...2008 annual meeting – Spruce Pine Mining District: Little Switzerland, North Carolina __________________ |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | clarkeite from the Fanny Gouge mine near Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is: uu, 0*r](HrO)o noro.e,8(OH)...understanding minerals are known (Frondel 1958; Smith 1984; Burns et into the long-term behavior of strucprovides...naturally occurring high- the Spruce Pine pegmatite district in western North Cartemperature uranate. Anhydrous...Anhydrous high-temperature ura- olina, USA, where it replaces uraninite pseudomorphinates have been synthesizedfrom...low as 25 from an unspecified pegmatite near Spruce Pine, NC, in and of alkaline-earth al. 1952). Thermal |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | by the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne rivers. These pine covered mountains, higher than the Alleghenies,...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds |  | | 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...Granite-_____________________ Muscovite granodiorite of Spruce Pine district-_____ ________________________ Pegmatite |  | | Journal (issue) | | . 65 Collecting Minerals at Night. By Oscar R. Smith ....................... 66 Fluorescence in Herkimer...Peter Zodac...... .. 7 5 Autunite in Mitchell County, North Carolina. By Bradley Johnson .................from Colorado, Idaho, M zine, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming and many other...Westthe deep l,lack Yariety of smoky quartz chester County, not far from the Conknown as morion. Small black...are the only ones to do quartz, feldspar or other mine rals and so) but under the cold-quartz lamp , genera |  | | Report (volume) | | ___________ . ____ . _________________ --- _. Beta-uranophane _____________________________________________________________...Pyramidal habit. B. Prismatic habit----------21. Beta-uranophane -----------------------------------------------------22...(U0 3 ) from pitchblende from the Georg Wagsfort mine at J ohanngeorgenstadt in the Erzgebirge of Saxony...recognition of fourmarierite, vandendriesscheite, beta-uranophane, and kasolite, at least, would have been advanced...Survey Professional Paper 300 (Page, Stocking, and Smith, 1956), containing papers in the field of the geology |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8...Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mine—1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the head |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Book (volume) | | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Book | | 18 Chapter 3: Important Mineral Localities • North America ..........................................Minerals; Rob Lavinsky, Arkenstone; Ross Lillie, North Star Minerals; Tom Loomis, Dakota Matrix Minerals;...Tony Nikischer, Excalibur Mineral Company; Jaye Smith, The Rocksmiths; Sergey Vasiliev, Systematic Mineralogy...uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical |  | | Report (issue) | | c\ NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF MINERAL...Geology and Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT BY JOHN M. PARKER...SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF...Geology and Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT By M. PARKER,...BETWEEN THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT |  | | Book (volume) | | especially along the southern slopes and ridges of the Pine Ridge Escarpment and along Whiteclay Creek near...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ewing MINERAL SPECIMENS (CRYSTALS) I- Richard Mitchell 2-Harold H ueckel 3-Louis Goss GEODES and FLATS-LADIES...Willis Dr. Marsden Heard Archie MeilSmith Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cass Thomas Warren PRECIOUS OPAL...White Horse Ranch to the Blitzen Valley, (Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces...looked like slag from a furnace. This was in Grant County, Oregon, about 5 miles from Seneca. I was on a...another opal prospect near the town of Lona Creek, (north end of Grant Co., Ore.} where some very fine opal |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................ 285 MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA. BJ' Da1·id Sea111a11 ..................................................... 291 ICE IN CAVE, MINE AND MOUNTAIN. By A . C. Hau·kins .......... 292...you for some time and it is the respect for the mine or quarry operators' rights by mineral Jllectors...York Ci_ty, and in the rocks at the Tilly Foster mine. Often these minerals are stained by limonite, or...the two dumps." Rumor h:is it the old siderite mine near Roxbury Station, Conn., has been fenced in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Portrait-drawings of staurolite specimens from Fannin County, Georgia: 3, Typical habit of staurolite crystal;...provide an account of this awesome new teminology.) County, Arkansas. It occurs as an opaque white mineral...pointed crystals can be distinguished in open Uranophane During the 1978 Rochester Mineralogical Symposium...York, had some very interesting uranophane from the well-known Faraday mine in Bancroft. Recently, a fair...Crandallite The following note was received from Mr. Art Smith of Houston, Texas: "Crandallite has been identified |  | | Report (volume) | | Wilson mine, "a few secondary minerals, mainly metatorbernite, meta-autunite, and uranophane, are sparsely...uranium minerals along joint planes and fissures. In North America, the average thorium/uranium ratio of granitic...dikes, in schists, in the Ohio City area, Gunnison County, Colo. The microlite, associated with lepidolite...I: Georgia Mineral Newsletter, v. 8, p. 38-46. Uranophane, thinly coated by hyalite, occurs as a yellow...found in several pegmatites in Georgia. In Lamar County, yellow and green secondary uranium minerals occur |  | | Book | | . . .. . .. . ......... .. ...... . . . South Carolina .......... . ....... . ........ . .............. ......................... . ............... . North Africa . . . . . . . . ... .. ... . ....... ....... . ......... ... .. . .. .. . . . . . . Other North American Deposits . .. ...... . .... . .. . . ....Clarkeite Phosphuranyli te-renarcli te, beta-uranophane Renardite Monazite, cheralite, thorite, w·anophane...tuni te, meta-uranoci rci te Uranophane, autunite Autunite, uranophane Perovskite, pyrochlorc-microli |  | | Report (volume) | | Bowman, Diane Curtis, Shirley S. Houser, Harriet B. Smith, Rollin C. Vickers, and Jane H. Wallace. The published...Mining and Technology, Socorro, N. Mex. NOC North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...253, Education Building, Raleigh, N.C. NO CM North Carolina State Museum, 101 Halifax St., Raleigh, N.C...Polytechnic Institute Library NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte, Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Public Library Durham...Durham, Duke University Library Raleigh, North Carolina State College Library OHIO Cincinnati, University |
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