 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | I I 34° MARIOH 34° I LAMAR , v:I G'l Alabama Q, \'l'I Q, 33° 0 1- I I I (/) ";lO ...Geological Survey of Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has long been a significant |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geography Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Kyanite Downloaded by [Laurentian University]...times quite beautiful rock-forming minerals is kyanite. It is one of a triad of aluminosilicates that...and described from many hundreds of localities, kyanite is particularly well known as a valuable industrial...especially familiar to collectors because the kyanite-rich “quartzite” once exploited at Graves Mountain...2008). Surprisingly attractive, reasonably priced kyanite specimens are traditionally available from several |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Abbreviations: x l - -crystal fl—fluoresces xled- ALABAMA—Nice loose silvery muscovite xl, 6x4 inches in...Montgomery, Ala. The specimen comes from Micaville (Cleburne Co.), Ala., a little village whose main industry...'Arizona Gem Fields'. Near Indian Pass, Imperial County, Calif., and then deep in the Muggins Mountains...Mountains, he and I got some fine sky blue kyanite, deep blue dumortierite, palm root, black agate and a little... O. Box 1109, Bogalusa, La. A specimen of the kyanite found near Indian Pass was sent in by Mr. Young |  | | Book | | 73 14. Barite 75 15. The Clay Industry 79 16. Kyanite & Unakite 91 17. Other Minerals 95 18. Scrap Mica...garnet, gold, graphite, granite, gravel, iron, kyanite, lead, limestone, mica, marble, manganese, nickel...he was using. The clay came from a site in Macon County, then called the Joree Mountains, now called the...Mines, Miners and Minerals Wedgwood used the Macon County clay in every piece ofjasper; his finest product...Stomp Mine, located on Rich’s Knob in Mitchell County, was an exception. Before the heading of the mine |  | | Report (issue) | | Building stone and crushed rock Chromite Garnet Kyanite Mica schist .. Olivine Vermiculite 19 19 20 21...building stone and crushed rock, chromite, garnet, kyanite, mica schist, olivine, and vermiculite. INTRODUCTION...Bakersville, Carvers Gap, Newland, Burnsville, Micaville, Spruce Pine, Linville Falls, Black Brothers,...asbestos, beryl, columbium-tantalum minerals, kyanite, ground mica from schist, olivine, quartz, vermiculite...miles near Spruce Pine and near Bandana in Mitchell County. In 1942 the kaolin deposits were reexamined as |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | comprehensive listing, including detailed spot locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can...The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can be obtained from the North Carolina...Carolina 27611 B. J . M C K E N Z I E Alamance County Pyrophyllite, cacoxenite, diaspore, sericite, pyrite...hill, 0.2 mile from the road. Alexander County Alexander County is a renowned mineral collecting area in...following are mineral collecting sites in Alexander County: 1) Emerald, rutilated quartz, smoky quartz, and |  | | Report (issue) | | deposits, Avery county, North Carolina In Pocket 4. Map of the Spruce Pine-Micaville district, North...lies in the Linville Falls, Spruce Pine, and Micaville 7I/2' quadrangles, nearly midway of the State...the Black Mountain Railroad, runs from Kona to Micaville, Burnsville, and Bowditch. The Clinchfield connects...the North Toe River at the north edge of the Micaville quadrangle (pi. 4) to 5,307 on Big Bald or Yellow...tributaries. Its altitude is 2,500-2,700 feet in the Micaville quadrangle, but it gradually rises upstream to |  | | Book | | ____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _ 3 VI 1 1 1 1 2 9...Newton, Wa l t o n , F a n n i n , F o r s y t h Alabama: C l a y, Cleburn, Coosa, Tallapoosa, C h i l t...i n , Dawson, Banks, Clayton, Lee, Tw i g g s Alabama: St. C l a i r , Lee, Shelby Pearls r a n k a s...e d S t a t e s w e r e t h e Tennessee a n d Alabama Rivers. N e w Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood...S t . Johns, Peace. Alabama: B l a c k Wa r r i o r, Coosa, N o r t h , Alabama, Locust, Tennessee, Tallapoosa |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1911, “up” Cane Branch near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina. His lean and sinewy frame suggested...afterward. In fact, hardly any roads existed in Yancey County in those days, only well-worn foot trails. No wonder...another method of making a living—thus the Yancey County strähler was born. Word had spread of the impressive...and people started visiting him at his home in Micaville in hopes of acquiring fine local specimens. Luther’s...collecting was at Balsam Gap in Buncombe County where world-class kyanite crystals, up to a foot Volume 82, |  | | Report (issue) | | . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper...Staurolite AVERY COUNTY . . ......... 13 13 13 . 13 Iron and Epidote BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet ........... . 13 Kyanite .......... f ...... . . 13 Moonstone and Associated Minerals 15 BURKE COUNTY 15 Corundijin...Amethyst f . , 4 .18 CABARRUS COUNTY 18 Minerals of the Cabarms County Mines 18 CALDWELL COUNT! 18 Pyrite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystal was noted in the Luella mine near Avon, Latah county, Idaho, which measured 3x3x8 feet. Other large...South Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county, Alabama, was 10 inches in diameter and from...noted in the School Section pegmatite of Fremont county, Colorado. ROCKS AND MINERALS Maine, Connecticut...pink and green crystals at Ohio City, Gunnison county, Colorado; dark green, pink, and indicolite tourmalines...miles west of Canon City, Colorado; at Clip, Yuma county, Arizona; and a few other places. CENTRALLASITE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rockhound organization has been formed in Forsyth County, N. C. It is called T H E WINSTON-SALEM MINERAL...this purpose Jasper Sapphire Emery Gold Hill Micaville Hiddenite Marble Gold Point Barium Springs Granite...minerals in color. The photo is of a beautiful kyanite crystal in matrix from Balsam Gap, N.C. 341 |  | | Book (volume) | | .................