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Psilomelane from
Bishop Mine, Pulaski-Smyth Mining District, Smyth County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Psilomelane' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Psilomelane data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bishop Mine, Pulaski-Smyth Mining District, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:344972
Long-form Identifier:1:3:344972:1
GUID (UUID V4):7dbf9bc5-424f-42b5-84c6-0b78a361c3d5
Nearest other occurrences of Psilomelane
2.3km (1.4 miles) Calhoun Prospect, Rye Valley Lead-Zinc Mining District, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) Umbarger Mine (Greene Mine Local Name), Pulaski-Wythe Mining District, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
9.1km (5.7 miles) Haywood Prospect, Pulaski-Wythe Mining District, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) Glade Mountain Mine 1910 (Wedlight Mine; Langley Mine), Pulaski-Smyth Mining District, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) White Rock No. 3 Mine (White Rock Furnace Banks), Pulaski-Wythe Mining District, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) White Rock No. 2 Mine (White Rock Furnace Banks), Pulaski-Wythe Mining District, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
10.9km (6.7 miles) White Rock No. 1 Mine (White Rock Furnace Banks), Pulaski-Wythe Mining District, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
11.7km (7.3 miles) Wedlight Mine 1945 (Langley Mine), Pulaski-Smyth Mining District, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) White Rock No. 4 Mine (White Rock Furnace Banks), Pulaski-Wythe Mining District, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) Winn Prospect 1910 (Wedlight Mine; Langley Mine; The Ol' Ore Mine), Pulaski-Smyth Limonite Mining District, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
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
Report (volume)
Appalachian region Continued. Page. Northwestern Virginia................................................................................. Cartersville district.................................................................................. Cave Spring district.................................................93 93 94 Virginia.................................._..................... 94 West Virginia............region................................ Batesville district..............................................
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
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
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...Manganese ore deposit Mining and preparation of St. Lukes Hospital tract .. Godlove mine .. /d ore 79 79
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ................................................................................. Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely
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 (volume)
of the James River-Roanoke River Manganese District Virginia GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008 Geology...oftheJatnes River-Roanoke River Manganese District Virginia By GILBERT H. ESPENSHADE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...particularly manganese, of the James River-Roanoke River district UNITED STAT.ES GOVERNMENT, PRINTING. OFFICE•...General statement ________________________ --------Psilomelane type ________________________________ -Wad _...production________________________________________ Prospecting, mining, and milling methods_________________________ Descriptions
Report (volume)
minerals ___________ _________________ 8 8 Psilomelane _______________ __________________ Hausinannite...________________ .__________________ Johnson County ___ ___ _ Shady Valley district _________________________ Reynolds...M. E. King prospect_ Maxwell mine___ _ _ Wright mine _______________-_________ Osborn and Hopper prospects_...and prospects Continued. Johnson County Continued. Mountain City district ____ __________________ Taylor...Doe Valley mine______________1___________ Butler district ______________________________ Proffit prospe
Report (issue)
hate ci aioecetene Mroietehet neon ene Hinsdalet County. war. wicss cetera ctonetere nate GLa ore ister...Colorado; deposits cme sericea ieee Colorado Manganese Mining and Smelting Co. .......... MeNutt) Brothers? property...undertaken in the hope that it might stimulate the mining of manganese ore, thereby increasing the output...even seen a sample of it. In the Engineering and Mining Journal’ it is stated that ferromanganese and spiegeleisen...is so often considered to be. iBngineering and Mining Journal, Jan. 12, 1918. 4 * MANGANESE
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
Report (issue)
OF MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES ALLANITE Inyo County: 1, Coarse grained allanite occurs in a pegmatite...quadrangle, McAllister (4) p. 52. Los Angeles County: Additional reference, Patchick (2) p. 237. This...diagrams. 1, AMPHIBOLES ACTINOLITE San Bernardino County: 3, Additional Wrightwood, reported by Berkholz...locality in alluvium, near 21. HORNBLENDE Inyo County: 1, In large prismatic crystals up to 2.5 inches...Panamint Range, McAllister (4) p. 52. San Bernardino County: 2, Pargasite variety of hornblende occurs in coarsely
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
Book
Geology and Virginia Richard V. Dietrich Professor of Geology and Dean School of Arts and Sciences,...University Press of Virginia Charlottesville Qt z.^.z THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF VIRGINIA Copyright © 1970...by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia First published 1970 Standard Book Number: 8139-0289-4...America To Frances, Rick, Kurt, Krista, and Virginia 161781 Digitized by the Internet Archive in...natives of Virginia and visitors to the Commonwealth—who are interested in geology and in Virginia. It attempts
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Journal (issue)
SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals, Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR VISIT OUR MINE-KEEP WHAT YOU FIND...14,1977 VIRGINIA BEACH CIVIC CENTER (THE DOME) 19TH AND PACIFIC AVENUE VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA Rocks&...Minerals from Virginia Richard S. Mitchell 230 Mineral and Fossil Collecting Sites in Virginia Palmer C....Resume: Pseudomorphs in Virginia R. V. Dietrich 244 The Geology of Virginia W. Cullen Sherwood 250 Prehnite—Apophyllite...Minerals of Virginia J. Alexander Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard
Report (issue)
said to have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small...Counties of California: Minerals and mineral lists Mining Districts of California Unvalidated entries in...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...resulting from references to the geographic term ''Mining District," especially in the pre-1920 literature. Widespread...rhyolite locality in Alameda County and the lawsonite type locality Marin County, which have been completely
Book (volume)
..........................................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
Report (issue)
HOUSE OF THE GEORGIA COMPANY NEAR \YHlTE , BARTOW COUNTY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA S. W. McCALLIE...Pyrolusite ....................................... . Psilomelane ..................................... . Wad ..................................... . MANGANESE MINING INDUSTRY ...•..••.......•...•..••••.••••.••.•••.......................... . History of manganese mining industry ....................... . Description...indiYidnal County ...................................... . Rhea property
Book
5.95 and quickly informative.”— “Practical Virginia Kirkus RANGE GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERALS A by...stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K
Report (issue)
1 D E J •LEGEND- MEXICO -^ Mining O Division Boundaries. Mining Division Offices. (6) PREFACE...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then State Mineralogist...''Minerals of California," of the California State Mining Bureau. In the thirty years which had elapsed since...published as Bulletin 91 of the California State Mining Bureau. Many additional species were included,...commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic
Report (issue)
Chaffee County, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Work done in cooperation with the Colorado State Mining Industrial...Deposits of the Poncha Springs SE Quadrangle, Chaffee County, Colorado By RALPH E. VAN ALSTINE GEOLOGICAL ...Work done in cooperation with the Colorado State Mining Industrial Development Board Description of PreCambrian...quadrangle, Chaffee County Gravel pits in the Poncha Springs SE quadrangle, Chaffee County in GEOLOGY AND...DEPOSITS OF THE PONCHA SPRINGS SE QUADRANGLE, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO By RALPH E. VAN ALSTINE ABSTRACT The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1545 1967 LITHIOPHORITE }'ROM CHARLOTTESVILLE,VIRGINIA Rrcnano S. Mrrcnnrr AND RoBERTE. Mn'rrqrznn, U...Li)MnO2(OH)2, has been found in Charlottesville, Virginia. Coatings of the mineral are very abundant on...the poorly defined materials called "wad" or "psilomelane." Ramsdell (1932) showed the mineral is a definite...Apparently lithiophorite is a common mineral in Virginia. X-ray analyses of miscellaneousblack crusts have...Amelia County; Bishop turquoise mine, Lynch Station, Campbell County; qtartz mine in Fluvanna County (just
 
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