 | | 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...CHARLOTTESVILLE. VIRGINIA 1 988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | . A . T A Y L O R University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 2 2 9 0 3 During the seven years...of the mineral localities in A l bemarle County, Virginia (Mitchell and Bland, 1963, 1964a, 1964b),...are stored in Lewis Brooks Museum, University of Virginia. Class II. SULFIDES L. C H A L C O C I T E...crystals of chalcopyrite occur in a quartz mine at the Fluvanna County line on the northern side of U . S. Highway...northern side of U. S. Highway 250 at the Fluvanna County line. 7. P Y R I T E . Very small pyrite crystals |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...should always ask permission it may be un- or a mine dvmip. Cleanliness around a camp site and removal...Lincoln Co. Todd's Branch, Mecklenberg Co. Portis mine, Franklin Co. Muddy Creek headwaters, McDowell...Ferry, Hall Co. Horshaw mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % |  | | Report (volume) | | and sapphire are considered precious gems. Some opal is precious, but most varieties are semiprecious...flat base and a faceted top terminating in a low point, was invented and used for cutting large diamonds...streams, and eventually deposited as alluvial gravels. Opal and agate are formed from aqueous solutions. Diamonds...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Topaz Pink Sapphire Asteriated Sapphire Jasper Opal Hyalite Feldspar Oligoclase Orthoclase Microcline...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have...localities. Three diamonds have been found in Burke County, two of which were from near the "Ford of Brindletown...diamond is now in the State Museum. The Cleveland County diamond was found in 1893 near Kings Mountain,...weighing approximately f of a carat. The Lincoln County diamond was found.near Cottage Home by Dr. C. L |  | | Report (issue) | | beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...Alamance County ........................................................... 24 24 Alexander County ......Alleghany County ....................................................... 25 Ashe County ............Avery County ............................................................... 25 Buncombe County ......Burke County ............................................................... 26 Cabarrus County ... | | | Report (issue) | | beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...COUNTIES Alamance County • .' 22 24 24 Alexander County 24 Alleghany County 25 Ashe County • 25 Avery...Avery County 25 Buncombe County 26 Burke County 26 Cabarrus County 27 Caldwell County 27 Caswell...Caswell County 27 Catawba County 28 Chatham County 28 Cherokee County 28 Clay County • • 29 Cleveland...Cleveland County 29 Davidson County • 30 vi Davie County Durham County 31 Franklin County 31 31 |  | | 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...river basin] Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, and Albemarle Sound Basins 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 |  | | 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.; |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | Pennington Co. At 7,242’ this peak is the highest point in America east of the Rocky Mts. Cambrian rocks...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...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 |  | | Book | | Cornelian Jasper 57 58 60 Petrified coral Tiger's eye Opal 61 93 95 Fluorspar 96 Blue-john 97 98 Turquoise...orderly atomic structure: some are amorphous, like opal. Formation of Minerals Rocks are divided into three...crystallize out are those with the highest melting-point. These are minerals rich in iron and magnesium,...mineral. Some of these, such as fire marble and wood opal, make attractive ornamental stones. Crystals are...very lucky, the minerals that can be found on old mine dumps, beaches, in quarries, etc. in Britain cannot |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | colorful assortment of xls and xl groups plus a FIRE OPAL; there are 18 quality specimens averaging 1 " and...Moodus, Connecticut, or Mr. Lewis K. Moore, 19 Stony Point Road, Clinton, Connecticut, stating reason for...David M. Seaman, Wesleyan University, Rockland County Mineral Club, especially Ed Howard, New Haven Mineral...Michael Grieco, Shore Line Mineral Club, Middlesex County Mineral Club, and Mr. Klaus Albrecht, who also...Mr. Robert Ulm. Jean G. Moore, Secretary 19 Stony Point Road Clinton, Conn. ROCKS AND MINERALS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | when he opened the corundum mine on Corundum Hill, near Franklin, Macon County. The next was the Buck Creek...Cullakeenee Mine, in Clay County. This was followed by the mining of emeralds at Stony Point, Alexander...Alexander County. These gem "pioneers" pointed the way and their present-day descendants give every indication...specimen was discovered in Brindletown Creek, Burke County, by Dr. F. M. Stephenson in 1843. Several other...emerald-green sapphires in the world from the Culsagee mine. The crystal is 4x2x1% inches and is in the famous |  | | Report (issue) | | . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper...Staurolite AVERY COUNTY . . ......... 13 13 13 . 13 Iron and Epidote BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet ...........13 Moonstone and Associated Minerals 15 BURKE COUNTY 15 Corundijin 15 Itacolumite 15 Toiirmaline...Amethyst f . , 4 .18 CABARRUS COUNTY 18 Minerals of the Cabarms County Mines 18 CALDWELL COUNT! 18 Pyrite |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mile west of Hwy 7 on Lake Hamilton at the "Pretti Point" turn sign, Hot Springs, Ark. John & Clara Roder...MINERALS Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Oman, Little Girl's Point on Lake Superior, Saxon, Wise. (16 miles north of...colorful assortment of xls and xl groups plus a FIRE OPAL; there are 18 quality specimens averaging 1 " and...Moodus, Connecticut, or Mr. Lewis K. Moore, 19 Stony Point Road, Clinton, Connecticut, stating reason for...David M. Seaman, Wesleyan University, Rockland County Mineral Club, especially Ed Howard, New Haven Mineral |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Book (edition) | | highly inter esting from a purely mineralogical point of view, but which have no economic significance...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...Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width increases...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater |
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