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Talc from
Schuyler, Nelson County, Virginia, USA


Classification
Species:Talc
Formula:Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Talc data
Locality Data:Click here to view Schuyler, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:849538
Long-form Identifier:1:3:849538:9
GUID (UUID V4):82cf7c7b-a84f-441e-9b4d-7611a718b93d
Localities for Talc in this Region
Quarry Number 7, Schuyler, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
Unnamed quarry, Schuyler, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Talc
0.9km (0.6 miles) ā“˜Alberene Stone Company Quarry No. 20, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ā“˜Old Dominion Soapstone Quarry, Old Dominion, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) ā“˜Climax Quarries, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) ā“˜Alberene Soapstone Quarry, Alberene, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) ā“˜Buckingham Mines (Wiseman Mines; incl. Eldridge's Mine; Hesse's Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
35.0km (21.8 miles) ā“˜Folly Mine (Buffalo Ridge Prospects; Folley Mine; Piedmont Copper Mines), Glades, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
37.4km (23.2 miles) ā“˜Solitude Plantation Mine, Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA
41.5km (25.8 miles) ā“˜Christian Tract Mine (Buffalo Ridge Prospects; Dunlap Mine; Piedmont Copper Mines), Glades, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
76.8km (47.7 miles) ā“˜Jetersville, Amelia County, Virginia, USA
77.6km (48.2 miles) ā“˜Sulphur Mine (Crenshaw Mine; Victoria Furnace Mine), Mineral, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALBEMARLE t /fTr C Ch I arlottesville COUNTY'-' v VIRGINIA Lewis Brooks collection (Department of...of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville). These specimens were collected by...Environmental Sciences University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 INTRODUCTION T h e Old Dominion...soapstone quarry, located i n southern Albemarle County, Virginia, is part of one of the richest soapstone belts...pits, each appr ximately 100 feet 1 ALBEMARLE COUNTY Ā«Ā£harlottesv,llle / 1 - 6 4 \ The quarry is
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 (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)
NOVEMBER 1992 VOL. 38 INTERESTING USES OF STONE IN VIRGINIA - PART I Harry W. Webb' and Palmer C. Sweet e...and soapstone have been or are being quarried in Virginia. Some 350 interesting uses of dimension stone...rock types quarried for dimension stone uses in Virginia include amphibolite schist, conglomerate, diabase...soapstone. The quarrying of most dimension stone in Virginia is uneconomical today because of the relatively...and uses of various types of dimension stone in Virginia. Architectural terms are defied in the Appendix
Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TALC RESOURCES OF THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES By...the U.S. Government. 1995 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Talc Resources of the conterminous United States Contents............................................8 Talc and talc-bearing rocks ................................optical properties of talc .........................10 Geology and Genesis of Talc Deposits .................................................12 Uses for talc ...............................................
