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| SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY Volume 40 The Carolina Terrane in Northeastern South Carolina: History of an...of Eocambrian Rocks (Ridgeway Gold Mine, South Carolina), Carolina Terrane Mervin J. Bartholomew, Amy...Neoproterozoic Intra-Arc Basin in the Carolina Terrane, South Carolina Kenneth A. Gillon, T. Langdon Mitchell...the Geology of the Ridgeway-Camden Area, South Carolina Piedmont Donald T. Secor, Jr., Chris A. Barker...SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY publication. Cover Photo: Overview of the North Pit at Ridgeway Gold Mine (Kennecott-Ridgeway |
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| areas of the Laurentian Shield of northeastern North America, the Fennoscandian Shield in northwestern... contain pegmatites. Examples of the latter in North America are the belt of pre-Cambrian rocks in the...(including the Black Hills) of North America; the rare earth pegmatitesb of Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI)...the Mesozoic in the Cordilleran region of western North America were accompanied by pegmatites. Granitic...The Gaffney-Kings Mountain Folio, South and North Carolina: U . S. Geol.Swvey, GeoI.Fol'io 222, 1931. |
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| East Ridge in the Appalachian belt of Virginia, USA (Kyanite Mining Corporation 2005). Further studies...arc setting (e.g. McCauley 1961; Nystuen 1969; Spence et al. 1980; Hora 1998; Ihlen 2000; Bibikova et...(Russia), Proterozoic (Scandinavia) and Palaeozoic (USA) ages. In Norway and Sweden, they occur in Palaeoproterozoic...Sawyer 1989). A nearly 70-km-long folded zone of muscovite-rich rocks with lenses of kyanite quartzites is...granitic gneisses, metarhyolites, metagabbros, muscovite and biotite schists (Gjelle 1988). Miner Deposita |
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| phyllites from the Appalachian orogen of South Carolina: Mineralogy and metamorphic history WILLIAM A...Sciences, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613, U.S.A. ABSTRACT Phyllites from the Charlotte...South Carolina contain porphyroblasts of black corundum in a matrix of margarite and minor muscovite. The...the Charlotte belt (Central Piedmont) of South Carolina (Ranson and Stuart 1992). This margarite-rich...appears to be unique in the piedmont of South Carolina. Although Sloan (1908) cites twelve deposits of |
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| Physical Characteristics of Commercial Sheet Muscovite in the Southeastern United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley Authority Physical... Physical Characteristics of Commercial Sheet Muscovite in the Southeastern United States By RICHARD H. JAHNS...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Falley Authority UNITED...6 7 8 11 12 12 15 16 16 17 17 22 24 26 Sheet muscovite in the Southeastern States.____________ Distribution |
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| Gold Mine, Carolina Slate Belt NICHOLAS HAYWARD* GeologyDepartment,JamesCookUniversityof North Queensland...Strata-boundAu-Ag-Momineralizationin the Halle gold mine area is hostedby several ellipsoidal,pyrite-qua...ofTaconian orogenesis. Introduction THE Haile gold mine is located near Kershaw,LancasterCounty, in the...of the southernAppalachianCarolinaslatebelt. The mine hasexploitedseveralrelativelysmallandlow-grade...Spenceet al., 1980; Bell, 1982; Feiss,1985; Kiffand Spence, 1988). In contrast,early workers (Graton, 1906; |
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| Geology, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA ' ABSTRACT The Protogine Zone comprises a system...920-880 Ma. 40Ar/39Arcooling ages are presented for muscovite from high-alumina rocks formed by hydrothermal...associated with a ductile deformational event; muscovite from these rocks cooled below argon retention...temperatures (c. 375 f 25" C) at c. 965-955 Ma. Muscovite from granofels in zones of intense alteration...the granulite region of south-western Sweden. Muscovite in phyllonites associated with the 'Svecononvegian |
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| Massivepyrite and gold have beenmined at the Haile mine. In the M½Cormick-Lin½olnton area,a near-surface...fracture-controlled alteration. Introduction Geologyof the Carolina Slate Belt, M^ss•vEsulfide and gold depositsoccur...in hydrothermallyalteredmetamorphicrocksof the Carolina slatebelt in the Piedmontof SouthCarolina(Fig...Tin-bearingmineralsin theserocksare probablyalso South Carolina The Carolina slatebelt is part of a broad band of low-rank...althoughProterozoicZ rocksmay be included, especiallyin the north,mostof the Carolinaslatebelt is early Paleozoic |
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| Feldspar Mine (Lot 27, Hastings Road West Sabine Township) 1. Photo: Water Filled Pit - Woodcox Mine (Monteagle...And Aleck Mine (Murchison Township). . . .. . .. . . . . ...........7-8 2(b). Photo: Card Mine (Portland...........32-33 6. Photo: Contact Of The Reeves Mine (Monteagle Township). Quartz K-Feldspar Alteration...36-37 7(b). Photo: Contact Of The Comet Quartz Mine (Murchison Township). ....... . . ......36-37 8...Adjacent To Uraninite Crystals In The Macdonald Mine (Monteagle Township). ....................48-49 |
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| 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 |
 | Ayuso, R. A., Wooden, J. L., Foley, N. K., Seal, R. R., Sinha, A. K. (2005) U-Pb Zircon Ages and Pb Isotope Geochemistry of Gold Deposits in the Carolina Slate Belt of South Carolina. Economic Geology, 100 (2) 225-252 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.2.225 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
| Geochemistry of Gold Deposits in the Carolina Slate Belt of South Carolina R. A. AYUSO,† U.S. Geological Survey...Formation host the largest known gold mines of the Carolina slate belt. U-Pb (SHRIMP) zircon ages have been...ash-flow tuff from the stratigraphic host of the North pit gold deposit). Generally, the zircons are fine...galena 206Pb/204Pb < 18.077) in southern South Carolina are generally less radiogenic than sulfides from...Brewer (206Pb/204Pb > 18.311) in northern South Carolina. Because Pb isotope compositions of basement rocks |
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| at Peak Hill, are con®ned to a 300±500 m wide, north-south striking, steeply dipping, shear zone that...sericite-clay-chlorite assemblage, through phyllic assemblages (muscovite/illite-pyrite paragonite) to a pyrophyllite-pyrite...L. Walshe A. Allibone James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Q4811, Australia Present...the vicinity of regional-scale structures in the Carolina Slate Belt may be a further example of this style...et al. 1995), and some similar systems in the Carolina Slate Belt (e.g. Fiess 1985; Klein and Schmidt |
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| noRm c ult * 4 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE, DIRECTOR...MICA DEPOSITS OF THE FRANKLIN-SYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA BY J. C. OLSON AND OTHERS PREPARED BY GEOLOGICAL...WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH 1946 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT...MICA DEPOSITS OF THE FRANKLIN SYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA By J. C. OLSON and Others PREPARED BY GEOLOGICAL...DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR IN COOPERATION WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT |
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| RANDATHER QUNTAN of£4 vA, ATE BELT CAROLINA aes \ eer =~CAROLINA ‘ Li, aie! BARTLETT'S/27 FERRY FAULT...GRANDFATHER TENNESSEE ~~ MOUNTAIN KIOKEE BELT SOUTH CAROLINA ug 5; “A BARTLETT'S/.2 FERRY FAULT ? ALABAMA...admittedly speculative, for gold mineralization in the Carolina slate belt; it complements the paper by Neathery...Anomaly at the Peachbottom Deposit, Alleghany County, North Carolina (John E. Callahan, J. Hatten Metal Howard...Geologic South Sulfide (Thornton The Aspects Carolina Faulkner Western E. Carroll) the Southwest |
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| SPHALERITE FROM A PEGMATITE NEAR SPRUCE PINE, NORTH CAROLINA* CrnnnNcn S. Ross, IJ. S. GeologicalSurvey...black sphalerite from the McKinney mine, near Spruce Pine, North Carolina, was brought to my attention in...abundant material was secured for study. The McKinney mine is operated by open pit, and is one of the largest...that varies from albite to oligoclase, quartz, muscovite, and a little garnet. Thus, except for the locally...between albite and microcline are sporadic massesof muscovite which reach 20 to 30 centimeters in diameter. |
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| AND THUCHOLITE FROM PIED DES MONTS, CHARLEVOIX COUNTY, QUEBEC Hucu S. SpnNco* fNtnooucronv The brief...occurrenceof uraninite and thucholite at the Pied des Monts mine are based on a visit paid to the property in October...5S, No. 2, 158-159 (1939). I rl 712 HUGH S. SPENCE about 4 per cent to be common lead. The age calculatedfrom...the old Pied des Monts mica mine, in Lacoste township, Charlevoix County, Que., which I gave to Dr. Lane...below Quebeccity, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence. It lies 13 miles north of the end of the branch |
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| Arizona 85721 Abstract The world’s largest kyanite mine is hosted within kyanite quartzite at Willis Mountain...accessory rutile, white mica (locally green Cr muscovite), and locally abundant pyrite. Topaz, lazulite...only active kyanite mine in the United States is at Willis Mountain in Buckingham County (Fig. 1). Jonas... which extends into North Carolina. Occurrences in southern Prince Edward County (along Route 634) and...region and the 0361-0128/98/000/000-00 $6.00 Carolina slate belt. Both occurrences appear to lie within |
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| extensive field trips. The R. G . Thomases went to North Carolina; the Welches hunted Suwanee River coral; the...the Gosses and Metcalfs found agates in Harrison County, Mis sissippi. PENNSYLVANIA Dr. John Price, President...first reaction was, 'What tremendous specimens! Mine are poor.' But I reconsidered. "Why do I appreciate...o f the t a l k b y D r . E m i l Alan Beaver County w h o showed slides o f archaeological " d i g...Member Deas Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, F a i r l e s s H i l l s , t o l d B o y k i |
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| composition. rn the granite, the pegmatites are rich in muscovite, and one crystal was mined which measured 16 by...evening of Feb. 18th to hear an address by Mr. H. S. Spence of the canadian Bureau of Mines and Resources....organizations and their guests were present. Mr. Spence spoke upon "Mining Radium in canada's subarctic"...(locally called ,,Iirnber-grit") from Rural HalI, North Carolina. Mr. Morgan reported finding beraunite at Hellertown...and montmorillonite near Glen Riddle, Delaware County, Pa. Dr. Edgar T' Wherry presented a r6sum6 of |
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| or(OH) e.tt, which closely approaches the accepted muscovite formula, Kdle(Al,Sia)rOa6(OH)5, representing the...confirm the structural identity of fuchsite with muscovite. The varietal name chromian muscotiteis preferred...compapedwith a ratio of 4:12 in fuchsite and muscovite. Published optical data show mariposite with higher...variously as fuchsite, mariposite' and chromiferous muscovite are of wide distribution throughout gold-bearing...Tyrol. Grateful acknowledgmentis also made to H. S. Spence,Mines Branch, Department of Mines and Resources |
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| Richardson mine, Bedford township. 2. Loading feldspar directly into truck at Cameron and Aleck mine, Murchison...when the Richardson mine began production in Bedford township, Frontenac county. Over 170 feldspar mines...ferromagnesian minerals, biotite and hornblende. Muscovite mica occurs in many of the granite pegmatites...abundant quartz. At the Richardson mine, Bedford township, Frontenac county, the pegmatite dike is lenticular...500 feet long in a north-south direction, and just over 200 feet wide. At the north end of the pit, the |
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| Systemsat Pilot Mountain and SelectedOther Localities, Carolina Slate Belt T. L. KLEIN AND R. E. CBISS* U.S....Abstract Severalepigeneticmineral depositsin the Carolina slatebelt are intimately related to meteoric-...Reconnaissance studiesof other alterationzonesin the Carolina slatebelt havesofar disclosedthe involvementof...depositswhich occurwithin Tertiary volcanic THE Carolina slate belt is one of the most interest- rocks...have undergone low-graderegional metamorphism,the Carolina slatebelt haspreservedwithin it a largenumber |
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| their Significance to Mineral Prospecting in the Carolina Slate Belt U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1562...their Significance to Mineral Prospecting in the Carolina Slate Belt B_v ROBERT G. SCHMIDT U.S. GEOLOGICAL...their significance to mineral prospecting in the Carolina slate belt. (Geological Survey bulletin ; 1562)...aluminous alterations in other regions ---Examples in North America ---------------------------------------...---------------------------------------General geology of the Carolina slate belt ---------------------------------- |
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| Timing of Mineralization at the Haile Gold Mine, South Carolina* Reid M. Mobley,1,2 Gene M. Yogodzinski...University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter St., EWSC617, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 2 Haile 3 Department...Department Gold Mine Incorporated, 7283 Haile Gold Mine Road, Kershaw, South Carolina 29067 of Earth and...mineralization at the Haile gold deposit in South Carolina are provided by radiometric dating of igneous...containing variable quantities of pyrite, pyrrhotite, muscovite, and illite. Four measurements produced an isochron |
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| Gecovolcanogenic massive sulfidedeposit.The Geco mine is well suitedfor a studyof massivesulfide-related...geology The Manitouwadgeminingdistrict,located80 km north-northeastof Lake Superior (Fig. 1), lies in a small...boundaryof the QueticoandAbitibi-Wawabeltslies 15 km north of Manitouwadge(Stockwell,1964). Numerousaccountsof...gneisseswhich are variably inson et al., 1971; Spence and de Rosen-Spence, massive,laminated,or pillowedmaficvolcanics...meter-thick)laminatedquartz-magnetite sulfidedepositin North America(Boldy,1977). The verferruginouscherts(i |
