 | | 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 |  | | 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) | | LONE JACK QUARRY Rockbridge County, Virginia R. V . D I E T R I C H Central Michigan University Mount...R Y , N E A R G L A S G O W , Rock bridge County, Virginia, first gained the attention of min eral collectors...of several minerals have been collected from the quarry, and some of them are in col lections throughout...(Dietrich*, 1963). It was prepared especially for this Virginia-emphasis issue, which was put together to commemorate...commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Virginia Geological Survey. The quarry is not open to collectors. Groups |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | July-August: Turquoise crystals on quartz, Lynch Station, Virginia; John C. Medici photographer September-October:...Aragonite, 236 Bald Knob Manganese Deposit, Allegheny County, North Carolina, W. B . Sim mons, Jr., 130 Barite...Columbia, Yukon Territory, 9; rutile, Hastings County, 284 Canfield, F . A . , 232 Canfieldite, 233 Caryopilite...Bridge, New York, 288 Charlesite, 238 Chips from the Quarry, 4, 108, 156, 212, 261 Chlorite, 159 Chondrodite...Mineral and Fossil Collec tions and Displays in Virginia, A Com pilation, 198; A "Pathway to the Past" |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS (PART GOOCHLAND By PHILIP East Derry, COUNTY In N edge of the James R...Extensive gold mining formerly on ex treme W and county line around Rte 605 to Rte 606. There are several...shafts and O-Cs are found. Pyrite veins altered to limonite which carries gold up to 2 Mm. diameter. Magnetite...ankerite, bornite, chlo rite, chalcopyrite, kaolin (limonite stained), pyrite, sericite, biotite, musco vite...deep. Bell Shaft. Garden Wall M. Shaft. FLUVANNA COUNTY 2 / 2 M i 4 4 2 2 ROCKS AND MINERALS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sort of orange. "The calcite is found in a rock quarry located almost due south of the little Brown Church...at Mille Lacs Lake (North Minnesota) in Aitkin County, about 2y2 miles west of Opstead at Liberty Beach...pieces have been found around Knife Lake in Kanabec County, Minn. " W e are keeping the nugget for our collection...comes from a gravel pit in the hills of Panola County, Miss., between Sardis and Batesville. This is...brown (almost black) massive limonite. Hence the specimen is also a limonite geode (rattlebox). The day |  | | Book | | Geology and Virginia Richard V. Dietrich Professor of Geology and Dean School of Arts and Sciences,...University Press of Virginia Charlottesville Qt z.^.z THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF VIRGINIA Copyright © 1970...by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia First published 1970 Standard Book Number: 8139-0289-4...America To Frances, Rick, Kurt, Krista, and Virginia 161781 Digitized by the Internet Archive in...natives of Virginia and visitors to the Commonwealth—who are interested in geology and in Virginia. It attempts |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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 S., R. 7 E.; |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | -------------------------------------Enterprise-Lone Jack nnine ---------------------------Placers_____...the upper drainage of Red Cap Creek in Humboldt County, adjoining the northwest part of the SalmonTrinity...SalmonTrinity Alps Primitive Area; (2) an area in Trinity County south of the primitive area including the drainage...also south of the primitive area and in Trinity County, including East Fork of North Fork Trinity River...(4) the drainage of St. Clair Creek in Siskiyou County north of the primitive area; and (5) a small area |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | needed to flux its silica soft ore or brown ore (limonite) may be added to the burden to take up the excess...Knob on the northeast and Lone Pine Gap on the southwest. Southwest of Lone Pine Gap the seam either consists...from Pilot Knob northeastward to the Jefferson County line, and West Red Mountain northeast of Mount...FEATURES OF THE DISTRICT. Russellville, Franklin County, Ala., is in the northwestern part of the State...Tennessee River. The northern part of Franklin County immediately surrounding Russellville is a region |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | ............................. . Copper-Stevens County ....................... . Lode gold ....................................... . Lode gold-Stevens County ..................... . Placer gold ................ .. Lead-Pend Oreille County ..................... . Lead-Stevens County ........................................................ . Silver-Stevens County ........................ . Tin, titanium ........... . Zinc-Pend Oreille County ...................... . Zinc-Stevens County ........................ |  | | Book (volume) | | Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ma-r yland, Arkansas...colour, but they contain less \Nater than does limonite (brown haimu,tite), and are therefore conventionally...the preceding year. The brown hoomatites include limonite and ochres. They are also called brown ores and...and magn etite. The soft. ores are hrematite and limonite . An outline of the piincipal features of each...miles. The principal towns are Biwabik, Eveleth, Virginia, Chisholm, Ribbing, Nashwank and Coleraine. 'l'he" |  | | Book | | milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...printing. Special apprec iation is extended to Jack Zektzer who gladly spent a great deal of his time...DESCRIPTIONS 21 ABBREVIATIONS 24 GLOSSARY 25 COUNTY INDEX OF MINERAL OCCURRENCES 29 MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS...(using a code explained on page 21) and a county by county list mentioning the nature of their occurrence...Parks and Monuments prohibit all collecting. state, county and city parks usually prohibit collecting. Please |  | | Book | | Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Appendixes 615...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will...of the county he is entering posted alongside the highway. By looking up the state and county, the user...guide can determine the collecting sites in that county by range and distance from the major cities and...information to reach a specific spot within a particular county. Many old localities listed here have, literally |  | | Book | | 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...green gem spodumene, was discovered in Alexander County, North Carolina, in 1880 and named for one of its |  | | Report (issue) | | Hematite _______________ __________________ _ Limonite __________ _______________________ _ Magnetite...on the Omaha vein system_____________ Omaha, Lone Jack, and Homeward Bound mines_______________________________...------------------------------7. Gold production of Nevada County, Calif., 1880-1932, and of the principal Grass...___________ 56. Development map of the Omaha,Lone Jack, and Homeward Bound mines __________________________...secondary or supergene minerals have been noted except limonite, calcite, and gypsum, which are now being deposited |  | | Report (issue) | | ................................ 30 Bernalillo County ..................................................................................... 30 Catron County ..................................................................................... 32 Chaves County ..................................................................................... 33 Colfax County ..................................................................... 34 35 36 37 38 39 Curry County .............................................. |  | | Book (edition) | | and several important mineral mixtures. (e.g. limonite and psilomelane) are included here to provide...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from |  | | Journal (issue) | | since it will be held at the giant Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, let’s just call it the “Pomona...section with serendibite near Johnsburg, Warren County, New York (Schaller and Hildebrand, 1955; Grew...Eriksson Tel: (703) 231-6029 2062 D erring Hall Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State University Blacksburg...24061-0420 Hours: 8-4 M -F, 10-2 Sat. Specialty: Virginia and w orldw ide minerals & fossils M ontana T...useum o f Natural H istory C urator o f Geology: Jack A. M urphy Tel: (303) 370-6445 Dept, o f Earth Sciences | | | Journal (issue) | | ince it will be held at the giant Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, let ·s just call it the...section with serendibite near Johnsburg, Warren County, New York (Schaller and Hildebrand, 1 955; Grew...Eriksson Tel: (703) 231-6029 2062 Der ring Hall Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State University Blacbburg...24061 --0420 Hours: 8-4 M-F, 1 0-2 Sat. Specialty: Virginia and worldwide minerals & fossils Montana Tech...Denver Museum of Natural History Curator of Geology: Jack A . M urphy Tel: (303) 370-6445 Dept. of Earth Sciences |
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