 | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Bull Run Quarry Loudoun County, Virginia H O W A R D R. F R E E L A N D 10340 Hollyberry Drive Richmond...Richmond, Virginia 23234 Most collectors are familiar with fine prehnite, apophyl lite, and zeolite specimens...Narsavage, 1977), and at the Fairfax quarry near Centreville, Virginia (Medici, 1972; Mitchell, 1977)...are several other "trap" quarries in northern Virginia which have yielded beautiful and sometimes rare...environments. Bull Run quarry located in Loudoun County, Virginia, is one such quarry. To date, nearly twenty |  | | 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) | | often associated with apophyllite, natrolite, chabazite, and stilbite and commonly bearing labels featuring...localities as Paterson, New Jersey, or Centreville, Virginia. Recently, however, extraordinarily fine...80 in Passaic County, New Jersey. It also occurs in the Roncari quarry, Hartford County, and at Cheshire...Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, and in the Hampden quarry, Hampden County, Massachusetts. It has...respectively, and at the Cornwall iron mine, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It has been found in individual |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | drusy spherules of columnar phillipsite, and chabazite crystallized in the phacolite habit." Herschellite...specimen material was found in abundance at the County Gravel Pit at Mauldin Mountain. Mauldin Moun tain...is of Ordovician age. The gravel pit (actually a quarry) is 3 miles north of Mount Ida off U.S. 270 near...flank. The wavellite is typical of other Montgomery County Locations which differs from the more common Dug...Dug Hill material from near Avant in Garland County. Here it occurs in various shades of light green with |  | | Report (volume) | | assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland , North Carolina, and other Eastern...Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland , North Carolina, and South Carolina...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle...of entries, the basin name and the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle...are not restricted to an exposed early Mesozoic basin. The term "regional" indicates that the reference |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East D e r r y , N . H . 0 3 0 4 1 (PART INTRODUCTION...mines in Virginia, north of the James River, with the ex ceptions as follows: Albemarle County was very...northern Virginia. Maps used were the U.S.G.S. Topo graphical Sheets. Also used were the county road maps...of H i g h w a y s Richmond, Virginia The price is 2 0 cents per county. Other states could well follow...very high grade iron. Credit should be given the Virginia Department of Mineral Resources in Charlottesville |  | | Report (issue) | | and C.M. Sears U.S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 22092 Open-File Report 92-448 This report is...Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........Section A: Occurrences located north of the Hartford basin, New Hampshire ...................... .67 B. Section...Section B: Occurrences located in the Hartford basin and vicinity, Massachusetts .................... ...Section C: Occurrences located in the Hartford basin and vicinity, Connecticut ..................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | vugs in massive natrolite at the Princess Sodalite quarry in Bancroft. The dawsonite is found as colorless...the mineral is found at the Canada Crushed Stone Quarry of Steatley Indus tries in Dundas. According to...exposed on the west wall of the South end of the quarry along the ramp leading to Moxley road. Goethite...Ballyclare in County Antrim consisted of a brownish vesicular basalt with cowlesite, chabazite, erionite...development and have a rough spiked surface. The chabazite forms pseudo-cubic, color less crystals implanted |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | and regulations can be either Federal, State, County, or Local, legislated or promulgated and enforced...Creek - Rattlesnake Basin Clinoptilolite Occurrence ........ Bear Springs Chabazite Deposits ................................................ 21 Bloody Basin Clinoptilolite Occurrence ........................................................ 21 Bowie, Chabazite Deposit ..........................................Clinoptilolite Occurrences ............... Cottonwood Basin Phillipsite Occurrence ........................ |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | National Limestone Quarry FIELD TRIP – April 12th: National Limestone Quarry, 217 Quarry Road, Mount Pleasant... We will collect from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. This quarry is terrific for wavellite, strontianite, fluorite...a parent or legal guardian. This is a hard rock quarry and you will need heavy boots, hard hat, safety...on Calcite (right) from the National Limestone Quarry in Mt. Pleasant Mills, PA. Rock Trading 6,7 ...plus the Board. Join us at 3156 Eakin Park Court, Fairfax, VA. Just send me an email that you’re coming, |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Bedrock Geology of the Lake Tapps Quadrangle Pierce County Washington GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER... Bedrock Geology of the Lake Tapps Quadrangle Pierce County Washington By LEONARD M. CARD, JR. GEOLOGIC STUDIES...Geologic map and sections of a potential damsite at Fairfax Bridge._________________________________ In pocket...BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE TAPPS QUADRANGLE, PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON By LEONARD M. GARD, JR. ABSTRACT Bedrock...Carbon River; and Montezuma, now known as Upper Fairfax, which is in the southeast corner of the quadrangle |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Brothers quarry, Prospect Park; McDowell's quarry, Upper Montclair; and the Francisco Brothers quarry, Great...Lambertville) and two Hudson County localities, Laurel (Snake) Hill quarry, Secaucus, and Fort Lee. The...The geology and mineralogy of the two Hudson County localities have already been described in detail by...Localities: Historical Background Bergen Hill, Hudson County The area known as Bergen H i l l consists of several...located in Paterson; Prospect Park quarry in Prospect Park; McDowell's quarry in Upper Montclair; and the Francisco |  | | 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...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...minesColumbite, Gold, Silver, etc.; and (2) Old Marble Quarry on the Needles Hwy. 5.5 mi. NEScheelite, and deep |  | | Journal (issue) | | locality); Japan; Norway; South Africa; Sweden; England; USA: Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri...the Mariposa Mine, Terlingua District, Brewster County, Texas ldcntificntion Notes Occurrence Formula...Colorado School of Mines some specimens of Jeffery quarry quartz. In return he got 3 flats of specimens that...Franklin, New Jersey 0.20 1.40 rhodonite, a Park County, Colorado amazonite, and an uncut Utah variscite...Calomel,Mariposamine,Terlinguadistrict, Brewster County, Texas.A white flat crystal about 1 mm across. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil...with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing...15 feet to the left, parallel to the wall of the quarry. This tube varied from 6 inches to 2 feet wide |  | | Book (volume) | | the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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) | | the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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 |  | | Catalog/List | | THAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway 59 BOEHMITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Brown-purple mass in matrix Creamy...--· - . . - - ------ -·-··-·-· ---·7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway 696 CHROME DIOPSIDE...lx2 £15 lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 126 DIASPORE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen. Norway 1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordammcn,...lxl 90p lx2 £1.80 2x2 £4 Mica 295 NATROLITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Orange to red in feldspar.(Hydrothcrmal...ofNcpheline) lxl £1 lx2£2.SO Zcolite 296 NATROLITE · Saga Quarry, Tvedalcn Norway · Rich creamy masses with possible |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Maryland. (GLMS-MC) Jack loved field trips, and...Micro-Mineralogists (SCMM) in the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands. The timing of the PCMC is such... and Phosphatesfiom the Willard Mine, Pershing County, Nevada. Sunday was devoted to a field trip to...Smith on Minerals of the Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina. Henry Barwood gave a presentation...Sugar White, who spoke on Arsenates of the Great Basin. Alfred0 Petrov was next with a talk on Current |
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Fairfax Quarry, Centreville, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA