 | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ ...between pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight mine ______ _______________...of granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9....and other units in the Big Bess pegmatite, Gaston County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ |  | | 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...112 Dumortierite. ..................... 112 Sillimanite ...................... 113 Andalusite. ......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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...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 |  | | 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...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; |  | | 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...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; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson,TX 75083-0688, USA Received June 17, 1988 / Accepted January 7, 1990...between quartz and sillimanite at 66.3% CaA12Si2Os and a second boundary between sillimanite and corundum located...new data on the join SiO2-CaA12SizO8 but no sillimanite has been found in any of our experiments on mixtures...been drawn without a primary phase field for sillimanite and with a boundary between beta-quartz and corundum...but the possibility still exists for a small sillimanite field between the beta-quartz and corundum fields |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...to list more than fifteen hundred localities in North America where gems can be found. This is the only...amateurs alike had not gone out to every corner of North America, discovered the rich gem resources of the...Colorado; and Professor Jack Hanahan of Belmont, North Carolina, with locations in their respective states...venture every year into the mountains and deserts of North America, they enjoy not only the pleasure of seeking |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of metasediments: quartzites, micaschists and sillimanite-bearinggneisses. The contacts between the metagabbros...mainly metasediments: quartzites, micaschists, sillimanite-bearing granitic gneisses and a marble unit....Tobi (Editors), The Deep Proterozoic Crust in the North Atlantic Provinces. NATO ASI Series, D. Reidel,...Tobi (Editors), The Deep Proterozoic Crust in the North Atlantic Provinces. NATO ASI Series, D. Reidel,...O'Donnell, T.H., Brenner, N.L., Schrock, R.L. and Dycus, D.W., 1978. Liquidus phase relations on the join |  | | Book | | York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South...was already using nephrite (massive jade) , sillimanite (prismatic waterworn crystals of aluminum silicate...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least...and abandoned, one is also sure to find extensive mine dumps sloping steeply down from the shaft or tunnel...prodvced by atmospheric oxidation, can be found. Old mine dumps often reveal a varied assortment of brightly |  | | Report (issue) | | under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley Authority Physical...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Falley Authority UNITED...Production of sheet and punch mica, 1912-14, in North Carolina, the Southeastern States, and the entire United...data for mica specimens, arranged by lot and by mine or prospect-_-___--_-___-_-.___---___-_____--_ Results..._______________ 13. Test data for mica (not identified by mine), taken from the production line of the Colonial |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | important minor minerals are biotite, muscovite, sillimanite and hornblende. A medium-grained quartz-plagioclase-microcline...surrounds most of the eclogite in the south, west and north. Fine-grained (0.05-0.5 mm), thinly layered (0.1-2... gneiss. Feldsparquartz gneisses containing sillimanite are common throughout the Eiksunddal area. The...Schmidt (1963) therefore correlated the growth of sillimanite nodules in the gneisses, and formation of secondary...Garnet-biotite gneiss Dioritic gn.,Btotite gneiss Sillimanite- biotite gn. ~ Diopsidefels,marble Hornblende-plagloclase |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...100 detail maps 1500+ hunting locations: sites in North America A directory to coUpcfing O E Pi rin...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...directory listing over fifteen hundred localities in North America where gem specimens may be found. Interspersed...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID | | | Book | | locations: A directory to co!le.cling sites in North America MINERALS AND GEMS A COLOR TREASURY FORCOLLECTORS...not just a picture book. Rather, it is a veritable mine of information, telling everything the collector...directory listing over fifteen hundred localities in North Am erica where gem specimens may be fou nd. Interspersed...you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary arrangements...LAKE BAILEY N I DELAWARE MINE DUMPS IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI 2 AMYGDAlOID MINE DUMPS 3 AGATE HARBOR (AGATES |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | km long belt from the Kutná Hora Complex in the north to the South Bohemian granulite massifs in the south...cpx = clinopyroxene, fo = forsterite, sil = sillimanite, gt = garnet, parg = pargasite, pl = plagioclase...occurred in the kyanite stability field. No sillimanite was observed in the surrounding gneiss and granulite... Odonnell, T.H., Brenner, N.L., Schrock, R.L., Dycus, D.W., 1978. Liquidus phase relations on join d...within basement massifs: AM = Armorican Massif (NA = North Armorica, SA = South Armorica), BM = Bohemian Massif |  | | Journal (volume) | | northwestern part of the Enontekio district in the extreme north of the country, adjacent to the Norwegian and Swedish...complexes are the Vaddas gabbro some 50 km to the north of Halti and the Lyngen gabbro, which lies at a...are exposed in a zone trending from immediately north of HaIti to the east of the Vaddas gabbro. The Seiland...Seiland Igneous Province is situated about 100 km north of Halti, Pillow lavas have also been recognized...characterized by mafic sills occurs to the east and north of the HaIti cumulate sequence. It forms a zone |  | | Report (volume) | | Bibliography of North American Geology, 1958 By RUTH REECE KING and othe·rs GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...---------Ill 1 3 7 15 329 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1958 By RUTH REECE KING and...(including Alaska and Hawaii), the rest of the North American continent including Greenland, the West...in foreign journals are cited if they deal with North American localities or are of a general nature,...they deal only with foreign areas. Articles on North America by foreign authors are included regardless |  | | Book (edition) | | 15 Garnet group 18 Vesuvianite (idocrase) 28 Sillimanite 30 Andalusite 33 Kyanite 36 Staurolite 39 Topaz...Fayalite, Gunflint Iron Formation, Minnesota-Ontario, USA (Floran, R.J. & Papike, J.J., 1978, J. Petrol., 19...21588). Knebelite, metasomatized limestone, Blue Bell Mine, British Columbia, Canada (Mossman, D.J. & Pawson...includes K2O 0.01, H2O 0.05. 5 Tephroite, Benallt Mine, Caernarvonshire, Wales, UK (Smith, W.C. et al.... } 3.957 99.84 1 Dark red-brown zircon, North Burgess, Ontario, Canada (Palache, C. & Ellsworth |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | thin-section scale and the drill core/outcrop to mine scale at which geological relationships are most...central part of the Nain Plutonic Suite in Labrador, north-eastern Canada, astride the boundary between Paleoproterozoic-aged...Deeps deposit pinches out (Fig. 2). The dyke to the north of the Eastern Deeps consists of ferrodiorite, ferrogabbro...Tasuiyak gneiss protoliths, containing garnet, sillimanite, biotite, feldspar and quartz, combined with...South Africa) and the J-M Reef (Stillwater Complex, USA) and their relationship to microstructures using |  | Grégoire, Michel, Cottin, Jean Yves, Giret, André, Mattielli, Nadine, Weis, Dominique (1998) The meta-igneous granulite xenoliths from Kerguelen Archipelago: evidence of a continent nucleation in an oceanic setting. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 133 (3) 259-283 doi:10.1007/s004100050451 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde 2109, Australia; E-mail: mgregoir@laurel.ocs...Eifel (Germany, Witt and Seck 1987), southwestern USA (Wilshire et al. 1988), southeastern Australia (O'Reilly...Antarctic continent (Fig. 1). They lie 500 km to the north of Heard and McDonald islands and constitute the...xenoliths from the San Carlos Volcanic Field, Arizona, USA (Frey and Prinz 1978; Fig. 5). The whole-rock REE...xenoliths from the San Carlos Volcanic Field (Arizona, USA, Frey and Prinz 1978) and of wehrlitic xenoliths |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | xenoliths up to 10 m long, c o n t a i n i n g sillimanite, pleonaste, cordierite a n d c o r u n d u m...geochemistry of rhyolitic volcanic rocks, central North Island, New Zealand. Phenocryst data. Contrib. Mineral...O'Donnell, T.H., Brenner, N.L., Schrock, R.L. and Dycus, D.W., 1978. Liquidus phase relations on the join |
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