NC Geological Survey Bulletins

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100

 

"Critical Mineral Characterization of the Tungsten Queen Mine Tailings, Vance County, North Carolina", North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh

Hanna, H.D., Curry, A.C., Chapman, J.S., Veach, D.M., and Pelt, K., 2026

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99

"Geochemical Atlas of North Carolina Web Experience: Supplemental Documentation with Analyte Concentration Maps and Histograms"

Chapman, J.S., and Veach, D.M., 2023.

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98

"A Geologic Adventure along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Carter, M.W., Merschat, C.E., and Wilson, W.F. eds., 2001.

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97

"The Sims Pluton, Nash and Wilson Counties". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Speer, J. Alexander. 1996. 

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96

"Seismic stratigraphic framework of the Inner Continental Shelf: Mason Inlet to New Inlet, NC". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Snyder, Steve, Hoffman, Charles W. and Riggs, Stan. 1994. 

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95

"Geology of basement rocks beneath the North Carolina Coastal Plain". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Lawrence, David, and Hoffman, Charles H. 1993.

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94

"A Hydrochemical Atlas of North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Reid, Jeffrey C. 1993. 
 

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93

"A Geochemical Atlas of North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Reid, Jeffrey C. 1991. 
 

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92

"Geology of the Southeast Durham and Southwest Durham 7.5-minute quadrangles, North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Hoffman, Charles W. and Gallagher, Patricia. 1991. 

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91

"A geologic guide to North Carolina's State Parks". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Carpenter, P. Albert III (editor). 1991. 

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90

"Geology of the Sandymush and Canton quadrangles, North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Wiener, L.S., and Merschat, Carl E. 1988. 

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"Discussion of geologic non-suitability of US DOE's SE-5 area for disposal of high-level radioactive waste". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Wiener, LS, and Merschat, Carl E. 1988. 

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89

"Fossil Collecting in North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh. 

Carter, Joseph G., and others. 1988, (reprinted 1994). 

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88

"Peat deposits of North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Ingram, Roy L. 1987. 

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87

"Stratigraphy, structure, and phosphate deposits of the Pungo River Formation of North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Miller, James A. 1987. 

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86

"Geology and mineral resources of Wake County". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Parker, John M. III. 1979. 

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85

"Buried oyster shell resource evaluation of the eastern region of the Albemarle Sound". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Sampair, James L., and others. 1976. 

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84

"Metallic mineral deposits of the Carolina Slate belt". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Carpenter, P. Albert III. 1976 (reprinted 1993). 

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83

"Geological bibliography of North Carolina's Coastal Plain, Coastal Zone, and continental shelf". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Riggs, Stanley R., and O'Connor, Michael P. 1975. 

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82

"Bibliography of North Carolina Geology, 1910-1960". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Wilson, William F. 1975.

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81

"Geology and mineral resources of Orange County, North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Allen, Eldon P. and Wilson, William F. 1968.

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80

"Pyrophyllite deposits in North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Stuckey, Jasper L. 1967. 

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79

"Description of the Pungo River Formation in Beaufort County, North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Kimrey, Joel O. 1965. 

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78

"Cretaceous Ostracoda from wells in the Southeastern United States". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Swain, Frederick M., and Brown, Phillip M. 1964. 

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77

"Anthophyllite Asbestos in North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Conrad, Stephen G., and others. 1963.

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76

"Geology and Mineral Resources of Moore County, NC". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Conley, James F. 1962.

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75

"Geology of the Albemarle quadrangle, North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Conley, James F. 1962. 

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74

"Crystalline Limestones of the Piedmont and Mountain Regions of North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Conrad, Stephen G. 1960. 

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73

"Geology and Ground Water Resources in the Greenville Area, North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Brown, P. M. 1959. 

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72

"Well Logs from the Coastal Plain of North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Brown, P. M. 1958. 

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71

"Explanatory Text for the 1958 Geologic Map of North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Stuckey, Jasper M. and Conrad, Stephen G. 1958. 

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70

"Upper Cretaceous Ostracoda from North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Brown, Philip. M. 1957. 

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69

"Ground-water Resources of North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Legrand, Harry E. 1954. 

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68

"Geology and Ground Water in the Statesville Area, North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Legrand, Harry E. 1954. 

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67

"The Commercial Granites of North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Councill, R. J. 1954. 

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66

"The Scrap Mica Resources of North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Broadhurst and Hash. 1953.

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65

"Geology and Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Parker, John M. III. 1952. 

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64

"Pegmatites of the Cashiers and Zirconia Districts, North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Olson, J. C. 1952. 

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63

"Geology and Groundwater in the Charlotte Area, North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Legrand, Harry E. and Mundorff, 1952. 

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62

"Feldspar Deposits of the Bryson City District, North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Cameron, Eugene N. 1951. 

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61

"Sillimanite Deposits in North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Hash, Lewis J., and Van Horn, Earl C. (Teague, Kefton H., editor). 1951. 

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60

"Geology and Mineral Resources of the Hot Springs Window, Madison Co., North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Oriel, S. S. 1950. 

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59

"Flood-plain Deposits of the North Carolina Piedmont and Mountain Streams as a Possible Source of Groundwater Supply". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Mundorf, M.J. 1950. 

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58

"Halloysite Deposits of North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Hunter and Hash. 1949. 

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57

 

"Geology and Preliminary Ore Dressing Studies of the Carolina Barite Belt". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Van Horn, E. C., and others. 1949 (reprinted 1995). 

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56

 

"Talc Deposits of the Murphy Marble Belt". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Van Horn, E. C. 1948. 

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55

 "Geology and Groundwater in the Greensboro Area, North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Mundorff, M. J. 1948.

