 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Minerals of Albemarle County, Virginia PART I: NATIVE ELEMENTS, SULFIDES, HALIDES, AND OXIDES By...University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Albemarle County is near the center of Class I. Native elements...° t been found in Albermarle County, county follows the crest of the Blue Ridge but according to Seamon...the gathe James River. The county seat is Char- lena which occurs in the old Faber leadlottesville which...institution founded panning selected specimens of quartz from by Jefferson, is in that city. veins in the |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...H. Purdue, Nashville, Tenn. California........Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco. Prof. A. F. Rogers...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 (edition) | | ice, every blood red glow, every touch of green, blue, gold or royal purple. Gem stones have been the...gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................ California................................................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...mineralogic reports, especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota,...Bulletin, 1912. Eakle, A. S., Minerals of California: California State Min. Bur. Bull. 67, 1914. George...Nashville, Tenn. California____.Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco. Prof. A. F. Rogers, Stanford University |  | | Report (issue) | | RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard S. Mitchell and William F. Giannini...RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard S. Mitchell and William F. Giannini...RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard S. Mitchell and William F. Giannini...talc l0 PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OI' ALBEMARLE COUNTY. VIRGINIA Richard S. Mitchell* and William F....references to various minerals found in Albemarle County are found in both published and unpublished geological |  | | Report (issue) | | ] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF...DIVISION Director OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO OLAF San Francisco P. 11 JENKINS, Chief BULLETIN...BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia, Los Angek...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town kept...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...mineral exhibit in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966)...Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines and Geology Francisco |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine-near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous...topaz, tourmaline, triplite Trueheart pegmatite mine (f)-near Amelia beryl (var. aquamarine), microcline |  | | Book (volume) | | Fourche and Cheyenne rivers. These pine covered mountains, higher than the Alleghenies, culminate in Harney...dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern California for their production of gems and minerals. The...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...weighed 90 tons. Also huge crystals of sparkling blue Beryl from the Black Hills pegmatites have measured...from 18’ to 27’ long. In addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals, Topaz and Tourmaline add to the fascination |  | | Report (issue) | | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Silicates Quartz (Rock Crystal) (Amethyst) (Green quartz) (Cairngorm) (Blue quartz) (Rose quartz) (Star...(Star quartz) (Chalcedony) (Agate) (Prase) ' (Onyx) (Jasper) (Opal) Tridymitc Qf-Christobalitc Phcnakirc Olivine...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning |  | | 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...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...exposures of blue clay, as clusters and nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS...COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay in rd. cuts, pits, quarries, excavations⎯Pyrite (clustered |  | | 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...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...exposures of blue clay, as clusters and nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS...COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay in rd. cuts, pits, quarries, excavations⎯Pyrite (clustered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS (PART GOOCHLAND By PHILIP East Derry, COUNTY In N edge of the James R., W of Richmond and bordering...Extensive gold mining formerly on ex treme W and county line around Rte 605 to Rte 606. There are several...stone quarries (active) and soapstone Qs. and very old coal mines. Pryer Gold M. Placer on Busby Branch...from Rte 605 onto fork. Turn L to first house on R. Old dump and shaft in grove of pines in rear of house...610 on 605 to three old roads going E. N E road is dim. Take center road one Mi. Old shaft N r road is |  | | Book (volume) | | The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...fluorite (121.39 ct), Westmoreland, New Hampshire; blue fluorite (132.12 ct), Illinois; square cut particolor...Hallelujah Junction, Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California; brownish yellow octagonal...ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless...Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 ct), Pala, California. NECKLACE |  | | Book | | Piedmont? Why is the Coastal Plain so flat and the Blue Ridge and western Virginia so rugged? It reviews...Amer¬ ica; Resume of geological history of Virginia; Blue RidgePiedmont “crystalline” rock terrain; Valley...127 129 150 8.1. Formations west of the 168, 169 Blue Ridge 8.2. Triassic units 175 8.3. Coastal Plain...