Southeastern Section - 61st Annual Meeting (1–2 April 2012)

Session No. 10
Sunday, 1 April 2012: 1:30 PM-4:10 PM
Windsor Ballroom, Salon 1 (Marriott Rennaissance)

S2. Industrial Minerals of the Spruce Pine (NC) District and the Southeast

SME Carolinas Section; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Bob Ganis and Alex Glover, Conveners
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Start Time
1
1:30 PM
THE SPRUCE PINE MINING DISTRICT
GLOVER, Alex, Active Minerals International, 4931 Riverside Dr., Building 200, Suite A, Macon, GA 31210, a.glover@activeminerals.com, a.glover@activeminerals.com
2
1:50 PM
PEGMATITE, GRANODIORITE, GRANITE, WHITE ROCK; AT SPRUCE PINE ITS ALL GOOD!
SWANSON, Samuel E., Dept. of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, sswanson@uga.edu, sswanson@uga.edu
3
2:10 PM
GEOLOGIC SETTING AND TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE SPRUCE PINE, NC MINERAL DISTRICT
STEWART, Kevin G., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina, 122 Mitchell Hall, CB 3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, kgstewar@email.unc.edu, kgstewar@email.unc.edu
4
2:30 PM
USE OF QUARRY FINES TO MAKE A CONSTRUCTION AGGREGATE
GAILLARD, S.C., University of North Carolina Asheville, Dept of Environmental Studies, CPO 2330, Asheville, NC 28804, MENSAH-BINEY, Robert, Minerals Research Laboratory, North Carolina State Univ, 180 Coxe Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801 and MILLER, J. William, Environmental Studies, University of North Carolina at Asheville, CPO 2330, Asheville, NC 28804, salliewag55@gmail.com, salliewag55@gmail.com
 
2:50 PM
Break
5
3:10 PM
OVERVIEW OF THE ASHE METAMORPHIC SUITE AND ITS MINERAL RESOURCES
MILLER, J. William, Environmental Studies, University of North Carolina at Asheville, CPO 2330, Asheville, NC 28804 and CATTANACH, Bart L., North Carolina Geological Survey, 2090 US Hwy 70, Swannanoa, NC 28778, jwmiller@unca.edu, jwmiller@unca.edu
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3:30 PM
OCCURRENCE AND USES OF OLIVINE
ADAMS, Mark, Mine Planning and Geology, Unimin Corporation, 107 Harris Mining Company Rd, Spruce Pine, NC 28777, lwadams@skybest.com, lwadams@skybest.com
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3:50 PM
CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGY OF QUARTZ, CALCITE, PYRITE AND RUTILE: POTENTIAL TOOL FOR EMERALD EXPLORATION IN THE HIDDENITE AREA (NORTH CAROLINA)
WISE, Michael A., Dept. of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, wisem@si.edu, wisem@si.edu
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