 | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | Stratigraphy in the Northern Part of the Culpeper Basin, Virginia and Maryland GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1422-C...Stratigraphy in the Northern Part of the Culpeper Basin, Virginia and Maryland By K. Y. LEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO GEOLOGICAL...stratigraphy in the northern part of the Culpeper Basin, Virginia and Maryland. (Contributions to stratigraphy)...1. Geology, Stratigraphic Triassic. 2. Geology Virginia. 3. Geology Maryland. I. Title. II. Series. III...Bluff Siltstone __________________________________ Bull Run Formation _________________________________ Leesburg |  | | Report (issue) | | JL / Culpfeper and B arbour sville Basins, Virginia and Maryland C7 ll.S. / PAPER Triassic-Jurassic...Stratigraphy of the Culpeper and Barboursville Basins, Virginia and Maryland By K.Y. LEE and AJ. FROELICH U.S...stratigraphy of the Culpeper and Barboursville basins, Virginia and Maryland. (U.S. Geological Survey professional...Geology Culpeper Basin (Va. and Md.) 4. Geology Virginia Barboursville Basin. I. Froelich, A.J. (Albert...................................... 20 Mountain Run Member ......................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bull Run Quarry Loudoun County, Virginia H O W A R D R. F R E E L A N D 10340 Hollyberry Drive Richmond...Richmond, Virginia 23234 Most collectors are familiar with fine prehnite, apophyl lite, and zeolite specimens...Narsavage, 1977), and at the Fairfax quarry near Centreville, Virginia (Medici, 1972; Mitchell, 1977). There...are several other "trap" quarries in northern Virginia which have yielded beautiful and sometimes rare...environments. Bull Run quarry located in Loudoun County, Virginia, is one such quarry. To date, nearly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | alpine fissure veins. Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet,...stilbite, heulandite, pectolite, apophyllite, calcite,, and quartz, and its crystal aggregates often...localities such as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite...Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found at the Notch quarry at nearby Amherst...al. 1980) and quarries at Prospect Park, Passaic County, are noted for datolite; datolite clusters and |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of the Northern Part of the Culpeper Basin, Virginia and Maryland by K. Y. Lee U.S. Geological Survey...Geology of the Northern Part of the Culpeper Basin, Virginia and Maryland; by K, Y, Lee Introduction The Culpeper...here, cover about 1060 km , of which 82% is in Virginia and the remainder is in Maryland (Fig. 1). Figure...subdivided the red bed sequence of sedimentary rocks m Virginia which he thought to be entirely of Triassic age...age, into the Manassas Sandstone below and Bull Run Shale above. Jonas (19281 adopted the name New Oxford |  | | Report (issue) | | Geologic map of the Loudoun County portion of the Middleburg quadrangle, Virginia by Stephen W. Kline1...accompanies J~~" Prepared in cooperation with Loudoun County Department of Natural Resources This report...or the Loudoun County Department of Natural Resources. George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia 22030...22030 2U.S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 22092 The Culpeper basin portion of this map is based on...sequences. Most gravel is in areas draining the Bull Run Mountains and consists of subrounded quartzite |  | | Journal (issue) | | to Bull Run Quarry Loudoun County, Virginia Brander Robinson P.O. Box 76 1 Midd lesburg, Virginia 20...co llecting trip to the Bull Run Quarry, Loudoun County, Vi rgini a. This quarry has been in operation...specimens of apophyllite, prehnilc, stilbite, and calcite, and has been a favorite of mine for a number of...plate of with minor stilbite , Bull Run Quarry, Loudoun County, Virginia collected by Brander Robinson...than 1 mm long from the Blackbird District, Le mhi County, Idaho, photo by the author. and gives me something |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of the Waterford Quadrangle, Virginia and Maryland, and the Virginia Part of the Point of Rocks Quadrangle...Ridge province and Culpeper basin in northern Virginia and Maryland UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...Geology of the Waterford quadrangle, Virginia and Maryland, and the Virginia part of the Point of Rocks quadrangle...references. Supt. of Docs. no.: I 19.3:2095 l. Geology-Virginia. 2. Geology-Maryland. I. Burton, William C. (William...Metavolcanic Rocks ................................ . Swift Run Formation ...................................... |  | | 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) | | 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) | | Depositional Sequences of Northern and Central Virginia, by A. S. Furcon -----------------------·----...Sequatchie in the Chickamauga Limestone in Walker County, Georgia. In northwestern Georgia Butts and Gildersleeve...Formation in the Chickamauga Limestone in Dade County, Georgia. There, Croft (p. 8) divided the Chickamauga...established by Miller and Brosge (1954) in southwestern Virginia and mapped in the northwestern part of the Tennessee...Beekmantown (Kingsport-Mascot) of Tennessee and Virginia and the Cotter and Powell Limestones of Arkansas |  | | Report (issue) | | [Cl0.91 (OH)0.05 F0.04 ]Σ=1.00 . (2) Fairfax, Virginia, USA; H2 O calculated for stoichiometry, corresponding...meteorites. Association: Actinolite, diopside, calcite, quartz, talc (Bob’s Lake, Canada); amphibole,...chlorite, plagioclase, titanite, datolite (Bull Run quarry, Virginia, USA); olivine, orthopyroxene, phlogopite...the USA, the