 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | scorodite, and some scorodite from the large Gold Quarry mine in Nevada contains significant phosphorus and vanadium...at the cobalt mine at Great Hill north of Cobalt, Middlesex County; the Booth bismuth mine at Monroe, Fairfield...Fairfield County; and the arsenic mine between Seymour and Derby on the west bank of the Naugatuck River...Januzzi 1976). It has also been found in the Wheeler mine, Merrimack County, and in the Parker Mountain pegmatite...the old arsenic mine at Warwick, Orange County, and similarly at the arsenopyrite mine at Pine Pond near |  | | Report (issue) | | unique but fairly familiar finds—boleite from the Amelia mine, Baja California, Mexico; zunyite from Quartzsite...====ď‚Ą Sapphirine, 3 cm, from Androy, Toliary Province, Madagascar. The Arkenstone specimen and photo...mining area, HerrerĂa-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Santander Province (region of 4 ď‚Ą===============================...great old classic—witness (below) the galena from the Dörnberg mine, Ramsbeck district, Nordrhein-Westfalen...recent finds on the dumps of the old La Vidale lead mine, BrĂ©ziès, Asprières, Aveyron, France, there is this |  | | Report (issue) | | Tellurobismuthite Tctradymitc Argcntite Chalcocite Bornitc Galena Sphalerite (Christophitc) Chalcopyritc Wurtzite...dickite, dolomite, cpidotc, crythritc, fluorite, galena, garnet, goethite, gold, graphite, gypsum, halloysitc...manganocalcitc, manganous magnanite, rancieite, scholzite. AMELIA COUNTY: albitc, almandine, alunitc (?), amazonstonc... fergusonite, fluorapatitc, fluorite, gahnitc, galena, goethite, gold, golden beryl, graphite, gvpsum...quartz, sphalerite, staurolite. ARLINGTON COUNTY: galena, garnet, jasper, limonite, pyrite, quartz, tourmaline |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR VISIT OUR MINE-KEEP WHAT YOU FIND DOOR PRIZES HOURLY DEALERS...J. Alexander Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard S. Mitchell and...Classified Advertisements VIRGINIA! The Rutherford Mine, Amelia Court House and certainly Mineral, Virginia...110). Specimens from the Rutherford pegmatites, in Amelia County, are famous for the per fection of their...cleavelandite also occurs in the Morefield pegmatite near Amelia, as well as in other pegmatites in the same county |  | | Catalog/List | | directly from the miners at the Elmwood Mine in Tennessee, when the mine was actively producing twenty years...Auction 3 52001 HEMATITE Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy If there was ever a specimen that...SZENICSITE with POWELLITE Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile Terry Szenics...mineral came from one pocket in the Jardinera No. 1 Mine. That find was roughly one cubic meter in volume...MANGANOCALCITE Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru It is difficult to believe |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Newfoundland] at 12:22 30 January 2015 MURRAY MINE, ELK0 COUNTY, NEVADA A ntimony is an interesting...European localities, then intermittently from Bolivia, and more recently from China. Now, a new locality...unusual specimen from this source, the Murray gold mine in Elk0 County, Nevada, has been nominated as this...associated minerals include realgar, orpiment, cinnabar, galena, lead sulfantimonides, marcasite, pyrite, calcite... Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922); the Rutherford mine, Amelia County, Virginia; Granville County, North Carolina |  | | | | Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...New Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill...Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped...to coarse-grained masses. Frequently found with galena. occurrences: In replacement bodies in sediment...Spain. Very beautiful crystals, associated with galena, marcasite, and calcite are found at Joplin, Missouri |  | | Book (edition) | | Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped...to coarse-grained masses. Frequently found with galena. occuRRENCES: In replacement bodies in sediment...Spain. Very beautiful crystals, associated with galena, marcasite, and calcite are found at Joplin, Missouri...Green Jersey. 6x (Grey crystals crystal is Galena.) Sphalerite beneath large Sphalerite 23 SULFIDES |  | | Journal (issue) | | BARITE 13 cm, from Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. Doug Fiske collection;...row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, GuaviĂł-GuatĂ©que mining district, Boyacá Department...photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China. Keith & Diane Brownlee collection; Joe...from Katlang, Mardan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Jeff Starr collection; Joe Budd photo...photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection; James |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cumberland, gilbertitc, 6o6. George and Charlotte mine, Tavistock, Devon, 'tavistockite', [ 23. Grassington... INDEX Drakewalls mine, Gunnislake, posnjakite, 740. Hingston Down Consols" mine, arthurite, 52o. Lee...