 | | Journal (issue) | | February 1987 No.1 VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX D. Allen Penick, Jr. This Virginia mineral locality...world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...source of information in this Virginia index was Minerals of Virginia (1970) by R. V. Dietrich. Although...of the index. Some of the famous localities in Virginia, such Updated from Rocks and Minerals, Vol. 60...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Darry, N. H. 0 3 0 4 1 (PART 16 SPOTSYLVANIA...SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY Bordered on the N by the Rappahan nock and Rapidan Rivers. T h e N edge may be submerged...number of gold operations r u n n i n g across the county from N to S. These are mainly placers and rather... sphalerite, galena, wulfenite, van adinite. Virginia Fin Co. "in N W corner of Co. nr Rappahannock...sidertte, psilomelane, magnetite, talc, garnet, staurolite xls, galena, sphal erite. Halliday Prospects |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey |  | | Report (issue) | | in steel. Elacerville is located in San Miguel County, southwestern Colorado, at the western base of...Gale 2 has recorded a similar association in Routt County. Fleck and Haldane 3 also note the occurrence of...Carnotite and associated minerals in western Routt County, Colo.: Bull. U. S. Geol. Sur vey No. 340,1908...miles southwest of that place. Cutter is in Sierra County and is a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa...been the following: Leatherbee, Brigham, Sierra County, N. Mex., vanadium deposits: Min. World, vol. 33 |  | | Journal (issue) | | released Publication 7 entitled, "Contributions to Virginia Geology-III", was dedicated to Dr. Calver. Initial...microfilm collection of theses and dissertations on Virginia geology; and to develop a geologic mapping program...mineral-resources exploration, and research into Virginia geologic history. Liaison was made with mine and...the State. Information on base and No. 3 22 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES p~ecious-metal...factors that govern land modification for several Virginia cities as well as some counties. Regional stratigraphic |  | | Report (chapter) | | Chlorite and biotite Garnet Staurolite-kyanite Northern Appalachians Staurolite-andalusite (A) Mediumamphibolite... Canada Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Virginia Vermont Northern Appalachians AD ADM AG AT BM...complex Chain Lakes massif Canaan Mountain Dutchess County Elmore Mountain Exeter pluton Green Mountain massif...EQD FG GF GMW GSM HF IP Ashe metamorphic suite Ashland-Wedowee belt Blue Ridge Mountains Brevard zone...Wenlock metamorphism in the northern Appalachians, USA. Abbreviations are defined in Table 1. The stippled |  | | Report (issue) | | the vicinity of Tate and Marble Hill in Pickens County. Talc, ground for fillers and cut into pencils...obtained from Fort and Cohutta mountains in Murray county. Sheet mica is produced from many districts in...suitable for grinding is produced at Hartwell in Hart County. The kyanite-mica schists of Rabun and Habersham...fillers. Feldspar is ground at Monticello in Jasper County. White dolomite is quarried and crushed for agricultural...uses and other purposes at Whitestone in Gilmer County. Flagstone is produced in a small way from numerous |  | | Report (issue) | | ee as Edited by Kula C. Misra 3 KENTUCKY ay VIRGINIA\ ee fi MCA SOT TENNESSEE RANDATHER QUNTAN...SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS Edited by Kula C. Misra _———— VIRGINIA KENTUCKY OVERLAP \ GRANDFATHER TENNESSEE ...Copper Anomaly at the Peachbottom Deposit, Alleghany County, North Carolina (John E. Callahan, J. Hatten Metal...Mine, 97 F. Hollister) Lancaster Mines in County, is 124 (Henry Bell) Mountain Alteration Zone...Abrams) Hydorthermal Alteration and Southern Union County, (Linda H. McKee and J. Some Die Coolen) Stratigraphic |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | found in the "trap rock" quarries of northern Virginia.) At the Campbell Texas Quarry (Permission reÂ...slides of minerals and music for the Frederick County Rock and Min eral Club, Frederick. Mr. and Mrs...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Rockville devoted a program to competitive displays...Society, Asheville, went to Hayesville to hunt for staurolite. - - - - The Charlotte Gem and Mineral Club,...Shulman were the guests of honor. - - - - The Bergen County Mineralogy and Paleontology Society, Paramus, made |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Engineering Experiment Station Series, dealing with Virginia Mineral...Mineral Localities: Virginia Mineral Localities (1960 Edition) Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement...(Supplement I) Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement II) Virginia Minerals and Rocks (3rd Edition) Ex LIBRIS...