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Galena from
Buck Hill, Parnassus, Augusta County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Buck Hill, Parnassus, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:626579
Long-form Identifier:1:3:626579:3
GUID (UUID V4):52370bae-3c56-4e9f-bcf2-eb004327b597
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
23.8km (14.8 miles) Mole Hill Prospects, Harrisonburg area, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
30.5km (18.9 miles) Showalter Prospect (Snapp Creek Prospect; Swapp Creek Prospect), Edom, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
49.4km (30.7 miles) Gordon Mine, Timberville, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
49.4km (30.7 miles) Timberville Mine (Weather Holtz Mine), Timberville, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
50.1km (31.1 miles) Bowers-Campbell Mine (Shacklett Mine; Shenandoah Prospect; Bowers-Garber Prospect), Timberville, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
56.1km (34.9 miles) Martin Mine (Gordon Mine; Gordon Prospect; Wine Mine), Timberville, Shenandoah Valley, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
57.1km (35.5 miles) Hickory Ridge Quarry, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
57.9km (36.0 miles) Runion Prospect, Timberville, Shenandoah Valley, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
66.4km (41.2 miles) Faber Mine, Faber, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
66.9km (41.6 miles) Alberene Soapstone Quarry, Alberene, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY OF THE BUCK HILL S Y E N I T E I N T R U S I ON , Augusta County, Virginia B Downloaded by...State University] at 09:33 19 February 2013 uck Hill is a small, elevated ridge located just east of...the 7.5-minute Stokesville Quadrangle, Augusta County, Virginia. In this area, forty-one dikelike intrusions...found in Augusta, Highland, and Rockingham counties, Virginia, and bordering Pendleton County, West Virginia...positive topographic feature known as Buck Hill (fig. 1). The Buck Hill intrusion is a nepheline-natrolite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MICROMINERALS FROM BLACK JACK CANYON, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA. E. Grundel, 2000 S. 2d St., No. 8, Arlington...mileposts 162 and 163 near Black Jack Canyon, Greenlee County, Arizona. The specimens are found in the vesicles...Graham Counties,Arizona. Arizona Bureau of Mines, county geology map series 3-4. A NEW OCCURRENCE OF CUBIC...5 Volume 78, March/April2003 119 San Benito County, California; Tamvatnei, Siberia; and near Gulsen...is also the source for staurolitein Patrick County, Virginia.) A small stream-which passes through Johnson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS (PART GOOCHLAND By PHILIP East Derry, COUNTY In N edge of the James R...Extensive gold mining formerly on ex­ treme W and county line around Rte 605 to Rte 606. There are several...Tellurium, i.e. Big Sandstone and Little veins. Gold Hill veins cross as well as Shaw (Back Field) vein. Largest...tourmaline (black); kyanite pyrite, kaolin, sericite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, covellite, vanadinite...as well as the small tributary branches. Shannon Hill Gold Ms. (Tagus Min­ ing & Milling Co.). Op. only
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
May/June: Uvite, Powers farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York; Steven C. Chamberlain specimen, Michael...albite, Kestral Pocket, Smoky Hawk mine, Teller County, Colorado; Martin Zinn specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Gold and quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California; Scott Rudolph specimen, Jeff Scovil...York, 222–24 Alamandine, New York City, New York County, New York State, R. B. Cook, 244–52 Amethyst, South...Aragonite, New York, 226, 329; Ohio, 153 Arfvedsonite, Virginia. 354 Arkansas Mineral Artist Chris Hughes (b.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen, Harold and...mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen, Harold and...Tourmaline Discovery at the CryoGenie Mine, San Diego County, California, 156-68 Clifford Frondel (1907-2002)...Millerite from Barrick Goldstrike’s Meikle Mine, Elko County, Nevada, C. Jones, J. Jones, S. Kulinski, 129-31;...America 101518'hSthWSte601 Washington,DC 20036-5212 USA phone: 202-775-4344 fax: 202-775-0018 website: www
