 | | Report (issue) | | THE INTERIOR TITANIUM DEPOSITS OF NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...ORIGIN OF THE TITANIUM DEPOSITS OF NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES, VIRGINIA BY CLARENCE S. ROSS UNITED STATES..._________________________ Quartz monzonite____ _____ ________ Roseland anorthosite____. __________ Primary andesine anorthosite...occurrence_____ Ilmenite nelsonite______________ Rutile nelsonite_-______________ Mineralogy..__________________________..._______________________ Micas__________________________ Rutile _________ .---____--_________ Ilmenite._________________________ |  | | Report (issue) | | THE RUTILE DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. By THOMAS L. WATSON. INTRODUCTION. The titanium-bearing...largest concentrations of the element are as oxide (rutile), as iron titanate (ilmenite), and in iron ferrate...of the element at present is rutile. The known workable deposits of rutile, however, are extremely few...summarizes present knowledge of the geology of the rutile deposits in the eastern United States and for the...produced some rutile. Of the known deposits in the United, States only those in Virginia are of commercial |  | | 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...and classiffcation. . . . Details of oecurrences Rutile 106 107 109 .111 nelsonite. . ... rr7 rr7...trli"tot*pi. character......,. The rutile ore.. .. General statement. rutile.. . Syenite -Megascopic f93 f93 |  | | Report (volume) | | Rutile and Ilmenite Placer Deposits Roseland District, Nelson and Amherst Counties, Virginia By NORMAN...panned concentrates of heavy minerals from the Roseland district indicate the possibility of valuable..._____________ Results of mineralogical analysis.. Rutile _ __________________ Zircon.._ __________________...channels, Roseland district________________________._ In pocket FIGURE 1. Index map of Virginia showing...showing the Roseland district__-__ F2 2. Geologic sketch map of the Roseland district-.._._____ 6 TABLES TABLE |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Roseland District of Central Virginia U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Roseland District of Central Virginia By NORMAN HERZ and ERIC R. FORCE...titanium-mineral deposits in Nelson and Amherst Counties in the Blue Ridge of Virginia UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...1923Geology and mineral deposits of the Roseland district of central Virginia. (U.S. Geological Survey professional...16:1371 1. Geology-Virginia-Roseland Region. 2. Mines and mineral resourcesVirginia-Roseland Region. I. Force |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PETROLOGY OF THE MONTPELIER AND ROSELAND POTASSIC ANORTHOSITES, VIRGINIA BRENT E. OWENS§ Department of...Geology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, U.S.A. ROBERT F. DYMEK* Department of...Missouri 63130, U.S.A. ABSTRACT The Montpelier and Roseland plutons are the southernmost, and among the youngest...which Ba levels exceed those of Sr. Montpelier and Roseland are the most potassic of all massif anorthosites...cooccurring plagioclase and pyroxene in Montpelier and Roseland (%An versus %En) lie well off trends defined for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HANOVER COUNTY, VIRGINIA T. N E I L B L A N D F O R D 2434 Jackson Parkway Vienna, Virginia 22180 A...minerals rutile and ilmenite, occur in a metaanorthosite body VA miles south of Montpelier, Virginia. The...industry. T o reach the Feldspar Corporation's quarry, follow U . S . Route 33 south from Montpelier...610 for 3.0 miles, turn left onto Route 677. The quarry entrance is located on the right, 0.9 miles from...potassic feldspar, plagioclase, quartz, mica, some rutile and ilmenite, and as being characterized by widths |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | WEST- VIRGINIA. RYAN. INTRODUCTION. T•E existenceof large titanium depositsin Amherstand Nelson Counties...Counties,Virginia, has beenknown for a numberof years,and the geologicaloccurrences togetherwith the economicpossibilities...farm, situatedon the northernboundaryof Amherst County, attracted attention,and the mineral rights on...purchaseby the Virginia Phosphateand Paint Companyin I894 of the Giles tract northwestof Roseland,Nelson County...fertilizer. In I9OO the American Rutile Companyopeneda depositof rutile-ilmeniteore at Roseland, • and since.that |  | | Report (issue) | | is located in the Plomosa mining district, Yuma County, Ariz., in the southern part of the Dome Rock Mountains...quantities. In a prospect owned by the French American Mining Company, located a short distance from...creek and wagon road cross the Pima-Santa Cruz county line, a short distance above White House, as indicated...creek, extending half a mile on either side of the county line. The deposits probably have a much wider extent...California which are being worked are those of Shasta County. Deposits in San Luis Obispo, Alameda, Placer, |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | ALL UVIAL ILMENITE PLACER DEPOSITS, CENTRAL VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 959~H COVER...Carolina Alluvial Ilmenite Placer Deposits, Central Virginia By J.P. MINARD, E. R. FORCE, and G. W. HAYES ...in alluvial deposits along streams draining the Roseland Anorthosite and nearby areas, and their economic...James P Alluvial ilmenite placer deposits, central Virginia. (Geology and resources of titanium) (Geological...Bibliography: p. 1. Ilmenite._Virginia. 2. Placer deposits-Virginia. I. Force, E.ric R., joint author. II. Hayes, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | biotite schist and coming from the Worth feldspar quarry on Bog Hill, East Hampton, Middlesex Co., Conn...localities referred to by Mr. Levey are in Baltimore County. Maryland is famous for its many mineral localities...imbedded in white limestone occur at the old limestone quarry at Bolton, Worcester Co., Mass. MICHIGAN—An interesting...lots of géodes in the Monroe City area of Monroe County, Mo., found along the various creeks. I have a...principal quarry. It was filled with masses of flint and hammerstones. West of the quarry was a huge |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE VIRGINIA DEPOSITSX CrenoNcn S. Ross, U. S. GeologicalSuraey, Washi,ngton,D. C. The virginia titanium...titanium deposits are the world's largest producers of rutile a,nd.also contain large supplies of ilmenite. The...residual magma, all show the relationship of the virginia rock to typical anorthosites. rt difiers from...studied in the open cut mine of the American Rutile company at Roseland, where they are associated with a...associated with actinolite, clinozoisite, and biotite. Rutile becomes the dominant titanium mineral in an intermediate |  | | Report (issue) | | Radioactive rare-earth deposit at Scrub Oaks mine, Morris County, New Jersey, by Harry Klemic, A. V. Heyl, Jr.,...deposits of the St. Regis-Superior area, Mineral County, Montana, by Arthur B. Campbell.____________________...mineral deposits of the Carlile quadrangle, Crook County, Wyoming, by M. H. Bergendahl, R. E. Davis, and...principal salable minerals are ilmenite, leucoxene, rutile, and zircon, though monazite and staurolite are...littoral deposits include ilmenite, leucoxene, zircon, rutile, staurolite, garnet, epidote, magnetite, monazite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | te from a newly discovered locality in Yavapai County, Ariz., on the Verde River near Camp Verde, Ariz...be of interest. These were collected in Yavapai County, East of Prescott, Arizona. "They were taken from...asbestos, from a deposit near Jamestown, Tuolumne County, to its plant in Baltimore, Md. "Asbestos experts...and she had been fishing on Duke's Creek in White County (Ga.) with her nephew, Jere Chambers. Mrs. Lanier...road about 4 miles north of Cleveland, in White County, at 9 a.m., Wednesday, September 10. Gravel from |  | | Report (issue) | | Reconnaissance of the ore deposits in northern Yuma County, Ariz.: Bull. 451, 130 pp., 1911. 