 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS (PART GOOCHLAND By PHILIP East Derry, COUNTY In N edge of the James R...Fluvanna Co. with which it shares the gold belt. Coun ty Seat is Goochland. Served by Rtes 250, 64 and 6 E...most of the gold area, Lakeside Village (15), and the following (7V2) South Anna, Goochland, Perkinsville...Line Creek Mills. Extensive gold mining formerly on ex treme W and county line around Rte 605 to Rte...mines. Pryer Gold M. Placer on Busby Branch with several shafts. 11/4 Mi. SE of Tabscott (village) and |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...The commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 36849-5305 WULFENITE Downloaded by [Virginia Tech Libraries] at 04:18 15 March 2015 San Francisco Mine, Magdalena...specimen of wulfenite ud assodIIted mimelile W85 mined In lbe early 1970s al the San Fruclsco mine (also known...known 85 lbe Cerro Prieto mine), Magel. . ., Sonora, Mexico. The largest crystal is 4 em across, ud Ihe...consider Ihis localily 10 be Mexico's best modem wulfenite SOUIU. Today, it Is being worked by a group of... Pholo by Jeffrey A. Scovil. Downloaded by [Virginia Tech Libraries] at 04:18 15 March 2015 BECAUSE |  | | Journal (issue) | | subadamantine The Mineral Newsletter Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, Please join our February...or molybdates, such as anglesite, cerussite, wulfenite, and mottramite, as well as with mimetite and...vanadinite? It is reported from Moss Mine, Tabscott, Goochland County, Virginia (click on the links for Mindat...known, like the Red Cloud Mine (famous for wulfenite) and the Apache Mine. Vanadinite is even reported...reported from the U.S. Army Proving Grounds in La Paz County, AZ (limited collecting opportunities anticipated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | include rhodochrosite, wulfenite, tourmaline, and vanadinite. Two of these, wulfenite and vanadinite, are...Yuma mine in Pima County, the Apache mine in Gila County, and the Red Cloud mine in Yuma County, Arizona...with mottramite have been collected at the Apache mine. Vanadinite has been noted from dozens of other...reported from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County; the Kirkland gold mine in Yavapai County; the Hamburg and Ronaldo...in Yuma County (Anthony, Williams, and Bideaux 1977); and with descloizite in the Mammoth mine, Pinal |  | | Report (issue) | | returning it UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDl\IONT GEOLOGICAL...Intrusive rocks----------------------~---------Virginia __________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina...Production ________________________________________ _ Gold deposits _____________________________________ _...21 22 22 23 23 23 24 24 27 29 32 32 32 33 33 Gold deposits-Continued Classification-Continued Lode...47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. ------- - Virginia mines ___ _______________________ |  | | Book (volume) | | Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE... as clusters and nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide |  | | Book (volume) | | Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE... as clusters and nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Paao ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District...District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite...pyromorphite, quartz, scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects:...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...3.4 mm across, Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high, Chalk Mountain |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Pegmatite Area this time. There is quite a 'belt' of this formation.... running, roughly from northwest...Silver specimens are not uncommon at the Monte Cristo Mine. To reach the Monte Cristo, take road to Constallation...drives. There is a store at Crown King; Crown King Mine is no longer in operation. Good Pyrites of Iron...attention a special note....when in this pegmatite belt, looking over terrain for minerals, beware of open...results obtained in the United States. COLORADO—.Virginia Lillard, 465 Steele, Craig, Colo., has sent in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Arizona has produced some of the most wonderful wulfenite specimens in the world. This 6.3-cm-high group...group of sharp crystals is from the Rowley mine (Maricopa County). (Jeff Scovil photo/ Scott & Margie Adams...FeAtUreS My Favorite Minerals 12 Part III: Wulfenite, cerussite, smithsonite, legrandite and selenite...piece of petrified wood, a black rock with visible gold on it, and a chunk of yellow uranium ore. I was...the Silver Reef article. I must have passed by the mine a dozen times. Next time, I will stop for sure. |  | | Book (edition) | | CITY, UTAH. WRITE FOR PRICES. YOU WANT A GOOD MINE! MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MINl^S AND MINERALS...LAKE CITY, UTAH. MINERAL LOCALITIES. BEAVER COUNTY. (Vy Beaver City, near; hyalite, banded in brownish...colorless. Beaver Lake District; azurite. 