 | | 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 in the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina, USA Samuel E. Swanson*, William B. Veal Department...coarse (~ 1 cm) grains of feldspar, quartz and muscovite enclosed in a finer grained matrix of the same...of feldspars and quartz, accessory amounts of muscovite, garnet, and epidote. Secondary minerals, formed...subsolidus recrystallization, include epidote, muscovite, quartz, and grossular garnet. A few of the pegmatites...tourmaline and beryl. Compositions of feldspars, muscovite, and garnet show some regional variation, but |  | | Report (issue) | | c\ NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF MINERAL...Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT BY JOHN M. PARKER, III GEOLOGICAL...SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF...Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT By M. PARKER, III Geological...BETWEEN THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT |  | | 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...____ Whiteside Granite-_____________________ Muscovite granodiorite of Spruce Pine district-_____ __ |  | | Report (volume) | | publication] Page (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) Muscovite in the Spruce Pine district, N. C., by T. L. Kesler...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...Quicksilver deposits near the Little Missouri River, Pike County, Ark., by David Gallagher (published in October |  | | Journal (issue) | | herein. 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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 |  | Robinson, Gilpin R., Lesure, Frank G., Marlowe, J. I., Foley, Nora K., Clark, S.H. (2004) Bedrock geology and mineral resources of the Knoxville 1° x 2° quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Open-File Report 2004-1075. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20041075 | Report (issue) | | Knoxville 1°x2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°x2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [etaf...Geology—Tennessee. 2. Geology—North Carolina. 3. Geology—South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources—Tennessee...and mineral resources—North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II...Knoxville l°x2° quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina 2. 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Geology-North Carolina. 3. Geology-South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources-...and mineral resources-North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sullivan and Yelton: Trace Element Release in Acid Mine Damage Brookins: indoor Radon in Albuquerque, New...13 and 14 (3 issues each) will appear in 1989. North America: Institutional subscription tate is $187...publication, the authors agree payment only. in North America a special Springer-Verlag and the editors...well as all 27 Congress Street, Salem, MA 01970, USA, this journal may be reproduced photograph- article...Service Center Secaucus ers Secaucus, NJ 07094, USA. tected by copyright, which covers the exclu- Copyright |  | | Journal (issue) | | Upper Mahantango Formation, Suedberg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania ........................ Oi l Well...more and mo re cases of damage resulting from new sinkhole collapses where development has taken place on...formations. Th e increased incidence of landslide and sinkhole damage is largely the resu lt of increased land...forestall new damage and hardships by landslides or sinkhole collapse, we would be doing a serv ice not on...of t'ennsy1vama Illustrating area of Lancaster County that is i lu nJtrr:t f-ly mom d!!tnlh~d miiJl |  | | Report (issue) | | Physical Characteristics of Commercial Sheet Muscovite in the Southeastern United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley Authority Physical... Physical Characteristics of Commercial Sheet Muscovite in the Southeastern United States By RICHARD H. JAHNS...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Falley Authority UNITED...6 7 8 11 12 12 15 16 16 17 17 22 24 26 Sheet muscovite in the Southeastern States.____________ Distribution |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Collector's Newsletter The Rueppele Mine An Extinct Mine in Stanton, Missouri Fred Pough 100 Hahnemann...much as the substance within. Often, in fact, the mine management doesn't even let in geologists or collectors...does pretty well economically with its unexciting mine trips since the ladies, who are "inadmissable" elsewhere...underground! Little is duller than visiting a diamond mine in South Africa. Is there ever something more to...on page 3) Mineral News ----2 October 2005 sinkhole iron mines in that area of Missouri. Most, if |  | | Report (volume) | | Surface Geology of the Nash Draw Quadrangle Eddy County New Mexico By JAMES D. VINE CONTRIBUTIONS GEOLOGICAL...warping of the Pierce Canyon redbeds along the north margin of Nash Drew_________________________________...sandstone.--...----.----.-----------.