USGS 7.5-minute quadrangles covering Avery County, NC
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This page contains information available through the North Carolina Geological Survey concerning Avery County.
| Statewide index to 7.5-minute quadrangles | Ordering information |
| COUNTY | HIGH POINT AND LOCATION | ELEVATION | +/! | USGS 7.5' QUAD |
| Avery | Grassy Ridge Bald | 6160 | + | Carvers Gap |
| A "!" in the column labeled "+/!" indicates an exact elevation. An estimated elevation is indicated by "+". |
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Name |
Date |
Title |
Institution |
Format |
Pages |
Topic* |
| Bailar, E. F. | 1984 | Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Cranberry magnetite deposit, Blue Ridge province, North Carolina | UNC at Chapel Hill | Master thesis | 52 p. | |
| Bluhm, C. T. | 1976 | Structure of the Frank alpine-type dunite-lherzolite complex, Avery County, North Carolina | Southern Illinois University | Master thesis | 155 p. | |
| Eckelmann, F. D. | 1954 | The sedimentary origin and stratigraphic equivalence of the so-called Cranberry and Henderson granites in western NC | Columbia University | Master thesis | 47 p. | Regional geology |
| Fronabarger, A. K. | 1980 | Petrogenesis of the North Harper Creek Uranium Prospect, copy 1 | University of Tennessee (Knoxville) | Master thesis | 93 p. | Petrology, Economic (uranium) |
| Fronabarger, A. K. | 1980 | Petrogenesis of the North Harper Creek Uranium Prospect, copy 2 | University of Tennessee (Knoxville) | Master thesis | 93 p. | Petrology, Economic (uranium) |
| Hinrichs, F. W. | 1941 | The occurence of a mica in the Spruce Pine district, North Carolina | Northwestern University | Master thesis | 114 p. | Economic (muscovite) |
| Manger, K. C. | 1981 | A structural analysis of the Roan Mountain mafic complex, North Carolina and Tennessee | University of Kentucky | Master thesis | 180 p. | Structural Geology |
| Manger, P. H. | 1981 | A structural analysis along the Linville Falls thrust fault in Western North Carolina | University of Kentucky | Master thesis | 112 p. | Structural Geology |
| Mies, J. W. | 1987 | An investigation of the Proterozoic basement-ashe formation boundary west of the Grandfather Mountain Window, Northwestern, North Carolina | UNC at Chapel Hill | Master thesis | 74 p. | Geologic mapping |
| Pack, D. D. | 1976 | A mineralogic and petrologic study of the Cranberry Magnetite Mine, Cranberry, North Carolina | University of Tennessee (Knoxville) | Master thesis | 126 p. | Petrology, Mineralogy |
| Ussler, W., III | 1980 | The rare earth element geochemistry of the Cranberry Magnetite Ores, Avery County, North Carolina | UNC at Chapel Hill | Master thesis | 108 p. | Geochemistry (REE) |
| Adams, M. G. | 1995 | The tectonothermal evolution of part of the blue ridge thrust complex, northwestern North Carolina | UNC at Chapel Hill | Ph.D. dissertation | 193 p. | Geologic mapping, Structural geology |
| Boyer, S. E. | 1978 | Structure and origin of Grandfather Mountain window, North Carolina | Johns Hopkins University | Ph.D. dissertation | 280 p. | Structural geology |
| Brobst, D. A. | 1953 | Geology of the Plumtree area, Spruce Pine district, North Carolina | University of Minnesota | Ph.D. dissertation | 117 p. | Geologic mapping |
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