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| 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...July-August, 1985 as the Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| A CONTRIBUTION VIRGINIA TO THE GEOLOGY OF EMERY DEPO, SITS. • THOMAS THE L. WATSON'. CONTENTS. Introduction...four--Greece and Turkey in Eurasia and New York and Virginia in the United States--are geneticallyassociatedwith...AREA IN PITTSYLVANIA C0., VA. Fig. x7. Geologic Map of Emery Area in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. The...The Chesteremery depositsin Hampden County, Massachusetts, have been traced for several miles in a narrow...settsdeposits areof thefirstty•e,whilethoseof NewYork and Virginia are of the latter type. The purposeof this paperis |
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| ............................................17 Mining and processing .............................................................................80 Virginia ...................................................................................87 District of Columbia ............................................Geologic sketch map of the Inyo-Panamint talc district, California .........................32,33 6....the southern Death Valley-Kingston Range talc district, California ................................. |
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| which also produced a most remarkable series of pegmatite dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...Hills Dist. Includes both Veins and the extensive pegmatite dike exposures and mines. BON HOMME & CHARLES...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 |
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| it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish............Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville...Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin... |
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| 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 |
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| ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ................................................................................. Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely |
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| pans. Many other gem crystal species occur in pegmatite exposures, such as Aquamarine, Beryl, some Ruby-red...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: |
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| 0 74470 02033 2 UNM’s HARDING MINE Exploring Plentiful Pegmatite 2 ROCKNGEM.COM The BEST of Both...Popularity 20 NEW MEXICO’S HARDING MINE The Must-See Pegmatite of the West Steve Voynick Mark Leatherman...shale and crystalline calcite matrix; pink rosy muscovite and purple lepidolite; courtesy of Heritage Auctions...TOURMALINE with ALBITE and QUARTZ Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, CA Watercolor by Frederick C. Wilda©...2020 7 Covington Has Moved! ROYAL PEACOCK OPAL MINE Dig your own Virgin Valley Fire Opals ALL YOU FIND |
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| WALCOTT, DIRECTOR THE GEOLOGY EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BY BENJAMIN KENDALL EMERSON WASHINGTON...Becket.......................... Gulf anticline, Dalton ............................................................................................... Dalton fault............................................Artesian wells upon the Dalton fault............................ South Dalton or Warner Mountain fault............................................... Pegmatite.............................................. |
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| Quartz Crystal Deposits of Southwestern Virginia and Western North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...1072-D Quartz Crystal Deposits of Southwestern Virginia and Western North Carolina By JOHN B. MERTIE,...Beaver, 1888Quartz crystal deposits of southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina. Washington, U. S....____________________ Deposits of southwestern Virginia.__________________________________ Carroll Co...area_______---____--_--_-________________-__--____ Patrick County.______________________________________________ |
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| Mountain, Trinity County, Calif."—on label. Island Mountain, in the S / W corner of Trinity County, is in N ...Middletown and Meriden are in northern New Haven County in central Connecticut. ILLINOIS—From George A...area."— on label. Niota is in northern Hancock County of western Illinois. INDIANA—"I found a small new...26, 1964 from Lenora Dalton, Remington, Ind. Remington, in southern Jasper County, is in N / W Indiana...is a steep, sloping hill on which is an old iron mine. Records in the town date it as 132 years old. I |
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| Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...across, and more. Exploitation of this remarkable pegmatite continued intermittently until 1937, when the...there; the first claims were staked in 1894 and mining soon commenced. Eventually over two dozen mines...mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than anywhere |
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| DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director THE GEOLOGICAL...SURVEY Bulletin Number 53 TALC DEPOSITS OF MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA By A. S. FURCRON Assistant State Geologist... LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines, Mining and Geology Atlanta,· April 3, 1947 To His Excellency...Survey Bulletin No. 53, "Talc Deposits of Murray County, Georgia," by Dr. A. S. Furcron, Assistant State...involved in the economics of the talc. Detailed mine maps have been correlated with surface and subsurface |
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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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| 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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| omitted from locality information. Where lot and district numbers are given, it is necessary to use topographic...Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium and the...corundum, muscovite, quartz (Hurst, 1956c). Wood pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line:...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8 |
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| Physical Characteristics of Commercial Sheet Muscovite in the Southeastern United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... Physical Characteristics of Commercial Sheet Muscovite in the Southeastern United States By RICHARD H...6 7 8 11 12 12 15 16 16 17 17 22 24 26 Sheet muscovite in the Southeastern States.____________ Distribution...deposits. ___——_—————_—___—_____ Tests of sheet muscovite from the Southeastern States————_ General statement...-_-------------_---_---_ Reeve structures in muscovite-_______________________._____________________ |
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| GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORIGIN OF PEGMATITES CHEROKEE-PICKENS DISTRICT, GEORGIA Alexander J. Gunow and Gregory N. Bonn...103 Cover photo: Pegmatite& in the stream bed of Toonlgh Creek, Cherokee County. THE GEOCHEMISTRY...GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORIGIN OF PEGMATITES CHEROKEE-PICKENS DISTRICT, GEORGIA Alexander J. Gunow and Gregory N. Bonn................... . .. . . ............ .. 10 Pegmatite Deposits ... .. ...... .. . .. . ... ... ....... . .. .. . . .. ..... . ......... . ..... 10 Pegmatite Fields .... ....... .. ...................... |
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| ‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada ....................................Strontian crandallite from the Alto Benedeto pegmatite, Paraiba, Brazil ...............................J. P. Cassedanne & L. Barreto The Messina mining district, South A frica ..............................Valley Road Watsonville, California 95076 The Outlaw mine has long been known as an occurrence o f rare and...benjaminite, fo r which it is the type locality. The mine has been idle fo r more than 60 years, and because |
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| for the following observation. At the W. Wilson mine, "a few secondary minerals, mainly metatorbernite...uranium content of rhyolitic and dacitic rocks. 13 Dalton, J. C., Golden, J., Martin, G. R., Mercer, E. R...C. F., 1951, The distribution of radioactivity: Mining Mag. [London], v. 85, p. 329-340. See p. 330-331...lepidolite-bearing pegmatite dikes, in schists, in the Ohio City area, Gunnison County, Colo. The microlite...samples of uraninite taken from pegmatite within a few feet of the pegmatite-schist contact in the Strickland |