(map) Virginia Piedmont Peaks of Otter Blue Ridge Aerial view of Blue Ridge Escarpment Panorama of Valley...141 141 142 143 143 144 7.1. Indian relics 7.2. Old iron furnace 7.3. Ironclad Merrimac 1 A. Coal mining |  | | Book (edition) | | from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...are so widespread, as in the case of the alluvial quartz gemstones of the Midwest, that it is impossible...formations containing cryptocrystalline varieties of quartz, such as agate and petrified wood, extend over...gemological literature in North America. J. s. San Diego, California 1975 Acknowledgments The folio\\ ing | | | Book (volume) | | The Bowers Museurn of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...fluorite (121.39 et), Westmoreland, New Hampshire; blue fluorite (132.12 et), Illinois; sqmu·e cue parricolor...amethsyt (78. 70 et), Hallelujah Junction, Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25 .30 et), Ra1nona, Caufornia;...red-orange spessartine garnet ( 16.62 et), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rho...Kern Cowny, California; octagonal seep cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 et), Pala, California. NECKLACE |  | Finch, John Wellington, Bateman, Alan M., Butler, B. S., Loughlin, G. F., McLaughlin, D. H., Singewald, J. T. Jr. - Eds. (1933) Ore Deposits of the Western States. The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, New York. | Book | | United States Geological Survey, with headquarters at San Francisco. At this time Becker, who had recently...ode, was at work upon the mercury deposits of California and was preparing soon to undertake a systematic...9!t-96, 1892. The aurifcrous veins or J\.leadow Lake, Cal. A mer. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., vol. 40, pp. 'Wl-206... vol. 1, pp. 163- 166, 1905. T he Annie Laurie mine, Piute Co., Uta h. U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 285...pp. l\Japs. (With F. L. Ransome.) The Hamill on mine, N. Mex. (abst). Scumce, new ser., vol. 231 pp |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERAL GARDEN 1. Black and Gray Limestone Augusta County Donated By: Rockydale Quarries Corporation, Staunton... 2. Tightly-folded, Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss Chesterfield County Donated By: Vulcan Materials...Company, Dale Quarry Isoclinally folded, biotite, quartz, and feldspar gneiss interpreted as sedimentary...Ma). 3. Biotite - Feldspar Granofels Albemarle County Donated By: Martin Marietta Aggregates, Red Hill...coarse-grained, aggregate of biotite, hornblende, quartz and monocrystalline feldspar, with little or no |  | | Book (edition) | | Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...freibergite) or persons (e.g. haiiyne), they may have old Greek origins (e.g. epidote), less often Latin (e... Some names are of very old origin, often without lrnown source. e.g. quartz or cinnabar. Current practice...polished mineral surface, expressed in clase. 7 - quartz. 8 - topaz, 9 - corundum, 10 - dia- percentage...authors' effort. We took into consideration famous old, often now exhausted localities, wellknown in literature |  | | Report (volume) | | "Names and Definitions of the Geological Units of California," Bulletin 826, by M. Grace Wilmarth. This work...reference for geologists who worked exclusively in California. The first exhaustive con1pilation, M. Grace...of geologic names as new names or re.. visions of old names appeared in the literature. This work was interrupted...Genevieve Limestone Ste. Genevieve Limestone (in Blue River Group) Ste. Genveieve Limestone (in Meramec...formation has been called "Ste. Genevieve Limestone in Blue River Group" in another area. Finally, the name |  | | Journal (volume) | | ADVERTISEMENTS—Rate Card mailed on application. Los Angeles, California, May 18, 1912 THE CONGRESS JUNCTION MINING DISTRICT...Fe. This property is half a mile from the old Congress mine, one of the greatest gold pro ducers Arizona...however, and now the vein has taken L08 ANGEIJIS, CALIFORNIA, MAY 18, 1912. 83.00 A YEAR 10 Cent! 3 Copy Weekly...seen to be of the same permanence as the Congress mine. It is necessary to refer to the Congress, because...a larger installation is to be made at once. The mine is well equipped. Track scales are being put in |  | | Report (volume) | | ..........................\.................... Blue Ridge region......................................119 120 121 122 122 123 125 125 125 125 126 127 Lake Superior region......................................................... 160 Minor deposits in California......................................... 163.................................... 211 Ural Mountains............................................................................................. California......................'...................... |  | | Journal (volume) | | Flotation Processes at F. II. Jackson Proprietary Mine, He Treatment at G. D. Del prat Brown, Walter 8...Amalgamation of Copper Ore Pan Amalle District of California, The American Copper Spiral Pipe Works, The Anaconda...Changes at Cherry Creek John A. Reld The Vulture Mine C. W. Purlngton Arnold, C. Everard The Sherman Concentrating...Filtration of Slime by the M. Hamilton E. California, Alluvial Mining In The Amalle District of 785...Channels of 567 Copper In Shasta County Copper of Shasta County (I, The Mineral Industry During |  | | Journal (volume) | | f.p. for for:v -" ...THE EN. N o GI "RNAL MINE NI'N NG G. J ou VOLUN/1E JANUARY TO LXIII. ...Aluminum, Prices of.................. 565 Accident Mine, Colo.......... 97 63, 159 Aluminum Reduction, Gooch's...118 Alabama Industrial and Scientific Amador Queen Mine, Cal..... ...... 263 Acetylene Gas, Conner's Pat... Doddridge's Pat...... 487 "Alabama, Johns Coal Mine. 74 Amalgamating Process, FischerAcetylene Gas,...Acetylene Gas, Sergeant's Pat........ 190 Alameda Mine, Cal.................... 548 Acetylene Gas, Vincent's |
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Old Dominion Mine, Broadwell Lake, Cady Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA