 | | 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 (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 |  | | Book | | B. White Editor The Caves of Burnsville Cove, Virginia Fifty Years of Exploration and Science 123 Cave...World Series editor James W. LaMoreaux, Tuscaloosa, USA For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/11987...B. White Editor The Caves of Burnsville Cove, Virginia Fifty Years of Exploration and Science A Contribution...Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA USA Additional material to this book can be downloaded...geologist, best known for writing Caves of West Virginia, casts about for the best locations in the Appalachians |  | | 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) | | -MINERAL-AND FOSSIL-COLLECTING LOCALITIES IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. . . This article presem the most...for people who are interested "in collecting in Virginia (Figure I). All the listed localities were open...ofticial State Highway Map as well as individual county road maps, both of which are available From the...Broad Street. Richmond. Virginia. Topographic maps are available from the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources...Resources. Box 3667, Charlottemille, Virginia and from the Distribution Section a f ~ h eU. S. &logical |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sediments and rare igneous rocks of the Valley and Ridge, which change crossing the Great Smoky Thrust Fault...left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...earths to make saltpeter, at Nicojack Cave in Marion County, then nitromagnesite at the same location (Shepard |  | | Report (volume) | | Jonesville District Lee County, Virginia GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 990 GEOLOGY AND OIL RESOURCES...RESOURCES OF THE JONESVILLE DISTRICT, LEE COUNTY, VIRGINIA By EALPI-I L. MILLER and WILLIAM P. BKOSGE ABSTRACT...district is in central Lee County in the extreme southwest corner of Virginia. It includes an area that...Powell Valley, but the district includes Wallen Ridge, which bounds Powell Valley on the southeast. The...been preserved as intrenched meanders in the Chestnut Ridge upland, but in the limestone lowlands 2 |  | | Report (issue) | | Harrison, Taylor, and Doddridge Counties, West Virginia By K.C. Watts Jr., M.E. Hinkle, and W.R. Griffitts*...Harrison, Taylor, and Doddridge Counties, West Virginia from a geochemical evaluation of statewide NURE...One of these occurrences at Masontown, Fayette County is dated at about 185 Ma. The second dike occurrence...occurrences in Pennsylvania are on the flanks of the Chestnut Ridge anticline, which also crosses anomaly A. (2)...sets southeast of anomaly A in Pendleton County, West Virginia. This same structural trend crosses anomaly |  | | 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) | | sides of it is of Blue Mountain, the first ridge in the Ridge and Valley Province of central Pennsylvania...Pennsylvania’s iron industry began in 1716 in Berks County and spread across the state over the next hundred...Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) and the Fayette County Historical Society (FCHS) unveiled a new historical...side of Pa. Route 51 in Menallen Township, Fayette County (Figure 1), about six miles northwest of Uniontown...legend in Fayette County. Born in Frederick County, Va., he moved to Fayette County sometime around 1770 |  | | Journal (issue) | | November meeting minutes ..................... p. 5 Virginia Mineral Project ............................ p...dendrites for color contrast. Virginia has a soapstone deposit in Albemarle County. I’ll see if we can do a...beginning on page 11). October Program Summary Virginia Mineral Project: Preserving History One Mineral...Thomas Hale described the Virginia Mineral Project (VMP), which documents Virginia minerals and localities...worked for the Geoscience Museum at Virginia Tech curating a Virginia minerals display. President Sue Marcus |  | | Report (volume) | | SURVEY CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIKKCTOR A ETTEER OF VIRGINIA BY HENRY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING 1904...for publication as a bulletin, a gazetteer of Virginia. Very respectful!}7 , HENRY GANNETT, Geographer... A GAZETTEER OF VIRGINIA. By HENKY GANNETT. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE. Virginia is one of tho easternmost...Harpers Ferry, where the river cuts through the Blue Ridge. Here the boundary leaves the river and makes a...eastern course it follows to the Atlantic coast. Virginia was one of the original thirteen States. It adopted |  | | Report (issue) | | 26 GEOLOGY AN D MINERAL RESOURCES OF FAYETTE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA BY w. 0 . I-IICKOK I V AND F ... . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Structure in Fayette County, :!\{ercer group . . . . . . . . . 56 . by Ti'... . . . . . 23 Clarion coal and clay . . 71 Chestnut Ridge anticline.. 24 Vanport lime-stone . . . . 71...iroyer .... History of coal ancl coke in Fayette County . . . . . . 