 | | Report (issue) | | noftonclature* Frui>ar«d in oooperation >dth the liorth Carolina Dep&rtaent of Conservation and Development* C05TSHTS...Metamorphic rocks ................ Mica rocks of the Carolina-type ....... Mioa gneiss .............. Mica schist...schist .............. Petrograpljy of the Carolina-type rocks . Structure and texture ....... Mineral.............. Cranberry gneiss ................ Carolina-type rocks .....*.......* Roan-type rocks ...... t Geologic map of the Plumtree area, Spruce Pine district, Forth Carolina......................... |  | | 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...overall light smoky shade, and one from Saline County, Arkansas, failed to turn color at all. Crystals...“Hot Springs area” * “Hot Springs area” Lincoln County Veta Grande Claim, Yuma Co. Arkansas Arkansas...collectibles, and miscellaneous subjects such as mine bell signal signs, scales, m useum reports, and...inclusions during hard winter freezes. A number of North Carolina locations are noted for smoky amethyst crystals |  | | Journal (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . 19 by J. A. Scovil The Machow mine, Tamobrzeg, Poland . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. ...after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...archival material related to the Harding pegmatite in north-central New Mexico. This well-known collecting locality...geologic setting and mineralogy of the mine site. The Harding mine catalog will provide researchers and...citations on the Harding mine and information about other collections of Harding mine specimens. The museum |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals of the MOREFIELD DEGMATITE Amelia County, Virginia This large, complex pegmatite boasts...amazonite, fluorite, and topaz. Figure 1: The Morefield mine, 60-foot level; photo by W. D. Baltzley. 232 ROCKS...M A T I T E is currently the only operating gem mine in Virginia. Owned and operated by William " B i...0.4 miles northeast of State Road 628 in Amelia County. Pegmatites are common in the Amelia area. Lemke...an open-cut mine by Silas V . Morefield, original owner of the property. I n 1931, the mine was leased |  | | 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 (issue) | | ) v r v Cjf lA J ' Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 9265 I ...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...on p. 327 COVER: BARITE, 17 cm, from the Miekle mine, Nevada. (See the article in the previous issue...was involved in the construction of airports in North Africa and India. He had diversified assignments...rediscovered the Moctezuma mine that was first opened for gold in 1937. This mine, though small, provided | | | Journal (issue) | | after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...archival material related to the Harding pegmatite in north-central New Mexico. This well-known collecting locality...geologic setting and mineralogy of the mine site. The Harding mine catalog will provide researchers and...citations on the Harding mine and information about other collections of Harding mine specimens. The museum...high-quality, precisely located specimens from the mine. Interested persons should send helpful information |  | | Journal (issue) | | Collins The Lake Clear-Kuehl Lake area, Renfrew County, Ontario.........................................and descloizite from the Chalk Mountain mine, Churchill County, Nevada .................................subscription = $44 195 Photo: Fishtail selenite mine in Coahuila, Mexico We don’t claim to be the largest...(such as the Blanchard mine, NM; Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; New Nevada mine, Batopilas, Chihuahua...Chihuahua, Mexico; and the San Fran cisco mine, Sonora, Mexico). We also have an active acquisition program |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Andros coggin River from Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs from...Standpipe Hill, overlooking the Androscoggin River, north-northeast through the town of Topsham. The belt...was described by Shainin (1948) as follows: The mine-run feldspar was first run through the jaw crusher...crust believed to have originally been part of North Africa. The general geology of the region may be...of pegmatites. Microcline, both as crystals of perthite and in the form of graphic granite, was the only |  | | Report (issue) | | ___ History _ _________________________________ Mine workings and mining methods _ ________ Production...________________________ Upson County ___ _ ________________________ Bell mine. _____________________________...Partridge mine. ________________________ Maze prospeets______ ___________________ Atwater mine __________________________...__________________________ Corley mine _ _ _ _______________________ Corley prospects _ _ ____________________..._ Boyt mine _____________________________ Zorn mine _____________________________ Young mine __ _ __ |  | | Report (issue) | | mines and prospects___________________ 60 Addie tin mine._________________________________ 60 Ajax claim...___________60 Aladin mica mine by J. W. Adams____________ 60 Ann mica mine by T. A. Steven_________________...Steven_________________ 61 Antler mica mine.._-___--__--__-___-_-_-___-___ 64 Apex claim.___-__________-_-----_---_--_-____64...No. 2 claims.___________________ 65 Ballard mica mine._____________________________ 65 Beecher Lode by...