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Quartz from
Walnut Creek Mine, Orange County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Walnut Creek Mine, Orange County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:344530
Long-form Identifier:1:3:344530:3
GUID (UUID V4):23211f61-82cd-465e-8d89-9f238eee2b4e
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
3.2km (2.0 miles) Old Tinder Mine (Chicago-Virginia Tract), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Orange County, Virginia, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Grasty Tract Mine (Chancellorsville Mine; Chicago-Virginia Mine; Dickey Mine; Grasty Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Orange County, Virginia, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) Seldon Prospect, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Orange County, Virginia, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) Saunders Prospect, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Orange County, Virginia, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) Jones prospect, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Orange County, Virginia, USA
8.9km (5.6 miles) Young Prospect, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Orange County, Virginia, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) Stuart Prospect (Stewart Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Orange County, Virginia, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) Indian Town Prospect, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Orange County, Virginia, USA
11.7km (7.3 miles) H. Gordon's Prospect, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Orange County, Virginia, USA
12.3km (7.7 miles) Ambler Mine (Amler Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Orange County, Virginia, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
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...placer deposits. The f i r s t gold mine campany incorporated i n Virginia was the V i r qinia Mining Campany...York which operated a t the Grasty mine t r a c t i n Orange County from 1831-1834. This area has been
Report (issue)
BEDROCK GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PUTNAM COUNTY, INDIANA Special Report 26 -- Special State... Bedrock Geology and Mineral Resources of Putnam County Indiana By JOHN R. HILL, MICHAEL C. MOORE, and...Edwardsville Formation Sanders Group . . . . . . Ramp Creek Formation Harrodsburg Limestone Salem Limestone...Reelsville Limestone . . Elwren Formation . . . Raccoon Creek Group and Mansfield Formation Industrial minerals...Page Map of Putnam County showing physiographic units .2 Map of Putnam County showing general distribution
Report (volume)
----------------------------------------Canyon Creek section ____________________ -.-____________________...section___________________________________________ Haigler Creek section_ __ ____ __ __ __ __ ____ ___ ___ ____________...___________ Walnut Creek section (upper member only)_______________________ Wilson Creek section (upper...(upper member only) _____________________ -Workman Creek section (upper member only)_____________________...[Plates are in. pocket] PLATE 1. Index map of Gila County, Ariz., showing areal distribution of Dripping
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
feet above water level. Site: Arizona's Hillside mine, producer of gold, silver, lead, and zinc. The source... found at the Hillside mine at the same time. (Editor's Note: The above mine is at Hillside, Yavapai...the last issue appeared a short item relative to quartz crystals (milky and rock crystal) found at Hans...378 is undoubtedly the Hahns Peak area in Routt County, northern Colorado. It is not usually especially...moonstone from Stephens County, which are unusually good ; also, rutilated rose quartz from the property of
Report (issue)
Silurian quartz monzonite, and the post-Lower Devonian granodiorite, Attean quadrangle, Somerset County, Maine:...andKruger, C. L. Aeromagnetic map of northeastern Iron County, Michigan: 1 sheet, scale 1:31,680. Aug. 27, 1965...L., Aeromagnetic map of part of eastern Baraga County, Michigan: 1 sheet, scale 1:62,500. June 11, 1965...geologic map of Bradley Peak quadrangle, Carbon County, Wyoming: 1 sheet, scale 1:20,000. May 17, 1965...RedBuffalo Route of Interstate Highway 70, Summit County, Colorado: 10 p., 1 fig. Jan. 29, 1965. (Wa, Da
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pittsburgh. 712.3 miles — Beaver County Line (Perm.). 725.9 miles—West Virginia Line on U. S. 30. 728.9 miles—Chester...the terrain over for pebbles—found a ferruginous quartz pebble nearby, Chester is a small town on the Ohio...part of Canton, a nice city and the county seat of Stark County, on our way out. 785.4 miles—The Klinks...Tuscarawas River which we crossed. 800.1 miles—Wayne County line. 814.8 miles—Wooster, on U. S. 30. 820.2 miles—Jefferson...silvery flakes of muscovite. 826.9 miles—Ashland County line. 831.7 miles—We turn right on Ohio 80. ROCKS
Journal (issue)
until 03/31/15 U S $5.99 0 74470 02033 PRINTED IN USA RG_greyBlue_cover_0315.indd 2 03 2 FIELD TRIP...Mary Ellen mine in St. Louis County, Minnesota, but was found in a gravel pit in Carlton County, 60 miles...............................54 The Windy Ridge Mine ................................12 still a wellspring.................36 by Christine Dhein orange starburst quartz crystals on top of desert sands Rock &...And both of us knew what to do. There was mica, quartz and feldspar, We knew gemstones could not be far
Show/Event (guide)
Vermont, and Virginia Shows 35 Florida, and Georgia Shows 48 Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin...Press at P.O. Box 740864, Arvada, Colorado 80006 USA; International 1 -(720) 946-2808; Toll-free 1 -(877)...Shows Page 39 KENTUCKY 5 Shows Page 37 ^WEST VIRGINIA 1 Show j Page 4j/ CONNECTICUT 5 Shows Page 34...JERSEY 10 Shows Page 40 DELAWARE 1 Snow Page 34 VIRGINIA X 12 Shows Page 47 ARYLAND 0 Shows Page 37 NORTH...TBD. Port Alberni Valley Rock & Gem Show, Cherry Creek Community Hall, Port Alberni. March 2020 TBD. Vancouver
Journal (issue)
Penick, Jr. A large topaz crystal was found in Virginia, Septen-kr 1 4 , 1982 (Figure 1) The crystal,...of the Herbb No. 2 mica mine in -tan County. The mine, located on the Fine Creek Mills 7.5-minute quadrangle...Herbb No. 2 m i c a mine, P a h a t a n County, Virginia. 8 HERBB N 0 . 2 MINE Figure 2. Location...Location map of the Herbb No. 2 mine; Pmhatan C m t y . VIRGINIA DIVISION OF Vol. 29 M3CNERAL R E S C U E...units Edge of pit 4 Strike and dip Of Massive quartz 0 - foliation Scrap mica Concentration 50
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Downloaded by [Virginia Tech Libraries] at 23:10 13 March 2015 CALlFORNlA OFFERS AN incredibly diverse...artifacts. Features include a stamp mill and a small creek where visitors can try their hands at gold panning...from mines on Catalina Island. Bakersfield: Kern County Museum, 3801 Chester Ave., 93301; 805/861-2132...Barstow: Mohave River Valley Muse-. um, 270 E. Virginia Way, 92311; 6191 256-5452. Exhibits include a...small exhibits of primarily vertebrate fossils and quartz minerals. A visiting exhibit of dinosaurs that
Report (issue)
the Wabayuma Peak Wilderness Study Area, Mohave County, Arizona U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 737-...the Wabayuma Peak Wilderness Study Area, Mohave County, Arizona By CLAY M. CONWAY, JERRY R. HASSEMER,...the Wabayuma Peak Wilderness Study Area, Mohave County, Arizona / by Clay M. Conway ... [et al.]. p. cm...Wilderness Study Area (AZ-02G-037/043), Mohave County, Arizona. CONTENTS Summary El Abstract El Character...occurrences Ell Gold- and copper-bearing quartz veins in Walnut Creek Ell Mica, feldspar, stone, and sand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Group of the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, met under the leadership of Bob... ciety, Camden, dug into an exceptional vug of quartz crystals at Liberty Hill. They measured 12-14 inches...of the winning case at the Orlando show . . . an orange crate draped with red velvet, housing a display...sented Member Chet Kunsman of the Imperial Polk County Gem and Min­ eral Society, Lake Wales, presented...junior's library. Ken Helfland, the owner of an opal mine in Australia, was guest speaker. His subject: Three
Report (issue)
..................................... 15 Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc............................................................ 31-32 El Dorado County Mineral & Gem Society............................... 35-36 Gem and Mineral Society of San Mateo County, Inc .................................................................................. 47 Kern County Mineral Society, Inc................................................................... 50 Lake County Diamond Mineral Society.......................