Report (volume)
Talc Resources of the United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1167 Talc Resources of the United...Survey. Bulletin 1167) Bibliography: p. 58-61. 1. Talc U.S. I. Engel, Albert Edward John, 1916thor. II...__-_---_---_----_ Classification and geology of talc deposits_______-_--___--__-_____-Deposits associated...associated with mafic igneous rocks._____-_.---_-_---_-.Talc deposits in the United States.-____________________--_--_--_...----_--_--m 35 37 37 37 38 38 41 IV CONTENTS Talc deposits in the United States Continued North C
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE DEPOSITS TALC OF AND VIRGINIA. J. D. BURFOOT, SOAPSTONE ā€¢ JR. THE talc, steatite,and soapstone...soapstone of Virginia all occurin the area of crystallinerocks, boundedon the southeastby the Coastal Plain...be referredto in any detailis that with whichthe talc and soapstone is associated; that is, the metag...Cartersville Granite 1 Publishedby permissionof the Virginia GeologicalSurvey. Presentedbefore the Societyof...detailedstudyof the talc and soapstone depositsof Virginia, whichwill be publishedas a bulletinof the Virginia GeologicalSurvey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA PART I I I : SILICATES By R. S. MITCHELL and R. J. BLAND,... JR. Department of Geology University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. nets at the old iron mine near...Road 637 between county as well as a series of mountains, Ivy and Batesville (Nelson, 1962), and in including...road cut on U. S. Highway 29 the eastern edge (Nelson, 1962). Epidote south of Charlottesville and north...Bland, 1963, 1964) all the minerals of Albemarle County were presented except the silicates (Class V I
Journal (issue)
MINERAL FEATURE The Mineralogy of St. Lawrence County, New York: A Historical Sketch by Jay L. Lininger...Mining King by Schuyler Alverson 108 HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE The Enduring Legacy of Talc in the Bal.mat/Edwards...EDITORIAL "The Finest Mineral Region in the World" County articles were also published in subsequent issues...endeavor, whether in spores, The St. Lawrence County/Chester County debate surĀ­ politics, business or even in...acknowledge rhat a lively some files in the Chester County Historical Society, I found a handwritten account
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the area of the presentdiscussion (Fig. 1). In Virginia and North Carolinait consistsof a complexasymmetric... This includesthe well known Talc-SoapstoneBelt of the central Virginia Piedmont, which extends as an...ultramaficrocks such as nickel minerals,chromite, asbestos, talc,soapstone, vermiculite andothers(1, 10, 19,22)....Dranseville, Va. Schuyler, Va. 0.150 0.113 Meta-pyroxenite Serpentinite Serpentinite Schuyler, Va. Galax...048 9.2 B: MAFIC Chlorite Chlorite Chlorite Talc Talc Schist Schist Schist Schist Schist Amphibolite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OF SERPENTINIZATION ORIGIN OF CERTAIN CHRYSOTILE TALC AND SOAPSTONE H. AND THE ASBESTOS DEPOSITS....the origin of serpentine, chrysotileasbestos, and talc and soapstone deposits. Most of the work was done...districts,or by the studyof serpentinization without the talc-soapstone type of alteration,or vice versa. .Bensen...The first is serpentinization and the second,the talc-soapstone typeof alteration,will be called steatitization...Burfoot, J. D.: The Origin of Talc and Soapstone Deposits in Virginia. EcoN. GEOL.,vol. 25, pp. 805--826
Report (issue)
VIRGINIA DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIGITAL REPRINT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF...OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY Wilbur A. Nelson BULLETIN 77 Adobe AcrobatĀ® ReaderĀ® Adobe Acrobat Reader version...Geology and Mineral Resources of Albemarle County by Wilbur Nelson is to make accessible an out of print work...appear to show the bookmark pane is viewable. Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Division...500 Charlottesville, VA 22903 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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...gravel*, stone* (crushed and dimension), sulfur*, talc*, tantalum, titanium, and vermiculite* (*indicates...Prince William County at the Cedar Run mine about 200 yards from the Fauquier County line. The barite
Report (issue)
the coverā€”Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; phoĀ­ 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 *... Ā© R. V. Dietrich and the Research Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970 Printed and bound
Report (issue)
.......................................... 39 Schuyler mine .................................................................................... 121 Virginia ................................................surface structures at the Arlington mine, Bergen County, N. Jā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦...Frontispiece Figure 1. Generalized...mines or prospects, as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Schuyler mine Dod mine Glen Ridge mine Green Valley prospects...copper mines or prospects are as follows: 1. The Schuyler or Arlington mine; 2. the Dod mine; 3. Wigwam
