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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Cumberland County, Maine. Blue-bladed crystals to 2.5 cm long occur at Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts...at Ratlum Mountain, Hartford County, and at Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Kyanite associated...Prospect Park area, Delaware County, and at East Bradford, Chester County, Pennsylvania; crystal groups...Willis mountains and other sites in Buckingham County, Virginia, although none of the localities are noted...noted for exceptional specimens. Elsewhere in Virginia, pale blue blades to 20 cm across occur about 12 kilometers |
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| GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet INTRODUCTION Virginia was one of the first gold-producing...mines near the falls of the James River in Amherst County, as well as several placer mines in other parts...productive and sustained period of gold activity in Virginia was from 1830 thru 1856; the average annual value...Bureau of Mines estimates total gold production in Virginia from 1829 through 1934 a t $3,318,388. This figure...during the early boom years of gold mining in Virginia (Park, 1936, p. 8). I t allows for gold that was |
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| Ridge, phyllonite zones in TITANIUM A deposit of ilmenite and magnetite in the Wilson Creek Gneiss near...was mined from 1942 to 1952 by the Yadkin Valley Ilmenite Co., a subsidiary of the Glidden Co. About 230...body trended N. 15° E. and dipped 25°-45° SE. The ilmenite and magnetite occur in a gangue of epidote, amphibole...inches thick. Locally, thin stringers rich in ilmenite are found in the wallrock. In thin section a specimen...and Gildersleeve (1946, p. 81). It consists of ilmenite mixed with chlorite and serpentine minerals, and |
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| C COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA EPARTMENTOF MINES, MINERALS AND EN Richmond, V~rginia FEBRUARY 1997 VOL...Ordovician Deicke K-bentonite of Southwestern Virginia John T. Haynes' and William G. Melson2 INTRODUCTION...Ordovician strata of the Valley and Ridge province of Virginia and adjacent states (Haynes, 1992, 1994; Haynes...the Valley and Ridge province of southwestern Virginia the Deicke is present throughout the Powell, Clinch...these exposures, which are in Virginia and nearby areas of West Virginia and Tennessee, have been described |
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| Gahnite 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...[University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mine—1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the |
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| comprehensive listing, including detailed spot locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can...The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can be obtained from the North Carolina...Z I E Alamance County Pyrophyllite, cacoxenite, diaspore, sericite, pyrite, ilmenite, topaz, and chert...hill, 0.2 mile from the road. Alexander County Alexander County is a renowned mineral collecting area in...following are mineral collecting sites in Alexander County: 1) Emerald, rutilated quartz, smoky quartz, and |
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| 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 |
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| In the late 1970s, Ishihara (1977) proposed the ilmenite- and magnetite-series classification based mainly...the Japanese Islands, as described later. The ilmenite/magnetite-series classification is genetically...1974; Ishihara, 1977; Czamanske et al., 1981). The ilmenite-series granitoids, which are free of, or very...magnitude in some silica-rich facies than in the ilmenite-series ones (Shimazaki, 1976; Tsusue, 1976; Czamanske...(reduced-type) correspond to the magnetite-series and ilmenite-series (Ishihara, 1977), respectively. Note that |
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| . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper...Staurolite AVERY COUNTY . . ......... 13 13 13 . 13 Iron and Epidote BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet ...........13 Moonstone and Associated Minerals 15 BURKE COUNTY 15 Corundijin 15 Itacolumite 15 Toiirmaline...Amethyst f . , 4 .18 CABARRUS COUNTY 18 Minerals of the Cabarms County Mines 18 CALDWELL COUNT! 18 Pyrite |
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| Ridge, phyllonite zones in TITANIUM A deposit of ilmenite and magnetite in the Wilson Creek Gneiss near...was mined from 1942 to 1952 by the Yadkin Valley Ilmenite Co., a subsidiary of the Glidden Co. About 230...body trended N. 15° E. and dipped 25°-45° SE. The ilmenite and magnetite occur in a gangue of epidote, amphibole...inches thick. Locally, thin stringers rich in ilmenite are found in the wallrock. In thin section a specimen...and Gilder sleeve (1946, p. 81). It consists of ilmenite mixed with chlorite and serpentine minerals, and |
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| sedt111e111s 111 1he Koe/ong area. and is associated with ilmenite ro111a111ing 5% MgO. As 1he area lies only 70...ra\1, yellow zircons (some faceting grade), and ilmenite. C H EMICAL DAT A p u b l i sher vac 9 t6tt...basis of 12 oxygens for garnet, and 3 oxygens for ilmenite. to obtain the cation ratios. As Fe,OJ has not...ble 2. there appears to be two generations of ilmenite. One generat ion has a high Mg: Mn ratio, ranging...Unanderra: 80, 84 Warrumbungle Mtns.: 9 Whipstick: 4 1 Woodlawn: 83 Northern Territory Hans Range: 96, 100 Rum |
