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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; pho tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color plates...of Dr. C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm.,...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 |
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| 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 Rappahan nock and Rapidan Rivers. T h e N edge may be submerged...Church, Chancellorsville, M i n e Run, Guinea, Spotsylvania; B r o k e n b u r g ; Bel mont, Contrary Creek...number of gold operations r u n n i n g across the county from N to S. These are mainly placers and rather...Jackson's Trail, iy mi. S o f Brockroad. Old gold mine on Greene Farm near Brockroad. Marsden Gold M. A |
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| 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 |
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| and North Carolina Esso well no. 2, eastern Dare County, N. C________-__------_-_--_---------------__-----_-_5...the two deep Esso Standard Oil Co. wells, Dare County, is here referred to the Oligocene or lower Miocene...occurring in a water well at Camp Lejeune, Onslow County, N. C. OSTRACODA FROM WELLS IN NORTH CAROLINA...75°31'4" W., Lat. 35°15'0.5" N., Cape Hatteras, Dare County, N. C.; derrick floor altitude 24 feet; depth 10...75°33'54" W., Lat. 35°42'12" N., Pamlico Sound, Dare County, N. C.; drive bushing altitude 21 feet; depth 6 |
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| of Northeastern North Carolina and Southeastern Virginia GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1502- B Stratigraphy...of Northeastern North Carolina and Southeastern Virginia By BLAKE W. BLACKWELDER CONTRIBUTIONS TO STRATIGRAPHY...of northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia. (Contributions to stratigraphy) (Geological Survey...of northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia showing locations of scarps and numbered outcrops...Pleistocene units: New Bern, N.C., to Norfolk area, Virginia ------------------------------------------- III |
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| yellow, and grade down into interstratified bluish quartz sands and bluish to drab clays. A noticeable feature...by the present " banks " from Beaufort to the Virginia line and east of the meridian 76' 35'. I n the...terrace attains its maximum development are the Hyde County and Great Dismal Swamps and Albemarle and Pamlico...the Virginia line in Qates County, and extending southward to the coast in western Carteret County, then...shown on the topographic maps of the Beckford and Edenton quadrangles of the United States Geological Survey |
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| DECORATIVE-ORNAMENTAL STONES OF VIRGINIA D. Allen Penick, Jr. Virginia is noted particularly for beautiful...amazonite, fine moonstone, and topaz. In addition Virginia is well known for staurolite, prehnite, turquoise...minerals, rocks and organic materials found in Virginia, which have been used as gemstones and decora...report. Many of the localities will be familiar to Virginia mineral collectors. Someof the areas mentioned...collect minerals. There has been much written on Virginia mineral localities but no reports are available |
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| correlated with f tho Pa-ftixont formation of Virginia and Maryland by StephensonV. It was later ±/...extonds from the southorn part of Onslow County into Boaufort County, It consists of sandy marls and limostono...- 4 - 1. City of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, 1932 altitude about 10 feet . Log from U. S...482-f 2. Town of vanton, altitude Hertford County, 1938 about 45 feet Driller's log (Sydnor Punp...of Ahoskie, Hertford County altitudo about 53 fsot Driller's log (Virginia Machinery & Well Co.) with |
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| instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...from 18’ to 27’ long. In addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals, Topaz and Tourmaline add to the fascination...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds |
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| ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |
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| ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |
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| ................ Stevenson quadrangle (Jackson County)............................. Primary leveling...Whitfield counties).... Ringgold quadrangle (Dade County)............................... Macon and Meriwether........................... Beckford, Courtland, Edenton, Hertford, Okisko, Riddicksville, Suffolk, Winton........ Bartlett and Memphis quadrangles (Shelby County).................. Primary leveling..............Ducktown special (Ellijay and Murphy) quadrangle (Polk County).. Dayton, Decatur, and Pikeville quadrangles (Bledsoe |
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| Diorite-gabbro Paleozoic Toluca quartz monzonite Cherryville quartz monzonite Whiteside granite Alaskite...Upper Precambrian (?) or Lower Paleozoic (?) Stokes County and Kings Mountain belt Kings Mountain group Lower...relatively small area in the northwest corner of Ashe County. The Carolina Slate belt consists of volcanic-sedimentary...four areas, commonly referred to as the Stokes County area, the Kings Mountain area, the Brevard area...area, and the Murphy area. The rocks in the Stokes County and Kings Mountain areas are much alike and are |
