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| Mitchell County, North Carolina By JAMES A. RAY 12 Caledonia Road, Asheville, North Carolina North Carolina...of the immediate area around Crabtree Creek, on the Mitchell-Yancey County Lines, and here specifically...specifically to three workings; The Crabtree Emerald Mine, The McKinney Feldspar and Mica Mines, and the #20 Feldspar...Feldspar and Mica Mine. Also, only those species which the writer has either found himself, or seen found...specimens of these, much less find any of them. Crabtree Emerald Mine. This is the more well-known of the two |
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| n and numerous friends and dedicated admirers. James Luther Thomas was born to Robert E. Lee and Mattie...“up” Cane Branch near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina. His lean and sinewy frame suggested...five to ten miles over the hills to a prospect or mine, labor until dark, and then walk home, only to repeat...afterward. In fact, hardly any roads existed in Yancey County in those days, only well-worn foot trails. No...began his career driving steel in a local pegmatite mine for ten cents an hour. He soon moved up to a higher-paying |
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| 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. |
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| .'.' .., 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 |
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| 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 |
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| found in the pegmatites of Mitchell and Yancey counties. URANOPHANE-Often called uranotil, this lemon-yellow...Mitchell and Yancey counties in which uraninite occurs. Other radioactive minerals in North Carolina include...shales in Burke County and also unidentified minerals in granitegneiss in Avery County. DESOTO WAS FIRST...FIRST N.C. 'ROCKHOUND' Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY] at 20:54 26 August 2017 By MATTILEE H. ALLEN...ALLEN, Lincolnton, N.C. The mountain region of North Carolina was known to the white man many years before |
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| NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY a...... 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 |
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| mineral has been mined quite extensively in Clay County, Alabama, from one end to the other. It is quite...worked by the Alabama Graphite Co."—note sent in by James Miller Davis, 212 Guaranty Savings Bldg., Montgomery...chrysocolla and greenish malachite. From San Manuel Mine, San Manuel, Arizona. Tourmaline: Mass of black...ARKANSAS—Brown jasper pebbles have been found in a creek bed near Benton, Saline Co., Ark. ROCKS AND MINERALS...Stayton Mine, Lone Tree, two miles south of Antimony Peak, near Hollister, San Benito County, California |
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| 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... Geologic map of part of the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Tennessee. 2-6. Maps showing location of |
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| 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 |
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| caves. Mr. Toothaker relerred to a trip to North Carolina with Messrs. Biernbaum, Clay, and Gordon. Other...don in JuIy to Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia. At the Fanny Gouge mine near Burnsville, N.C., specimens...albite, and uranophane were collected on the dumps, At the McKinney mine near Crabtree creek specimens...the scenery in the mountainous sections of North Carolina, and gave details of the collecting experiences...membership. The following were proposed as menbers: James A. Taylor, 582 TH E AM ERICAN M IN ERAI.OGIST |
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| 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; |
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| 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; |
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| of the Pine Ridge Escarpment and along Whiteclay Creek near the Sioux Indian community of the same name...vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...and breaks in the hills along the Minnechaduza Creek and the Niobrara, as well as all tributary canyons...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 |
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| ALABAMA—Cherokee County is' in northeastern Alabama. In the central part of Cherokee County is the little...10-yr. old subscriber, Buddy Stewart. "Cherokee County has a wide variety of minerals ranging from those...mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals, so Buddy informs us, and to...around Rock Run, in the southeastern part of the county, and was mined extensively in recent years. The...over Cherokee County. "Lots of Indian relics are found too." A map of Cherokee County, prepared by Buddy |
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| At present am employed at Magma Copper Company's mine here in Superior. No doubt you are familiar with..."For the collector of lead minerals, the Red Cloud Mine in Yuma Co., Ariz., is of considerable interest...the scarce, vital metals it contained. "Today the mine is reached by a barely possable road from Martinez...After the end of steamboat while he was traveling north. He was transportation on the Colorado River ef-...nicely xld here. Next we went to the old Cobalt Mine and secured some scorodite, that altered arsenopyrite |
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| variations have been noted in the gazetteer. Where county boundary lines have been changed since a reference...written, the locality has been listed under the county in which it is found today. A fairly extensive...Mineralization from the HillSlope. side Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona. U. S. Geological Survey, WASHINGTON...Drilling, Merry Widow Claim, White Signal, Grant County, New Mexico. U. S. Geological Survey TEM-146A,...in 199 Todilto Limestone near Grants, McKinley County, New Mexico. Geological Society of America, NEW |
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| ___________ . ____ . _________________ --- _. 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...SILICATES Huttonite Cheralite Pilbarite Uranophane } Sklodowskite Uranophane group Cuprosklodowskite Betafite |
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| roadbed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn, on Highway 147."—note from James Miller Davis...at the barite mines at Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. "A sample was sent to the Smithsonian..."From Bone Valley Formation at the Peace Valley Mine, south of Bartow (Polk Co.), Fla."-on label. GEORGIA...in cavity of dark gray limestone at a coal strip mine, about 5 miles southwest of Monroe, Marion Co.,...crystalline rock knocked off Carlton Peak on the north shore of Lake Superior which is said in several |
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| . . .. . .. . ......... .. ...... . . . 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 |
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| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| Occurrences in the Miller Hill Area Carbon County Wyoming By JAMES D. VINE and GEORGE E. PRICHARD CONTRIBUTIONS...-----------------------------------------------------North Park (?) formation -----------------------------...conglomerate of the North Park(?) formation __ Facing 16. Typical outcrop and closeup view of the North Park(?) formation..._ Facing 17. Photomicrographs of rock from the North Park(?) formation _____________________________...OCCURREN·CES IN THE MILLER HILL AREA, CARBON COUNTY, WYOMING By JAMES D. VINE and GEORGE E. PRICHARD |
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| tourmaline crystal was noted in the Luella mine near Avon, Latah county, Idaho, which measured 3x3x8 feet. Other...Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county, Alabama, was 10 inches in diameter and from 3...length. Other crystals have been noted at the Baer mine near Orange, New Hampshire, to 10 inches in diameter...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 |
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| S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to...785 ADAMITE (CUPRIAN),MohawkMine, San Bernardino County, California. Nicely spaced transparent jade green |
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| 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 on display in Dr. Jack's drug store in Lona Creek. It was in the rough but was of a very fine quality-a...It was mined on the farm Tveit, Iveland District north of Kristiansand, Norway. A book of biotite mica |
