 | | Report (volume) | | THE LYNDHURST-VESUVIUS DISTRICT AUGUSTA AND ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES VIRGINIA BY MAXWELL M. KNECHTEL Strategic............................... 181 Lyndhxir s t mine...................................... Mount Torry............. Kennedy mine........................................ Black shaft mine.................................. Shields mine........................................ Blue Bank mine........................River tract.............................. Mine Bank (Pulaski) mine........................ Manganese Hollow |  | | Report (issue) | | -. I I ) li I VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY I UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA THoMAS LEoNARD Warsou, pn. D...Manganese Deposits of the West Foot of the Blue Ridge, Virginia .BY G. W. STOSE, H. D. MISER, F. J. KATZ, D....oclcAt Sunvry CHARLOTTESVILLE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 1919 'f I i i I STATE GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION...Malnganese :. 41. 4l General description Psilomelane lq 42 tq /2 Manga,rrite Pyrolusite Wad ...Creek or Seibel mine .. iocation geology ore Millins Vicinityof X'rontRoyal County BentonvilletoVauEhanStation |  | | Report (issue) | | about 10 miles. The area is principally in Roane County. Ore has been mined in many places along the west...about 9 miles, lying partly in Roane County and partly in Rhea County. -Much of this strip is in the bottom...bordered by a fault for about 5 miles. Near the county line on the outcrop the rocks dip 20° to 30° SE...SE. The ore bed, as observed at the Crescent mine, is 5 to 6 feet thick. From 10 inches to 1 foot of lean...necessary for blast-furnace practice. In the Crescent mine many small folds, diagonal to the strike of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS (PART GOOCHLAND By PHILIP East Derry, COUNTY In N edge of the James R...Extensive gold mining formerly on ex treme W and county line around Rte 605 to Rte 606. There are several...deep. Bell Shaft. Garden Wall M. Shaft. FLUVANNA COUNTY 2 / 2 M i 4 4 2 2 ROCKS AND MINERALS ...im portant operation in either county and as it is located on the county line can be ascribed to Goochland...Cowherd Granite O. Columbia. Op. before 1900 on E county line. Appears as a small face on N side of Rte |  | | Report (issue) | | LYNDHURST-VESUVIUS DISTRICT, . AugusTA AND ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES, VIRGINIA . 1 •z s,· s3• 0 • u ...ore occur in the Lyndhurst-Vesuvius district, Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, Va., at scattered localities...Red Mountain, Mine Bank, and Vesuvius mines. The manganese oxide minerals psilomelane, pyrolusite, and... I !t'{ ::s::r:;: FIGURE 1.- IND E X MAP OF VIRGINIA, SHOWING LOCATION OF LYNDHURST-VESUVIUS DISTRICT...productive deposit, however, that at the Lyndhurs t mine , occurs al ong a thru s t fault, and a few s mall |  | | 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...Specimens from the Rutherford pegmatites, in Amelia County, are famous for the per fection of their thin |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Cryptomelane, a new name for the commonest ot?the "psilomelane" minerals. Am. Min. 27: 607-610, 1942. THE...unsatisfactory state,chieflybecausethe term "psilomelane" has cometo be usedto refer to any hard, massive...is needed. However, as statedbelow,the term "psilomelane"shouldnot be usedin this sense,but shouldrefer...identified shouldbe referredto as belongingto the "psilomelane type." This term is to be understood to include...Pyrol•usite.The namepolianiteshouldbe dropped. *Psilomelane•BaR00•s.2H20 (?), R = MnTMchiefly,alsoMnn, Co |  | | 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) | | 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) | | pioneers of our age. THE MANGANESE MINES OF CRIMORA, VIRGINIA By EDWARD J. MARCIN 1917 Meadowbrook Rd., Merrick...Merrick, L.I., N.Y. The Manganese mines of Crimora, Virginia are the oldest and largest of the manganese workings...material (high silica content). The ores of the mine are Psilomelane, Pyrolusite and Wad (impure, earthy pyrolusite...The difference between the high and low grade psilomelane is not 424 important to the mineral collector...the high is blacker and somewhat softer. The psilomelane occurs in a varied assortment of rounded forms |  | | Report (issue) | | SOME MANGANESE MINES IN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. By D. F. HEWETT. INTRODUCTION. The demand for large amounts...actively exploited. Thus most of the deposits of Virginia, Georgia, and Arkansas that are now known were...per cent of the imports. Owing to the fact that Virginia appears to possess a larger number of deposits...adjacent States and to her proximity to markets, Virginia has supplied a large part of the domestic production...ore is said to have come from one mine, the Crimora, in Augusta County. The present paper is based on data |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | manganese occurrences of the Appalachians from Virginia to Alabama. Good crystals have been reported by...number of Virginia occurrences, including the Powells Fort mine near Woodstock, Shenandoah County; the Vesuvius...Vesuvius mine, Augusta County; the Midvale mine, Rockbridge County; prospects along Cove and Wolf Creeks...Creeks, Bland County; and scattered localities in Botetourt, Frederick, Shenandoah, Rockingham, Smyth, Tazewell...manganese ores of the Cartersville district, Bartow County, Georgia (Cook 1978). This fine manganite group |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Engineering Experiment Station Series, dealing with Virginia Mineral...Mineral Localities: Virginia Mineral Localities (1960 Edition) Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement...(Supplement I) Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement II) Virginia Minerals and Rocks (3rd Edition) Ex LIBRIS...\I i! II II BULLETIN OF THE ·, I !V I ii VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Engineering Experiment Station...Series No. 151 Ii !I ·1 " ii :c H I I I I ! VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITIES ( SUPPLEMENT II ) By Richard |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNIVERSITY OP VIRGINIA THoMAs LeoNenp Werson, Pn. D. DIRECTOR Bulletin No...No. XXIII Manganese Deposits of Western Virginia BY G. W. STOSE aNn H. D. MISER Pnepanso rrq Co-oprnetloN...Georocrcer- Sunvnv CHARLOTTESVILLE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 1922 .,,-,- r*Ld;r;rdili*l*dedg STATE GEOLOGICAL...Ilor. E. Lnn Tnrrrr,q Gouernor of Cha,i,rman, Virginia. Docron E. A. ArlenuaN, Ptesid,ent of the Un'i...preparation of St. Lukes Hospital tract .. Godlove mine .. /d ore 79 79 8l 8l 8l f,ocation and geography |  | | Book | | " Ajax, Line and 8 7 ' ' 10 For "Coronet Mine'" Coronet Hill. For ' ' " three miles " after...near Strathalbyn, Wallaroo Bay, Yudanamutana Mine, Daly Mine, Winninnie, Flinders Heights. AGATE. All over...ORE. ANGLESITE. sulphide, Mount Fitton Mine. Aclare Mine. Wilpena Pound. ANKERITE. Gill's Bluff...ANNABERGITE. APATITE. ; Mount Bold. Young's Mine (near Blinman), Nicholl's Nob. Kurilla and Wallaroo...Armagh, Blinman, and Oratunga Mines, Mount Bold Mine, Lake Eyre^south. ARSENOPYRITE. Glen Bar and Talisker |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deweyite and uvarovite. Other Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and District of Columbia Clubs like the fossil...good hunting. Down Virginia way from the Staunton State Park to Altavista (Bishop Mine) the hunting is for...Waynesboro, Route 702, South River Mine (Kelly Bank), Augusta — Rockbridge County, the minerals to be found are...are pyrolusite, manganite, psilomelane, cryptomelane, goethite, hematite, cacoxenite, weinschenkite,...608 to Old Coal Mine ROCKS AND MINERALS Road to Cold Springs Clay Mine, Augusta County can be found kaolinite |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | geographic coordinates and, where applicable, by county and section, township, and range. Both published...nickel-plus-copper in the deposit. The Gap mine (Pennsylvania) and the San Julian mine (California),are examples of...deposits varies widely. Some, like the Bluebird mine (Arizona), are small deposits containing 16 mostly...mostly only cobalt minerals. At the Standard mine (Oregon), the , cobalt minerals are associated with...intermittently between the years 1763 and 1853. The Gap mine, Pennsylvania, supplied nickel and cobalt to United |  | | Report (volume) | | .............. Gerae s mine....................................... Ward mine...........................Pope-Hughes prospect............................. Augusta mines..................................... Daughdrill...prospect................................. Dulin mine, Ala...................................... Greasy...Ga., manganiferous pellet deposits.......; Gibson mine. ............^...................... t . Berkstresser.................................. Coble, Hickman County, Tenn.......................... Silver Bluff, S |  | | Report (issue) | | CERTAIN UNDEVELOPED TRACTS IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VIRGINIA. By D. F. HEWETT, G. W. STOSE, F. J. KATZ, and... Manganese minerals are widely distributed in Virginia, and a fairly complete explanation of the origin...known concerning some types of these deposits in Virginia to warrant the direction of effort toward exploration...briefly the results of field work in a part of Virginia where many manganese deposits are known. The examination...done in cooperation with the Geological Survey of Virginia. As it has brought forth much information concerning |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and his first cigar. Nodular psilomelane from Crimora mine, Augusta County, Vir ginia. Photo by G . K...from Kearsarge Lode, Calumet and Hecla mine, Houghton County, Michigan. Photo courtesy of Stanley Dyl...All were collected on Beaver Island, Charlevoix County, Michi gan; clockwise from upper left: Oriental...A B C . Dietrich, R. V. 1970. Minerals of Virginia. Virginia Polytechnic Institute Research Division Bulletin...(Precambrian) from Brier Hill Quadrangle, Saint Lawrence County, New York. Photo by R. V . Dietrich. tolith (pronounced |  | | 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.; |  | | Report (volume) | | Appalachian region Continued. Page. Northwestern Virginia.................................................93 93 94 Virginia.................................._..................... 94 West Virginia..................................... I.................. Virginia. ....................................................................................... West Virginia................................................. Map showing the principal manganese mines in Virginia and the probable extent of the ore-bearing areas |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | manganite, pyrolusite, ramsdellite, cryptomelane,psilomelane, hollandite, braunite, and coronadite. Another...extendsfrom Pennsylvania through Maryland and Virginia to Georgia,Alabama,and Arkansas,many depositsof...generallyhypogene,is presentwith an oxide suchas psilomelane,which in this belt is probablysupergene(Batesville...the southeastern states,largelycryptomelane, psilomelane, hollandite,and pyrolusite,are alsothosethat...district,New Mexico, and the Aguila district, Mohave County,Arizona and severalother districts,have been closelystudied |
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