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Kyanite from
Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia, USA


Classification
Species:Kyanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kyanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:368486
Long-form Identifier:1:3:368486:3
GUID (UUID V4):e37db377-56fd-47e4-b74e-11fc4b6cb2e0
References
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Journal (issue)
30 No. 3 August 1984 MINERAL PRODUCTION IN VIRGINIA FOR 1982 Palmer C. Sweet1,James A. Henderson,...Jr.2, and B. T. Fulmer3 Mineral production in Virginia in 1982 was valued at 1.70 billion dollars (Table...gas. Virginia led the Nation in the production of kyanite and a feldspar marketed as "Virginia Aplite...fine aggregate. The largest stone producers in Virginia include Lone Star Cement, Inc., Luck Stone Corporation...Materials Company. Table 1.Mineral production in Virginia for 1982.l Value quantity (thousands) Mineral
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...number of gold operations r u n n i n g across the county from N to S. These are mainly placers and rather...Cham­ bers under the hill rear o f f u r n a c e . Kyanite outcrop 2 mi. N of Chancellors­ ville. m l m ... sphalerite, galena, wulfenite, van­ adinite. Virginia Fin Co. "in N W corner of Co. nr Rappahannock
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)
rocks (metasediments), including marble, talc, kyanite, ground mica, sand and gravel, and clay products...the vicinity of Tate and Marble Hill in Pickens County. Talc, ground for fillers and cut into pencils...obtained from Fort and Cohutta mountains in Murray county. Sheet mica is produced from many districts in...grinding is produced at Hartwell in Hart County. The kyanite-mica schists of Rabun and Habersham counties...another source of ground mica, and large deposits of kyanite in that section have been worked commercially for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey
Journal (issue)
24 May 1978 No. 2 THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN VIRGINIA IN 1976' ADVANCE SUMMARY e Virginia's total...Carolina and Virginia, Raleigh, NC, under a cooperative agreement between the Bureau and the Virginia Division...concealed increased in both output and value. Kyanite production increased 11 percent and value increased...production and value. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN VIRGINIA IN 1977* PRELIMINARY DATA (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)...shows that the total value of mineral ~roductionin Virginia in 1977 was 2Prepared in the U.S. Bureau of Mines
Report (chapter)
amphibolite Chlorite and biotite Garnet Staurolite-kyanite Northern Appalachians Staurolite-andalusite ...that indicated for mafic schist associated with kyanite-bearing pelitic schist in Vermont. The Appalachians...the terminology of Miyashiro (1973, pp. 71-8), kyanite- or andalusite-bearing pelitic schist indicates... Canada Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Virginia Vermont Northern Appalachians AD ADM AG AT BM...complex Chain Lakes massif Canaan Mountain Dutchess County Elmore Mountain Exeter pluton Green Mountain massif
Journal (issue)
released Publication 7 entitled, "Contributions to Virginia Geology-III", was dedicated to Dr. Calver. Initial...microfilm collection of theses and dissertations on Virginia geology; and to develop a geologic mapping program...mineral-resources exploration, and research into Virginia geologic history. Liaison was made with mine and...the State. Information on base and No. 3 22 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES p~ecious-metal...factors that govern land modification for several Virginia cities as well as some counties. Regional stratigraphic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PARAGONITE PSEUDOMORPHS AFTER KYANITE FROM TURKEY HEAVEN MOUNTAIN, CLEBURNE COUNTY, ALABAMA1 TnonNroN L. Noarnnnu...pseudomorphs after kyanite have been found in the Turkey Heaven Mountain kyanite prospects. The pseudomorphs...direct hysterogenic paragonite alteration of the kyanite. INrnolucrroN A n i n v e s t i g a t i o no f... R. 11 E., at Turkey Heaven Mountain, Cleburne County, Alabama, discloseda unique mineral occurrence...assemblageincludes hysterogenic paragonite pseudomorphsafter kyanite, which resemble andalusite.The geneticphysicoc
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)
OMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENE Richmond, Virginia Published quarterly by...PROCESSING BY-PRODUCT RESOURCES IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet INTRODUCTION e County, when the company ceased operations...are being utilized more as valuable resources in Virginia. Mining-related by-products are divided into two...Materials from both categories are produced in Virginia, where by-products have been exploited for various...various uses Figure 1. By-product resource sites in Virginia. in the past andlor present. These materials include
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)