(Espafia) Cabo Ortegal, Galicia, omphacite, 6L CarmeBta mine, Caceres, montcbrasite, 4t4. Santander, blende,...Kazakhstan, calcite, 929. Tetyukhinsky, Maritime Province, calcite, 929. INDEX 969 Azerbaidzhan Dashkesan...Zaglik, alunite, IZ8. Iran Sar Cheshmeh, Kerman province, cuprian sericite, 945. Israel Golani, basalt |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise...siderite Faber lead mine—near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous galena, sphalerite, pyromorphite...dolomite, erythrite, galena, ilmenite, magnesite, magnetite, talc Stony Point mine—near Charlottesville...calcite crystals (some with pyrite inclusions) Crimora mine (manganese)—near Waynesboro cryptomelane, psilomelane...manganese minerals) Amelia County Bath County Beryl pegmatite mine (0—near Amelia beryl, muscovite (rum |  | | Journal (issue) | | July-August, 1985 as the Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise...actinolite-tremolite, apatite, ferroan dolomite, erythrite, galena, ilmenite, magnetite, talc Briar Fork-near Schuyler...siderite Faber lead mine-near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous galena, sphalerite, pyromorphite...RESOURCES Rutherford pegmatite mines (c)-near Amelia allanite, apatite, bavenite, bertrandite, beryl...tourmaline, triplite Trueheart pegmatite mine (f)-near Amelia beryl (var. aquamarine), microcline crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vol.20 No. 11 THE PEGMATITE MINERALS FROM NEAR AMELIA, VIRGINIA* Jnwrr.r. J. Gless, U. S. Geological'Suraey...CoNrnxrs 1' rntroduction 741 mine 2. Rutherford 743 3' Morefield mine ' ' 744 4. Minerals 745 Albite...cassiterite, cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, galena, manganotantalite, microcline, microlite, monazite...INTnooucrroN The first commercial mica mines near Amelia Court House, Virginia, were opened in the early...mineral species have been reported from the Rutherford mine alone, and the variety and perfection of many of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cover Photographs January/February: Silver and galena, Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico. Cal and Kerith Graeber...Greb. July/August: Pyrite, quartz, and galena, Camp Bird mine, Ouray, Colorado. Barbara Muntyan specimen...photo. September/October: PhosphophylIite, Potosi, Bolivia. Martin Zinn specimen, Jeffrey Scovil photo. November/December:...November/December: Gold on quartz, Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California. Wayne and Dona Leicht...Maharashtra State, India, 248-50; Uranocircite, Sao Pedro Mine, Malacacheta District, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 320-22; |  | | Journal (issue) | | que es diu que se n’obtenien bons rendiments de galena. Les construccions estan enrunades i cobertes de...acompanyada de calcita. TambĂ© petites venes de galena encaixades a la roca. Ens prenem un temps per recollir...gens fĂ cil trobar-hi minerals destacables. Trobem galena, esfalerita, calcopirita i alguns secundaris com...fluorescent de la mina N’Chwaning III, Kuruman, Sud-Ă frica; òpal d’un bonic color rosa de Pisco, PerĂş;...boleĂŻta mida XXL de la clĂ ssica mina Amelia, El Boleo, Baixa Califòrnia Sud, i un llarg etcètera de minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pontgibaud. I n addition to the usual lead ores (galena, cerussite, anglesite, pyromorphite, mimetesite)...Martineehe. Small crystals of bournonite, from the Roure Mine, with the forms OP, Pdj, mP&, 4P, P&, mP& ; larger...pyrites after marcasite from Rapnik. 3. Blende after galena and barjtes in the quartz-andesite of Nagyag. 4...