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Morefield Mine (Morefield Pegmatite), Winterham, Amelia Co., Virginia, USA

Ref.: Virginia Minerals, Vol. 46.

Rocks & Minerals (1933): 8: 143-144.

USGS Bulletin 248B (1952).

Brown, W.R. (1962) Mica and Feldspar Deposits of Virginia.

Rocks and Minerals (1985): 60: 165.

Sweet, P.C. and Penick, D.A., Jr. (1986), Morefield Pegmatite Mine Reopens - Virginia's only Active Underground Gem Mine.

Virginia Geologic Survey Bulletin 33.

Minerals of the Morefield Pegmatite, Amelia County, Virginia.
Rocks & Minerals (1993): 68: 232-242.

Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Report 3, Charlottesville, VA: 59-60, 61-94.

Virginia Minerals, Vol. 32, No 2: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Charlottesville, VA.

Kearns, L.E. (1995) Alumino-fluorides from the Morefield pegmatite, Amelia County, Virginia. Mineralogical Record: 26: 551-556.

Rocks & Minerals (1996): 71(3): 198-199.

A feldspar-mica and specimen mine in the Morefield pegmatite. Located near Winterham, near Amelia Court House. Started 1929 and owned by S.V. Morefield.

Note: a for-fee collecting area (primarily for kids), which includes salted minerals brought in from outside of the area, is operated here by the owners.





Map Reference: 37°22'N , 77°56'W

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Mineral List:
  • Albite
       var: Cleavelandite
  • 'Allanite'
  • Almandine
  • Andradite
  • Anorthite
    var: Labradorite
  • 'Apatite'
  • Bermanite
  • Bertrandite
  • Beryl
       var: Aquamarine
       var: Goshenite
  • Biotite
  • Bismutite
  • Brockite
  • Calcite
  • Cassiterite
  • Cerussite
  • 'Chalcedony
    var: Agate'
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chiolite
  • Chrysoberyl
  • Columbite-(Fe)
  • Cryolite
  • Elpasolite
  • Euclase
  • Euxenite-(Y)
  • Ferrohornblende
  • Fluellite
  • Fluorite
       var: Chlorophane
  • Galena
  • Gearksutite
  • Goyazite
  • Helvite
  • Hollandite
  • Illite
    var: Leverrierite
  • Ilmenite
  • Kaolinite
  • Lead
  • Lindbergite
  • Masutomilite
  • Microcline
       var: Amazonite
  • Microlite
  • Molybdenite
  • 'Monazite'
  • 'Moonstone'
  • Muscovite
  • Orthoclase
  • Pachnolite
  • Phenakite
  • Phlogopite
  • Phosphophyllite
  • Phosphosiderite
  • Phosphuranylite
  • Prosopite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrolusite
  • Pyromorphite
  • Quartz
       var: Rock Crystal
       var: Smoky Quartz
  • Ralstonite
  • Rutile
  • Samarskite-(Y)
  • Schorl
  • 'Sericite'
  • Spessartine
  • Spodumene
  • Strengite
  • Sussexite
  • Tantalite-(Mn)
  • Thomsenolite
  • Titanite
  • Topaz
  • Triplite
  • Weddellite
  • Zinnwaldite
  • Zircon


    80 entries listed. 63 valid minerals.

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