 | | 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) | | PENDLETON QUADRANGLES IN THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA Richard S. Good, Oliver M. Fordham, Jr., and Christopher...for finding or extending known gold deposits in Virginia. A secondary purpose was to relate the occurrence...prospecting. Gold is not currently produced in Virginia. It was produced, however. from a large number...within a gold-pyrite mineralized zone in central Virginia were selected for the study: a control area of...abandoned gold mines in the Caledonia quadrangle, Fluvanna and Goochland counties, and an adjacent area of |  | | 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) | | E S IN V I R G I N I A "Virginia Division of Mineral Resources" From "Virginia Minerals" By PALMER C....for people who are interested in collecting in Virginia. All the listed localities were open and the informa...official State Highway Map as well as individual county road maps, both of which are available from the...of Highways, 1221 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. Top ographic maps are available from the Vir...Mineral Resources, Box 3667, Charlottesville, Virginia and from the Distribution Section of the U.S. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sites in Virginia by PALMER C. SWEET Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Charlottesville, Virginia 22903...for people who are interested in col lecting in Virginia (Figure 1). All the alphabetically listed localities'were...official State Highway Map as well as individual county road maps (10^ each), both of which are available...Transportation, 1221 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. Topo graphic maps are available from the Vir...Mineral Resources, Box 3667, Charlottesville, Virginia and from the National Cartographic Information |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCAL INDEX Although perhaps best known for its turquoise crystals, apophyllite on...on prehnite, 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 of Mineral Resources P. O. Box 3667 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 T H I S...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) | | 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) | | 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 (issue) | | No. 1 LARGE ANDALUSITE CRYSTALS FROM CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINLA Richard S. Mitchell1,William F. Giannini2...veins at a previously unknown site in Campbell County, Virginia (Giannini and others, 1986; Figure 1). Although...Although many of the crystals have been replaced by kyanite (or to a lesser degree by sillimanite) to form...lengths to 31.8 cm and prism face widths to 18cm (Virginia Division of Mineral Resources R-8947). Unaltered...observed in petrographic studies of thin sections of Virginia rocks (Reed and Jolly, 1963; Smith and others |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Andalusite Crystals from Campbell County, Virginia: Their Alteration to Kyanite and Sillimanite and Their Other...H E L L Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 W I L L I A M F . GIANNINI...N PENICK, JR. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Box 3667 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 D U R I...veins at a previously unknown site in Campbell County, Virginia (Giannini et a l . , 1986). A l though many...many of the crystals have been replaced by kyanite (or to a lesser degree by sillimanite) to form well-preserved |  | | Journal (issue) | | INDUSTRY OF VIRGINIA IN 1974' ADVANCE SUMMARY Total value of mineral production in Virginia in 1974 was...value increased. Table 1. -Mineral production in Virginia. Stone, the second-ranking mineral commodity...output, but increased in value. Aplite, clays, kyanite, and soapstone all increased in production and...cooperative agreement between the Bureau and the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources. 1 1973 Mineral...that cannot be disclosed: Aplite, cement, gypsum, kyanite, and values indicated by symbol W . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS (PART GOOCHLAND By PHILIP East Derry, COUNTY In N edge of the James R...R., W of Richmond and bordering Fluvanna Co. with which it shares the gold belt. Coun ty Seat is Goochland...Extensive gold mining formerly on ex treme W and county line around Rte 605 to Rte 606. There are several...and N E of Tellu rium Gold M. extending into Fluvanna Co. Large acreage IV2 Mi. SE of Tabscott, 2 Mi...