 | | 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) | | yth ANNUAL JEWELRY GEM &MINERAL SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals, Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR...14,1977 VIRGINIA BEACH CIVIC CENTER (THE DOME) 19TH AND PACIFIC AVENUE VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA Rocks&...Minerals from Virginia Richard S. Mitchell 230 Mineral and Fossil Collecting Sites in Virginia Palmer C....Resume: Pseudomorphs in Virginia R. V. Dietrich 244 The Geology of Virginia W. Cullen Sherwood 250 Prehnite—Apophyllite...Minerals of Virginia J. Alexander Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard |  | | Report (volume) | | the James River-Roanoke River Manganese District Virginia GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008 Geology...oftheJatnes River-Roanoke River Manganese District Virginia By GILBERT H. ESPENSHADE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ...County____________________________________________ Piedmont _____________________________ ._~______________...prospects_______________________ _____ __ __________ Amherst County__________________________________________...Campbell County-Continued Drinkard and nearby prospects _________________________ _ Piedmont ________ |  | | Report (issue) | | known deposits in the United, States only those in Virginia are of commercial importance. These have been...made the subject of a special report 2 by the Virginia Geological Survey, which was preceded by a preliminary...preliminary paper on the rutile deposits of Amherst and Nelson counties.3 1 Clarke, F. W., U. S. Geol....Geology of the titanium and apatite deposits of Virginia: Virginia Geol. Survey Bull. 3-A, 308 pp., 1913. 3...3 Watson, T. L., and Taber, Stephen, The Virginia rutile deposits: tJ. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 430, pp. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A Resume: Pseudomorphs in Virginia by R . V. DIETRICH Department of Geology Central Michigan University...been able to determine, John G . Meem, of the Virginia Military Institute, wrote the first paper dealing...dealing primarily with pseudomorphs found in Virginia. I n 1886, he described and illus trated several...as precursor and/or end-product constituents of Virginia pseudomorphs. Several addi tional examples of...C a S 0 ) ] , or some partial exchange [e.g., hematite ( F e O g ) after pyrite ( F e S ) ] . Processes |  | | 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,...a t Henry, Franklin County by the Blue Ridge Talc Company, Inc. In 1962 Virginia ranked fifth among six...crude iron oxides were first mined commercially in Virginia in 1872 by the Bermuda Ocher Company which opened |  | | 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...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...Lookout Mountain in the southern part of Walker County, Ga. The rock structure in Pigeon Mountain is synclinal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sites in Virginia by PALMER C. SWEET Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Charlottesville, Virginia 22903...for people who are interested in col lecting in Virginia (Figure 1). All the alphabetically listed localities'were...official State Highway Map as well as individual county road maps (10^ each), both of which are available...Transportation, 1221 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. Topo graphic maps are available from the VirÂ...Mineral Resources, Box 3667, Charlottesville, Virginia and from the National Cartographic Information |  | | 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 (issue) | | Richm~ld,Virginia PubJisbed quarterly by the DIVISION O F M t N E W RESOURCES htahttaf RstpwrawBUIMing...as a candidate for such designation. 26 . VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES be more romantic...Pennsylvania is contained in the Balcony Falls section of Virginia...." It was that and a great deal more. Walcott...Walcott. C. D.. 1892, Notes on the Cambrian rocks of Virginia and the southern Appalachians: American Journal...S. Geological Survey Bulletin 13443 p. NO,4 VIRGINIA MINERALS 27 During the charcoal iron era many |  | | Journal (issue) | | GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet INTRODUCTION Virginia was one of the first gold-producing...mines near the falls of the James River in Amherst County, as well as several placer mines in other parts...productive and sustained period of gold activity in Virginia was from 1830 thru 1856; the average annual value...Bureau of Mines estimates total gold production in Virginia from 1829 through 1934 a t $3,318,388. This figure...during the early boom years of gold mining in Virginia (Park, 1936, p. 8). I t allows for gold that was |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hylas zone and adjacent parts of the eastern Piedmont in Virginia ANDY R. BOBYARCHICK* LYNN GLOVER III 1...Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 ABSTRACT Structural...studies of the Hylas zone northwest of Richmond, Virginia, reveal that late Paleozoic ductile shearing produced...New England. D 4 was associated throughout the Piedmont with synchronous downwarp and dominantly continental...reported in the Eastern Piedmont fault system, which extends from Alabama to Virginia. Current stress release |  | | Journal (issue) | | THE HORSESHOE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NELSON COUNTY, VIRGINIA William Mark Bailey' 4D - The Horseshoe...the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province of central Virginia (Figure 1). The study area is the northern half...to late Paleozoic age for this event in central Virginia, based on isotopic studies conducted elsewhere...intensity (U, Th, K) aeroradiometric contour maps (Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 1976) for the Horseshoe...quadrangle (modified after Bailey, 1983). No. 4 VIRGINIA MINERALS Table 1. U, Th and rare earth whole-rock |  | | 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 (issue) | | Mica Deposits of the Southeastern Piedmont Part 1. General Features GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...PAPER 248-A Mica Deposits of the Southeastern Piedmont Part 1. General Features By RICHARD H. JAHNS...pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ _______________________...pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...bulge in the hanging wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight |  | | 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 informaÂ...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 VirÂ...Mineral Resources, Box 3667, Charlottesville, Virginia and from the Distribution Section of the U.S. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ILMENITE-APATITE CENTRAL C. W. DEPOSITS OF WEST- VIRGINIA. RYAN. INTRODUCTION. T•E existenceof large titanium...titanium depositsin Amherstand Nelson Counties,Virginia, has beenknown for a numberof years,and the g...Warwick farm, situatedon the northernboundaryof Amherst County, attracted attention,and the mineral rights...apparentsuccess,for example,the purchaseby the Virginia Phosphateand Paint Companyin I894 of the Giles...Giles tract northwestof Roseland,Nelson County, and in the following year the Quinn place. This companytried |  | | 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...eastern course it follows to the Atlantic coast. Virginia was one of the original thirteen States. It adopted...it comprised not only its present area but West Virginia and Kentitck}^. Kentucky was set off and admitted |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIGITAL REPRINT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF...OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY Wilbur A. Nelson BULLETIN 77 Adobe Acrobat® Reader® Adobe Acrobat Reader version...rendering of Geology and Mineral Resources of Albemarle County by Wilbur Nelson is to make accessible an out of...appear to show the bookmark pane is viewable. Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Division...500 Charlottesville, VA 22903 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Virginia by RICHARD S. MITCHELL Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903...same county. I t also has been observed i n pegmatites i n Powhatan County, Spotsylvania County, and...world have specimens of allanite from Amherst County, Virginia. The mineral is usually black and is coated...mineral radioactive. The mineral was reported in Amherst County as early as 1874. Mallet ( 1 8 7 7 ) first...Specimens from the Rutherford pegmatites, in Amelia County, are famous for the per fection of their thin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1. e. the Coastal Plain to the East, and the Piedmont Plateau to the 'Vest. Each of these two regions...clays, while the geological formations of the Piedmont Plateau are practically confined to massive igneous...jasper, agate and iron ores, such as limonite, hematite, turgite, goethite, siderite, and magnetite, and...sporadically, in drift or gravels, To the region of the Piedmont Plateau, on the other hand, are restricted the...years ago large deposits of iron ores, such as hematite, limonite and siderite, which occurred in bands |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Corporation of America Mine No. 4, St. Lawrence County, New York T he technological development of mankind...described. Martite is a well-known pseudomorph of hematite after magnetite, typically in beautifully preserved...famous Tilly Foster iron mine near Brewster, Putnam County (see Cook 2008 and references therein) was the...Essex County; excellent sharp octahedra to 2 cm have been collected at Port Henry in the same county. The...of America’s No. 4 mine at Balmat, St. Lawrence County, is well known for lustrous magnetite crystals |  | | Book | | Geology and Virginia Richard V. Dietrich Professor of Geology and Dean School of Arts and Sciences,...University Press of Virginia Charlottesville Qt z.^.z THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF VIRGINIA Copyright © 1970...by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia First published 1970 Standard Book Number: 8139-0289-4...America To Frances, Rick, Kurt, Krista, and Virginia 161781 Digitized by the Internet Archive in...natives of Virginia and visitors to the Commonwealth—who are interested in geology and in Virginia. It attempts |  | | Book | | of Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061. McIVER, Norman...and the Reading Prong; and a last section on the Piedmont. In order to relate the individual papers more...1933. Jour Geol. Mtg., 16 Ann. Trans. of Piedmont age intrusives in Maryland. 9, p. 383, 1936...Washington County, in The physical features of Washington County. Md. Geol. Survey, Washington County (Rept...physical features of Washington County. Md. Geol. Survey Washington County (Rept. 14), 17-94. ——, Igneous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MONTPELIER AND ROSELAND POTASSIC ANORTHOSITES, VIRGINIA BRENT E. OWENS§ Department of Geology, College...College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, U.S.A. ROBERT F. DYMEK* Department of Earth and... Mattawa). Such differences indicate that the Virginia anorthosites crystallized under low f O2 conditions...anorthosite, Montpelier, Roseland, Blue Ridge, Piedmont, Goochland terrane, alkalic, Grenville Province...Montpelier anorthosite (Bick 1981), also found in Virginia (see Fig. 1), are probably the most alkalic of |
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