148 CORUNDUM^ ITS OCCURBENCE AND DTSTRTBUTION. 
Mine Fork. — Emery, associated Avith staiirolite. (See p. 140.) 
Montoale. — At many of the peridotite formations in the vicinit}^ of 
Montvale, Jackson County, corundum has been found. (Seep. 104.) 
Newfound Gap. — A little to the south of this gaj), in Haywood 
County, red corundum has been found on the surface of a small mass 
of dunite. 
No)ia. — Corundum in distinct crystals has been found on the sur- 
face, in the vicinity of gneiss, at Nona, Macon County. 
Otcens 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. Hay- 
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 () ndles 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. 
Sap2^hire. — The mines in the vicinity of this town are described on 
page 123. 
Sapphire mine. — The corundum occurs in peridotite. (See p. 125.) 
Scaly Mountain. — The corundum occurs in quartz-schist. (See 
p. 122.) 
She-fji^eld mine. — The corundum at this ndne is in amphibole-schist. 
(Seep. 119.) 
Skeener Gap. — Emery is found here in a basic magnesian rock. 
(Seep. 139.) 
Shoups Ford. — At this place, in Burke County, corundum has been 
found associated with fibrolite. 
Socrates mine. — One of the mines in the vicinity of Sapphire. 
Corundum occurs in peridotite. (See p. 125.) 
Sioannanoa Gap. — Float corundum has been found near an out- 
crop of peridotite. 
Thumping Creek. — Corundum has been found in rough nochdes 
and flat crystals in gneiss on tlie property of Curtis Ledford and C. C. 
Patterson, on this creek, Macon County. 
Turkey Knob. — On the summit of this mountain, near the Macon- 
Jackson county line, corundum has been found sparingly in gneiss. 
Waldroop /nine. — Emery has been found in a basic magnesian rock. 
(See p. 139.) 
. Watauga mine. — Same as the Reed mine. 
