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| PROSPECTS IN THEVIRGILINA DISTRICT, VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet The Virgilina district (Figure 1) was a source...source of in Virginia from the late 1800's until about 1917. It is estimated that abo-ut 7501. ponnds of...copper (Table 1) was produced from the Virgilina district in Virginia. Silver, which is reported to occur...occur in four mines in the district, was produced from the High Hill copper mine and gold and silver from...from the Red Bank (Goldbank) gold mine in Halifax County (Sweet, 1976, p. 9-10). Up to 1912 it is reported |
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| Copper-BearingVein Deposits of the Virgilina District, North Carolinaand Virginia STEPHEN A. KISH Departmentof.... Rb-Srmineralagesfor metamorphicrocksin the Virgilina regionindicatethat rocksremainedat elevatedtemperatures...hada volcanogenic origin.Recentstudiesof Virgilina district. the samedepositshaveincorporatedboth exhalative...retrogrademetamorphism in the Carolinaslatebelt. The Virgilina miningdistrictin the northernportion of the Carolinaslatebelt...-1853.00 The Virgilina miningdistrict(Fig. 1) is situatedin the core of the Virgilina synclinorium(Laney |
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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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| 18, 1902 COPPER-BEARING ROCKS OF VIRGILINA COPPER DISTRICT, VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA * BY THOMAS LEONARD........................ 369 Ore deposits of the district................................................. 1501, in a field examination of the Virgilina copper district, and the specimens of the rocks and ores...and he is indebted to Mr W. H. Pannebaker, of Virgilina, for th e photographs illustrating it. L I I —B...1901 (353) 354 T. L. WATSON— VIRGtLINA COPPER DISTRICT In many instances the characteristic field appearance |
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| _ 16 Warren mine ____ 16 Milan mine ____________.._____________________ ._ 18 Lyman mine _______ _ _________...____________ '.__ 24 Copperfield or Ely mine ("Vershire mine).______i______ 24 History______________...character of ores____________________ Hartford County deposits__________________________ Simsbury (Newgate)...mine_________________________________ New Haven County deposits________________________ New York ____..._______________ The ores__ _ _ _____ _ American mine ________'________L ______________ Workings and equipment |
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| VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA THoMAS LEoNARD WamoN, Pn. D. DIRECTOR Bulletin No...The Geology and Ore Deposits of the Virgilina District of Virginia and North Carolina FRANCIS BAKER LANEY...EcoNourc Sunwy CHARLOTTESVILLE UNIYERSITY OF VIRGINIA 19L7 STATE GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Hor,r. Ilpxny...Ilpxny Canrnn Srulnr, Chq/Lrman, Goaernor of Virginia. Docron E. A. Ar,rnnulN, Pres'ident of the Uniuersi...Nrcnom, Military Institute. Superi,ntendent of the Virginia HoN. E. P. Cox, Eu-Bpealcer of the Eouse of Delegates- |
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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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| OF THE CAROLINA AND CHALCOCITE VIRGILINA AND IN DISTRICT VIRGINIA2 FRANCIS BAKER LANEY. INTRODUCTION...INTRODUCTION. The copperoresof the Virgilina District consistalmostwholly of borniteand chalcocite. The...extend below 250 feet. The important mines of the district are from 35¸ to 500 feet deepand the ore from...is alwayssecondary. The chalcociteof the Virgilina District therefore appearedto offer an exceptionto...of the State Geologists of North Carolina and Virginia. :U. S. Geol.Survey,"Min. Res.,"•9o7,Pt. I., |
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| Bulletin 76 Geology and Mineral Resources of Moore County, North Carolina By JAMES F. CONLEY RALEIGH...Bulletin 76 Geology and Mineral Resources of Moore County, North Carolina By JAMES F. CONLEY RALEIGH ...Scotland Neck Haw River W. EUGENE SIMMONS JAMES Sylva High Point P. KAVENAGH, JR LORIMER ERIC , C. HUNTER...Bulletin 76, "Geology and Mineral Resources of Moore County, North Carolina", by James F. Conley. This report...investigations of the geology and mineral resources of Moore County and should be of value to those interested in the |
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| veins of the southern Appalachian region Continued. High-temperature silicate stage._________________ 27..._____ Quartz stage_-_----____-________-_---.__-_ High-temperature ferromagnesian stage... _ _ _ _ Carbonate...Continued. Quartz stage. ___.-__--__--_ _______________ High-temperature ferromagnesian stage _______ Carbonate...__________-_-_J_-_________________ History of the mine- _ ____-_________'________ Results of previous work_______________...Vein-quartz stage______________________ Stage of high-temperature ferromagnesian minerals ____________________________ |
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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...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...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to |
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| with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded...prevent fourwheel-drive access to remote localities high in the mountains. In mountainous areas, the collecting |
