phatt] CORUNDUM LOCALITIES. 85 
Hampton mine. — Same as Mine Fork. 
Haskett 'mine.— -This is given under Ellijay Creek. 
Herbert mine. — This mine is on Little Buck Creek, Clay County, 
and is in a long, narrow arm of peridotite extending out from the 
main mass of the Buck Creek peridotite formation. Some prospecting 
lias been done here, and although corundum has been found, the main 
mass of it occurs in connection with the main mass of peridotite. 
Higdon mine. — This mine was worked for a short lime, and ihere 
is connected with it a mill for washing and cleaning the ore. (See 
Ellijay Creek, above.) 
Tsbel mine. — Corundum occurs sparingly in what may be a decom- 
posed amphibolite. One of the largest washing and cleaning mills in 
the Stale is at t his mine. 
Kings Mountain. See Gaston County. 
Marshall. — Corundum has been found in Large gray crystals half 
mile north of the month of Big Ivy River and 3 miles above Marshall, 
Madison County, on the surface of a Large amphibolite outcrop. It 
is on the property of G. C. Haynie, of Marshall. It has also been 
found on the property of Hon. .1. ('. Pritchard Dear the same town. 
McChristians place. — Emery of reddish-brown and grayish colors 
has been found at this place, winch is 7 miles north of Friendship, 
Guilford County. The property lacks development. Surface speci- 
mens of corundum have also been found here. 
Mincey mine. — The corundum at this mine is found in peridotite. 
(See p. 58.) 
Mine Fork. — Emery, associated with staurolite. 
Montvale. — At many of the peridotite formations in the vicinity of 
Montvale, Jackson County, corundum has been found. (See p. 45.) 
Newfound Gap.— A Little to the south of this gap, in Haywood 
County, red corundum has been found on the surface of a small mass 
of dunite. 
Nona. — Corundum in distinct crystals has been found on the sur- 
face, in the vicinity of gneiss, at Nona, Macon County. 
Owens Creek. Crystals and grains of corundum have been found 
in bowlders of cyanite near the mouth of this creek, in Transylvania 
County. 
Presley mine. — This mine is located 4 miles north of Canton, Haj- 
wood County. The corundum, of a blue and bluish-gray color, 
occurs in a pegmatitic dike. 
Reed mine. — The corundum at this mine, which is 6 miles east of 
Franklin, Macon County, occurs in a saprolitic rock, and is in small 
prismatic crystals of a bluish color, some of which are nearly trans- 
parent. 
Retreat. — Near Retreat post-office, in Haywood County, corundum 
has been found in limited quantity in small pegmatitic dikes in the 
gneiss. 
