 | | 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) | | 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) | | 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 |  | | 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) | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | THE MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA PART I I : CARBONATES, SULFATES, AND PHOSPHATES By R. S. MITCHELL...BLAND, JR. Department of Geology University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Following the scheme introduced...white ferroan dolomite ses the eastern edge of the county. White rhombohedrons, are embedded in mas- cleavable...from the Esmont James near Warminster in Nelson County. However, marble does occur in Alquarry are siderite... Calette. Calcite occurs in the Catoc- bemarle County near Howardsville (Furtin greenstone, and associated |  | | 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 |  | | 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 Acrobat® Reader® Adobe Acrobat Reader version...rendering of Geology and Mineral Resources of Albemarle County by Wilbur Nelson is to make accessible an...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) | | presented at the 26th Annual Meeting in Arlington, Virginia October 4-7, 1989. An Investigation of Factors...Exclusive Economic Zone Mail Stop 915 Reston, Virginia 22092 In 1983, the President proclaimed the establishment...the mineral deposits in and on the seafloor. VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Advances in computer...Geological Survey 955 National Center Reston, Virginia 22092 Image Maps of the Exclusive Economic Zone...Geological Survey 915 National Center Reston, Virginia 22092 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) started |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | world would be a drab place indeed. Gone would be azurite, malachite, and the plethora of related supergene... Middlesex County, Connecticut; the Franklin and Sterling Hill zinc mines, Sussex County, New Jersey;...Putnam County, New York; Pennsylvania occurrences including the Cornwall iron mines in Lebanon County, the...mines in Chester County, and the Dyer, Robeson, and Hay Creek quarries in Berks County. It is reported...and Old Dominion soapstone quarries, Albemarle County, Virginia; and the Buick, Sweetwater, and other |  | | Catalog/List | | \\'hitish 3 Albemarle Counly, Virginia ... Custer County, Colorado . Albemarle County, Virginia . Near Mesaba...New York . San Juan County, Colorado Delta, Shasta County, California . Boulder County, Colorado .. ...... Massachusetts Mt. Shasta, California " Lyon County, Nevada Hillsborough, New Brnnswick Keeseville...York " " " .Near Keene, NC\\' York . Essex County, New York Rochester, New York Split Rock, Minnesota... Rhenish-Prus ia J:asalt. fine-gTained Chaffee County, Colorado Hornblende Basalt. coarse " J-lornblenclc |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Portrait-drawings of staurolite specimens from Fannin County, Georgia: 3, Typical habit of staurolite crystal;...provide an account of this awesome new teminology.) County, Arkansas. It occurs as an opaque white mineral...crystal with " c " face on each end. Alexander County, North Carolina. Photo by Paul Seel. has essentially...in the drop, except on the unknown. Samples of azurite and malachite were tested for effer vescence and...and is from an unspecified location in Alexander County. I would like to hear from anyone who knows more |  | | Catalog/List | | enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...ALBITE (sodium aluminum trisilicate Xline mass; Virginia ............................. . Cleavage, showing...aluminum, iron and cerium orthosilicate Massive; Virginia or N. Carolina ......... ... ...... . Orthite...brown; Nevada ................... 1 x 2" .26 1.00 AZURITE (basic copper carbonate) Nodules, with malachite;............ Pseu domorphs after xled nodules of azurite; New Mex ico. ¾ x % ", 2 for 25 c 1.00 .26 |  | | Catalog/List | | aluminum, iron and cerium orthosilicate) Massive; Virginia, or N. Carolina ................. . 34 Orthite...rock, fluorescent; New Hampshire . . . . . . . 91 AZURITE (Basic copper carbonate) Nodules, with malachite;... ... . .. 1 Puudomorphs after xled nodules of azurite; New Mexico, ¾ X ¾ •, 2 for .25 COPPER GLANCE-See.... . . . . . . . . . . 6 Massive, gray banded; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Columnar...lb . . . . . . 6 •Amazons/one, cleavage, pale; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Microc/ine-Perthite |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | INCORPORATED AMERICAN GEOLOGIST FEBRUARY-MARCH, THE VIRGINIA COPPER •9o6 No. 4 DEPOSITS2 WALTER HARVEY'... INTRODUCTION. The presence of copperoresin Virginia hasbeenknown since the foundationof the early...observationsof the geologist in charge of the Virginia Survey, preparatoryto the issuingof a State report...--Copperoresare widely distributed throughoutthe State of Virginia, though there are but few producingminesat present...• This report, which will form Vol. IV of the Virginia Geological Survey, is about ready to go to press |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | . . . . . . . Asbestos Loose fibers in vial; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... .... ..... .... ... . AUGITE-See Pyroxene AZURITE (basic copper carbonate) Nodules, small; Utah ... . . . .20 Pseudomorphs after xled nodules of azurite, choice; New Mexico. 1 x l", 25¢. COPPER GLANCE-See...hard; Belgian Congo . . . . . . . . ...... . With azurite; Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . Pseudomorphs. Remarkable alterations from azurite. Choice xi groups; S. W. Africa 01· Arizona . . |  | | Report (issue) | | and C.M. Sears U.S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 22092 Open-File Report 92-448 This report is...Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........Occurrences located in the Culpeper basin, Maryland and Virginia ..................... 168 H. Section H: Occurrences...Occurrences located in other areas of Virginia. ... 185 I. Section I: Occurrences located in North Carolina...given in the categories of : 1. name and location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2 |  | | 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 (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...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | | Report (volume) | | character of ores____________________ Hartford County deposits__________________________ Simsbury (Newgate)...mine_________________________________ New Haven County deposits________________________ New York ____...65 65 67 67 67 68 . 69 69 71 72 CONTENTS. ' Virginia Continued. Piedmont region Continued. . Virgilina... .87 Dorothy mine ______________^_-_____ Albemarle County (Southwest Mountain)_____________ 89 89 ...Bentonville-Overall district________________ 101 Rappahannock County _.________________________ 101 Ambler property______________ |  | | 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 |
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Faber Mine, Faber, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA