MS BOOK AND MINERAL COMPANY 

Mining History and Geology of the United States

North Carolina

North Carolina USGS Professional Papers:

PP 179 / ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION, 1935, pb, 165 pages, 44 plates, 5 figs., 1 insert, $ 95

PP 213 / Pardee, J. T. and Park, C. F., Jr. / GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT, 1948, pb, 156 pages, 60 plates (45 in pocket), 42 figs., $ 165

PP 213 / Pardee, J. T. and Park, C. F., Jr. / GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT, 1948, cl, 156 pages, 60 plates (45 in pocket), 42 figs., $ 195

PP 554 A / Theobald, P. K., et.al. / MINOR ELEMENTS IN ALLUVIAL MAGNETITE FROM THE INNER PIEDMONT BELT, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, 1967, pb, 34 pages, 2 plates (in pocket), 11 figs., 4 tables, $ 6

PP 615 / Bryant, B. and Reed, J. C., Jr. / GEOLOGY OF THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE, 1970, pb, 190 pages, 7 plate (in pocket), 106 figs., 31 tables, $ 75

PP 859 / Mixon, R. B. and Pilkey, O. H. / RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF THE SUBMERGED AND EMERGED COASTAL PLAIN PROVINCE, CAPE LOOKOUT AREA, NORTH CAROLINA, 1976, pb, 45 pages, 2 plates (in pocket), 13 figs., 2 tables, $ 8

PP 1466 A / Soller, D. R. / GEOLOGY AND TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER VALLEY SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, 1988, pb, 80 pages, 1 plate (in pocket), 28 figs., 4 tables, $ 10

PP 1492 / Gair, J. E., Ed. / MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHARLOTTE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA, 1989, pb, 171 pages, 1 plate (in pocket), 49 figs., 13 tables, $ 15

North Carolina USGS Bulletins:

B 293 / Graton, L. C. / RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME GOLD AND TIN DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS with notes on the Dahlonega Mines by W. Lindgren, 1906, afb, 134 pages, 9 plates, 16 figs., $ 225

North Carolina USGS Circulars:

C 521 / Bryant, B. and Reed, J.C., Jr. / MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY, NORTH CAROLINA, 13 pages, 3 figs., 2 tables, $ 12

North Carolina USGS Folios:

# 124, MOUNT MITCHELL, $ 55
# 147, PISGAH, $ 45
# 222, GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN, $ 60

North Carolina USGS Maps:

GQ 0242 / GEOLOGY OF THE LENOIR QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, $ 8
GQ 0243 / GEOLOGY OF THE BLOWING ROCK QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, $ 8

North Carolina USBM Publications:

IC 6488  /  Methods and Costs of Milling Feldspar at the Minpro Plant, Tennessee Mineral Products Corporation, Spruce Pine, North Carolina, $ 6

Publications of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey:

B 29 / Pratt, J. H. / THE TIN DEPOSITS, Raleigh, 1904, pb, 64 pages, - 5 -, $ 40

B 22 / Pogue, J. E., Jr. / CID MINING DISTRICT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, Raleigh, 1910, cl, 144 pages, 22 plates, 5 figs., - 5 -, $ 250

B 33 / Campbell, M. R. and Kimball, K. W. / THE DEEP RIVER COAL FIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, 1995, 95 pages, 7 plates (1 in pocket), 7 figs., - 1 -, $ 20

B 42 / Hunter, C. E., Murdock, T. G., and MacCarthy, G. R. / CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, 1942, pb, 39 pages, 25 plates, - 1 -, $ 24

B 43 / Olson, J. C. / ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SPRUCE PINE PEGMATITE DISTRICT, Raleigh, 1944, pb, 67 pages, 6 figs., 4 tables, 10 plates (in separate pocket), - 1 -, $ 10

B 47 / Mundorff, M. J. / PROGRESS REPORT ON GROUND WATER IN NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, 1945, afb, 78 pages, 4 plates (in pocket), 7 figs., - 3 -, $ 18

B 49 / Olson, J. C., et.al. / MICA DEPOSITS OF THE FRANKLIN-SYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, 1946, pb, 56 pages, 6 figs., 19 plates, $ 22

B 56 / Van Horn, E. C. / TALC DEPOSITS OF THE MURPHY MARBLE BELT, Raleigh, 1948, pb, 54 pages, 3 tables, 12 figs., 7 plates, 1 geolgical map (in pocket), - 1 -, $ 10

B 58 / Hunter, C. E. and Hash, L. J. / HALLOYSITE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, 1949, pb, 32 pages, - 1 -, $ 10

B 64 / Olson, J. C. / PEGMATITES OF THE CASHIERS AND ZIRCONIA DISTRICTS, NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, 1952, pb, 32 pages, 3 plates (1 in pocket), 9 figs., 2 tables, - 1 -, $ 6

B 65 / Parker, J. M. / GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF PART OF THE SPRUCE PINE DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, 1952, pb, 26 pages, 1 plate (in pocket), 1 table, 1 figure, - 1 -, $ 10

B 84 / Carpenter, P. A. III / METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, 1993, pb, 89 pages, 5 tables, 24 figs., 11 plates (1 in pocket), - 1 -, $ 24

B 89 / Carter, J. G., et. al. / FOSSIL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, 1998 reprint of 1988 original, pb, 89 pages, 10 plates, geologic column, fossil localities map, - 1 -, $ 20

SP 27 / Thayer, P. A. and Textoris, D. A. / FAUNAL AND DIAGENETIC CONTROLS OF POROSITY AND PERMEABILITY IN TERTIARY AQUIFER CARBONATES, NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, 1977, pb, 35 pages, 21 figs., - 1 -, $ 6

IC 23 / Burt, E. R., et.al. / DIABASE DIKES OF THE EASTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, 1978, report is a single plate, -3 -, $ 15

IC 29 / Carpenter, P. A. III / GOLD IN NORTH CAROLINA, Raliegh, 1993, pb, 51 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

EC 5 / Pratt, J. H. / THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1903, Raleigh, 1904, pb, 74 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

EP 23 / Pratt, J. H. and Berry, H. M. / THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1908, 1909, AND 1910, Raleigh, 1911, pb, 134 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

EP 49 / Pratt, J. H. And Bery, H. M. / THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1913-1917 INCLUSIVE, Raleigh, 1919, pb, 170 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

EP 55 / Drane, B. S. and Stuckey, J. L. / THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA FROM 1918 TO 1923, Raleigh, 1925, pb, 104 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

North Carolina Geologic Map and Mineral Resource Summary Series:

Batholomew, M. J. / BALDWIN GAP QUADRANGLE, North Carolina, 1983, - 5 -, $ 8

Bartholomew, M. J. and Gryta, J. J. / SHERWOOD QUADRANGLE, North Carolina and Tennessee, 1981, - 5 -, $ 8

Conley, J. F. and Drummond, K. M. / NORTHEAST 1/4 MARION QUADRANGLE, North Carolina, 1981, - 5 -, $ 8

Dabbage, A. E. and McDaniel, R. D. / SKYLAND QUADRANGLE, North Carolina, 1981, - 5 -, $ 8

Hatcher, R. D., Jr. / PRENTISS QUADRANGLE, North Carolina, 1980, - 5 -, $ 8

Horton, J. W., Jr. / ROSMAN QUADRANGLE, North Carolina, 1982, - 5 -, $ 8

Merschat, C. E. and Hale, R. C. / FARNER QUADRANGLE, Tennessee and North Carolina, 1983, - 5 -, $ 8

Mohr, D. W. / NOLAND CREEK QUADRANGLE, North Carolina, 1980, - 5 -, $ 8

North Carolina Miscellaneous Publications:

GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1958, 1:500,000 scale, folded map, - 3 -, $ 9

Bell, H. B. III, et.al. / GEOLOGY OF THE PIEDMONT AND COASTAL PLAIN NEAR PAGELAND, SOUTH CAROLINA AND WADESBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Chapel Hill, pb, 23 pages, - 3 -, $ 10 [includes coverage of the Haile Gold Mine]

Carpenter, P. A. III  /  GEOLOGIC MAP, Regional Geology Series 2, Region G, 1982, - 5 -, $ 8

Fisher, G. W., et. al. / STUDIES OF APPALACHIAN GEOLOGY: Central and Southern, New York, 1970, cl, 460 pages, - 3 -, $ 55

Harris, C. W. and Glover, L. III / THE VIRGILINA DEFORMATION: Implications of Stratigraphic Correlation in the Carolina Slate Belt, Durham, 1985, spiral bound, - 3 -, $ 5

Johnson, P. G. / THE NEW RIVER EARLY SETTLEMENT, 1983, cl, 232 pages, - 1 -, $ 45

Jones, G. D. / FORAMINIFERAL BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EOCENE ROCKS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, 1983, pb, 80 pages, 12 figs., - 1 -, $ 20

Kish, S. A. / GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE BLUE RIDGE SOUTH OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, 1975, pb, 49 pages, - 3 -, $ 15 [includes the structure of the Cox # 1 pegmatite]

Lewis, S. E., Ed. / GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF NORTHWESTERN, NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, 1983, pb, 241 pages, - 3 -, $ 25 [includes 7 papers plus road log]

Neathery, T. L., Ed. / DNAG CENTENNIAL FIELD GUIDE VOLUME 6: Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, Boulder, 1986, cl, 457 pages, - 1 -, $ 40 [Book is divided into three sections: Interior low plateaus and Appalachian Valley & Ridge; Blue Ridge and Piedmont; and Atlantic and Gulf Coast Plains]

Power, W. R. and Forrest, J. T. / STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MURPHY BELT, NORTH CAROLINA, Field Trip Guidebook, Carolina Geological Society, Raleigh, 1971, pb, 29 pages, - 3 -, $ 5

Sacks, P. E., Ed. / GEOLOGY OF THE FALL ZONE REGION ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA - VIRGINIA STATE LINE and road log, Emporia, 1999, spiral bound, 60 pages, - 3 -, $ 12

Smith, V. M., et. al. / NORTH CAROLINA: A Reader [geography, physical environment, economic and cultural information], Geneva, 1975, pb, 159 pages, - 3 -, $ 5

Stuckey, J. L., et.al. / PIEDMONT FIELD TRIP [The Volcanic - Slate Belt], Southeastern Section of the GSA, September, 1955, pb, 10 pages, - 3 -, $ 5

Rocks and Minerals Magazines:

Listed by Volume, (Issue), Year, Topic, and Cost
53(4) 1978  /  Foote Quarry, Kings Mountain, $ 8
60(2) 1985  /  Ruby Mines of North Carolina, Geology of NC, Pegmatites and Alaskites, North Carolina Fossils, Gold and Diamonds, $ 25

North Carolina Geologic Field Trips ( priced at $ 2 each )