 | | Report (issue) | | CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK
October 21 – 23, 1983
GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN...IN THE BLUE RIDGE
OF NORTHWE3STERN NORTH CAROLINA
Edited by
Sharon E. Lewis
Virginia Division of Mineral...pit”, of the main adit and
Stopes of the Cranberry mine
Copies of this guidebook may be obtained from:...NRCD
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1983 OFFICERS...South Carolina 29613
Vice-President:
John J. Chapman
Department of Earth Science
Western Carolina University |  | | Report (issue) | | The Ore Knob Copper Deposit
North Carolina, and Other
Massive Sulfide Deposits
of the Appalachians
GEOLOGICAL...PROFESSIONAL
PAPER
558
The Ore Knob Copper Deposit
North Carolina, and Other
Massive Sulfide Deposits...thermal metamorphism
on primary ore textures at Ore Knob are
described^ and similar Appalachian deposits...___________________________
Geology of the Ore Knob mine____________
Ore Knob mineral deposit_______________
General...Ore Knob with similar Appalachian deposits -___---___--___-_-_-__--__-_.-_____________
Eustis mine, Quebec |  | | Report (issue) | | sulfur by
superheated water through wells at Sulphur mine,
Louisiana, are fully detailed. Exploration and...California
Auschwitz mine, Lake County - 2, 4
Coso Range deposits, Inyo County - 14
Coyote Mountain deposits...Imperial County - 13
Crater (Last Chance Range) mine, Inyo County - 9,
11, 15, 16, 17
Elgin mine, Colusa...Colusa County - 6, 12
Full Moon deposit, Imperial County - 13
The Geysers, Sonoma County - 1, 18
Leviathan...Leviathan mine, Alpine County - 7, 17
Sulphur Bank mine, Lake County - 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12,
17; S 7
Supan deposits |  | | Report (issue) | | NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT
OF
CONSERVATION
WILLIAM
DIVISION
JASPER
P.
OF
L.
DEVELOPMENT
SAUNDERS...STATE
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) | | the
Grandfather Mountain
Window and Vicinity,
North Carolina and
Tennessee
By BRUCE BRYANT and JOHN C. REED...mica gneiss, and amphibolite ____
Biotite-muscovite schist and gneiss _____ _
Amphibolite and hornblende...Chilhowee Group --------------------------- 45
Slices north of the Grandfather Mountain
window ------------...----------------------------- 122
Hornblende gneiss and amphibolite _______ 122
Sillimanite schist _______________________...Ridge and Valley and Ridge belts in parts of North Carolina, Tennessee,
and southern Virginia.
4. Geologic |  | | Report (issue) | | Archean rocks. _ _______________________________
Carolina gneiss ____________________________
Roan gneiss...Ore Knob, N.C______. ___________
Location __________-_-_J_-_________________
History of the mine- _ ...________-_-_____--__---_-_
Betty Baker mine...-----------------..---Grayson County sulphide zone. _____________...bodies..._.
Peachbottom vein, North Carolina..--___________
Elk Knob vein, North Carolina________.._..____-__...____-__
Otto vein, North Carolina.__-_-____--.-__.__--.
Cullowhee vein, North Carolina.._._______-_.___ |  | | 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) | |
Gold, base-metal, and related deposits
of North Carolina
1011
by
Gwendolyn W. Luttrell
12
U.S. Geological...
Gold, base-metal, and related deposits
of North Carolina
Abstract
Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc,...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in
North Carolina.
Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax
18
County.
19
and Vanoe Counties.
20-
Tungsten minerals...occur with sulfides in vein|j deposits in Cabarrus County.
21
22
23
24
25-
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: |  | | Report (issue) | | _______
Warren mine
____
Milan mine ____________.._____________________ ._
Lyman mine _______ _ _________..._______________ '.__
Copperfield or Ely mine ("Vershire mine).______i______
History__________________________________...character of ores____________________
Hartford County deposits__________________________
Simsbury (Newgate)...mine_________________________________
New Haven County deposits________________________
New York ____..._______________
The ores__
_ _ _____ _
American mine ________'________L ______________
Workings and equipment | | | 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) | | 10
Avalonian zone ________________________ 10
Carolina volcanic slate belt _______________ 10
Southeastern...marking the
ancient eastern continental margin of North America
and recording the breakup of a larger continental...on the east (Theokritoff, 1968; Wilson, eastern North America. The ocean basin probably devel1969). Oceanic...recognizable on each flank of the orogen. A in eastern North America. The Appalachian orogen
was formed by the...including rocks as old as 725 m.y.) crop out
in the Carolina volcanic slate belt and probably in the higher |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 730-768
HOST ROCK AS A SOURCE OF MAGNETITE
SCOTT MINE, STERLING LAKE, N.Y.
A. F. HAGNER,
L. G. COLLINS.................
732
734
Structm'e at the Scott mine .............................................
737...pyroxenealnphibolitehost rock at the Scott lnagnetite
mine, SterlingLake District, New York, indicatesthat...the gneisses. When the area was visited the Scott
mine was inaccessible
and surfaceoutcropsare not spacedso...of the Sterling Lake group of deposits
in Orange County, southeasternNew York. Magnetite depositsalso have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Ashe Metamorphic Suite of
northwestern North Carolina, USA
Loren A. Raymond, Arthur Merschat & R. Kelly...the Ashe Metamorphic Suite of
northwestern North Carolina, USA, International Geology Review, 58:7, 874-912...the Ashe Metamorphic
Suite of northwestern North Carolina, USA
Loren A. Raymonda, Arthur Merschatb and R...State University, Boone, NC, USA; bUS Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA; cDepartment of Geology
and Geography...Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA
ABSTRACT
ARTICLE HISTORY
Metaultramafic rocks |  | | Report (issue) | | RANDATHER
QUNTAN of£4
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CAROLINA
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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
Base
Metal...Aspects
Carolina
Faulkner
Western
Gold
78
of the
Gold
at Four Gold
Slate Belt
Mine,
Lancaster |  | | Report (issue) | | Slack
STOP 16.
Open pit, east end of Betty Baker mine by J.E. Gair
Drill core, Mineral district by J...4. Geologic map of the Mineral district, Louisa County, Virginia
5. Geology of the Gofer deposit.
Plan...following rifting near the eastern
edge of the North American continental plate. The rifting initiated...east of the Blue
Ridge axis and now are seen as amphibolite making up an integral part of the
Ashe Formation...Great Gossan Lead district, metamorphism
reached amphibolite grade, characterized by the index minerals hornblende |  | Merschat, Arthur J., Holm-Denoma, Christopher S., Levine, Jamie, McAleer, Ryan J., Southworth, Scott, Wilson, Crystal G. (2016) Geology of the Mount Rogers area, revisited, Blue Ridge, VA–NC–TN. Field Trip Guidebook. Carolina Geological Society | Report (issue) | | Rogers area, revisited,
Blue Ridge, VA–NC–TN
Carolina Geological Society
Annual Field Trip
October 29–30...Rogers area, revisited,
Blue Ridge, VA–NC–TN
Carolina Geological Society
Annual Field Trip
October 29ȃ30...Merschat, Scott
Southworth, Crystal G. Wilson
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Carolina Geological Society
http://carolinageologicalsociety...CarolinaȃAiken, Aiken, SC
Lee Phillips
Univeristy of North CarolinaȃGreensboro, Greensboro, NC
Arthur J. Merschat...PDWLRQ.........................69
Stop 2–1. Amphibolite of the Ashe Metamorphic Suite near Warrensville |  | | 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 (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; |  | | Report (issue) | | State Museum, Albany.
North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill.
North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence.
South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston.
South Dakota....See Bauxite and Hallpysite.
Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not
found...commercial quantity or quality.
Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities:
Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County,
T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |  | | Report (issue) | | .........
North Carolina. ..........................................................
North Dakota.............................................
South Carolina......................................:..........1888.
Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol.
Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904.
Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891.
Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South
Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908.
Scott |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA
24061, USA
ABSTRACT Standard petrographic, microthermometric... Research
Center, PO Box 3385, Tulsa, OK 74102, USA.
tion on the nature of fluids attending the metamorphism...exhalites typically
Fig. 1. Index map of the eastern USA showing the locations of
stratiform massive sulphide...Austinville, GL = Great
Gossan Lead, OK = Ore Knob, EK = Elk Knob, ET = East
Tennessee, CA = Carthage, CH =...culminating in continent-continent collision of North
America with Africa during the Carboniferous and |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 8
Tennessee
8
7
6
CHAPTER 10
South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._...........
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6
CHAPTER 9
North Carolina
4
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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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Appalachian-Caledonianorogen. The ore bodies attained middle amphibolite grade(525-550'C, 6-7 kbar) during the Taconic...Austinville,GL : GreatGossanLead, OK: Ore Knob, EK: Elk Knob,ET : EastTennessee, CA : Carthage,CH : Chestatee...Titan * CO, tions tinent-continent collision of North America and Africa during the Carboniferous and...study samples from the Ducktown ore bodies. We thank mine geologist Charles Acker for his aid and helpful...Geology of the eastern Great Smokey Mountains, North Carolina and Tennessee:U.S. Geological Survey ProfessionalPaper |  | | Report (issue) | | Bibliography of
North American
Geology, 1958
By RUTH REECE KING and othe·rs
GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY
BULLETIN...---------Ill
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY
1958
By RUTH REECE KING and othen;...(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 |
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