Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey--Corundum and Its Occurrence and Distribution in the United States (A Revised and Enlarged Edition of Bulletin ) . A. PERIDOTITE FORMATION AT LAUREL CREEK, B. INTERIOR VEIN OF CORUNDUM AT LAUREL CREEK, GEORGIA. CORUNDUM IN UNITED STATES. 131 luiii ranging in size from small particles to masses of several poundsn weight are abundant, and many tons of this have been picked upmd shipped. A little to the west of the south end of Nannies Mountain, aboutL| miles from the Rickard mine, there is a similar occurrence of corun-ium. There ha
Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey--Corundum and Its Occurrence and Distribution in the United States (A Revised and Enlarged Edition of Bulletin ) . A. PERIDOTITE FORMATION AT LAUREL CREEK, B. INTERIOR VEIN OF CORUNDUM AT LAUREL CREEK, GEORGIA. CORUNDUM IN UNITED STATES. 131 luiii ranging in size from small particles to masses of several poundsn weight are abundant, and many tons of this have been picked upmd shipped. A little to the west of the south end of Nannies Mountain, aboutL| miles from the Rickard mine, there is a similar occurrence of corun-ium. There have been a number of shjillow^ cuts, ditches, and pitsnade in prospecting for corundum, but apparently none was foundn i^lace. The corundum that is found is often wrapped in mica. ALABAMA. The Appalachian crystalline belt passes inider the Cretaceous andater sedimentary formations in the central part of the State near!^Iontgomery. Representatives of the peridotite belt have been foundn the vicinity of Dudleyville, in Tallapoosa County, and corundumlas been found in fragments on the surface both in this and Coosa, theid joining county on the west. No corundum has as yet been found in)lace, but it evidently origina
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