Studie~ Laborator), Dept. Geological Scienctu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Bl~...the eastetnmo+t regions of the belt in northern Virginia. Fhe t31ue Ridge belt contains granulite- t.nd...Province. In the vestera Blue Ridge t,f northern Virginia, Cambria:~ sandstone of the VaLley and Ridge rests...these rocks in severall narrow infolds in northern Virginia are Late Ordovician to Silurian(?) black slates...the Lynchburg - Catoctin - Evington sequences in Virginia, and the Araby-FredencktGrove Limestone sequences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and adjacent parts of the eastern Piedmont in Virginia ANDY R. BOBYARCHICK* LYNN GLOVER III 1 j Orogenic...Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 ABSTRACT Structural...studies of the Hylas zone northwest of Richmond, Virginia, reveal that late Paleozoic ductile shearing produced...Piedmont fault system, which extends from Alabama to Virginia. Current stress release beneath the Coastal Plain...Mail Stop 9 2 5 , Reston, Virginia 2 2 0 9 2 . Institute Richmond, Virginia, has been mapped in detail
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphosed submarinebasalts and felsicrocksof the Ashland,Wedowee,andTalladegalithotectonicterranes.Thesethree...modelsto explain variousmineral occurrencesin Ashland,Wedowee, and Talladegalithotectonicter- Newfoundlandwith...1. Generalized geologic map of the Tailadega, Ashland, and Wedowee terranes of the southernmost Appalachians...Georgia. The rock assemblages of the Talladega,Ashland, lachiansmayrepresentmineralizationin a transitory...the different massivesulfide occurrences in the Ashland,Wedowee,andTalladega lithotectonicterranesas an
Journal (issue)
illustrate eastern United States geology, and hence Virginia, was done by William Maclure in 1809. The map...information may be useful in solving difficult VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES problems or avoiding...and apatite in Virginia. At the time it was released to the public ti- No. 3 @ VIRGINIA MINERALS tanium...descriptions of the coal deposits in southwestern Virginia which were prepared between 1914 and 1925 are...high-calcium limestones, metallurgical quartzite, kyanite; suggest sequences and thickness of rocks having
Report (issue)
........................ 66 44. Photograph of kyanite-quartz granofels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....first of two reports on the hydrology of Bartow County in which he indicated that much of the Lower Cambrian...the second report on the geohydrology of Bartow County that also included the geohydrology of Cherokee...were the results of mapping in southern Bartow County by Crawford (1977a, 1977b). This mapping outlined...the Cartersville fault through southern Bartow County. Much of the information derived by Cressler and
Report (issue)
ee as Edited by Kula C. Misra 3 KENTUCKY ay VIRGINIA\ ee fi MCA SOT TENNESSEE RANDATHER QUNTAN...SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS Edited by Kula C. Misra _———— VIRGINIA KENTUCKY OVERLAP \ GRANDFATHER TENNESSEE ...Copper Anomaly at the Peachbottom Deposit, Alleghany County, North Carolina (John E. Callahan, J. Hatten Metal...Mine, 97 F. Hollister) Lancaster Mines in County, is 124 (Henry Bell) Mountain Alteration Zone...Abrams) Hydorthermal Alteration and Southern Union County, (Linda H. McKee and J. Some Die Coolen) Stratigraphic
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..._________________ _ Wedowee formation ____________________ _ Ashland mica schist ____________________ _ Volcanic series...Intrusive rocks----------------------~---------Virginia __________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina...-- .. ------- - Virginia mines ___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______...properties _________ .. _____________ _ Halifax County ______ - _____ - __________ ~- _'- __ _ Virgilina
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Report (issue)
River allochthons _____ 7 Maryland and northern Virginia Piedmont allochthons_______________________ 8...have been buried and deformed at staurolite and kyanite grade before crystallization of sillimanite by...postorogenic plutons in and adjacent to this belt from Virginia to Georgia yield ages of about 300 m.y. (Fullagar...Fullagar and Odom (1973) for similar rocks in Grayson, County, Va., although Rankin and opening of the lapetus...overprint is relatively tauga County, N.C., and eastern Johnson County, Tenn., minor, the older basement
Journal (issue)
1972 No. 2 ADDITIONAL PLEISTOCENE MOLLUSKS OF VIRGINIA' Horace G. Richards2 and Lyle Campbell3 INTRODUCTION...years from numerous localities of southeastern Virginia, probably the first specimens having been obtained...summarized and figured in two previous issues of Virginia Minerals (Richards, 1936, 1952, 1966, 1967). Recently...being stationed with the U. S. Navy a t Virginia Beach, Virginia, had the opportunity to resume the collecting...while at William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia. The principal localities studied are the following
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
 
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