 | | Report (edition) | | (formerly Stoneco, Inc.}, near Junction, Pau lding County, Ohio. Specimen is 3.8 x 2.4
cm with the largest...Huron River, resulting in the discovery of two
County, Ohio, August 2006. John Medici photo.
minerals...ineralogical and Lap idary Society of Michigan
Stark County Gem & M ineral Club
Summit Petroleum, Inc.
$1-$100............................. 200
Halotrichite-pickeringite ser ies .. .................... ..... ...................... ...... ... ............. 220
Pickeringite (see Halotrichite-p ickeringite series) ... |  | | 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) | | at
mouth of Silver Creek near Edinburg, Portage
County.
Figure 1 (left). Rosanna Carlson sitting in dolostone...septarium, Copperas Mountain near Spargursville,
Ross County. Ernest Carlson photo.
Figure 3. Map showing mineral...were observed in the Huron Shale of western
Ross County (J. Medici, pers. com., 1998) (Frankfort site)...Melvin Stone
Co. quarry near Williamsport, Pickaway County.
Figure 5. Hematite nodules (largest 6 cm high)...high), road cut
near Canaanville, Athens County.
shales and carbonate rocks; for example, Huron and Cleveland |  | | 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
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Richard |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | left). Calcite, 5.5
cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith
County. Terry Huizing specimen,
Jeff Scovil photo.
Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1
cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith
County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing
specimen and photo.
Figure 4 (right). Cumberland
mine, Smith County. Travis...earths to make saltpeter, at Nicojack
Cave in Marion County, then nitromagnesite at the same location (Shepard...Sevier County (Coskren
and Lauf 2000).
The following index is arranged alphabetically by county.
It is |  | | Book (edition) | | Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa
County; ca1cioaravaipaite from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County;
carmichaelite from...from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from the Grand Reef
mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near...Mountain, Coconino County,
and grandviewite from the Grandview mine, Coconino County. A few of the
additional...uranium deposits on the Colorado Plateau.
Coconino County: near Tuba City (Anthony et aI., 2000).
ACANTHITE...sulfide found with other
copper sulfides.
Greenlee County: found in the supergene alteration zone at Morenci |  | | Report (issue) | | relations. _____________________
Gossan Lead of Virginia, _______________________
Location and topogra...Betty Baker mine...-----------------..---Grayson County sulphide zone. _____________
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Local descriptions Continued.
Gossan Lead of Virginia Continued.
Paragenesis of the Gossan Lead ore...Bryson____________________
Nickel-bearing pyrrhotite vein in Floyd County, Va._
Location and topography.__________________...not of the Ducktown type.__________
Virgilina, Virginia-North Carolina.-__-__-_--Arsenic veins, Craigford |  | | Journal (issue) | | yth
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Rocks&...Minerals from Virginia
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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 |  | | Book | | Geology and Virginia
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Professor of Geology and Dean
School of Arts and Sciences,...University Press of Virginia
Charlottesville
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interested in geology and in Virginia. It attempts |  | | 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...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz.
DOUGLAS COUNTY
CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | | Report (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4
Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (issue) | | Anhydrite, sometimes to white gypsum in a damp room. Pickeringite, white and yellow, to white powder. Coquimbite...is a vein in a bed of sulphur), to Santa Barbara County in the south, the principal mining points being...south of the city of San J osé, in Santa Clara county. The ore deposits lie in the Santa Cruz Mountains... THE MINERAL COLLECTOR. .33
Sussex County, N. J. and Orange County, N. Y. ; but the northern New York...must write you. I was brought up in St. Lawrence County, at Richville, where my father preached forty years |  | | Journal (issue) | | are also found
in cavities." Schairer, p. 18.
Pickeringite: - Schairer says: "Found under ledges and in...(1931) .
Schatrer, J . F . and La wson , C. C . Pickeringite from Portland, Connecticut. Am.
J our . Science...Mammoth, Great Onyx,
Crystal, and Sand Cave of Floyd Collins fame. There are hundreds of
smaller caverns...Kentucky•
Horse Cave and Cave City are in
Edmonson County, 100 miles south
of Louisville, almost in the center...the elements of nature, Indian
( •) - In Edmonaon County there are five
hundred known caverns, and every |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................499
Virginia .....................................................................................525
West Virginia ...............................................................548
Table of Maps
Page
Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4
Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22
Arizona County Map .......................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | Bettie S. Hackman,
Virginia M. Jussen, Elisabeth S. Loud, Mildred C. Mead, Virginia S.
