 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA PART I I : CARBONATES, SULFATES, AND PHOSPHATES By R. S. MITCHELL...University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Following the scheme introduced in of the Faber lead-zinc deposit...classification of Strunz (1957). Part I calcite at the Faber mine. was concerned with natural elements and Small...headings, native ele- the Ohio Sulphur Company's mine near ments, sulfides, halides, and oxides Promt...white ferroan dolomite ses the eastern edge of the county. White rhombohedrons, are embedded in mas- cleavable |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...1988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...CHARLOTTESVILLE. VIRGINIA 1 988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCAL INDEX Although perhaps best known for its turquoise crystals, apophyllite on...kyanite, Virginia has, in fact, over 150 mineral species. and D. A L L E N P E N I C K , JR. Virginia Division...Mineral Resources P. O. Box 3667 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 T H I S V I R G I N I A M I N E R A L L...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. A l |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | CARBONATE MINERALS OF VIRGINIA By J. ALEXANDER SPEER Department of Geology Virginia Polytechnic Institute...Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 INTRODUCTION Simple anhydrous carbonate minerals are...spherocobaltite Cu .72 Fe .74 siderite Zn .74 smithsonite Mn .80 rhodochrosite Cd .95 otavite Ca...hori zontal striations. Only three analyses of Virginia ortho rhombic carbonates have been found i n...analysis of aragonite from the Austinville lead mine (Dunnington, 1878) shows it is plumbian aragonite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bassett Stone Company quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, ca. 1962. Shown are the older underground...from the Bassett Stone quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Catnip Hill facility near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing...Catnip Hill facility, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing...exposed on the Gilley property in western Cherokee County (O’Neill 1950); it is relatively common as purple |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIGITAL REPRINT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF...OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY Wilbur A. Nelson BULLETIN 77 Adobe Acrobat® Reader® Adobe Acrobat Reader version...rendering of Geology and Mineral Resources of Albemarle County by Wilbur Nelson is to make accessible an...appear to show the bookmark pane is viewable. Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Division...500 Charlottesville, VA 22903 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |  | | Report (volume) | | mineral district ____________ _ 3. Sketch of Faircloth mine adit showing location of limestone samples and amount...limestone samples from the Faircloth vein, Woodford County, Ky _. 5. Mercury content of limestone wallrock...wallrock from the Hoover vein, shaft 1, Cannon County, Tenn _____ 6. Mercury content of a wallrock suite along... B. Strow in a freshly dug basement in Kanawha County, W. Va. Subsequent examination by the U.S. Bureau...minor element in lead-zinc deposits. At Langpele mine, Sweden, however, mercury is currently recovered |  | | Journal (issue) | | SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals, Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR VISIT OUR MINE-KEEP WHAT YOU FIND...14,1977 VIRGINIA BEACH CIVIC CENTER (THE DOME) 19TH AND PACIFIC AVENUE VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA Rocks&...Minerals from Virginia Richard S. Mitchell 230 Mineral and Fossil Collecting Sites in Virginia Palmer C....Resume: Pseudomorphs in Virginia R. V. Dietrich 244 The Geology of Virginia W. Cullen Sherwood 250 Prehnite—Apophyllite...Minerals of Virginia J. Alexander Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard |  | | Journal (issue) | | SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY" -T —• - Vol. XXXVII No. 1 — i ■&- February, 1990 QUARTERLY THE MINERALOGY...MINERALOGY OF THE MOH/WK MINE _ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA r O' " •: u. o~r William S. Wise ■rrz...