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Hematite from
Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Gap
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:368141
Long-form Identifier:1:3:368141:1
GUID (UUID V4):565d1616-1054-49c9-9a02-64c90eec1b24
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A late Tertiary low-angle fault in western Juab County, Utah, by D. R. Shawe _______________________________...part of the Timber Mountain dome and caldera, Nye County, Nev., by W. J. Carr_____________________ Diverse...equivalent rocks in the subsurface of Kentucky and Virginia, by L. D. Harris-----------------------------...The ·Little Stone Gap Member of the Hinton ,Formation (Mississippian) in southwest Virginia, by R. L. Miller________...(Devonian and Mississippian) in the vicinity of Big Stone Gap, Va., by J. B. Roen, R. L. Miller, and J. W
Report (issue)
about 10 miles. The area is principally in Roane County. Ore has been mined in many places along the west...to 1 inch thick. The ore is fossiliferous red hematite. In places it is somewhat granular, resembling...strip extending from Rockwood northeastward to Emory Gap, a distance of about 7-J miles. On this strip there...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
Report (issue)
accuracy impossible in dealing with the magnetite, hematite or brown ores of other districts. "HARD" AND...and the writer through the gap back of Fort Payue furnace. Section through gap hick of Fort Payne furnace...limestone. Readings taken at a number of points in this gap gave a very uniform dip varying only from 13^° to...about half a mile northwest of the furnace, in the gap above mentioned. The original report on this property...convenient gap in the red ridge. The principal openings at present are on the north side of this gap, though
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as containing, in Amador county and in the north portion of Calaveras county, the quartz veins of the...gold-quartz veins. I n the southern part of Calaveras county, a t Angel's Gamp, the Mother Lode lies to the...other points have been found to make good building stone. Sandstone quarries are marked in the foot hills...the folio is located principally in southwestern Virginia, though the southern portion extends into Tennessee...territory, both in the form of limonite and in that of hematite. Red fossil ore is found in the Rockwood formation
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..... High llead prospect Yellow Springs prospects Gap Mountain prospect Scott prospect .. . . . Powells
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STATES COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 USEFUL...STATES. Compiled by SAMUEL SANFORD and RALPH W. STONE. INTRODUCTION. By EDWARD W. PARKEH. The final...supervision the final revision has been made by Ralph W. Stone. Acknowledgments are due to the following State............Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville...Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin...
Report (volume)
Silurian Nomenclature and Correlations in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN... Silurian Nomenclature and Correlations in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee By RALPH L. MILLER CONTRIBUTIONS...extends the name Rose Hill Formation to southwest Virginia and northernmost Tennessee, and clarifies the...1909Silurian nomenclature and correlations in southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee. (Contributions to stratigraphy)...Silurian. 2. Geology, Stratigraphic Nomenclature Virginia. 3. Geology, Stratigraphic Nomenclature Tennessee
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STATES**-^ COMPILED BY FRANK C. SCHRADER, RALPH W. STONE AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 ................................................ Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................STATES. Compiled by FRANK C. SCHRADER, EALPH W. STONE, and SAMUEL SANFORD. INTRODUCTION. The volumes...has led to the publication 1 Sanford, Samuel, and Stone, R. W., Useful minerals of the United States: U
Report (issue)
HYDROLOGY OF AREA 16, EASTERN COAL PROVINCE VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, NEW YORK POWELL RIVER CLINCH RIVER... HYDROLOGY OF AREA 16, EASTERN COAL PROVINCE, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE BY PETER W. HUFSCHMIDT AND OTHERS...WATER-RESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS 81-204 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA JUNE 1981 JAMESG.WATT, SECRETARY GEOLOGICAL...Survey 200 W. Grace Street Room 304 Richmond, Virginia 23220 ,; ' CONTENTS Page Abstract ........... HYDROLOGY OF AREA 16, EASTERN COAL PROVINCE, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE BY PETER W. HUFSCHMIDT AND OTHERS
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Water-Quality Data-Collection Sites on Selected Streams in Virginia By Byron J. Prugh, Jr., and Clairiece G. Humphrey...cooperation with the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WATER DIVISION Richmond, Virginia 1993 U.S............................................... 7 County .................................................Map showing location of major river basins in Virginia........................................ 3 TABLES.......................................... 427 16. Big Sandy River Basin ..............................
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1886. RICHARDSON, G. B. Native sulphur in El Paso County, Tex. In Bulletin No. 260, pp. 589-592. 1905. ROTHWELL...J. E. Alum deposit, near Silver Peak, Esmeralda County, Nev. In Bulletin No. 225, pp. 501-502. 1904. 490...making in, work on.. 250-258 County, Cal................ 438-440 Alabama-Virginia Iron Ore Company, mines...Banister, J. R., work of.................... 225 County, Cal ................ 438-440. Barr, W. M., analysis...on copper in Minnesota................ 101 Berks County, Pa., magnetite in......... 185-189 Berry, A. R
Report (volume)
of the Giles County Area, a Part of the Appalachian Basin of Virginia and West Virginia Late Paleozoic...of the Giles County Area, a Part of the Appalachian Basin of Virginia and West Virginia By ROBERT C....fensters of the Pulaski thrust sheet, southwestern Virginia/ by Arthur P. Schultz [etc.] ch. E. Structural...of the Giles County area, a part of the Appalachian basin of Virginia and West Virginia / by Robert C...of the Giles County Area, a Part of the Appalachian Basin of Virginia and West Virginia By ROBERT C.
