 | | Journal (issue) | | measured in Rockingham County, Virginia and one each in nearby Page County, Virginia and Hardy County, West...quartz arenite and quartz conglomerate ) HARDY COUNTY / WEST VIRGINIA SHENANDOAH\\ AXIS Formation...Upper Ordovician to Middle Silurian formations in Rockingham, Page, and Shenandoah counties, Virginia (modified...(1962) in Massanutten Mountain north of New Market Gap and in Little North Mountain. The authors wish to...(Figure 3; Yeakel, 1962). In Massanutten Mountain north of New Market Gap, however, Yeakel(1962) found the |  | | Report (issue) | | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com mon rock-making materials...to occur only as traces. ACCOMACK COUNTY: none given. ALBEMARLE COUNTY: actinolitc, agate, almandine, amethyst |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERALS ALLANITE (EPIDOTE GROUP) / @ Amherst County - Black pitchy allanite is found in a small pegmatitemass...used because of their radioactivity. Campbell County - Andalusitecrystals,somevery large,have been reported...locality is associated with quartz, sillimanite, kyanite and blue corundum. Many of the anddusite crystals...attractive cabochons can be cut. BERYL Amelia County - Clear gem quality beryl fragments measuring 0...can be found at the Trueheart pegmatite prospect north of Amelia. A few of the crystals have been faceted |  | | Journal (issue) | | rock materials: phyllite-schist, saproliteclay, kyanite-staurolite, anorthosite, syenite, and emery rock... from a sample (77A-B) of phyllite in Campbell County (Figure 2). SAPROLITE-CLAY ROCK MATERIAL CATEGORIES...Virginia include phyllite-schist, saproliteclay, kyanite-staurolite,anorthosite, syenite and emery rock...analyzed from the Allen bauxite mine in Augusta County. A sample (176C-A) taken from the northeast end...mined for kaolin in the Oak Level area of Henry County in the early 1900s by John Sant and Co. (Watson |  | | Journal (issue) | | TeHurium Sulphur Dinmond Gra1,hitc GOLD Albemarle County.-"Streaks" occur in quartz veins in slate belt...east of South western Mt. (ll. 8). Buckingham County.-A placer gold specimen about 7 x 10 x 17 mm. which...collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Culpeper County.-Two specimens with flakes of gold up to 1 cm....collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Dinwiddie County.-Two specimens from the Whitehall Mine with gold...error and should refer to Spotsylvania County.) Fairfax County.-A specimen of gold with galena in quartz |  | | Journal (issue) | | gypsum, industrial sand, iron-oxide pigments, kyanite, lithium hydroxide, magnetite, manganese, mica...Riverton Corporation in Warren County produces masonry cement at their plant north of Front Royal. There. crushed...Cement Company operates a plant in western Botetourt County. The facility manufacturesportlandcementfrom locally...Pittsylvania counties. Weblite Corporation in Botetourt County mines shale from the Rome Formation to produce...using semi-anthracite waste coal from Montgomery County to fire the kilns. They utilize about 100tons of |  | | Journal (issue) | | presently in operation a t Riverton Corporation, Warren County. Calcimatic-kilns were developed to utilize smaller...Vertical kilns a t Riverton Corporation, Warren County. ever, a 1:3 ratio of small to large feed is best...S. Frey Company, inc., Clear Brook in Frederick County. from the furnace, solidified, and crushed into...@ SELECTED AREAS OF POTENTIAL RESOURCES Clarke County The New Market Limestone is 67 feet thick about...thickness near the nose of several anticlines, north of Virginia Highway 7 and also south of the West |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...crystals, muscovite crystals, tourmaline AMHERST COUNTY Crystals of goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite;...1 inch across; found near Briar Fork, Albemarle County (photograph by T. M. Gathright, 11; W. F. Giannini |  | | Report (volume) | | Selected Bibliography of Andalusite, Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and Pyrophyllite in the...1019-N Selected Bibliography of Andalusite, Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and Pyrophyllite...showing the location of major deposits of the kyanite group of minerals and pyrophyllite. __________...RESOURCES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANDALUSITE, KYANITE SILLIMANITE, DUMORTIERITE, TOPAZ, AND PYROPHYLLITE...bibliography is a compilation of 566 references on the kyanite, or sillimanite, group of minerals and pyrophyllite |  | | Journal (issue) | | discovered in a passage of Endless Caverns in Rockingham County, Virginia in July 1996. The cavers left the... apparently in the area of Warrenton, Fauquier County (Hay, 1923). The whereabouts of this tooth is unknown...was found at the Ratliff fossil site in Russell County in 1993 (Figure 4). CAVE RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION...mammoth ulna (lower, front leg bone) found in Russell County,VA. Scale is 7 inches (18 cm) in length. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..., 1960, Geology and mineral resources of Rockingham County: V i a Division of Mineral Resources, Bulletin |  | | Journal (issue) | | Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming...Colorado, Montana, North Caroliha. South Carolina, and Wyoming, with Montana and South Carolina being the main...different ways, In a deposit near Tigerville, South Carolina. vermiculite is thought to be the result of the...alteratibn of pyroxenites. Some deposits in North Carolina are considered to have been formed by the hydration...The Louisa County district, in the western part of Louisa County; (2) the Buckingham County district, |  | | Report (issue) | | pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ ___...pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...a bulge in the hanging wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight...granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Same granite...and other units in the Big Bess pegmatite, Gaston County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can |  | | Journal (issue) | | Virginia led the Nation in the production of kyanite and a feldspar marketed as "Virginia Aplite," was...feldspar, gypsum, iron oxide pigments (crude), kyanite. sand and gravel (industrial), sulfur,talc (soapstone)...Virginia in 1982. Riverton Corporation in Warren County produced masonry cement by calcining crushed limestone...portland cement. Lone Star Cement, Inc. in Botetourt County, produced portland cement from locally mined limestone...in 1982, include kyanite, produced by Kyanite Mining Corporation in Buckingham County for use in the refractories |  | | Journal (issue) | | output, but increased in value. Aplite, clays, kyanite, and soapstone all increased in production and...that cannot be disclosed: Aplite, cement, gypsum, kyanite, and values indicated by symbol W . . . . . . ...REFERENCE INDEX ALBEMARLE COUNTY Southern: Pegau, A. A., 2. ALLEGHANY COUNTY Clifton Forge-White Sulphur...AMELIA COUNTY Morefield mine: Pegau, A. A., 3. AMHERST COUNTY Cormack, W. B. ARLINGTON COUNTY Great Falls...Stow, M. H. AUGUSTA COUNTY Afton-Staunton, north: Appalachian Geol. Soc., 1. North-central area: Johnson |  | | Report (issue) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT | | | Report (issue) | | Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | its turquoise crystals, apophyllite on prehnite, kyanite, Virginia has, in fact, over 150 mineral species...world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...(c) = currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...6.6 cm tall, Government Gravel pit, North Conway, Carroll County. Jeff Scovil specimen and photo. Downloaded... 4.7 cm tall, Middle Moat Mountain, North Conway, Carroll County. Canadian Museum of Nature specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERAL GARDEN 1. Black and Gray Limestone Augusta County Donated By: Rockydale Quarries Corporation, Staunton...Tightly-folded, Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss Chesterfield County Donated By: Vulcan Materials Company, Dale Quarry...Ma). 3. Biotite - Feldspar Granofels Albemarle County Donated By: Martin Marietta Aggregates, Red Hill...Proterozoic (900 – 1600 Ma). 4. Ribbon Limestone Wythe County Donated By: Austinville Limestone Company, Inc...Hydrothermally-altered Diorite (Furtharwite) Culpeper County Donated By: Cedar Mountain Stone Corporation, Mitchells |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | [University of Florida] at 07:16 08 August 2017 Rockingham County Mineral Club President, Charles Setliff 1301...a n d Silver Spring, Md. 20901 Minerals Beaver County Rock and Mineral Society President, William Schroeder...bulletin of the Rock and Min eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, carries a splendid article on...stint for the Girl Scouts. - - - - The Calhoun County Rock and Mineral Club, Jacksonville, showed slides...Alabama Gem and Mineral Society, Opelika, found kyanite, garnet and staurolite on a trip to Thomaston, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | more. "The Glove Mine is located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, near the little town of Amado, on the...inches in length. They come from Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado (altitude of pocket where found over...inches in size, comes from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Microcline {feldspar). Nice loose xls, averaging...received. These come from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Garnet (spessartite). Small but gemmy, deep...Locality is Ruby Mountain near Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colo. Topaz: Small, colorless gemmy xls in cavities |  | | Report (issue) | | CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1980 OFFICERS President: J. Robert Butler Department of Geology University...University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. Vice-President: Van Price, Jr. Savannah River Laboratory...Department of Earth Sciences University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington, N.C. William S. Henika...Radiometric Dating in the Sauratown Mountains Area, North Carolina (P.D. Fullagar and J. R. Butler). . . . . .... 7 Metamorphic Gradients in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (J. P. Gregory). . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Report (issue) | | North Carolina State Library jleigh ( f t NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN RALEIGH...RALEIGH 1958 G. CONRAD Norffe Carolir* St** NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...NUMBER 71 EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA By JASPER L. STUCKEY and STEPHEN G. CONRAD...Jefferson F. J. BOLING Siler City H. C. BUCHAN, JR North Wilkesboro SCROOP W. ENLOE, JR Spruce Pine VOIT |  | | Report (issue) | | GENERAL FEATURES OF THE MAGNETITE ORES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE.1 By W. S. BAYLEY. INTRODUCTION...DISTRIBUTION. The iron ores of western North Carolina and Carter County, Tenn., comprise brown hematite (limonite...of North Carolina have increased in importance. Brown ore and magnetite produced in western North Carolina...353 60,593 43,483 44,482 o From reports of North Carolina Geol. and Econ. Survey and Mineral Resources...total recorded .production of magnetite from North Carolina is about 1,331,600 tons and of brown hematite |
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Price Kyanite occurrence, Price, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA