 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can |  | | Report (issue) | | NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | .'.' .., 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 | | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | southeasterly direction from Morganton, (Burke County) along Laurel Creek, near the town of Valdese....cyanitic in places, and is known as a member of the Carolina gneiss. They are closely associated with a pyroxenite...direction from the garnet deposit in Burke County, into Catawba River Valley, near Lake Hickory are found...Found along the graveled roads and driveways in Catawba County, especially in and around Conover and Newton...rhodolite in the pegmatite occurrence in Macon County. Still, northwesterly, after crossing the crest |  | | Report (volume) | | Selected Bibliography of Andalusite, Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and Pyrophyllite in the...1019-N Selected Bibliography of Andalusite, Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and Pyrophyllite...showing the location of major deposits of the kyanite group of minerals and pyrophyllite. __________...RESOURCES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANDALUSITE, KYANITE SILLIMANITE, DUMORTIERITE, TOPAZ, AND PYROPHYLLITE...bibliography is a compilation of 566 references on the kyanite, or sillimanite, group of minerals and pyrophyllite |  | Overstreet, William C., White, A.M., Whitlow, J.W., Theobald, P.K., Caldwell, D.W., Cuppels, N.P., Stone, Jerome (1968) Fluvial monazite deposits in the southeastern United States, with a section on mineral analyses. Professional Paper 568. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp568 | Report (issue) | | in the western Piedmont of Virginia^ North Carolina^ South Carolina^ and Georgia^ and methods used to appraise...________________ Savannah River-Catawba River area, South Carolina-North Carolina ______________ Rock types..._________________________ Yadkin River-Dan River area, North Carolina-Virginia. ____________________ Oconee River...minerals in the area between the Savannah and Catawba Rivers, S.C. and N.C.: 1. Epidote, staurolite,...amphibole, spinel, and sphene. 2. Sillimanite, kyanite, rutile, tourmaline, ilmenite, and garnet. 3. Monazite |  | | Report (issue) | | State Park, North Carolina – A Guide for the Non-Geologist By Philip J. Bradley North Carolina Geological...Park area. Prepared in conjunction with the 2014 Carolina Geological Society Annual Field Trip. Completed...review by Kenneth B. Taylor – State Geologist, North Carolina Geological Survey. Additional text reviews...by Michael A. Medina and Heather D. Hanna – North Carolina Geological Survey Base figures modified from...within the Piedmont physiographic province of North Carolina in Gaston and Cleveland Counties (fig. 1). |  | | 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) | | No. 241. DlSCOVERlES OF MINERALS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.* By JOHN T. HUMPHREYS, M.A. 101, 992,930...constant current of foul air and dangerous gases, County, I went diligently to work for such localities...smoke, and millions of gallons of water, we tawba' County. lIy search, at first, was fruitless, but I will...than 500 the first pocket I had discovered in this county. This fea feet vertical; but as the coal nearer...enite (meshed rutile). 000 tons ann ually. The North American continent could ACICular rutile. supply |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | No. 241. DlSCOVERlES OF MINERALS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.* By JOHN T. HUMPHREYS, M.A. 101, 992,930...constant current of foul air and dangerous gases, County, I went diligently to work for such localities...smoke, and millions of gallons of water, we tawba' County. lIy search, at first, was fruitless, but I will...than 500 the first pocket I had discovered in this county. This fea feet vertical; but as the coal nearer...enite (meshed rutile). 000 tons ann ually. The North American continent could ACICular rutile. supply |  | | Report (issue) | | SURVEI PEGMATITE GEOLOGY OF THE SHELBY DISTRICT NORTH CAROLINA by \ Wallace R. Griffitts > \ I ,' -* U...Metamorphic rocks....................... h- Carolina gneiss ..................... Ij- General features...district , Worth Carolina. .................... In pocket 3A. Contorted garnet layer in Carolina gneiss * 3B...lens of fine-grained lime- silicate rook from the Carolina gneiss. ............... * k-. Metabasalt with...structure f ron the biotite gneiss member of the Carolina gneiss ...... 5* ** 8 Bedding in marble in Battleground |  | | Report (issue) | | 1B01YJ JH1lrL~ 11HHJ J\J-rAJii W1.sr B JY1111.Il • CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Field Trip Guidebook 1981 ... October 24-25, 1981 Gaffney, South Carolina - CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1981 OFFICERS +', . I...Schaeffer Duke'Power P.O •. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 0 Secretary-Treasurer: • S. Duncan...Department of Geology, Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27706 Chairman of the Membership Committee:...Hanselman Department of Geology Catawba College Salisbury, No~th Carolina 28144 Field Trip Leaders: J |  | | Report (issue) | | North Carolina State Library jleigh ( f t NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN RALEIGH...RALEIGH 1958 G. CONRAD Norffe Carolir* St** NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN G. CONRAD...Jefferson F. J. BOLING Siler City H. C. BUCHAN, JR North Wilkesboro SCROOP W. ENLOE, JR Spruce Pine VOIT |  | | Report (issue) | | magnetite from the Inner Piedmont Belt, North and South Carolina, by P. K. Theobald, Jr., W. C. Overstreet...Magnetite from the Inner Piedmont Belt, North and South Carolina By P. K. THEOBALD, JR., W. C. OVERSTREET..._________ Relations among the elements.__________ North-south dichotomy.____________ Al 1 1 2 2 4 5 5 7...c interpretation.--------.------------------.. North-south dichotomy________---_-_-__-___--___ Distribution...separates from the Inner Piedmont belt of North and South Carolina..__ _ 3. Correlation coefficients (Stuart |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Book | | MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright ©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...73 14. Barite 75 15. The Clay Industry 79 16. Kyanite & Unakite 91 17. Other Minerals 95 18. Scrap Mica |  | | Report (issue) | | pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ _______________________...pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...bulge in the hanging wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight...granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Same granite...and other units in the Big Bess pegmatite, Gaston County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Report (issue) | | RESOURCES DIVISION SILLI ANITE Andalusite, Kyanite, Sillimanite By E. R. VARLEY, Ph.D. (Lond.), B...the principal members of which are andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, all with the formula Al 2O 3 ...formula 3Al 20 3 .2Si02• On calcination, andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite alter to mullite and silica. Topaz...somewhat analogous state of affairs and the term kyanite includes andalusite, dumortierite, sillimanite...proper, kyanite and sillimanite. The Sillimanite Minerals The chief properties of andalusite, kyanite, sillimanite |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m...e y, Union, Wilkes, H a l i f a x , Davidson, Catawba, Henderson, Ashe, P o l k , Wa t a u g a , M o |  | | Report (issue) | | Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...________________ _ Quartzites and conglomerates _______ _ Kyanite schist ________ --~- _________ _ Limestone and...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____...properties _________ .. _____________ _ Halifax County ______ - _____ - __________ ~- _'- __ _ Virgilina |
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