Report (issue)
of the Giles County Area, a Part of the Appalachian Basin of Virginia and West Virginia Late Paleozoic...of the Giles County Area, a Part of the Appalachian Basin of Virginia and West Virginia By ROBERT C....fensters of the Pulaski thrust sheet, southwestern Virginia/ by Arthur P. Schultz [etc.] ch. E. Structural...of the Giles County area, a part of the Appalachian basin of Virginia and West Virginia / by Robert C...of the Giles County Area, a Part of the Appalachian Basin of Virginia and West Virginia By ROBERT C.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as containing, in Amador county and in the north portion of Calaveras county, the quartz veins of the...goldquartz veins. In the southern part of Calaveras county, at Angel's Camp, the Mother Lode lies to the east...other points, have been found to make good building stone. Sandstone quarries are worked in the foothills...GeologicAtlas, Folio 12, Estillville, Kentucky; Virginia; Tennessee, 1894. This folio consists of five...the folio is located principally in southwestern Virginia, though the southern portion extends into TenIts
Report (issue)
WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA By FRANK McKIM Sw AR(rZ 1 INTRODUCTION subsequent visits to Virginia' have...northeastern West Virginia .~ortheastern West Virginia to west-central Virginia West-central Virginia I Romne~...(Pocahontas and Tazewell folios) Southwestern Virginia [}Iiatus. Campbell's Rom­ ney shale in this area...Maryland, northeastern West Virginia, and west-central and southwestern Virginia, as interpreted by F. M...Pennsyl vanlll State College. r Rogers, W. D., Virginia State Geologist Rept. for 1837, reprint; pp. 195-203
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$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
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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..."GEOLOGY AND OIL RESOURCES, JONESVILLE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA intrenched meanders of the Powell River are'inherited...Sulphur Springs fenster, Town Branch fenster, and Big and Little Fleenortown fensters. In all of the fensters
Report (issue)
resistant, ridge-former, underlain by shale. Little Stone Gap Member (Mhl), limestone, light-grayish-brown to...thick-bedded, quartzose, resistant. Basal member, Stony Gap Sandstone (Mhs), white to light-gray sandstone, very...GREENBRIER LIMESTONE (UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN) - Lime- stone, medium-light-gray, olive-gray, lightbluish-gray...interbeds, few ironstone bands Mc Mcb Db Dm BIG STONE GAP MEMBER OF CHATTANOOGA SHALE (LOWER MISSISSIPPIAN)...greenish-gray, contains beds of fossiliferous oolitic hematite. Unit not exposed in map area due to faulting
Report (issue)
Appalachian basin from northwestern Ohio to northwestern Virginia ..... In pocket Map showing generalized configuration....In pocket Map of the Leidy gas field, Clinton County, Pa. ........ o ........... 95 Map showing general...gas pools, Butler and Summit Townships, Butler County, Pa. ........... 100 Composite columnar section...showing rocks encountered in the subsurface in Butler County, Pa. .................... 101 Map showing general...all of West Virginia and parts of New lork, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky
Report (volume)
Bartow Al 2. The Big Island Formation, a Miocene formation in northern Elko County, Nevada, and adjacent...similar clast composition is heavily cemented with hematite. Previous workers (Anderson and Pack, 1915; Collins...the red or orange mottles and concentrations of hematite cement, indicates subaerial weathering under a...DESCRIPTION Interbedded very clayey sandstone, clay stone, sandy claystone, and tuffaceous claystone, tan...August 29, 1984. THE BIG ISLAND FORMATION, A MIOCENE FORMATION IN NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, AND ADJACENT
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Geology of the Ewing Quadrangle Kentucky and Virginia By K. J. ENGLUND, H. L. SMITH, L. D. HARRIS, and...GEOLOGY OF THE EWING QUADRANGLE, KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA By K. J. ENGLuND, H. L. SMrm, L. D. HARRis, and...southeastern Kentucky and part of Lee County in southwestern Virginia. The southern third of the quadrangle...in southeastern l{entucky and Lee County in southwestern Virginia. The town of Ewing, V a., is 17 miles...beds from lh to 1 inch thick. Beds of oolitic hematite from a few inches to as much as 2 feet thick occur
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mineral waters; The Higginsville sheet in Lafayette County, 1892. National Academy of Sciences: Memoirs, Vol........ Virginia................................................................. West Virginia ...................................................... Virginia.................................:....................................................... West Virginia ................................................paleontology of the Rockland quaries and vicinity in the county of Eussell, Ontario, Canada. Ottawa Nat., vol.
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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...to a point near the head of the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy. From this point it follows a fairly constant...along the summit of Pine Mountain, to Cumberland Gap. Here it turns sharply to the east along a parallel
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Soc., Va. Sec. Bull. -American Chemical Society, Virginia Section, Bulletin. Am. Geologist-American Geologist...Ark. Geol. Survey County Min. Rept.; Ann. Rept. -Arkansas Geological Survey, County Mining Report; Annual...Water Res. County Rept. -Maryland Department of Geology, Mines, and Water Resources, County Report. Md...Md. Geol. Survey County Rept. -Maryland Geological Survey, County Report. Meddel. om Gr¢nland- Meddelelser... Bulletin. Va. Div. Geology, Min. Res. Circ. -Virginia Division of Geology, Mineral Resources Circular
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of Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061. McIVER, Norman...Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218. WISE, Donatp U., Department of Geology, Franklin and...epitomize in a few sentences the amazing career of this big, energetic, and warm- hearted man who made such...Advancement Geological Soc. of Washington. Thomasville Stone and Lime Co., Harry T. Campbell SOCIETY of Geologischen...Hans Cloos, Pre-Cambrian of the Beartooth, the Big Horn and the Black Hills uplifts and its coincidence
 
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