[?] at Kiso in the province of Shinano, and as 0.mOm a t Utesan in the province of Idsumo. Copper pyrites...diabase o r diabase-tufts of Ani, province of Ugo, accompanied by galena, blende, quartz, and the usual |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NOTES ON THE MINERALS OF AMELIA, VIRGINIA By ALLISON CUSICK, RD 2, Bloomingdale, Ohio With the recent...certain amount of activity at the old mica mines of Amelia Court House, Virginia, much more mineralogical...be found with the searching. Amelia Court House, the county seat of Amelia County, lies on U. S. Route...of the mines consisted of pegmatite dikes in the Amelia-Goochland Quartz-Monzonite Gneiss. But geology...the seventysix species which make collecting at Amelia so interesting. The list that follows should not |  | | Journal (issue) | | arrival. BERYL MINE This site is located 3.8 miles east of Amelia Court Nouse, Amelia County, off the...the Amelia Court House 7.5-minute quadrangle (Figure 3) ~t is operated by D. R. Boyles of Amelia Court...very well formed. Vol. 31 HERBB NUMBER 2 MINE The Herbb #2 mine is located in Powhatan County approximately...Richmond and 3.95 miles northeast of Flat Rock. The mine area is situated on the Fine Creek Mills 7.5-minute...spaces are also available for $4.00 per night. The mine is operated seven days a week by Donald Richardson |  | | Journal (issue) | | beforehand to make sure someone will be available at the mine (except for Chestnut Ridge). - AMETHYST SITE AMHERST...- BERYL MZNE AMELIA COUNTY The Beryl mine is located 3.8 miles east of.Amelia* Amelia County, off the...the Amelia Court House 7.5minute qualrangle (Figure 2). It is operated by D. R,Boyles of Amelia, Virginia... is charged to collect from the site. The Beryl mine was operated as the Dobbin (Thraves) prospsct by...the dike: beryl, cassiterite, columbite,fluorite,galena,manganotantalite,microlite, monazite, phenakite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fossils have been found in the pit. Harris mica mine.—This site is located 1.95 miles south of Hewlett...Virginia Manganese 507 miles east of Amelia Court House, Amelia Corporation of Richmond in 1943. An admission...creek and on the adjacent U. S. Highway 360 in the Amelia Court hillside. The angular fragments of moonÂ...fairly strong It is operated by D. R. Boyles of Amelia and attractive silvery adularescence and a Court...may be found in the mine dump. linized pegmatite contains quartz and Morefield mine. — This site is located |  | | Journal (issue) | | ather fossils have been found in the pit. Hum3 mica mine-This site is located 1.95 miles south of HewIett...the residence of the opemtor of the Harris mica mine; scale T:24,000 (1 inch equals 2000 feet) . ' t...the mine dump. More$eld mine.-This site is l w t e d 3.8 miles east of Amelia Court House, Amelia County...its intersection with U. 5. Highway 360 in the Amelia Court House, Virginia 7.5minute quadrangle, It...Court House, Virginia (Egure S). T h e pegmatite mine was first worked commercially about 1929 and in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 6. Morefield mine ', -• 7. Rhodonite proipect 8. Rutherford mine 9. True heart mine 10. Zook'tpit...the amethyst site; scale 1:24,000 (1 inch equals mine dump. 2000 feet). Clear quartz and purple amethyst...off 2. BER YL MINE. - T h i s site is located 3.8 miles east of Amelia Court House, Amelia County, off...intersection w i t h U . S . Highway 360 in the Amelia Court House, Virginia 7.5-minute quadrangle. I...I t is operated by D . R . Boyles of Amelia Court House, Virginia (Figure 3 ) . A n admission fee o f |  | | Journal (issue) | | Dinwiddie County.-Two specimens from the Whitehall Mine with gold, tetrn dymite, limonite, and quartz are...County.) Fairfax County.-A specimen of gold with galena in quartz from Mineral Ridge and another specimen...as having been taken from a placer (Spotsylvania Mine) neat· Whitehall (very possibly this is a mixed...Institution. Possibly this should refer to the Whitehall Mine in Spotsylvania County. Madison, Culpeper, and Orange...to 2 cm. in greatest dimension from the Greenwood Mine which is about five miles west of Chancellorville |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in Michigan and at the abandoned Sedalia copper mine, four miles north of Salida, Colorado. The change...The alter ation of galena, PbS, to anglesite, PbS0 , is fairly common wherever galena crystals are found...Cassiterite Quartz, feldspar Anglesite Galena Pyromorphite Galena Pyrolusite Manganite Serpentine ...pseudomorph comes from the copper deposits of Bolivia—splendid specimens of native copper perfectly replacing...Such specimens, found on the dumps of the Kelly mine, Socorro County, were much more common during the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE RUTHERFORD PEGMATITES, AMELIA, VIRGINIA Jouw SrNrnNxs,5372 Van lVuYsCourt, San...Keener farm, about 1f miles (2 km) north of Amelia, Amelia County, Virginia (Fig. 1). Exploitation of...1912,when the No. 2 mine was abandoned. Gem-gradeamazonite was found in the No. 1 mine sometime prior to...Mining Company of Amelia, Virginia, under the direction of Warren D. Baltzley of Amelia, beginning in 1957...rnitialry the ord opencut workings of the No. 1 mine were bulldozed to clear rubbre and.overburden and |
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