------13. Sinkhole in the Forty-niner member of the Rustler formation...SURFACE GEOLOGY OF THE NASH DRAW QUADRANGLE, EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO By JAMES D. VINE ABSTRACT Outcropping...Commission's Plowshare program. The quadrangle is near the north margin of the Delaware basin and about 15 miles |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | depth and subsidence history of each individual sinkhole. Numerous i.ssues have l')een raised with re.spect...Introduction The alluvial diamond fields of the North West Province extend over an area of some 25.000...eastern Botswana; from what is ttxlay known as the North West Province; and from somewhere off to the east...watercourse is known as a swallow hole, watersink. or sinkhole, • Though ,'itmctural and lithological considerations...sections. The Karst Cycle of the North West Province The karst of the North West Province is perhaps unit|ue |  | | 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...microgranite, bearing topaz, quartz, beryl , and muscovite. ( Metasedimentary Rocks ) Quartzite. Fine-grained...They are occurred in Pyaung-gaung (Mya-sein-taung mine), Zalat-taung and Bernardmyo. Chatoyant hornblende...Marble and syenite exposures at Yadanar-kadaykadar mine. Fine quality and large sapphies are found in this |  | | Report (volume) | | Geologic map and sections of the Ross phosphate mine. 8. Graphic logs of cuttings from auger-drill holes...unconformity above phosphatic sandstone exposed in Mutual mine, Citrus County_____________ 4. Florida hard-rock...and younger beds in an area extending north from central Lake County to the Florida-Georgia line. Phosphatic...significant reserves of phosphorite in central Alachua County in addition to reserves that have been previously...most productive period from 1894 to 1914; only one mine has been worked in recent years. Much more information |  | | Report (issue) | | NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE FOR NORTH CAROLINA EON ERA PERIOD EPOCH GEOLOGIC...GEOLOGIC EVENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA Recent Deposition of sediments in Coastal Plain. Erosion of Piedmont...Pliocene o Phosphate deposited in eastern North Carolina (Beaufort and Pamlico Counties). Miocene ...E u o E n Formation of the Atlantic Ocean as North America and Africa drifted apart. Weathering and...Piedmont and Mountains. 240 Final collision of North America and Africa.Thrust faulting in west; deformation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sishen iron ore mine on the northern end of the dome, and the smaller Assmang Beeshoek mine on the southern...Postmasburg. It forms a linear extension of the Beeshoek mine and as such contains comparable laminated, breccia...overlying banded iron formations collapsed into karst sinkhole structures where leaching of silica and enrichment...south of Beeshoek mine, while the Sishen iron ore mine is located y65 km to the north. The latter is operated...Asbesheuwels Subgroup, which have slumped into sinkhole structures in the Campbellrand dolomites during |  | | Report (issue) | | ____ Districts in Appalachia__________________ North Carolina_____________________ South Carolina_____________________...___________ Ne~ 1:ork_________________________ North Carolina__ _ ________ __ ______ __ Ohio________...Georgia_________________ Deposits in North Carolina__________ Deposits in South Carolina and Virginia____________________________...pinnacles beneath soil cover, Bluegrass, Highland County, Va_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...transverse joints cutting shale at Poverty, Highland County, V a_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | before collecting. A person could vanish down a sinkhole, so be sure in areas where they are found. Check...quarries. Be a good guest and treat the quarry or mine site as your own place. 8. Watch out for the other...Westchester County — the Westchester Mineral and Gem Society — which meets once a month in the County Center...Plains, N. Y. Membership is open to all Westchester County residents interested in various phases of mineralogy...other members of the club from Cowee Creek, N . Carolina, displayed the ruby and sapphire loot obtained |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | conglomerate, are preserved as infills of large karstic sinkhole depressions (Van Wyk, 1980; Van Wyk and Beukes...Barite Gamagarite Apadte Acmite EphesRe Amesite Muscovite Albite i I ! t ' i ! I t I I FxG.2. Mineral...exposure and erosion lead to relief inversion. The sinkhole infills are positively exposed against the surrounding...shales of the Gamagara Formation) in subaerial sinkhole depressions (Fig. 4). Postmetamorphic lenses and...replaced by braunite. Sheaf-like aggregates of Ba-muscovite occur in supergene altered siliceous ore. Coarse |  | | Journal (issue) | | be sure to find an outlet in the vicinity of a sinkhole. This outlet will not be below the local natural...for there may be a very direct path between some sinkhole where polluted surface water enters and a cool...used for drinking water. The extreme case of the sinkhole-spring connection is the socalled “lost-river’’...“lost-river’’, where a surface stream plunges into a sinkhole and reappears some distance away. Many caves are no...chemical stability It l xpected to replace the muscovite and phlogopite forms of natural mica the silicate |
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Sinkhole Mine, Bandana, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA