 | | Journal (issue) | | Vol. 23 August 1977 No. 3 THE CARTERS BRIDGE, VIRGINIA, EARTHQUAKE OF FEBRUARY 27,1977 David K. Lasch...Figure 1. Index map showing area being discussed. VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES 26 The area under...under consideration is wholly within the central Virginia seismic zone (Bollinger, 1973a). During the past...The earliest recorded earthquake occurred in Nelson County on March 16,1775. The maximum intensities of...4. The seismicity in the vicinity of Albemarle County is a subset of the central -rginia seismic zone |  | | 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 (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) | | 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 (issue) | | VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Tnour.s Lnorvanp Warsow, Pn. D. DIRECTOR Bulletin...Geology of the'Titanium and Apatite Depositrs of Virginia Bv Tnorues LuoNeno Wersow eNo Srrpnex Tannp ...Vrncrnre I9I3 ,//l' ,4 BULLE'I'IN III-A VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAI, SUITVEY. Piney Rir-er near Rose's...occurrence. Chemical characters. Norms'of Amherst-Nelson counties Mineralogical characters. Quartz ......lrn L Map of rutile area in Amherst and Nelson Counties, Virginia ' ' in pocket " ' X'rontispiece IL Piney |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | with syenite (andesine anorthosite) of Nelson County, Virginia..........................................topographic divisions of the Appalachian ranges. In Virginia the Blue Eidge Mountains form a fairly continuous...feet above sealevel; but southwestward through Virginia the ridge becomes broader and higher, and attains...above the sea are reached at several points in Virginia. The Blue Eidge is composed of a central core...the adjacent portions of the Piedmont Plateau in Virginia one of the dominant igneous rocks of granitoid |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...1988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...and State Geologist CHARLOTTESVILLE. VIRGINIA 1 988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION |  | | Report (issue) | | known deposits in the United, States only those in Virginia are of commercial importance. These have been...made the subject of a special report 2 by the Virginia Geological Survey, which was preceded by a preliminary...preliminary paper on the rutile deposits of Amherst and Nelson counties.3 1 Clarke, F. W., U. S. Geol. Survey...Geology of the titanium and apatite deposits of Virginia: Virginia Geol. Survey Bull. 3-A, 308 pp., 1913. 3...3 Watson, T. L., and Taber, Stephen, The Virginia rutile deposits: tJ. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 430, pp. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 17:14 19 November 2014 HALLS GAP, LINCOLN COUNTY, KENTUCKY Figure J. Millerite with calcite. This...cut along U.S. Highway 27 near Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky. II was originally in the collection... superficially resembles tarnished pyrite or pyrrhotite. It is hexagonal (321m), typically occurring...Illinois; Brummet Creek, Brown County, and near Bedford, Monroe County, Indiana (Ley 1991); Coralville...Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky (figs. I and 2); St. Louis, St. Louis County, near Troy, and the |  | | Report (volume) | | .........Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville...Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin......See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIGITAL REPRINT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF...OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY Wilbur A. Nelson BULLETIN 77 Adobe Acrobat® Reader® Adobe Acrobat Reader version...Geology and Mineral Resources of Albemarle County by Wilbur Nelson is to make accessible an out of print work...appear to show the bookmark pane is viewable. Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Division...500 Charlottesville, VA 22903 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |  | | Catalog/List | | aluminum, iron and cerium orthosilicate) Massive; Virginia, or N. Carolina ................. . 34 Orthite.... . . . . . . . . . . 6 Massive, gray banded; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Columnar...lb . . . . . . 6 •Amazons/one, cleavage, pale; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Microc/ine-Perthite... . . . . . . . . 6 Bituminous Coal (Coking) ; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ca1111el...Carolina . .... . .... ..... .. ... . . . . . .. 