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Quartz from
Romney Shale, Highland County, Virginia, USA


Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Romney Shale, Highland County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:366140
Long-form Identifier:1:3:366140:6
GUID (UUID V4):28fcdf2b-fa19-4177-9cdf-e764f70e0b92
References
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OIL AND GA/S POSSIBILITIES ALBERT W. OF VIRGINIA. GILES. INTRODUCTION. ThE prospectof obtain...obtainingcommercialquantitieseither of oil or gas within Virginia is regardedby geologistsas distinctlyunfavora...complete and•theTertiaryunderlies nearlyonefourth of Virginia. All of the major geologicprovin.c½s of eastern...nearly2,000mileslong. The aver•age elevationof the Virginia CoastalPlain is slightly more than ioo feet abovetide...ALBERT W. GILES. OIL AND GAS POSSIBILITIES OF VIRGINIA. 793 tionsof morethan 400 feet abovesealevelbut
Report (issue)
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA ST.ATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY..., Geologic Map of the Appalachian Valley of Virginia with Ti.l Explanatory Text BY CHARLES BUTTS...GEOLOGICAL SURVBY UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1933 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION...CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT SURVEY VIRGINIA, GEOLOGICAL ttl lI ARTHUR BEVAN, State Geologist Bulletin 42 ... Geologic Map of the Appalachian Valley of Virginia with Explanatory Text BY CHARLES BUTTS PREPARED
Report (volume)
CREEK VALLEY, FREDERICK AND SHENANDOAH COUNTIES, VIRGINIA BY WATSON H. MONROE Strategic Minerals Investigations... ILLUSTRATIONS Page Plate 12. Map of part of northern Virginia showing location of Cedar Creek Valley..........part of Frederick County and the northwestern part of Shenandoah County, Virginia. The manganese ore...resurvey of the manganese deposits of western Virginia with a view to evaluating available supplies was...Middletown quadrangle, which includes all the Frederick County part of the manganese-bearing area in Cedar Creek
Report (issue)
Samples, Dolly Ann Roadless Area, Alleghany County, Virginia by F. G. Lesure, B. F. Arbogast, A. L. Meier...Samples, Dolly Ann Roadless Area, Alleghany County, Virginia by F. G. Lesure, B. F. Arbogast, A. L. Meier...samples from the Dolly Ann Roadless Area, Alleghany County, Va., are reported here in detail. Localities for...also included. Rocks analyzed include sandstone, shale, and limestone. The iron-rich sandstones of the...samples from the Dolly Ann Roadless Area, Alleghany County, Va., collected by F. G. Lesure and M. B. Longacre
Report (volume)
. 35 West Virginia. ........................................................ Virginia................sections of Onondaga formation from New York to Virginia. ...............................................deposited during Onondaga time, into a region where shale-forming sediments partly or completely dominated...York will be presented. HISTORICAL REVIEW. In the county reports of the Second Pennsylvania Geological Survey...with the Devonian section of Pennsylvania, the shale and limestone bands at the base of the Marcellus
Report (issue)
Roadless Area, Allegheny and Rockbridge Counties, Virginia by E. A. Bailey^/, S. M. Heinrich^/, K. A. Romine^/...and designated a wilderness study area by the Virginia Wilderness Act of 1984, Public Law 98-586, October...also reported. Rocks analyzed include sandstone, shale, and limestone and a brief description of each rock...> Hot spfin Base from U.S. Geological Survey Virginia State map, 1973, 1:500,000 V -*^ /' I ' "^...2-m chip sample, medium-dark-gray fissile shale. Romney Shale. VRH 003 1-m chip sample, very pale-orange
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 (volume)
of Some Sedimentary Rocks of Paleozoic Age in Virginia By ERIC R. FORCE and LESLIE j. COX A. Manganese...Contents of Some Lower Paleozoic Carbonate Rocks of Virginia, by Eric R. Force B. Manganese Contents of Some...Rocks of Silurian and Devonian Ages in Northwest Virginia, by Leslie J. Cox U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...of some sedimentary rocks of Paleozoic Age in Virginia I by Eric R. Force and Leslie J. Cox. p. em. ~...sedimentary~ Virginia~Analysis. 2. Geology, Stratigraphic~ Paleozoic. 3. Manganese ores~Geology~Virginia. I. Cox