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Colorado; the Zapot pegmatite, Mineral County, Nevada; Carroll County, New Hampshire; the Morefield and Rutherford...peg168 ROCKS & MINERALS matites of Amelia County, Virginia; Wisconsin; Tordal, Norway; Russia; and Matawatawa...correlation. Three samples of amazonite from Amelia County, Virginia, repeatedly showed Pb concentration below...below the detection limits. Samples from Amelia County were also analyzed for trace amounts of iron and copper...pegmatite, Nevada 1 3 4 5 91 95 0 0 Carroll County, New Hampshire 4 0 1 2 3 4 5 228 137 163 165
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rare-earth pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake...on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991). i i • I...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? — — — — best occurrence..."specimen quality" questionable occurrence Angelina County Lufkin, 1 mile N of Lufkin in railroad cuts, in...(petrified wood) (Folk et al., 1961). Baylor County Aransas County Aransas Pass area, Intercoastal Canal
Journal (issue)
formations and mineral resources o f an area, such as a county, requires a great many man years. Yet when a planner...describing a landslide in Baldwin Borough in Allegheny County. A development consisting of ten single family...development was obtained by phone from the Allegheny County Planning Department. - 102011 1 1 1 -< S lruclure...the center of Pennsylvania is located in Centre County, two and a half miles southwest of Bellefonte....ZINC-LEAD OCCURRENCES While examining sphalerite and galena occurrences in Pennsylvania, an attempt is being
Journal (issue)
on limestone along r~:t~JQ.\{t;_t:l'!'P_erland County, 5 miles southwest of Carlisle. Photo courtesy~'of... Greene County, with 12 major underground mines planned, may become the "numero uno" county for coal...headquartered at the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston~ Virginia. The NCIC is specifically dedicated to hunt for...A wooded area southeast of Colebrook in Lebanon County contains a unique geologic feature. An unusual...- Located in the woods north of Lawn in Lebanon County is this unusual example of the weatheri ng of diabase
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ +./8 ...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5 ....and barite, 6 cm high, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 5 (above right).... Barite, 12.9 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 6 (right). Fluorite...Fluorite, 1.9 cm on edge, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing photo. Arthur
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
Journal (issue)
discovery was made in Vernon Townsh ip, Crawford County, where the No. 1-A Dwight L. Moody well had an...well in Pennsylvania was drilled in 1975 in Beaver County, on the Metropolitan Industries property. The well...No. 1 R. J. Lambert well was drilled in Somerset County, discovering gas in the Oriskany sandstone at a...Medina sandstone as far south as southern Venango County opened up all of northwestern Pennsylvania to the...winter by the public utilities. A well in McKean County, the No. 2 Minard Run Tract Wt. 2279 has discovered
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...driven on the strike of the bed from both ends of a hill until they meet; then the ore is milled down through... NORTH CHATTANOOGA. . At North Chattanooga, or Hill City, Clinton ore occurs in thin beds. The ore is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
http://www.crystallakecave.com/. Hosted in the Galena Limestone, this is a living cave in that the stalagmites...stalagmites, stalactites, and underground pools. Hill Annex Mine State Park: 56956 Scenic Hwy., Bigfork...Mountain (Devil’s Honeycomb): Southern Washington County, just south of Big River and Hwy-M on Figure 6...htm. Badlands coal seams like the one in the Buck Hill area have undergone spontaneous combustion, a...Historic Park: Located on the border of Tennessee and Virginia; https://www.nps.gov/ cuga/index.htm. This V-shaped
Book
CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical pearls in delicate pastel...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets, glowing...green gem spodumene, was discovered in Alexander County, North Carolina, in 1880 and named for one of its
Report (volume)
