 | | 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) | | .......................................... 39 Schuyler mine .................................................................................... 121 Virginia ................................................surface structures at the Arlington mine, Bergen County, N. Jā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦...Frontispiece Figure 1. Generalized...mines or prospects, as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Schuyler mine Dod mine Glen Ridge mine Green Valley prospects...copper mines or prospects are as follows: 1. The Schuyler or Arlington mine; 2. the Dod mine; 3. Wigwam |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALBEMARLE t /fTr C Ch I arlottesville COUNTY'-' v VIRGINIA Lewis Brooks collection (Department of...of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville). These specimens were collected by...Environmental Sciences University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 INTRODUCTION T h e Old Dominion...soapstone quarry, located i n southern Albemarle County, Virginia, is part of one of the richest soapstone belts...pits, each appr ximately 100 feet 1 ALBEMARLE COUNTY Ā«Ā£harlottesv,llle / 1 - 6 4 \ The quarry is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geological Sciences , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Rlacksburg, Virginia, 24061 Published...Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Rlacksburg, Virginia 24061 Downloaded...(1987) modeled the data available for onshore Virginia, including the data previously analyzed by James...operation in the Valley and Ridge near Franklin, West Virginia, at distance 475 km along the transect. Using...modeled by Holbrook et al. (1994). Onshore in Virginia, James et al. (1968) correlated the regional-scale |  | | 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...abundant. The principal producing district is at Schuyler, where soapstone in a Late Proterozoic melange...mineral accompanying talc, along with clay minerals, calcite, and quartz. Higher temperature deposits, such |  | | Journal (issue) | | FOR APRIL, 1937 Ye Ancient Copper Mine of Arent Schuyler. By 0. Ivan Lee .... 99 Praktikurn der Edelsteinkunde...WHOLE No. 69 YE ANCIENT COPPER MINE OF ARENT SCHUYLER Within Plain View of the White Towered Skyline...Hackensack meadows. The Schuyler Mine, as it is usually called, lies in Bergen County upon property secured...to Kingsland again and from him, in 1710, Arent Schuyler bought a large acreage comprising the southern...Arent Schuyler was born in Albany, N. Y., in 1662, the sixth son of Philip Pieterse Van Schuyler, who |  | | Report (issue) | | the coverāTurquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; phoĀ 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 *... Ā© R. V. Dietrich and the Research Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970 Printed and bound |  | | Journal (issue) | | COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY Richmond, Virginia Virginia Minerals Published...Division of Mineral Resources Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 VOL. 48 MAY/AUGUST 2002 NO. 2/3 A GUIDE...GEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY John Marr and Roy Sites Virginia has a very interesting and varied geologic history...in unique and exotic geologic terranes. Across Virginia, the landscape exhibits all rock types: igneous...the Division of Mineral Resources ofļ¬ces. 10 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES VOL. 48 Figure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."āon label. ARKANSASāIn the March-April...(west of the city). That would be in Jefferson County."āletter datedāJune 31, 1956, from Marie Kennedy...on the Rhode Island border. Small crystals of calcite and quartz on trap rock have been found in a huge...come from East Haven. One consists of colorless calcite xls associated with deep black smoky quartz xls...basalt (trap rock). The other consists of colorless calcite xls and purple amethyst xlsā also on black basalt |  | | Report (issue) | | and C.M. Sears U.S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 22092 Open-File Report 92-448 This report is...Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........Occurrences located in the Culpeper basin, Maryland and Virginia ..................... 168 H. Section H: Occurrences...Occurrences located in other areas of Virginia. ... 185 I. Section I: Occurrences located in North Carolina...given in the categories of : 1. name and location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2 |  | | Report (volume) | | ____________________________________________________ Virginia. _____________________________________________________...Geologic map of the Chatsworth district, Murray County, Ga., showing the location of the principal talc...Nevada-_________---_-___-4. Allamoore district, Hudspeth County, Tex___________ 16 19 36 46 CONTENTS TABLES...analyses of talcs from the Chatsworth district, Murray County, Ga_ _________________________________ 30 11. Varieties...Chemical analyses of soapstone in the Schuyler district, Virginia._ _ _-_-_------___-_____________________-___-__ |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERAL FEATURE The Mineralogy of St. Lawrence County, New York: A Historical Sketch by Jay L. Lininger...The Man Who Would Be St. Lawrence Mining King by Schuyler Alverson 108 HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE The Enduring...Printed by Copy Right Printers. ON THE COVER: Calcite crystal, Rossie, St. Lawrence Co .. NY. Specimen...EDITORIAL "The Finest Mineral Region in the World" County articles were also published in subsequent issues...endeavor, whether in spores, The St. Lawrence County/Chester County debate surĀ politics, business or even in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | xlineācrystalline CALIFORNIA ā From near Indian Pass, Imperial County, Calif, we have a deep blue dumortierite that was... This fine 3x5 inch specimen comes from Teller County, Colorado. ARIZONA ā "Would you please identify...was found July 2, 1959, near Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona." ā sent in by Clyde N. Hall, Elbridge... Ball Ground is in the northern part of Cherokee County of Northern Georgia. ILLINOIS ā An anonymous reader...the state). We never heard of geodes in Hardin County ā the specimen sent in may represent an isolated |  | | Book (edition) | | Lock Haven Ripple Marks............ Jersey Shore Calcite & Quartz.... Antes Creek Fossils.................Serpentine Basalt Quarry Minerals.............. Schuyler Copper Mine Dumps... Stirling Brook Carnelian...Road (PA) EH] Forest Road (PA) | 626 | Spur 563 County Route (NJ) PHI Interchange I___ jQ Town or Park...Sandstone Lock Haven Ripple Marks Jersey Shore Calcite & Quartz Antes Creek Fossils Ralston Fossil Leaves...Valhalla Yellow Serpentine Basalt Quarry Minerals Schuyler Copper Mine Dumps Stirling Brook Carnelian Cliffwood |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA PART I I I : SILICATES By R. S. MITCHELL and R. J. BLAND,... JR. Department of Geology University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. nets at the old iron mine near...Road 637 between county as well as a series of mountains, Ivy and Batesville (Nelson, 1962), and in including...road cut on U. S. Highway 29 the eastern edge (Nelson, 1962). Epidote south of Charlottesville and north...Bland, 1963, 1964) all the minerals of Albemarle County were presented except the silicates (Class V I |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 18 November 2014 of Occurrences St. Lawrence County New York Part 5: The Prehnite Occurrence on the...mineralization in the Precambrian rocks of St. Lawrence County, New York. It is exactly because the specimens... chabazite-Ca, and chalcopyrite, with quartz, calcite, adularia, microcline, oligoclase, sphalerite,...Lawrence County Route 17 between the villages of Russell and Hermon (fig. 2) in St. Lawrence County, New...including those of Ivan McIntosh, Charlie Bowman, Schuyler Alverson, and George Robinson. In 1988, Bill Dossert |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIGITAL REPRINT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF...OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY Wilbur A. Nelson BULLETIN 77 Adobe AcrobatĀ® ReaderĀ® Adobe Acrobat Reader version...Geology and Mineral Resources of Albemarle County by Wilbur Nelson is to make accessible an out of print work...appear to show the bookmark pane is viewable. Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Division...500 Charlottesville, VA 22903 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |  | | Journal (issue) | | mixed with granular franklini te, willemite and calcite. are Zincite is rare except at the Franklin-Sterling...the enclosing limestone crystalĀ lized out as calcite. Thus, at the end of a certain phase of regional...tephroite, in places mixed with the crystalline calcite. All other minerals, including zincĀ i te, were...ore. Often, large masses of ziļæ½cite are seen in calcite, with no other mineral as an associate. Zincite...veins cutting the nonnal willemiteĀ franklinite-calcite ore. Commonly, it is found intimately mixed with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | somehalf a dozen'places; but only the pioneer Schuyler mine seemsto have achievedany considerable degree...extending from southern New York into northern Virginia, a little more than onefourthlieswithinthe stateof...sediments intersected by dikes; as in the Arlington (Schuyler) and Flemingtonmines. II. Without associated...clay-like material impregnatedwith ore. The Arlington (Schuyler) Mine.--The mine is a mile northeast of Arlington...three quarters of a mile south of the Arlington (Schuyler) Mine. (After Darton Bull. U.S. G. S. No. 67, |  | | 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 RappahanĀ nock and Rapidan Rivers. T h e N edge may be submerged...number of gold operations r u n n i n g across the county from N to S. These are mainly placers and rather... sphalerite, galena, wulfenite, vanĀ adinite. Virginia Fin Co. "in N W corner of Co. nr Rappahannock... Indefinite mines, probably all gold. Chicago-Virginia M. Higgins M. Johnston M. Pullman M.-Probably |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bloomingdale, Essex County. This specimen (8 cm across), collected by Schuyler Alverson in the late...partially dissolved from calcite, from the Route 28N road cut west of Newcomb, Essex County. John A. Jaszczak...where they typically occur in and on quartz and calcite crystals that have precipitated from meteoric waters...micrograph. thermometry of coexisting graphite and calcite from the Adirondacks has yielded valuable information...Regionally metamorphosed siliceous limestones (calcite marbles) commonly contain graphite crystals, along |  | | Field Trip Notes | | COLLECTING SITES IN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY MICHAEL A. WHITTON St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club/ Geology...Lawrence University Canton, NY 13617 SCHUYLER ALVERSON St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club P. O. Box...Falls, NY 13680 Introduction The St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club is a local organization who...trip of classic mineral localities in St. Lawrence County. If you would like more information about our club...Whitton, 24 Miner St., Apt. 1, Canton, NY 13617, or Schuyler Alverson at the above address. Michael will be |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | copper, tenorite, atacamite, azurite, allophane, calcite, and pyrrhotite pseudomorphs after cuprite. Cuprite...in the eastern United States. These include the Schuyler, Sommerville, and Flemington copper mines, New...native copper; prospects at Ladenton, Rockland County, New York; Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut; the...Mountain copper mines, Lehigh County, and at Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; at Ducktown, Tennessee;...Great Gossan Lead in Carroll and Grayson Counties, Virginia. According to Genth (1 89 I), ācuprite in acicular |
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