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


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Buck Hill, Parnassus, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:626583
Long-form Identifier:1:3:626583:0
GUID (UUID V4):99ea58ec-bb2b-41f0-aedb-3a268b404adb
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
72.4km (45.0 miles) Stony Point Mine, Stony Point, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
96.9km (60.2 miles) Cedar Mountain Stone Corp. Quarry (A. H. Smith quarry), Mitchell, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
References
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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)
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 (issue)
................ .... 338 GEOLOGY AS SEEN AT BUCK HILL IN THE POCONOS. By Rich,nond E. Myers ........... ............. .. 3 51 RINGING ROCKS OF BUCKS COUNTY, PA..................................... 351 MONAZITE...New York, County of \\'estchester. Tlr:ore me'- a Notary Public in and for the State and county aforesaid...ASSOCIATION Whole No. 160 GEOLOGY AS SEEN AT BUCK HILL IN' THE POCONOS By RICHMOND E. MYERS oil s),...College To tell the story of the Geology at Buck Hill is to tell the story of the Poconos, for it is
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
Report (volume)
SURVEY CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIKKCTOR A ETTEER OF VIRGINIA BY HENRY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING 1904...for publication as a bulletin, a gazetteer of Virginia. Very respectful!}7 , HENRY GANNETT, Geographer... A GAZETTEER OF VIRGINIA. By HENKY GANNETT. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE. Virginia is one of tho easternmost...eastern course it follows to the Atlantic coast. Virginia was one of the original thirteen States. It adopted...it comprised not only its present area but West Virginia and Kentitck}^. Kentucky was set off and admitted
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
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 (article/letter/editorial)
Oil Corporation No. 1 Dora Roberts well, Reeves County, W. A. Waldschmidt (personal communication) identified...beds of limestone crop out on the north slope of a hill west of the Fort Davis-Toyahvale highway 4.74 miles...conglomerate between the Boquillas formation and the Buck Hill volcanic series (Tertiary). The conglomerate is...trunks 2-3 feet across. Upper part ends at top of hill covered by lava debris 104 5. Flinty-appearing cream...ranch the formation is 136 feet thick, and on the hill 3 miles southeast of the Jeff ranch it is only a
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
Journal (issue)
.................................... 378 LoRD's HILL, ME., ONCE CALLED H ARNDON. By C. F. Marble ......their articles failed to appear during 1944. Lord's Hill, Me., Once Called Harndon and then walk about one...right on a mountain trail which goes over Lord's Hill-turn left at about 4~ 0 before you enter the woods...his map. He should place the amethyst on Big D eer Hill, right on the C.T .A. trail. The amethyst here is...& M : The article in the August issue on Harndon Hill topaz · I have found very interesting. I have been
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
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 (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
Report (volume)
-Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society Journal. Chapel Hill, N. C. Eng. Jour.-Engineering Journal. Montreal...Survey Bull.-Maine Geological Survey Bulletin. Augusta, Maine. Maine State Geologist Rpt.-Maine State...Bull.; County Rpt.-Maryland Department of Geology, Mines and Water Resources Bulletin; County Report...Proc.-Virginia Academy of Science Proceedings. Charlottesville, Va. Va. Geol. Survey Bull.-Virginia Geological...Investigations. Olympia, Wash. W. Va. Acad. Sci. Proc.-West Virginia Academy of Sciences Proceedings. Morgantown, W
Report (volume)
74 Virginia................ ................................................. 74 West Virginia ......................... Iron Hill ............................... Monks Hill. Pisgah. .................................... Great Hill.. .. Haggett.... ... ................ ......... Biddeford: Congregational...Freeport : Dark spire .....-.---..--........... Frost Hill.. ............................ Gr oveville church..... 43 58 01.10 Sebago Hill, tall dead tree . ... .... .. _.. Sebago Bald Hill, pine tree ...........
Book
Geological Sciences, Leeds; Miss M. C. Hill, County Archivist, Salop County Council; P. G. Hines; Robert Hogg...James, Curator, Shrewsbury Museum; D. O. Jones, County Librarian, Anglesey; K. A. Jones, of Queen’s University...University, Belfast; R. A. Kennedy, Curator, Pembroke County Museum; E. G. Langholme, Secretary of The Shap... Ltd.; R. D. Penhallurick, Assistant Curator, County Museum, Truro; B. J. Pyrah, Curator of Geology...due to the interference of light, as in precious opal or labradorite. These attractions are not wholly
Report (volume)
............................................. Virginia ........................................................................................ West Virginia.................................................Valley Railroad. W. V. C. & P. R. R ...... West "Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railroad. Z. & 0. R. R.................... M.&B.R.R ................ Camp Hill ..................... .......... C.R.R.ofG........ ........... U.S.G.S.................... Carbon Hill. . ............................ K. C., Ft. S.&M
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)
in 1874 at Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Carbon County, Pa. ('Genth, 1875, p. 144B). In 1898 a deposit...vanadiferous sandstone was found at Roc Creek, Montrose County, Colo. This deposit was soon exploited for the...Beta-uranophane. Uranophane-like mineral. Uraniferous opal. Cuprosklodowskite. Symbol Si-5 ___________ Si-6...Uranium minerals Sources of data ARIZONA Apache County Jerome Chee prospect_ __________ Morrison 1_____...minerals Sources of data ARIZONA-continued Navajo County 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
Report (volume)
KING, ELISABETH S. LOUD, MILDRED CHALLMAN MEAD, VIRGINIA M. JUSSEN and GEORGIANNA D. CONANT PART 2. INDEX...Reading: Military Service Pub. Co. Texas, Tordilla Hill area, color: Shale nomenclature: Clark, T. H. ,6...described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:
Report (volume)
represents work done jointly by Ruth Reece King, Virginia M. Jussen, Elisabeth S. Loud, Georgianna D. Conant...represents work done jointly by Ruth Reece King, Virginia M. Jussen, Elisabeth S. Loud, Georgianna D. Conant... Salt Lake :City, Utah. Va. Div. Geology BulL-Virginia Division of Geology Bulletin. Charlottesville...Va. Jour. Sci.-Virginia Journal of Science. Charlottesville, Va. Va. Minerals-Virginia Minerals. Charlottesville...Vt. W. Va. Geol. Survey Bull.; Rept. Inv.-West Virginia Geological Survey Bulletin; Report of Investigations
Report (volume)
of a fault. Basal member of Joachim; underlies Augusta Member (new). Type section: In bluff on north side...74, Ph miles east of Dutchtown, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Type section cut by northtrending fault with...stream in NEIA sec. 33, T. 16 N., R. 14 E, Wayne County. Named after village of Abington, about 3 miles...Named for Adam Peak in Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County. Occupies belt about 21f2 miles long on western...Portlandian) age. Mapped around Adobe Flat in Stanislaus County. Well exposed west of Wilcox Ridge in sec. 23,
Report (volume)
Elizabeth Hambleton, Virginia M. Jussen, Elisabeth S. Loud, Mildred C. Mead, Virginia S. Neuschel, and Dorothy...of Science. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, N. C. Empire State Geogram - The Empire State Geogram...Engineering and Mining Journal. Co. New York, N.Y. McGraw-Hill Publishing Eng. Geology - Engineering Geology....of Kentucky Geol. Survey County Rept. - Kentucky Geological Survey County Report. University of Kentucky...Analysts. Houston, Tex. Los Angeles County Mus. Contr. Sci. - Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science
 
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