Report (issue)
information is designed particularly for use by mine owners, mine operators, and consulting engineers. The report...States. Water quality has been degraded by acid mine drainage, and hydrologic conditions have been altered...reported. Much of the data are presented by State and county rather than by drainage areas; for example, coal...Where a part of any county is within the unit boundary, data for the whole county are usually presented...represent a larger area than is shown, and the same county figures may be presented in other area reports
Report (issue)
NUCLEAR-PROCESSING PLANT SITE, ROCKY FLATS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO By R. Theodore Hurr U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Colorado. Map showing drainage areas of Walnut, South Walnut, and Woman Creeks. Graphs showing cumulative...Rainfall-runoff relation for Woman Creek basin at gaging station 06720690 Woman Creek near Plainview, Colo ......accumulation in Woman Creek basin. ......... 6. Time-of-travel relations on Woman Creek. ....... Hydrcgraph...samples collected at gaging station 06720690 Woman Creek near Plainview, Colo., 1973. ............ Photographs
Report (volume)
to the Knowledge of the Older Mesozoic Flora of Virginia, by "William "Morris Fontaine. 1883. 4°. xi, 144...meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkins County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. "Williams...cents. 16. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 1885. 8°. 86 pp....57 pi. Price 25 cents. 38. Peridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky, by J. S. Diller. 1887. 8°. 31 pp. 1...Bituminous Coal Field of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, by Israel C. White. 1891. 8°. 212pp. 11 pi. Price
Journal (issue)
group of sharp crystals is from the Rowley mine (Maricopa County). (Jeff Scovil photo/ Scott & Margie Adams...the Silver Reef article. I must have passed by the mine a dozen times. Next time, I will stop for sure....5-7—CANBY, OREGON: Annual show; Jean Miller, Clackamas County Fairgrounds; 694 N.E. 4th Ave., (off Hwy. 99E);... Annual show; 500 Earth Sciences Club, Hancock County 4-H Fairgrounds; 620 N. Apple Street; Fri. 10:00...Gem Society, FL National Guard Armory; 2809 Fern Creek Ave.; Fri. 1 pm-6 pm, Sat. 10 am-6 pm, Sun. 10 am-5
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
111. "At Cripple Creek (Teller Co.), Colo., this past summer some friends of mine found some interesting...turned out to be selenite xls and tiny calcite, quartz, and fluorite xls. These crystals are micro mounts...quite interesting. They came from the King Mine near Cripple Creek." CONNECTICUT—A very nice specimen consisting...thickness, which were composed of plagioclase, quartz, and a glassy cleavable mineral. A cavity of crystallized...any better material ever came out of the tungsten mine in Trumbull. Since this is a very interesting discovery
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS OF THE DIAMOND BUTTE QUADRANGLE, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA BY GORDON GASTIL ABSTRACT Rocks intruded...to crystallize at relatively shallow depths as quartz porphyry, granophyre, and granite. Evidence of...1507 1. Generalized stratigraphic section 1498 Quartz porphyry 1507 2. Hypothetical correlation with...belt extending from Colcord Mesa, across Spring Creek, to Breadpan Mountain, and are separated from the...displacement. The best exposure of these rocks is along Walnut Creek between the Breadpan Canyon fault and the pyroxenite
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS...Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS...Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters
Journal (issue)
OF DEATH VALLEY By Audrey Pavia 40 ROYAL PEACOCK MINE: A LEGACY OF COWBOYS AND OPALS By Amy Grisak 46...SHOW June 23rd – 26th 2022 (9am to 6pm) Jefferson County Fairgrounds Madras, Oregon FREE PARKING FREE ADMISSION...COM | MAY 2022 7 Sale MADEIN INUSA USA MADE MADEIN INUSA USA MADE !)Fydmveft!Bmbtlb!'!Ibxbjj* Sale...Catalogs Free Catalogs Free Catalogs William Tell Mine  Turquoise Ithaca 1929turquoise.com 8 ROCK&GEM...concentrated deposits. This makes them difficult to mine. Now, a new process has been developed that allows
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Riddle's Mill Dist. (gold deposits) of Talladega County, Ala. It is 8l/ 2 x 11 and sells for Si, we believe...There is quite a lot of it. It came from Granite Creek near Chickaloon, Alaska."—item sent in by John W...to Clear Creek, San Benito County, Calif., have shown that the jadeite boulders in the creek are still...sending you a chunk of jadeite for which Clear Creek is well known as the first locality for this mineral...discovery having been made public about 1950. Clear Creek, a tributary of the San Benito River, about in the
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Berry Creek Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...stratigraphic column of Mississippian formations in Putnam County, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....conference ends at noon at Shades State Park, Montgomery County, Indiana. Guests of Turkey Run Inn should check...covered bridge over Sugar Creek. Note exposures of Mansfield extending below creek level. Cross covered bridge...turn east (right) on gravel road following Sugar Creek. Follow winding road north and east 4.5 miles to
Book (edition)
great many very interesting and unique forms of quartz crystals and rutiles, and has added a great number... me some and to, lias of the novel forms of quartz crys- furnished some valuable notes also of...25. Chalcopyrite. 64. 26. Barnhardtite. 65. Quartz. 108. Saponite. 27. Marcasite. 66. Opal. 109...ities and suggestions from Mrs. H, A. Burdick county, of Mr. J. of A. D. Stephenson of Statesville...localities throughout the State, generally in quartz veins of the gneissic, granitic and dioritic rocks
 
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