30c. -. The ore...geology and mining district'of Leadville, Lake County, Colo.: Second Ann. Rept, pp, 201-290, 1882. $2...pp., 1912. The Grand Gulch mining region, Mohave County, Ariz.: Bull. 580-D, pp. 39-58, 1914. Some mining...LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, and BANCROFT, ROWLAND, Ferry County, Republic (Eureka) district [Washington]: Bull... Geology and geography of a portion of Lincoln County, Wyo. [gold, platinum, etc.]: Bull. 542, pp. 121-136 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DISCUSSION VIRGINIA AND COMMUNICATIONS TITANIUM DEPOSITS. Thepaperby Davidson, Grout,andSchwartzin...1946), "Noteson the ilmenitedepositat Piney River, Virginia,"discusses a paperof mineonthe"Occurrence andoriginof...thetitanium depositsof Nelsonand AmherstCounties,Virginia," publishedin 1941 as U.S. Geological SurveyProfessional...Ross'sspecimens andpicturesshowa gooddeal of evidence that rutile and possiblyilmenitehaveat placesbeen introduced...whilein the iron-freefeldsparenclosing themonly rutile formed.This DISCUSSION AND COMMUNICATION& 197 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wollastonite occurs in commercial quantities in Essex county, New York, as part of a seriesof Grenville sedimentswhich...MATITES, RICHARD BERYLLIUM-TANTALUM-LITHIUM TAOS COUNTY, H. JAHNS AND NEW LAUREN PEG- MEXICO. x ...WRIGHT. The Harding pegmatitesof western Taos County, New Mexico, though generally known as sources...YBDENITE DEPOSITS PREISSA ABITIBI AND C-LA COUNTY, G. W. I-I. PEGMA CORNE TITES IN THE AREA...GEOLOGIC OCCURRENCE CI•A•tENCE S. OF RUTILE. •tOSS. Rutile is being producedfrom primary depositsin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | made of a sample from the Nat Kidd Prospect in Roseland. This analysis is given in Table 1 to illusrrare...thin-section analysis of a sample from the American Rutile n,rine in Roseland which contained 70/6kaolinite,29...Blue R'id.geProvince (Central Region) In Buncombe County, completely altered pegmatites, selected for detailed...content of hydrated halloysite southward from Virginia into North Carolina where a maximum of hydrated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | communications. OCCURRENCE DISCUSSION OF OF RUTILE PAPER BY IN T. L. V'IRGINIA. WATSON. Sir:--I... Watson's.article on the Virginia rutile deposits. The sectionwhere rutile is found seemsdestinedto furnish...es. A quite striking one is the association of rutile with apatite, which seemsto be a local modification...near to the presentmining operationsof the American Rutile Company,a depositof almost identical appearance...consistsof apatite and rutile. From a superficialexamination I would say that the rutile amounts to about 5ø |  | | Report (issue) | | Dore. Engelhardt. 1939 Alexander, Hendricks, and Nelson. Edelman, van Baren, and Favejee. Favejee. Harden...Hendricks and Jefferson (1938, 1939), Hendricks, Nelson, and Alexander (1940), Hendricks and Ross (1938)...analysis, K. J. Murata, analyst. 7. Maricopa, Kern County, Calif. Bentonite. Ross and Shannon (1926, p. 89)...p. 89). Earl V. Shannon, analyst. 9. San Diego County, Calif. Bentonite. Well" (1937, p. 107). J. G....Schaller, analyst. 13. Irish Creek, Rockbridge County, Va. Gouge clay formed in shear zone in granodiorite |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...Editori. material has been added for this American edition. Preface Love of beautiful gems and...so well related to the needs and interests of American collectors guage of that country, that has |  | | Book (edition) | | and Rabun County, Georgia. Between 1900 and 1905 the corundum deposits of Gallatin County, Montana, were...to a small extent. The Corundum Hill mine, Macon County, North Carolina, is about 8 miles northeast of...occur in peridotite. The most important Jackson County deposits are in the extreme northeastern part,...counties, but the Lucas mine at Laurel Creek, Rabun County, is one of the best known corundum mines in the...vicinity of Elk Creek in the central part of Gallatin County, Montant., where the ore c>ccur11 in ayenite!J |
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