 | | 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...July-August, 1985 as the Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Pleaoc teturn this publication to the Virginia Geologieal Survcy whcn you havc no further uce for it...COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSTON ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... Bulletin 33 Pegmatite Deposits of Virginra BY ARTHUR A. PEGAU UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1932 COMMONWEALTH...DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN, State Geologist Bulletin 33 Pegmatite Deposits of...of Virginia BY ARTHUR A. PEGAU UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1932 RICHMOND: DrvrsroN or Puncrress .r,xo pnrrnrc |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | COMMONWDALTE OF VIRGINIA VIRGINTA CONSERVATTON COMMTSSTON VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN,...53 Barite Deposits of Virginia By R.AYMOND S. EDMUNDSON UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA t938 I \e RICHMOND:... RICHMOND: Dwrsror cR Puncn.rsp arvo puxrrr.rc 1938 VIRGINIA CONSERVATION COMMISSION Wrreun C. Her,r,, Chai...recommend for publication as Bulletin 53 of the virginia Geological Survey series of i'eports the manuscript...Geologist of the Virginia Geological SurveY. This re=port is the first issued on barite in Virginia. It describes |  | | Report (issue) | | _____^_^_____ Geologic factors influencing mining.._________________________ Mining and milling methods-----__-_---_-_-_____--_____...and Just mines..___._-._________ ._._____ Anselma mine._-______---_-_-_--_--_______-___-___________ Other...Geologic map of Crystal Graphite mine, Beaverhead County, Mont. 10. Map of mine and treatment plant of Southwestern...Benjamin Franklin and Just graphite mines, Chester County, Pa. Page FIGURE 12. Map of localities of principal...of graphite mines and prospects in part of Clay County, Ala-_--_-----_----------------_--------24. Map |  | | Book (volume) | | which also produced a most remarkable series of pegmatite dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals, Topaz and Tourmaline add to the fascination of these pegmatites. ...Hills Dist. Includes both Veins and the extensive pegmatite dike exposures and mines. BON HOMME & CHARLES...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm |  | | Book | | 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...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...visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets |  | | Book (volume) | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | 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 |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Report (issue) | | (CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur...eventually led to one of the biggest and most important "mining booms" in this country's first century. Despite... the 1845 discovery of the Cliff Mine ( first in the world to mine native copper as its sole product)...instilled confidence in North Country mining and initiated the modern mining era. Choice 'Lake Copper' furnished...never documented by geologists working in the district during its decades of maximum activity. Hence |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish............Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville...Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin... |  | | Book | | T. J. Bornhorst, P. Brandes, R. Clark (Cliffs Mining Services Co.), B. C. Cornilsen, R. V. Dietrich...helpful suggestions throughout the project; to Ashton Mining of Canada, Inc. and Crystal Exploration, Inc.,...APPENDIX I: MICHIGAN MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITS FEATURING MINING, MINERALS, ROCKS, AND FOSSILS .......................243 APPENDIX II: MINERAL SPECIES LISTED BY COUNTY ...............................248 ABOUT THE AUTHORS...Michigan are the following: granite (including pegmatite and aplite), granodiorite, diorite, tonalite, |  | | Journal (issue) | | to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...material collected from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ................................................................................. Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FROM METAMORPHOSED IRON FORMATION BY STANLEY A. TYLER CONTENTS Page Abstract 1102 Acknowledgments 1102...and dikes 1105 Quartz-adularia pegmatite veins 1106 Quartz-tourmaline and quartz veins.. 1107 Introduction...silicate fades at the Mary Charlotte trough 1113 Mine 1114 2.—Cross section showing the relationship of...altered chloritized dikes 1122 1101 1102 S. A. TYLER—LAKE SUPERIOR SOFT IRON ORES ABSTRACT Local metamorphism...adjacent to dikes, sills, quartzadularia pegmatite veins, quartz-tourmaline veins, and quartz veins has induced |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VOLCANIC ROCKS OF STODDARD MOUNTAIN, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA C. Osnonwn HurroN, StanJord,(Jnitersity...Mountain in the Barstow-Victorville district, San Bernardino County, California. The mineral has been identified...tests. Frrro OccURRENCE Jarosite-bearingquartz-tourmaline rock outcrops in a lenticular, N-S trending body...abundantly spotted with radial groups of bluish black tourmaline averaging eight mm. in diameter. fn some places...into a reticulated mass of coarsely acicular tourmaline. The tourmalinized zone gradesgradually into |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | S S O R Y -M IN E R A L M E T H O D S BY S. A. TYLER, R. W. MARSDEN, F. F. GROUT, AND G. A. THIEL CONTENTS...from the South Shore of L ake Superior. By S. A. Tyler and R. W. Marsden.................................Marquette district....................................... Southern Complex of the Marquette district........1460 1460 1460 1461 1461 1462 1462 1463 1430 TYLER, MARSDEN, GROUT, THIEL----LAKE SUPERIOR PRE-CAMBRIAN............................ Sandstones of Felch district.............................................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark. This is in the cinnabar district of Howard, Pike, and Clark Counties, Ark. This...Modesto, Calif. Both specimens come from an old Gold mine at Placerville, El Dorado Co., Calif. The following...he gave us—both were from the famous Gillette pegmatite quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Conn. One...pink is known as morganite. Tiny dark greenish tourmaline xls were imbedded in the morganite. The other...slender green gemmy tourmaline xls, and rough xl masses of black opaque tourmaline. The following item |  | | Report (volume) | | ... Grafton district...................................... Alstead area, Keene district................377 377 378 379 379 380 382 382 383 383 Cost of mining....................................... 385 Possible...Plate 61. Geologic map of the Alstead area, Keene district , New Hampshire........................ 62. Map...locations of mica and feldspar mines of the Grafton district, New Hampshire .................................locations of mica and feldspar mines of the Keene district, New Hampshire.. Figure 38. Index map of New Hampshire |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality...across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALOGY OF THE RUTHERFORD PEGMATITES, AMELIA, VIRGINIA Jouw SrNrnNxs,5372 Van lVuYsCourt, San Diego,Cali'fornia92109'...internal structure and mineralogy of the No. 2 pegmatite body and, to a lesser extent, that of the No....about 1f miles (2 km) north of Amelia, Amelia County, Virginia (Fig. 1). Exploitation of both bodiesfor commercialmica...1912,when the No. 2 mine was abandoned. Gem-gradeamazonite was found in the No. 1 mine sometime prior to...Company of New York City until 1932.InMay 1943,E. J. Tyler of Asheville,N. C., reopenedthe No. 2 mine'for a |  | | Journal (issue) | | of Nevada mining, authoring more than 85 articles in Mineral News, most about hard rock mining localities...people would know that he also had a remarkable mining memorabilia collection (Continued on page 2) Bob...collecting at an old mine in Nevada. Alabandite from the George Nolan Pegmatite Bikita, Masvingo, Zimbabwe...educator, geologist, petrologist, field collector, pegmatite and uranium mineral expert and more. He traveled...cap tins, mining lamps, several fully outfitted miner mannequins, stock certificates of mining companies |  | | Book | | Rocks; Minerals Found in Igneous Rocks; Granite Pegmatite Gems and Minerals; Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits;...Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Appendixes 615...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead of metallic ores, and mining for turquoise was enormously extended throughout the...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least |
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