 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Darry, N. H. 0 3 0 4 1 (PART 16 SPOTSYLVANIA...SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY Bordered on the N by the Rappahan nock and Rapidan Rivers. T h e N edge may be submerged...interest i s the large number of gold operations r u n n i n g across the county from N to S. These are mainly...origi nated are to the S and also V2 * ° % W. Quaker Gold M. Small. O n a small summit between Brock R d ...(village). Gold panning on small r u n crossing Jackson's Trail, iy mi. S o f Brockroad. Old gold mine on Greene |  | | Report (issue) | | 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...London and Virginia mine, Buckingham VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 19 GOLD IN VIRGINIA |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OI MINERAT RESOURCES PUBTICATION 45 VIRGINIA GOID-RESOURCE DATA Polmer C. Sweet...Sweet ond Dqvid Trimble CO'N'NONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTAAENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONO'vlIC DIVISION... VIRGINA 1943 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAT RESOURCES PUBTICATION 45 VIRGINIA GOLD-RESOURCE DATA Polmer...at the old Melville mine near l,Jilderness, 0range County. (photograph from "Gold Seekers Turn Again to...volume 39,.|934). VIRGINIA DIVISION OF RESOURCES PUBLICAIION 'YIINERAI VIRGINIA GOID.RESOURCE DATA |  | | 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 (issue) | | ………………………………………………………………. Obituary – Fredrick Charles (Chick) Böhmke-1935-2007 ………………………. News about Zim Geoscientists...mining-related scar occurs on the hill slope above King Mine in Mashava and there are the dump slips on either...the Mashipisa Valley to the south of the iron ore mine. The editor remembers the nightly rumblings of boulder...boulder slips on the charnockite hills around Renco Mine during Cyclone Eline and he witnessed the scars...significant contribution to the Zimbabwe mining industry, Chick Böhmke. In remembering a past Chairman of our Society |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | wonderful > job they did. "Rockland Nuggets", Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Inc., Editor, Marvin Klibonoff;...collected rocks! The words Division of the Rockland County Mineral "Founded 1886" following the name of and...showed slides on the Jamesville Quarry. The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society. Inc., SufFern, heard Tim...MacCarry speak on "The Palisades Formation of Rockland County". Miss Jessie Weinberger spoke on "The Geology...Geology and Paleontology of Saint Lawrence County, New York". Tim MacCarry also spoke to the Junior Club on |  | | 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 ___ _______________________ |  | | Journal (issue) | | ., No 1. Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _ ... Specimen: 135...8ISHOPTON DIARY OF EVENTS ---------- 8 ---------PYRITE from GOAT QUARRY S l'1gham · J G Todd · D Anderson...holds her high court, seated on a throne of solid gold, the arms of which are supported by Gryphons, the...metals and precious stones: Apollo, in allusion to gold and the topaz; Diana, to silver and the selenites;...within the altered lava where it is associated with pyrite and occasional chalcopyrite. Rare but close associates |  | | Report (issue) | | 9.126? x-> n fi/c. 7£ Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn...457-0*4 9.1267 Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper...copper, lead, zinc, pyrite, tinf-, cobalt, 5- molybdenum, tungsten, barite, and rare-earths have been mined...mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins and mineralized shear zones in...pyrrhotite-pyrite deposits in 11 crystalline rocks west of the Blue Ridge. 12 complex ores of gold, copper |  | | Journal (issue) | | turquoise canopy hangs overhead, And sunshine of pure gold dots all the land. From snow-capped mountains where...CALENDAR Aug. 29-30 — Tooele County Fair, Tooele, Utah. Aug. 29-Sept. 1—Elko County Fair. Elko, Nevada. Aug...Indian Pueblo, New Mexico. Sept. 4-6 — Sanpete County Fair, Manti, Utah. Sept. 4-7—Antelope Valley Fair...Sept. 12-14 — Coif ax County Fair, Springer, New Mexico. Sept. 12-14—Valencia County Fair, Belen, New Mexico...Day, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Sept. 17-19—Curry County Fair, Clovis, New Mexico. Sept. 19 — Annual Fiesta |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Topographical and Geological Maps of Allegheny County, Maryland. Exhibited by thc MAHYLAXD GEOLOGICAL...Copper Ore and Associated Minerals, Last Chance Mine, RIES. Colorado Canyon, Col. Exhibited by HEISKICII...HEISRICH RIES,Cornell University. 23. Telluride Gold Ores from Colorado, Specimens from the Cripple Creek...Collectcd by W. P. Jenney, February, 1g00, in Brcwster County, southwestern Texas. J. I;. KELIP. 25. Eshibited...Natural History. hhibitcd by L. P. GRATACAP. Nativc Gold, i n Limonitc, San Juan, Colorado. Tclluriurn (group |  | | Journal (issue) | | the last hard rock mines in England. Frazer's Hush mine in Weardale is scheduled to close shortly and South...unfortunately this was too little too late to save the mine. A few hand specimens of siderite displaying drusy...cassiterite and wolframite were collected just before the mine closed. South Crofcy will perhaps be best remembered...Isles where large excavations have been made in mine dumps and left unfilled. This type of activity gives...pharmacosiderite collected from a shaft dump of Ting Tang mine (see separate article in this issue). The locality |  | | Journal (issue) | | polished mass, 15 x 17 x 2.0 cm. Brenham. Kiowa County, Kansas. Pallasite. Found 1885. 10 C 1/2 individual...Stony meteorites. 315.84 315.85 Alamagordo. Otero County, New Mexico. Black chondrite. 2 70 grams 16.5...5 grams 7.00 1.65 La Lande. De Baca County, New Mexico. Spherical crystalline chondrlte. Large polished...241.18 241.19 241.21 241.27 Harrisonville, Cass County, Missouri. Found 1933. Polished slices. 176.44...grams grams grams grams Ladder Creek. Greeley County, Kansas. Crystalline spherical chondrite. Found |  | | Report (issue) | | 143°50'-143°51'N Summary: Several old prospects on pyrite-bearing veins and altered zones in Permian sedimentary...1967 (8 1246)) P. 62 7 (Beaver Cr.) Copper, Gold Chisana district MF-773B, locs. 186, 188 McCarthy...5-17.8) 61°58'-61°59'N, 141°02'-141°05'W Summary: Gold placer at MF-773B, loc. 186, discovered in 1902...1902, but not mined. At MF-773B, loc. 188, pyrite and chalcopyrite occur as disseminations and veinlets in...77-169A), p. 36, lots. 122, 124 (Berg Cr.) Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver Chistochina district MF-773B, loos |  | | Report (issue) | | KEY TO X OPEN A MINE SHAFT PIT :50,000 Maps and Thbles 1:50,000 OR PLACER MINE X PROSPECT O ...PR I NCI PAL COMI,|OD I T I ES Ag Si lvcr Au Gold Cu Copper Fc I ron Py Pyritc Zn Zinc PIT (FcS)...erold Willis Mountoin etold Wlllis Mountoin gold oold qold r03&r02 'tme.l03 37.485966 37.488003...506653 -78,615608 -78.578636 -78.578613 78.511787 COUNTY Bucklnghom Bucklnghom Bucklnohom Bucklnohom Bucklnghom...Andersonville Andersonvllle Andersonville gold gold gold cdlt Bonduront Anderson unknown unknown unknown |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of coal and included the development of mine lamps and mine safety equipment. Since Mr. Kondrosky grew...encouraged by his father, a miner, who often brought pyrite specimens home to the youngster. From this small...Speleological Society. The pictures covered caves in Virginia, Nevada, and California. Some were the Titus Canyon... spinel, sphene' biotite, tremolite, fluorite, pyrite, chondrodite, norbergite, allanite, tourmaline...necessary to construct a railroad from the river to the mine situated on Lac Tio where 125,COO,000 tons of ore |  | | Journal (issue) | | but what is provided ready to 0" r hands!" Gold Gold he regards as superior to the other metals because...Natural History of Metals "is incombustible"; second, "gold is Piiny's ,Uineralogy subject to no rust, verdigris";...below, the order of the metals is much "Among us it (gold) is procured the same as that of many min- in three...described with some non-metallic sub- of obtaining gold is by sinking shafts stance in order to introduce...value . . . In one place, third method of obtaining gold surfor instance, we undermine for the passes the |  | | Report (volume) | | vols. 9, 10. Sharon, Mass. Copenhttgne, Museum de mine"ralogie et de ge"ologie, cle PUniversite' de Copenhague:...pale"ontologiques, nos. 41, 44-46, 48-50; Contributions mine"ralogiques, no. 24. Kobcnhavn, Denmark. Denison... Vt. Virginia Academy of Science: Proceedings, 1932-33, 1933-34. Charlottesville, Va. Virginia Geological...5; Journal, vols. 38, 39. Evanston, 111. West Virginia Academy of Sciences: Proceedings (W. Va. Univ...), vols. 6, 7, 9, 11. Morgantown, W. Va. West Virginia Geological Survey, Mimeographed series I: Bulletins |  | | Journal (issue) | | quail, see pages 2 and 3. SOUTHWEST A QUAIL CHICK. NOTE THE HINT OF A TOPKNOT ON ITS HEAD. THE QUAIL...twenty-third day, while still inside the egg, the chick begins to peck a ring in the big end of the egg...fluff steps free of the shell. Just hatched, the chick is no bigger than the end of a thumb. Though his...evident. They must be stout enough to carry the chick away from enemies, they must be strong enough to...EUGENE L. CONROTTO editor COVER WILDLIFE 2 LOST MINE 8 ARCHEOLOGY 12 DESERT BOATING 14 DESERT BOATING |  | | Report (issue) | | Ranch 108 CRR4 Carr Ranch 111 GHG4 Gold Hill Gilman 115 PGH4 Gold Hill 118 XWT4 Water Tank 122 H464...RAL4 Ralph Road 142 ROS4 Ross Road 146 CHK4 Chick Road 150 MCC4 McCabe Road 154 Catalog of Alinement...Ranch Kennedy Ranch Harlan Ranch Carr Ranch Gold Hill Gilman Gold Hill Water Tank Highway 46 Highway 46 South...ROS4 CHK4 MCC4 Harris Road Ralph Road Ross Road Chick Road McCabe Road 32°53.0 32°52.2 32°46.9 32°46...OAKLAND WEST 7.5' NAME BERKELEY LATITUDE 37°52.4' COUNTY ALAMEDA LONGITUDE 122°15.1' TO REACH: Turn east |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | locality at Orford, the columbium mine at Oka, magnesium mines and a quartz mine near Lachute, as well as a...Field trips and Gold Panning will be offered again, with only 25* rental fee for Gold Pans owned by the...26th, 1960, Saturday and Sunday, the Middlesex County Mineral Club, Inc., will host the largest Gem and...Westchester County, N . Y . The WESTCHESTER MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY, at its year-end meeting at the County Center...the year with its newly elected officers at the County Cinter in White Plains. Thursday evening, Jan. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cover Swimmer Katie Ledecky, a five-time Olympic gold medalist, is known for her tough work ethic, but...H L I C DECODER GENIUS Clean Energy in a Coal Mine Wild Gems of Russia Landscape Activism Russia...and waterways for the future. In Germany an old mine may become an underground battery for wind and solar...Rarely seen seabirds are suffering declines. BY VIRGINIA MORELL P H OTO G RA P H S B Y J O N AT H A N...imperial family for its fur, which was nicknamed “soft gold.” In the United States the first national parks had |  | | Journal (issue) | | Another Ward Contribution Improved Serial Slides of Chick Embryos By Dr. Robert L. Roudabush Head, "'ard's...has realized for some time that serial slides of chick embryos were subject to consid erable destruction...customers who asked us if we could supply him with chick serials protected from breakage by coating them...were made using vai:ious...substances- -�detei:;mine- the .best pro tective film and in these tests...prices are now in effect on all chick embryo serial sections. Chick M2220 M2221 M2222 M2223 M2224 M2225 |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Journal (issue) | | WANNO-GANO PLUS PRINTS MAPS NOTES GREETING CARDS GOLD PANS AND A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF CURRENT AND OLD BACK...Mary Frances Strong AN ANGEL AND THE COLO VALLEY GOLD 24 Choral Pepper PACIFIC ISLANDS OF BAJ A NORTE...28 Betty Mackintosh A SEED WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD 32 Harrison Doyle MOJAVE'S DESERT QUEEN 36 ...Spanish explorations, Mexican land grants, route to gold fields, the Butterfield and Pony Express routes...Colorado Deserts. Heavy paperback, 80 pages, $2.00. GOLD GAMBLE by Roberta Starry. Lavishly illustrated with |
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