 | | 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 (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 |  | | 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) | | 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...Carolina 27611 B. J . M C K E N Z I E Alamance County Pyrophyllite, cacoxenite, diaspore, sericite, pyrite...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tacharanite in an amygdaloidal basalt, Highland County, Virginia S I y c E its original discovery on the Isle...note is to report a new locality in Highland County, Virginia, apparently the first in the Americas, where...been reported for a dike in another part of the county (Mitchell and Freeland, 1986). The sill, which...about 215 metres. Its maximum width, observed in a roadcut, is 6 m, but it diminishes to about 3 m near the...line) east, northeast of Doe Hill, Highland County, Virginia, or 3.38 km northwest of the intersection |  | | Report (volume) | | Monazite Placers In the Southeastern Atlantic States By jOHN B. IvfERTIE, JR. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Bibliography: p. Supt. of Docs. no.: I 19.3.1390 1. Monazite-Southern States. 2. Hydraulic mining. I. Title...and uses ____________________________ Sources of monazite _______________________________ Rare earths _________________..._________________ _ ______ _______ _____ _ Alluvial monazite ___ _____ __ _ _____ _______ _______ ____ _ _... 4-9. Map showing configuration of the three monazite belts in the Southeastern Atlantic States in relation |  | | Report (issue) | | 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 ... | | | Report (issue) | | AJTUNITE AND TORBERNITE THULITE AND PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | THE CITICO CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MONROE COUNTY, / " ~ "NESSEE 1 ICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1552 Mineral...the Citico Creek Wilderness Study Area, Monroe County, Tennessee By JOHN F. SLACK and ERIC R. FORCE,...Study Area, in the Cherokee National Forest, Monroe County, Tenn., that is being considered for wilderness...Monroe County, Tenn. 2. Sample locality maps of the Citico Creek Wilderness Study Area, Monroe County, Tenn...thin interbeds of dark slate exposed along new roadcut at Sassafrass Ridge 5. Typical view of bedding-cleavage |  | | Book | | WARWICKITE OCCURRENCE 3 7 DIAMOND LAKE ROADCUT 3 8 GRACE LAKE ROADCUT 3 8 DESMONT MINE 3 9 ESSONVILLE... epidote, garnet, pyroxene 26 BOWER'S POINT ROADCUT Herschel augite, calcite, scapolite, titanite...chondrodite, garnet, hydroxylbasmaesite, molybdenite, monazite, pyrite, quartz, scapolite, serpentine, stillwellite...titanite, tourmaline, uranothorite 39 DIAMOND LAKE ROADCUT Herschel feldspar, hornblende, mica, pyroxene... ESSONVILLE ROADCUT Monmouth fluororichterite, phiogopite, diopside, calcite FARADAY HILL ROADCUT Faraday |  | | Report (issue) | | History of the New River, Southern Appalachians, Virginia By Brenda Houser Open-File Report 81-771 1981...and Newport 7 1/2-minute quadrangles, Giles County, Virginia-------------------------- In pocket Page...and Newport 7 1/2-minute quadrangles, Giles County, Virginia--------------------------- Figure 1. In...of the New River in North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia showing sample locations of modern New...Valley in the Valley and Ridge Province, southwest Virginia---------------------- 6. Topographic profiles |  | | Journal (issue) | | Chevkinite-(Ce), a Rare-Earth Titanosilicate from Northampton County, Pennsylvania Page 3 Rocks and Water— The Conflict...Chevkinite-(Ce), a Rare-Earth Titanosilicate from Northampton County, Pennsylvania Some Rare-Earth Minerals in Pennsylvania...then-new roadcut 0.5 km southeast of Williams Hall, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Northampton County, in 1966...occurrence at what became the Constitution Drive, Lehigh County, locality shortly thereafter [Smith, 1967].) 1...chevkinite-bearing pegmatite, Bethlehem, Northampton County (the word “gray” by itself signifies “gray granite”) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Raven Hills Court, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80919 USA; tel: (303) 598-1233 66 The Mineralogical Record...crystals abound at the locally famous High way 62 roadcut just north of Bancroft, and in numerous other col...vein-dike near Long Lake in Olden Township, Frontenac County. Tabular pseudo-orthorhombic euhedra up to 10 cm...crystal (1.6 x 2 cm) from Olden Township, Frontenac County, Ontario. George and Susan Robinson specimen. menite...itself is for the type locality near Perth, Lanark County, Ontario.) Huge crystals of microcline up to half |  | | Book (volume) | | roughly on a line connecting Augusta, Milledgeville, Macon, and Columbus. The first real Gold Rush in America...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: |  | | Report (volume) | | concentrated in the nonmagnetic accessory minerals, monazite, zircon, allanite, and sphene. Of these, sphene...parentheses beneath mean values] Location lone roadcut _ .. _ . _ ___._. Number of Sample type samples...2.7 3.0 3.3 4.0 4.4 4.6 2.1 3.7 taken from a roadcut in the upper sandstones near lone and from drill...Formation near Buena Vista. The sandstones of the roadcut (samples 14-3' to 14-49') showed a broad range...radioelements with zircon, ilmenite or sphene, and perhaps monazite. It is interesting to note that generally the |  | McLelland, James, Hamilton, Michael, Selleck, Bruce, McLelland, Jonathan, Walker, Douglas, Orrell, Suzanne (2001) Zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Ottawan Orogeny, Adirondack Highlands, New York: regional and tectonic implications. Precambrian Research, 109 (1) 39-72 doi:10.1016/s0301-9268(01)00141-3 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology, Colgate Uni6ersity, Hamilton, NY 13346, USA Geological Sur6ey Canada, 601 Booth St., Room 689...Uni6ersity, Hamilton, NY 13346, USA d 124 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ 07042, USA e Department of Geology, Uni6ersity...66045, USA f Department of Geosciences, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Gene6a, NY 14456, USA b Received...