 | | Report (issue) | | COMMONWDALTE OF VIRGINIA VIRGINTA CONSERVATTON COMMTSSTON VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN,...Bulletin 53 Barite Deposits of Virginia By R.AYMOND S. EDMUNDSON UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA t938 I \e RICHMOND:... RICHMOND: Dwrsror cR Puncn.rsp arvo puxrrr.rc 1938 VIRGINIA CONSERVATION COMMISSION Wrreun C. Her,r,, Chai...recommend for publication as Bulletin 53 of the virginia Geological Survey series of i'eports the manuscript...Geologist of the Virginia Geological SurveY. This re=port is the first issued on barite in Virginia. It describes |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1982 INDUSTRIAL ROCK AND MINERAL RESOURCES IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet Virginia's total mineral production...the only producer of a feldspar, marketed as "Virginia aplite," and was one of three States mining vermiculite...vermiculite. Major industrial mineral resources in Virginia are: barite, cement*, clay materials*, diatomaceous...processed. BARITE In 1845 barite (BaS04)was mined in Prince William County at the Cedar Run mine about 200...200 yards from the Fauquier County line. The barite was dug from fractures along a fault zone in red shale-sandstone |  | | 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) | | 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 (issue) | | 36 November 1990 No. 4 MINERAL INDUSTRY IN VIRGINIA - 1989 PALMER C. SWEET INTRODUCTION The total...provinces of Virginia. Large acreages have been leased in Dinwiddie, Greensville,and Sussex Counties. Approximately...Botetourt Table. Mineral Resource Production in Virginia (Preliminary) - 1989,. Value Mineral Commoditv...available XX Not applicable Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including...Bureau of Mines. Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy , , VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL |  | | Journal (issue) | | Production in Virginia (Preliminary) - 1988l The total value of mineral production in Virginia in 1988 was-2...Warren and Botetourt counties and in the City of Chesapeake, produce cement in Virginia. Riverton Corporation...Corporation in Warren County produces masonry cement at their plant north of Front Royal. There. crushed limestone...sources. Salesare made to building supply dealers in Virginia Clap m 0 u u l l d s h a t ~ 1.049 -.I.. Coal...Total XX $2,116,581 Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including |  | | 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;...obtained also from Russellville and Moulton valleys. Barite (heavy spar). Very pure and white in residual clays |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................work, gives concisely the location, by States and counties, of the principal deposits of useful minerals...mineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Report (issue) | | Water-Quality Data-Collection Sites on Selected Streams in Virginia By Byron J. Prugh, Jr., and Clairiece G. Humphrey...cooperation with the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WATER DIVISION Richmond, Virginia 1993 U.S............................................... 7 County .................................................Map showing location of major river basins in Virginia........................................ 3 TABLES...water-quality datacollection site locations in Virginia. The listing includes, if available, an agency |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...o f t h e C i v i l W a r . O t h e r Georgia counties a n d n e i g h b o r i n g s t a t e s s h i...neighbors. F o l l o w i n g i s a l i s t o f counties w h i c h have produced g o l d a n d w h e r...o m the gold bearing g r a v e l s o f m a n y counties i n N o r t h Carolina. M o r e finds f o l l |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page). Map of the counties in Tennessee...particular commodities such as zinc, phosphates, and barite. Although containing large amounts of mineralogical |  | | Report (issue) | | ...........................................80 Virginia ................................................Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont...marble with talc and tremolite. Talc deposits in Virginia are all derived from ultramafic rocks and are...for which production is reported are indicated by mine symbols on these figures, however, the quantity...material that must have been removed to constitute a mine is an indefinite one. Areas that are permissive |  | | Book (volume) | | western boundary with Wyoming. In the far western counties of Lawrence, Meade, Custer and Pennington the...