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Muscovite from
Hairston Mine, Axton, Axton Pegmatite Mining District, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hairston Mine, Axton, Axton Pegmatite Mining District, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:368934
Long-form Identifier:1:3:368934:9
GUID (UUID V4):f85cc728-cf6f-4de7-aa86-65b48546121e
References
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Report (issue)
Pleaoc teturn this publication to the Virginia Geologieal Survcy whcn you havc no further uce for it...COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSTON ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... Bulletin 33 Pegmatite Deposits of Virginra BY ARTHUR A. PEGAU UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1932 COMMONWEALTH...DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN, State Geologist Bulletin 33 Pegmatite Deposits of...of Virginia BY ARTHUR A. PEGAU UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1932 RICHMOND: DrvrsroN or Puncrress .r,xo pnrrnrc
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
Report (issue)
sedimentary rocks extend from a point just north of the Virginia line southwestward along Dan River through Leaksville... This fact and the belief among people in the district that black shale is a sign of coal and if followed...commercially valuable coal beds in the Dan River district. The beds of semianthracite are local lenses of...in this.field with the hope of developing a coal mine. A Survey press bulletin stating these results was...which is mentioned in a number of reports on this district, is a small settlement on the hill opposite Walnut
Book
CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...visit Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical pearls in delicate...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
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Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
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chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townď‚ľagate, 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 qualityď‚ľagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitsď‚ľpetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FRANKUNVILLE, N.C. ALAMANCE—The North State pyrophyllite mine is located near Snow Camp. Locally the mineral is...by the Indians. ALLEGHANY—The Crouse manganese mine near Sparta has produced an interesting suite of...ASHE—Site of the Ore Knob copper mine in the eastern part of the county has produced chalcocite, bornite...Mountain. BURKE—Three diamonds have been found in this county. One specimen is at the State Museum in Raleigh...was found in the Reed mine. In 1803 a 28 lb. nugget was found in this same mine! This area has, in recent
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Rocks; Minerals Found in Igneous Rocks; Granite Pegmatite Gems and Minerals; Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits;...Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Appendixes 615...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead of metallic ores, and mining for turquoise was enormously extended throughout the...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least
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semi-precious in beryl history of gemstone mining the on papers in of knowledge the many ...considerable deemed to possess, that encouraged mining despite meager yields and the appalling conditions...chambers, There modem they recovered only extremely mining. were posits be equally made to pay in ancient...Punjab, among which of the ancient world, wood mining gem trade in emeralds were in the ruins of...prehistoric turquoise,” gemstones, region is mining activity. Eichholz suggests probably is therefore
Report (volume)
............................................ Pegmatite ...................................................... 51 Baltimore County .................................... 51 Howard County.......................CHAPTER III. GRANITES OF VIRGINIA ...................................... The Virginia Piedmont region ....................................... Light-gray muscovite granite of the Fredericksburg area........ Dark...77 77 CONTENTS. 5 CHAPTER III. GRANITES OP VIRGINIA Continued. PageScientific discussion Continued
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...of the gem-rich areas known as pegmatites. A pegmatite is a dike of exceptionally coarse quartz and feldspar...could form. The most productive sections of a pegmatite lie near the core of the thickest parts, where...Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. In the West, the Rockies...fundamental clue to gem locations. Since hardrock mining is too expensive for amateurs, the hobbyist will
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it should...Geological Surveys Distribution Branch. 1200 Virginia 22202. Those S for Eads Street. Arlington
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...spodumene, and apatite in cavities in the dike. Such pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North...Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. In the West, the Rockies...fundamental clue to gem locations. Since hard-rock mining is too expensive for amateurs, the hobbyist ...minerals. He will pick over stream beds, gravel pits, mine dumps, road cuts, and quarries. Some gems may also
Book
not just a picture book. Rather, it is a veritable mine of information, telling everything the collector...you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary arrangements...D1stn but1on Branch 1200 S Eads Street Arl Ington Virginia 22202 Those for areas west of the M1ssIssIppI...LAKE BAILEY N I DELAWARE MINE DUMPS IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI 2 AMYGDAlOID MINE DUMPS 3 AGATE HARBOR (AGATES...(AGATES THOMSONITE ON BEACH\ )l MUD VLAKE TO MANDAN MINE - HARD SURFACE Field drawing to locate a collecting
Book (edition)
© 2006 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. All rights reserved. Electronic edition...edition published 2009. © 2006 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. All rights reserved...edition published 2009. © 2006 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. All rights reserved...for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. (SME) 8307 Shaffer Parkway Littleton, Colorado, USA 80127...763-3132 www.smenet.org Copyright © 2006 Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. Eletronic edition
Report (chapter)
sediments indicates an average composition of 37% muscovite, 32% kaolinite, 24% quartz and 7% pyrophillite...forming egg banks in sediments (e.g. Bennike 1998; Hairston & Kearns 2002). Almost all of the Recent records...postulated in Pennsylvanian to Miocene strata in the USA, where faecal pellets occur in finely bedded marine...Conasauga Formation, Cambrian, northwestern Georgia, USA. Palaios, 22, 360– 372. S IVETER , D. J., S IVETER
Journal (volume)
org/details/canminingjournal1908donm 0 INDEX Canadian Mining Journal Vol. 29 Including the Period JANUARY...CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL: Abitibi Lake District, by M. R. Baker. 509. Abitibi Lake District, 486. Abitti...Abitti Mining Co., 154. Abrasures, Infusorial Karth, Uses of, 603. Abrasive Materials in the U. S., 444...308. Accidents, Ambulance Work in Mine, 245. Accidents, Coal Mine, Their Causes and Prevention, 626....Accidents. Mine, Prevention of, 222. Adler, H. G. V., on "Concerning the Profession of Mining Engineering
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THE CAxXADIAN MINING REVIEW. i Westinghouse Motors For nine Thoroughly reliable, highly...MANUFACTURERS OF HAMMERED AND ROLLED STEEL FOR MINING PURPOSES Tee Rails, Edge Rails, Fish Plates, Bevelled... THE CANADIAN MIMING REVIEW. IV RUBBER GOODS "OR MINING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION PURPOSES Rubber Belting...Loc. Mgr. Ontario London Intercolonial Coal Mining Co. Limited Ellis, J. B. Lubbock Geo. D. Whatman...obtained at the Bank s Branches. THE CANADIAN MINING REVIEW. WALKER BROTHERS (WiGAN) Limited WIGAN
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Natural Resources Volume I Abrasives - General Mining Law of 1872 Editors Mark S. Coyne Craig W...obtaining and using resources air and water pollution, mining wastes, deforestation as well as phenomena that...Propulsion Laboratory Mark —Superior R. Craig Virginia Polytechnic Institute State University Robert...Pieper New Mexico State University Bamboo /Sauk County George Richard Wayne Griffin Ludwik Kowalski...Association ... 25 American Gas Association 26 American Mining Congress 26 American Petroleum Institute 27 Animal
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OnifgBid itm'4\| ^ N « C Ul tXkmA drivlaii) |P USA OTHS* 4dvi»g K.: SiikT irm O4s»**o« hmily 0«!MU...Creek (Washington County, Or.) BT Rivers—Oregon Dairy Creek Watershed (Washington County, Or.) BT Watersheds—Oregon...famUy (Not Subd Geog) RT Dam famUy Dam Lake (Oneida County, Wis.) BT Lakes—Wisconsin Reservoirs—Wisconsin...(Or.) McKay Dam (Or.) Willow Creek Dam (Morrow County, Or.) Winchester Dam (Or.) — Pakistan NT Kalabagh...States NT African American dance — Venezuela — Virginia NT Tutelo dance — Wisconsin NT Fox dance Menominee
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Fellows 1989: 1993: 1997: 2001: Harley J. Walker (USA) Hanna Bremer (Germany), Ross Mackay (Canada), Anders...Richard Chorley (UK), Luna Leopold (USA) Stanley A. Schumm (USA), Torao Yoshikawa (Japan) First published...London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New... Germany Basil Gomez Indiana State University, USA Piotr Migon University of Wroclaw, Poland Olav...John T. Andrews University of Colorado at Boulder, USA Peter Ashmore University of Western Ontario, Canada
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Building, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA Department of Earth Sciences, Palaeobiology Uppsala...biological pathways, 2nd edn. Roberts and Company, USA (2016) de Meijere, A., Bräse, S., Oestreich, M.:...Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, USA e-mail: rhazen@carnegiescience.edu © The Author(s)... hornblende, tremolite), mica group (annite, muscovite, phlogopite), and other “biopyribole” minerals...own minerals. The result was hundreds of new “pegmatite” minerals (London 2008). However, the cyclic process
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Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder, CO, USA University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA Richard Bradshaw University...Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA Ed Brook Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA Dan Muhs U.S. Geological...Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USA Marianne Douglas Brad Pillans University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada...Torbjorn E. Tornqvist Tulane University, New Orleans, USA Philip L. Gibbard University of Cambridge, Cambridge...Boulder, CO, USA Konrad Hughen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA Dan Smith University
 
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