Madison County

This page contains information available through the NCGS concerning Madison County.

USGS 7.5-minute quadrangles covering Madison County

[1:24,000 scale maps for Madison County]

Statewide index to 7.5-minute quadrangles Ordering information

Highest Point*

COUNTYHIGH POINT AND LOCATIONELEVATION+/!USGS 7.5' QUAD
MadisonSandymush Bald (triangle)5152!Fines Creek
A "!" in the column labeled "+/!" indicates an exact elevation. An estimated elevation is indicated by "+".
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NCGS Publications covering Madison County

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Dissertations and theses covering Madison County

Copies of Ph.D. dissertations and M.S. theses at the NCGS Archdale office are listed below. These volumes are not for sale, but can be viewed at the NCGS offices in Raleigh, NC. For interlibrary loan, please check with the degree-granting institution.

Name

Date

Title

Institution

Format

Pages

Topic*
Alcorn, S. R. 1975 Serpentinization of the Holcombe Branch dunite, North Carolina University of South Carolina Master thesis 23 p.
Bohanan, E. R., Jr. 1975 Petrographic & spectrographic analysis of several soapstone artifacts from TN and soapstone deposits in NC & SC in an attempt to determine the source area of artifacts University of Tennessee (Knoxville) Master thesis 110 p.
Byrd, W. J. 1973 Petrology of the Cambrian Shady Dolomite in North Carolina, northeast Tennessee, and southwest Virginia UNC at Chapel Hill Ph.D. dissertation 152 p. Petrology
Finlayson, C. P. 1957 The geology of the Max Patch Mountain area, Lemon Gap quadrangle, Tennessee-North Carolina University of Tennessee Master thesis 41 p. Geologic mapping
Fletcher, J. S. 1972 Chromite from some western North Carolina ultramafites and its petrogenetic implications University of South Carolina Master thesis 66 p.
Keller, F. B. 1980 Late Precambrian stratigraphy, depositional history and structural chronology of part of the Tennessee Blue Ridge Yale University Ph.D. dissertation 353 p. Geologic mapping, Stratigraphy
Kuchenbuch, P. A. 1979 Petrology of some metagabbro bodies in the Mars Hill quadrangle, Western North Carolina Eastern Kentucky University Master thesis 66 p. Petrography
Patel, K. N. 1973 A mineralogical and petrological study of a slightly radioactive pyritized conglomerate at shut-in-creek, near Hot Springs, North Carolina University of Tennessee Master thesis 50 p. Petrology
Shekarchi, E. 1959 The Geology of the Flag Pond Quadrangle, Tennessee-North Carolina, copy 2 University of Tennessee Ph.D. dissertation 140 p. Geologic mapping
Shekarchi, E. 1959 The Geology of the Flag Pond Quadrangle, Tennessee-North Carolina, copy 1 University of Tennessee Ph.D. dissertation 140 p. Geologic mapping
Tucker, D. R. 1968 Abundances of Na, Mn, Cr, Sc, and Co in the Holcombe Branch, North Carolina, ultramafic intrusion Miami University Master thesis 74 p. Mineralogy
*Topic = A broad classification for the type of geologic research covered.
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