 | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | ^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...forming a ridge north of Route 7 near Dranesville, Virginia. Figure 7. Locations of mineral deposits in...mines in the Soldiers Delight region, Baltimore County, Maryland. Adapted from Pearre and Heyl , 19.60 |  | | Journal (issue) | | yth ANNUAL JEWELRY GEM &MINERAL SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals, Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR...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...Minerals of Virginia J. Alexander Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard |  | Lyttle, Peter T., Aleinikoff, John N., Burton, William C., Crider, E. Allen, Drake, Avery A., Froelich, Albert J., Horton, J. Wright, Kasselas, Gregorios, Mixon, Robert B., McCartan, Lucy, Nelson, Arthur E., Newell, Wayne L., Pavlides, Louis, Powars, David S., Southworth, C. Scott, Weems, Robert E. (2017) Geologic map of the Washington West 30’ × 60’ quadrangle, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Open-File Report 2017-1142. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20171142 | Report (issue) | | been radiometrically dated) PIEDMONT PROVINCE CULPEPER BASIN Zfcrr Zfsm Zfbh 37 Ypg 69 78 56 42...Oo 6 26 Kps 201.2 ±1.3 Ma Jdg Jmhs Jmm Culpeper Group Qbc Kpc Ty 199.3 ±3.0 Ma CRETACEOUS...Allen Crider Jr. (2012–2017) 8 10 KILOMETERS 9 VIRGINIA MAP LOCATION Tc Calvert and (or) Choptank Formations...78° Blue Ridge Province Piedmont Province Culpeper Basin Coastal Plain Province 1. Nelson (1997) 2...the southern part of the Culpeper basin and the Barboursville basin, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mary Lynn White Minerals of the Fairfax Quarry, Centreville, Virginia................ John C. Medici ...universi ties in the area, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, California Institute...314-726-2236). amlier linritc on ijolilen csilcite! mcailc county* south ilakotn Extensive mining of six miles of...workings. In the 1870’s the Trigo Mountains, Yuma County, Ari zona occurrences were discovered. The list...analysis. The vanadinite is from the Apache mine, Gila County, Arizona, and the arsenopyrite is from Zacatecas |  | | Report (issue) | | Water-Quality Data-Collection Sites on Selected Streams in Virginia By Byron J. Prugh, Jr., and Clairiece G. Humphrey...cooperation with the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WATER DIVISION Richmond, Virginia 1993 U.S............................................... 7 County .................................................Map showing location of major river basins in Virginia........................................ 3 TABLES...and water-quality data-site locations by river basin] Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, and Albemarle |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | About 18 miles northeast near Jamestown in Cherokee County is another lead mine." ARIZONA—A letter dated Sept...Reservation north of this community (in Apache County) with "high hopes" of finding the legendary diamond...properties on Squaw Creek, Mineral Hill District, Lemhi County, Idaho. It is reported they are after Columbite...new related property in Eureka District, Lemhi County, Idaho. Good Assays of Uranium, Vanadium and Rare...is the Mine Consultant. "Iron Deposits of Lemhi County, Idaho, are now under investigation with assays |  | | Catalog/List | | plus post 1147 ■■ ALTAITE Organ Mts, Dona Anna County, New Mexico a few silvery I mm spots in dark matrix...- - - - -~ ---1152 ■ AL UNITE Marysvale, Piute County, Utah Pure orange-pink crystalline mass KAISO/4OH...127 ■■ DELAFOSSITE Consolidated Copper Co. Nevada. USA Tiny black spheres in while matrix Fairiy rich. Micro...1141 ■ HEMIMORPHITE Hansonberg District, Socorro County, New Mexi 1154 ■■ SAHLITE Gjerstad, Bamble ,South...quartz, Good Blue with short wave U. V. lxl £4 lx2£8 opal lxl £3 lx2£5 2x2£10 FLUORESCEN1 157 ■■ JACOBSITE |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................. 339 SILICEOUS OOLITE NEAR CENTREVILLE, ALA. By W. L. Pratt, Jr. ··················...································-··· 345 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSI1Y TO DEDICATE NEW MINERAL INDUSTRIES...(A kink on breaking semi-opal) .................... G ALLIUM FOUND IN VIRGINIA BERYL. By Kent C. Brannock... Peters in Chester County, and several places west of the point into Berks County. Two of the mining...operation for many years. THE CHESTER-MONTGOMERY COUNTY LEAD, ZINC, AND COPPER MINES All these mines are |  | | Report (volume) | | to some aspects of the geology of the Culpeper basin of Virginia. The editors are grateful to the authors...stratigraphic section through the northern Newark basin, New Jersey 19 By MichaelS. Fedosh and Joseph P...of early Mesozoic rocks of the northern Newark basin, New Jersey and New York 31 By R.A. Parker, H.F...and Deep Run basins in the eastern Piedmont of Virginia 40 By Eleanora I. Robbins and Robert E. Weems...phytoclasts of the Newark Supergroup in the Hartford basin 68 By R.K. Kotra, R.M. Gottfried, E.C. Spiker, L |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...tributary gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream...stream beds, etc. petrified wood, wood opal; along the Grand R. though entire Co., regional banks, breaks...wood, wood opal. 438 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The |  | | Book | | $12.00 ROADSIDE _ JrEOLOoGY of VIRGINIA Keith Frye pueke ajeus Ras “Wy _ Hingsulvey\ 7eauo\spues...NVIHOVIVddV Binqsia1ed ROADSIDE 4 JrEOLOGY of Virginia Keith Frye Illustrated by Ramesh Venkatakrishnan...1935Roadside geology of Virginia. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Geology—Virginia. I. Title. QE173.F78...59806 FOREWORD The great natural beauty of Virginia, from the Atlantic Coast on the east to the Appalachian...and weaker. Great rivers wend their way through Virginia, cutting spectacular gorges through the mountains |  | | Book (volume) | | chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Anne. The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, is sponsoring a Micromount Swap...a club exhibit in the Mellon Bank. The Beaver County Rock and Mineral Society showed slides titled "... viewed "Making a Cabochon without Machinery" Virginia. and " A n Introduction to Faceting." I n March...E Y York Indians." Gemstone Cutting The Bergen County Mineralogy and was the topic of a program presented...Anthony DiDonato spoke to the for the Rockland County Mineral and Delaware Valley Earth Science Society |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ankerite have been found in a road cut south of Centreville, Bibb Co., Ala. ALASKA — "Noticed in a recent...metagraywacke along the county road half way between Chestnut Gap and Lebanon School, Fannin County, Ga. These crystals...aluminum silicate rocks. This area is in Clearwater County, Idaho, and any visiting rockhounds can get directions... gray to brown masses, cemented by bluish-white opal. They were found west of Hornbeck in Vernon Parish...Rockbridge locality at Greenbelt, Prince Georges County, Md., has been identified as meta-strengite. This |  | | Book | | PROBABLY THE WORLD'S FINEST APOPHYLLITE CRYSTAL, CENTREVILLE, VA. SPECIMEN C O L L E C T E D B Y I S A A C...CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical pearls in delicate pastel...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets, glowing |  | | | | Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from...Darwin district, Inyo County, California; also at Antimony Peak, San Benito County, California; and large...district, San Bernardino County. Long crystals at Manhattan Mines, Nye County, Nevada. Excellent needle-like...excellent cockscomb crystals are found in Racine County, Wisconsin; at Red Bank, New Jersey, at Galena |  | | Book (edition) | | Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from...Darwin district, Inyo County, California; also at Antimony Peak, San Benito County, California; and large...district, San Bernardino County. Long crystals at Manhattan Mines, Nye County, Nevada. Excellent needle-like...excellent cockscomb crystals are found in Racine County, Wisconsin; at Red Bank, New Jersey; at Galena |  | | Report (volume) | | .........Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville...Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin......See Bauxite and Hallpysite. 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, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | have been found along the Cahaba River in Shelby County, Ala. The colors are gray with red veins, red and...Fortville is in N . W . Hancock County close to the Hamilton County line; the gravel pit is close by...by, just over the line in Hamilton County. Mr. Johansen has a Fortville mailing address and a McCordsville...except the drillers and they will not talk. "Russell County is in the southwestern part of the state and there...petrified wood. "In Ward Five of De Soto Parish (a county in Louisiana is called a parish), several large |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of vanadinite and wulfenite, is located in Pima County, Ariz., about 15 miles N . W . of Tucson. Although...Lithium-bearing pegmatites of the Pala district, San Diego County, California" has just been released by the Division...specimen comes from near Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado. "We find this pectolite high on a cliff...was once reported from Kennett Turnpike, near Centreville, New Castle Co., Del. Does any reader know of...feldspar mine. That day parties from Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, and Massachusetts went only to the feldspar mine |  | | Catalog/List | | Feldspar lxl £3 lx2 £5 small 2x2 £9 502 ANTIGORITE County Bridge Quany,Lizard ,Cornwall 172 BEEKITE Tor Bay...Mg C0/3 128 DUNDASITE . Tynagh Mine, Loughrea, County Galway,lreland White micro fibres or crusts with.... ____ _ __ 106 CORONADITE Cowshill, Weardale, County Durham. Pure black cellular mass, some slightly...-- ·-· - - - ··- ··-- - ··· ·- - ·-·----- - 849 OPAL Carlaze Pit St Austell Cornwall Rich, jelly-like...sections FLUORESCENT green short wave lxl £4 lx2 £8 opal Hemerdon open pit, Devon, collected in 1969 2x2 |
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