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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite 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:143402
Long-form Identifier:1:3:143402:6
GUID (UUID V4):479329db-f3b5-4d80-b36b-659fb09ec66b
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
10.0km (6.2 miles) Turpin Creek Mine (Gold Tract; Agee Tract), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) Hudgins Mine, New Canton, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) Margaret Mine (Terrell Mine), New Canton, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) McKenna Mine, New Canton, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
29.3km (18.2 miles) Johnson Mine (Staples Mine), New Canton, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
33.0km (20.5 miles) McGehee Limonite Prospect, James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
37.3km (23.2 miles) Moore Mine (Wreck Island Creek Mine), Appomattox County, Virginia, USA
39.1km (24.3 miles) Bible Ridge North Hematite Mine, James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
39.4km (24.5 miles) Esmont Slate Quarry, Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
44.4km (27.6 miles) Faber Mine, Faber, Albemarle 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)
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
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
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 (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...central Virginia, and the only active kyanite mine in the United States is at Willis Mountain in Buckingham
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A Collecting Trip to Virginia By DUDLEY A. LEVICK, JR. 6 Sheldon Close Mariemont, Cincinnati 27, Ohio...Fire Clay Mine, Frostburg, Md. (See R&M, May-June '53, "Minerals of the Frostburg Fire Clay Mine", by Harold...did not attempt to apply to enter the operating mine. This was my third visit; I wish sometime that I...40. Inquiry in the vicinity might uncover a new mine operation not in "Minerals Yearbook." Jenkintown...gets there first, the site is near the Northwest corner of Township Line Road and Washington Lane, somewhat
Book
$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
Book (edition)
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
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...rutile shows up as distinct reddish-brown grains. Limonite, if in sufficient quantity, changes to black crystalline...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
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
Book
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
Journal (issue)
p l i t e ; " and was one o f t h r e e States mining vermicul it e (White and Sweet, 1982). Several...Company's pumped storage p r o j e c t i n Bath County i n western V i r g i n i a and i n b u i l d i...market i n ~irginia. Riverton Corporation i n Warren County produces masonry cement a t t h e i r p l a n t...operates a p l a n t west of Tinker Mountain i n B o t e t o u r t County; t h i s i s t h e l a r g e s t... Vol. 29 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES ' Table. Mineral Production in Virginia - 198211
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 (volume)
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
Report (issue)
47 Kyanite Occurrences in the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico by ALLEN FRANK COREY 1960...INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY.......................................... Kiawa Mountain ................................................................................... La Madera Mountain ....................................................................................... Kiawa Mountain deposit .....................................
Report (issue)
SULFIDES OF VIRGINIA FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK J. E. Gair, Editor U. S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 22092...Caledonian Stratabound Sulphides. Massive Sulfides of Virginia Field Trip Contents Page Introduction by J.E....Piedmont of Virginia by Louis Pavlides ............. STOP 1, 8 STOP 1A. Mineral district Chopawamsic... Gair .............. 24 Ores of the Mineral district by J.R. Craig, J.W. Miller, L.J. Cox, and R.F...pit, east end of Betty Baker mine by J.E. Gair Drill core, Mineral district by J.E. Gair ............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
previously mentioned. 99 VOLCANIC PLUTONIC BELT / VIRGINIA / 'i l v • COATING SAMPLE • SUBSTRATE SAMPLE...Map showing the Chopawamsic Formation in central Virginia, U.S.A., and the location of samples discussed...h e Central Virginia V o l c a n i c - - P l u t o n i c Belt near Andersonville~ Virginia, U.S.A. (Fig...metric tonne = 103 kg. 100 collected from the Willis River (Fig. 1). Fresh interior chips cut from these...located near site 2 but it does not intersect the Willis River (Young, 1981). Site 1 is not associated with
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
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
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
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. . ::::::..::.:..::..:.::.:::::
Report (issue)
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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