Neuschel, and Dorothy...the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club. West
Virginia University. Morgantown, W.Va.
Caves and Karst...London, England.
Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology County Rept. County Report. Moscow, Idaho.
Academic Press.
...Los Angeles County Mus. Contr. Sci. in Science. Los Angeles, Calif.
Los Angeles County Museum Contributions...Contributions
Los Angeles County Mus. Nat. History Quart.- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural
History Quarterly |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................408
Virginia .....................................................................................431
West Virginia ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner
is.
Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and
polishing.
AUTAUGA COUNTY
PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.)
BARBOUR COUNTY
BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................408
Virginia .....................................................................................429
West Virginia ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner
is.
Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and
polishing.
AUTAUGA COUNTY
PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.)
BARBOUR COUNTY
BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a |  | | Report (issue) | | Maryland Geological Survey: Kent County; Queen Anne's County; Talbot
County. Baltimore, Md.
Mazama, vol....2. 18, 23, vol. 70, art. 3. Washington, D. C.
Virginia Geological Survey: Bulletin, nos. 11, 25, 26....Engineers: Journal, vols. 30, 31. Chicago, 111.
West Virginia Geological Survey: Mercer, Monroe, and Summers...6. Carbonic flora of Butler's Landing [Johnson County, Iowa] (abstract):.'
Pan-Am. Geologist, vol. 46...the Illinoian drift margin in
southeastern Owen County, Indiana: Indiana Acad. Sci.. Proc.,.
vol. 35, |  | | Book | | 5.95
and quickly informative.”—
“Practical
Virginia Kirkus
RANGE GUIDE TO
MINES AND MINERALS
A
by...commercial ores and secondary minerals by
state,
county,
township,
and geologic
range.
For easy identification...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western
county seats began as mining-boom camps.
In the nuclear...districts, such as those listed alphabetically by
county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...and explore for mineral deposits in
any state and county.
Finding Suitable Reports
You have every advantage |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and
the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite.
BALDWIN COUNTY
MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper.
BANKS COUNTY
COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal.
BARROW COUNTY
WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States
BARTOW COUNTY
AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper.
CARTERSVILLE:...Cave Springs (NW Polk Co. and
147
Georgia
SW Floyd Co.). E 1 mi., extending in a N to S trending |  | | Report (issue) | | recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would
be classed as...feldspar, and mica, occur in some form in every county in the State.
Among mineralogists, Colorado is...mineral belt that extends southwestward from Boulder County to the southern limits of the San Juan
Mountains...
lefferson County, the contact-metamorphic minerals of Italian Mountain, Gunnison County and elsewhere...minerals in the alkalic rocks of Iron Hill, Gunnison County. Colorado pegmatite bodies, considered as a unit |  | | Journal (issue) | | Anglesey, with
thanks to C.J.Williams, of Clwyd County Records
Office.
DavidGrem
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FRO TISPIECE
CALCITE...the mobilization of K, Rb and Sr in most bodies (Floyd
et al., 1976). At some locaJities the metadolerite...Memoirs of the
Geological Sun·ey, Grear Britain, 23.
FLOYD. P.A .. LEES, G.J. & ROACH, R.A. (1976) Basic
intrusions...[Copiapite]
[Halotrichite]
[Jarosite]
[Melanterite]
[Pickeringite]
.
Figure7 A selection of anglesite crystal...(1898) from the Durkee
Opal Mine, Baker County, Oregon, USA. Although it is
relatively common as a diagenetic |  | | Journal (issue) | | sujet. - plus longue grotte du monde : Mammoth Cave, USA, 560 km de galeries topographiées - plus long tube...724 grottes dépassant les 5 km de longueur. Aux USA, 15 cavités figurent parmi cette liste, dont 5 ont...intéressantes. - Les Monts Guadalupe, au Nouveau Mexique (USA), chaînon calcaire et dolomitique de 200 kilomètres...partie touristique de Wind Cave au Dakota du Sud, USA où elle ressemble à un spectaculaire grillage au...de la partie touristique), dans Lechuguilla Cave, USA et en France à la Cigalère, Ariège. Elles sont considérées |
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