 | | Report (volume) | | THE LYNDHURST-VESUVIUS DISTRICT AUGUSTA AND ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES VIRGINIA BY MAXWELL M. KNECHTEL Strategic............................... 181 Lyndhxir s t mine...................................... Mount Torry............. Kennedy mine........................................ Black shaft mine.................................. Shields mine........................................ Blue Bank mine........................River tract.............................. Mine Bank (Pulaski) mine........................ Manganese Hollow |  | | Report (issue) | | about 10 miles. The area is principally in Roane County. Ore has been mined in many places along the west...about 9 miles, lying partly in Roane County and partly in Rhea County. -Much of this strip is in the bottom...bordered by a fault for about 5 miles. Near the county line on the outcrop the rocks dip 20° to 30° SE...SE. The ore bed, as observed at the Crescent mine, is 5 to 6 feet thick. From 10 inches to 1 foot of lean...necessary for blast-furnace practice. In the Crescent mine many small folds, diagonal to the strike of the |  | | Report (issue) | | LYNDHURST-VESUVIUS DISTRICT, . AugusTA AND ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES, VIRGINIA . 1 •z s,· s3• 0 • u ...ore occur in the Lyndhurst-Vesuvius district, Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, Va., at scattered localities...Mountain, Mine Bank, and Vesuvius mines. The manganese oxide minerals psilomelane, pyrolusite, and wad... I !t'{ ::s::r:;: FIGURE 1.- IND E X MAP OF VIRGINIA, SHOWING LOCATION OF LYNDHURST-VESUVIUS DISTRICT...productive deposit, however, that at the Lyndhurs t mine , occurs al ong a thru s t fault, and a few s mall |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | H E L L Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 Introduction Light-blue earthy...abandoned Kelly Bank iron-manganese mine in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Because of its light color and friable...crystallized tur quoise from Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia (Mitchell, 1977), and also it is unlike gem...a similar geological environment in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Montgomery, 1969). The purpose of...E E L A N D 10340 Holly berry Drive Richmond, Virginia 23234 and new Virginian turquoise and to describe |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS (PART GOOCHLAND By PHILIP East Derry, COUNTY In N edge of the James R...Extensive gold mining formerly on ex treme W and county line around Rte 605 to Rte 606. There are several...deep. Bell Shaft. Garden Wall M. Shaft. FLUVANNA COUNTY 2 / 2 M i 4 4 2 2 ROCKS AND MINERALS ...im portant operation in either county and as it is located on the county line can be ascribed to Goochland...Cowherd Granite O. Columbia. Op. before 1900 on E county line. Appears as a small face on N side of Rte |  | | Report (issue) | | -. I I ) li I VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY I UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA THoMAS LEoNARD Warsou, pn. D...Manganese Deposits of the West Foot of the Blue Ridge, Virginia .BY G. W. STOSE, H. D. MISER, F. J. KATZ, D....oclcAt Sunvry CHARLOTTESVILLE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 1919 'f I i i I STATE GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION...description Psilomelane lq 42 tq /2 Manga,rrite Pyrolusite Wad . Limonite Other minerals.... Relations...Creek or Seibel mine .. iocation geology ore Millins Vicinityof X'rontRoyal County BentonvilletoVauEhanStation |  | | 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 |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | commonly altered to other manganese oxides such as pyrolusite, braunite, and hausmannite, and pseudomorphs...forms in near-surface deposits associated with pyrolusite, goethlte, and an array of generally earthy iron...manganese occurrences of the Appalachians from Virginia to Alabama. Good crystals have been reported by...number of Virginia occurrences, including the Powells Fort mine near Woodstock, Shenandoah County; the Vesuvius...Vesuvius mine, Augusta County; the Midvale mine, Rockbridge County; prospects along Cove and Wolf Creeks |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rare. *Pyrolusite•MnO 2. Quenselite•Pb2Mn•O•.H20. Rare. Ramsdellite---MnO 2 (dimorphof pyrolusite). Ranci•ite•(Ca...Occursin prismaticcrystals. Commonlypartly alteredto pyrolusite. Psilomelane--BaR90•8'2H.oO (?), R = MnTMchiefly...layersmay be psilo- 'melane,psilomelane and pyrolusite, or psilomelane and cryptoroelane. Also occursin...