____________ 83 Burt mica mine by J. W. Adams______-----______ 84 Buster Dike mica mine by J. J. Norton_ _________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | locality maps. The chrysoberyl locality is just north of Haddam, Connecticut. From the Amer ican Journal...chrysoberyl was found approximately one to two miles north of Haddam on the west side of the Connecticut River...chrysoberyl in a pegmatite vein in gneiss one mile north of High Rock Springs at Saratoga Springs (Steel...chrysoberyl in quartz, Wisdom Ranch prospect, Larimer County, Colorado. Crystal is VA by VA by 1/8 inches. ...Dudley's Ledge, Buckfield; Sumner (?); Dunton Gem mine, Newry (King, 1975); Lovell; Mechanics Falls; Minot; |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 327-9103 or write to us at GRAVES COMPANY 1800 North Andrews Ave., Pompano Beach, FL 33069 email: gemcut@compuserve...Amidon's Agatized Wood 40 Prime collecting in North Dakota; by Kenneth H. Rohn Project: Create a Christmas.... 6 Show Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Shop Talk ................. Picks & Pans ..............Gifts for Hobbyists 58 What to get that hard-to-shop-for hobbyist; by Bob Jones Zimbabwean Emeralds...Show; Smokey Mounlain Mineral Society; Jelferson County Res• cue Squad Bldg.. 915 Industrial Park Rd.: |  | | Journal (issue) | | CA Articles Great pockets: the National Belle mine ..................................................T. Rosemeyer Phosphate minerals from the Tip Top mine, Black Hills, South D a k o ta ......................... 255 by N. L. Bennett The Buca della Vena mine, Tuscany, I ta ly ................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Attn: Henry Truebe, St. Joe American Corp., 2002 North Forbes Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85745. Deadline is September |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Bou-Azzer, 9:69-73 Toussit mine, 11:59-61, 15:347-350 NAMIBIA Kombat mine, 22:421-425 Tsumeb (special...Messina mining district, 22:187-199 The Palabora mine, 22:255-262 The Kalahari Manganese Field, an update...The Jan Coetzee mine, 24:39-40 The Wessels mine, 24:365-368 The Kruisrivier cobalt mine, 27:417-428 The...region, 20:265-288 The Mashamba West mine, 22:13-20, 28 The Kipushi mine, 26:163-192 Cobalt minerals of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE, ALLANITE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA* GBoncr J. NruonruRc, L/. S. GeologicalSurtey...massif in the San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California. One of these pegmatites is exceptional...very coarse grained subhedral light pinkish-brown perthite and white qaartz, containing a few large blobs...parallel biotite crystals transect both quartz and perthite; individual biotite crystals measure in cross...fine grained anhedral oligoclaseare present. Red perthite pods and lenses containing the rare minerals are |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................................. SILVER CRATER MINE—Ilia Kerr ........................................and August 1st, 1965, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to swap or dig your own tourmaline plus...its 3rd Annual Rock Swap at Jo Scholl's Place, North Gorham, Maine. July 26-31, 1965 — Charlotte Rock...and Mineral Fair will be held at the Jefferson County Fair Grounds west of Denver, Colo., on U. S. 6...1965—5th Annual Swapping Bee and Picnic of the Fulton County Mineral Club will be held at John Boyd Thacher |  | | Journal (issue) | | call for appointment Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala, California NEW ACQUISITIONS: RUTILE from...Geology Museum, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. Perhaps the collection, begun by...ville, North Carolina, and his collec tion was particularly rich in the min erals of North Carolina. This...specimens in his collection from Alexander County, North Carolina, and those superb quartz crystal groups...ago, was at the Blue Ridge Parkway Museum of North Carolina Minerals over near Spruce Pine. In his short |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | trip through Sudbury, Cobalt, Ontario, Porcupine mine and parts of Michigan. T h e talk was illustrated...Eastern Federation annual show at Asheville, North Carolina, on August 7-9, 1958. W e d o not have any...Village, L.I. N.Y. HOUis 4-4494 3-2-58 Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society (N. Y.) Over forty members...Committee 5 Foster Avenue Glens Falls, New York Fulton County Mineral Club Jan. 6, 1 9 5 8 The guest speaker...applications of uranium. The other film, titled "Lead from mine to metal," depicted the sequences in the mining |  | | Journal (issue) | | T T jT I I ) n\ A _L Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (714)...Alves Mineralogy of the Bennett pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine ..........................................185 by B. M. England Copper roses from the Rose mine, near San Lorenzo, New Mexico ....................matrix from the Coscuez mine, Muzo, Colombia. This mine is located 12 km north, on the other side of the...the mountain, from the famous Muzo mine (see the article on the Colombian emerald districts in vol. 1 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR VISIT OUR MINE-KEEP WHAT YOU FIND DOOR PRIZES HOURLY DEALERS...Alexander Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard S. Mitchell and Arthur...Classified Advertisements VIRGINIA! The Rutherford Mine, Amelia Court House and certainly Mineral, Virginia...CRYSTALLIZED TURQUOISE from near Lynch Station, Campbell County, is Virginia's unique contribution to the mineral...Specimens from the Rutherford pegmatites, in Amelia County, are famous for the per fection of their thin |
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