 | | 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 (issue) | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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 |  | | 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) | | community of about 1,200 in southeastern Pinal County, is in southern Arizona. ARKANSAS—We recently received..."We recently bought another place (in Montgomery County, Ark.). Guess I told you the Atomic Energy Commission...tour'—we've been on practically every road in the county, so we know it pretty well now." "I'm sending you...angular masses. Rocky Hill is in southern Hartford County in central Connecticut. See Mr. Nelson's article...Atlanta 5, Ga. Columbus is in western Muscogee County in western Georgia. INDIANA—Under separate cover |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East D e r r y , N . H . 0 3 0 4 1 (PART INTRODUCTION...mines in Virginia, north of the James River, with the ex ceptions as follows: Albemarle County was very...northern Virginia. Maps used were the U.S.G.S. Topo graphical Sheets. Also used were the county road maps...of H i g h w a y s Richmond, Virginia The price is 2 0 cents per county. Other states could well follow...very high grade iron. Credit should be given the Virginia Department of Mineral Resources in Charlottesville |  | | Book (edition) | | and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | possible. Jasper from Virginia—On the western side of the Blue Ridge in Virginia is found a narrow belt...my favorite gravel pit on Shirley Highway in Fairfax County, Va., to find a pebble of quartzite. Now pebbles...orange pastel bands, then a wide band of cachalong opal where the geode came in contact with the host rock |  | | Report (issue) | | ^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...forming a ridge north of Route 7 near Dranesville, Virginia. Figure 7. Locations of mineral deposits in...mines in the Soldiers Delight region, Baltimore County, Maryland. Adapted from Pearre and Heyl , 19.60 |  | Lyttle, Peter T., Aleinikoff, John N., Burton, William C., Crider, E. Allen, Drake, Avery A., Froelich, Albert J., Horton, J. Wright, Kasselas, Gregorios, Mixon, Robert B., McCartan, Lucy, Nelson, Arthur E., Newell, Wayne L., Pavlides, Louis, Powars, David S., Southworth, C. Scott, Weems, Robert E. (2017) Geologic map of the Washington West 30’ × 60’ quadrangle, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Open-File Report 2017-1142. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20171142 | Report (issue) | | Allen Crider Jr. (2012–2017) 8 10 KILOMETERS 9 VIRGINIA MAP LOCATION Tc Calvert and (or) Choptank Formations...the Culpeper basin and the Barboursville basin, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80–468...geology of the northern part of the Culpeper basin, Virginia and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File...of the Arcola quadrangle, Loudoun and Fairfax Counties, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous...structure, southwestern Maryland and northeastern Virginia; Field trip volume and guidebook, October 17th |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | be recorded." Pala is in northwestern San Diego County of Southern California. COLORADO: Prof. Richard...the abandoned Laurel Creek corundum mine in Rabun County, where it is associated with corundum. The mineral...item: "The Ima Tungsten Mine of Patterson, Lemhi County, Idaho, producer of a large supply of tungsten...galena found on the James K. Skeens farm in Clark County, Missouri ; this farm is about 1 mile over in Missouri...of odd nodular form. The locality is in Catron County, New Mexico, about -40 miles northeast of Mogollón |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | have found in the Magnet Cove area of Hot Spring County, Arkansas. I am sending you a specimen under separate...on Delaware Bay, is in the N / E part of Sussex County, Del. From this beach, Bob and Hazel Reynolds,...item or two. ROCKS AND MINERALS IDAHO—"In Bonner County, Northern Idaho, at a place called Chimney Rock... vington, La. The interior of the cycad was white opal. MAINE—"Just returned from Calais, Maine. Spent...this material on the Mesabi Range in St. Louis County, Minn., very near the north end of the Range, at |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...tributary gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream...stream beds, etc. petrified wood, wood opal; along the Grand R. though entire Co., regional banks, breaks...wood, wood opal. 438 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The |  | | Book (volume) | | chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | yth ANNUAL JEWELRY GEM &MINERAL SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals, Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR...14,1977 VIRGINIA BEACH CIVIC CENTER (THE DOME) 19TH AND PACIFIC AVENUE VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA Rocks&...Minerals from Virginia Richard S. Mitchell 230 Mineral and Fossil Collecting Sites in Virginia Palmer C....Resume: Pseudomorphs in Virginia R. V. Dietrich 244 The Geology of Virginia W. Cullen Sherwood 250 Prehnite—Apophyllite...Minerals of Virginia J. Alexander Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard |  | | 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.; |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Journal (issue) | | received a shipment of High Grade Welo opal from Ethiopia-posting new opal parcels daily. Please call or order...with ALBITE and QUARTZ Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, CA Watercolor by Frederick C. Wilda© REVELATIONS...MAY 2020 7 Covington Has Moved! ROYAL PEACOCK OPAL MINE Dig your own Virgin Valley Fire Opals ALL YOU...Lake Owyhee State Park, Malheur County, and also near Goble, Columbia County in 1967. Again, this new mineral...discovered in Virginia in the mid-1970s. During quarrying operations at Centerville, Fairfax County, a wide |  | | Report (issue) | | Water-Quality Data-Collection Sites on Selected Streams in Virginia By Byron J. Prugh, Jr., and Clairiece G. Humphrey...cooperation with the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WATER DIVISION Richmond, Virginia 1993 U.S............................................... 7 County .................................................Map showing location of major river basins in Virginia........................................ 3 TABLES...water-quality datacollection site locations in Virginia. The listing includes, if available, an agency |  | | Journal (issue) | | several times and found that the balls were nodules of opal, agate, chalcedony and calcite running in size from...matrix and large nodules in hopes of finding fire opal. Larger nodu:es I did find, some that weighed as...w ith nodules of different sizes and containing opal, chalcedony, etc. The fracture agate has a base...Washington, on Bull Neck Run, in Fairfax County, Va., the gold mine of the Virginia Mines, Inc., is now, (Nov...contrasting materials as agate look well. Massive yellow opal makes interesting spheres, as do some of the banded |  | | Book | | United States by Bookcrafters, Fredericksburg, Virginia. PREFACE The end of 1994 marked the close of...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and |  | | 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 |
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