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54

"Marls and Limestones of Eastern North Carolina, with a Geologic Map of the Coastal Plain, North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Berry, E. Willard. 1948.

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52

"Chemical Character of Surface Waters of North Carolina 1944-1945 (volume 1)"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Lamar, W.L. 1947. 

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51

"Ground Water in the Halifax Area, North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Mundorff, M.J. 1946

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50

"The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Murdock, Thomas G. and Hunter Charles E. 1946. 

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49

"Mica Deposits of the Franklin-Sylva District, North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Olson, J. C. and others. 1946

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48

"Residual Kaolin Deposits of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Parker, John M. III. 1946. 

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47

"Progress Report on Groundwater in North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Mundorff, M.J. 1945. 

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46

"Economic Opportunities for Producing Semi-Porcelain Dinnerware in North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Division of Commerce and Industry. 1944. 

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45

"A Postwar Program for North Carolina's Forest Industries". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Glesinger, E. 1944. 

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44

"Economic Opportunities for Producing Semi-Porcelain Dinnerware in North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Division of Commerce and Industry. 1944.  

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43

"Economic Geology of Spruce Pine Pegmatite District, North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Olson, J.C. 1944. 

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42

"Chromite Deposits of North Carolina".

Hunter, Charles E., Murdock, Thomas G., and MacCarthy, Gerald R. 1942.

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41

"Forsterite Olivine Deposits of North Carolina and Georgia"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Hunter, C.E. and Rankin, H.S. 1941. 

 
40

"Manufacturing China Clay Opportunities in North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

North Carolina Geological Survey, 1941. 

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39

"Discharge Records of North Carolina Streams, 1899-1936".  North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Johnson, T.S. and Mann Jr., C.l. 1938. 

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38

"Gold Deposits in North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Bryson, H.J. 1936. 

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37

"Pyrophyllite Deposits of North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Stuckey, J. L. 1928. 

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36"Hunting in North Carolina". 1928. North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.Download Bulletin 36
35"Fishing in North Carolina". 1927. North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.Download Bulletin 35
34

"Discharge Records of North Carolina Streams 1889-1923". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Saville, T. and Smith, G.W. 1925. 

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33

"The Deep River Coal Field of North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Campbell and Kimball. 1923. 

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32

"Magnetic Iron Ores of Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Bayley, W.S. 1923. 

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31

"Deposits of Brown Iron Ores (Brown Hematite) of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Bayley, W.S. 1925. 

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30

"Wood-Using Industries of North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey in Cooperation with the United States Forest Service: Raleigh. 

Helphenstine Jr., R.K. 1923. 

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29"The Kaolins of North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey, Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Geological Survey: Raleigh.

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28

"The Limestones and Marls of North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Loughlin, G.F., and others. 1921. 

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27

Altitudes in North Carolina. North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Anonymous, 1917. 

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26

"The Geology and Ore Deposits of the Virgilina District of Virginia and North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Laney, F.B. 1917. 

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25

"Zircon, Monazite and Other Minerals Used in the Production of Chemical Compounds Employed in the Manufacture of Lighting Apparatus". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Pratt, J.H. 1916. 

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24

"Loblolly or North Carolina Pine". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Ashe, W.W. 1915. 

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23

"Forest Conditions in Western North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Holmes, J.S. 1911. 

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22

"The Cid Mining District, Davidson County, North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Pogue, Joseph E. Jr. 1910 (reprinted, 1995).

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21

"The Gold Hill Mining District of North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh

Laney, F.B. 1910 (reprinted, 1995).

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20"Water-Powers of North Carolina (A Supplement to Bulletin No. 8)". 1911. Prepared by the Hydrographic Division of the US Geological Survey: Raleigh.Download Bulletin 20
19

"The Tin Deposits of the Carolinas"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Pratt, Joseph Hyde, and Sterrett, Douglass B. 1905. 

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18

"Bibliography of North Carolina Geology, Mineralogy and Geography". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Laney and Wood. 1909. 

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17

"Terracing of Farm Lands". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Ashe, W.W. 1908. 

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16

"Shade Trees for North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Ashe, W.W. 1908. 

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15

"Experiments in Oyster Culture in Pamlico Sound North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Coker, R.E. 1907

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"The Geology and Ore Deposits of the Virgilina District of Virginia and North Carolina (REPRINT - 1995)". Virginia Geological Survey: Charlottesville.

Laney, F.B. 1917. 

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14

"The Cultivation of the Diamond-Back Terrapin". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Coker, R.E. 1906. 

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"Clay Deposits and Clay Industry in North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Ries, Heinrich. 1897. 

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12

"History of Gems Found in North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Kunz, G.F. 1907 (reprinted, 1995). 

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11

"Corundum and the Basic Magnesian Rocks of Western North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Lewis, J.V. 1896. 

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"Gold Mining in North Carolina and Adjacent South Appalachians Regions"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Nitze and Wilkens. 1897. 

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"Monazite and onazite deposits in North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Ninze. 1895. 

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8

"Papers on the Waterpower in North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Swain, G.F., Holmes, J.A. and Myers, E.W. 1899. 

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"Forest Fires: Their Destructive Work, Causes and Prevention". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Ashe, W.W. 1895. 

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"Timber Trees and Forests of North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Pinchot, G. and Ashe, W.W. 1897. 

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"The Forests, Forest Lands, and Forest Products of Eastern North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh

Ashe, W.W. 1894. 

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4

"Road Materials and Road Construction in North Carolina".  North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh

Watson and Laney. 1893. 

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"Gold Deposits of North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Nitze and Hanna. 1896 (reprinted, 1995). 

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"The Building and Ornamental Stones in North Carolina"North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Watson, T.L., and others. 1906. 

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"Iron Ores of North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey: Raleigh.

Nitze, H.B.C. 1893. 

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