351 Coal and coke .statistics .. ....Historical account . . . . . . . . . 421 Oil in Fayette County . . . . . . 422 IV Sands . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Report (issue) | | 112-square mile area of westcentral Clearfield County. P articular attention is also paid to the rock...Pottsville on I nterstate 80, Pine Township, Clearfield County by W. C. Darrah ................ . 167 Appendix...Generalized north-south cross section through Clearfield County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...nomenclature, intended for use initially in Clearfield County, includes stratigraphic units that are based on...on an erosion surface envisioned as a long, low ridge corresponding to the pre-Pennsylvanian outcrop belt |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville, Eldorado County, California. What your correspondent writes is... he mentions a few minerals found in Middlesex County, Conn. "Sillimanite evidently exsists, at least...from an examination trip up to Clayton, Custer County, Idaho, where I examined different properties....plenty of fire wood. Here one can enjoy a good hot bath in the hot sulphur springs, a great way to take...from the Salmon Main Highway near Stanley, Custer County, I-'aho. This is a gold and silver vein and mine |  | | Journal (issue) | | discrimination. The amethysts found in Delaware County are superior to those afforded by any other American...specimens of amethyst from any of the Delaware County localities fetch high prices. Prase is found at...and Howard House, Delaware County. At Hen derson Station, Montgomery County, transparent and milky groups...PAXINOS , NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY , PA. The siliceous oolite found in Centre County, was described by Geo...Appalachian Mountains as they stretch through Centre County, Pa. , is an area of known as secondary highlands |  | | Book | | $12.00 ROADSIDE _ JrEOLOoGY of VIRGINIA Keith Frye pueke ajeus Ras “Wy _ Hingsulvey\ 7eauo\spues...NVIHOVIVddV Binqsia1ed ROADSIDE 4 JrEOLOGY of Virginia Keith Frye Illustrated by Ramesh Venkatakrishnan...1935Roadside geology of Virginia. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Geology—Virginia. I. Title. QE173.F78...59806 FOREWORD The great natural beauty of Virginia, from the Atlantic Coast on the east to the Appalachian...and weaker. Great rivers wend their way through Virginia, cutting spectacular gorges through the mountains |  | | Report (volume) | | deposits near Kunkletown and Saylorsburg, Monroe County ...................... Location and history......................... Narvon clay pit, Lancaster County ................................................................. Clay pit near Dillsburg, York County..................................................Clay deposits near Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland County.............................. Location and history...Clay deposits in the Oriskany Group of Huntingdon County ................................. Origin of the |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...l a c h i a n s a r e t h e spectacular B l u e Ridge a n d S m o k y M o u n t a i n r a n g e s w h...Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical pearls in delicate pastel...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets, glowing |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | | Book (volume) | | This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint Ridge, between Newark (Licking Co.) and Zanesville (Muskingum...include the highly colored Vanport flint of the Flint Ridge and the Upper Mercer flint exposed in Hocking, Perry...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint Ridge, between Newark (Licking Co.) and Zanesville (Muskingum...include the highly colored Vanport flint of the Flint Ridge and the Upper Mercer flint exposed in Hocking, Perry...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNIVERSITY OP VIRGINIA THoMAs LeoNenp Werson, Pn. D. DIRECTOR Bulletin No...No. XXIII Manganese Deposits of Western Virginia BY G. W. STOSE aNn H. D. MISER Pnepanso rrq Co-oprnetloN...Georocrcer- Sunvnv CHARLOTTESVILLE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 1922 .,,-,- r*Ld;r;rdili*l*dedg STATE GEOLOGICAL...Ilor. E. Lnn Tnrrrr,q Gouernor of Cha,i,rman, Virginia. Docron E. A. ArlenuaN, Ptesid,ent of the Un'i...prospect Highlanc! and Bath counties Achenbach Bath . r00 t00 tract .. I00 County Stephenson prospect |  | | Journal (issue) | | ECONOMIC INTEREST - 70 SPECIMENS Orplmeat Fluorite Hematite Umonlte dtibnite Chromite Clnnebar Braunita Eaarglte...Coveilite Gypsum (Satin Spar) Colamanlta Oolitic Hematite Cerusslte Rhodochrosite Andalusite •Monazlte Sand...540 Mineral and Fossil Collecting Localities In Virginia — Palmer C. Sweet . . Wyoming’s Mystery Mummy... COMING EVENTS Sept. 28, 29, 1974 — Roanoke, Virginia. Roanoke Gem and Mineral Show at Roanoke Civic...Chairman: Richard W. Davis, P.O. Box 6323, Roanoke, Virginia 24017 Sept. 28, 29, 1974 — Winchester, Conn. "2nd |
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