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| teDt hospital as a speculation, at Knowledge. the mine•. " Knowledge is its own exceeding great reo Provisions...civilization. exist. lly actua thin�s as they A gold mine was discovered, it is said, by a " YOII will observe...freely of the hen, the loafer dance of coal. The Edenton (N. C.) Sentinel speaks Llbrar7. hardly brought...energy. expectation of making his fortune at the mine. than a razor to clean a man's chin. l © 1849...spe· he ordered them to be destroyed, f rom a sin quartz : i �fusible. Found at Win hrop, Hal. ous arrangement |
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| the Southeastern Mineral Symposium at Roanoke, Virginia in 1952, and at Vanderbilt University in 1953...Preliminary Investigation of the Geology of Clarke County, Georgia, by Eldon J. Parizek ______________________________...____ 23 Figure 3. Areal Lithologic Map, Clarke County, Georgia ---······-----------------------------------------------...Figure 7. Inclusion embedded in Granite in Clarke County, Georgia. The hammer lies parallel to Bedding Planes...Figure 8. Inclusion Pattern in Granite, Clarke County, Georgia ------------------------------------------ |
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| _________________ Schematic sections along major Virginia rivers ______ View of the cliffs just below Wilmont...Location of structural features in part of the Virginia Coastal Plain ________________________ View of...Miocene sediments underlying the Coastal Plain of Virginia and the adjacent areas of North Carolina and Maryland...Formation is 28 m thick in the Claremont area of Surry County, Va., and is approximately 5 to 10m thick in exposures...over much of its outcrop belt across the central Virginia Coastal Plain. The Eastover Formation is composed |
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| MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu rite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...from Derbyshire or, perhaps, a pyramid of smoky quartz from Cumberland. The next it may be rock crystal...Talc 6. Orthoclase feldspar 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz 3. Calcite 8. Topaz 4. Fluorite 9. Corundum...faces are placed with respect to one another. The quartz gems, for example, such as amethyst, form crystal |
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| HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it should...Geological Surveys Distribution Branch. 1200 Virginia 22202. Those S for Eads Street. Arlington |
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| THULITE AND PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ,~O...beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...amethyst, almandite garnet, citrine, and smoky quartz. It is hoped that this publication will find a...Rutile 17 Quartz 17 Rock Crystal 17 Amethyst •• 18 Rose Quartz 18 Smoky Quartz 18 Rutilated...Rutilated Quartz 18 Chalcedony 19 Agate 19 References 20 SAFETY TIPS FOR ROCK AND MINERAL COLLECTORS |
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| CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...streams and rivers f o r epidote, unakite, blue quartz, agate, chalcedony, petrified wood and other gemstones...visit Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical pearls in delicate...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and |
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| .. Atlantic County .................................................... Cape May County................Eastern Cumberland County ........................................ Eastern Burlington County.................Southern and eastern Ocean County .................................. 109 Monmouth County.......................Eastern Middlesex County .......................................... Ill Eastern Mercer County ...............Western Burlington County......................................... 112 Western Camden County.............. |
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| not just a picture book. Rather, it is a veritable mine of information, telling everything the collector...you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary arrangements...D1stn but1on Branch 1200 S Eads Street Arl Ington Virginia 22202 Those for areas west of the M1ssIssIppI...LAKE BAILEY N I DELAWARE MINE DUMPS IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI 2 AMYGDAlOID MINE DUMPS 3 AGATE HARBOR (AGATES...(AGATES THOMSONITE ON BEACH\ )l MUD VLAKE TO MANDAN MINE - HARD SURFACE Field drawing to locate a collecting |
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| Third printing 1993 Fourth printing 2000 Reston, Virginia 2000 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publications...North Carolina Rhode Island South Carolina Texas Virginia 18 STATES 5 14 2 80 15 18 9 2 27 5 2 10 15 23...5). These deposits consist primarily of medium quartz sand and a small percentage of heavy minerals,...OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA Hampton Roads, Virginia 0 A • E LUNAR DATA A MOON IN APOGEE 0...Representative tide curve f or Hampton Roads, Virginia, of the mid-Atlantic coast. The tide type is semidiurnal |