— A leucogranitic sample was collected from a roadcut at the base of Grasshopper Hill just east of the...associated quartz veins and pegmatites seen in the roadcut are 46 Table 3 Isotopic data — SHRIMP II, Pb-204 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | s ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / s e d g e o Monazite cathodoluminescence — A new tool for heavy mineral...2008 Keywords: Cathodoluminescence spectroscopy Monazite Xenotime Zircon Rare earth elements Heavy mineral...A C T An appropriate technique to distinguish monazite from other similar minerals like zircon and xenotime...significance in modern heavy mineral analysis since monazite occurs in sands and sandstone and may provide...provenance and history of sedimentary sequences. Monazite differs from the optically very similar zircon |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | generallyhigher. A sample of monazite, SQ-81,from Mountain pass, San Bernardino county, california, which had...North Carolina Gneiss, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia Cranberry gneiss, Deyton Bend, North Carolina...R B. Neuman, D. Carroll Quartz diorite, SV-l, Roadcut, north edge of town of San ViCalifornia, Baja,...Precambrian monazite ancl zircon from the Mountain pass rare-earth district, San Bernardino County, California: |  | | Report (issue) | | and typically they contain accessory xenotime, monazite, and zircon. Those of Spruce Pine district are...and typically contain garnet, but lack xenotime, monazite, and zircon. Adjacent to the boundary of the Grandfather...32.6 Gneiss of the Blue Ridge thrust sheet in roadcut to left; upper quartzite of the Chilhowee group...left. 63.4 Newland (elev. 3,620 ft.); highest county seat in eastern North America. 80.0 On left, outcrops...sequence west and south of Blowing Rock. Return to roadcut on NC 181 just south of park entrance. This cut |  | | Report (issue) | | and typically they contain accessory xenotime, monazite, and zircon. Those of Spruce Pine district are...and typically contain garnet, but lack xenotime, monazite, and zircon. Adjacent to the boundary of the Grandfather...32.6 Gneiss of the Blue Ridge thrust sheet in roadcut to left; upper quartzite of the Chilhowee group...left. 63.4 Newland (elev. 3,620 ft.); highest county seat in eastern North America. 80.0 On left, outcrops...sequence west and south of Blowing Rock. Return to roadcut on NC 181 just south of park entrance. This cut |  | | Journal (issue) | | Creek area in Polk County {22g}*** and the beds exposed 6t Sacchi Beach in Coos County are essentially equivalent... s.. s.. s.. i. i. - -- 3. Elkton Tyee. Roadcut on south side of Umpqua River about H or H mi les...labiata Reuss. 9. 4. Comstock overpass Tyee. Roadcut at east end of {former} highway overpass~· mile...originated from the nearby Oregon Chrome mine, Josephine County, subsequent depot purchases have included a considerable...times duing the 1956 season. These are (1) the Tri-County mill operated on a custom basis, (2) the AI Dunn |  | | Report (volume) | | 2. Lead-alpha age determinations of zircon and monazite from some rocks of southeastern Connecticut __________________...new lead-alpha age determinations on zircon or monazite range from 280 to 530 million years old and probably... c S a C c 03 1a c? c c? P? o? 0. Monazite 0. 0. c. c. ft c Allanite [Key to mineral... magnetite-ilmenite, pyrite, apatite, zircon, monazite, epidote, sphene, rutile, allanite, calcite, and...are allanite, calcite, pyrite, pyrrhotite(?), monazite(?), zircon, apatite, galena, rutile, magnetite-ilmenite |  | | Report (issue) | | quarry Renfrew–Madawaska area Renfrew County Road 4 (Bruce Avenue) roadcut Highway 60 quarry Jamieson marble...Carswell quarry Bryson marble blocks Bryson roadcut 1 Bryson roadcut 2 New Calumet mine Calumet uranium occurrence...Most of the collecting localities are in Renfrew County, Ontario. A wide variety of minerals are found...quartz, graphic granite, and corundum from Renfrew County; feldspar (peristerite, amazonite), jaspilite,...Westmeath bogs. km 8.5 Junction, Highway 44/County Road 49 (March Road) to Humphreys feldspar mine |  | Overstreet, William C., White, A.M., Whitlow, J.W., Theobald, P.K., Caldwell, D.W., Cuppels, N.P., Stone, Jerome (1968) Fluvial monazite deposits in the southeastern United States, with a section on mineral analyses. Professional Paper 568. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp568 | Report (issue) | | Fluvial Monazite Deposits in the Southeastern United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 568...of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Fluvial Monazite Deposits in the Southeastern United States By...of detrital mona%ite in the western Piedmont of Virginia^ North Carolina^ South Carolina^ and Georgia^...______________________________________ Monazite and monazite placers.__________________ Previous wor...Acknowledgments__ _ __________________________ Monazite mining in the western Piedmont.____________ History |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Survey, National Center, Mail Stop 954, Reston, Virginia 20192 Abstract Mineralogical and geochemical...native bismuth, bismuthinite, xenotime, allanite, monazite, and the Be-rich silicate gadolinite-(Y), with...groupings that reflect statistical associations of monazite, allanite, and xenotime; biotite and gold; detrital...inclusions in cobaltite; the opposite texture is rare. Monazite, in contrast, forms a poikiloblastic matrix to...Fe-Co-Cu-Au-Bi-Y-REE deposits of the Idaho cobalt belt in Lemhi County, east-central Idaho. The focus is on the Blackbird |
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