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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| RESOURCES OF THE FARMVILLE TRIASSIC BASIN, VIRGINIA Gerald P. Wilkes '@ The Farmville basin is a fault-controlled...located in parts of Buckingham, Cumberland and Prince Edward counties, Virginia and in parts of the Gold...Gold Hill, Hillcrest, Willis Mountain, Farmville, and Hampton-Sidney 7.5' quadrangles. The Briery Creek...Creek basin, located two miles south of the Farmville basin, was originally part of the main basin but...(Figure 1). Major drainages of the Farmville basin are the north-flowing Willis River, which is near the basin's |
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| 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...(locally green Cr muscovite), and locally abundant pyrite. Topaz, lazulite, and other rare minerals occur |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| $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 |
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| INDUSTRY OF VIRGINIA IN 1974' ADVANCE SUMMARY Total value of mineral production in Virginia in 1974 was...127 percent in value. Deep mine production decreased 3 percent and surface mine production increased 9 percent...value increased. Table 1. -Mineral production in Virginia. Stone, the second-ranking mineral commodity...cooperative agreement between the Bureau and the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources. 1 1973 Mineral...that cannot be l ~ r o d u c t i o nas measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including |
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| VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 19 GOLD IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet COM MONWEALTH...CHARLOTTESV]LLE, VIRGINIA 1980 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 19 GOLD IN VIRGINIA Palmer...Palmer C. Sweet COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF...Geologist CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA 1980 FRONT covER: Large open-cut County, as photographed in 1939...1939. at the London and Virginia mine, Buckingham VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION |
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| to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...material collected from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit |
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| 1982 INDUSTRIAL ROCK AND MINERAL RESOURCES IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet Virginia's total mineral production...nonfuel industrial rocks and minerals and zinc-lead mining. Preliminary figures for nonfuel mineral production...a feldspar, marketed as "Virginia aplite," and was one of three States mining vermiculite. Major industrial...industrial mineral resources in Virginia are: barite, cement*, clay materials*, diatomaceous sediments, feldspar*...Prince William County at the Cedar Run mine about 200 yards from the Fauquier County line. The barite |
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| exhalative sulfide deposits: example from central Virginia, U.S.A. GENE D . ROBINSON Department of Geology...VOLCANIC-PLUTONICBELT VIRGINIA FxG. 1. Generalized map showing the Virginia Volcanic-Piutonic belt and...and the Andersonville district (modified from Cn^sE, 1986). area having such sulfide deposits and assessing...minimal disruption of natural geochemical trends by mining has occurred in order to decrease the chance of...portion of the Virginia Volcanic-Plutonic belt, mainly in southern Buckingham County, south of Andersonville |
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| Production in Virginia (Preliminary) - 1988l The total value of mineral production in Virginia in 1988 was-2...Chesapeake, produce cement in Virginia. Riverton Corporation in Warren County produces masonry cement at...sources. Salesare made to building supply dealers in Virginia Clap m 0 u u l l d s h a t ~ 1.049 -.I.. Coal...Total XX $2,116,581 Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including...consumption by producers) - from U.S. Bureau of Mines. Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy and |
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| COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY Richmond, Virginia Virginia Minerals Published...Division of Mineral Resources Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 VOL. 48 MAY/AUGUST 2002 NO. 2/3 A GUIDE...GEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY John Marr and Roy Sites Virginia has a very interesting and varied geologic history...in unique and exotic geologic terranes. Across Virginia, the landscape exhibits all rock types: igneous...the Division of Mineral Resources offices. 10 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES VOL. 48 Figure |
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| 28 November 1982 No. 4 GOLD OCCURRENCES IN VIRGINIA, AN UPDATE Palmer C. Sweet and David Trimble ...Gold was f i r s t discovered i n Virginia i n 1806 a t the Whitehall mine i n Spotsylvania m y . Several...near the f a l l s of the Jams River in Amherst County as well as several placer mines were opened in...around 1825 (Sweet, 1971). In the early 1800's gold mining i n V i r ginia consisted of extraction from shallow...The f i r s t gold mine campany incorporated i n Virginia was the V i r qinia Mining Campany of New York |
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| ................................ p. 8 Editor’s corner .................................................found in North Carolina by William Earl Hidden, a mining engineer, collector, and dealer. The town of Hiddenite...Mozambique. The Mineral Newsletter Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, Please join your club officers...a field trip on September 24 to the Willis Mountain Kyanite Mine in Dillwyn, VA. If you didn’t get the...is coordinating NVMC’s participation in the Willis Mountain trip; to attend and for more information, contact |
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| Vol. 27 May 1981 No. 2 BLUE QUARTZ IN VIRGINIA Michael A. Wise1 -@ I n 1885, Robert Robertson described...described a peculiar variety of quartz from Nelson County, Virginia. This new variety of quartz, as cited by Robertson...Island to South Carolina. Most blue quartz in Virginia is in the Blue Ridge Complex lying east of the...The complex extends from Loudoun County in the north to Grayson County in the south. A few occurrences...occurrences of blue quartz have been reported from the Virginia Piedmont. The stratigraphic succession of the Blue |
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| 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 |
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| Guelph] at 01:09 24 December 2014 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lue minerals are a traditional...well-known locality of this type is, of course, Graves Mountain, Georgia. The occurrence of lazulite in this and...specimens, an attractive lazulite from Graves Mountain has been suggested for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...quartz and generally classed as quartzites (Graves Mountain). Lesser occurrences are in quartz and phosphate-rich...Sagadahoc County, Maine. Gemmy lazulite masses are found in Chittenden Township, Rutland County, Vermont |
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| 36 November 1990 No. 4 MINERAL INDUSTRY IN VIRGINIA - 1989 PALMER C. SWEET INTRODUCTION The total...Piedmont and western Coastal Plain provinces of Virginia. Large acreages have been leased in Dinwiddie...Botetourt Table. Mineral Resource Production in Virginia (Preliminary) - 1989,. Value Mineral Commoditv...available XX Not applicable Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including...Bureau of Mines. Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy , , VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL |
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| 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 |
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| The program for the next meeting of the Northern Virginia Mineral Club will be “Treasures of the USGS: From...website: http://www.novamineralclub.org/ Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, Please join our May 20 speaker...brooch, one of the missing Russian Crown Jewels. Virginia Mineral Club, and it reflects well on all of us...Association; the District of Columbia Library Association; the Federation of Friends of the District of Columbia...The membership application form for the Northern Virginia Mineral Club has been updated. by Barry Remer |
Willis Mountain Mine, Sprouses Corner, Farmville Mining District, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA