 | | Report (issue) | | GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORIGIN OF PEGMATITES CHEROKEE-PICKENS DISTRICT, GEORGIA Alexander J. Gunow and Gregory N...NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION GEORGIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 103 Cover photo: Pegmatite&...Creek, Cherokee County. THE GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORIGIN OF PEGMATITES CHEROKEE-PICKENS DISTRICT, GEORGIA...GEORGIA Alexander J. Gunow and Gregory N. Bonn Georgia Department of Natural Resources J. Leonard Ledbetter...Division Harold F. Reheis, Assistant Director Georgia Geologic Survey William H. Mclemore, State Geologist |  | | Report (issue) | | German Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Georgia Geologic Survey...OF THE DAHLONEGA GOLD BELT Jerry M. German .( Georgia Department of Natural Resources J. Leonard Ledbetter.........•........•..••. ·.•...•.•.• .- •..... 17 Mining History and Methods ...... ·....•............................. . 16 18. Hydraulic mining near Auraria, Georgia ......................................Tables Table 1. Average modal composition of New Georgia Group lithologies in the study area .......... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEORGIA Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX JENNINGS...JENNINGS B. GORDON, JR. P . O . Box 6214 Rome, Georgia 30162 Although perhaps best known for its gold, rutUe...rutUe, and staurolite (the state mineral), Georgia has, in fact, almost two hundred mineral species. ...have been reported and verified from the state of Georgia. The index has been compiled from the literature...be either a report on the economic geology of Georgia or a field guide for lapidaries, it excludes commercial |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMS OF GEORGIA FRANK MAYO 3340 Wood Valley Road Atlanta, Georgia 30327 A vast wealth of minerals and...diamonds in the first half of the 19th century, Georgia has had a fascinating gemstone heritage. Gem-bearing...are found in every geologic region. In northwest Georgia, ancient sedimentary rocks of Paleozoic age contain...ful chalcedony, jasper, and agatized coral. Most Georgia gemstones, however, are found in crystalline rocks...contain ing only feldspar, quartz, and mica. Georgia pegmatites are generally poor in four gem-making |  | | Report (issue) | | COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing...Geophysical studies Hydrology Economic geology Mining directory Environmental studies Engineering studies... MINERALS OF GEORGIA: THEIR PROPERTIES AND OCCURRENCES by Robert B. Cook STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF............................................. 170 County Index ........................................ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Almandine Downloaded by [University of Tennessee, Knoxville]...at 14:35 04 June 2016 New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group...sources of fine specimens. Common species, such as almandine, are produced today for abrasive purposes and...as New York’s official state gemstone in 1969. Almandine is well known as a dark red, brownish-red, red-violet...calculated density _ for the pure mineral is 4.313. Almandine is cubic (4/m 32/m) and occurs in well-formed |  | | Book (edition) | | associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...and from "float" deposits, minerals loose in the ground where they have been washed free from the mother...regions in the east from Maine down through Georgia and westward to Tennessee and in the west including...octahedron. The matrix is the so-called "blue ground." pink in color. is Topaz and smoky quartz...cars are designed for a rutted road or boulder the ground. is A jeep is an they are too close to field; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | amulets. Staurolite is also the state mineral of Georgia. Staurolite (from the Greek stauros lithos “stone...crystals to about 6 cm long, with dodecahedral almandine crystals in coarse mica schist, Keivy Mountains...crystals from various locations in Fannin County, Georgia, they reported that the proportion of twinned...schist, staurolite is typically associated with almandine, muscovite, biotite, kyanite, and quartz. In higher-grade...on dark schist, Cook Road, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine. Robert J. Lauf specimen No. 3585. Volume |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia..........Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Illinois...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Book | | _ _ .... ____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _...y ' s f i r s t g o l d r u s h a t Dahlonega, Georgia. S o m u c h gold w a s f o u n d b y eager prospectors...t a r t o f t h e C i v i l W a r . O t h e r Georgia counties a n d n e i g h b o r i n g s t a t e...f gold! Gold c a n s t i l l be f o u n d i n Georgia a n d i n t h e r i v e r s a n d streams o f i...p a r t a n b u r g , U n i o n , Oconee Georgia: Cherokee, Dawson, L u m p k i n , M c D u ff i e , |  | | Book (volume) | | of Georgia was supplied by Dr. A. S. Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Hiddenite crystals Hiddenite crystal Map of Pala District Clays and crystals in pocket Vanderberg Mine Pile...Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garnet crystals Almandine from Wrangell Spessartite matrix specimen Spessartite |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...of the beauty of it with lightning. And the ground. accounts of the origin of gems are in Yet the...sulphides by the action of carbon dioxide dissolved in ground water. Erosion removes broken pieces of rock, which...fundamental clue to gem locations. Since hard-rock mining is too expensive for amateurs, the hobbyist ...In hot is more comfortable morning, while the ground shade no place A trip. much is to hunt for |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...sulphides by the action of carbon dioxide dissolved in ground water. Erosion removes broken pieces of rock, which...fundamental clue to gem locations. Since hardrock mining is too expensive for amateurs, the hobbyist will...which to search. Some locations long abandoned as mining sites have been included because of renewed interest...and too exhausting except where snakes or marshy ground make them indispensable. Armor, however, is not |  | | Book (edition) | | interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...information is included on the persons involved in mining the deposits, with dates and other pertinent information...