\I i! II II BULLETIN OF THE ·, I !V I ii VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Engineering Experiment Station...Series No. 151 Ii !I ·1 " ii :c H I I I I ! VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITIES ( SUPPLEMENT II ) By Richard |  | | Catalog/List | | AGGLOMERATE: Agglomerate .........................Custer County, Colorado " Volcanic ...............Magnet Cove...Amphibolite ...........................Albemarle County, Virgi11ia " (Fayalitc-bcaring) .......Near Mcsaba...: ........San Juan County, Colorado " Porphyry ...................Boulder County, Colorado " S ........Anhydrite, crystalline ....................Lyon County, Ncvada ANORTHOSITE: Anort?, osite, gray ........Arkose-scc Sandstone " " ............... Essex County, New York dark brown ...Rochester, New York green |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metamorphosed submarinebasalts and felsicrocksof the Ashland,Wedowee,andTalladegalithotectonicterranes.Thesethree...modelsto explain variousmineral occurrencesin Ashland,Wedowee, and Talladegalithotectonicter- Newfoundlandwith...1. Generalized geologic map of the Tailadega, Ashland, and Wedowee terranes of the southernmost Appalachians...Georgia. The rock assemblages of the Talladega,Ashland, lachiansmayrepresentmineralizationin a transitory...the different massivesulfide occurrences in the Ashland,Wedowee,andTalladega lithotectonicterranesas an |  | | Book (volume) | | North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia West Virginia Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New...the early 1600s, when English settlers reached Virginia, they had been instructed “to searche for gold...exclusively in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...Hamlin, were rock hunting on Mount Mica in Oxford County, Maine. On the way home, one of the boys saw a...are kept busy in the Pala district of San Diego County, California, as well. California, in fact, is North |  | | Report (issue) | | first of two reports on the hydrology of Bartow County in which he indicated that much of the Lower Cambrian...the second report on the geohydrology of Bartow County that also included the geohydrology of Cherokee...were the results of mapping in southern Bartow County by Crawford (1977a, 1977b). This mapping outlined...the Cartersville fault through southern Bartow County. Much of the information derived by Cressler and...report on the geology and ground water in Dawson County in the extreme northeastern part of the study area | | | Book (volume) | | North Carolina South Carolina ‘Tennessee Virginia West Virginia VOLUME 4: Northeast States Connecticut...the early 1600s, when English settlers reached Virginia, they had been instructed “to searche for gold...exclusively in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...Hamlin, were rock hunting on Mount Mica in Oxford County, Maine. On the way home, one of the boys saw a...are kept busy in the Pala district of San Diego County, California, as well. California, in fact, is North |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.; |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Report (issue) | | _________________ _ Wedowee formation ____________________ _ Ashland mica schist ____________________ _ Volcanic series...Intrusive rocks----------------------~---------Virginia __________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina...-- .. ------- - Virginia mines ___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______...properties _________ .. _____________ _ Halifax County ______ - _____ - __________ ~- _'- __ _ Virgilina..._____ _ ____ __ ... _________________ _ Orange County-· ___________________________ _ Melville ____ - |  | | Catalog/List | | aluminum, iron and cerium orthosilicate) Massive; Virginia, or N. Carolina ................. . 34 Orthite.... . . . . . . . . . . 6 Massive, gray banded; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Columnar...lb . . . . . . 6 •Amazons/one, cleavage, pale; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Microc/ine-Perthite... . . . . . . . . 6 Bituminous Coal (Coking) ; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ca1111el...Greasy Quart;:, lvfasses with a greasy luster; Virginia . . ... ... .. .. . . 6 Grun Quart;:, Xline, with |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | Norwich and Hanover, Fig. 8, Fig. 9, Fig. 1o, Fig. 11, . Section in delta of Mink brook, Hanover, Section...Section east from Ledyard bridge, Hanover, Section in Hartland and Plainfield, . Sand dune, Lebanon, 3 3...28, Section near Weirs, 131 . 29, Section in Ashland, 132 . 30, Section in Wolfeborough village, ... 278 279 283 . 61, Section in glacial drift, Ashland, 291 . 62, Lake rampart, Moultonborough, 310...boulder, Conway, ‘ ‘ y : - Glaciated stones, Hanover, . Chase rock, Nottingham, Ballard rock, Nottingham |  | | Book | | Geological Survey, 1220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 22092. Keep up with articles in hobby magazines...through Itasca and St. Louis Counties into Lake County. Hibbing is about the center of this historic area...replaced by dark hematite. Near Calumet in Itasca County abundant mollusks, arthropods, and sharks teeth...Iron Range is mostly in Crow Wing County, extending into Aitkin County. In 1936, near the town of Crosby...Superior 14 EVELETHO IRON WEEWATIN _W 57 LOWS COUNTY to Duluth Y The Mesabi Iron Range dump. Binghamite |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Hematite HANOVER, Coosa Co., (near) Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE, |  | | Report (volume) | | .........Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville...Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin......See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |
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