 | | Journal (issue) | | DECORATIVE-ORNAMENTAL STONES OF VIRGINIA D. Allen Penick, Jr. Virginia is noted particularly for beautiful...amazonite, fine moonstone, and topaz. In addition Virginia is well known for staurolite, prehnite, turquoise...minerals, rocks and organic materials found in Virginia, which have been used as gemstones and decora...report. Many of the localities will be familiar to Virginia mineral collectors. Someof the areas mentioned...collect minerals. There has been much written on Virginia mineral localities but no reports are available |  | | 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) | | 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) | | of the Uniuersity of Virginia. Dn. J. I). Eccr,nsrox, President of the Virginia Polytech,rfic Inst,itute...portion of Virginia, showing the location of the Irish Creek tin deposits, Rockbridge County 2. PAGE...and to for pubiication as Bulletin XV-A of the Virginia Geological Survey Series of Reports, a manuscript...of a report on "Tin Deposits Near frish Creek, Virginia," by Henry G. tr'erguson, of the Ilnitecl States...Geological Survey, prepareal in coiiperation with the Virginia recommend Geological Survey. The tin deposits |  | | 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) | | photo. March/April: Quartz, Middleville, Herkimer County, New York. John C. Medici specimen and photo. May/June:...May/June: Turgite, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia. Ronald E. Bentley specimen and photo. July/August:...Quartz, H. deLinde No. 4 mine, High Peak, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Private collection; Ronald E. Bentley...Bentley photo. September/October: Barite, Otero County, Colorado. Dan and Dianne Kile specimen; John Muntyan...Arkansas, 316 Amethyst Scepters, Salem, New London County, Connecticut, W. A. Henderson, Jr., M. Haritos |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with syenite (andesine anorthosite) of Nelson County, Virginia.............................................topographic divisions of the Appalachian ranges. In Virginia the Blue Eidge Mountains form a fairly continuous...feet above sealevel; but southwestward through Virginia the ridge becomes broader and higher, and attains...above the sea are reached at several points in Virginia. The Blue Eidge is composed of a central core...the adjacent portions of the Piedmont Plateau in Virginia one of the dominant igneous rocks of granitoid |  | | Journal (issue) | | FEBRUARYJMAY 1994 NO. 1 & 2 MINERALS OF ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA D. Allen Penick, Jr. INTRODUCTION RockbridgeCountyhas...Figure 1.LocationmapofRockbridgeCounty,Virginia. reported from the county. Rockbridgecounty is one of the more...more prolific mineralcollectingareasin Virginia. A largepercentageof the mineralsare concentratedin threeareas:...~mberliteisa~kigneousintrusiverockfoundin for Rockbridge County. It wasrecognizedasadistinctmineral species...the sampleshmtheMidvaleironminesouthofVesuvius. county. Kimberliteisconsideredthechiefsourcerock Inadditionto |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | trace amounts. Cassiterite pseudomorphs after orthoclase, hematite, bismuthinite, and other unidentified...the Martin prospect and Bennett quarry in Oxford County. Good crystals up to 25 mm have been found with...crystals up to 1 cm at the Gillette quarry, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Cassiterite as small crystalline...Conway Granite north of Moat Mountain, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Good cassiterite specimens, a few...in the well-known pegmatites of Amelia County and other Virginia localities. Large cassiterite crystals |  | | Report (issue) | | Pleaoc teturn this publication to the Virginia Geologieal Survcy whcn you havc no further uce for it...COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSTON ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Deposits of Virginra BY ARTHUR A. PEGAU UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1932 COMMONWEALTH, OF VTRGINIA STATE COMMISSION...COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN, State Geologist Bulletin...33 Pegmatite Deposits of Virginia BY ARTHUR A. PEGAU UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1932 RICHMOND: DrvrsroN |  | | 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...Lookout Mountain in the southern part of Walker County, Ga. The rock structure in Pigeon Mountain is synclinal...southeast, in the southeastern part of Gunnison County. Detailed'maps of the ore bodies were made, to |  | | 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...lurium M and had 2 shafts 300 ft. apart. Pyrite, Orthoclase (in twins). Scotia Gold M. (Perkins M.) had a |  | | Report (volume) | | publicationl (A) The Rose Creek Tungsten Mine, Pershing County, Nev., by R. J. Roberta (.published in June 1943)...magnetite-ilmenite deposits, near Lake Sanford, Essex County, N. Y., by J. R. Balsley, Jr. (published in January...