 | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | E S IN V I R G I N I A "Virginia Division of Mineral Resources" From "Virginia Minerals" By PALMER C....for people who are interested in collecting in Virginia. All the listed localities were open and the informa...official State Highway Map as well as individual county road maps, both of which are available from the...of Highways, 1221 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. Top ographic maps are available from the Vir...Mineral Resources, Box 3667, Charlottesville, Virginia and from the Distribution Section of the U.S. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...localities: The Bishop copper prospect near Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia . . . . . . . ....Cd-bearing phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...2002 National Officers President Susan Eriksson, Virginia Tech, 1013 Draper Road, Blacksburg, VA 24060 540-231-5360...localities: THE BISHOP COPPER PROSPECT near Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia Henry Barwood Route |  | | Journal (issue) | | DECORATIVE-ORNAMENTAL STONES OF VIRGINIA D. Allen Penick, Jr. Virginia is noted particularly for beautiful...amazonite, fine moonstone, and topaz. In addition Virginia is well known for staurolite, prehnite, turquoise...minerals, rocks and organic materials found in Virginia, which have been used as gemstones and decora...report. Many of the localities will be familiar to Virginia mineral collectors. Someof the areas mentioned...collect minerals. There has been much written on Virginia mineral localities but no reports are available |  | | Report (issue) | | PISTOLS v the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; pho tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color...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 (issue) | | THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA James L. Poole INTRODUCTION The Piedmont province of Virginia is bordered on...or zinc occurrences in the Piedmont province of Virginia. , k (1) The mineralized district in Prince...planes, and are most common in the northern part of Virginia. Also, several small copper, lead, or zinc prospects...north-central Virginia. These rocks, mapped as the upper part of the Glenarm Series in northern Virginia by Higgins...Evington Group(?) and Arvonia Formation of Buckingham County (Brown, 1969). Base-metal and gold deposits in |  | | Journal (issue) | | LuminescentPhantom Quartz From Hudson,St. Croix County,Wisconsin William S. Cordua Dept. Plant and Earth...November-December, 1997 near Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin has revealed some unexpectedly interesting...reached from Interstate 94. One takes Exit 2, marked County F and Carmichael Road, then turns south on Cannichael...83816-2043 Montgomery at the "Little Green Monster" Mine Fairfield, Utah 1937 A 96 page treatise based upon...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com |  | | Book (edition) | | lbs., 400/lb. over 100 lbs. Black Mountain Opal Mine. Write Lander's Turquoise, 321 East Andy Devine...Phone (501) 262-2058. Fee: $2.00. Coleman Crystal Mine, Jessleville. AR 71949. Fee: $2-00. Under 12 yrs*...year. Free camping. **John Moundy, Mt. Ida. AR. Mine on High Peak Mountain. Ocus Stanly, P.0. Box I63...Adults $2.00;6—16$1•00, under 6 free. **Rush Zinc Mine, Fred Dirst, Guide, Yellville, AR 72687. Black...Willden Dr., Camarillo, CA 93010. Phone (805) 4824330. Mine is in Baker. CA- Open all year. Make advance arrangements |  | | Book (edition) | | minerals and gems. It is obvious, though, that malachite, an ore of the heavy metal copper, or hematite...corundum (aluminum oxide), carbonates such as malachite (copper carbonate), phosphates such as apatite...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...banded agate. Cross section of unpolished green malachite, a copper carbonate marked with curved bands...who fellow hobbyist can be of help, filling station operator, postmaster. Landmarks have a way druggist |  | | 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...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 |  | | Catalog/List | | on limonite ....... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on...Copper aluminum silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...Sodium aluminum silicate CLEAVELANDITE Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine #2 Lustrous white twin xl groups,...ALTAITE Lead telluride • Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Brilliant metallic tin white cleavable mass...magnesium silicate Canada Heath Lake, Smallwood mine ~e, light brown prismatic crystalline aggregate |  | | 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...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 V. Dietrich |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | view of the Tenderfoot mine (about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection...and Grace Dyck and wus titled “The Sunrise Iron Mine near Hartville, Wyoming”; it appeared in the MaylJune...“The Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyoming” and was in the JulylAugust 2001 issue...most notable ones. The localities are listed by county and then in alphabeticnl order. Where numerous...names are from Hausel (1986). Localities by County Albany County Allanite pegmatite, 12 miles W of Bosler |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8...Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mine—1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the head |  | | Catalog/List | | a protected cavity, on 2x2.5 inch Axinite. Obira mine, Oita prefecture, Kyrushu Island Japan £15 BARITE...masses in quartz, manganese matrix Fort Lismeenagh, County Limerick, was in the Borland collection, bought...CASSITERITE a very rich piece, nearly p from S.Crofty Mine Cornwall,, Seager collection small 2x4 inch £10...(Hingston Down, Cornwall) 2x2 I believe this is the mine rather than the quarry itself. £6 CELESTITE dark...card from the Taplin collection Fort Dodge Iowa USA £4 CINNABAR attractive rich red masses with rock |  | | Report (volume) | | the James River-Roanoke River Manganese District Virginia GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008 Geology...oftheJatnes River-Roanoke River Manganese District Virginia By GILBERT H. ESPENSHADE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ...____________ __________ ___________ Schoolhouse mine and nearby prospects_ _ _ ______ __ _______ StonewalL___...property_____________________________________ Campbell County__________________________________________...________________ Prospects between Joshua Creek mine and Old Tavern prospect________________________ |  | | Journal (issue) | | M i i Quartz var. Rock XI. From Jack Steele's Mine, Black Rapids, Lyndhurst, Ont., Canada. In collection...540 Mineral and Fossil Collecting Localities In Virginia — Palmer C. Sweet . . Wyoming’s Mystery Mummy................ The Micromountcrs Corner — Betty Lynch Williams Publications Recently Received ................................ Old Cook and Brown Gold Mine Open to Public 506, 569, 574 511 515 523 528 535... COMING EVENTS Sept. 28, 29, 1974 — Roanoke, Virginia. Roanoke Gem and Mineral Show at Roanoke Civic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan...from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced most of the rare minerals, ceased...& Minerals on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991)...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? — — — — best occurrence..."specimen quality" questionable occurrence Angelina County Lufkin, 1 mile N of Lufkin in railroad cuts, in |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Group of the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, met under the leadership of Bob...sented Member Chet Kunsman of the Imperial Polk County Gem and Min eral Society, Lake Wales, presented...junior's library. Ken Helfland, the owner of an opal mine in Australia, was guest speaker. His subject: Three...by boat down the Colorado River in 1974. Oliver Campbell of the National Gyp sum Co. spoke about Gypsum...Cornell University when guest speaker at the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca. Member Roger Geer |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................499 Virginia .....................................................................................525 West Virginia ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map .......................................... |
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