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| c\ NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF MINERAL...Geology and Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT BY JOHN M. PARKER...SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF...Geology and Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT By M. PARKER,...BETWEEN THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT |
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| Carolina Geological Society 2008 Fieldtrip and Annual Meeting, Little Switzerland, North Carolina October...2008 annual meeting – Spruce Pine Mining District: Little Switzerland, North Carolina __________________...__ Carolina Geological Society (CGS) 2008 Field trip Spruce Pine Mining District North Carolina Co-leaders...Sponsors Active Minerals International, LLC Imerys North America Ceramics Unimin Corporation Vulcan Materials...2008 annual meeting – Spruce Pine Mining District: Little Switzerland, North Carolina __________________ |
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| Geology of the Spruce Pine District ! Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...the North \ Carolina Department of Conservation and Development 1122-A Geology of the Spruce Pine...Pine District Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties North Carolina By DONALD A. BROBST ! CONTRIBUTIONS TO...with the Mineral Resources Division of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...ILLUSTEATIONS PLATE 1. Geologic map of Spruce Pine pegmatite district, Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties, N.C.__________________ |
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| petrogenesis of pegmatites in the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina, USA Samuel E. Swanson*, William B...Granitic rocks (mainly granodiorites) of the Spruce Pine Plutonic Suite occur as small plutons and numerous...textures in the Spruce Pine Plutonic Suite is related to the depth of crystallization. Spruce Pine granitoids...plumose muscovite clusters are common in the Spruce Pine pegmatites. Water content of magmas at such high...granitic to pegmatitic texture so common at Spruce Pine (and in other deep-seated systems) was probably |
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| 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 |
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| TRIP TO SPRUCE PINES 4812 Wake By J . E . N O R W O O D Forest R d . , Raleigh, N. C . Spruce Pines...Pines in Mitchell County is the best known area in North Carolina to those connected with mining and min...east ern North Carolina. The type of granite underlying the Spruce Pines region is unique for North Carolina...Carolina and even the U.S.A. In a ten mile radius of Spruce Pines is most of the alaskite granite found in...occur in Avery and Yancy Counties which join Mitchell County. Alaskite consists chiefly of oligoclase, quartz |
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| OF THS FUJKTKSS SPRUCE PIHB DISTRICT, ISOlCffl CABOLIHA by Donald A* Brobst This report la praliminary...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 ... |
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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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| “up” Cane Branch near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina. His lean and sinewy frame suggested a...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 wonder...began his career driving steel in a local pegmatite mine for ten cents an hour. He soon moved up to a higher-paying...hand-cobbing feldspar for the Bowditch Feldspar mine. This work required separating the spar from the |
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| 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...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom |
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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...Granite-_____________________ Muscovite granodiorite of Spruce Pine district-_____ ________________________ Pegmatite |
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| 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...__-__-_-____ Inclusions of muscovite, quartz, and apatite in muscovite..-._-_.____-__-_-_---_——_-_-_______-_-____-_...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 |
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| NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT HARGROVE BOWLES, JR., DIRECTOR DIVISION...GEOLOGIST Circular 17 BERYL OCCURRENCES IN NORTH CAROLINA BY WILLIAM F WILSON Ooc RALEIGH 1962 CONTENTS...USESo 8 o . . . BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN NORTH CAROLINA 9 Varieties * o ••••••••.• Mode of Occurrencec...RESOURCES IN NORTH CAROLINA . H OCCURRENCES OF BERYL IN NORTH CAROLINA. 13 Alexander County ...•••••...••.• Ashe County,* ... 0 o * * • o o Burke County* • * • . • . • • • * • • Catawba County* • « . » * |
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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 |
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| Where & How to Djg, Pan and Mine Your Own Gen1s & Minerals Where & I-low to 1-Iunt for Treasure From...vacation stops at a roadside "dig your own" gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a p ach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Utah Alaska Idaho Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon SouthDakota Washington Wyoming vowr-...Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginja West Virginia Southwest |
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| in length have been found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds in...crystals have also been found at Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New Hampshire, and from Pala, Rincón, and...near Statesville, North Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The...at Shaw and Esray's quarry near Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is now in the collection of...Greenwood, Maine, to a foot in diameter Mount Apatite, Auburn, Maine, up to and w e i g h i n g twenty-eight |
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| some nice dark red xline cuprite. "From Silver Hill Mine (Waterman Mts.), Pima Co., Ariz., I collected nice...rhombs. (I got some beautiful azurite xls from this mine at Pardos Rock Shop in Tucson, Ariz.) "Some beautiful...Juan Miller Campground road, just off U.S. 666, north of Clifton, Ariz, in the White Mts. The nodules...3 inches in the other. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. COLORADO—A loose but beautiful...label. 103 Newington Center, in southern Hartford County, is in central Connecticut. GEORGIA—"To our mind |
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| t'ljLf c 2 North Carolina State ttbraJK N.Ob Raleigh DOC NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION...RESIDUAL KAOLIN DEPOSITS OF THE SPRUCE PINE DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA BY JOHN M. PARKER III PREPARED...WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH 1946 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT...RESIDUAL KAOLIN DEPOSITS OF THE SPRUCE PINE DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA BY JOHN M. PARKER III PREPARED...DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR IN COOPERATION WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT |
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| especially along the southern slopes and ridges of the Pine Ridge Escarpment and along Whiteclay Creek near...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 |
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| Paul Zimmer Occurrences of H yalite in N orth Carolina. By John R . Henderson Phosphorescent Selenite... t 8 .e ,r t. c. '5 I() d ,. At the north end of Linwood, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, a...ridge-like remnant of a glacial terrare extends north to Red Bank for a distance of about three-fourths...field trips for the summer and fall, location of mine ral depoeit.s in thia area, and bow and what •...ca lcite from the amygdaloids in the basalt of North T able Motu1tain, Golden, Colora clo, g h·es a yellowish |
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| collection of North Carolina gemstones; faceted gemstones by Harry Howard of Greenville, South Carolina; North...North Carolina corundum, cut and uncut, by Dr. Charles Hurah; the Hewitt Memorial collection by the Southern...the finest mineral specimens ever found in North Carolina. These specimens, gathered by the host club...afternoon on "Geology and Mineral Resources of North Carolina". Dr. A.S. Furcron, Georgia Chief Geologist... James A. Ray spoke on tlv.' "Minerals of the Crabtree Creek Area". The annual banquet was held on Friday |
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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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| has found a similar occurrence at the Wallbridge Mine in Ma doc. He says he read about the Metavoltine...could be allanite. The locality, Calumet Uranium Mine in Bryson, was not listed in Canadian Deposits of...in soil but in San Antonio Canyon in Los Angeles County, pink euhedral corundum is found up to 5 mm locked...associated. The specimens were from San Benito County. Illinois Mr. Leavitt also submitted a specimen...is moderate New Jersey length Richard Batt of North Tonawanda, New York presented two specimens for |
