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Rutile from
Piney River Quarry, Piney River, Nelson County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Rutile
Formula:TiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Blue Quartz1 photo of Rutile associated with Blue Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rutile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Piney River Quarry, Piney River, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:370623
Long-form Identifier:1:3:370623:7
GUID (UUID V4):be85e96b-faaa-4ca8-9ae4-ec6c0834ad44
Nearest other occurrences of Rutile
2.3km (1.4 miles) U. S. Titanium Company Mine (Warwick Prospect; American Cyanamide Piney River Mine), Roseland, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
3.6km (2.3 miles) American Cyanimid Wood Pit (S. V. Wood Tract; B. F. Camden Tract; Thomas Wood Deposit), Roseland Anorthosite, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) American Rutile Quarry, Roseland, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
5.9km (3.6 miles) Giles-Hite Prospect (A. T. Stratton Prospect; Hight Prospect; Hite Prospect; H. M. Giles Prospect; Shelton Prospect; H. H. Harvey Prospect), Roseland, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
26.9km (16.7 miles) Buena Vista Titanium Placer, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) Boxley Quarry (Mt. Athos Quarry), Campbell County, Virginia, USA
56.7km (35.2 miles) Willis Mountain Mine, Sprouses Corner, Farmville Mining District, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
65.9km (40.9 miles) Hughes Mine, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA
66.7km (41.4 miles) Buck Hill, Parnassus, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
67.5km (42.0 miles) Andalusite locality, Alta Vista, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
References
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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
Report (volume)
Rutile and Ilmenite Placer Deposits Roseland District, Nelson and Amherst Counties, Virginia By NORMAN..._____________ Results of mineralogical analysis.. Rutile _ __________________ Zircon.._ __________________...__________._ In pocket FIGURE 1. Index map of Virginia showing the Roseland district__-__ F2 2. Geologic...Mean weight percents and standard deviations for rutile, zircon, ilmenite, and magnetite in heavy-mineral...GEOLOGY RUTILE AND ILMENITE PLACER DEPOSITS, ROSELAND DISTRICT, NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES, VIRGINIA By NORMAN
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3 -- IRON AND TITANIUM MINERAL PIGMENTS IN VIRGINIA Stanley S. Johnson Mineral pigments are produced...pigments produced in the United States came from Virginia. These pigments may be divided into two types-natural...oxides are mined and processed a t Hiwassee, Pulaski County by the Imperial Color and Chemical Department,...a t Henry, Franklin County by the Blue Ridge Talc Company, Inc. In 1962 Virginia ranked fifth among six...crude iron oxides were first mined commercially in Virginia in 1872 by the Bermuda Ocher Company which opened
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GeologicalSurvey,National Center, Mail Stop 917, Reston,Virginia 22092 Abstract Modalmineralogydeterminedfor 82...82 Fe-Ti oxideand apatiterocksfrom localitiesin Virginia, New York, Quebec,Norway,and Swedenlargelysupportsthe...Roselandanorthositeand associated rocksof the Roseland-Piney River districtof Virginiais explainedby the infillingof...bodiesof ilmenite-apatiterock in the Roseland-Piney River districtof Nelsonand Amherstcounties,Virginia...of thisstudyconcernsnelsoniteof the Roseland-Piney River district,in addition to a smallbodyof magnet
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NOTES ON THE ILMENITE DEPOSIT AT PINEY RIVER, VIRGINIA. D. M. DAVIDSON, F. F. GROUT, AND G. M...trenching explorationof the ilmenite depositsat Piney River furnished maps and material for a re-study of...regard totheilmenite property onPiney River, Nelson County,Virginia, led in 1944 to an extensivetrenchingand...depositsin outcrop,and when he saw the mine at Piney River it was muchsmallerthan at present. Probablythe...reportedappliesto other depositsbetterthan it doesto that at Piney River. The presentstudy,thoughbrief, has the advantages
