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NORTH CAROLINA Cranberry Iron Mine Nantahala Talc & Limestone Mine Avery and Swain Counties, North Carolina August 16-17, 2003 By Mike Streeter Chamber's Mountain Haywood County, North Carolina July 13, 2003 By Mike Streeter Nantahala Talc & Limestone Quarry Swain County, North Carolina October 25, 2003 By Mike Streeter McRocks Cookout and Rockswap Swannanoa, North Carolina October 25, 2003 By Mike Streeter Our Trip to North Carolina October 4-29, 2003 By Carl Mauritz Mineral & Lapidary Museum Hendersonville, North Carolina March 6, 2004 By Mike Streeter My North Carolina Trip April 3-8, 2004 By Scott Braley Little Pine Garnet Mine Madison County, North Carolina May 1, 2004 By Mike Streeter Mason Mountain Rhodolite Mine June 2004 By Carl Mauritz McRocks Cookout and Rockswap Spruce Pine, NC June 26, 2004 By Mike Streeter Ray Mine Adventure Yancey County, North Carolina October 17, 2004 By Mike Streeter Return to Chunky Gal Mountain Clay County, North Carolina October 15-17, 2004 By Wayne Brantley Ray Mica Mine Chlorophane discovered and more! Yancey County, North Carolina October 24, 2004 By Mike Streeter "Three Days at the Ray" Yancey County, North Carolina November 11-13, 2004 By Mike Streeter Christmas Kyanite and Mountain Vistas Chamber's Mountain Clyde, North Carolina December 24-25, 2004 By Mike Streeter Bowers' Farm Limonite after Pyrite Aquadale, North Carolina January 8, 2005 By Mike Streeter NC Petrified Wood Collecting Uwharrie National Forest, North Carolina April 9, 2005 By Mike Streeter The Brantley's Triumphant Return to the Gal Chunky Gal Mountain/Buck Creek Area Nantahala National Forest Macon County, North Carolina April 22-23, 2005 By Mike Streeter   Reel Amethyst Mine   Lincoln County, NC June 2005 By Mike Streeter McRocks Cookout and Rockswap Bear Den Campground Spruce Pine, NC June 25, 2005 By Mike Streeter North Carolina Trip 2005 McRocks Cookout & Rockswap June 2005 By Carl Mauritz McRocks Cookout and Rockswap Pictures June 25, 2005 By Wayne and Patty Brantley Little Pine Garnet Mine July 21, 2005 By Bill Hayward Just a slow walk on the Gal Chunky Gal Mountain Clay County, North Carolina October 21-22, 2005 By Wayne and Patty Brantley Geology 111 Fall Field Trip to the Ray Mica Mine Asheville-Buncombe Technical College Yancey County, North Carolina October 29, 2005 By Mike Streeter Nantahala Talc & Limestone Quarry A Dixie Mineral Council Field Trip Swain County, North Carolina November 5, 2005 By Mike Streeter Martin Marietta Hickory Quarry Catawba County, North Carolina January 21, 2006 By Mike Streeter Southeast Federation of Mineralogical Societies Executive Board Meeting Franklin, North Carolina March 25, 2006 By Mike Streeter 42nd Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals Field Trip Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Bryson City to the Nantahala Talc and Limestone Quarry Swain County, North Carolina May 7, 2006 By Mike Streeter 42nd Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals Field Trip Ray Mica Mine - Yancey County Hoot Owl Mine, Emerald Village & Bon Ami Mine - Mitchell County Appalachian Stone Yard & River Quarry - McDowell County May 12 , 2006 By Mike Streeter Little Pine Garnet Mine Madison County, North Carolina May 20, 2006 By Mike Streeter & Tom Winslow Vulcan Materials Morganton Quarry Burke, North Carolina June 10, 2006 By Mike Streeter & Bill Williams Little Pine Garnet Mine A McRocks Cookout & Rockswap 2006 Event Madison County, North Carolina July 6, 2006 By Mike Streeter Ray Mica Mine A McRocks Cookout & Rockswap 2006 Event Yancey County, North Carolina July 7, 2006 By Mike Streeter McRocks Cookout & Rockswap 2006 Spruce Pine, North Carolina July 8, 2006 By Mike Streeter Martin Marietta Hickory Quarry Catawba County, North Carolina July 15, 2006 By Mike Streeter & Celia Harrington Corundum Knob - Buck Creek Corundum & Garnet Clay County, North Carolina July 22, 2006 By Mike Streeter Bower's Farm Limonite after Pyrite Dig Stanly County, North Carolina July 29, 2006 By Bill Hayward Geologic Overview of the Martin Marietta Hickory Quarry Catawba County, North Carolina September 2006 By Mike Streeter Nantahala