 | | Journal (issue) | | THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA James L. Poole INTRODUCTION The Piedmont province of Virginia is bordered on...province of Virginia. , k (1) The mineralized district in Prince William, Spotsylvania, Louisa, and Buckingham...planes, and are most common in the northern part of Virginia. Also, several small copper, lead, or zinc prospects...discussed in this paper. PRINCE WILLIAM, SPOTSYLVANIA, LOUISA, AND BUCKINGHAM COUNTIES In the Piedmont province...metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks form a continuous belt that has been traced southwestward from Maryland |  | | Journal (issue) | | INDUSTRY OF VIRGINIA IN 1974' ADVANCE SUMMARY Total value of mineral production in Virginia in 1974 was...127 percent in value. Deep mine production decreased 3 percent and surface mine production increased 9 percent...value increased. Table 1. -Mineral production in Virginia. Stone, the second-ranking mineral commodity...cooperative agreement between the Bureau and the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources. 1 1973 Mineral...that cannot be l ~ r o d u c t i o nas measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including |  | | 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...interest i s the large number of gold operations r u n n i n g across the county from N to S. These are mainly...origi nated are to the S and also V2 * ° % W. Quaker Gold M. Small. O n a small summit between Brock R d ...(village). Gold panning on small r u n crossing Jackson's Trail, iy mi. S o f Brockroad. Old gold mine on Greene |  | | Journal (issue) | | VIRGINIA MINERALS NO. 2 Virginia Department of Mines Minerals and Energy VIRGINIA INERALS M Published...Published by the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Charlottesville, Virginia VOL. 50 NO. 2 MAY 2007...THE ALLAH COOPER (VALCOOPER) MINE REVISITED Michael D. Dunn The Allah Cooper (Ali Cooper, Valcooper...Valcooper, Alley Cooper) mine is located in Louisa County, Virginia approximately 5.5 miles northeast of the town...(Figure 1). Prior to 1907, the Allah Cooper mine was operated for gold and silver, and it was reported that |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | and the sulfosalts, the native elements (mostly gold), sulfates, and carbonates as well as silicates...enrichment in gold; here is the celebrated “Golden Quadrangle” that produced some 300 tons of gold in the last...Mountains. Here, gold is the predominant ore mineral and in several cases is in association with gold and silver...silver tellurides. Not only massive gold but also crystals, mosslike aggregates, and so on occur. In the...the veins of the celebrated Musariu gold mine a “boulder” weighing 55 kilograms was found at a vein intersection |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 19 GOLD IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet COM MONWEALTH...CHARLOTTESV]LLE, VIRGINIA 1980 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 19 GOLD IN VIRGINIA Palmer...Palmer C. Sweet COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF...Geologist CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA 1980 FRONT covER: Large open-cut County, as photographed in 1939...London and Virginia mine, Buckingham VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 19 GOLD IN VIRGINIA |  | | Journal (issue) | | clusters in pockets in a matrix of massive quartz and pyrite. Equally inconspicuous were radiating laths, liberally...length of arsenolamprite in matrix from Alacaran Mine (Pampa Larga, Copiapo, Chile). All the specimens...Precious Stones report stated that the Himalaya Mine was brought into notice in 1898 by Mr. Charles Russell... A. E. Heighway who had operated the tourmaline mine? And how did this lead to the work by the Himalaya... At graduation he also received the W.W. Dawson gold medal for best bandaging, although he worked most |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | D E X - V o l u m e 5 2 Period Iron Mine, North Garden, Virginia. Sept., p. 360 Dietrich, R. V . A Resume:...Resume: Pseudomorphs in Virginia. June, p. 236 Allen, Ralph. Tracking Soapstone Arti Fisher, Henry. Ohio...California, D e c , p. 521. Virginia by R. V. Dietrich. June, p. 242 Blackford, Virginia. Christmas Book List...Geological Wealth Block, Mark. Old Park Mine, Trumbull, of Richmond, Virginia. June, p. 246 Connecticut. Jan.-Feb...Mountain, Maine. July-Aug., p. 320 Mar., p. 67 Cooper, Lindy. Prehnite-Apophyllite Jensen, David E . |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | (1951); see the annotated bibliography, sulfur and pyrite general reference 1. 1 deposits or districts...The index map shows the locations of sulfur and pyrite deposits in the United States and Alaska, and also...EXPLANATION OF ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX MAF 1. Pyrite and marcasite deposits, some containing other recoverable...metalliferous deposits (mostly copper, zinc, lead, iron, gold, and molybdenum) that contain pyrites. 4. Coal...have produ,:ed pyrites. A considerable number of pyrite mines and coal mines that produced pyrites prior |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral as specimens in Arkansas. Dug Hill in Garland County was the source of most early wavellite specimens...Hot Spring County or from Montgomery County. Dug Hill was in fact part of Hot Spring County until December...Vauquelinite & Mottra01ite fro01 a New Locality: Louisa County, Virginia Lance E. Kearns Dept. of Geology & Environmental...University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 22807 Michael D. Dunn 1001 Mica Rd Mineral, Virginia, 23117 Specimens recently...collected from the dumps of the old Allah Cooper (Valcooper) mine by one of the authors (M .D.), have produced |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OI MINERAT RESOURCES PUBTICATION 45 VIRGINIA GOID-RESOURCE DATA Polmer C. Sweet...Sweet ond Dqvid Trimble CO'N'NONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTAAENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONO'vlIC DIVISION... VIRGINA 1943 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAT RESOURCES PUBTICATION 45 VIRGINIA GOLD-RESOURCE DATA Polmer...at the old Melville mine near l,Jilderness, 0range County. (photograph from "Gold Seekers Turn Again to...volume 39,.