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DISCUSSION VIRGINIA AND COMMUNICATIONS TITANIUM DEPOSITS. Thepaperby Davidson, Grout,andSchwartzin...738-748,1946), "Noteson the ilmenitedepositat Piney River, Virginia,"discusses a paperof mineonthe"Occurrence...thetitanium depositsof Nelsonand AmherstCounties,Virginia," publishedin 1941 as U.S. Geological SurveyProfessional...thiswiderstudy seemsto havea bearingon the depositat Piney River, and it is believed that thesenoteswill clearup...Ross'sspecimens andpicturesshowa gooddeal of evidence that rutile and possiblyilmenitehaveat placesbeen introduced
Journal (issue)
OF THE HORSESHOE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NELSON COUNTY, VIRGINIA William Mark Bailey' 4D - The Horseshoe...the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province of central Virginia (Figure 1). The study area is the northern half...to late Paleozoic age for this event in central Virginia, based on isotopic studies conducted elsewhere...intensity (U, Th, K) aeroradiometric contour maps (Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 1976) for the Horseshoe...quadrangle (modified after Bailey, 1983). No. 4 VIRGINIA MINERALS Table 1. U, Th and rare earth whole-rock
Journal (issue)
1982 INDUSTRIAL ROCK AND MINERAL RESOURCES IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet Virginia's total mineral production...the only producer of a feldspar, marketed as "Virginia aplite," and was one of three States mining vermiculite...vermiculite. Major industrial mineral resources in Virginia are: barite, cement*, clay materials*, diatomaceous...Prince William County at the Cedar Run mine about 200 yards from the Fauquier County line. The barite...of Vol. 28 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES 1980Mineral Production in Virginia Mineral Quantity
Report (issue)
ALL UVIAL ILMENITE PLACER DEPOSITS, CENTRAL VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 959~H COVER...Carolina Alluvial Ilmenite Placer Deposits, Central Virginia By J.P. MINARD, E. R. FORCE, and G. W. HAYES ...James P Alluvial ilmenite placer deposits, central Virginia. (Geology and resources of titanium) (Geological...Bibliography: p. 1. Ilmenite._Virginia. 2. Placer deposits-Virginia. I. Force, E.ric R., joint author. II. Hayes,...Areas sampled ----------------------------------Tye River ----------------------------------Mineralogy --
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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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MONTPELIER AND ROSELAND POTASSIC ANORTHOSITES, VIRGINIA BRENT E. OWENS§ Department of Geology, College...College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, U.S.A. ROBERT F. DYMEK* Department of Earth and...Roseland is their Fe,Ti-oxide assemblage of ilmenite þ rutile, which contrasts with the ilmenite 6 magnetite...typical of most mafic intrusions. This ilmenite þ rutile assemblage also contrasts with the widespread occurrence... Mattawa). Such differences indicate that the Virginia anorthosites crystallized under low f O2 conditions
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 (issue)
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY Richmond, Virginia Virginia Minerals Published...Division of Mineral Resources Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 VOL. 48 MAY/AUGUST 2002 NO. 2/3 A GUIDE...GEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY John Marr and Roy Sites Virginia has a very interesting and varied geologic history...in unique and exotic geologic terranes. Across Virginia, the landscape exhibits all rock types: igneous...the Division of Mineral Resources offices. 10 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES VOL. 48 Figure
Report (volume)
World-Mining World. Seattle, Wash. Mine and Quarry Eng.-Mine and Quarry Engineering. London. Mining and Metallurgy-Mining...Proc.-Virginia Academy of Science Proceedings. Charlottesville, Va. Va. Geol. Survey Bull., County ser...ser.; Repr. ser.-Virginia Geological Survey Bulletin, County series; Reprint series. Charlottesville, Va...Va. Univ. Pubs.; Philos. Soc. Bull., Sci. ser.-Virginia University Publications; Philosophical Society...magnetit~-ilmenite deposits near Lake Sanford, Essex County, N. Y.: U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 940-D, p. 99-123
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...Cambrian Shad7 (Tom1town) Dolomite at the Jamea River Bydrnte and Supply Compnny Qunrr7 about one mile...\I i! II II BULLETIN OF THE ·, I !V I ii VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Engineering Experiment Station
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...occurrence_____ Ilmenite nelsonite______________ Rutile nelsonite_-______________ Mineralogy..__________________________..._______________________ Micas__________________________ Rutile _________ .---____--_________ Ilmenite._________________________...Page Relation of partly granulated feldspar to rutile.__,-__-_-____----_________________________----------_--__