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States ALABAMA Alabama comprises two geological regions. The northeast...exposed and commercially mined in Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa, and parts of Chilton...California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable |  | | Book (volume) | | .................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States ALABAMA Alabama comprises two geological regions. The northeast...exposed and commercially mined in Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa, and parts of Chilton...California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable |  | | Book (volume) | | ............... xi Mineral Locations by State Alabama ....................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map .....................................................................................2 Alabama Stream Map ............................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map .......................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | Wiener, 1988). At this stop, garnet mica schist (± kyanite) and amphibolite of the AMS overlie Linville Falls...Ashe Formation boundary, Grayson County, Virginia to Mitchell County, North Carolina: Ph. D. Dissertation...right. STOP 1-3 NEWDALE DUNITE NEAR NEWDALE, NC, MICAVILLE, NC QUADRANGLE Location: NC 80 ~400 meters north...north of South Toe River bridge, Micaville, NC quadrangle. UTM coordinates: 392830mE, 3974520mN. Stop leader:...1997, Structure of the Newdale ultramafite, Yancey County, North Carolina: M.S. Thesis, Southern Illinois |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Hays had groutite for grabs, Williams micro kyanite, and rutile in lazulite from N . C , Perloff came...muscovite from N.C., phosphates from Indian Mt., Alabama ,and many others, the sessions were really wonderful...A. C. Banks, Melbourne, Fla. 3rd Lyn Thomas, Micaville, N.C. JUNIOR DIVISION J.M. 1, Certificate of Merit |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | food and ice, we drove down to Micaville in search of the Celo Kyanite mine near the town of Celo. This...recently opened Moonstone (feldspar) mine in Avery County, northeast of Spruce Pine. The mine is situated...thunder in the distance. It was again back to Micaville and Wilson's Rockshop. Here we met two more of |  | | Report (issue) | | development in the vicinity of Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, and outcrops at irregular intervals...unbroken body occurs two miles northwest of Micaville, Yancey County, North Carolina, and has an outcrop width...ceramic mineral in the Spruce Pine District is kyanite (ALSiOr.), which occurs commonly throughout most...extending from near Burnsville, Yancey County to Swannanoa, Buncombe County. The mineral occurs in metamorphosed...reserves of kyanite-bearing gneisses and schists which contain from 5 to 40 percent of kyanite. A modern |  | | Report (issue) | | beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...Alamance County ........................................................... 24 24 Alexander County ......Alleghany County ....................................................... 25 Ashe County ............Avery County ............................................................... 25 Buncombe County ......Burke County ............................................................... 26 Cabarrus County ... | | | Report (issue) | | beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...COUNTIES Alamance County • .' 22 24 24 Alexander County 24 Alleghany County 25 Ashe County • 25 Avery...Avery County 25 Buncombe County 26 Burke County 26 Cabarrus County 27 Caldwell County 27 Caswell...Caswell County 27 Catawba County 28 Chatham County 28 Cherokee County 28 Clay County • • 29 Cleveland...Cleveland County 29 Davidson County • 30 vi Davie County Durham County 31 Franklin County 31 31 |  | | Report (issue) | | deposits Long Branch deposit Mayberry deposit Micaville deposit Newdale scrap mica deposit Nichols-Grindstaff...Iotla-Bradley Mine, Macon County Map and sections of the Lyle Knob Mine, Macon County... Location Map—Shelby...Flint Mine, Macon County... Map and sections of the Shepherd Knob Mine, Macon County 19 21 23 28 31 34...Map—Franklin-Sylva district May of Iotla-Bradley Mine, Macon County ___ Map and sections of the Lyle Knob Mine, Macon...Flint Mine, Macon County— Map and sections of the Shepherd Knob Mine, Macon County 19 21 23 28 31 34 |  | | Report (volume) | | chromium and nickel, soapstone, mica schist, garnet, kyanite, dolomite marble, and construction materials. INTRODUCTION...Burnsville, Celo Black Brothers, Linville Falls, Micaville, Mount Mitchell, Newland, Spruce Pine, and Wood...west flank of the geosyncline from New Jersey to Alabama. A4 CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GEOLOGY...Eidge, north of Buck Hill Mountain, both in Avery County. The contacts between the mapped units are located...(trace to 25 percent). Garnet, epidote, staurolite, kyanite, and orthoclase are more than 5 ^percent of some |  | | Report (issue) | | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Alabama ............. 4 Table 2 Uranium occurrences in...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Alabama....................................... 5 Figure...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite...overlies a mica schist. One sample km northeast from Micaville, across the road WASH-11; reported assaying 0...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Alabama [for location see figure no. 2] N S^^.^rz-il* |  | | Journal (issue) | | Philadelphia was once regarded as the finest in the USA. It was bequeathed to the Philadelphia Academy of...include all the major sources then known in the county; even so Wright is still often accused of secrecy...high. He was a nat ive of West Chester, C hester County, Pa ., where he was born Jan ua ry 1 2 , 1 820...red in West Chester on the Lyceum; the Chester County Lyceum, which was started soon after, resulting...Crystal, found by my son, near Newlin, Chester County; weight, 5 1 pounds. Among the minerals is a case |
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