 | | 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) | | calcite from the type locality near Warwick, Orange County, New York. The large crystal is 5.5 cm long. Oren...mine, site of the first American discovery of millerite and source of some of the finest millerites ever...“hydroxyluvite” by Hawthorne and Henry (1999), and also an unnamed Figure 2 (top left). Clintonite in calcite, 8...across, from the type locality near Amity, Orange County, New York. New York State Museum specimen 2290...type locality in the Town of Dekalb, St. Lawrence County, New York. Field of view 1.8 mm across. Adam Geer |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | calcite, 8 cm, Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo....Appalachians (Harlan County) at 4,139 feet. The lowest point is the floor of the Reed quarry near Grand Rivers...Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky, at 100 feet below sea level. There are some noteworthy mineral...small, nondiamondiferous kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnöite intrusions in Crittenden...Greb, Kentucky Geological Survey. in Crittenden County has one major shaft called the “Rock shaft.” The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a second glance? Y e s , to be sure, there is millerite at Halls Gap, but what else? Admittedly, there...minerals. Rarer species, such as strontianite or millerite, may be present as well. These de posits are...is held by Halls Gap, which is famous for its millerite and honessite and also yields pyrite, sphalerite...Green River and also Buck Creek, both in Lincoln County near Halls Gap, are traditionally good places to...Middle F o r k of Station Camp Creek in Estill County. More geode information will be found in another |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals found in Ver mont slate. Figure 2. Slate quarry, Poultney; photo by Roger Bacon. The granite industry...decorator tiles. The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi cant locality...producers. The nearby hamlet of Eden Mills (Lamoille County) is the commonly given but incorrect name for the...the locality; it is near er to the quarry than the village of Lowell and is the last set tlement seen...locality from the south. The Belvidere Mountain quarry has produced worldclass crystals of grossular (the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the mountain, for 3 miles. The gravel road is a county road, usually fair except after heavy rains. At...the N. W . part of Dade County, Fla., due west of Miami and near the Monroe County line. Among the samples...Lots 612 580 and 649, 19th District of Paulding County."—Spring 1954 issue, page 48. IDAHO—"I am sending...This new find is near Gilmore, Idaho, in Lemhi County."—letter dated July 28, 1954, from Clarence Martin...another find for your column over Labor Day. 'Millerite'. The wife and I were over near Fort Madison (Iowa) |  | | Journal (issue) | | isoferroplatinum (Pt3Fe), sudburyite (PdSb), OsIrRu, and an unnamed “Pd3Sb2” had been verified from Pennsylvania. The...xenolith in the Gates-Adah kimberlite dike, Greene County (Stone and Fleet, 1990). That dike has been dated...from the base of the serpentinite in Lancaster County (Smith and Barnes, 2008). Based on 187Os/188Os...Mountain olivine melilitite of northern Washington County, Md., which has an extrusive volcanic age of 433...nomenclature, osmiridium. For the Reesers Summit, York County, sudburyite PdSb study (Smith and Barnes, 2009) |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...copper prospect near Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Cd-bearing phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...2002 National Officers President Susan Eriksson, Virginia Tech, 1013 Draper Road, Blacksburg, VA 24060 540-231-5360...edu/⬃minerals For Chapter information, contact Nelson Shaffer, President, 530 Cabot Ct., Bloomington |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Red quartzite has been found in Shahan's gravel quarry, east of U.S. 113A, 3 miles south of Dover, Kent...metagraywacke along the county road half way between Chestnut Gap and Lebanon School, Fannin County, Ga. These crystals...aluminum silicate rocks. This area is in Clearwater County, Idaho, and any visiting rockhounds can get directions...Rockbridge locality at Greenbelt, Prince Georges County, Md., has been identified as meta-strengite. This...is being reported by the USGS but will remain unnamed until if/and a specimen is obtained, which is not |  | | Journal (issue) | | . Ley The Sm okey Bear quartz claim s, Lincoln County, N ew M exico ...................................be used to establish a precise location within a quarry or general field collecting area. The collector...the points chosen are too often ephemeral (the quarry wall which changes tomorrow or next week), or subject...the county zoning offices. The accurate property boundaries provide good starting points. Quarry or property...but it’s probably unwise in this instance. Small quarry owners and mine operators are, for the most part |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Bonneaughtown Teeter's quarry Gettysburg Hunterstown Near Heidlcrsburg Center... 7 mi. NE Pt. Pleasant Delaware quarry U mi. NE Pt. Pleasant Unnamed New Hope Ingham Spring Solebury...Buckingham Bushington Yardley Vanartsdalen's quarry Holland Finney's quarry 0? 