Fairfax quarry, Centreville, Fairfax Co., and Bull Run quarry, Loudoun Co., Virginia; at...Dagenhart, Jr. (1981) Chlorapatite from northern Virginia: the first occurrence in the United States. Southeastern |  | | Report (issue) | | precious-metal occurrences in the Culpeper basin, northern Virginia LEADERS: Joseph P. Smoot Gilpin R. Robinson... S. Geological Survey National Center Reston, Virginia 22092 U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report...precious-metal occurrences in the Culpeper basin, northern Virginia LEADERS: Joseph P. Smoot and Gilpin R. Robinson...mineralization, Rt. 28, Sterling, Virginia. STOP 2. Hornfels, Rt. 661, Chantilly, Virginia. STOP 3. Culpeper Crushed...Stone Quarry, Stevensburg, Virginia STOP 4. Granophyre and ferrogabbro, Germanna Bridge, Virginia. STOP |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE IN THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA BY ANNA I. JONAS (Read before the Society December....................... 838 Piedmont of northern Virginia east of the Catoctin-Blue Ridge anti clinorium...with the permission of the State Geologist of Virginia. (8 3 7 ) 838 A. I. JO N A S---- GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE...and Bull Bun Mountains and a more or less continuous series of mountains which extend from Bull Bun and...southward to the James Biver near Lynchburg. South of Bull Bun Mountain local custom and certain physiographers |  | | Report (chapter) | | 2018 Seneca sandstone: a heritage stone from the USA CAROL A. GRISSOM1*, EMILY M. ALOIZ2, EDWARD P. VICENZI1...Road., Suitland, MD 20746, USA 2 4047 Argyle Avenue, Erie, PA 16505, USA 3 Material Science and Engineering...University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA C.A.G., 0000-0003-0924-870X; E.P.V., 0000-0003-2085-6546;...Formation found in the states of Maryland and Virginia; this Formation is in turn a part of the Newark...from Nova Scotia in Canada to South Carolina in the USA (Olsen 1980; Lee & Froelich 1989; see Fig. 1). Other |  | | Report (issue) | | metamorphosed rocks of the northern Culpeper basin, Virginia by K. Y. Lee and A. J. Froelich Open-File Report...1. Index map of Culpeper basin and vicinity, Virginia and Maryland, showing location of Figure 3. Figure...metamorphosed rocks of the northern Culpeper basin, Virginia by K. Y. Lee and A. J. Froelich Geology of the...north from the Rapidan River near Madison Mills, Virginia, across the Potomac River and terminates near...in the northern part of the Culpeper basin in Virginia, one from the thermally metamorphosed aureole |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 00:11 06 November 2014 Eagle Mine, Cilman, Eagle County, Colorado W orld production of zinc is enormous...sphalerite after galena, tetrahedrite, barite, and calcite have been found; hemimorphite and smithsonite pseudomorphs...found in recent years in the Dolomite Products quarry, Walworth. Good sphalerite specimens are also occasionally...of the BalmatEdwards district in Saint Lawrence County (Smith and Figure 1. A fine example of jet-black...in the zinc ores of the Franklin mines, Sussex County, New Jersey (Palache, 1937).Although approximately |  | | Report (issue) | | and C.M. Sears U.S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 22092 Open-File Report 92-448 This report is...Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........Occurrences located in the Culpeper basin, Maryland and Virginia ..................... 168 H. Section H: Occurrences...Occurrences located in other areas of Virginia. ... 185 I. Section I: Occurrences located in North Carolina...given in the categories of : 1. name and location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2 |  | | Report (volume) | | assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland , North Carolina, and other Eastern...Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland , North Carolina, and South Carolina...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Month for April. Some of us have found it in Virginia, and more of us can seek it when we return to...little-known facts about this mineral. Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, No in-person social events...Newsletter Prehnite, O&G Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, CT. Photo: Bob Cooke. the specimens...other minerals. It also forms epimorphs after calcite, datolite, or analcine. (An epimorph grows when...through many shades of green. The Upper New Street Quarry was active from 1893 to 1925, although specimens |  | | Report (chapter) | | an early Mesozoic rift basin: Culpeper Basin, Virginia, U S A P. J. W. Gore S U M M A RY: Lacustrine...Lacustrine sequences in the Culpeper Basin, Virginia, USA were deposited in a half-graben dominated by fluvial...Lacustrine deposits are also present in the underlying Bull Run and Buckland Formations, which together comprise...comparing the palaeoenvironmental setting of the Bull Run and Buckland Formations to that of the Waterfall...1985). The Culpeper Basin, located in Virginia and Maryland, USA is an elongate half-graben containing |  | | Journal (issue) | | Explore our website! October Meeting Program: Virginia Mineral Project (details on page 5) In this issue...Field trip report: Manassas quarry .................. p. 17 Manassas quarry geology, part 1 .............morphologies. Let’s explore it together. Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, Ancient Uses and Etymology... Botryoidal hematite from the Red Mountain Mine, Augusta County, VA. Photo: Bob Cooke. Hematite rose on quartz...specimens came from Chubb Lake in St. Lawrence County, NY, in the late 1990s. Like many other showy hematites |
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