 | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | yth ANNUAL JEWELRY GEM &MINERAL SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals, Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR...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) | | ^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...forming a ridge north of Route 7 near Dranesville, Virginia. Figure 7. Locations of mineral deposits in...mines in the Soldiers Delight region, Baltimore County, Maryland. Adapted from Pearre and Heyl , 19.60 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | community of about 1,200 in southeastern Pinal County, is in southern Arizona. ARKANSAS—We recently received..."We recently bought another place (in Montgomery County, Ark.). Guess I told you the Atomic Energy Commission...tour'—we've been on practically every road in the county, so we know it pretty well now." "I'm sending you...garnets. I also found a fairly nice piece of chalcanthite someone had dropped at a tunnel entrance."—item...angular masses. Rocky Hill is in southern Hartford County in central Connecticut. See Mr. Nelson's article |  | | Journal (issue) | | manufacturer of this product operated the Ruggles quarry, at Grafton, New Hampshire, to the delight of mineral...occurring at the Ecton copper mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, you have opened a Pandora’s box...Mining district in the southwest corner of Gila County, Arizona (T. 4 S., R. 15 E.). A good map of the...representatives of hydrated sulfates, notably chalcanthite, melanterite and halotrichite, derived from...Melanterite *smt Smithsonite *hm Hematite *ch Chalcanthite *au Aurichalcite * Lepidocrocite *an Anglesite |  | | Book (volume) | | beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...minesColumbite, Gold, Silver, etc.; and (2) Old Marble Quarry on the Needles Hwy. 5.5 mi. NEScheelite, and deep |  | | Report (volume) | | .........Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville...Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin......See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson | | | Journal (issue) | | manufacturer of this product operated the Ruggles quarry, at Grafton, New Hampshire, to the delight of mineral...occurring at the Ecton copper mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, you have opened a Pandora's box...Mining district in the southwest corner of Gila County, Arizona (T. 4 S., R. 15 E.). A good map of the...representatives of hydrated sulfates, notably chalcanthite, melanterite and halotrichite, derived from...Sulfates *hi Halotrichite *mr Melanterite *eh Chalcanthite *an Anglesite *ja Jarosite Pisanite *pj Plumojarosite |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Western Grove,in the N.E. section of Newton County. All these are in N . W . Arkansas. "It happened...a very large and interesting one from Lawrence County, Arkansas." CALIFORNIA—Emmett Klopfenstein, Box...smithsonite and a bit of chrysocolla and perhaps chalcanthite was noted." The second item, dated April 10...strongly radioactive microlite occurs at the Slocum quarry in E. Hampton. A few of the octahedral crystals...patches of impure reddish hematite occur in Lincoln County, Kansas, near Juniata. KENTUCKY — Sandstone containing |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil...with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing...15 feet to the left, parallel to the wall of the quarry. This tube varied from 6 inches to 2 feet wide |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | have been found along the Cahaba River in Shelby County, Ala. The colors are gray with red veins, red and...Fortville is in N . W . Hancock County close to the Hamilton County line; the gravel pit is close by...by, just over the line in Hamilton County. Mr. Johansen has a Fortville mailing address and a McCordsville...except the drillers and they will not talk. "Russell County is in the southwestern part of the state and there...petrified wood. "In Ward Five of De Soto Parish (a county in Louisiana is called a parish), several large |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.; |  | | Book (volume) | | the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Book (volume) | | the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Diamond Mines, at (or near) Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas. At the mines, I was kindly given permission...for the talc was Georgia Marble Co. Verde Antique Quarry, 2 miles s/w of Holly Springs, Cherokee Co., Ga...how he pinpoints his findings: It is in Somerset County near Great Moose Pond on the banks of Goodwins...locally as Pebbley Beach. Cohasset is in Norfolk County on the south shore of Massachusetts Bay, about...1951, about 12 miles southeast of Ely, St. Louis County, Minnesota—south of Birch Lake. The minerals include |  | | Catalog/List | | THAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway 59 BOEHMITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Brown-purple mass in matrix Creamy...--· - . . - - ------ -·-··-·-· ---·7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway 696 CHROME DIOPSIDE...lx2 £15 lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 126 DIASPORE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen. Norway 1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordammcn,...lxl 90p lx2 £1.80 2x2 £4 Mica 295 NATROLITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Orange to red in feldspar.(Hydrothcrmal...ofNcpheline) lxl £1 lx2£2.SO Zcolite 296 NATROLITE · Saga Quarry, Tvedalcn Norway · Rich creamy masses with possible |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jo,,. Ntu,.,,,IH,,,,, 191/.I CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................Leon B. Bailey 406 TIN DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA 409 CALIFORNJA FIELD TRIP. By Uoyd M. D...ccountries, visited Yosemite National Park in Mariposa county, California, enjoying its unrivaled grandeur and...district that centers in the Stayton mine, in Merced County, Calif., has been examined by geologists Edgar...population in the central part of Middlesex ~unty which county is approximately 10 the center of the state. The |  | | Book | | be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...hundreds of millions of years. Others, such as chalcanthite, may crumble when they are removed from the...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...The third type is crater, a striking circular basin 3.4 kilometers (2 miles) wide, is one iron-nickel...Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11 |  | | Book | | 5.95 and quickly informative.”— “Practical Virginia Kirkus RANGE GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERALS A by...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...will help you prospect and explore any state and county. etc., for mineral deposits in Finding Suitable |  | | Catalog/List | | squares arc new entry for this list ANALCIME Dean Quarry, Lizard ,Cornwall Achmclvich, near Lochinvcr, Scotbnd...ANATASE Lauvland, Frigstad, Evjc Norway 933 Hingston Quarry,Cornwall 16 Rich grey-white cleavages , some with...Newhaven Sussex, England ANDRADITE Franklin New Jersey USA SO 12 Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule. Quite...ANGLESITE Broken Hill, NSW. Australia Marysvale, Piule County, Utah 1152 15 Good coverage of small grey crystals...ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Riddarhyttan,Swedcn 7 Saga Quarry, Tvcdalcn near Larvik, Nomay 10 03 Red vcinlets |  | | Book | | granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...Fluorite is a common example. Aragonite (Utah, USA) 27 Crystals Crystal Morphology The term morphology...crystal form. Other crystals Wulfenite (Arizona, USA) 29 may show lesser symmetry on a scale at the...rubbish which may harm animals. If the site is a quarry careful arrangements with respect to equipment...potential for specimen sales. Shale (Pennsylvania, USA) 57 Mineral Descriptions For each species the |  | | Journal (issue) | | ‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada .........................................parent body is omitted. The article on the Sudbury Basin (an astrobleme/ore deposit accounting by itself...Canyon, about 8 km east of Round Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. It can be reached by trail from the mouth...Early Mining History Records on file at the Nye County Recorders Office, Tonapah, Nevada, state that the...the Outlaw mine, 12 miles north of Manhattan, Nye County, Nevada.” With this limited locality information |  | | Journal (issue) | | the mineralogy of the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada .........................................tourmaline discoveries in Maine. In the Limecrest quarry they uncovered dravite crystals over a meter in...have held the Majuba Hill property in Pershing County, Nevada, since Gulf Chemical relinquished it, hoping...Cu4(S 04)(0H )6 H20 In addition to brochantite, chalcanthite and langite, another hydrated copper sulfate...the collector to acquire from the locality. Chalcanthite CuS04-5H20 Inside the “K ” raise on the middle |  | | Book | | milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...DESCRIPTIONS 21 ABBREVIATIONS 24 GLOSSARY 25 COUNTY INDEX OF MINERAL OCCURRENCES 29 MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS...(using a code explained on page 21) and a county by county list mentioning the nature of their occurrence...Parks and Monuments prohibit all collecting. state, county and city parks usually prohibit collecting. Please...EFFLORESCENCES (often on mine working walls) Chalcanthite, boothite, morenosite, goslarite melantlerite |
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