 | | 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...chief mineral interest i s the large number of gold operations r u n n i n g across the county from N...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA James L. Poole INTRODUCTION The Piedmont province of Virginia is bordered on...sedimentary and minor igneous rocks. In this province mineral wealth has been sought since the earliest colonial...province of Virginia. , k (1) The mineralized district in Prince William, Spotsylvania, Louisa, and Buckingham...planes, and are most common in the northern part of Virginia. Also, several small copper, lead, or zinc prospects...discussed in this paper. PRINCE WILLIAM, SPOTSYLVANIA, LOUISA, AND BUCKINGHAM COUNTIES In the Piedmont province |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia By RICHARD S. M I T C H E L L Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville...Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 and A R T H U R S. K A T Z # 2 North Church Street West Chester, Pennsylvania...INTRODUCTION Although the old Sulphur mine north of Mineral, Virginia, has been a popular collecting site...prehensive tabulation of minerals which occur in this pyrite deposit has ever been published. Thornton and Burns...first systematic description of jthe minerals at the mine, but their paper, in mimeographed form, had very |  | | 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...Division of Mineral Resources P. O. Box 3667 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 T H I S V I R G I N I A M...tended to list the best known and most significant mineral occurrences in the state. In line with a project...in 1976, the list is intended to assist amateur mineral collectors as well as professional mineralogists |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1987 No.1 VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX D. Allen Penick, Jr. This Virginia mineral locality index...intended to list the best known and most significant mineral occurrences in the State. In line with a project...in 1976, the list is intended to assist amateur mineral collectors as well as professional mineralogists...eventual goal of this project is to develop a mineral locality index for each state followed by a world-wide...world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals |  | | 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) | | DISTRICT, VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet The Virgilina district (Figure 1) was a source of in Virginia from the...1) was produced from the Virgilina district in Virginia. Silver, which is reported to occur in four mines...Hill copper mine and gold and silver from the Red Bank (Goldbank) gold mine in Halifax County (Sweet, 1976...approximately 1,065 ounces in gold was produced from the Red Bank mine (Sweet, 1971, p. 31). The district... klaprothite (?), argentite, native copper, and gold are primary ore minerals, whereas part of the chalcocite |  | | Report (issue) | | (1951); see the annotated bibliography, sulfur and pyrite general reference 1. 1 deposits or districts...The index map shows the locations of sulfur and pyrite deposits in the United States and Alaska, and also...EXPLANATION OF ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX MAF 1. Pyrite and marcasite deposits, some containing other recoverable...metalliferous deposits (mostly copper, zinc, lead, iron, gold, and molybdenum) that contain pyrites. 4. Coal...have produ,:ed pyrites. A considerable number of pyrite mines and coal mines that produced pyrites prior |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | or so, club bulle tins have carried articles on gold panning. Often editors ask some very legitimate...in Georgia to secure the adop tion of a State Mineral, Gem and Fossil. Ass't T r e a s u r e r — J a...Connecticut mineral. SOUTH CAROLINA Member Lou Dezseran told the Colum bia Gem and Mineral Society of...be in a cubic foot of them. The Aiken Gem and Mineral Society went to Liberty Hill, N.C. to look for...smoky quartz of faceting grade. PENNSYLVANIA The Mineral and Lapidary Society of Pittsburgh is showing a |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...The commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...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...Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Book (volume) | | gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...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...Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Report (issue) | | d*/oPtcare rctun thic publistio to thc Virginia Geological Sunot whcn you havc ro further uc for...COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA APR Z STATE COMMTSSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Bulletin 43 Ztnc arrd Lead Region of Southwestern Virginia With e Section on thc Occurrencce of Zinc and....t4 No'lJ c3 UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1935 13st COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMTSSION ON CONSERVATION...CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN, State Geologist Bulletin 43 Zinc |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gem & Mineral Association PRESENTS yth ANNUAL JEWELRY GEM &MINERAL SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals...PROSPECTOR VISIT OUR MINE-KEEP WHAT YOU FIND DOOR PRIZES HOURLY DEALERS GEM, MINERAL & FOSSIL DISPLAYS...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | excessof sulphur which appearsin certai.nminerals like pyrite, whereinthere is more than is absolutelyrequiredto...examplechalcopyritemay not only not be the original mineral with which the reactionsbegin, but may even be...the subjecthave in the past harked back to this mineral as the natural point of departure. In the Sudbury...introductionthan the pyrrhotite. Chalcopyrite as an original mineral so far as we know, accompanies still more abundantpyrite...Pelly's Island, Newfoundland; Capelton, Quebec; Arminius, Va., and in some of the Ducktown ore bodies. |  | | Report (issue) | | INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Characteristics of Mineral Deposit Occurrences Compiled by Ralph L. Erickson.... Model for contact metasomatic tungsten/copper/gold deposits, by J. E. Elliott........................R. Shawe.......... Orogenic (metamorphic-hosted) gold-quartz veins, by J. K. Bohlke......... Volcanic...Theobald, Jr.......................................... Belt Stratabound Cu-Ag, by J. E. Harrison..............Stratabound massive sulfide--deposits in an island-arc belt of volcanic/volcaniclastic rocks, by Leslie Cox |  | | Book | | 5.95 and quickly informative.”— “Practical Virginia Kirkus RANGE GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERALS A by... abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present and man generally absent. He tells...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...provides a comprehensive, alphabetical listing of 400 mineral species and an outline of the essential chemical...Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting 18 3 Your Mineral Collection 32 4 Techniques of |  | | 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 | | MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA FIRST EDITION 0 1992 R150...silver, fluorspar, salt and sulphur. This rich mineral heritage has spawned widespread activity by prospectors...remained largely unpublished. It is evident that mineral exploration in Namibia, as elsewhere. has changed...under-exploration. Against this background, the "Mineral Resources of Namibia" sets out to give an up-to-date...accumulated infonnation in a fom1 that will provide the mineral exploration and mining industry with an important |  | | Book (edition) | | Geology, University of Virand State Geologist of Virginia, xxvi+722 pages, 6 by 9. 249 figures in the text...included a description of the more important Canadian mineral deposits, as well as brief references to some of...Lead and Zinc XVIII. Silver 621 Lead Ores XIX. Gold and 658 Silver 676 XX. Minor Metals. Aluminum...anthracite region 10. Structure section in Tazewell County, east of Richlands, southwest 8. 9. 12. 13. ...coal field Shaft house and tipple, bituminous coal mine, Spring Valley, 111 Northern Interior coal field |  | | Book | | Geology, University of and State Geologist of Virginia. Fourth Cloth; 6 by 9; 708 pages; 253 figures...the 83 plates, comprising 154 figures. Watson, Virginia, Edition. text, and Elements of Engineering Geology...blue. Semianthracite is mined in Pennsylvania and Virginia, and is known in western Canada. Anthracite Coal...coke.”’ Natural coke is also found in New Mexico, Virginia, and IIli- nois.” Rank and Grade.—The term rank...proximate. In the first, all ingredients except mineral matter expressed in elementary form. In the second |  | | Report (volume) | | Zoologicae Botanicae Fennicae "Vanamo" Australia Bur. Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Recs. Canada...Botanicae Fennicae "Vanamo" Australia Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Records Geological...los trabajos presentados Japan Geol. Survey Bull. Mine and Quarry Eng. [London] Mining Cong. Jour. Mining...Metallurgi [Norway] T6hoku Univ. Besearch Inst. Mineral Dressing and Metallurgy BulL Uganda Geol. Survey...Geologico Internacional Japan Geological Survey Bulletin Mine and Quarry Engineering Mining Congress Journal Mining |  | | Journal (volume) | | THE MINERAL INDUSTRY ITS STATISTICS, TECHNOLOGY AND TRADE DURING 1909 FOUNDED BY RICHARD EDITED...Tin Mining in Bolivia. Coal Alining in Montana. Gold in Montana. Ainsworth, Samuel Colcord, F. F. Lyons...Manager, Co., New York. State Engineer and Ex-officio Mine Inspector, Bismarck, N. D. Collins, George Coal...Mining Engineer, Denver, Colo. Copper in Colorado. Gold in Colorado. Lead in Colorado. Atwater, C. G. Engineer... V. N. Metallurgical Engineer, Denver, Colo. Gold in South Dakota. State Geologist, Lincoln, Neb |  | | Journal (volume) | | X THE MINERAL INDUSTRY, ITS STATISTICS, TECHNOLOGY AND TRADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES...261 Broadway. LONDON, 20 Bucklersbury, The Mineral Industry ITS STATISTICS, TECHNOLOGY AND TRADE...contributions.! INTRODUCTION. PAGE Total Value of the Mineral and Metal Production of the United States—Methods...Metals—Secondary Mineral Products—American Production of Metals from Foreign Ores—Summary of the Mineral Industry...Antimony—Copper—Ferro¬ manganese—Ferromolybdenum—Gold—Iron Iridium Lead Molyb¬ denum — N ickel—Platin |  | | Journal (volume) | | VENTING 74 Accidents, Chinese Laws Concerning Mine.. Accidents During Second Ten Days of Month Accidents...in Ohio, 1911 Accidents, To Decrease Anthracite Mine Account, Profit, and Loss Accumulations of Gas,...535 400 636 83 409 Page Antiseptic Treatment of Mine Timbers Antitrust Laws and the Coal Industry Apparatus...Appointment of H. M. Inspectors Appointment of Ohio Mine Inspectors Appropriations for Bureau of Mines, Recom-...Recom- mended Air-Compressor Explosion Africa, Gold Dredging Agitation of Slime Pulp, Air- Lift Agitator |
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