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| ..........................................499 Virginia .....................................................................................525 West Virginia ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map |
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| Gem Trails and the Colorado Desert of California High Tension (A Biography) Jay Ellis Ransom EMS of...Flat Surface; Sanding Down a Specimen; The Final High-Gloss Polish; Drilling Holes i11 Gemstones; Faceting...Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Appendixes 615...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead of metallic ores, and mining for turquoise was enormously extended throughout the |
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| R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University... by P.J. Dunn A new stolzite occurrence: Broken Hill, Australia........................................Behnke Famous mineral localities: the Corrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil ...............A. Rickard Allactite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey............................... 251 ...Person-other—Other persons such as miners, field assistants, mine managers, etc. Place —Used when a mineral is named |
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| ....................4 Todd (St. Stephen Nickel) mine......................................................................10 Blakeney (Basswood Ridge) mine........................................................................11 The Ledge (Charlotte County Granite) quarry...................................................................13 Central Tower Hill occurrence..............................................................................14 Tower Hill Road occurrence................................. |
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| ..........................................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...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow |
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| ..........................................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...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow |
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| in every county 'of Colorado along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains from Larimer County on the Wyoming...Wyoming line to Custer County in the south-centralpart of the state, and in scatteredpre-Cambrianareas...The pre-Cambrian schists and granites of Larimer County are cut by numerous pegmatite dikesl which have...exhibiting an ore mineral phaseoccur in Boulder County.3JeffersonCounty contains both tourmaline and muscovite...Boulder County, Colorado: Econ. Geology,vol. 2, pp. 453463, 1907. Kirk, Charles T., Tungsten district of Boulder |
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| Shore Plaza, lots of legal questions would arise. Mining law is vague in Massachusetts, state lawyers say...of Environmental Quality Engineering. In fact, mining hasn't been a big issue in Massachusetts since...futile effort to reopen the former Chipman silver mine in Newbury. A brief exploratory foray into the Berkshires...by several Western mining companies led to a survey of the former Davis copper mine in Rowe, but that... enough was found recently to warrant opening a mine. Hon's advice: "It is worth pursuing." Gleba, who |
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| SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2019 Articles The Golconda District, Minas Gerais, Brazil ..........................AUTUNITE on TOURMALINE, 11.9 cm, from the Golconda I mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Brice Gobin (Mineral Art)...$324/three years, (Canada) $186/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $265 for one year Subscription...Via (deceased) Salim Edde Daniel Trinchillo Lyda Hill Daniel J. Record Gail & Jim Spann Rob Lavinsky Wilbert...“German Silver: An Historical Perspective on Silver Mining in Germany” (1986) and “Famous Mineral Localities: |
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| interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...information is included on the persons involved in mining the deposits, with dates and other pertinent information...crystal 5. Gibson's Ruby mine, Cowee Creek, North Carolina 6. Corundum Hill, North Carolina 7. Eldorado |
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| R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...AZ 85715 602-299-5274 Articles The Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paula, Brazil ...............................and J. M. Martins The Jensen quarry, Riverside County, California .....................................Doorselaer A highly magnesian alleghanyite from Sterling Hill, New J ers ey by O. V. Petersen, J. Bollhorn and...coated with malachite, 5 cm across, from the Onganja mine, Namibia. Collection of the Sorbonne, University |
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| is the production during the the present Mining largest single industry and horticulture. more...development. that the ment of the in Santa Fe initial County in the year 1828. before the and thirty production...years retarded should impulse received was mining Slope regions, materially fact, however, Great...United its S. entire mineral 1914 aggregated mining industry by the U. increase an The non-metallic...Among the first States may be the County; one mentioned County; and at the the gold at the one |
