 | | Journal (issue) | | Virginia Minerals NO. Plate 1. Crude vermiculite before expansion. Virginia Division of Geology...Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming. At present the principal producing...thought to be the result of the alteration of biotite to vermiculite by the action of meteoric waters...surface downward and towards masses of biotite, (2) the absence of biotite at the surface and its presence at...feet), and (3) the presence of residual masses of biotite surrounded by vermiculite which has later developed |  | | 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 (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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | SAURATOWN MOUNTAINS ANTICLINORIUM NEAR MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA James F. Conley and William S. Henika This road...prepared for a 1Y2-dayfield trip of the Fifth Annual Virginia Geology Field Conference, November 3-4, 1973,... sponsored by the Geology Section of the Virginia Academy of Science. It will serve as a guide, however...roads in the area. The route of the road log is in Franklin, Henry, and Patrick counties near Martinsville...topographic quadrangle bases, are available from the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Box 3667, Charlottesville |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with syenite (andesine anorthosite) of Nelson County, Virginia.............................................topographic divisions of the Appalachian ranges. In Virginia the Blue Eidge Mountains form a fairly continuous...feet above sealevel; but southwestward through Virginia the ridge becomes broader and higher, and attains...above the sea are reached at several points in Virginia. The Blue Eidge is composed of a central core...the adjacent portions of the Piedmont Plateau in Virginia one of the dominant igneous rocks of granitoid |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | NOVEMBER 1992 VOL. 38 INTERESTING USES OF STONE IN VIRGINIA - PART I Harry W. Webb' and Palmer C. Sweet e...and soapstone have been or are being quarried in Virginia. Some 350 interesting uses of dimension stone...rock types quarried for dimension stone uses in Virginia include amphibolite schist, conglomerate, diabase...soapstone. The quarrying of most dimension stone in Virginia is uneconomical today because of the relatively...and uses of various types of dimension stone in Virginia. Architectural terms are defied in the Appendix |  | | 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)...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | .. Open·file"re,pbr! on sinkhofes df.Frankllri County . ... . . Earth science 'teachers' corner ... ...;in �h�. '--��nq_ft:ti,W.esf 1i�rt of Lancaster County. Bedding dips moderately:,:to the \fig�};��Mi:>s(of...circumstances that cause only despair to others." Ben Franklin, a Pennsylvanian of some note, said it also in...natural disaster" lesson, the lesson recognized by Franklin early in the development of Pennsylvania. Donald...of Gladhill, Pennsylvania, in southwestern Adams County. HISTORY. Fiberglass-based shingles, embedded with |  | | 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 (volume) | | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH................................................ Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................STATES. Emerson, B. K., A mineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Report (issue) | | Pleaoc teturn this publication to the Virginia Geologieal Survcy whcn you havc no further uce for it...COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSTON ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Deposits of Virginra BY ARTHUR A. PEGAU UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1932 COMMONWEALTH, OF VTRGINIA STATE COMMISSION...COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN, State Geologist Bulletin...33 Pegmatite Deposits of Virginia BY ARTHUR A. PEGAU UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1932 RICHMOND: DrvrsroN |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE STAUROLITE AREA OF PATRICK HENRY COUNTIES. VIRGINIA* AND H. Moonr, Jr., Crr.q,nr,os U niversity...niversity of V ir ginia. Staurolites from Patrick County have attracted considerableattention for many years because...description gives the results of study on a region of Virginia which has received comparatively little attention...first belt, and extends to and beyond the Franklin County line. Both belts are roughly lenticular in...principal rocks associatedwith the staurolites are a biotite chlorite schist, a sericite staurolite schist, |  | | Journal (issue) | | 3 -- IRON AND TITANIUM MINERAL PIGMENTS IN VIRGINIA Stanley S. Johnson Mineral pigments are produced...pigments produced in the United States came from Virginia. These pigments may be divided into two types-natural...oxides are mined and processed a t Hiwassee, Pulaski County by the Imperial Color and Chemical Department,...processed a t Henry, Franklin County by the Blue Ridge Talc Company, Inc. In 1962 Virginia ranked fifth among...crude iron oxides were first mined commercially in Virginia in 1872 by the Bermuda Ocher Company which opened |  | | Report (issue) | | Wilson County Contentnea Creek area Sims area Elm City area . Edgecombe and Nash Counties Pitt County Fountain...Piedmont Granites of the Northeast Piedmont Wake County Raleigh granite area , The city quarries The Sutton...Other granite and granite-gneiss areas in Wake County Zebulon Wake Forest , Falls iv 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4...CONTENTS—CONTINUED Vance County Greystone quarry Middleburg quarry : Other granite areas in Vance County Franklin County...quarry Basic dikes Warren County Warrenton area Warren Plains area Warren County State quarry Old quarry |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cumberland County, Maine. Blue-bladed crystals to 2.5 cm long occur at Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts...with biotite in quartz at Ratlum Mountain, Hartford County, and at Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut...Prospect Park area, Delaware County, and at East Bradford, Chester County, Pennsylvania; crystal groups...Willis mountains and other sites in Buckingham County, Virginia, although none of the localities are noted...noted for exceptional specimens. Elsewhere in Virginia, pale blue blades to 20 cm across occur about 12 kilometers |  | | Report (issue) | | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Virginia ........... 96 Table 18 Selected references arranged...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of southwestern Virginia.........................98 Figure 23. Uranium...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of north-central Virginia........................99 INTRODUCTION Uranium...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...Location No. Source of information Fairfield County. Short distance northeast of East Village, on a |  | | Report (issue) | | ...........................................80 Virginia ................................................Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont...marble with talc and tremolite. Talc deposits in Virginia are all derived from ultramafic rocks and are...talc has tri-octahedral structure, analogous to biotite. These composite sheets are linked only by van...cite schists, with or without albite and (or) biotite. These bodies contain 1) a serpentinite core followed |  | | Book | | 11ne 2; ••• Amph1bo1ite--see Bolton, Worcester County M1nera1 Loca11t1es. page 85 ••• 11.8 3~ter cerium...•••••••••••••••••'.' •.••.•••• 2--6 Barn.table County ro •• il Localiti ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...Localit1e•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 21 Br1.tol County Mineral Localit1 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...24--25 Dukes County Mineral Loeal1tiea •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 26--21 Duk •• County Fo.sil Loeal1tie...29--3? Bs.ex County Fo ••1l Localit1e •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 37--39 Franklin Couat,. H1D.ral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AND VIRGINIA. J. D. BURFOOT, SOAPSTONE • JR. THE talc, steatite,and soapstone of Virginia all occurin...Cartersville Granite 1 Publishedby permissionof the Virginia GeologicalSurvey. Presentedbefore the Societyof...soapstone depositsof Virginia, whichwill be publishedas a bulletinof the Virginia GeologicalSurvey. 2Jonas...I., "GeologicReconnaissance in the Piedmontof Virginia," Bull. Geol. $oc. ,4rner., vol. 38, pp. 837-846;...837-846; Dec.,' I927. s Geologicmap of Virginia, Virginia Geol. Survey, •928. 805 806 .L D. BURFOOT, JR |  | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (issue) | | on limestone along r~:t~JQ.\{t;_t:l'!'P_erland County, 5 miles southwest of Carlisle. Photo courtesy~'of... Greene County, with 12 major underground mines planned, may become the "numero uno" county for coal...headquartered at the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston~ Virginia. The NCIC is specifically dedicated to hunt for...A wooded area southeast of Colebrook in Lebanon County contains a unique geologic feature. An unusual...- Located in the woods north of Lawn in Lebanon County is this unusual example of the weatheri ng of diabase |
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