0. K. Mine; bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, covellite, copper...copper, limonite, malachite, molybdite, pyrite. Bradshaw District; aragonite, aurichalcite, cerussite...garnet, barite, bismuth - inite. Indian Creek; gold. Mooney Springs; topaz. Rock Corral; 9 miles east |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................499 Virginia .....................................................................................525 West Virginia ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map .......................................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1.25 Black 1.50 SarflrGreen Masonic or initial gold encrusted. . 3.50 ft ' ! i Cyyiineral SxcL...Speaking 3 T5I California Convention 4 Yogo Sapphire Mine Reopened 4 Alpha Counters 5 Berkeley Cass iter ite...SAPPHIRE MINE REOPENED A REOPEN INC OF THE FAMED YOGO~ 'SAPP H I RE MINE, IN THE LITTLE BELT about :15...scheduled TO BEGIN THIS MONTH, UNDER NEW OPERATORS. THE MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1929, AFTER HAVING PRODUCED...Mountains The Yogo mine has the distinction of being the only lode vein SAPPHIRE MINE IN THE WORLD, SINCE |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | locations. Certainly such common minerals as quartz, pyrite, garnet and others occur in crystal form at a great...Amcnnpijiite: In the Emery Mining district (Powell County) the mineral is found in wellformed crystals in...Mining district near Jardine (Park County). At the Kennebec mine in the Crevasse Mountain district (see...encountered in the Jardine mine (see above). Noteworthy is the No. 1 vein of the mine on Mineral Hill. It is...the Crevasse Mountain district near Jardine (Park County) on the Vindicator claim, one-half inch tabular |  | | 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.; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan...from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced most of the rare minerals, ceased...& Minerals on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991)...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? — — — — best occurrence..."specimen quality" questionable occurrence Angelina County Lufkin, 1 mile N of Lufkin in railroad cuts, in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fort Worth 6, Texas. FOSSILS—Eocene and Miocene, Virginia and Maryland. Shark teeth, coral, shells and casts...Paradise, Calif. OPALS, BRILLIANT COLORS-Djrect from mine, 15 for $5.00. 10 ringsize cabochons (opal, amethyst...(Mexico) MATERIALS- $2.25 (Mexico) $4.00 lb„ moss agate lb., aventurine (India) $2.50 lb., apatite...diopside (Madagascar) $3.50 lb., obsidian (Mexico) gold sheen $1.25 lb., rose quartz (Brazil) $3.00 lb....Hickory, N.C. RED AGATE—Also some green and black moss. Angel wing. See Max Steevens, 22 miles south .of |  | | Journal (issue) | | composition of stolzite from Wanlockhead and wulfenite from various Scottish localities A. Livingstone...and D. Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon...History Museum, Cromwell Road , London SW7 5BD Native gold has been found associated with chlorargyrite, gypsum...sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed to be...assemblages observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral |  | | Book (volume) | | first real Gold Rush in America occurred in Georgia following two simultaneous discoveries of Gold by Negro...Dahlonega in Lumpkin Co. Not only was placer and lode gold found in abundance here and elsewhere, but the early...found and are still being occasionally washed out of gold pans. Many other gem crystal species occur in pegmatite...been actively prospected for gold since colonial times, and the modern gold panner should concentrate his...his efforts in the known gold-bearing areas. Lode deposits usually consist of Quartz veins in solid rock |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................408 Virginia .....................................................................................429 West Virginia ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable...unprofitable, although gold may still be panned in the regional streams. Most of the rest of the state |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................408 Virginia .....................................................................................431 West Virginia ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable...unprofitable, although gold may still be panned in the regional streams. Most of the rest of the state |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Arsenopyrite, zoisite, mariposite, colemanite, pyrite, honksite, & others. Tod Santos, 5600 — 23rd St...BALAS RUBIES Va in., perfect crystals. Your list for mine. H. Rzemieniewski, 440 E. 145th St., New York 54...topaz, crystal moonstone, sunstone, bloodstone, moss-stone, aventurine, lapis, tigereye. Any one $1.00...D MINERALS OPALS, BRILLIANT COLORS-Direct from mine, 15 for $5.00. 10 ringsize cabochons (opal, amethyst...North Carolina. RED AGATE—Also some green and black moss. Angel wing. See Max Steevens, 22 miles south of |
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