|934). VIRGINIA DIVISION OF RESOURCES PUBLICAIION 'YIINERAI VIRGINIA GOID.RESOURCE DATA |  | | Report (issue) | | a similar trend in galenas from Kings Mountain belt ores is further evidence for such a source. Sulfur...Inner Piedmont rocks. PMS and the Kings Moun- tain belt have isotope ratios suggesting a mixed source with...deposits in the Piedmont 129 9. Mineral district, Virginia 133 10. Description of the ore bodies 134...sulfur isotope studies 145 Virginia gold-pyrite belt 170 Carolina slate belt polymetallic stratabound...Carolina slate belt 177 Lincolnton-McCormick district, Georgia and South Carolina Other slate belt deposits |  | | 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 |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | during highway construction, Hull Township, Gatineau County, Quebec. P. M. Bellev, R. Rowe & M. Picard. 2:45...e " from the Harder Farm, Hammond, St. Lawrence County, NY. M. Lupulescu. 3:45 H i s t o r y of the Powers...Powers farm streamside veins, St. Lawrence County, New York. M. R. Walter & S. C. Chamberlain. 4:00 M...zone assemblage from the Allah Cooper/Valcooper mine, Louisa County, Virginia. L. E. Kearns & M. D. Dunn...e wavellite from the De Linde quarry, Garland, County, Arkansas. S. L. Hanson, A. U. Falster & Win. B |  | | Book (edition) | | exten sive deposits, such as coal and iron fields, gold belts, etc., are mentioned in general terms. 688...ALABAMA—Mined. Mineralogical name. Coal, var. bitu minous. Gold. Common name. Remarks. Coal, bituminous coal...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width |  | | Report (issue) | | SULFIDES OF VIRGINIA FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK J. E. Gair, Editor U. S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 22092...Caledonian Stratabound Sulphides. Massive Sulfides of Virginia Field Trip Contents Page Introduction by J.E.... The Chopawamsic Formation of the Piedmont of Virginia by Louis Pavlides ............. STOP 1, 8 STOP...Slack STOP 16. Open pit, east end of Betty Baker mine by J.E. Gair Drill core, Mineral district by J...Geologic map of the Mineral district, Louisa County, Virginia 5. Geology of the Gofer deposit. Plan |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF THE No. 2 SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS Central Virginia Volcanic-PlutonicBelt as a Host for MassiveSulfide...GeologicalSurvey,Reston, Virginia 22092 Abstract Strata-boundmassivesulfidedepositsof the central Virginia Piedmontoccurin...Piedmontoccurin a volcanicplutonit belt composedof Lower Cambrian(?)metamorphosed volcanicrocksand locallyof...pre-Upper Ordovician,low potassiumgranitoid rocks.The belt, interpretedas an ancient islandarc, beginsabout50...extendssome175 km southwestward.The volcanicrockswithin the belt are locatedalong the flanksof the QuanticoColumbia |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vol. 23 August 1977 No. 3 THE CARTERS BRIDGE, VIRGINIA, EARTHQUAKE OF FEBRUARY 27,1977 David K. Lasch...Figure 1. Index map showing area being discussed. VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES 26 The area under...under consideration is wholly within the central Virginia seismic zone (Bollinger, 1973a). During the past...earliest recorded earthquake occurred in Nelson County on March 16,1775. The maximum intensities of the...instrumentally determined epicenters, that is, near Louisa, December 11, 1969, a magnitude of 3.5; near Columbia |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | decreasingly radiogenic valuesfrom the Mineral district,Virginia,to the StoneHill deposit,Alabama,whichprobabl...-old)granitic plutons. The mineralizedveinsof the Virginia gold pyrite belt havegalenaswith a wide spreadof radiogeniclead...grainof the enclosing one eachfrom the Mineral, Virginia, Hamme tung- Small bodiesof this type can alsobe...district, Virginia; g, Hamme tungstendistrict, •orth Carolina; S, Cid district, •orth Carolina; 4, Gold Nil]...SouthCarolina•6, KingsCreek barite mine, South Carolina; ?, Cameron mine, South Carolina; 8, Castle'sprospect |  | | 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.; |  | | Journal (issue) | | GEOLOGY IN THE NORTHERN APPALACHIAN VALLEY OF VIRGINIA \ Eugene K. Rader This road log has been prepared...prepared to provide the the Information Office, Virginia Department of Highlocation and brief description...repre- ways, 1221 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia sent much of the stratigraphic section in the...detailed topographic quadrangle Appalachian Valley in Virginia. Bibliographic citations maps cover the stops...stratigraphic for- Brook; they are available from the Virginia Division of mations are included to assist the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | September/October: Silver crystals, Bachelor mine, Amethyst vein system, Mineral County, Colorado; Dave Bunk specimen...Colorado, 413; Nevada, 515 Annabergite, Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece, R. B. Cook, 154–59 Apatite...(1938–2009), R. Weldon, D. Dirlam, 60–61 Canning, K., gold, 332–35 Carlson, S. M., see Thirty-sixth Rochester...Uvite with Overgrown Dravite, Bigelow, St. Lawrence County, New York, 250–59; Gemstone Deposits in Turkey...517 Connoisseur’s Choice, Annabergite, Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece, R. B. Cook, 154–59; Calaverite |
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