(pseudomorphs ?) resembling a common variety of pyrolusite. X-ray andchemical studiesof typespecimens by... shouldbe referred to as "psilomelane type." Pyrolusite--Mn02, commonlywith a little non-essential water |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Technological University] at 01:12 30 May 2016 Touissit Mine, Oujda, Morocco This unusual specimen consists...MINERALS was found in June 1988 at shaft 9, Touissit mine, Oujda, Morocco, and purchased there by Victor Yount...Yount, a mineral dealer from Warrenton, Virginia. Later that year it was acquired hy Dr. Marvin Rausch...Foster iron mine, Putnam County, and at the old Rossie lead mines in St. Lawrence County, New York. In...Journal ( 1814) as occurring at Loudville, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, an identification confirmed on |  | | Report (issue) | | geographic coordinates and, where applicable, by county and section, township, and range. Both published...nickel-plus-copper in the deposit. The Gap mine (Pennsylvania) and the San Julian mine (California),are examples of...deposits varies widely. Some, like the Bluebird mine (Arizona), are small deposits containing 16 mostly...mostly only cobalt minerals. At the Standard mine (Oregon), the , cobalt minerals are associated with...intermittently between the years 1763 and 1853. The Gap mine, Pennsylvania, supplied nickel and cobalt to United |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pioneers of our age. THE MANGANESE MINES OF CRIMORA, VIRGINIA By EDWARD J. MARCIN 1917 Meadowbrook Rd., Merrick...Merrick, L.I., N.Y. The Manganese mines of Crimora, Virginia are the oldest and largest of the manganese workings...The ores of the mine are Psilomelane, Pyrolusite and Wad (impure, earthy pyrolusite ). The difference...mammillary, botryoidal and stalactitic shapes. The pyrolusite is commonly intermixed with the psilomelane as...oc- brian age and since pyrolusite and psilcur. The forms that the pyrolusite as- omelane are of secondary |  | | 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 (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) | | crusade against pyrolusite dendrites. I received the specimen many years ago marked "pyrolusite." However,...alike claiming there isn't any such thing as pyrolusite in dendrite form! I n their article, "Mineralogy...cryptomelane, nsutite, romanechite, etc., but no pyrolusite. I n a phone interview, D r . Rossman indicated...indicated that he had still not found a trace of pyrolusite in subsequently studied dendrites. F o r the last...specimen material was found in abundance at the County Gravel Pit at Mauldin Mountain. Mauldin Moun tain |  | | Report (volume) | | .............. Gerae s mine....................................... Ward mine...........................Pope-Hughes prospect............................. Augusta mines..................................... Daughdrill...prospect................................. Dulin mine, Ala...................................... Greasy...Ga., manganiferous pellet deposits.......; Gibson mine. ............^...................... t . Berkstresser.................................. Coble, Hickman County, Tenn.......................... Silver Bluff, S |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Virginia by RICHARD S. MITCHELL Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903...same county. I t also has been observed i n pegmatites i n Powhatan County, Spotsylvania County, and...world have specimens of allanite from Amherst County, Virginia. The mineral is usually black and is coated...radioactive. The mineral was reported in Amherst County as early as 1874. Mallet ( 1 8 7 7 ) first described...Specimens from the Rutherford pegmatites, in Amelia County, are famous for the per fection of their thin |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deweyite and uvarovite. Other Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and District of Columbia Clubs like the fossil...good hunting. Down Virginia way from the Staunton State Park to Altavista (Bishop Mine) the hunting is for...River Mine (Kelly Bank), Augusta — Rockbridge County, the minerals to be found are pyrolusite, manganite...608 to Old Coal Mine ROCKS AND MINERALS Road to Cold Springs Clay Mine, Augusta County can be found kaolinite...colors — and photographic scenery. Another favorite Virginia area is to Syria, not far from Criglersville, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8...Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mine—1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the head |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNIVERSITY OP VIRGINIA THoMAs LeoNenp Werson, Pn. D. DIRECTOR Bulletin No...No. XXIII Manganese Deposits of Western Virginia BY G. W. STOSE aNn H. D. MISER Pnepanso rrq Co-oprnetloN...Georocrcer- Sunvnv CHARLOTTESVILLE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 1922 .,,-,- r*Ld;r;rdili*l*dedg STATE GEOLOGICAL...Ilor. E. Lnn Tnrrrr,q Gouernor of Cha,i,rman, Virginia. Docron E. A. ArlenuaN, Ptesid,ent of the Un'i...preparation of St. Lukes Hospital tract .. Godlove mine .. /d ore 79 79 8l 8l 8l f,ocation and geography |  | | Report (edition) | | Department of Conservation, 22 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333; Telephone (207) 287-2211. Printed under...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...the back cover. Richard Mitchell (University of Virginia) supplied the photograph of Parker CleaveIand's...Maine Geological Survey, 22 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333 (207-287-2801). Conditions may change...visiting those which are still open. The words "mine" and "quarry" are often used interchangeably in |  | | 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.; |
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