(almandite) (red) (pink) (abundant), tourmaline (black); kyanite pyrite, kaolin, sericite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite |  | | Journal (issue) | | No. 3 WNERAL AND FOSSIL COLLECTING SITES IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet and 0. Allen Penick, Jr. - 9...fee basis for people interested in collecting in Virginia (Figure 1). All the listed localities were open...available from the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Box 3667, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903. General...official State Highway Map as well as individual county road maps, both of which are available from the... in Virginia. AMETHYST SITE This site is located 4.35 miles southeast of Amherst, Amherst County, about |  | Nelson, Arthur E., Marr, John D., Olinger, Keith E. (2000) Reconnaissance bedrock geologic map of the Red House, Madisonville, Aspen, and Charlotte Court House 7.5-minute quadrangles, Charlotte, Prince Edward, Appomattox, Campbell, and Halifax counties, Virginia. Open-File Report Vol. 2000 (99-538) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr99538 | Report (issue) | | Edward, Appomattox, Campbell, and Halifax Counties, Virginia By Arthur E. Nelson, 1 John D. Marr, Jr.,2 and...Report 99-538 Prepared in cooperation with the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources This report is...Government. ^.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Charlottesville...province, south-central Virginia. The map area lies mainly in Charlotte County, and it includes parts...Appomattox Counties, and a very small part of Halifax County on the north side of the Roanoke River. Topographic |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mulholland Highway, extreme western Los Angeles County, California. CubicGarnets Foundin Marylandand...mineral concentrates of Rock Run, a small Montgomery County, Maryland stream about 5.5 miles (9 km) long which...spessartine cubic crystal from Rock Run, Montgomery County, Maryland, photo by the author. 2 Mineral News...sands of not only Rock Run, but most of the other county streams. For nearly the next two years, I continued...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com |  | | 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...Gcologist Bulletin 38 Kyanite in Virginia Geology of the Kyanite Belt of Virginia lrY ANNA I. JONAS ...Aspects of Kyanite BY JOEL H. W.ATKINS UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA t932 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION...DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN, State Gaolosist Bulletin 38 Kyanite in Virginia Geology |  | | Report (issue) | | COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Bulletin 48 County Series No. 1 Outline of the Geology and Mineral Resources of Goochland County, Virginia...L COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE VIRGINIA GEOLOGI CAL SURVEY UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE...recommend for publication as Bulletin 48 of the Virginia Geological Survey s.eries of reports the manuscript...Geology and Mineral Resources of Goochland Co"nty, Virginia, by Mr. Carl B. Brown. The field work was done |  | Carter, Mark W., McAleer, Ryan J., Holm-Denoma, Christopher S., Spears, David B., Regan, Sean P., Burton, William C., Evans, Nick H. (2020) Geochronologic age constraints on tectonostratigraphic units of the central Virginia Piedmont, USA. Professional Paper 1861. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp1861 | Report (issue) | | Tectonostratigraphic Units of the Central Virginia Piedmont, USA Professional Paper 1861 U.S. Department...northern terminus of the Elk Hill Complex, central Virginia Piedmont. Image captured by Ryan J. McAleer, U...Tectonostratigraphic Units of the Central Virginia Piedmont, USA By Mark W. Carter, Ryan J. McAleer, Christopher...II, Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2020 For more information on the USGS—the Federal...tectonostratigraphic units of the central Virginia Piedmont, USA: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper |  | | 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 (volume) | | Selected Bibliography of Andalusite, Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and Pyrophyllite in the...1019-N Selected Bibliography of Andalusite, Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and Pyrophyllite...showing the location of major deposits of the kyanite group of minerals and pyrophyllite. __________...RESOURCES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANDALUSITE, KYANITE SILLIMANITE, DUMORTIERITE, TOPAZ, AND PYROPHYLLITE...bibliography is a compilation of 566 references on the kyanite, or sillimanite, group of minerals and pyrophyllite |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical pearls in delicate pastel...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets, glowing...green gem spodumene, was discovered in Alexander County, North Carolina, in 1880 and named for one of its |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | ________________ _ Quartzites and conglomerates _______ _ Kyanite schist ________ --~- _________ _ Limestone and...Intrusive rocks----------------------~---------Virginia __________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina...-- .. ------- - Virginia mines ___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______...LibertY------------------~------------ 55 c-- Goochland, Fluvanna, and Buckingham Counties __________________ ....properties _________ .. _____________ _ Halifax County ______ - _____ - __________ ~- _'- __ _ Virgilina |
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