 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | E S IN V I R G I N I A "Virginia Division of Mineral Resources" From "Virginia Minerals" By PALMER C....for people who are interested in collecting in Virginia. All the listed localities were open and the informa...official State Highway Map as well as individual county road maps, both of which are available from the...of Highways, 1221 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. Top ographic maps are available from the Vir...Mineral Resources, Box 3667, Charlottesville, Virginia and from the Distribution Section of the U.S. |  | | 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) | | There is, however, a single locality in Campbell County, Virginia, at which tur quoise crystals are found...found in abundance. This is the Bishop Mine, near Altavista. Here, the turquoise occurs in drusy crusts...micromount and thumbnail-sized specimens. The Bishop Mine is best reached by traveling north-west from...628 (out of Lynch Station), on the left side of Route 43 is the White Rock Service Station— easily noticed...white-painted boulders in front of it. Park near the gas station. In all, it's about five miles or so out of Altavista |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | PISTOLS v the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; pho tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | the James River-Roanoke River Manganese District Virginia GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008 Geology...oftheJatnes River-Roanoke River Manganese District Virginia By GILBERT H. ESPENSHADE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ...____________ __________ ___________ Schoolhouse mine and nearby prospects_ _ _ ______ __ _______ StonewalL___...property_____________________________________ Campbell County__________________________________________...________________ Prospects between Joshua Creek mine and Old Tavern prospect________________________ |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | lbs., 400/lb. over 100 lbs. Black Mountain Opal Mine. Write Lander's Turquoise, 321 East Andy Devine...Phone (501) 262-2058. Fee: $2.00. Coleman Crystal Mine, Jessleville. AR 71949. Fee: $2-00. Under 12 yrs*...year. Free camping. **John Moundy, Mt. Ida. AR. Mine on High Peak Mountain. Ocus Stanly, P.0. Box I63...Adults $2.00;6—16$1•00, under 6 free. **Rush Zinc Mine, Fred Dirst, Guide, Yellville, AR 72687. Black...Willden Dr., Camarillo, CA 93010. Phone (805) 4824330. Mine is in Baker. CA- Open all year. Make advance arrangements |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...localities: The Bishop copper prospect near Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia . . . . . . . ....Cd-bearing phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...2002 National Officers President Susan Eriksson, Virginia Tech, 1013 Draper Road, Blacksburg, VA 24060 540-231-5360...localities: THE BISHOP COPPER PROSPECT near Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia Henry Barwood Route |  | | 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...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | HOUSE OF THE GEORGIA COMPANY NEAR \YHlTE , BARTOW COUNTY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA S. W. McCALLIE...manganese minerals ........................... . Pyrolusite ....................................... . Psilomelane...indiYidnal County ...................................... . Rhea property... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-83 Hebble mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....274 ............................ . 95-97 Norris mine ..................................... . 97-99 Preeman |  | | Report (issue) | | NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF MINES ^Vl^A-jAN CAMPBELL, Supplement to Q^ Chief :f-/">>i Bulletin ...OF MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES ALLANITE Inyo County: 1, Coarse grained allanite occurs in a pegmatite...quadrangle, McAllister (4) p. 52. Los Angeles County: Additional reference, Patchick (2) p. 237. This...diagrams. 1, AMPHIBOLES ACTINOLITE San Bernardino County: 3, Additional Wrightwood, reported by Berkholz...locality in alluvium, near 21. HORNBLENDE Inyo County: 1, In large prismatic crystals up to 2.5 inches |  | | Report (volume) | | Production ________________ .__________________ Johnson County ___ ___ _ Shady Valley district _________________________...M. E. King prospect_ Maxwell mine___ _ _ Wright mine _______________-_________ Osborn and Hopper prospects_... CONTENTS. Mines and prospects Continued. Johnson County Continued. Mountain City district ____ __________________...Goss mine ________ ___ _____________ Moody prospect_________________________'. _ Carter County '. _ __...Butler district _________________ __ _ __________ Elk mine __,.___________^_____ ______________ Dubault prospect |  | | 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 |  | | 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...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 V. Dietrich |  | | Report (volume) | | Appalachian region Continued. Page. Northwestern Virginia.................................................93 93 94 Virginia.................................._..................... 94 West Virginia..................................... I.................. Virginia. ....................................................................................... West Virginia................................................. Map showing the principal manganese mines in Virginia and the probable extent of the ore-bearing areas |  | | Catalog/List | | a protected cavity, on 2x2.5 inch Axinite. Obira mine, Oita prefecture, Kyrushu Island Japan £15 BARITE...masses in quartz, manganese matrix Fort Lismeenagh, County Limerick, was in the Borland collection, bought...CASSITERITE a very rich piece, nearly p from S.Crofty Mine Cornwall,, Seager collection small 2x4 inch £10...(Hingston Down, Cornwall) 2x2 I believe this is the mine rather than the quarry itself. £6 CELESTITE dark...card from the Taplin collection Fort Dodge Iowa USA £4 CINNABAR attractive rich red masses with rock |  | | Report (issue) | | hate ci aioecetene Mroietehet neon ene Hinsdalet County. war. wicss cetera ctonetere nate GLa ore ister...unlike. The most common of manganese minerals, pyrolusite (MnO,), is not matched by any iron compound....origins. Certain laterite deposits in India contain pyrolusite and psilomelane as integral constituents. In...list of the more important ores of manganese: Pyrolusite Psilomelane Mn0O,. MnO,.H,O K,O BaO Wad; impure...follows: PYROLUSITE, 11 manganese minerals, MnO: (Commonly contains a little water) Pyrolusite is a grayish-black |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town...CcdifomicL Santa Barbara With sections by Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division...DIVISION OF MINES Director AND GEOLOGY IAN CAMPBELL, STATE GEOLOGIST BULLETIN 189 Price $5.00 ...Nugg-et Frontispiece Preface 7 Introduction: Ian Campbell 13 Joseph Murdoch 20 Robert W. Webb Historical...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | view of the Tenderfoot mine (about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection...and Grace Dyck and wus titled “The Sunrise Iron Mine near Hartville, Wyoming”; it appeared in the MaylJune...“The Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyoming” and was in the JulylAugust 2001 issue...most notable ones. The localities are listed by county and then in alphabeticnl order. Where numerous...names are from Hausel (1986). Localities by County Albany County Allanite pegmatite, 12 miles W of Bosler |  | | 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 (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; |
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