 | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | ......................................... 18 Malachite and azurite .............................................................................. 39 Schuyler mine .................................................................................... 121 Virginia ................................................surface structures at the Arlington mine, Bergen County, N. J……………………………...Frontispiece Figure 1. Generalized...mines or prospects, as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Schuyler mine Dod mine Glen Ridge mine Green Valley prospects |  | | Journal (issue) | | PRECIOUS-METAL MINES, PROSPECTS, AND OCCURRENCES IN VIRGINIA -AN UPDATE Palmer C. Sweet INTRODUCTION In 1985... the Division of Mineral Resources published "Virginia Minerals", volume 31,number 4, which noted 284...284 gold mines, prospects, and occurrences in Virginia. This article describes nine additional unreported...occurrences of precious metals (golclJsilver) in Virginia. Data on these listings was compiled from old... EXPLORATION IN VIRGINIA Interest continues in the Gold-pyrite belt in the Virginia Piedmont province |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALBEMARLE t /fTr C Ch I arlottesville COUNTY'-' v VIRGINIA Lewis Brooks collection (Department of...of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville). These specimens were collected by...Environmental Sciences University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 INTRODUCTION T h e Old Dominion...soapstone quarry, located i n southern Albemarle County, Virginia, is part of one of the richest soapstone belts...pits, each appr ximately 100 feet 1 ALBEMARLE COUNTY «£harlottesv,llle / 1 - 6 4 \ The quarry is |  | | Journal (issue) | | FOR APRIL, 1937 Ye Ancient Copper Mine of Arent Schuyler. By 0. Ivan Lee .... 99 Praktikurn der Edelsteinkunde...WHOLE No. 69 YE ANCIENT COPPER MINE OF ARENT SCHUYLER Within Plain View of the White Towered Skyline...Hackensack meadows. The Schuyler Mine, as it is usually called, lies in Bergen County upon property secured...to Kingsland again and from him, in 1710, Arent Schuyler bought a large acreage comprising the southern...Arent Schuyler was born in Albany, N. Y., in 1662, the sixth son of Philip Pieterse Van Schuyler, who |  | | Report (issue) | | and C.M. Sears U.S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 22092 Open-File Report 92-448 This report is...Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........Occurrences located in the Culpeper basin, Maryland and Virginia ..................... 168 H. Section H: Occurrences...Occurrences located in other areas of Virginia. ... 185 I. Section I: Occurrences located in North Carolina...given in the categories of : 1. name and location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2 |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | xline—crystalline CALIFORNIA — From near Indian Pass, Imperial County, Calif, we have a deep blue dumortierite that was... This fine 3x5 inch specimen comes from Teller County, Colorado. ARIZONA — "Would you please identify...was found July 2, 1959, near Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona." — sent in by Clyde N. Hall, Elbridge... Ball Ground is in the northern part of Cherokee County of Northern Georgia. ILLINOIS — An anonymous reader...the state). We never heard of geodes in Hardin County — the specimen sent in may represent an isolated |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | radiating masses of malachite also present. "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."—on...(west of the city). That would be in Jefferson County."—letter dated—June 31, 1956, from Marie Kennedy...of a fish. Nokomis, in the S.W. part of Sarasota County, is on the Gulf of Mexico. GEORGIA—The following...between Canton and Ball Ground (both in Cherokee County, Ga.). It is 2 cm. across, dark red apparently...5 miles southwest of Monroe, Iowa, in Marshall County."—on label. KANSAS—"I am mailing you a limonite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | somehalf a dozen'places; but only the pioneer Schuyler mine seemsto have achievedany considerable degree...extending from southern New York into northern Virginia, a little more than onefourthlieswithinthe stateof...of Somerville. Green stainsof chrysocollaand malachite are of commonoccurrencein the joints near weatheredoutcrops...chrysocolla, and thereare smallerquantitiesof cuprite,malachite, and azurite. The greenishsecondarymineral has...sediments intersected by dikes; as in the Arlington (Schuyler) and Flemingtonmines. II. Without associated |  | | Book (edition) | | Serpentine Basalt Quarry Minerals.............. Schuyler Copper Mine Dumps... Stirling Brook Carnelian...Road (PA) EH] Forest Road (PA) | 626 | Spur 563 County Route (NJ) PHI Interchange I___ jQ Town or Park...Valhalla Yellow Serpentine Basalt Quarry Minerals Schuyler Copper Mine Dumps Stirling Brook Carnelian Cliffwood...covers all of Pennsylvania west of Bedford and Blair County, except for a band of lowland on the shores of...then hooks northwest through Wyoming County and down into Carbon County. The eastern edge of the province |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | world’s finest specimens of native copper, azurite, malachite, atacamite, and a host of other minerals originated...brochantite, atacamite, delafossite, and malachite are reported, as are malachite, copper, tenorite, atacamite,...in the eastern United States. These include the Schuyler, Sommerville, and Flemington copper mines, New...native copper; prospects at Ladenton, Rockland County, New York; Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut; the...Mountain copper mines, Lehigh County, and at Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; at Ducktown, Tennessee; |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...1988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...and State Geologist CHARLOTTESVILLE. VIRGINIA 1 988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION |  | | 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...number of gold operations r u n n i n g across the county from N to S. These are mainly placers and rather... sphalerite, galena, wulfenite, van adinite. Virginia Fin Co. "in N W corner of Co. nr Rappahannock... Indefinite mines, probably all gold. Chicago-Virginia M. Higgins M. Johnston M. Pullman M.-Probably |  | | Journal (issue) | | . ABSENCE OF COPPER IN DRAINAGE WATERS OF THE SCHUYLER COPPER MINE. By 0 . Ivan Lee ............................................ COLLECTOR'S KINKS (MALACHITE INK) .................................. CLUBS...to visit. Although many textbooks list Madison county, North Carolina, as a source of monazite little...of the old, are apt to be discouraged by their county. He said that when the family handicaps and say:...hvo-dav trip ,vas taken to l ulian in San D ie~o County. Will Crosbv, director of the Julian Bureau of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | use of malachite and its many bands of green shades in color. My flat cab shaped stone of malachite cut... New Mexico; little clusters of bright green malachite Sneack Pond. Cumberland, Rhode Island; botryoidal...along with a little blue Harquahala District, Yuma County, Ari azurite. Looking further into the pockets...six foot hole in the triassic sand me a fine malachite specimen. From Cape stone of North Arlington,...Dor, Nova Scotia, Canada, and Tsumeb, in the old Schuyler Mine discovered early S. W. Africa, came two other |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Arlington. Here in the Schuyler Mine we would secure fine spe cimens of azurite, malachite, chalcocite, chrysocolla...considerable wealth for the times to the owners, the Schuyler family. I n pre-Revolutionary days the ore was...has a very interesting detailed report on the Schuyler Copper Mine plus other Triassic copper mines and...several beautiful cabochons cut from azurite and malachite. Here we have a very interesting idea for T / |  | | Book | | Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sussex County Historical Society have bronze plaques affixed...to the Rosenkrans Farm at Walpack Bend, Sussex County, New Jersey. The inscription reads in part, "Old...mine run strong among many local Warren and Sussex County residents in New Jersey and others in Orange and...Eager, who wrote the Outline History of Orange County ( 1847); Charles E. Stickney, author of the History...James E. Quinlan, who wrote the History of Sullivan County (1873), James P. Snell, author of the History of |  | | Journal (issue) | | franklinite with the chalcocite somewhat altered to malachite. A polished section showed the chalcocite in spots...Minerals Of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey, u. S. Geological Survey Professional...region and later in the mines of North Carolina and Virginia. -90During two years - 1885 to 1887 - he was...Harmony, Warren County, Agate, Hoboken, Bound Brook and Liberty Corner in Somerset County, Algerite (altered... Al1opha.ne. Weehawken, Hudson County Mt. Freedom, Morris County. -91A methyst. Weehawken tunnel |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ +./8 ...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5 ....and barite, 6 cm high, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 5 (above right).... Barite, 12.9 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 6 (right). Fluorite...Fluorite, 1.9 cm on edge, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing photo. Arthur |  | | Field Trip Notes | | COLLECTING SITES IN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY MICHAEL A. WHITTON St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club/ Geology...Lawrence University Canton, NY 13617 SCHUYLER ALVERSON St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club P. O. Box...Falls, NY 13680 Introduction The St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club is a local organization who...trip of classic mineral localities in St. Lawrence County. If you would like more information about our club...Whitton, 24 Miner St., Apt. 1, Canton, NY 13617, or Schuyler Alverson at the above address. Michael will be |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Bergen Matrix, monthly bulletin of the Bergen County Mineralogy and Paleontology Society, Inc., Paramus...LEPIDOLITE LINNAEITE LOELLINGITE MAGNESITE MAGNETITE MALACHITE MARCASITE MEIONITE MELANTERITE MICROCLINE MICROLITE...St. Lawrence Valley (1971), George Robinson & Schuyler Alverson A Field Guide to Staten Island Minerals |  | | 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 |
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