■rrz SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Barbara Cram Riordan, Chairman, Third District Larry Walker...Fourth District Fifth District COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO Harry M. Mays, County Administrative Officer Albert...D. Griesemer, Museums Director SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MUSEUM COMMISSION Ralph Strane, Rancho Cucamonga |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | d*/oPtcare rctun thic publistio to thc Virginia Geological Sunot whcn you havc ro further uc for...COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA APR Z STATE COMMTSSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Bulletin 43 Ztnc arrd Lead Region of Southwestern Virginia With e Section on thc Occurrencce of Zinc and....t4 No'lJ c3 UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1935 13st COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMTSSION ON CONSERVATION...CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN, State Geologist Bulletin 43 Zinc |  | | 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) | | 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 (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.; |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia...................................................'..................................... West Virginia...................................................... =-..................................... Virginia.......................................................................................... 333 Virginia.............................................. |  | | Book | | Sutherland Back. bouom: Dog-tooth crystals of calcite Faber Paperbacks ROCK AND MINERAL COLLECTING IN BRITAIN...COLLECTING BRITAIN MINERAL IN PETER R. RODGERS FABER & FABER LONDON & BOSTON First p11l1/ishcd i11 1979...(Liassic) shaks. 6S 22. The renuins of the Glencricff Mine at Wanlockhc:id. 77 23. A galena specimen. 79 24...Welsh tribe, the Silures. DEVONIAN comes from the county of Devon where these rocks were first examined...be found incerbedclccl with other rocks in the county of Ayrshire. Many of the volcanic necks of Eastern |  | | Report (issue) | | and C.M. Sears U.S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 22092 Open-File Report 92-448 This report is...Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........Occurrences located in the Culpeper basin, Maryland and Virginia ..................... 168 H. Section H: Occurrences...Occurrences located in other areas of Virginia. ... 185 I. Section I: Occurrences located in North Carolina...location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2. deposit size (occurrence type - mine, prospect |  | | Report (volume) | | mineral waters; The Higginsville sheet in Lafayette County, 1892. National Academy of Sciences: Memoirs, Vol........ Virginia................................................................. West Virginia ...................................................... Virginia.................................:....................................................... West Virginia ................................................paleontology of the Rockland quaries and vicinity in the county of Eussell, Ontario, Canada. Ottawa Nat., vol. |  | | Book | | 5.95 and quickly informative.”— “Practical Virginia Kirkus RANGE GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERALS A by...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where |  | | Book (edition) | | Copper — Silver — Silver Glance — Smaltine — Smithsonite — Spathic Iron — — Spinel Ruby — Steatite — Strontianite...any bank. in the sure a and and farm from mine more List of Illustrations. PROSPECTING THE...21 and City, Connecticut Rivers; Hancock County, Cal.; Tampa Bay, Fla.; Fulton, Penn.; Yellowstone...coal slates N. and Franklin or Sable, Cape County, TREASURES. — Rock Amethyst. Crystal, bluish...Milford, and and Patterson, Phillipstown, ten County, flax-like; lamp-wicks, Localities. of the |  | | Book (edition) | | of Copper—Silver — Silver Glance — Smaltine— Smithsonite—Spajhic Iron — Specular Iron—Spinel Ruby—Steatite...the owner from ruinous bargains, and may reveal a mine of mineral wealth, more sure and more profitable...Connecticut Rivers; Crescent City, Cal.; Hancock County, Ga.; near Tampa Bay, Fla.; Fulton, Penn.; Yellowstone...TREASURES. streaks. Cape Sable, Md.; Cleveland County, N. C.; coal slates on Ohio River, and in caves...Md. ; Aurora, Nev. ; San Amedio Canon and Tulare County, Cal. 6 —Asbestus. Occurs finely fibrous, flax-like |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the sameassemblage Because the Franklin Furnace mine has been closed of ore mineralsand the samechemicalcomposition...detrital franklinitc derived from the Franklin mine, R. W. Metsger, pers. commun.).The original size...the keel of the synformin the deeperlevelsof the mine. An apparentfossilhashhasbeenidentifiedin the matrix...terranes, there is little evidence for are smithsonite, or smithsonite solid solution in the the processin ...(1956) and Roy and Mumpton (1956) have shown that smithsonite,sauconite,hemimorphiteand, possibly, Zn(OH)• |
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Faber Mine, Faber, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA