 | | 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) | | 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 (issue) | | THE HORSESHOE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NELSON COUNTY, VIRGINIA William Mark Bailey' 4D - The Horseshoe...the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province of central Virginia (Figure 1). The study area is the northern half...to late Paleozoic age for this event in central Virginia, based on isotopic studies conducted elsewhere...intensity (U, Th, K) aeroradiometric contour maps (Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 1976) for the Horseshoe...quadrangle (modified after Bailey, 1983). No. 4 VIRGINIA MINERALS Table 1. U, Th and rare earth whole-rock |  | | Journal (issue) | | CADMIUM, GALLIUM, AND GERMANIUM RESOURCES IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet and William F. Giannini INTRODUCTION...cadmium, gallium, and germanium ocurrences in Virginia, basic sampling was undertaken to determineif...Rockingham County; zinc-lead tailings at the former New Jersey Zinc Co. mine in Austinville, Wythe County; and...deposits (Zones 18 and 24) near Andersonville, Buckingham County (Figure 1). At this last site, additional...coating and plating (14 %); in pigments 18 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES (16 %), in plastics |  | | 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 - __ -__ _ ___________ Farmville district, Buckingham, Prince Edward, and...36 37 38 38 39 39 Kyanite deposits Continued Virginia Continued Farmville district, etc. Continued Rock...Slate __ . Halifax County Other localities North Carolina Hagers Mountain, Person County.- _.______ Corbett...Corbett deposit, Johnston County Burnsville-Swannanoa area, Buncombe, Yancey, and Mitchell Counties ________...________ ____ Rutherford County Other localities North Carolina-South Carolina Kings Mountain district, Cleveland |  | | 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) | | 00:39 19 January 2015 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lack and nearly black minerals-no...minerals include ilmenite, anatase, brookite, hematite, quartz, titanite, chlorite, muscovite, kyanite...near Waterbury, Vermont; at Poker Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island; and in Essex, Orange, and Warren...(Gordon 1922). Some of these originated in Chester County and include prismatic crystals to 10 cm from Logan’s...relatively common in the crystalline rocks of Virginia (Dietrich 1990) and has been produced commercially |  | | Report (volume) | | SURVEY CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIKKCTOR A ETTEER OF VIRGINIA BY HENRY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING 1904...for publication as a bulletin, a gazetteer of Virginia. Very respectful!}7 , HENRY GANNETT, Geographer... A GAZETTEER OF VIRGINIA. By HENKY GANNETT. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE. Virginia is one of tho easternmost...eastern course it follows to the Atlantic coast. Virginia was one of the original thirteen States. It adopted...it comprised not only its present area but West Virginia and Kentitck}^. Kentucky was set off and admitted |  | | Journal (issue) | | 28 November 1982 No. 4 GOLD OCCURRENCES IN VIRGINIA, AN UPDATE Palmer C. Sweet and David Trimble ... 0 Gold was f i r s t discovered i n Virginia i n 1806 a t the Whitehall mine i n Spotsylvania m y ...near the f a l l s of the Jams River in Amherst County as well as several placer mines were opened in...The f i r s t gold mine campany incorporated i n Virginia was the V i r qinia Mining Campany of New York...operated a t the Grasty mine t r a c t i n Orange County from 1831-1834. This area has been operated intermittently |  | | Journal (issue) | | GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet INTRODUCTION Virginia was one of the first gold-producing...mines near the falls of the James River in Amherst County, as well as several placer mines in other parts...productive and sustained period of gold activity in Virginia was from 1830 thru 1856; the average annual value...Bureau of Mines estimates total gold production in Virginia from 1829 through 1934 a t $3,318,388. This figure...during the early boom years of gold mining in Virginia (Park, 1936, p. 8). I t allows for gold that was |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | Pleare return thie publication to the Virginia Geological Survey when you have ao furthcr uc for it....COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... Bulletin 38 Kyanite in Virginia Geology of the Kyanite Belt of Virginia lrY ANNA I. JONAS Economic...JOEL H. W.ATKINS UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA t932 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATTON...DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN, State Gaolosist Bulletin 38 Kyanite in Virginia Geology |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 01:09 24 December 2014 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lue minerals are a traditional favorite...Sagadahoc County, Maine. Gemmy lazulite masses are found in Chittenden Township, Rutland County, Vermont...Vermont. It is reported from Stoddard, Cheshire County, and from the Palermo and Charles Davis pegmatites (possibly...(possibly scorzalite) at North Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Lazulite is best known in the southeastern...“quartzite” matrix from Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia. The 4.6-cm-high specimen is in the Kevin |  | | Report (volume) | | ..... Eldorado County, by E. C. Eckel. ................................ Merced County.......................... Bartow County.................................................. Polk County...................93 Northampton*County.............'................................. . 96 Lehigh County.................104 Carbon County..................................................... 108 Dauphin County..............116 Blount County.. ................................................... 115 Monroe County........... |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Lake County - 2, 4 Coso Range deposits, Inyo County - 14 Coyote Mountain deposits, Imperial County - 13...Chance Range) mine, Inyo County - 9, 11, 15, 16, 17 Elgin mine, Colusa County - 6, 12 Full Moon deposit...deposit, Imperial County - 13 The Geysers, Sonoma County - 1, 18 Leviathan mine, Alpine County - 7, 17 Sulphur...Sulphur Bank mine, Lake County - 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 17; S 7 Supan deposits, Shasta County - 3; S 7 3. Goldman...hot springs area known as "The Geysers, " Sonoma County. Data given on temperatures, composition of water |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | design of the Ironton Railroad Company's brown hematite iron ore the carriage as a system. One of the...were quite sceptical central belt of the brown hematite ore mines of York and projectile on the one hand...cheeks." are exhibited fossiliferous, carbonate and hematite ores, coke, with a sufficiently heavy carriage...From the Draper Colliery, at Gilberton, Schuylkill County, adopted in the Russian 'War Department, this carriage...the Hickory Colliery, at St. Clair, Schuylkill County, above, by delegating one of its ablest officers |  | | 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.; |  | | 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) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIGITAL REPRINT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF...OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY Wilbur A. Nelson BULLETIN 77 Adobe Acrobat® Reader® Adobe Acrobat Reader version...rendering of Geology and Mineral Resources of Albemarle County by Wilbur Nelson is to make accessible an out of...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | ....... Virginia ............................................................. West Virginia...........showing location of slate deposits of Montgomery-Polk County slate district, Arkansas....................................... 91 12. Map of slate region in Buckingham and Fluvanna counties, Va...... ^ 112 13. Map...quarries, Arnherst County, Va....-. 116 14. Map of slate prospects in Fauquier County, Va................altered by loss of water (H20) to the reddish hematite (Fe203 ). « An accumulation of several hundred |  | | Report (volume) | | 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 ...area________________________________________ Buckingham County_______________________________________...Descriptions of mines and prospects-Continued Campbell County-Continued Drinkard and nearby prospects _________________________... 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. · manganese district, Virginia. showing distribution of quartzite, white marble |
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