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and...View of Clear Creek, San Benito County, California 55. Monterey County jade-producing shoreline, California |  | | Report (issue) | | sillimanite, and andalusite____________ History of mining. _____________________________________________________...________________ Virginia - __ -__ _ ___________ Farmville district, Buckingham, Prince Edward, and Charlotte Counties...deposits Continued Virginia Continued Farmville district, etc. Continued Rock types Continued Other quartzose...Slate __ . Halifax County Other localities North Carolina Hagers Mountain, Person County.- _.______ Corbett...Corbett deposit, Johnston County Burnsville-Swannanoa area, Buncombe, Yancey, and Mitchell Counties ________ |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...could think of. With increasing technical skill, mining and shaping of minerals be- came increasingly...radically different techniques and procedures, mining in the open and underground in is carried |  | | Report (issue) | | SHORT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF GEORGIA ATLANTA 1978 BULLITIN 93 For convenience in selecting...Geophysical studies Hydrology Economic geology Mining directory Environmental studies Engineering studies...SHORT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF GEORGIA STATE OF GEORGIA Department of Natural Resources Joe D...Protection Division J. leonard Ledbetter. Director Georgia Geologic Survey John R. George, Acting State Geologist... CONTENTS Page The Huber Formation of Eastern Central Georgia by B. F. BUIE . Contact of Huber Formation overlain |  | | Book | | solidified rock inside which they formed, or in the rock ground into soil. Deposits formed to remain hidden until...several places on earth. This is mined, purified, ground into fine particles, and used for table salt and...the material cleaves on two 90-degree planes. almandine This beautiful mineral is one of the garnet group...7.5. The specific gravity is 4.3, which makes almandine one of the heaviest of the garnets. The fracture...one of the loveliest gemstones known. See also almandine, grossularite, pyrope, spessartite, and uvarovite |  | | Book (volume) | | Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout... most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana is beginning...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy | | | Book | | topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...could think of. With increasing technical skil l, mining and shaping of minerals became increasingly important...the surface. and what they do bring up Is finely ground to extract the metal or other valuable constituent... Rarely are collectors allowed to get near the mining machinery or the miners at work. Keep away fro...peaks. and other rock masses as well as on the ground Rock masses usually refer to formations not yet |  | | Book | | have been applied precious about or Egypt, Ball, the emerald mines to the 2000-1788 period ...love of gemstones thriving industry devoted to Ball noted that “from drawing mines, stone namely... semi-precious in beryl history of gemstone mining the on papers in of knowledge the many ...Ptah-Hotep’s time. However, Little hastened given by S. H. Ball was commerce wealthy know now of subject...portant In in the Dakka gem 4 a later work, Ball the Nile on certainty, On beads in several |  | | Book (edition) | | in connection some information as to mines and mining renovation ; industry. " The student is referred..., a little moistened, are mixed together into a ball upon charcoal, especially in the experiments with...near Clear Lake, in California; Inferno, Humboldt County, and Rabbit Hole Mines, Nevada; near Evanston,...in Magnolia District at the Keystone, Dun River, and other mines; in the Ballerat District at Smuggler...Smuggler Mine; in Central District at the John Jay Mine, where masses of 25 pounds weight are reported to have |  | | Book (edition) | | thi^ facts in crys- Mr is E. as to miiu'S and mining industry referred to the Text-book of Mineralogv...Localities of Minerals 883 2. Brief Notice of Foreign Mining Begions 875 IV. DETERMINATION OF MINERAI^S....flux, a little moistenod, are mixed together into a ball upon charcoal, especially in the experiments with...in the flame. candle — Fusible in large 3. Almandine, or blight red garnet. pieces with ease in the...near Borax Lake, in Califoinia ; Inferno, Humboldt County, Nevada, , abundant. The sulphur of commerce is |  | | Book (edition) | | - iH ^ fe o -• vO y MINERALOGY AND MINING. Mine Accidents —Ventilation — Ore Dressing, Etc...in fullness of plan, tion." American Journal of Mining. detail, and execu- THIRD APPENDIX TO DITTO...species. By Edward H. Williams, Jr., Professor of Mining Engineering at Lehigh University, Pa 18mo, cloth...DRESSING IN EUROPE, KUNHARDT. By W. B. Kunhardt, Mining Engineer 8vo, cloth, 1 60 ACCIDENTS IN MINES...possession of every person connected with the mining of coal." Mining Herald. " This book should be not only |  | | Book (edition) | | , and is supported by the The adjustable ball, b. supported on t, is to be placed so that the...plate glass, not too small, on which the crystal is ground with moistened emery, being careIn some cases a...fine chalk is used ; and again the simple plate of ground plass will answer the purpose without the use of...substance is ground with the use of emery moistened with water. A thin First one surface is ground slice, or...of thick glass with balsam, and the other side ground down parallel to the first, the grinding being |
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