 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, Virginia 20192, USA U.S. Geological Survey, 973 Denver Federal...Denver, Colorado 80225, USA c Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, New Hampshire, USA Accepted 1 June 2004 ...eastern United States. The salts, which are present on mine wastes, tailings piles, and outcrops, include minerals...deposits in the Vermont copper belt, the Mineral district of central Virginia, the Copper Basin (Ducktown)...sites). Geochemical modeling of surface waters, mine-waste leachates, and salt leachates using PHREEQC |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia By RICHARD S. M I T C H E L L Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville...Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 and A R T H U R S. K A T Z # 2 North Church Street West Chester, Pennsylvania...INTRODUCTION Although the old Sulphur mine north of Mineral, Virginia, has been a popular collecting site...prehensive tabulation of minerals which occur in this pyrite deposit has ever been published. Thornton and Burns...first systematic description of jthe minerals at the mine, but their paper, in mimeographed form, had very |  | | Journal (issue) | | No. 1 THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF VIRGINIA IN 1974' ADVANCE SUMMARY Total value of mineral production in...in Virginia in 1974 was $1,058.2 million, an increase of $512.8 million or 94 percent above that of 1973...twelfth consecutive year that mineral values have increased. Of the total mineral value approximately 81 percent...of bituminous coal, the Commonwealth's leading mineral commodity in terms of value, increased 1 percent...127 percent in value. Deep mine production decreased 3 percent and surface mine production increased 9 percent |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF THE No. 2 SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS Central Virginia Volcanic-PlutonicBelt as a Host for MassiveSulfide...GeologicalSurvey,Reston, Virginia 22092 Abstract Strata-boundmassivesulfidedepositsof the central Virginia Piedmontoccurin...Piedmontoccurin a volcanicplutonit belt composedof Lower Cambrian(?)metamorphosed volcanicrocksand locallyof...pre-Upper Ordovician,low potassiumgranitoid rocks.The belt, interpretedas an ancient islandarc, beginsabout50...extendssome175 km southwestward.The volcanicrockswithin the belt are locatedalong the flanksof the QuanticoColumbia |  | | Report (issue) | | (1951); see the annotated bibliography, sulfur and pyrite general reference 1. 1 deposits or districts...in petroleum and natural gas, and anhydrite and gypsum--occur in great abundance in the United States...The index map shows the locations of sulfur and pyrite deposits in the United States and Alaska, and also...EXPLANATION OF ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX MAF 1. Pyrite and marcasite deposits, some containing other recoverable...metalliferous deposits (mostly copper, zinc, lead, iron, gold, and molybdenum) that contain pyrites. 4. Coal |  | | 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...Division of Mineral Resources P. O. Box 3667 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 T H I S V I R G I N I A M...tended to list the best known and most significant mineral occurrences in the state. In line with a project...in 1976, the list is intended to assist amateur mineral collectors as well as professional mineralogists |  | | 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 (issue) | | 1987 No.1 VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX D. Allen Penick, Jr. This Virginia mineral locality index...intended to list the best known and most significant mineral occurrences in the State. In line with a project...in 1976, the list is intended to assist amateur mineral collectors as well as professional mineralogists...eventual goal of this project is to develop a mineral locality index for each state followed by a world-wide...world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | WORLD NEWS on MINERAL OCCURRENCES by V A N D A L L T. KING Dept. Geological Sciences Ridge Lea Rd. SUNYAB...Special discretion must be used when reporting mineral discoveries. If particu larly good examples of... many collectors often have knowledge of rare mineral discov eries that have required the use of special...wulfenite is coming out of the well known San Francisco mine in Magdalena, Sonora. This note from Callahan's...limonite square patches apparently altered from pyrite. Tiny scales of specular hematite are evident under |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Box 3667, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903. A county road...road map of Washington County is available from the Information Office, Virginia Department of Highways,... 1221 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219 or the Residency Shop in Ablingdon. Permission should...Martha Washington Inn. Head east. 0.4 Washington County Courthouse on left. 0.64 0.1 House on left. Behind... r VIRGINIA Index map for road log. QUADRANGLE - --- 0 1 2 VIRGINIA DIVISION O F MINERAL RESOURCES |  | Seal, Robert R., Hammarstrom, Jane M., Johnson, Adam N., Piatak, Nadine M., Wandless, Gregory A. (2008) Environmental geochemistry of a Kuroko-type massive sulfide deposit at the abandoned Valzinco mine, Virginia, USA. Applied Geochemistry, 23 (2) 320-342 doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.10.001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sulfide deposit at the abandoned Valzinco mine, Virginia, USA Robert R. Seal II *, Jane M. Hammarstrom...Reston, VA 20192, USA Available online 7 October 2007 Abstract The abandoned Valzinco mine, which worked...deposit in the Virginia Au–pyrite belt, contributed significant metal-laden acid-mine drainage to the...acid-neutralizing potential. The ores were dominated by pyrite, sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite, which represented...leaching studies of flotation tailings – the dominant mine waste at the site – indicated that they were acid |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gem & Mineral Association PRESENTS yth ANNUAL JEWELRY GEM &MINERAL SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals...PROSPECTOR VISIT OUR MINE-KEEP WHAT YOU FIND DOOR PRIZES HOURLY DEALERS GEM, MINERAL & FOSSIL DISPLAYS...14,1977 VIRGINIA BEACH CIVIC CENTER (THE DOME) 19TH AND PACIFIC AVENUE VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA Rocks&...Minerals from Virginia Richard S. Mitchell 230 Mineral and Fossil Collecting Sites in Virginia Palmer C....Resume: Pseudomorphs in Virginia R. V. Dietrich 244 The Geology of Virginia W. Cullen Sherwood 250 Prehnite—Apophyllite |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...The commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Book (volume) | | gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Book | | Geology and Virginia Richard V. Dietrich Professor of Geology and Dean School of Arts and Sciences,...University Press of Virginia Charlottesville Qt z.^.z THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF VIRGINIA Copyright © 1970...by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia First published 1970 Standard Book Number: 8139-0289-4...America To Frances, Rick, Kurt, Krista, and Virginia 161781 Digitized by the Internet Archive in...natives of Virginia and visitors to the Commonwealth—who are interested in geology and in Virginia. It attempts |  | | Report (chapter) | | 6 Metal-sulfate Salts from Sulfide Mineral Oxidation John L. Jambor Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences...closed-basin lakes, in rock outcrops, and in mines and mine wastes has been noted since early antiquity. The...ancient civilizations. It forms from the oxidation of pyrite in shales and slates and from oxidation of sulfurous...sulfides, such as cobaltite. He goes on to say that “Pyrite , unless it contains sulphates, is either a golden...commonly is caused by different amounts of admixed pyrite with sulfate minerals. From the days of the Greek |  | | Report (issue) | | INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Characteristics of Mineral Deposit Occurrences Compiled by Ralph L. Erickson.... Model for contact metasomatic tungsten/copper/gold deposits, by J. E. Elliott........................R. Shawe.......... Orogenic (metamorphic-hosted) gold-quartz veins, by J. K. Bohlke......... Volcanic...Theobald, Jr.......................................... Belt Stratabound Cu-Ag, by J. E. Harrison..............Stratabound massive sulfide--deposits in an island-arc belt of volcanic/volcaniclastic rocks, by Leslie Cox |  | | Book | | Geology, University of and State Geologist of Virginia. Fourth Cloth; 6 by 9; 708 pages; 253 figures...the 83 plates, comprising 154 figures. Watson, Virginia, Edition. text, and Elements of Engineering Geology...blue. Semianthracite is mined in Pennsylvania and Virginia, and is known in western Canada. Anthracite Coal...coke.”’ Natural coke is also found in New Mexico, Virginia, and IIli- nois.” Rank and Grade.—The term rank...proximate. In the first, all ingredients except mineral matter expressed in elementary form. In the second |  | | Book (edition) | | Geology, University of Virand State Geologist of Virginia, xxvi+722 pages, 6 by 9. 249 figures in the text...included a description of the more important Canadian mineral deposits, as well as brief references to some of...Salines and Associated Substances VII. 210 244 Gypsum VIII. Fertilizers. 260 . 284 IX. Abrasives...Lead and Zinc XVIII. Silver 621 Lead Ores XIX. Gold and 658 Silver 676 XX. Minor Metals. Aluminum...anthracite region 10. Structure section in Tazewell County, east of Richlands, southwest 8. 9. 12. 13. |  | | Book | | 5.95 and quickly informative.”— “Practical Virginia Kirkus RANGE GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERALS A by... abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present and man generally absent. He tells...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...provides a comprehensive, alphabetical listing of 400 mineral species and an outline of the essential chemical...Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting 18 3 Your Mineral Collection 32 4 Techniques of |  | | Book | | (A Biography) Jay Ellis Ransom EMS of and MINERAL AMERI A A Guide to Rock Collecting HARPER & ROW...bdg.) 1 For America's millions of gerr1 and mineral collectors, but especially for Karl Denny, whose...Collecting 1. Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones 1 3 Mineral Characteristics; Gemstone Characteristics; The...Stones vs. Gemstones; Colorful Ore Minerals 2. Mineral Environments (I): The Igneous Rocks 11 The American...The Geologic Timetable; Prelude to Understanding Mineral Environments; The Classes of Rocks; Minerals Found |  | | Report (volume) | | Paul H. Ribbe, Series Editor Virginia Tech, Blacksburg (click on Rev Mineral Geochem entry) December 9...minerals represent an important component of our mineral economy, the pollution problems in our air and...affect the land we utilize. Vast quantities of gypsum are consumed in the manufacture of wallboard, and...also used in sculpture in the forms of alabaster (gypsum) and papier-mâché (bassanite). For centuries, Al-sulfate...processing of coal or metal-sulfide ores (largely for gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc) produce waste materials |  | | Journal (volume) | | THE MINERAL INDUSTRY ITS STATISTICS, TECHNOLOGY AND TRADE DURING 1909 FOUNDED BY RICHARD EDITED...Tin Mining in Bolivia. Coal Alining in Montana. Gold in Montana. Ainsworth, Samuel Colcord, F. F. 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