 | | Report (edition) | | Information Circular GOLD RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA by P. A. Carpenter, D oc ms C% M:*L Raleigh...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 26711. Jeffrey C. Reid Chief Geologist Cover...2 Uses 3 Mining Methods and Recovery 3 Gold in North Carolina 5 History of Mining 5 Production...Deposits of North Carolina 12 Eastern Carolina Belt 12 Portis Mine 14 Other Mines 14 Carolina Slate |  | | Report (issue) | | IN NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES ...agencies for the general welfare of the dtizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts basic and applied research...Resources, at Post Office Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687, or call (919) 733-2423. Jeffrey...Chief Geologist GOLD NORTH CAROLINA IN . by P. Albert Carpenter III NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INFORMATION...INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT |  | | Report (issue) | | __ _ Wissahickon formation _________________ _ Peters Creek quartzite __________________ _ Central group...group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist _______________________...SoutherngrouP----------------------~-- 7 --- Talladega slate ______ ~ _________________ _ Hillabee chlorite schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...__________________________________ _ History of mining ________________ ·__________________ _ Production |  | | Report (issue) | | Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological... Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc,...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals...occur with sulfides in vein|j deposits in Cabarrus County. 21 22 23 24 25- U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SILVER MINED IN NORTH CAROLINA By R U T H P. S T A N L E Y — T h e Lady Prospector Rt. 1, Box 5 8 , T...the development of sil ver mining i n the Piedmont section o f North Carolina is largely a record of attempts...treat the ores. I n the earliest history of each mine, the sur face ores, which required but little skill...prospect ing was done in Davidson County, but few are aware that the Silver H i l l Mine was i n operation before... ( I n 1 8 2 4 "Olmstead" mentioned David son County as a part of the G o l d Coun t r y ) . About |  | | Report (issue) | | EXPLORATION FOR AND MINING OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKHOSTED AU DEPOSITS By Stephen G. Peters Open-File Report...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product...geology is an important component in regional-, district- and orebody-scale exploration and development...timing of important structural events in an ore district allows analysis and classification of fluid conduits...control, grade control, safety issues, and mine planning. District- and regional-scale structural studies |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, G eorgia........................................chalcopyrite, from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. Collection of Maudine and...later discredited but the list (compiled by J. J. Peters) is nonetheless impressive for one club, and includes...) Louis Perloff (perloffite) Joseph and Thomas Peters (petersite) Frederick H. Pough (poughite) Washington |  | | Report (issue) | | Republic of China and in Nevada, USA Zhiping Li1 and Stephen G. Peters 2 Open-File Report 98-466 1998...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product...Republic of China and in Nevada, USA Zhiping Li1 and Stephen G. Peters 2 Open-File Report 98-466 1998...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product...Figure 7. Figure 8. Figure 9. Photograph of manual mining in the Zimudang gold deposit, Guizhou Province |  | | Report (issue) | | description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~----------------- Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County -- |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches |  | Mao, Jingwen, Qiu, Yumin, Goldfarb, Richard, Zhang, Zhaochong, Garwin, Steve, Fengshou, Ren (2002) Geology, distribution, and classification of gold deposits in the western Qinling belt, central China. Mineralium Deposita, 37 (3) 352-377 doi:10.1007/s00126-001-0249-0 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | classification of gold deposits in the western Qinling belt, central China Received: 13 June 2001 / Accepted:...2002 Abstract Gold deposits of the western Qinling belt occur within the western part of the Qinling–Dabie–Sulu...orogen, which is located between the Precambrian North China and Yangtze cratons and east of the Songpan–Ganzi...consists of an early Paleozoic arc accreted to the North China craton by ca. 450 Ma. The central zone, J...964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, USA Z. Zhang Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of |  | | Report (volume) | | ...................... 1. Rocks from Aroostook County..... ^..................'........... 2. Miscellaneous............................... Maryland and the District of Columbia............................................................................... North Carolina..............................................1. Elliott County dike............................................... 2. Crittenden County dike..................................... 2. Crystal Falls district, Michigan.................................. . |  | | Report (volume) | | _-_---___ Geology of the McCalls Ferry-Quarry ville district. ________________ Pre-Cambrian rocks of sedimentary...origin..