 | | 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) | | 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) | | Sites in Virginia by PALMER C. SWEET Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Charlottesville, Virginia 22903...for people who are interested in col lecting in Virginia (Figure 1). All the alphabetically listed localities'were...official State Highway Map as well as individual county road maps (10^ each), both of which are available...Transportation, 1221 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. Topo graphic maps are available from the Vir...Mineral Resources, Box 3667, Charlottesville, Virginia and from the National Cartographic Information |  | | Journal (issue) | | 3 -- IRON AND TITANIUM MINERAL PIGMENTS IN VIRGINIA Stanley S. Johnson Mineral pigments are produced...pigments produced in the United States came from Virginia. These pigments may be divided into two types-natural...oxides are mined and processed a t Hiwassee, Pulaski County by the Imperial Color and Chemical Department,...a t Henry, Franklin County by the Blue Ridge Talc Company, Inc. In 1962 Virginia ranked fifth among six...crude iron oxides were first mined commercially in Virginia in 1872 by the Bermuda Ocher Company which opened |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MUSCOVITE WEATHERING IN A SOIL DEVELOPED IN THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT By C. I. RICH Virginia Agricultural...Station, Blacksburg, Virginia ABSTRACT A study was made of the weathering of muscovite-type mica to dioctahedral...formed from Wissahickon schist in the Piedmont of Virginia. The trend of weathering as a function of depth...indicate loss of potassium and expansion of the muscovite to form vermiculite as weathering proceeded. The...formation of this mineral from commonly occurring muscovite-type micas_ INTRODUCTION The occurrence of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | PENDLETON QUADRANGLES IN THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA Richard S. Good, Oliver M. Fordham, Jr., and Christopher...for finding or extending known gold deposits in Virginia. A secondary purpose was to relate the occurrence...prospecting. Gold is not currently produced in Virginia. It was produced, however. from a large number...within a gold-pyrite mineralized zone in central Virginia were selected for the study: a control area of...abandoned gold mines in the Caledonia quadrangle, Fluvanna and Goochland counties, and an adjacent area of |  | | 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 (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) | | No. 3 WNERAL AND FOSSIL COLLECTING SITES IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet and 0. Allen Penick, Jr. - 9...fee basis for people interested in collecting in Virginia (Figure 1). All the listed localities were open...available from the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Box 3667, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903. General...official State Highway Map as well as individual county road maps, both of which are available from the... in Virginia. AMETHYST SITE This site is located 4.35 miles southeast of Amherst, Amherst County, about |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS (PART GOOCHLAND By PHILIP East Derry, COUNTY In N edge of the James R...R., W of Richmond and bordering Fluvanna Co. with which it shares the gold belt. Coun ty Seat is Goochland...Extensive gold mining formerly on ex treme W and county line around Rte 605 to Rte 606. There are several...and N E of Tellu rium Gold M. extending into Fluvanna Co. Large acreage IV2 Mi. SE of Tabscott, 2 Mi...pyrite xls, tourmaline (black), biotite, chlorite, muscovite, garnet. Shaw Gold M. U/ Mi. N E of Tellu rium |  | | 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...\I i! II II BULLETIN OF 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 |  | Carter, Mark W., McAleer, Ryan J., Holm-Denoma, Christopher S., Spears, David B., Regan, Sean P., Burton, William C., Evans, Nick H. (2020) Geochronologic age constraints on tectonostratigraphic units of the central Virginia Piedmont, USA. Professional Paper 1861. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp1861 | Report (issue) | | Tectonostratigraphic Units of the Central Virginia Piedmont, USA Professional Paper 1861 U.S. Department...detector image of a zircon aggregate from biotite-muscovite migmatitic paragneiss at the northern terminus...terminus of the Elk Hill Complex, central Virginia Piedmont. Image captured by Ryan J. McAleer, U.S. Geological...Tectonostratigraphic Units of the Central Virginia Piedmont, USA By Mark W. Carter, Ryan J. McAleer, Christopher...II, Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2020 For more information on the USGS—the Federal |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...1988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...and State Geologist CHARLOTTESVILLE. VIRGINIA 1 988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mulholland Highway, extreme western Los Angeles County, California. CubicGarnets Foundin Marylandand...mineral concentrates of Rock Run, a small Montgomery County, Maryland stream about 5.5 miles (9 km) long which...spessartine cubic crystal from Rock Run, Montgomery County, Maryland, photo by the author. 2 Mineral News...sands of not only Rock Run, but most of the other county streams. For nearly the next two years, I continued...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com |  | | Journal (issue) | | No. 1 LARGE ANDALUSITE CRYSTALS FROM CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINLA Richard S. Mitchell1,William F. Giannini2...veins at a previously unknown site in Campbell County, Virginia (Giannini and others, 1986; Figure 1). Although...lengths to 31.8 cm and prism face widths to 18cm (Virginia Division of Mineral Resources R-8947). Unaltered...observed in petrographic studies of thin sections of Virginia rocks (Reed and Jolly, 1963; Smith and others...east of Lynch Station in southern Campbell County, Virginia. The Universal Transverse Mercator (U.T.M |  | | Report (volume) | | Stratigraphic Unit in the Piedmont of Northeastern Virginia By D. L. SOUTHWICK, JOHN C. REED, JR., and R....STRATIGRAPHIC UNIT IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTHEASTERN VIRGINIA BY D. L. SOUTHWICK, JOHN C. REED, JR., and R....metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks in northeastern Virginia. No fossils have been found in the Chopawamsic...Slate in central Virginia and with the James Run Gneiss and volcanic complex of Cecil County, Md. It may also...cavities of basalt." On the 1928 geologic map of Virginia (Virginia Geol. Survey, 1928), the bulk of the rocks |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Large Andalusite Crystals from Campbell County, Virginia: Their Alteration to Kyanite and Sillimanite...H E L L Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 W I L L I A M F . GIANNINI...N PENICK, JR. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Box 3667 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 D U R I...veins at a previously unknown site in Campbell County, Virginia (Giannini et a l . , 1986). A l though many...lengths to 31.8 cm and prism face widths to 18 cm (Virginia Department of Mineral Resources #R-8947). Unaltered |  | | Journal (issue) | | fee basis for people interested in collecting in Virginia. All the listed localities were open to the public...AMHERST COUNTY The amethyst site is located 4.35 miles southeast of Amherst, Amherst County, about 1...operated by Mrs.Charles R. Schaar of Amherst, Virginia, telephone (804) 946-5721. The collecting fee...BERYL MZNE AMELIA COUNTY The Beryl mine is located 3.8 miles east of.Amelia* Amelia County, off the southwest...(Figure 2). It is operated by D. R,Boyles of Amelia, Virginia, telephone (804) 561-2395. An admission fee of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | R. V. DIETRICH Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blac^sburg, Virginia P. D. FULLAGAR University of North...Maryland M. L. BOTTINO Ajax Company, Inc., Norfoll^, Virginia K/Ar and Rb/Sr Dating of Tectonic Events in the...the Appalachians of Southwestern Virginia Abstract: To investigate the effect of faulting on isotopic...sedimentary bedrock area near Blacksburg in Southwestern Virginia. Included are "Older Precambrian" gneiss(es);...and GA-1338) and the Research Division of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (40862). The investigations |  | Nelson, Arthur E., Marr, John D., Olinger, Keith E. (2000) Reconnaissance bedrock geologic map of the Red House, Madisonville, Aspen, and Charlotte Court House 7.5-minute quadrangles, Charlotte, Prince Edward, Appomattox, Campbell, and Halifax counties, Virginia. Open-File Report Vol. 2000 (99-538) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr99538 | Report (issue) | | Edward, Appomattox, Campbell, and Halifax Counties, Virginia By Arthur E. Nelson, 1 John D. Marr, Jr.,2 and...Report 99-538 Prepared in cooperation with the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources This report is...Government. ^.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Charlottesville...province, south-central Virginia. The map area lies mainly in Charlotte County, and it includes parts...Appomattox Counties, and a very small part of Halifax County on the north side of the Roanoke River. Topographic |  | | Report (issue) | | COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Bulletin 48 County Series No. 1 Outline of the Geology and Mineral Resources of Goochland County, Virginia...L COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE VIRGINIA GEOLOGI CAL SURVEY UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE...recommend for publication as Bulletin 48 of the Virginia Geological Survey s.eries of reports the manuscript...Geology and Mineral Resources of Goochland Co"nty, Virginia, by Mr. Carl B. Brown. The field work was done |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Pleare return thie publication to the Virginia Geological Survey when you have ao furthcr uc for it....COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... Bulletin 38 Kyanite in Virginia Geology of the Kyanite Belt of Virginia lrY ANNA I. JONAS Economic...JOEL H. W.ATKINS UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA t932 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATTON...DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN, State Gaolosist Bulletin 38 Kyanite in Virginia Geology |  | | Report (volume) | | ..... Eldorado County, by E. C. Eckel. ................................ Merced County.......................... Bartow County.................................................. Polk County...................93 Northampton*County.............'................................. . 96 Lehigh County.................104 Carbon County..................................................... 108 Dauphin County..............116 Blount County.. ................................................... 115 Monroe County........... |
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