6 PYRRHOTITE (ferrous sulfide) .Nickdiferous lvlassive; Canada |  | | Catalog/List | | enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...ALBITE (sodium aluminum trisilicate Xline mass; Virginia ............................. . Cleavage, showing...aluminum, iron and cerium orthosilicate Massive; Virginia or N. Carolina ......... ... ...... . Orthite... . . See also arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite for auriferous varieties. GOSLARITE (hydrous.... . . . . . . . . . . . Xline, with Fuchsite; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Franklin County; at Coventry and Irasburgh, Orleans County; and at Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont... at Keene, and southeast of Hinsdale, Cheshire County, and elsewhere in New Hampshire and is reported...from Haddam, Middletown, and Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. In Rhode Island, rhodonite has been...in manganese prospects at Cumberland, Providence County. Downloaded by [Universite Laval] at 20:02 10...and, to a lesser extent, Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey (Palache 1935). Here, it occurred in |  | | Report (issue) | | is located in the Plomosa mining district, Yuma County, Ariz., in the southern part of the Dome Rock Mountains...creek and wagon road cross the Pima-Santa Cruz county line, a short distance above White House, as indicated...creek, extending half a mile on either side of the county line. The deposits probably have a much wider extent...California which are being worked are those of Shasta County. Deposits in San Luis Obispo, Alameda, Placer,...Mountain,6 in the northwestern part of San Luis Obispo County but outside of the district proper. In general |  | | Report (issue) | | Mineral Deposits of the Roseland District of Central Virginia U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1371...Mineral Deposits of the Roseland District of Central Virginia By NORMAN HERZ and ERIC R. FORCE U.S. GEOLOGICAL...titanium-mineral deposits in Nelson and Amherst Counties in the Blue Ridge of Virginia UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...mineral deposits of the Roseland district of central Virginia. (U.S. Geological Survey professional paper; 1371)...p. Supt. of Docs, no.: I 19.16:1371 1. Geology-Virginia-Roseland Region. 2. Mines and mineral resourcesVirginia-Roseland |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | stephanite, from the Reese River district, Lander County. Among these are several quite valuable specimens...crystals of quartz, from the Chase Mine, Lander County. The ores from this locality are remarkable for...pieces of crystallized sulphur from Hum boldt County, some large pieces of selenite from the same locality...wulfenite from Eureka Consolidated Mines, Eureka County,salt crystallized , from brine and some pieces...of native salt from Eagle Salt Marsh, Churchill County, which have a very peculiar structure. They are |  | | Catalog/List | | . . . . . . . Asbestos Loose fibers in vial; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . See also arsenopyrite, chalcopyr!te and pyrrhotite for auri ferous varieties. 1.00 .75 .20 ...uranium) . . . . . . . . . . . Massive, brown, with pyrrhotite; Ontario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.60...per lb. . . . . . . Amazonstone, cleavage, pale; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleavage... . . . .20 .60 .20 Bituminous Coal (Coking) ; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Bitum |  | | Report (issue) | | THE INTERIOR TITANIUM DEPOSITS OF NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...ORIGIN OF THE TITANIUM DEPOSITS OF NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES, VIRGINIA BY CLARENCE S. ROSS UNITED STATES...sphene_____---------_---_ 2 FIGURE 1 . Map of the Virginia titanium region._____________________________...titanium district, Virginia. nr OCCURRENCE AND ORIGIN OF THE TITANIUM DEPOSITS OF NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES...COUNTIES, VIRGINIA By CLARENCE S. Ross ABSTRACT may not have been an essential part of this vapor phase |  | | Report (issue) | | about 10 miles. The area is principally in Roane County. Ore has been mined in many places along the west...about 9 miles, lying partly in Roane County and partly in Rhea County. -Much of this strip is in the bottom...bordered by a fault for about 5 miles. Near the county line on the outcrop the rocks dip 20° to 30° SE...Lookout Mountain in the southern part of Walker County, Ga. The rock structure in Pigeon Mountain is synclinal...southeast, in the southeastern part of Gunnison County. Detailed'maps of the ore bodies were made, to |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | | | Geological Survey, 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, USA 4 Camborne School of Mines, School of Geography,...presented of chevkinite-group minerals from Canada, USA, Guatemala, Norway, Scotland, Italy and India. The...cation in the A site. Patchilyzoned crystals from Virginia and Guatemala contain both perrierite and chevkinite... Pegmatitic Bearpaw Mts, Montana Burley Farm, Virginia Bjørkedalen, Norway Mt Charles, East Antarctica...the Sierra Nevada, California, pegmatites from Virginia, and metacarbonates from Golden Lake, Ontario |  | | 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, |
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Piney River Quarry, Piney River, Nelson County, Virginia, USA