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VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNIVERSITY OP VIRGINIA THoMAs LeoNenp Werson, Pn. D. DIRECTOR Bulletin No...No. XXIII Manganese Deposits of Western Virginia BY G. W. STOSE aNn H. D. MISER Pnepanso rrq Co-oprnetloN...Georocrcer- Sunvnv CHARLOTTESVILLE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 1922 .,,-,- r*Ld;r;rdili*l*dedg STATE GEOLOGICAL...Ilor. E. Lnn Tnrrrr,q Gouernor of Cha,i,rman, Virginia. Docron E. A. ArlenuaN, Ptesid,ent of the Un'i...counties Achenbach Bath . r00 t00 tract .. I00 County Stephenson prospect 101 101 Gillett prospeet
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PHOSPHATES. PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. By GEOEGE W. STOSE. INTRODUCTION. Commercial...Commercial phosphate rock is not known to occur in Virginia, the nearest deposits of consequence being those at...8I°30 50 Miles FIGUKE 34. Map of southwestern Virginia, showing by ruled pattern the area described and...Survey as the Abingdon quadrangle, in southwestern Virginia at the foot of the southeast slope of Clinch Mountain...trending northeast and southwest across southwestern Virginia into Tennessee. In the Abingdon quadrangle it
Report (issue)
Mountain Roadless Area, Allegheny and Bath Counties, Virginia by E. A. Bailey 1 /, S. M. Heinrich 2 /, J"... !/ USGS, Denver, Colorado 2 / USGS, Reston, Virginia 1985 CONTENTS Page Studies Related to Wilderness...National Forest, Alleghany and Bath Counties, Virginia. This area was classified as a proposed wilderness...and designated a wilderness study area by the Virginia Wilderness Act of 1984, Public Law 98-586, October...Rocks analyzed include sandstone, siltstone and shale and a brief descrip-tion of each rock sample is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and comprises a portion of the rich belt of gold-quartz mines known as the Mother Lode. One of these mines...and limestone lenses, and contains frequent gold-quartz veins. The Mariposa formation, of Jurassic age... and in the eastern one occur many of the gold-quartz mines of the Mother Lode. The igneous rocks associated...as containing Most of the latter frequent gold-quartz veins and lenses of limestone. are noted on the...containing, in Amador county and in the north portion of Calaveras county, the quartz veins of the Mother
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
E, CLOOS, B a l t i m o r e / M a r y l a n d (USA), Johns Hopkins University, Department of Geology...Ridge became consolidated. This region became highland and furnished the material for upper Ordovician...Sand Hill Well; Md.: Maryland; W . V a . : West Virginia. - - Linien mit schwarzen Dreiecken: Obersdaiebungen...des Symposiums sind als Memoir 1 des VI P.I. (Virginia Polytectnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va.) Department...Maryland weniger unterbrochen als z, B. in Zentral-Virginia bei Roanoke oder welter sfidlich. Das Profil 1
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andM-ississippinn (" Lower Carboniferous") of Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky ...........................Louisville.............'.... 16 .1.1. Sections in Virginia and West Virginia.fl........................ 28...... 130 Fu;. 1. Section on Brooks Run, Bullitt County, Ky.......................... 20 2. Section south..................... 21 ll Sections in Virginia and West Virginia . f'........................... 43 LETTER...Mississippian ("Lower Carboniferous") of Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. II. Fossil faunas of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and comprises a portion of the rich belt of gold-quartz mines known as the Mother Lode. One of these mines...and limestone lenses, and contains frequent gold-quartz veins. The Mariposa formation, of Jurassic age... and in the eastern one occur many of the gold-quartz mines of the Mother Lode. The igneous rocks associated...containing, in Amador county and in the north portion of Calaveras county, the quartz veins of the Mother...copper deposits and gold-quartz veins. I n the southern part of Calaveras county, a t Angel's Gamp, the
Report (issue)
