 | | Report (issue) | | SOME MANGANESE MINES IN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. By D. F. HEWETT. INTRODUCTION. The demand for large amounts...actively exploited. Thus most of the deposits of Virginia, Georgia, and Arkansas that are now known were...per cent of the imports. Owing to the fact that Virginia appears to possess a larger number of deposits...adjacent States and to her proximity to markets, Virginia has supplied a large part of the domestic production...ore is said to have come from one mine, the Crimora, in Augusta County. The present paper is based on data |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Virginia by RICHARD S. MITCHELL Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903...same county. I t also has been observed i n pegmatites i n Powhatan County, Spotsylvania County, and...world have specimens of allanite from Amherst County, Virginia. The mineral is usually black and is coated...radioactive. The mineral was reported in Amherst County as early as 1874. Mallet ( 1 8 7 7 ) first described...the classic locality which is on Little Friar Mountain, near Albite {cleavelandite variety). Cleavelandite |  | | Report (issue) | | -. I I ) li I VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY I UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA THoMAS LEoNARD Warsou, pn. D...Manganese Deposits of the West Foot of the Blue Ridge, Virginia .BY G. W. STOSE, H. D. MISER, F. J. KATZ, D....oclcAt Sunvry CHARLOTTESVILLE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 1919 'f I i i I STATE GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION...Malnganese :. 41. 4l General description Psilomelane lq 42 tq /2 Manga,rrite Pyrolusite Wad ...Creek or Seibel mine .. iocation geology ore Millins Vicinityof X'rontRoyal County BentonvilletoVauEhanStation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS (PART GOOCHLAND By PHILIP East Derry, COUNTY In N edge of the James R...Lakeside Village (15), and the following (7V2) South Anna, Goochland, Perkinsville, Johnson Springs,...Extensive gold mining formerly on ex treme W and county line around Rte 605 to Rte 606. There are several...deep. Bell Shaft. Garden Wall M. Shaft. FLUVANNA COUNTY 2 / 2 M i 4 4 2 2 ROCKS AND MINERALS ...im portant operation in either county and as it is located on the county line can be ascribed to Goochland |  | | Report (issue) | | about 10 miles. The area is principally in Roane County. Ore has been mined in many places along the west...between Harriman and Rockwood, also at a few points south of Rockwood as far as Glen Alice. The normal thickness...9 and 10.68 cubic feet per ton of 2,240 pounds. South of Kockwood the ore becomes thinner, a bed 15 to...about 9 miles, lying partly in Roane County and partly in Rhea County. -Much of this strip is in the bottom...bordered by a fault for about 5 miles. Near the county line on the outcrop the rocks dip 20° to 30° SE |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | CERTAIN UNDEVELOPED TRACTS IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VIRGINIA. By D. F. HEWETT, G. W. STOSE, F. J. KATZ, and... Manganese minerals are widely distributed in Virginia, and a fairly complete explanation of the origin...known concerning some types of these deposits in Virginia to warrant the direction of effort toward exploration...briefly the results of field work in a part of Virginia where many manganese deposits are known. The examination...done in cooperation with the Geological Survey of Virginia. As it has brought forth much information concerning |  | | 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) | | manganese occurrences of the Appalachians from Virginia to Alabama. Good crystals have been reported by...number of Virginia occurrences, including the Powells Fort mine near Woodstock, Shenandoah County; the Vesuvius...Vesuvius mine, Augusta County; the Midvale mine, Rockbridge County; prospects along Cove and Wolf Creeks...Creeks, Bland County; and scattered localities in Botetourt, Frederick, Shenandoah, Rockingham, Smyth, Tazewell...manganese ores of the Cartersville district, Bartow County, Georgia (Cook 1978). This fine manganite group |  | | Report (issue) | | Mines on Mid-rale tract. .................. Bynum mine. .... . Hiardt nine. ._...,»-,_ ;» >*. . . *...* * Creak gap mines. ................... Say* mine ......................... Other mines ............Murphree Valley in gtowah bounty and part of Blount County, Alabama r,and"geologic 2. A, Argillaceous limestone...limestone, 1 mile northwest of Walnut Groye. Sand Mountain escarpment in background. ............... 3, Near...north of Oneonta. ................. 6« A, Manganese mine pits and dumps. Silver Gap group of nines. .... |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................... North Carolina and South Carolina.............................. Georgia....Appalachian region Continued. Page. Northwestern Virginia.................................................93 93 94 Virginia.................................._..................... 94 West Virginia............................................. 130 Rocky Mountain region........................................................................................ South Dakota.................................;....... |  | | 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) | | manganite, pyrolusite, ramsdellite, cryptomelane,psilomelane, hollandite, braunite, and coronadite. Another...extendsfrom Pennsylvania through Maryland and Virginia to Georgia,Alabama,and Arkansas,many depositsof...generallyhypogene,is presentwith an oxide suchas psilomelane,which in this belt is probablysupergene(Batesville...the southeastern states,largelycryptomelane, psilomelane, hollandite,and pyrolusite,are alsothosethat...district,New Mexico, and the Aguila district, Mohave County,Arizona and severalother districts,have been closelystudied |  | | Report (volume) | | ........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa. Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards...Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota... .Prof. E. C. Perisho............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 |  | | Report (volume) | | ......... South Carolina......................................:.................... South Dakota.................................................... Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; to list all the literature...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, |  | | Book | | Geology and Virginia Richard V. Dietrich Professor of Geology and Dean School of Arts and Sciences,...University Press of Virginia Charlottesville Qt z.^.z THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF VIRGINIA Copyright © 1970...by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia First published 1970 Standard Book Number: 8139-0289-4...America To Frances, Rick, Kurt, Krista, and Virginia 161781 Digitized by the Internet Archive in...natives of Virginia and visitors to the Commonwealth—who are interested in geology and in Virginia. It attempts |  | | Book (edition) | | the con dition of affairs, more especially in the South and in the States and Ter ritories of the far West...by Prof. John G. Smock, and that for the Eocky Mountain region by Mr. C. Whitman Cross. To these gentlemen...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...extends from the south prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance...distance of 60 miles. Down to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | the state, insomuch as both the Black Hills of South Dakota and the scenic Badlands thrust long spurs...the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Treasurer 655 - 8th St. Idaho Falls. ID 83401 SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES Officers.................30 Bronze Sapphire• at th• Mincey Mine by Paul Broughton ................................Is priced at only . . . $.85 per lb. BLACK SPIDER MINE TURQUOISE - All ring size stones, mostly of a medium...lnaurance - ALL ORDERS MUST INCLUDE A $2.00 fN If In the USA - all others Including Canada must include full...AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES and SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES Annual Convention |  | | Report (issue) | | Castle Gneissic rocks in the South Groveland quadrangle, Essex County, Mass., by R. 0. Castle Stratigraphy...Ordovician, Devonian(?), and Cretaceous(?) rocks, White Mountain area, near McGrath, Alaska, by C. L. Sainsbury...use on the low flow of streams in Rappahannock County, Va., by H. C. Riggs Seasonal erasure of thermal...pullapart gaps in southeastern Idaho. Although such mountain ranges as the Bear River and the Portneuf, about...MILLIGALS these valleys, Gem Valley in Caribou County, Idaho, (fig. 2) was surveyed in more detail (Mabey |  | | Book | | Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least...and abandoned, one is also sure to find extensive mine dumps sloping steeply down from the shaft or tunnel...prodvced by atmospheric oxidation, can be found. Old mine dumps often reveal a varied assortment of brightly...unusual for a casual visitor to an old gold rush mine to kick up a solid gold, silver, or native copper |
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