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Apatite from
Romney Shale, Highland County, Virginia, USA


Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Romney Shale, Highland County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:366137
Long-form Identifier:1:3:366137:6
GUID (UUID V4):40e2c989-0e94-4b95-a00d-6327e96dde28
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; pho­ tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color plates...C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...of Virginia R. V. DIETRICH* Professor of Geology and Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic...Polytechnic Institute Research Division Bulletin 47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. 24061 *... © R. V. Dietrich and the Research Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970 Printed and bound
Report (issue)
(C) Tho Helderberg group of parts of West Virginia and Virginia, by F. M. Swartz __________________ .____...CD) Petrogntphy of the Pioche district, Lincoln County, Nev., by J. L. Gillson _____________________ ...matrix; ,B, Photomicrogra.ph of a rich stratum of oil shale studded with amilcite crystals __________,_.____...of minute apophyllite crystals isolated from oil shale; B, Photomicrograph of a group of euhedra.l sanidine...fossils of the Helderberg group of West Virginia and Virginia _______________ ',- ____ '____ .: _____
Report (issue)
about 10 miles. The area is principally in Roane County. Ore has been mined in many places along the west...The Clinton (Rockwood) formation is composed of shale, sandstone, and iron-ore beds. It forms generally...the Cumberland escarpment by masses of sandstone, shale, and beds of coal. Underlying the Clinton (Rockwood)...below which occurs the Knox dolomite, underlain by shale and sandstone of Cambrian age. The formation contains...ranges from 2-| to 4 feet, including a few local shale partings or lenses one-half to 1 inch thick. The
Report (volume)
Bulletin, nos. 19, 21. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 6, nos...BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1912. Virginia Geological Survey: Administrative Report, 1910-1911;...1910-1911; Bulletin, no. IV. Charlottesville, Ya. Virginia, University of, Publications: Bulletin of the...7, 9, 14, 15. Olympia, Wash. West Virginia Geological Survey: County reports Doddridge-and Harrison counties...Sketch of the geological history of Green Lake County, Wisconsin : School x Quart., Berlin, Wis., vol
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Age (" 109 years) Nonesuch Shale ("Domino" band, lower Parting Shale) Hector Fm. Gowganda Fm. Name... glacial lake Depositional environment sandy shale with marine; shallowcarbonate minerals; water; warm...dolomite; grey sandy shale; grey, with some brown layers finely laminated shale; dark grey, with some...Creek Fm. (H-horizon, Collenia bioherm) Burgess Shale 4 of 20/07/65 2 of 17 18 marine; lagoonal?...Swaziland System 2 of 16/09/65 15 Yoho Park, B.C., shale with carbonate minerals; Canada dark grey marine;
Report (issue)
of Mineral Resources Charlottesville, V a. West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey Morgantown, W...._ _ Anthracite resources _______________ _ Oil shale, by Louis C. Conant and Robert G. Stansfield __...__________________________ _ Miscellaneous clay and shale ____________ _ Types and occurrence ______________...________ Tennessee marble belts______________ Virginia marble belts________________ Murphy marble belt________________...__ Valley and Ridge slate belt__________ West Virginia slate belt______________ Pennsylvania slate belt______________
Report (volume)
............................................. Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia...................................................'..................................... West Virginia...................................................... =-..................................... Virginia.......................................................................................... 333 Virginia..............................................
Report (volume)
Appalachian region Continued. Page. Northwestern Virginia.................................................93 93 94 Virginia.................................._..................... 94 West Virginia..................................... I.................. Virginia. ....................................................................................... West Virginia................................................. Map showing the principal manganese mines in Virginia and the probable extent of the ore-bearing areas
Book (edition)
copper, lead, vanadium, and uranium in sandstone and shale— General features Origin Copper and lead deposits...LeadBoulder ville-Boulder County belt — The tungsten deposits en—The County —Summary — Deposits with native...—Pyrite-enargite veins —The pyritic replaceShasta County, California ment deposits — Copper deposits The...thorium, cerium minerals — Monazite and zircon—Apatite Lithium minerals — Cryolite — Precious stones —...Candelaria, Nevada 1 1 California -\mdstone, Colusa County, California Sandstone, Angel Island, California
Report (volume)
Proceedings, vol. 13, pp. 1-46. Davenport, Iowa. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 7, no....the State Geologist for 1913-4. Burlington, Vt. Virginia Geological Survey: Administrative Report 1912-13;...1912-13; Bulletin no. 9. CharIbttesville, Va. Virginia, University of, Publications: Bulletin of the Philosophical...Chicago, 111. West Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Kanawha County; Preston County; Map of... coal...16. Ancient auriferous gravel channels of Sierra County, California: Am. Inst. Min. Eng., Bull., no. 91
Report (volume)
25). Bluish- to yellowish-gray clayey and sandy shale containing a persistent coal bed (Nodaway), ranging...feet in thickness, and a pers-istent black fissile shale in many outcrops. Thickness ranges from about 2...Bull. 1060-D, p. 193, 252-253, pl. 7. In Nemaha County, Kans., member is basal unit of Howard limestone...Consists of silty slightly calcareous dark-gray to tan shale. Average thickness 4% feet. Base of Nodaway coal...Aarde farm, sec. 4, T. 26 S., R. 11 E., Greenwood County. Aaron Slatet Precambrian or Paleozoic: Central
Report (volume)
Bettie S. Hackman, Virginia M. J ussen, Elisabeth S. Loud, Mildred Challman Mead, Virginia S. Neuschel, and...and Virginia E. Rees. · The "Bibliography of North American Geology" comprises the following bulletins:...and Geology Bull. Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology County Rept.Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology Mineral Resources...Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin and County Report and Mineral Resources Report. Moscow, Idaho...Bulletin. Montpelier, Vt. Virginia Polytech. Inst. Eng. Ext. Ser. Geol. Guidebook-Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Report (volume)
Umpleby.... The Yellow Pine mining district, Clark County, Nev., by J. M. Hill...... Survey publications...PHOSPHATE ROCK: Phosphate deposits in southwestern Virginia, by G. W. Stose............ Survey publications...sulphate in the Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, Cal., by U.S. Gale............................................. 428 Borate deposits in Ventura County, Cal., by H. S. Gale.................. 434 Potash...SULPHUR AND PYKITE : < Sulphur deposits in Park County, Wyo., by D. F. Hewett............... 477 Survey
Report (issue)
the term "Later Tertiary" (4). Content: Monterey shale and equivalents of the Pacific coast; beds of Carrizo...parts of Alaska. Content: Jurassic limestone and shale of Nevada; Mariposa slate, Sierra Nevada; Franciscan...Range, California; Jurassic of Mexico; Chinitna shale and Tuxedni sandstone (" Enochkin formation"), also...Distribution: Southwestern United States; West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania; New Brunswick and Nova...so much as may be present. In Appalachian zone, Virginia to Alabama, includes conformable formations below
Report (volume)
fm. to Sil. McAlester formation. (Also McAlester shale.) Pennsylvanian (Allegheny) : Eastern Oklahoma and...should be credited to Putnam Hill. Macastey black shale. Macasty black shales. A. F. Foerste, 1924 (Canada...sandstone. Permian : Central northern Oklahoma (Bay County). C. N. Gould, 1900 (Kans. Univ. Quart., vol. 9...235). McCann ss. died a natural death. McCarthy shale (also formation). Upper Triassic : Alaska (Nizina-Tanana...part of the original Chitistone. -McCarthy Creek shale. See under McCarthy sh. McCartys basalt flow. See
Report (volume)
geology and mining industry of Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, by S. F. Emmons, pp. 201-290, pis. xliv-xlv...a description of the Dismal Swamp district of Virginia and North Carolina, by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler...Potomac and Roaring Creek coal fields, in West Virginia, by Joseph D. Weeks, pp. 567-590, pis. Ixxiii...and hydrography Continued. The mines of Ouster County, Colorado, by Samuel Franklin Emmons, pp. 405-472...section along the New and Kanawha rivers in West Virginia, by Marius R. Campbell and Walter C. Mendenhall
Report (volume)
cientifica Circular Classe classification Company, County Collections Committee Communications Comparative... s6ismologique' Selskab series Service Session shale Silurian Sitzungsbericht Skrift Soci6t6, Society...Burlington, Vt. Virginia Academy of Science Proceedings 1928-39. Charlottesville, Va. Virginia Geological...111. West Virginia Academy of Science Proceedings vols. 3-12. Morgantown, W. Va. West Virginia Geological...Geological Survey: County Reports, Pocahontas and Randolph; Bulletin 4; Mimeographed Series 1, Bulletins 1-6;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
.................... 136 Middle Ordovician of Virginia and Tennessee [abstract] ; by Percy E. Raymond.... 137 Notes on the Oriskany and Helderberg in Virginia [abstract] ; by R. J. H olden...................President: I. C. W h i t e , Morgantown, West Virginia First Vice-President: G e o rg e P. M e r r i...his own work while with the Ohio Survey are the county reports, the surface geology of the Maumee Yalley...volume 1, page 57. 1873 12. Geology of W illiams County. Ohio Geological Survey, volume 1, Geology, p a
Book
Natural Gas Asphalts and Related Solid Bitumens Oil Shale PART 222 278 348 355 357 IV The Ferrous Metals...bitumens, coal, asphalt, mineral wax, and oil shale. The Profit Factor. — Extended discussions of...taining large feldspars, Table amounts of apatite, hornblende, pyroxene, plagioclase and phlogopite...lesser extent of topaz, lithium mica, fluorite, and apatite are indicative of the presence of highly volatile...Stereogram showing ore shoot along fissure below shale. The shoot follows the intersection of the ore fissure
Book
decreases, and over the main part of the Swiss highland and the Jura, and along the northern frontier...These rest upon an eroded surface of Ordovicic shale, and are succeeded by the iron ore. marked characteristic...the winds are forced to rise over mountains or highland plateaus.. The heaviest precipitation in India...Siberian 4 East 6 Chinese- Japanese 7 Asiatic highland 8 Aral; 9 Indus; 10 Mediterranean; 11 Sahara;...of such continental deposits as the Longwood shale of the and Old Red sandstones of the Devonic, the
 
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