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... Bulletin 46 Contributions to Virginia Geology UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1936 C RICHMOND : S T A T...Richmond G 2 u tt-. iii LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OF VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., May 15, 1936...recommend for publication as Bulletin 46 of the Virginia Geological Survey series of reports the manuscript...illustrations of a report entitled Comtributions to Virginia Geology. This report contains thirteen papers
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Geomorphology of the Shenandoah ValleyT Virginia and West Virginia and Origin of the Residual Ore Deposits... Geomorphology of the Shenandoah Valley Virginia and West Virginia and Origin of the Residual Ore Deposits...1913Geomorphology of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia and' West Virginia, and origin of the residual ore deposits...Title. II. Title: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia and West Virginia. III. Title: Origin of the residual ore...Middle Ordovician age _____________ _ Martinsburg Shale ____________________________ -_ Sandstonl:'s of
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WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA By FRANK McKIM Sw AR(rZ 1 INTRODUCTION subsequent visits to Virginia' have...northeastern West Virginia .~ortheastern West Virginia to west-central Virginia West-central Virginia I Romne~...Jolios) Romney shale shale M.R.CAMPBELL . (Pocahontas and Tazewell folios) Southwestern Virginia [}Iiatus...Campbell's Rom­ ney shale in this area believed to begin with Upper Devonian Genesee ?shale] ? I---~~-,--... ~ .. ou~. ~ Tonoloway limestone Wills Creek shale FIGURE 5.-Relations of Silurian and Devonian formations
Book
B. White Editor The Caves of Burnsville Cove, Virginia Fifty Years of Exploration and Science 123 Cave...World Series editor James W. LaMoreaux, Tuscaloosa, USA For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/11987...B. White Editor The Caves of Burnsville Cove, Virginia Fifty Years of Exploration and Science A Contribution...Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA USA Additional material to this book can be downloaded...geologist, best known for writing Caves of West Virginia, casts about for the best locations in the Appalachians
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York Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin 18 20 22 26 40 41 42 43 47 53...fluorite, calcite, dolomite, and cryptocrystalline quartz) has been considered a characteristic of individual...world, such as sandstone-hosted lead deposits, shale-hosted massive sulfide deposits, and bedded barite...associated minerals include fluorite, calcite, dolomite, quartz, iron sulfides, celestite, and gypsum. Other common...of possibilities for discovery of sandstone- or shale-hosted deposits. Occurrences of sphalerite in coal
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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
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(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 _______________ ',- ____ '____ .: _____
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shore of Maryland. Photograph by Joel Snodgrass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Geum...Roan Mountain, Pisgah National Forest, Mitchell County, North Carolina. Dalea gattingeri, Chickamauga... Catoosa County, Georgia. Round Bald, Pisgah and Cherokee National Forests, Mitchell County, North Carolina...Carolina, and Carter County, Tennessee. Cover photographs, right column, top to bottom: Habitat monitoring...Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, Dekalb County, Georgia. Photograph by Alan M. Cressler, U.S.
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(F.), Report on the Geological Survey of Miami County, Kans., 1865. ' Kansas University Geological Survey:...Report on Geology of'Mercer County. Report on Geology of Lincoln County. Report or Geology of Henry,...Report OL Geology of Mason County. : Report on Geology of Garrard County. Report on Geology of Spencer...Geology of Marion County. Loughridge (R. H.), Report on Geology of Clinton County. Report on the Geological...Institutions, 1893. Vols. I-III (Clark), AHegany County, 1900. Massachusetts Geological Survey: Final Report
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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
 
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