 | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | comprehensive listing, including detailed spot locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can...The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can be obtained from the North Carolina...Carolina 27611 B. J . M C K E N Z I E Alamance County Pyrophyllite, cacoxenite, diaspore, sericite, pyrite...hill, 0.2 mile from the road. Alexander County Alexander County is a renowned mineral collecting area in...following are mineral collecting sites in Alexander County: 1) Emerald, rutilated quartz, smoky quartz, and |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | dark-blue-purple and green phyllite exposed in the roadcut and a prospect adit about 750 m northeast of Pineview...gneiss, limestone, and conglomerate. In addition, fuchsite-bearing green quartzite and quartz-hematite schist...apple-green variety, colored by small amounts of fuchsite (chromian mica). This striking rock occurs in...because of complex faulting. In these exposures the fuchsite clearly transgresses bedding, and has been FB...Quartzite adjoining these fractures contains enough fuchsite to color it green to distances of 1-2 m on either |  | | Report (volume) | | changes in stratigraphic nomenclature in Vermont, Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia UNITED...Robertson River Igneous Suite, Blue Ridge Province, Virginia ................................................Granite in the Potomac Valley, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland ..................................Suite and adjacent rocks in northern and central Virginia. Generalized geologic map of parts of the Washington...[biotite]-magnetite-muscovite-albite-quartz gneiss. Roadcut eastern flank of Bissell Hillin Killington Peak |  | | Report (issue) | | beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...Alamance County ........................................................... 24 24 Alexander County ......Alleghany County ....................................................... 25 Ashe County ............Avery County ............................................................... 25 Buncombe County ......Burke County ............................................................... 26 Cabarrus County ... | | | Report (issue) | | beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...COUNTIES Alamance County • .' 22 24 24 Alexander County 24 Alleghany County 25 Ashe County • 25 Avery...Avery County 25 Buncombe County 26 Burke County 26 Cabarrus County 27 Caldwell County 27 Caswell...Caswell County 27 Catawba County 28 Chatham County 28 Cherokee County 28 Clay County • • 29 Cleveland...Cleveland County 29 Davidson County • 30 vi Davie County Durham County 31 Franklin County 31 31 |  | | Report (issue) | | thick epidote crusts on surfaces are exposed in roadcut on left. km 29.4 Pink and grey granitic rocks...Highway 65. km 66.3 Proterozoic conglomerate in roadcut on right. km 68.8 Trail on right leading to...outcrop along the highway. km 102.0 Diabase in roadcut. km 102.5 Turnoff (right) to Morrison mine (page...surface coatings of calcite and epidote visible in roadcut. km 140.0 Causeway across Houston Lake. km...Armenite-zoisite mineralization is exposed in a roadcut near Rémigny, which is 37 km from Notre-Dame-du-Nord |  | | Report (issue) | | ^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...forming a ridge north of Route 7 near Dranesville, Virginia. Figure 7. Locations of mineral deposits in...mines in the Soldiers Delight region, Baltimore County, Maryland. Adapted from Pearre and Heyl , 19.60 |  | | Journal (issue) | | geothermal lease sale held in January. . . .. Josephine County mineral study completed. . . . . .. 23 36 36...Geology of the Hamburg-McGuffy Creek area, Siskiyou County, California, and petrology of the Tom Martin ultramafic...petrology of a portion of the Ashland pluton, Jackson County, Oregon: Eugene, Oreg., University of Oregon master's...Paleozoic-Triassic contact in the Klamath Mountains, Jackson County, southwest Oregon: Eugene, Oreg., University of...Group, Kinney Mountain area. southwest Jackson County, Oreaon: Eugene, Oreg., University of O regon master's |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | areas (Fig. 11). The group comprises quartzites (fuchsite quartzite and garnet quartzite), paragneisses...technique, Liu et al. (1992) dated a sample of fuchsite quartzite from the Caozhuang Group, and 81 analyses...region, whereas the sedimentary protolith of the fuchsite quartzite is considered to have deposited at some... Wu et al. (2005a) analyzed another sample of fuchsite quartzite from a nearby outcrop at Huangbaiyu...out further investigations on zircons from the fuchsite quartzite, of which the oldest zircon yields a |  | | Book | | United States by Bookcrafters, Fredericksburg, Virginia. PREFACE The end of 1994 marked the close of...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and |  | | Report (issue) | | quarry Renfrew–Madawaska area Renfrew County Road 4 (Bruce Avenue) roadcut Highway 60 quarry Jamieson marble...Carswell quarry Bryson marble blocks Bryson roadcut 1 Bryson roadcut 2 New Calumet mine Calumet uranium occurrence...Most of the collecting localities are in Renfrew County, Ontario. A wide variety of minerals are found...quartz, graphic granite, and corundum from Renfrew County; feldspar (peristerite, amazonite), jaspilite,...R.K. Herd, Geological Survey of Canada; Bruce Campbell, Scarborough; Court Saunders, Brampton; Jurgis |  | | Report (issue) | | Geological Survey Mail Stop 928 National Center Reston, Virginia 22092 James C. Izzell, Jr. Patterson Exploration...fault zone, eastern Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia.................................................Jonesboro fault where it crosses U.S. Highway 70, Wake County, North Carolina..................................Joseph R. Wilson Ground-water resources of Wake County, North Carolina..................................recent geologic research in the eastern Piedmont of Virginia and South Carolina. The papers are arranged in |  | | Journal (volume) | | Scattered pebbles of fuchsite are present in what is probably the same conglomerate in a roadcut 3 km south of...quartzites. Sampies PV-19 and PV-20 are from a roadcut 3 km north of the mine; this portion ofthe section...and 1960). Ripple marks are also present in a roadcut on Rukatunturi Hili near Kuusamo (Fig. 12). The...in COlllpletely recrystallized quartzites in a roadcut on Vuokatti Hill, near sampIe VK-ll. Fig. 8. Cross-bedded...meter wide. Fig. 12. Ripple-marked quartzite in a roadcut on Rukatunturi Hill, near Kuusamo. 22 Bulletin |  | | Journal (issue) | | . Ley The Sm okey Bear quartz claim s, Lincoln County, N ew M exico ...................................matter of public record and may be found in the county zoning offices. The accurate property boundaries...PUBLISHING P.O. Box 37072, Tucson, Arizona 85740 USA Richard A. Bideaux, General Partner (602) 297-4862...Mineralogy Section Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles, California...Weston Way West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380 A roadcut locality open to collecting near Bedford, Indiana |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and the Wausau area (Falster 1987)...zircon), particularly in the Wausau area of Marathon County (Falster 1987). Middle Proterozoic quartzites (1...Wisconsin mineralogy. The index is arranged county by county (fig. 1). Where possible, township and range...I apologize for any I may have omitted. Adams County Hamilton Mound. A quarry is located in the NE 1/4...Geological and Natural History Survey. Ashland County Ballou Creek. Outcrops of iron formation occur |  | | Report (volume) | | mine, 1972 Timiskaming conglomerate, Highway 66 roadcut at km 9.6 Teck-Hughes mine, 1929 Lake Shore mine...Peridotite Marbridge mine Amphibolite Highway 112 roadcut Syenite, syenite porphyry Lucky Cross, Argonaut...to the Baldwin (Kelmac) mine (p. 12). km 3.5 Roadcut exposes rusty weathered volcanic rock containing...(p. 42). km 37.0 Bridge over Misema River. A roadcut on the east side of the bridge exposes a conspicuous...rock containing bright green chrome muscovite (fuchsite) disseminated in quartz; the mica-bearing quartz |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...eology Museum Colorado School o f Mines Curator: Virginia A. Mast Tel: (303) 273-3823 G o ld en , Colorado...1997 Natural History M useum o f Los Angeles County M useum o f G eology D irector: Philip R . Bjork...$10 v.8/#6 California Issue Benitoite, Gold L.A. County Museum, Himalaya mine $10 v.9/#3 Kalahari rhodochrosite...Street, NW, Suite 601 Washington, DC 20036-5274 USA Phone: (202) 775-4344 Fax: (202) 775-0018 I S |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of the Conconully Quadrangle, Okanogan County, Washington By C. DEAN RINEHART and KENNETH F....geology of the Conconully quadrangle, Okanogan County, Washington. (Geological Survey Bulletin 1402)...GEOLOGY OF THE CONCONULLY QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON By C. DEAN RINEHART and KENNETH...Conconully quadrangle is in the central part of Okanogan County in the north-central part of the State of Washington...to marked greenish cast due to the presence of fuchsite (chromium-bearing mica). Sparse beds of locally |  | | 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...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 |
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