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Kaolinite from
Willis Mountain Mine, Sprouses Corner, Farmville Mining District, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Willis Mountain Mine, Sprouses Corner, Farmville Mining District, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:368421
Long-form Identifier:1:3:368421:4
GUID (UUID V4):9fb3a31d-4fb4-48e1-b55e-c38870def370
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘBaker Mountain Mine, Madisonville, Farmville District, Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA
45.3km (28.1 miles) ⓘPinchbeck No. 1 Mine (Pitchbeck No. 1 Mine; Pinchback Property Mine 63), Amelia (Amelia Court House), Amelia County, Virginia, USA
45.3km (28.1 miles) ⓘBertha and Edith Mine, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Goochland County, Virginia, USA
50.3km (31.3 miles) ⓘMorefield Mine (Morefield pegmatite), Winterham, Amelia County, Virginia, USA
55.4km (34.4 miles) ⓘMoss Mine, Tabscott, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Goochland County, Virginia, USA
56.7km (35.2 miles) ⓘPiney River Quarry, Piney River, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
57.2km (35.6 miles) ⓘWhite Peak Mines Nos. 1 through 4 (Miller Mine; Purcell Mine), Flat Rock, Powhatan County, Virginia, USA
60.4km (37.5 miles) ⓘSmith Prospect (J. D. Smith Tract), Roseland, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
70.3km (43.7 miles) ⓘOhio Sulphur Mining Company Mine (Proffit Mine; Old Pyrite mine), Proffit, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
71.2km (44.2 miles) ⓘIvy Prospect, Bedford County, Virginia, USA
References
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Report (issue)
sillimanite, and andalusite____________ History of mining. _____________________________________________________..._ ________________ Virginia - __ -__ _ ___________ Farmville district, Buckingham, Prince Edward, and...39 Kyanite deposits Continued Virginia Continued Farmville district, etc. Continued Rock types Continued...__-___-_____- __ Willis Mountain and vicinity____________ Woods Mountain and vicinityBaker Mountain-Madisonville...Mountain-Madisonville area____ Leigh Mountain __ __ _ _ Southern Prince Edward CountyOrigin of kyanite deposits Other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kyanite Quartzites in the Piedmont Province of Virginia: Evidence for a Possible High-Sulfidation System...Geology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187 AND MATTHEW A. PASEK Department of Planetary...world’s largest kyanite mine is hosted within kyanite quartzite at Willis Mountain in the Piedmont Province...Province of Virginia, and numerous smaller bodies occur throughout this region. Most occur in the Ordovician...resulting in protoliths dominated by quartz and kaolinite. Such an interpretation is consistent with mineralogical
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
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Production in Virginia (Preliminary) - 1988l The total value of mineral production in Virginia in 1988 was-2...Chesapeake, produce cement in Virginia. Riverton Corporation in Warren County produces masonry cement at...sources. Salesare made to building supply dealers in Virginia Clap m 0 u u l l d s h a t ~ 1.049 -.I.. Coal...Total XX $2,116,581 Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including...consumption by producers) - from U.S. Bureau of Mines. Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy and
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clay that typically contains three minerals: kaolinite, mica and quartz. The SRM consists of 60 grams...to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a
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$12.00 ROADSIDE _ JrEOLOoGY of VIRGINIA Keith Frye pueke ajeus Ras “Wy _ Hingsulvey\ 7eauo\spues... ROADSIDE 4 JrEOLOGY of Virginia Keith Frye Illustrated by Ramesh Venkatakrishnan MOUNTAIN PRESS PUBLISHING...David Alt and Donald Hyndman “ ‘Copyright © 1986 Mountain Press Publishing Company Fourth Printing August...1935Roadside geology of Virginia. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Geology—Virginia. I. Title. QE173.F78...1986 557.55 86-8755 ISBN 0-87842-199-8 (pbk.) : Mountain Press Publishing Company P.O. Box 2399 Missoula
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36 November 1990 No. 4 MINERAL INDUSTRY IN VIRGINIA - 1989 PALMER C. SWEET INTRODUCTION The total...Piedmont and western Coastal Plain provinces of Virginia. Large acreages have been leased in Dinwiddie...Botetourt Table. Mineral Resource Production in Virginia (Preliminary) - 1989,. Value Mineral Commoditv...available XX Not applicable Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including...Bureau of Mines. Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy , , VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL
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YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...by Prof. John G. Smock, and that for the Eocky Mountain region by Mr. C. Whitman Cross. To these gentlemen...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und
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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...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...levies, nationalization of many foreign bauxite mining operations, and cartels among alumina producers
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Procedures Members who’ve participated in Northern Virginia Mineral Club auctions know that they are a lot...rule; items with multiple bids on The Northern Virginia Mineral Club November 2010 Bid Slips - Please...line and bring one for each item The Northern Virginia Mineral Club NAME BID __________ __________...countless thousands of fossils each The Northern Virginia Mineral Club November 2010 THE MINERAL NEWSLETTER...to protect it during the winter. The Northern Virginia Mineral Club After a long, hot day of digging
Report (issue)
• • • • • • Grade and Reserves •• • • • • • • • Mining and Beneficiation • • • • • • • Calcination .....individuals, firms and organisations, as well as to the mining and geological departments, both in Commonwealth...muscovite and the sillimanite to clay, chiefly kaolinite. The sillimanite · and corundum of Assam were...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
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assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland , North Carolina, and other Eastern...Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland , North Carolina, and South Carolina...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg
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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
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boundaries of the mineral industry are clear: the mining and milling of feldspar, for example, belong to...does not. But how does one draw the line between mining and manufacturing where brine from a salt well...districts, or a representative district if there are many. We name the chief mining companies, and give production...supply must come not merely from one district but from a single mine. Thus the physical properties of many...government may even decide to go directly into mining, as Saskatchewan has done with potassium minerals
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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
Report (volume)
further subdivided by geographic areas (State and county) and by subjects, which include general, geology...silicates, such as pyrophyllite (A^Os'^SiC^BkO) and kaolinite (Al2O3-2SiO2'2H2O), that contain less alumina...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
Report (volume)
----------General geology of the Pilot Mountain-Fox Mountain region (Ramseur 7 t' Quadrangle) ------...----------Pilot Mountain porphyry gold system High-alumina deposits in Moore County ----------------...Hydrothermal alteration at the Brewer mine, Chesterfield County, South Carolina ---------------------...--6. Hydrothermal alteration atPilot Mountain, Randolph County, North Carolina ---------------------...---------------7. Soil sample analyses, Pilot Mountain area ---------------------------1. Page 3 III
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ee as Edited by Kula C. Misra 3 KENTUCKY ay VIRGINIA\ ee fi MCA SOT TENNESSEE RANDATHER QUNTAN...Kula C. Misra _———— VIRGINIA KENTUCKY OVERLAP \ GRANDFATHER TENNESSEE ~~ MOUNTAIN KIOKEE BELT SOUTH...the South-Central Sulfide Mineralization along Mountain, Cleburne Co., Marc OF CONTENTS Metal Deposits...Copper Anomaly at the Peachbottom Deposit, Alleghany County, North Carolina (John E. Callahan, J. Hatten Metal...Carolina Robert Butler) District, 78 Southernmost at Four Gold Slate Belt Mine, 97 F. Hollister)
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the Geology of Industrial Minerals: Virginia Palmer Sweet, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources . .....tion ; Eagle-Picher Minerals, Inc.; the Northwest Mining Association; and the Society of Economic Geologists...markets. The estimated total value o f nonfue l mine ral productio n in Oregon in 1988 was $169 million...private companies and variow. federal. l>tatc. and county agcn c ic~ . ru\ llcd l>tone. al mo~t exc lu ~...and pa' ing bricks from clays mined in Klamath County and several other western counti e~. X X X X
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Resources A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY Proceedings of the 31st Forum on...87801 SOCORRO, 1996 11 NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY Daniel H. Lopez, President NEW MEXICO...ESSER, Lab Technician ROBERT W. EvELeth, Senior Mining Engineer NANCY S. GILSON, Assistant Editor KATHRYN... CHRISTOPHER G. McKim, X-ray Facility Manager VIRGINIA T. MCLEMORE, Senior Economic Geologist NORMA J...University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA Abstract—Industrial minerals and rocks in the tri-state
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Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such
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5.95 and quickly informative.”— “Practical Virginia Kirkus RANGE GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERALS A by...stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K
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present of mining and metallurgy of lead . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7.2. Past and present of mining and metallurgy...hampering our access to mineral deposits, such as mining depth controlled among others by the geothermal...Hewett in 1927 who was able to demonstrate that in mining countries exploitation, export and import of metals...passed its climax. At the very end the domestic mining industry can no longer cater for the needs and...looked up in various publications such as the “World Mining Data”, a yearbook issued by Weber and Zsak (2007)
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present of mining and metallurgy of lead . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7.2. Past and present of mining and metallurgy...hampering our access to mineral deposits, such as mining depth controlled among others by the geothermal...Hewett in 1927 who was able to demonstrate that in mining countries exploitation, export and import of metals...passed its climax. At the very end the domestic mining industry can no longer cater for the needs and...looked up in various publications such as the “World Mining Data”, a yearbook issued by Weber and Zsak (2007)
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$12.50 Histories of the Dividing Line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina, William Byrd. $2.00 (tent...professional geologists who may fail to realize that we “mine” such common materials as sand, gravel, and clay...industrial diamonds, chiefly from the Bakwanga district of the Belgian Congo, where the placer operations... MINERALS nage per year as the coal and metal-mining industries combined. The US. Bureau of Public Roads...tonnages: several mills in the Quebec asbestos district can each handle as much as 15,000 tons of crude
 
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