cientlfica Circular Classe classification Company, County Collections Committee Communications Comparative...Scientific Society Journal vols. 62, 63. Chapel Hill, N. C. Emory University Quarterly vols. 1, nos....Abstracts nos. 5, 6. Bethlehem, Pa. Los Angeles County Museum: Publications nos. 4-7; Quarterly vol. 6...Geologist's Report 1942-43, 1943-44, 1945-46. Augusta, Maine. Maine University, Technology Experiment...Scientific Society Journal) vols. 62, 63. Chapel Hill, N. C. North Carolina Department of Conservation
Journal (issue)
only one operating zinc mine, located in Lehigh County, at Friedensville, just south of Bethlehem . But...zinc-lead mines in the Sinking Valley of Blair County. The ores were actually used to support the Revolutionary...Bridenburgh, and lsett. In Bucks County the history of the New Galena mine is reputed to go back to the...production in the 1860's. The Chester and Montgomery County area, centered on the town of Phoenixville, has...and some high grade ore was produced. Columbia County made its contribution to our mining record with
Book
Great Ice Age Walk I: Buck Hill, Out Woods and Beacon Hill Walk 2: Bardon Hill Walk 3: Cademan Wood and...Swithland Wood Walk 6: Ordovician granodiorite at Castle Hill and quarry, Mountsorrel Walk 7: Morley Quarry Walk...Reservoir Walk 9: Mount St Bernard Abbey Walk I0: Hill Hole Quarry, Markfield Walk I I: Tickow Lane Minerals...Mercia Mudstone eventually buried the Charnwood hill range. This resulted in the spectacular contact...·-·-·-·-·-·-, WalkI:BuckHill,Out WoodsandBeacon Hill Precambrian deepsea sediments Ascent: about I 00
Report (issue)
(Geology)—Texas—Presidio County. 2. Domes (Geology)-Texas—Brewster County. 3. Geology—Texas—Presidio County. 4. Geology—Texas—Brewster...Geology—Texas—Brewster County. I. Corry, Charles E., 1938—II. Geological Society of America. III. Title:...2-2. tact sae ci sats cemeteries Pe eaten te eee Buck HilliGroupi gn ic tn ee een anette eran eee erie...eee nen en Solitario igneous suite 22, teen ee Buck Hill Group 5.0625. Gee ees eee a 26 pH| 27 28 28...circular breached dome on the Presidio-Brewster county line, 16 km northwest of Terlingua, and about 24
Report (Issue volume)
for use in Part 2-B of this atlas.* Map Number County Location Nearby Town 2 3 4 Adams Allegheny Allegheny...Brick and Tile Co., Inc. Patton Clay Mine No. 1, Buck Hill Coal Co. Triangle Clay Products Co. Frick Mine...Co. Korb Mine, Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. County Location Nearby Town 39 40 41 Clearfield Clearfield...Smith Mine, Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. Greene County Clay Products Co., Inc. Alexandria Fire Clay Co...requests for such permission. 7 Map Number County Location Nearby Town 76 78 79 80 81 Jefferson
Journal (issue)
furnace at Greenwood Furnace State Park, Hunt ingdon County. Minerals have played a large role in Pennsy lvan...Following location and description of sphalerite and/or galena occurrences, the samples collected are being prepared...of the West Branch, Susquehanna River, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Geol. Soc. America Abs. with Programs...Ohio, Illinois, New York, Pennsy lvania, West Virginia , and Michigan. Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists...1974, New fossil collecting localities in Lycoming County. Pa. Geology, v. 5, no. 5, p. 11-12. HOWELL, B
Report (volume)
cientiflca Circular' Classe classification Company, County Collections Committee Communications Comparative...Scientific Society Journal vols. 60, 61. Chapel Hill, N. C. Engineering and Mining Journal vols. 145... La. Maine Geological Survey Bulletin no. 1. Augusta, Maine. Maine Technology Experiment Station: Bulletin...Water Resources Board: Bulletin no. 1, Montgomery County: Reports on Water Supply, Clark, Franklin (and...Station Bulletins 24, 28, 29. Salt Lake City, Utah. Virginia Academy of Sciences Proceedings 21st-23d Annual
Report (issue)
sandstone Platteville formation Decorah formation Galena dolomite Upper Ordovician series Maquoketa shale...elements Sulfur (S) Gold(Au) Copper(Cu) Sulfides Galena(PbS) Chalcocite (Cu2S) Sphalerite (ZnS) Greenockite...wurtzite?) stage Cobaltite(?) or smaltite(?) stage Galena stage Late barite stage Chalcopyrite-millerite...district— Continued Mines in Illinois—Continued Galena subdistrict Pittsburg or Great Western mine Marsden...mine Merry Widow and Ten Strike mines_ _ Betsy mine Buck Lead range The Blewett mine Appleton mine Pilot
 
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