Talc & Limestone Quarry Swain County, North Carolina November 4, 2006 By Mike Streeter Propst Farm Corundum Lincoln County, North Carolina November 18, 2006 By Mike Streeter The Cattail Mine Yancey County, North Carolina January 2007 By Mike Streeter A Western North Carolina Copper Mine June 2007 By Mike Streeter McRocks Ray Mica Mine Dig & Kyanite Hunt Yancey County, North Carolina July 5-6, 2007 By Mike Streeter McRocks Cookout & Rockswap 2007 Spruce Pine, North Carolina July 7, 2007 By Mike Streeter McRocks Cookout & Rockswap 2007 More Picture Reports 1- By Bill Lander 2- By Patty Brantley 3- By Carl Mauritz Brushy Creek Mine Mitchell County, North Carolina July 22, 2007 By Mike Streeter Martin Marietta Quarry Lenoir, North Carolina August 18, 2007 By Mike Streeter Another Return to Chunky Gal Mountain Clay County, North Carolina October 2007 By Wayne & Patty Brantley Martin Marietta Hickory Quarry Catawba County, North Carolina October 13, 2007 By Mike Streeter Chunky Gal Corundum Hunt After the Fire Clay, North Carolina October 2007 & March 2008 By Mike Streeter Nantahala Talc & Limestone Quarry Swain County, North Carolina November 4, 2007 By Mike Streeter Yancey County Kyanite Hike North Carolina November 2007 By Mike Streeter Ray Mica Mine The Big Beryl & More Yancey County, North Carolina February 2008 By Mike Streeter Goethite, Limonite, Quartz & Marcasite North Carolina June 2008 By Mike Streeter Ray Mica & Mas-Celo Mines McRocks 2008 Field Trip Yancey County, North Carolina June 26-27, 2008 By Mike Streeter McRocks 2008 Cookout & Rockswap Spruce Pine, North Carolina June 28, 2008 By Mike Streeter Mas-Celo Kyanite Mine Hike Yancey County, North Carolina July 2008 By Mike Kosicki Little Ray and Ray Mines Yancey County, North Carolina July 19-20, 2008 By Mike Streeter A Road Less Traveled Chunky Gal Mountain Area Clay County, North Carolina October 2008 By Wayne & Patty Brantley Family Hike to Mas-Celo and Ray Mines Yancey County, North Carolina February 2009 By Mike Kosicki Return to a Western North Carolina Copper Mine March 2009 By Mike Streeter Chunky Gal - Buck Creek McRocks 2009 Field Trip Clay County, North Carolina June 25, 2009 By Mike Streeter Ray Mica Mine McRocks 2009 Field Trip Yancey County, North Carolina June 26, 2009 By Mike Streeter McRocks 2009 Cookout & Rockswap Spruce Pine, North Carolina June 27, 2009 By Mike Streeter Nantahala Talc & Limestone Quarry Swain County, North Carolina October 10, 2009 By Mike Streeter Ray Mica Mine Yancey County, North Carolina November 2009 By Mike Kosicki Standard Minerals Glendon Mine Moore County, North Carolina May 15, 2010 By Mike Streeter Silicified Microbreccia Marietta-Tryon Graben North & South Carolina February 2011 By Mike Streeter Conversations with a Rockhound April 2011 By Michelle Fox Standard Minerals Glendon Mine Moore County, North Carolina April 23, 2011 By Mike Streeter Southern Spring Break Collecting in North Carolina & Georgia April 2011 By Phil Koble Ray Mica Mine Yancey County, North Carolina December 2011 By Mike Streeter Carolina Agate Banded Chalcedony in Silicified Microbreccia Marietta-Tryon Graben January 2012 By Mike Streeter Ray Mica Mine Still accessible and bountiful! Yancey County, North Carolina December 2013 By Mike Streeter Aurora Fossil Museum & Dig Aurora, North Carolina Spring 2014 By Mike Kosicki Anatomy of a Flash Flood Yellowstone Prong Haywood County, North Carolina August 17, 2021 By Mike Streeter OHIO Septarian and Pyrite Nodules Huron County, Ohio July 10, 2004 By Mike Streeter Nellie Blue Flint and More Ohio January 3, 2004 By Jay Loch Marine and Mineralized Fossils Maysville, Kentucky and Georgetown, Ohio May 1, 2005 By JR in WV Nethers Farm Flint Ridge, Muskingum County, Ohio September 27, 2010 Mike Streeter OKLAHOMA A Rockhounding Vacation Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico April 8-23, 2006 By Mike Streeter Mineralized Wood Dig Pawnee County, Oklahoma April 4, 2007 By Mike Streeter Selenite Collecting Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge Alfalfa County, Oklahoma May 30, 2012 by Mike Streeter Field Trip Reports Continued . . . Click Here to go to next page Click Here to return to Index Page