Mining

See also: Bechtler Mint; Big Ore Bank; Cabinet of Minerals; Gold Hill Mine; Gold Rush.

Part 1: Introduction; Part 2: Important Minerals, Gems, and Rocks Mined in North Carolina; Part 3: References

References:

P. A. Carpenter III, Metallic Mineral Deposits of North Carolina, North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development Bulletin no. 84 (1976).

Jasper Leonidas Stuckey, North Carolina: Its Geology and Mineral Resources (1965).

W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie, Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina, North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Information Circular 24 (1978).

Additional Resources:

"Mineral Resources." N.C. Geological Survey, Deparment of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/lr/mineralresources (accessed December 6, 2012).

"North Carolina State Minerals Information." U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/state/nc.html (accessed December 6, 2012).

Jeffrey C. Reid, and Carpenter, Robert H. "Mineral Industry In North Carolina In 1996." North Carolina Geological Survey. December 19, 1997. http://www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/nc_minerals_1996.html (accessed December 6, 2012).

Presnell, Lowell. Mines, miners, and minerals: western North Carolina's mountain empire. Alexander, NC: WorldComm. 1999.

Genth, Frederick Augustus. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey No. 74: The Minerals of North Carolina. Washington [D.C.]: Government Printing Office. 1981. https://archive.org/details/mineralsnorthca00gentgoog (accessed December 6, 2012).

Kunz, George Frederick. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey Bulletin No.12: The History of the Gems Found in North Carolina. Raleigh [N.C.]: E.M. Uzzell & Co. 1907. http://books.google.com/books?id=OhgtAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA194#v=onepage&q&f=false (accessed December 6, 2012).