 | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page)...barite specimens at the Elmwood zinc mine in middle Tennessee. This mine, opened in 1975, and other nearby |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on the Dumps of the Petroglyph Mine Hillsboro District Sierra County New Mexico CARL N. STASZAK 49 Zurbrick...1. View looking east from the Petroglyph mine, Sierra County, New Mexico. D uring April 1994, Leslie... This district, and particularly the Petroglyph mine, was noted by DeMark (1989) as being an area where...spent a couple of hours collecting at the Petroglyph mine as well as visiting Percha Canyon, where a number...the minerals that we collected at the Petroglyph mine. History The Hillsboro mining district, also known |  | | Report (issue) | | COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF MINEML RESOURCES...MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY RHESA M. ALLEN, JR. BULLETIN 8I VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES...CHARLOTTESVI LLE, VIRGI N IA 1967 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT...MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY RHESA M. ALLEN, JR. BULLETIN 8I VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL Commissioner...CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Richmond, Virginia ManvrN M. Sursenr-two, Di.rector Culnr,rs A. CnnrsroplrERsEN |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | painstakingly by dedicated scientists forming an overall picture of scientific achievement which the layman...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...material (high silica content). The ores of the mine are Psilomelane, Pyrolusite and Wad (impure, earthy pyrolusite...The difference between the high and low grade psilomelane is not 424 important to the mineral collector |  | | Catalog/List | | rather than massive. , some limonite matrix and overall size is a large 3x3 inch £40 .j__ l ~ he_ 4...yellowish-green coarsely fibrous in matrix, Whitesmith Mine, Strontian Scotland large I x2 size £ 14 6. CHALCOPYRITE...inch (a most unusual form of this mineral) Agnew Mine, Leinster Western Australia £ 15 itvf: u-uth·d...Previously this was generally referred to as Psilomelane from this location. (Dry Ghyll, Caldbeck fells...to about half inch size over 2x2 area. Ciampino Mine Alban Hills Italy £ 15 17. SAL AMMONIAC glassy crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Falls Church, Virginia. Fleischerand Faust (1963) report the mineral in Virginia but give no soecificlocalities...p. Cosurxsxv, P. R. (1948) An occurrence of psilomelane, variety lithiophorite, in Iralls Church, Ya...(1962) Geology and mineral resources of Albemarle County. Va. Di,t. Miner. Res.,8u.11..77,92p. R.lusnnlr...lusnnlr, L. S. (1932) An r-ra1' study of psilomelane and wad. Amer. Mineral., 17, 143149. Wmsr.rv, A. D. (1950)...independentlinesof mineralogicalevidencedenotethe overall disequilibrium character of these three enstatite |  | | Journal (issue) | | uranium-238 (modified from Hasbrouck, 1986). 2 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Radon is the direct...certain types of rocks and sediments found in Virginia. Uranium is not a stable element. Since the creation...radon can also be released into a home No.1 VIRGINIA MINERALS by the use of well water during bathing...separate from it. The majority of the rocks within Virginia which may contain some uranium are located within...year. The results of these measurements give VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Vol. 34 Table |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | painstakingly by dedicated scientists forming an overall picture of scientific achievement which the layman...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...material (high silica content). The ores of the mine are Psilomelane, Pyrolusite and Wad (impure, earthy pyrolusite...The difference between the high and low grade psilomelane is not 424 important to the mineral collector |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | WEINSCHENKITE, YTTRIUM PHOSPHATE DIHYDRATE, FROM VIRGINIA* Cu.lnr,ns MrrroN, K. J. MunerA, AND M. M. KNrcnrrl...ConrnNrs Abstract. Occurrence of weinschenkite in Virginia .. Properties of weinschenkite. . . Optical properties...single Bavarian locality, occurs in Rockbridge County, Virginia, where as in Bavaria it encrusts manganiferous...OccuRrBwcB oF WETNSCHENKTTE rN VTRGTNTA The Kelly Bank mine, where the weinschenkite occurs, comprises three...of the village of Vesuvius, Rockbridge County, Virginia. The mine was originally worked for limonite, but |  | | Catalog/List | | Santa Fe. New Mexico. Hansonberg District Socorro County New Mexico £25 3 DANBURITE single ,sharp, chesil...slight blue tinge on Ix2 matrix. Maybee Michigan USA £15 ( from Chris Naughton Collection) 9. MEERSHAUM...cavities up to one inch size. near Little Lake, Inyo County California large 2x3 £17 Ix2 £7 I 2. EPIDOTE good...micros of blue Kinoite in places £4 Christmas Mine, Arizona USA 16. MAGNETITE , black lustrous octahedral...2x4 £20 previously this material was known as Psilomelane 18. ENARGITE rich black-brown mass showing some |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | with admixed Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Wales. Chocolate brown massive, with minor rock...rich greenish yellow with white Barytes Whitesmith Mine Strontian Scotland lx2 £10 17. SCAPOLITE translucent...massive areas coating vughy Aragonite, about 2x3 overall size Koksin, Bohemia, Czech Republic £20 good small...red-brown coating on 2x2 matrix Christmas Mine, Gila County Arizona USA £12 26. SPHALERITE lustrous black crystals...too. Good small display piece Crown King Yavapai County Arizona, £15 32. CHALCEDONY off white botryoidal |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | 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...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Journal (issue) | | HOW-TO-DO PROJECTS 10 " CROWN OF SILVER" How to cut psilomelane by Gerald I. Hemrich IL---"ll12 THE CAMELLIA...popular abrasive by Joseph E. Makely FIELD TRIPS 16 VIRGINIA CITY - GOLD, SILVER, AMETHYST AND MORE A collecting...State Street in downtown Carlsbad, Calif. (Outside USA send $2.00 for cat■ los) GEMS & MINERALS - 7 ...of Jade "CROWN Of SilVER" How To Work Psilomelane Psilomelane is a collective name that is applied to...material might be used as a substitute. Botryoidal psilomelane is also of some in terest to specimen collectors |  | | Journal (issue) | | Wright'sRockShopspecimen. Minerals of the Scratch Awl Mine PhilipsburgMining District, GraniteCounty, Montana...location of the Cordaba claim, later renamed the Hope mine (Albright, 2005). Silver was the primary metal produced...magnetite and other iron oxides. The Scratch Awl mine is located about one mile south of the old mining...discovery date of the property is unknown, but the mine produced silver, lead, zinc, and manganese until...until the late 1940's or early 1950's. In 1940, the mine consisted of a vertical shaft with three levels |  | | Journal (issue) | | ago. B Introduction Bisbee is located in the Warren mining district of Cochise Coun ty, Arizona. Situated...within a zone approximately 2 by 3 miles, with an overall depth of 4000 feet . . . roughly 4.6 cubic miles...group at the first spring they half interest in the mine for the same amount to Messieurs found. The next... In June of 1881, D. W. James and W. E. George Warren, a prospector. Dunn told him of Dodge, the principals...Phelps, Dodge, and his find and grubstaked him. Warren was sup Company, asked Dr. James Douglas to examine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | December 2014 Wavellite Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas P hosphate minerals are a traditional...3-cm-tall wavellite from Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas; kevin Brown specimen, Joe Budd photo...Limestone Company quarry, Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The 2.8 × 2.7 × 1.5-cm specimen...Day Township, Saratoga County, New York; another at Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island; and one...one in Carroll County, New Hampshire. Several important wavellite occurrences are in Pennsylvania (Gordon |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..... 13 by R. B. Gibbs The Stephenson-Bennett mine ..................................................Foord Fluorite from the Pine Canyon deposit, Grant County, New Mexico .....................................Hanson Ilmenite expitaxial on bixbyite from Sierra County, New Mexico .....................................COVER: FLUORITE from the Pine Canyon deposit, Grant County, New Mexico. (See the article on page 47.) The...from a single locality: smithsonite from the Kelly mine. Probably ever since the 1860’s, when “Old Hutch” |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | substitution of O2– by (OH). However, due to the overall charge-balance requirements, the above substitution...after the CliftonMorenci copper district, Arizona, USA (Lindgren & Hillebrand, 1904). The chemical analysis...previously denoted under the generic name of ‘‘psilomelane’’, today obsolete. Richmond & Fleischer (1942)...described by Nambu & Tanida (1967) from the Kohare mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Its chemical composition...Sr(Mn4þ6Mn3þ2)O16. The type locality is the Praborna mine, St. Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy. No structural |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Collections a n d D i s p l a y s VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY . . . . . . ...l l e g u y Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24016 Blacksburg...Blacksburg, Virginia The Museum of Geological Sciences is located within the De partment of Geological Sciences...Sciences on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University campus at Blacksburg, Virginia. The collections...period of affiliation with the New Austinville, Virginia. Through this affiliation, a strong interest in |
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