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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Lazulite
Formula:MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lazulite 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:143401
Long-form Identifier:1:3:143401:9
GUID (UUID V4):82cef40f-929d-4328-9b95-b3af304a15b1
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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)
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 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...muscovite), and locally abundant pyrite. Topaz, lazulite, and other rare minerals occur in some samples
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
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)
edu Lazulite Downloaded by [University of Guelph] at 01:09 24 December 2014 Graves Mountain, Lincoln...Lincoln County, Georgia B lue minerals are a traditional favorite of some collectors. Fortunately, there...are occasionally found exceptional specimens of lazulite, another, sometimes spectacular, blue mineral;...type is, of course, Graves Mountain, Georgia. The occurrence of lazulite in this and several other geologically...finest rutile specimens, an attractive lazulite from Graves Mountain has been suggested for this issue’s
Journal (issue)
in 1835 are the Geological Survey of Virginia (1835-43), Virginia Geological Survey (1908-54), Division...the Geological Reconnaissance of the State of Virginia" in 1836. He continued to collect and compile...was restored in 1908. From 1908 to the present, Virginia has had a viable, continuously funded geological...geologicmap of Virginia was published in 1884. This was the first comprehensive geological map of Virginia. The...contained the results of Rogers' geology of Virginia, West Virginia, and the eastern part of Kentucky; the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 00:39 19 January 2015 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lack and nearly black minerals-no...ferberite, and rutile, especially that from Graves Mountain, Georgia. To some, however, the beauty and importance...aluminous schists; and alpine-type pockets. The Graves Mountain rutile nominated for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...near Waterbury, Vermont; at Poker Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island; and in Essex, Orange, and Warren...cavities in tourmaline from the Pelham asbestos mine (Emerson 1895). Other historical Massachusetts
Report (issue)
99(2)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Champion mine, California, USA. 3.208 (100), 3.095 (90), 3.075 (50), 2...6.09 Total 99.93 [100.00] 100.00 (1) Västanå mine, Sweden. (2) Hökensås, Sweden; by electron microprobe...augelite, lazulite (Västanå mine, Sweden); scorzalite, augelite, viséite (Champion mine, California...California, USA); montebrasite, scorzalite, bertossaite, brazilianite, apatite, gatumbaite, samuelsonite, wyllieite...Rwanda). Distribution: In Sweden, from the Västanå mine, near Näsum, Skåne; at Hålsjöberg, Värmland;
Journal (issue)
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
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)
• • • • • • Grade and Reserves •• • • • • • • • Mining and Beneficiation • • • • • • • Calcination .....individuals, firms and organisations, as well as to the mining and geological departments, both in Commonwealth...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...beneficiation of disseminated schists is that at Willis Mountain, Virginia, where very large reserves containing
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
g. at Willis Mountain and East Ridge in the Appalachian belt of Virginia, USA (Kyanite Mining Corporation...(Russia), Proterozoic (Scandinavia) and Palaeozoic (USA) ages. In Norway and Sweden, they occur in Palaeoproterozoic...are pyrophyllite, muscovite, topaz, fluorite, lazulite, wavellite, barite, apatite, Al–Sr phosphates...agglomerations consisting of wavellite, kyanite and lazulite Laser ablation–inductively coupled mass spectrometry...Norway (e.g. Drag NCA and Drag NC1) and Unimin in USA (Iota STD and Iota 8) are plotted in Fig. 6. Al and
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
Journal (issue)
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
Book (volume)
(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Dosen ONN/ QBI96-40247 Trade Distribution by Mountain Press Publishing Company P.O. Box 2399, Missoula...events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most complete...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...included contain such specific details as farm roads, mountain paths, stretches of stream beds, and easily identifiable...enthusiastic amateurs alike had not gone out to every corner of North America, discovered the rich gem resources...(sixling) CORUNDUM DIAMOND CRYSTALS FLUORITE VV LAZULITE PERIDOT PHENACITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS V^v VESUVIANITE...these mountains enclose. In the East, an ancient mountain system of folded and metamorphosed sediments and
Book
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
Report (issue)
VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Tnour.s Lnorvanp Warsow, Pn. D. DIRECTOR Bulletin...Geology of the'Titanium and Apatite Depositrs of Virginia Bv Tnorues LuoNeno Wersow eNo Srrpnex Tannp ...Vrncrnre I9I3 ,//l' ,4 BULLE'I'IN III-A VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAI, SUITVEY. Piney Rir-er near Rose's...Gneiss-syenite contact on the northwest side. Mars Mountain.. .. Gt!"g . 90 . 9l 9t Distribution Megascopic...of tl'" a"p".it.. _ .drc-onomlc consrderatrons Mining developments. . ::::::..::.:..::..:.::.:::::
Book (volume)
Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout... most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana is beginning...operators, Morefield Mine, Amelia, VA; Max & Suzy Berchtold, Royal Rainbow Mine, Laytonville, CA; Ralph...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache
Book
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
Book (edition)
by DUEEIE & PECK, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut BENHAM * SON, PHCtTEBS... modes of application The value of ores in mining, their modes of reduction, the yield of mines in...localities of Minerals, Brief notice of Foreign Mining Regions, . . . Mineralogical Implements, Index...70 impleshape,] 54. horizontal entrance to a mine. A A ; A : Amygdaloidal, 339. Anhydrous. [Lat...Infusible. Gallery. A horizontal passage in mining. Gangue, 204. Inspissate. Gelatinize, 67. Intumesce
Book (edition)
DURRIE & PECK, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION...only by name. in uses of minerals and their mining, their countries, modes modes of application...American localities of Minerals, notice of Foreign Mining Regions, Mineralogical Implements, Weights, Measures...aster, star.] HavThe ing the appearance of a stai mine. An oxyd having an acrid within. Alkali. Containing...of the simple blowin Gallery. horizontal A A mining. pipe. Gangue, 204. Inspissate. Gelatinize
 
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