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| minor chlorite and sericite, with trace pyrite and ilmenite, also occur lower in the sequence in the same...Late-Silurian volcanogenic sulphide deposits at Woodlawn and Captain's Flat to the north (Fig. 7). Generally...deposits from the Lachlan Fold Belt, including Woodlawn, Captain's Flat, Benambra and Elura (Fig. 8, Gulson...I[]~[~E]l~l seawater Captain's Flat pyrite Woodlawn ==~== ,A • • 0 • 0 2J 4, vein massive ...t e p y r i t e in . p o r p h y r y • -2 Woodlawn sulphate syngenetic 0 recrystallised m pyrite |
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| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| the Mount Eogers Volcanic Group of southwestern Virginia. Sedimentary rocks The basal member of the Grandfather...rarely in the arkose. Accessory heavy minerals are ilmenite, zircon, sphene, leucoxene, and rutile. The feldspar...minerals chiefly tourmaline, zircon, sphene, and ilmenite occur as scattered grains or are concentrated...granules as large as 3 mm in diameter. Magnetite, ilmenite, sphene, zircon, and tourmalin** are the chief...Biver. It also crops out in the area southeast of Woodlawn in the adjacent Wood Mountain quadrangle, where |
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| isolated from adjacent peaks emitted by other 10 VIRGINIA DIVISION O F MINERAL RESOURCES Vol. 25 Table...for disequilibrium in the uranium- I No. 2 VIRGINIA MINERALS 238 series as compared with the shorter-lived...radioactivity of selected rocks. Rock Type Vol. 25 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES High Moderate...have a contrasting radioactivity pattern. us\ VIRGINIA MINERALS No. 2 -) In exploration for radioactive...exploration for heavy mineral deposits containing ilmenite and other economic minerals. This is due to the |
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| chalcopyrite In all, nine depositswere examined:the Woodlawn, lead-zincsulfides comparableto the Kurokoand...pyrite pyrite bedrite nite muth inite nonitc Woodlawn M t M m m t m t -- t Captain'sFlat...Figure 8 which includesthe relevant data from Woodlawn, 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26... Colo • Breadalbane ß Mt. • Creek Bulga Woodlawn ß (2) (3) (4) (5) Mg FIG.7. A. Distribution... chlorite + muscovite;class1 is representedby Woodlawn, Breadalbane, Mount Bulga,and Googong.Each containstalc |
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| beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...COUNTIES Alamance County • .' 22 24 24 Alexander County 24 Alleghany County 25 Ashe County • 25 Avery...Avery County 25 Buncombe County 26 Burke County 26 Cabarrus County 27 Caldwell County 27 Caswell...Caswell County 27 Catawba County 28 Chatham County 28 Cherokee County 28 Clay County • • 29 Cleveland...Cleveland County 29 Davidson County • 30 vi Davie County Durham County 31 Franklin County 31 31 |
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| beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...Alamance County ........................................................... 24 24 Alexander County ......Alleghany County ....................................................... 25 Ashe County ............Avery County ............................................................... 25 Buncombe County ......Burke County ............................................................... 26 Cabarrus County ... |
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| SULFIDES OF VIRGINIA FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK J. E. Gair, Editor U. S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 22092...Caledonian Stratabound Sulphides. Massive Sulfides of Virginia Field Trip Contents Page Introduction by J.E.... The Chopawamsic Formation of the Piedmont of Virginia by Louis Pavlides ............. STOP 1, 8 STOP...Geologic map of the Mineral district, Louisa County, Virginia 5. Geology of the Gofer deposit. Plan view........... ......... 68 Massive Suifides of Virginia Field Trip Introduction _/"" ; by J. E. Gair Stratabound |
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| ............................................. 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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| Fetter Lalle, London EC4P .:lEE Pllhlisiled ill the USA h)' Chapman (Iml Hall 29 West 35th Street, ,\Iou...Sandstone-hosted uranium deposits of the western USA Concluding statement References ORES FORMED BY MET...permission of the Economic Geology Publishing Company, USA. x Preface Why another book about Ore Deposits...semiarid regions. Term broadly applied in the SW USA and South America. Carbonatization A type of hydrothermal...legal requirements in certain countries such as the USA. Epeiric sea Flotation A shallow sea located within |
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| the autochthonous and the overriding rocks in Carroll County, Md., are more feebly metamorphosed than the...the boundary line between York County on the west and Lancaster County on the east. Fully two-thirds of...lies in Lancaster County, and the greater part of the remainder is in York County, only the extreme southeast...southeast corner belonging to Chester County. There are no large towns in the district. Quarryville,...Pennsylvania, whose results were published in the several county reports. In 1895 Kemp studied the geology of the |
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| vanadium and molybdenum; more than 50%. of the ilmenite, nickel, phosphate, manganese, iron ore, potash...in the Central City gold mining district, Gilpin County, Colorado (Sims et al., 1963) as shown in Fig....bedrock source. The Tarryall mining district, Park County, Colorado, affords an example. Placer gold was...and their related physiographic features, Park County, Colorado. thinly veneered or had been recently...gold related to quartz monzonite intrusive, Park County, Colorado. (Adapted from Singewald, 1947.) GOLD |