(E) Occurrence of manganese in eastern Aroostook County, Maine, by W. S. White (published in December 1943)...the Lyndhurst-Vesuvius district, Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, Va., by M. M. Knechtel (published in...Borlana district and the Aquarius Range, Mohave County, Arlz., by S. W. Hobbs (published in April 1944) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deweyite and uvarovite. Other Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and District of Columbia Clubs like the fossil...halloysite, iddingsite, montmorillionite, muscovite, orthoclase, petalite, pollucite, purpurite, pyrrhotite,...North Carolina affords some good hunting. Down Virginia way from the Staunton State Park to Altavista...South River Mine (Kelly Bank), Augusta — Rockbridge County, the minerals to be found are pyrolusite,...MINERALS Road to Cold Springs Clay Mine, Augusta County can be found kaolinite bauxite, limonite and chert |  | | Report (volume) | | Director Bulletin 936-K TIN DEPOSITS OF IRISH CREEK VIRGINIA BY A. H. KOSCHMANN, J. J. GLASS AND J. S. VHAY...workings, Irish Creek, Va.... :Figure 29. Map of Virginia, showing location of the Irish Creek tin. district... III 273 276 TIN DEPOSITS OF IRISH CREEK, VIRGINIA By A. H. Koschmann, Jo J. Glass, and J. S. Vhay...in the Blue Ridge in the northern part of Rockbridge County, Va., in 1846, but active prospecting and...the Blue Ridge of west-central Virginia, near the boundary of Rockbridge, Nelson, and Amherst Counties |  | | Catalog/List | | AGGLOMERATE: Agglomerate .........................Custer County, Colorado " Volcanic ...............Magnet Cove...Amphibolite ...........................Albemarle County, Virgi11ia " (Fayalitc-bcaring) .......Near Mcsaba...: ........San Juan County, Colorado " Porphyry ...................Boulder County, Colorado " S ........Anhydrite, crystalline ....................Lyon County, Ncvada ANORTHOSITE: Anort?, osite, gray ........Arkose-scc Sandstone " " ............... Essex County, New York dark brown ...Rochester, New York green |  | | 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) | | .........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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | yth ANNUAL JEWELRY GEM &MINERAL SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals, Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR...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) | | COMMONWDALTE OF VIRGINIA VIRGINTA CONSERVATTON COMMTSSTON VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN,...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) | | leaves a broad chasm between itself and the famous Virginia stone span. From time to time in Utah and down...four miles of the little town of Moab, in Grand county, near where the Grand River finds a tortuous way...ever seen the natural limestone bridge of Rockbridge county, Va., he will likely make comparisons that...bridge, while about the same height as the one in Virginia — two hundred feet — is wider and has a thickness...seventy-five feet, while the same measurement on the Virginia arch is forty feet. Then the span of the Utah |  | | Journal (issue) | | Company's pumped storage p r o j e c t i n Bath County i n western V i r g i n i a and i n b u i l d i...market i n ~irginia. Riverton Corporation i n Warren County produces masonry cement a t t h e i r p l a n t...t west of Tinker Mountain i n B o t e t o u r t County; t h i s i s t h e l a r g e s t o p e r a t i... Vol. 29 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES ' Table. Mineral Production in Virginia - 198211...and Industry NA Not available. from northern Virginia. Alumina is purchased on t h e open market from |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | 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 |
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