__________________ Pre-Glenarm rocks of the Mine Ridge upland__.______._. Baltimore gneiss._.___-__-_--__-____...Age---.---------.-.-.-.-.-----..-...-........-.-.... Peters Creek schist._______________________________ Cardiff...conglomerate,__----_-__---.__.._____-_____ Peach Bottom slate.______________________________ Paleozoic sedimentary...Mountain and vicinity.... Paleozoic stratigraphy of Mine Ridge upland and vicinity._ Lower Cambrian rocks |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...Esmont slate quarry-Esmont dolomite. limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine-near...topaz, tourmaline, triplite Trueheart pegmatite mine (f)-near Amelia beryl (var. aquamarine), microcline |  | | Book | | of Geology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 (deceased). HADLEY, Jarvis...2, p. Huntington Broedel, Reverse faulting north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull...Washington County, in The physical features of Washington County. Md. Geol. Survey, Washington County (Rept...physical features of Washington County. Md. Geol. Survey Washington County (Rept. 14), 17-94. ——, Igneous...physical features of Washington County. Md. Geol. Survey, Washington County (Rept. 14), p. 95-97. ——., Structural |  | | Report (volume) | | ILLUSTRATION Page FIGURE 1. Sketch map showing outcrop belt of the Chopawamsic Formation- D4 TABLES Page...Chopawamsic, but it conformably underlies the Quantico Slate of Ordovician age and conformably overlies and interfingers...Arvonia Slate in central Virginia and with the James Run Gneiss and volcanic complex of Cecil County, Md...sedimentary and volcanic sequence of the Carolina slate belt. INTRODUCTION The name Chopawamsic Formation...metasedimentary rocks that conformably underlies the Quantico Slate of Ordovician age (Watson and Powell, 1911) on the |  | | Report (issue) | | 14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Asbestos ore Lead ore. Balmat Mine, N. Y. Chromite-chromium ore. Wash. Zinc ore, Friedensville...ore. Poncha Springs, Colo. 14. Tungsten ore, North Carolina 5 World Nonbauxite Aluminum Resources Excluding............................ South Carolina-Georgia-Alabama Kaolin Belt....... Argentina..................Corporation................................... North American Coal Corporation.........................major kaolin districts in the South Carolina-Georgia-Alabama kaolin belt................................ |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | turn conformable and gradational with the Quantico Slate (Ordovician). Reconsideration of the Martic line...rather than a syncline, and that the Peach Bottom Slate and Cardiff Metaconglomerate are probably correlative...correlated with some metavolcanic rocks in the Carolina slate belt. In Maryland, these rocks are named the James...Setters Formation, Cockeysville Marble, Peach Bottom Slate, Cardiff Metaconglomerate, Wissahickon Formation...Formation, Chopawamsic Formation, and Quantico Slate. The Glenarm metavolcanic rocks and their correlatives |  | Van Alstine, R. E., Worl, R.G., Heyl, A.V., Trace, R.D., Parker, R.L., Griffitts, W.R., Sainsbury, C.L., Cathcart, J.B. (1976) Geology and resources of fluorine in the United States. Professional Paper 933. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp933 | Report (issue) | | 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A sbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...ore, Poncha Springs, Colo . 14. Tungsten ore, North Carolina Geology and Resources of Fluorine in the...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once they are discovered.................. . Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district, by R. D. Trace ............................. |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | te from a newly discovered locality in Yavapai County, Ariz., on the Verde River near Camp Verde, Ariz...be of interest. These were collected in Yavapai County, East of Prescott, Arizona. "They were taken from...some discouraging news about the cinnabar mines north of Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark. "Did you know that...could get from Mr. Millar (owner of the diamond mine in Murfreesboro) there was no point in it at all...and reads as follows: "Stockton, Oct. 19—Powhatan Mining Co. recently shipped a carload of antigorite, a |  | Peters, Stephen G., Jiazhan, Huang, Zhiping, Li, Chenggui, Jing (2007) Sedimentary rock-hosted Au deposits of the Dian–Qian–Gui area, Guizhou, and Yunnan Provinces, and Guangxi District, China. Ore Geology Reviews, 31 (1) 170-204 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.03.014 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Yunnan Provinces, and Guangxi District, China Stephen G. Peters a,⁎, Huang Jiazhan b , Li Zhiping...The rocks locally are silicified and altered to sericite–clay (illite). Rocks and(or) stream-sediment geochemical...author. E-mail address: speters@usgs.gov (S.G. Peters). 0169-1368/$ - see front matter © 2006 Elsevier...provinces of Yunnan (Dian), Guizhou (Qian) and the district of Guangxi (Gui) (Chen, 1987) (Fig. 1). The area...a mountainous, high plateau with central S.G. Peters et al. / Ore Geology Reviews 31 (2007) 170–204 |
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