0? V S D D M 40 40 M M 40,48...Creek mines (Kleim, Elizabeth) Knauertown Keystone Quarry (Cornog) Chester Springs graphite Phoenixville...Pethericks Penn mine Goshenville . Taylor's quarry Brunton Quarry Marshall's Mills Corrine Bailey's mine Webb |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Mrs. Cathy Hayden, went field tripping. One unnamed member found a 2-carat rhodolite garnet! The Charlotte...Properties of Minerals The Stanley Bentons of the Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, went to the Cree...Seaford, journeyed to Winfield, Penn. to the Faylor Quarry for calcite, strontionite and re lated minerals...to the Cedar Hill Quar tins ry (Pa.) The Bucks County Earth showed slides of a vacation from Meteor Science...Jersey, Dover, made a trek to Carnelian Brook. VIRGINIA The Bristol Gem and Mineral Society showed the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to States that are dry and hot. provide Lehigh County minerals that may Robert Middleton of the American...American Mu be placed on display at the Lehigh County seum of Natural History told of mineral courthouse...Qub of guest speaker for the Bergen County Min Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, was eralogy and Paleontology...specimens, etc., for the Society, and the Bucks County Earth club to dispose of at bargain rates. The...ties were set up for viewing fluorescents WEST VIRGINIA and micromounts. Thomas A. Peters, di rector |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | today from many sites, notably in New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia. Before the opening...Opening at Choate mine, Soldiers Delight, Baltimore County, Maryland. Paul Clifford of Rocks and Minerals...in Cecil C o u n t y , Maryland, and Lancaster County, Pennsyl vania, and the Wood mine in Texas, Little...Little Britain T o w n ship, Lancaster County. T h i s last was the richest o f all, producing 500-600...were formed from the Bare Hills site, Baltimore County, Maryland. Mine adit is original Jesse T y s o |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...eology Museum Colorado School o f Mines Curator: Virginia A. Mast Tel: (303) 273-3823 G o ld en , Colorado...1997 Natural History M useum o f Los Angeles County M useum o f G eology D irector: Philip R . Bjork...$10 v.8/#6 California Issue Benitoite, Gold L.A. County Museum, Himalaya mine $10 v.9/#3 Kalahari rhodochrosite...14/#1 v.15/#5 Jacupiranga mine (Brazil), Jensen quarry (CA), Cunha Baixa mine, Paulkerrite $10 v.l5/#6 |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...natrolite from the Dallas Gem mine, San Benito County, California. For more on this locality see vol...foremost American locality fo r the nickel sulfide millerite, the Sterling mine has produced specimens fo r...after millerite, the bright green sprays looking quite as attractive as the original millerite. Although...corner of the Ant werp quadrangle in Jefferson County, New York. The water-filled open pit (Fig. 1) appears |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Eastchester, found excellent rhodonite in the Berts Quarry, Plainfield, Mass. Robert Middleton, Earth Science...on silversmithing Member Bob Culver of the Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, found a "fair sized"...on the AFMS Uniform Rules. At the Cedar H i l l quarry (Penn.) mem bers found pyrite-octahedral-crystals...and now Superintendent of all mu seums in Nassau County, spoke with the Long Island Mineral and Geology... Mineola. A field trip was made to the Palermo quarry ( N . H . ) The Rochester Lapidary Society was |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...came during a chance visit to the Lower New Street quarry immediately following a blast; prehnite-filled...spent much time field collecting in the San Diego County localities. He published Mineralogy for Amateurs...Paterson (NJ), Brumado district Benitoite, Gold L.A. County $12 Museum, Himalaya mine $12 (Brazil), Bosch Collection...mine (Brazil), v.15/#6 Bad Ems (Germany), Jensen quarry (CA), Cunha Touissit Vanadinite, Hawleyite Baixa |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Names, International Mineralogical Association. County, New Jersey;also with nelenite,rhodonite, and ...Wiirzburg, Germany, and Kiel, Germany. J.L.J. Unnamed (Ir,Pt,Rh)S, and (Pt,Ir)'(As,S). I.Ya. Nekrasov...Occursas bluish greentransparentcrystals lowing unnamed platinum-groupminerals (PGM) occur <0.03 mm, vitreous...associated with telargpaliteand tulameenitein a millerite-bornitechalcopyrite paragenesis. (Pd,Pt,Ag)r(Te...creamywhite, weakly anisotropic the nepheline basanite quarry at Kl6ch (southeast grains 10-15 pm in size, in |  | | Report (issue) | | 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs... Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph by J. Scovil....Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper 91 References 467 Contributors...Jarosite Microcline and Quartz Torbernite Copper Millerite Cornetite Mimetite Turquoise after Orthoclase...Descloizite Cuprite on Copper Nevadaite, Gold Quarry Mine Vanadinite, Ruth Mine Epidote Opal after |  | | Report (volume) | | aspects of the geology of the Culpeper basin of Virginia. The editors are grateful to the authors, technical...and Deep Run basins in the eastern Piedmont of Virginia 40 By Eleanora I. Robbins and Robert E. Weems...characteristics of Mesozoic basalts, Culpeper basin, Virginia lOS By Richard P. Tollo Reinterpretation of the...Mesozoic intrusive rocks in the Culpeper basin, Virginia and Maryland 151 By Albert J. Froelich and David...early Mesozoic diabase sheets, Culpeper basin, Virginia 16S By Paul C. Ragland and Jonathan D. Arthur |
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