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 ... BULLE'I'IN III-A VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAI, SUITVEY. Piney Rir-er near Rose's P]NEY RIVER. llill. PLA'I'E... l:iIILLt'l'r'IN III-A VIR(}INIA (-IEO],OGIL'AL SIITIVI.]I. Piney Riler ncal Roseis PI\EY RIYER. llill. STATE...and classiffcation. . . . Details of oecurrences Rutile 106 107 109 .111 nelsonite. . ... rr7 rr7
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VIRGINIA REVISITED By LAWRENCE AND HARRIETTE SCHOPPEE Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 23:24...Greenbrier St., Springfield, Mass. We revisited Virginia in May 1958, four years after our first trip,...interesting. We started collecting at Amelia, Virginia, and proceeded clockwise in a circle which ended...360 (toward Richmond) approximately 1.2 miles to county route 609, a left turn, with the sign "Powhatan...encouraging and thrilling news. Going westward to Rice, Virginia, we found that Mr. and Mrs. Hodges, mentioned
Journal (issue)
Production in Virginia (Preliminary) - 1988l The total value of mineral production in Virginia in 1988 was-2...Chesapeake, produce cement in Virginia. Riverton Corporation in Warren County produces masonry cement at...sources. Salesare made to building supply dealers in Virginia Clap m 0 u u l l d s h a t ~ 1.049 -.I.. Coal...consumption by producers) - from U.S. Bureau of Mines. Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy and...Cement Company operates a plant in western Botetourt County. The facility manufacturesportlandcementfrom locally
Report (issue)
of the rare-earth metals at Baringer Hill, Llano County, Tex., by F. H. Hess, in C~ntr ibutions to Economic...1907, pp. 286-294, 1908. (4) *430d The Virginia rutile deposits, by T. L. Watson and Stephen Taber...Geology, 1912, pp. 329-3~7, 1914. (7) *580o The rutile deposits of the eastern United States, by T. L...magnetite-ilmenite deposits near Lake Sanford, Essex County, N. Y. , by .r. R. Balsley, Jr., in Strategic Minerals...Occurrence ru1d origin of the titanium deposits of Nelson and Amherst Counties, Va., by 198 C. S, Ross, 59
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hostrock in the similar titaniferousdepositin Virginia describedby ClarenceRoss. The distributionof the...similar and features that are dissimilar to the Virginia deposit are tabulated and discussed. Photomicrographsof...evidence,but also on the analogy with the depositin Virginia, the xvriter concludesthat the titanium mineralsand...were found, and in 1957,whenthe marketpriceof rutile droppedsubstantially, exploration was abandoned...similarityof this depositwith that in Nelson and AmherstCounty,Virginia, described by ClarenceRoss (27) and
Report (volume)
Exploration for Porphyry Metal Deposits Based on Rutile Distribution a Test in Sumatera Titanium Mineral...Exploration for Porphyry Metal Deposits Based on Rutile Distribution a Test in Sumatera, by Eric R. Force...Exploration for porphyry metal deposits based on rutile distribution a test in Sumatera. (Contributions... 3. Porphyry Tropics. 4. PorphyryIndonesia. 5. Rutile. 6. Titanium ores United States. I. Djaswadi, Sukirno...Exploration for porphyry metal deposits based on rutile distribution a test in Sumatera, by Eric R. Force
Journal (issue)
36 November 1990 No. 4 MINERAL INDUSTRY IN VIRGINIA - 1989 PALMER C. SWEET INTRODUCTION The total...Piedmont and western Coastal Plain provinces of Virginia. Large acreages have been leased in Dinwiddie...minerals have been discovered. Ilmenite, leucoxene, rutile, and zircon comprisenearly 80percent of the heavy-mineral...Botetourt Table. Mineral Resource Production in Virginia (Preliminary) - 1989,. Value Mineral Commoditv...Bureau of Mines. Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy , , VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL
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)
Acting Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2017 For more information on the USGS—the Federal...production of ilmenite and rutile, and percentage of global reserves of ilmenite and rutile, by country.........ilmenite (including titanomagnetite and leucoxene) and rutile (including anatase and brookite). ...............biological implants, and consumer goods. Ilmenite and rutile are currently the principal titaniumbearing ore...Proterozoic-age anorthosite plutonic suites. Most rutile and nearly one-half of the ilmenite produced are
 
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