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geological Sciences , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Rlacksburg, Virginia, 24061 Published...Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Rlacksburg, Virginia 24061 Downloaded...(1987) modeled the data available for onshore Virginia, including the data previously analyzed by James...operation in the Valley and Ridge near Franklin, West Virginia, at distance 475 km along the transect. Using...modeled by Holbrook et al. (1994). Onshore in Virginia, James et al. (1968) correlated the regional-scale
Report (volume)
Selected Bibliography of Talc in the United States 'Jy CELINE W. MERRILL :ONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY... CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOlOGY SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TALC IN THE UNITED STATES By CELINE w. MERRILL INTRODUCTION...list of both general and specialized references on talc in the United States that are available in either...the mineralogy, geology, and industrial uses of talc. The entries are arranged alphabetically by author...author and are indexed by subject. The term "talc" is used in a mineralogical sense as a mineral name and
Book (edition)
Serpentine Basalt Quarry Minerals.............. Schuyler Copper Mine Dumps... Stirling Brook Carnelian...Road (PA) EH] Forest Road (PA) | 626 | Spur 563 County Route (NJ) PHI Interchange I___ jQ Town or Park...Valhalla Yellow Serpentine Basalt Quarry Minerals Schuyler Copper Mine Dumps Stirling Brook Carnelian Cliffwood...covers all of Pennsylvania west of Bedford and Blair County, except for a band of lowland on the shores of...then hooks northwest through Wyoming County and down into Carbon County. The eastern edge of the province
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
"Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."ā€”on label. ARKANSASā€”In the March-April...(west of the city). That would be in Jefferson County."ā€”letter datedā€”June 31, 1956, from Marie Kennedy...of a fish. Nokomis, in the S.W. part of Sarasota County, is on the Gulf of Mexico. GEORGIAā€”The following...between Canton and Ball Ground (both in Cherokee County, Ga.). It is 2 cm. across, dark red apparently...5 miles southwest of Monroe, Iowa, in Marshall County."ā€”on label. KANSASā€”"I am mailing you a limonite
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 ofļ¬ces. 10 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES VOL. 48 Figure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bloomingdale, Essex County. This specimen (8 cm across), collected by Schuyler Alverson in the late...from the Route 28N road cut west of Newcomb, Essex County. John A. Jaszczak specimen 1959 and photo. *Synthetic...1940s from an outcrop near Olmstedville, Essex County. Top: This 0.8-mm tabular graphite crystal shows...titanite from an outcrop near Olmstedville, Essex County, isolated from material originally collected by...of three samples collected in the late 1960s by Schuyler Alverson, while digging beneath a large boulder
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Darry, N. H. 0 3 0 4 1 (PART 16 SPOTSYLVANIA...SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY Bordered on the N by the RappahanĀ­ nock and Rapidan Rivers. T h e N edge may be submerged...number of gold operations r u n n i n g across the county from N to S. These are mainly placers and rather... sphalerite, galena, wulfenite, vanĀ­ adinite. Virginia Fin Co. "in N W corner of Co. nr Rappahannock...arsenopyrite, copiapite, sidertte, psilomelane, magnetite, talc, garnet, staurolite xls, galena, sphalĀ­ erite. Halliday
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I00-110 ƟNICKEL OCCURRENCES SALINE PHILIP IN COUNTY, SOAPSTONE DEPOSITS ARKANSAS J. STERLING AND...Little Rock in Saline County, Arkansas. The nickel occurs in sulfides in talc-carbonate rocks, in iron...sulfides in unweathered serpentine. The dikes and the talc-carbonate rock occur in deposits that are currently...rocksexposedin the soapstone pits of northern Saline County (Fig. 1) that were suggestiveof nickel mineralization...Severalbrief reportshave beenwritten on the Saline County soapstonedeposits,and althoughDaw (7) recognized
Report (issue)
VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...1988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...and State Geologist CHARLOTTESVILLE. VIRGINIA 1 988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION
Book
THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY BY GEORGE ROBINSON & SCHUYLER ALVERSON $2.50 In sĀ£> * tā€¢ ā€¢ ā– m o ā–  X...many years the mines and fields of St. Lawrence County have furnished museums and many lucky mineral colĀ­...been depleted through the the years, St. Lawrence County continues to supply many beautiful specimens to...Potsdam, New York February, 1971 George W. Robinson Schuyler \Y. Alverson (copyright applied for) GENERAL...types and mineralized zones of the St, Lawrence County area, A detailed discussion of the geology is beyond
 
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