 | | 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 |  | | 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) | | COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY Richmond, Virginia Virginia Minerals Published...Division of Mineral Resources Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 VOL. 48 MAY/AUGUST 2002 NO. 2/3 A GUIDE...GEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY John Marr and Roy Sites Virginia has a very interesting and varied geologic history...in unique and exotic geologic terranes. Across Virginia, the landscape exhibits all rock types: igneous...the Division of Mineral Resources offices. 10 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES VOL. 48 Figure |  | | Report (volume) | | ................................ 49 Individual quarry areas.................................................. 51 Baltimore County .................................... 51 Howard County.......................CHAPTER III. GRANITES OF VIRGINIA ...................................... The Virginia Piedmont region ......the Falls Church area.. Yellow-green and pink epidote granite Unakite............... 69 70 70 70 71...77 77 CONTENTS. 5 CHAPTER III. GRANITES OP VIRGINIA Continued. PageScientific discussion Continued |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | admission fee on a dirt road which compared to some old quarry roads is a super highway! The x,!s are found in...bornite have been found in gabbro at the old Hubbard quarry in Wilmington (New Castle Co.), Del. FLORIDA—"I...been found in the Appalachian Minerals Company quarry near Monticello (Jasper Co.), Ga. IDAHO—"I am enclosing...poking around the old mine there and ran into a Mr. Dale who took me to his farm, nearby. He gave me several..."Calcite var. onyx, Lockport, Ky.— donated by Leonard Dale."—on label. LOUISIANA—Ken Kyte, Box 161, Covington |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cumberland Alston Moor: witherite, 431 Cat Gill; Dale Head; Fisher Crag; Fleetwith Pike; Grey Knotts;...Steel Fell; and Stonethwaite (all in Borrowdale): epidote, gyrolite, gismondine, and other zeo]ires (analcime... apophyllite, gyrolite, 173 BaUyclare; Bruslee quarry, Ballyclare; Call Hill farm, Cookstown Junction... Belfast; Glenoe; Kilwanghter Castle; Nelson's quarry, BaUyhenry; Shane' s Hill, Larne; Skerrywhirry...Kanjamalai, Salem, Madras: perrierite, 42 Kodur quarry, Andhra Pradesh: spandire, 508 Sandur, Bellary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | duction. Dale et al. (1914) listed many minerals found in Ver mont slate. Figure 2. Slate quarry, Poultney;...extensive lists of minerals in granite prepared by Dale (1923). Rutilated quartz, apatite, and many other...decorator tiles. The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi cant locality...producers. The nearby hamlet of Eden Mills (Lamoille County) is the commonly given but incorrect name for the...the locality; it is near er to the quarry than the village of Lowell and is the last set tlement seen |  | | Report (issue) | | geology in 1816. Amos Eaton had surveyed Rensselaer County, N. Y., and the route of the Erie Canal; further...OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST In Troy, Orleans County, titaniferous magnetite had been discovered in...value as a building stone." He notes that Essex County is practically all granite and gneiss. Gneiss he...resting upon the crystallines (Pre-Cambrian) in Essex County, N. Y., and was supposed for many years to be the...from two to eight miles to the east. In Addison County they are exhibited as low, successive uplifts with |  | | Report (issue) | | 1933- 1934 ColREcTIox ShEET Page 12 \VELLS-LAM SON QUARRY COMPANY, INCORPORATED Main office, Barre. Officers...including investigations of J. E. Wolff, 2 T. N. Dale,8 and others. G. W. Bain 4 has shown that "The marble...findings in this report, except as follows: In 1907 Dale classified the granites of Vermont in three divisions:... (190 1-02). The Granites of Vermont; T. Nelson Dale, 6th Rpt. Vt. State Geol. (1907-08). Structural...calcite, epidote, chlorite. Exceptionally there are minute veins of quartz, calcite and epidote. The Bethel |  | | Journal (issue) | | p4,, Over two million residents Arizona's Pinal County welcomes everyone as a V.I.P.!!! ?ieU S ~ , ae...Pennsylvania Ralph G. Wells 112 The New Enterprise Quarry of Roaring Spring Edward G. Carper Jr. 11 S A New...Kibblehouse Quarry F. A. Keidel 130 The "Cobaltite° Crystals from the K.Joblehouse Quarry J. Alexander...Native Copper and Piemontite Localities of Adams County Jay Lininger FEATURES THE EASTERN FEDERATION...5 miles west of Mt. Holly Springs in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Specimen collected by Martin Anne' |  | | Report (volume) | | .................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro................................................ Chester amphibolite......................................... Peridotite and serpentine associated with Chester amphibolite .. Savoy schist...................................................... 150 Berkshire County..................................................Peridotite and serpentine lenses associated with the Chester amphibolite .................................. |  | | Book | | 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...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ................477 Analyses of allanite from Virginia and North C arolina........................ 478..................................... 480 Roanoke County, V irginia........................................................................ 481 Am herst County, V irginia........................................................................... 481 Llano County, T exas...................................................... 485 W eathering of allanite iri -Virginia localities................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | Beividere, in Eden and Lowell townships, Lamoille County. (See the Jay Peak quadrangle of the F. S. Topographical...VERMONT MINERAL INDUSTRIES: JACOBS olina, and Virginia produce fibrous anthophyllite [(Mg,Fe) S103] which...Clay Companies FRANK E. BUSHEY AND SONS Office and quarry at East Monkton, Vt. Post Office address, Bristol...over 1938, it is still in a depressed condition. Quarry men estimate that the industry is operating at...formed the Winchester-Gibson Company. The Adaniant Quarry Company, of East Montpeiier, is no longer operating |  | | 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) | | cavities lined with comb-structured quartz. Although Dale (1924) named the vein after the boxlike (equidimensional)...Rossie calcite. REFERENCES Dale, N. C. 1924. The box-vein of Lyomdale, Lewk County, New York. New York State...Quebec. The sill is well exposed in the Varennes quarry, which has been operated continuously for crushed... just off Route 109, there is an old pegmatite quarry known locally chiefly for its occasional production...documented, if at all. Most of the material from the quarry was evidently used in the construction of an adjacent |  | | 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 (edition) | | Adams County 15 Allegheny County Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester County...Cumberland County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County Monroe County...County Northampton County Sullivan County York County 18 20 21 23 . 25 28 37 38 39 . 40 47 50...owners the rockhound, of the land, or from quarry and mine operators, before entering to collect...pseudomorphs after pyrite found near Columbia in Lancaster County, described in this report. If the only description |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...earths to make saltpeter, at Nicojack Cave in Marion County, then nitromagnesite at the same location (Shepard...Sevier County (Coskren and Lauf 2000). The following index is arranged alphabetically by county. It is |  | | Book | | Quartz-Felsite Porphyry Mass. Quartz-Felsite Porphyry Virginia Rhyolite Porphyry South Dakota Rhyolite Porphyry...Hydromica-Schist and Dolomites 119. 120. 121. Virginia : Dolomite-Marble New York Gray Marble New York...Vermont Virginia Igneous Rocks A. I. No. 1. Glasses Scoria Near Black Rock, Millard County, Utah...brown aggregate Pumice Near Black Rock, Millard County, Utah. O. E. Meinzer. Ref. of polarizing material...effect. : No. Ref. 3. Near Black Rock, Millard County, Utah. Obsidian O. E. Meinzer. U. S. Geological |  | | Book (volume) | | the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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) | | the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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 (issue) | | SCHIST OF THE DOE RUN AND AVONDALE REGION, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. By ELEANORA F. BLrss and ANNA...The region discussed in this paper lies in Chester County, Pa., and is included in the eastern half of...showing location of Doe Run' and Avondale region, Chester County, Pa. line schists and gneisses . of the Piedmont...on the geology of Radnor Township, in Delaware County, Pa., and of the townships adjacent: Pennsylvania...'ty folio). New England : P umpeUh, Wolff, and Dale (Monograp 23). -· Rowe schist. Athens shale. |  | | Report (volume) | | Other prospects__________________ 72 Mission-Alaska Quarry Co_ 74 Heceta and neighboring islands___________________...Island-.______________________________ IX. A, Marble quarry of Alaska Marble Co. at Calder, Prince of Wales...Co.'s quarry, Tokeen; B, Face of marble at depth of about . 50 feet in Vermont Marble Co.'s quarry, Tokeen_____...Tokeen_____ XII. A, First quarry opening, Vermont Marble Co., Tokeen; B, Wharf and water front of Vermont...Co.'s quarry, Tokeen: A, Southwest corner; B, Lowest floor____________________ XIV. Marble quarry of Mission-Alaska |  | | Book (edition) | | OF SOURCES OF AGGREGATE sources are given under county headings, with all the counties of England, Wales...Scotland in one alphabetical list. Within each county the crushed rock quarries, gravel pits and slagworks...address of owner or occupier Name and situation of quarry, pit or works Type or types of rock, gravel or...early Devonian age is worked for roadstone. One quarry each in Cornwall and Devon work the Hercynian granite...granite for roadstone. In Anglesey one quarry works syenitic gneiss. HORNFELS TRADE GROUP This group |
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