 | | Report (issue) | | of the Uniuersity of Virginia. Dn. J. I). Eccr,nsrox, President of the Virginia Polytech,rfic Inst,itute...ILLUSTRATIONS FIGUaE l. r Sketch map of the Trish Creek tlistrict, showing the location of tin-bearing veins...portion of Virginia, showing the location of the Irish Creek tin deposits, Rockbridge County 2. PAGE...and to for pubiication as Bulletin XV-A of the Virginia Geological Survey Series of Reports, a manuscript...illustrations of a report on "Tin Deposits Near frish Creek, Virginia," by Henry G. tr'erguson, of the Ilnitecl States |  | | Journal (issue) | | FEBRUARYJMAY 1994 NO. 1 & 2 MINERALS OF ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA D. Allen Penick, Jr. INTRODUCTION RockbridgeCountyhas...Figure 1.LocationmapofRockbridgeCounty,Virginia. reported from the county. Rockbridgecounty is one of the more...more prolific mineralcollectingareasin Virginia. A largepercentageof the mineralsare concentratedin threeareas:...theyareassociatedwithmanyofthemineralsfoundthecounty. -is Creek; thevesuvius iron-manganesedistrict; andin t h e...tonequqoutsideLexingtonhas LittleMarys Creek, andIrish Creek. It is composed mainly of pink to red feldspar |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THETINMINESOFIF ISH CREEK, VIRGINIA EDWARD I. MARCIN 1917 Meadowbrook Road, Merrick, L. I. The tin deposit...deposit at Irish Creek, Rockbridge county, Virginia is one of the few localities of the western hemisphere...workings are located at the junction of two streams Irish Creek and Panther Run (we Yankees would call these...one to the Irish Creek mines. The other way is from the Blue Ridge Parkway where the Irish Gap exit is...route although he prefers the Blue Ridge Parkway—Irish Gap exit circuit. It is good policy to stop at Cornwall |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 SCHEELITE CAMP BIRD MINE, OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO I n keeping with the...feature related to some practical application. Scheelite, a major ore mineral of tungsten, is one such...allowing for a rapid estimation of min eral purity. Scheelite is a tetragonal mineral, crystallizing in the...either penetration or contact twins is common. Scheelite is dense (6.1) and relatively soft (4.5-5.0)....{001}, and a subconchoidal to uneven fracture. Scheelite is optically posi tive and exhibits a variety |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | arsenopyrite, wolframite-ferberite, apatite, topaz, or scheelite-are actively sought by collectors. Fortunately...the Martin prospect and Bennett quarry in Oxford County. Good crystals up to 25 mm have been found with...crystals up to 1 cm at the Gillette quarry, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Cassiterite as small crystalline...Conway Granite north of Moat Mountain, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Good cassiterite specimens, a few...in the well-known pegmatites of Amelia County and other Virginia localities. Large cassiterite crystals |  | | 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) | | Bassett Stone Company quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, ca. 1962. Shown are the older underground...from the Bassett Stone quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Catnip Hill facility near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing...Catnip Hill facility, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing...exposed on the Gilley property in western Cherokee County (O’Neill 1950); it is relatively common as purple |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 04:13 19 December 2014 Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado A s virtually every collector knows...and some districts, such as those in San Diego County, California, and many of those in Minas Gerais...premier aquamarine localities, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, was highlighted by Jacobson and Lees... at Waterford, Oxford County; and the Square pit at Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Good crystals are...North Chatham, Carroll County, and the Sugarloaf Mountain area, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Other New |  | | Report (volume) | | mineral................................... 2.9 Scheelite.................................................rhombic crystal faces, from Nugget mine, Gilpin County, Colo.-................... II. A, Wedge-shaped...rhombic crystal faces, from Nugget mine, Gilpin County, Colo.............................. IV. A, Hiibnerite...Wolframite crystal with rounded octahedra of scheelite perched upon it; B, Wolframite crystals, whose...toward a square form, with rounded octahedra of scheelite ................ VIII. Wolframite crystals from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS (PART GOOCHLAND By PHILIP East Derry, COUNTY In N edge of the James R...Midlothian, Line Creek Mills. Extensive gold mining formerly on ex treme W and county line around Rte...about four feet of clay-gravel on the bottom of the creek that is very difficult to work but has never been...processed by Powhattan Mining Co. on Little Byrd Creek. Hydraulic op erations were 30 to 40 ft. above...deep. Bell Shaft. Garden Wall M. Shaft. FLUVANNA COUNTY 2 / 2 M i 4 4 2 2 ROCKS AND MINERALS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to see the famous collection...in Los Angeles can walk across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrill—the display of some of...Leadville (Lake Co.). Colo., almost at the end of Lake County, I found a specimen of small radiating chrysocolla...of Culloden, and one mile S. of the Monroe-Lamar County line. The cordierite occurs in knots and irregularshaped |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BERYLLIUNT MINERALS IN THE VICTORIO MOUNTAINS' LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO* Wrr.r.rauT. HorsBn, Cornell[Jniaersity...Victorio Mountains, 5 miles south of Gage, Luna County, New lvlexico. The area was visited in September...noted a qvartz vein containing huebnerite and scheelite on the present EIoi and Morlock unpatented claims...claims, formerly called the Brinkman, Irish Rose, or Kimmick claims. Sincehis visit, the vein has been...galena, pyrite, wulfenite, lead carbonates, and scheelite have been reported (Hess, 1908). A beryl-bearing |  | | Report (volume) | | Beryllium Deposits of the Mount Antero Region, Chaffee County, Colorado By JOHN W. ADAMS A CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC...analyses of minor elements in beryl from Chaffee County, Colo_-.-__ -_-------_------m 108 109 A CONTRIBUTION...BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE MOUNT ANTERO REGION, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO By JOHN W. ADAMS ABSTRACT Pegmatite...vicinity of Mount Antero and White Mountain, Chaffee County, Colo. The pegmatites, which generally do not exceed...INTRODUCTION Mount Antero and White Mountain, in Chaffee County, Colo., have been known for many years as a source |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Riddle's Mill Dist. (gold deposits) of Talladega County, Ala. It is 8l/ 2 x 11 and sells for Si, we believe...There is quite a lot of it. It came from Granite Creek near Chickaloon, Alaska."—item sent in by John W...to Clear Creek, San Benito County, Calif., have shown that the jadeite boulders in the creek are still...sending you a chunk of jadeite for which Clear Creek is well known as the first locality for this mineral...discovery having been made public about 1950. Clear Creek, a tributary of the San Benito River, about in 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 (volume) | | ......................................... 17 Scheelite............ r ................................... 38 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY OF FERBERITE FROM BOULDER COUNTY, COLO., by Waldemar T. Schaller.................. CONTENTS. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY OF PERBERITE PROM BOULDER COUNTY, COLO. Continued. Discussion of the prism zone... V. Vug in a ferberite vein nearly filled by scheelite, the cavity then remaining being filled by quartz...rhombic crystal faces, from the Nugget mine, Gilpin County, Colo.............................. X. Crystallized |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | _________________ ___. Nevada ___________ Elko County. - ______ ... _ Star mine, Harrison Pass _____... Tuscarora Range _____ _ ._. ________ Humboldt County Golconda manganese-tungsten depositNorth workings...__ Rawhide district____ .________..__ Nevada Scheelite mine.. _ ______ Hooper No. 2 mine __ _____ _ _...mine_______________ Desert Scheelite and Gunmetal mines, Pilot Mountains_____________.____ Desert Scheelite mine........naine________________ Mine near Green Talc mine. _____ Nye County ____ _._-___-________-___ Gabbs area __ _____________________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral has been mined quite extensively in Clay County, Alabama, from one end to the other. It is quite...ARKANSAS—Brown jasper pebbles have been found in a creek bed near Benton, Saline Co., Ark. ROCKS AND MINERALS...south of Antimony Peak, near Hollister, San Benito County, California. While it might sound like exaggeration...ridge. A jeep road connects the mine with the Deer Creek road #435. It is approximately 4 miles from this...at the old mill site just south of Mill Creek on the Deer Creek Road. "This property for its pyrite crystal |  | | 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) | | Boriana, Arizona (Hobbs, 1944), and at Irish Creek, Virginia (Koschmann et a1,.,1942). The generally...836 Lakevierv Scheelitemine, Nev 832 Laheview Scheelite mine, Nev 88, B45 Wolframite vein, Victorio Mts...4 Agua Verde, Pima County, Ariz. 2 Lone Pine, Calif 3 SheeprockMts, Tooele County, Utab Bl2 SheeprockMts...SheeprockMts, Tooele County, Utah 811 SheeprockMts, Tooele County, Utah 1 Mt Antero, Colo. B30 Mt Antero, Colo...MHs-8-t-55ThomasRange,Juab County, Utah. Remarks 6,1ts42 Helen Beryl pegmatite, Custer County, S. Dak From wall |  | | Journal (issue) | | United States 174 160 175 179 Victoria 183 Virginia .186 CONTENTS V PAGE Washington Western Australia...veins cutting schists which carry cinnabar, gold, scheelite, bismuth, monazite, euxenite, aeschynite, copper...York, pp. 450-457. Tin is found near Ashland, Clay County. The ore occurs both in lodes and as stream tin...27-30. the tin of New York, Ooosa assayed County, 78.19 per tin. ALASKA 7. ADAIR, JAMES B. ... 10, 1902, New York and London, p. 638. Buhner Creek and Anikovik River are mentioned as localities where |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cassiterite-scheelitemica-quartz 0 -0 g B g Hz Cassiterite, scheelite, quartz, muscovite, fluorite, sulfides 'assiterite...0 Wolframite-molybdenitequartz (mica quartz) Scheelite-molybdenitegg quartz (and sericiteuartz) Eg 0...adular Greisenization and sericitiza-Molybdenite, scheelite, quartz, muscovite, sericite, albite, adular tion...g0 A ' d 5, . g. ,-t- .0 c! — . Cassiterite-scheelite- . skarn .L. a 3 V0 ke —g• o) -"'. no g°...sphalerite, greisenization galena, calcite assiterite, scheelite, garnet, pyroxene, Skarnization marmorization |
|