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...exposures and mines. BON HOMME & CHARLES MIX COUNTIES SCOTLAND to WAGNER, regional rd. cuts, breaks...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...S of Chamberlain) gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the literature are mentioned. Also, only those counties with significant mineral occurrences are included...Library] at 14:12 03 February 2015 Bernalillo County Cerro Colorado, W. of Albuquerque: carnotite. Placitas...(Manzano Mountains), E. of Albuquerque. Galena King mine: barite, fluorite, galena, malachite. Hell Canyon subdistrict...subdistrict (Seiiora de 10s Milagros mine): copper, cuprite, malachite. Catron County Apache Creek, N. of Reserve:...stolzite. Wilcox district, S. of Mogollon. Lone Pine mine: emmonsite, khademite, lannonite,* mackayite, poughite |  | | Book | | United States by Bookcrafters, Fredericksburg, Virginia. PREFACE The end of 1994 marked the close of...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73 |  | | Book (volume) | | appear within the state, but every one of Ohio’s 88 counties is surfaced with Pleistocene debris. The state...flint exposed in Hocking, Perry, and Coshocton counties. Early American settlers also quarried a rough...minerals are rare, although quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | appear within the state, but every one of Ohio’s 88 counties is surfaced with Pleistocene debris. The state...flint exposed in Hocking, Perry, and Coshocton counties. Early American settlers also quarried a rough...minerals are rare, although quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | the state’s varied surfaces. The upland northern counties are heavily forested with hardwoods, merging into...McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren, Wilkox, and Lincoln counties. In many...Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite and some Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state...state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59, 5 mi. E of Jackson-Banks Co. lineBeryl. MAYSVILLE...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside |  | | Report (volume) | | vol. 12, pp. 95-222. Davenport, Iowa. . Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 4, nos...1-419; Bulletin, nos. 62-69. Washington, D.'C. Virginia Geological Survey: Bulletin, nos. I-A, II-A. Charlottesville... West Virginia Geological Survey, vol. 4; County Reports, Marshall, Wetzel, and Tyler Counties. Morgantown... Alien, Roy Hutching. 18. Notes on Mother Lode mine in British Columbia. Eng. and Min. Jour., vol. 88...for oil. 26. Two areas of oil prospecting in Lyon County., western Nevada. U. S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 381-D |  | | Journal (issue) | | FROM AUSTRIA ·····················-· 237 GILPIN COUNTY, COLO., THEN AND NOW. By Rafael D . Stotts 238...WAR AND PEACE 0 By ARTHUR BEVAN, State Geolo,ist Virginia Conservation Commission, Geological Survey PROVIDE...greatly increased use of products syn*Universiry of Virginia N ews Letter, June 1, 1943. thesized by the chemical...what use can be made of them after the war ends? Virginia is fortunately located geographically and blessed...means of least importance to the residents of Virginia, and to visitors, is the fact that the .geologic |  | | Report (volume) | | Bulletins, nos. 10-12. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 3, nos...Bulletin, vol. 15, pp. 75-126. Washington, D. C. West Virginia Geological Survey: vol. 2A; Map showing coal,...Alderson, J. Coleman. 8. A hand book of southern West Virginia. The Kanawha or middle measures of coal. The Coal...Development Company's Survey. Charleston, Kanawha County, W. Va., 1907. 28 pp., 4 pis. Gives information...on the Coalinga oil district, Fresno and Kings counties, California. See Arnold and Anderson, no. 32. |  | | Book (volume) | | seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet thick in...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Book (volume) | | seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet thick in...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | B ~i~~~~ 1. Mine along West willow Creek, near Creede and across from the Bachelor mine. Photo by author...the Rock Candy mine in British Columbia, Canada; and in the United States in Hardin County, Illinois, among...among other localities. Barite also occurs in many localities in Colorado, where it often forms attractive...wellcrystallized crystal groups. Colors reported for Colorado barite range from sky-blue to snowwhite to golden to gray...transparency varies from water-clear to opaque. Barite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and occurs |
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