 | | Report (issue) | | Pleare return thie publication to the Virginia Geological Survey when you have ao furthcr uc for it....COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... Bulletin 38 Kyanite in Virginia Geology of the Kyanite Belt of Virginia lrY ANNA I. JONAS Economic...JOEL H. W.ATKINS UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA t932 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATTON...DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN, State Gaolosist Bulletin 38 Kyanite in Virginia Geology |  | | Report (issue) | | ________________ Virginia - __ -__ _ ___________ Farmville district, Buckingham, Prince Edward, and Charlotte...39 Kyanite deposits Continued Virginia Continued Farmville district, etc. Continued Rock types Continued...Willis Mountain and vicinity____________ Woods Mountain and vicinityBaker Mountain-Madisonville area____...area____ Leigh Mountain __ __ _ _ Southern Prince Edward CountyOrigin of kyanite deposits Other mineral deposits...Slate __ . Halifax County Other localities North Carolina Hagers Mountain, Person County.- _.______ Corbett |  | Nelson, Arthur E., Marr, John D., Olinger, Keith E. (2000) Reconnaissance bedrock geologic map of the Red House, Madisonville, Aspen, and Charlotte Court House 7.5-minute quadrangles, Charlotte, Prince Edward, Appomattox, Campbell, and Halifax counties, Virginia. Open-File Report Vol. 2000 (99-538) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr99538 | Report (issue) | | House, Madisonville, Aspen, and Charlotte Court House 7.5-minute quadrangles, Charlotte, Prince Edward...Edward, Appomattox, Campbell, and Halifax Counties, Virginia By Arthur E. Nelson, 1 John D. Marr, Jr.,2 and...Report 99-538 Prepared in cooperation with the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources This report is...Government. ^.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Charlottesville...000-scale geologic map was made of the Red House, Madisonville, Charlotte Court House, and Aspen 7.5-minute |  | | 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...radioactive. The mineral was reported in Amherst County as early as 1874. Mallet ( 1 8 7 7 ) first described...the classic locality which is on Little Friar Mountain, near Albite {cleavelandite variety). Cleavelandite |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | kyanite-rich “quartzite” once exploited at Graves Mountain, Georgia, is also host for some of the world’s...detrital mineral. Associated minerals include staurolite, amphiboles, the other aluminosilicates, and...crystals to 15 cm long with staurolite in quartz at Windham, Cumberland County, Maine. Blue-bladed crystals...crystals to 2.5 cm long occur at Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts, and, historically, kyanite crystals...in quartz at Ratlum Mountain, Hartford County, and at Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Kyanite |  | | 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) | | No. 2 '\ NON-BAUXITIC ALUMINA RESOURCES IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet and William F. Giannini , ABSTRACT...contain appreciable amounts of alumina ( 4 0 3 . The Virginia Division of Mineral Resources has completed a...materials: phyllite-schist, saproliteclay, kyanite-staurolite, anorthosite, syenite, and emery rock. Approximately...34 counties and independent cities throughout Virginia were examined, sampled and the samples were analyzed;...or analyzed. Previously published analyses of Virginia coals indicate appreciable amounts of alumina |  | | Journal (issue) | | DECORATIVE-ORNAMENTAL STONES OF VIRGINIA D. Allen Penick, Jr. Virginia is noted particularly for beautiful...moonstone, and topaz. In addition Virginia is well known for staurolite, prehnite, turquoise crystals, and...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) | | SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals, Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR VISIT OUR MINE-KEEP WHAT YOU FIND...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 (issue) | | the index minerals chlorite, biotite, garnet, staurolite, kyanite and sillimanite, the last representing...and cordierite and the absence of kyanite and staurolite. This has been named the 'Abukuma' type by Miyashiro...Dalradian and Abukuma include the andalusite-staurolite association of north-east Scotland (the Buchan...origin. The Henry Knob kyanite deposit4 in York County, South Carolina, was previously considered to be...Henry Knob deposit, as well as others in the same district, is thought to have been formed by the metamorphism |  | | Report (volume) | | further subdivided by geographic areas (State and county) and by subjects, which include general, geology...the White Mountains, Mono County, Calif., and near Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nev. KYANITE Kyanite generally...from Virginia to Alabama. They occur at Baker Mountain, Prince Edward County, and Willis Mountain, Buckingham...Buckingham County, in Virginia, and at Henry Knob, near Clover, York County, S.C. These are the only deposits...in Humboldt Queen Canyon, near Oreana, Pershing County, Nev., however, is the only known commercial deposit |  | | Report (issue) | | 47 Kyanite Occurrences in the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico by ALLEN FRANK COREY 1960.......................................... Kiawa Mountain ................................................................................... La Madera Mountain ....................................................................................... Kiawa Mountain deposit ........................................................................... La Madera Mountain deposit ..................................... |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...the Appalachians as well as crystals such as staurolite or garnet, specimens such a s gold nuggets, a...visit Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical pearls in delicate...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and |  | | Report (issue) | | deposit has been worked commercially at White Mountain, California, by the Champion Sillimanite Corporation...association with such minerals as garnet, sillimanite, staurolite, muscovite, and albite. In northern Ontario kyanite...sericite-quartz-sillimanite schist interbanded with staurolite schist and garnet amphibolite. In one type of...twenty-five claims in Antoine and Butler townships, district of Nipissing, centred around Crocan lake. The...village of Wanapitei in central Dryden township, district of Sudbury. The block of claims ex tends from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page)...City zinc district, the Bumpass Cove iron-zinc-manganese district, the Sweetwater barite district, and the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collectors have ignored safety regula tions, quarry or mine regulations, and have damaged tools belonging to...quartz, amethyst and other minerals at the Beauregard Mine in New Hampshire. — The Gem and Mineral Society...slides and specimens from summer trips. Read Gold Mine for an experiment in gold panning. CONNECTICUT-RHODE...trip to Martins Mountain near Cum berland. This is a new hunting location. VIRGINIA The Norfolk Gem...of the Dis trict of Columbia, traveled to Baker Mountain, Va. to search for kyanite crys tals. Other |  | | Report (issue) | | evidence suggests that high aluaina quartaite in this district is of aetasedixsntarr origin: high alumina quart...the xyanito quartzite here, as throughout the district, is of metaledjbrcnt origin. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS...14« 15. 16. 17* PAGE Index Map of the Kings Mountain Districtt North Carolina and South Carolina. ««...«« . Structure Sketch Map of the Kings Mountain-Henry 22100 area .. .«.. . . « « Photomicrograph of aetavolcanic...kyanite Aggregates of kyanite in quart zite at Clubb Mountain.* Figure 19. Figure 20. Figure Figure Figure |  | | | | the British Commonwealth by Ward Lock Ltd., 116 Baker Street, London W 1 All rights reserved Library...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and...Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped |  | | Book (edition) | | the British Commonwealth by Ward Lock Ltd., 116 Baker Street, London W 1 All rights reserved Library of...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...Chartres In Australia, at Mount Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and large production...and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped |  | | Book | | major producing districts, or a representative district if there are many. We name the chief mining companies...supply must come not merely from one district but from a single mine. Thus the physical properties of many...eclipsing the mineral magnesite in some areas; the trona mine rather than the Solvay plant is now the main source...for example, are almost entirely derived from the USA and Tur- key, a situation too narrowly based comfort...Minerals International Congress took place in Boston, USA, in April 1988. 4| a) envi at wererieryre' humus |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the muscovite-paragonite geothermometer to a staurolite-grade schist from Sulitjelma, north Norway K...CaO) and muscovite (containing o.i6 % CaO) in a staurolite-grade paragonite-muscovite-hornblende-garnet-biotite...with the experimental data on the coexistence of staurolite and quartz in the system Fe-A1-Si-O-H (Richardson...muscovite, chlorite, biotite, chloritoid, almandine, staurolite, and kyanite; and more rarely with andalusite...those recorded by Banno (I 96o) from the Bessi district, Sikoko, Japan: Kyanite-zoisite-paragonite-hornblende-quartz; |  | | Report (issue) | | Residual boulders of massive kyanite, Pickens County. ·~· LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines...---------- _ SILLIMANITE IN TOWNS COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND CLAY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA--------------------------Location... Residual boulders of massive kyanite, Pickens County. Figure 1. Sillimanite crystals in biotite. gneiss...Hart County ________________ 14 Figure 2. Oglethorpe formation, on Burnt Mountain, Pickens County, containing... 1 mile northeast of Tate Post Office, Pickens County ---------------------------------~----------------- |  | | Book | | long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted |
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Baker Mountain Mine, Madisonville, Farmville District, Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA