 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, Virginia 20192, USA U.S. Geological Survey, 973 Denver Federal...Denver, Colorado 80225, USA c Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, New Hampshire, USA Accepted 1 June 2004 ...eastern United States. The salts, which are present on mine wastes, tailings piles, and outcrops, include minerals...the highly soluble members of the melanterite, rozenite, epsomite, halotrichite, and copiapite groups...deposits in the Vermont copper belt, the Mineral district of central Virginia, the Copper Basin (Ducktown) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia By RICHARD S. M I T C H E L L Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville...Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 and A R T H U R S. K A T Z # 2 North Church Street West Chester, Pennsylvania...INTRODUCTION Although the old Sulphur mine north of Mineral, Virginia, has been a popular collecting site...prehensive tabulation of minerals which occur in this pyrite deposit has ever been published. Thornton and Burns...first systematic description of jthe minerals at the mine, but their paper, in mimeographed form, had very |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Box 3667, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903. A county road...road map of Washington County is available from the Information Office, Virginia Department of Highways,... 1221 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219 or the Residency Shop in Ablingdon. Permission should...Martha Washington Inn. Head east. 0.4 Washington County Courthouse on left. 0.64 0.1 House on left. Behind... r VIRGINIA Index map for road log. QUADRANGLE - --- 0 1 2 VIRGINIA DIVISION O F MINERAL RESOURCES |  | | 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 (chapter) | | 6 Metal-sulfate Salts from Sulfide Mineral Oxidation John L. Jambor Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences...closed-basin lakes, in rock outcrops, and in mines and mine wastes has been noted since early antiquity. The...ancient civilizations. It forms from the oxidation of pyrite in shales and slates and from oxidation of sulfurous...sulfides, such as cobaltite. He goes on to say that “Pyrite , unless it contains sulphates, is either a golden...commonly is caused by different amounts of admixed pyrite with sulfate minerals. From the days of the Greek |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gem & Mineral Association PRESENTS yth ANNUAL JEWELRY GEM &MINERAL SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals...PROSPECTOR VISIT OUR MINE-KEEP WHAT YOU FIND DOOR PRIZES HOURLY DEALERS GEM, MINERAL & FOSSIL DISPLAYS...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 |  | Seal, Robert R., Hammarstrom, Jane M., Johnson, Adam N., Piatak, Nadine M., Wandless, Gregory A. (2008) Environmental geochemistry of a Kuroko-type massive sulfide deposit at the abandoned Valzinco mine, Virginia, USA. Applied Geochemistry, 23 (2) 320-342 doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.10.001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sulfide deposit at the abandoned Valzinco mine, Virginia, USA Robert R. Seal II *, Jane M. Hammarstrom...Reston, VA 20192, USA Available online 7 October 2007 Abstract The abandoned Valzinco mine, which worked...deposit in the Virginia Au–pyrite belt, contributed significant metal-laden acid-mine drainage to the...acid-neutralizing potential. The ores were dominated by pyrite, sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite, which represented...leaching studies of flotation tailings – the dominant mine waste at the site – indicated that they were acid |  | | Report (volume) | | Paul H. Ribbe, Series Editor Virginia Tech, Blacksburg (click on Rev Mineral Geochem entry) December 9...minerals represent an important component of our mineral economy, the pollution problems in our air and...processing of coal or metal-sulfide ores (largely for gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc) produce waste materials...and sediment. Concentrated waters associated with mine wastes may precipitate a variety of metal-sulfate...minerals spans from submicroscopic reactions at mineral-water interfaces to global issues of oceanic cycling |
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