 | | Report (issue) | | of the Uniuersity of Virginia. Dn. J. I). Eccr,nsrox, President of the Virginia Polytech,rfic Inst,itute...ILLUSTRATIONS FIGUaE l. r Sketch map of the Trish Creek tlistrict, showing the location of tin-bearing veins...portion of Virginia, showing the location of the Irish Creek tin deposits, Rockbridge County 2. PAGE...and to for pubiication as Bulletin XV-A of the Virginia Geological Survey Series of Reports, a manuscript...illustrations of a report on "Tin Deposits Near frish Creek, Virginia," by Henry G. tr'erguson, of the Ilnitecl States |  | | Report (volume) | | Director Bulletin 936-K TIN DEPOSITS OF IRISH CREEK VIRGINIA BY A. H. KOSCHMANN, J. J. GLASS AND J.............................. r, Occurrence of cassiterite............................ '! Size and grade...Plate ; j Page 43. Map of the No. 1 workings, Irish Creek, Va., showing location of samples and list of...workings, Irish Creek, Va.... :Figure 29. Map of Virginia, showing location of the Irish Creek tin. district...DEPOSITS OF IRISH CREEK, VIRGINIA By A. H. Koschmann, Jo J. Glass, and J. S. Vhay ABSTRACT Cassiterite was |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THETINMINESOFIF ISH CREEK, VIRGINIA EDWARD I. MARCIN 1917 Meadowbrook Road, Merrick, L. I. The tin deposit...deposit at Irish Creek, Rockbridge county, Virginia is one of the few localities of the western hemisphere...hemisphere where cassiterite occurs, and is still present, in quantity. Its history begins around 1883 when...workings are located at the junction of two streams Irish Creek and Panther Run (we Yankees would call these...specimens of various mineral species can be found. Cassiterite is not uncommon and specimens of exceptional |  | | Journal (issue) | | FEBRUARYJMAY 1994 NO. 1 & 2 MINERALS OF ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA D. Allen Penick, Jr. INTRODUCTION RockbridgeCountyhas...Figure 1.LocationmapofRockbridgeCounty,Virginia. reported from the county. Rockbridgecounty is one of the more...more prolific mineralcollectingareasin Virginia. A largepercentageof the mineralsare concentratedin threeareas:...theyareassociatedwithmanyofthemineralsfoundthecounty. -is Creek; thevesuvius iron-manganesedistrict; andin t h e...tonequqoutsideLexingtonhas LittleMarys Creek, andIrish Creek. It is composed mainly of pink to red feldspar |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DryISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 115 TANTALIAN AND NIOBIAN RESOURCES IN VIRGINIA William...and Palmer C. Sweet .:;: ."' COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...State Geologist CHARLOTTES VILLE, VIRGIMA t99l VIRGINIA DTVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 115...RESOURCES IN VIRGINIA William F. Giannini and Palmer C. Sweet COMMONVYEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF...VILLE, VIRGINIA r99r FRONT COVER: Columbite-tantalite crystal from Mitchell Mine, Bedford County, Virginia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 Cassiterite Downloaded by [University of Saskatchewan Library]...2012 CiNOVEC, CZECH REPUBLIC This classic cassiterite specimen is from Cinovec, Czech Republic, much...wide and consists of an aggregate of dark brown cassiterite crystals to 3.5 cm attractively placed on a matrix...acquisition of a good suite of cassiterite within the scope of most collectors. Cassiterite has been known for centuries...Julius Caesar. Tin, presumably derived from cassiterite, was used by the Chinese even earlier, with their |  | | 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) | | exhibited a specimen of tinstone from Irish Creek, Rockbridge County, Virginia, U.S.A., a new locality for that...of light brown colour, pretty much like the cassiterite from the North of Spain. It was, however, remarkable |  | | 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) | | Alabama 36849-5305 SCHEELITE CAMP BIRD MINE, OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO I n keeping with the theme of the 1996...best known as an ore mineral associated with cassiterite, wolframite, topaz, and fluorite in high-temperature...have been pro duced. The Boriana mine in Mohave County, Arizona, has fur nished orange euhedral crystals...of the famous Camp Bird mine near Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. A complete description of this spectacular...E. Bentley (1948-1995). Cohen mine in Cochise County. Good specimens containing generally smaller, less |  | | Journal (issue) | | DECORATIVE-ORNAMENTAL STONES OF VIRGINIA D. Allen Penick, Jr. Virginia is noted particularly for beautiful...amazonite, fine moonstone, and topaz. In addition Virginia is well known for staurolite, prehnite, turquoise...minerals, rocks and organic materials found in Virginia, which have been used as gemstones and decora...report. Many of the localities will be familiar to Virginia mineral collectors. Someof the areas mentioned...collect minerals. There has been much written on Virginia mineral localities but no reports are available |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................... Tin deposits of Irish Creek, -Va., by A. H. Koschmann, J. J. Glass, and J........ The Three Kids manganese district, Clark County, Nev., by C. B. Hunt, V. E. McKelvey, and J. H............... Antimony deposits of the Stampede Creek area, Kantishna district, Alaska, by D. E. White......<...... The Coso quicksilver district, Inyo County, Calif., by C. P. Ross and R. G. Yates...........deposits in the Artillery Mountains region,' Mohave County, Ariz., by S. G. Lasky and B. N. Webber....... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | silvery white mica, and quartz. In the gangue the cassiterite is associated with mispickel. Till-bearing areas...a tin-beariug area in Virginia "extends along the east edge of Rockbridge County, in the line of the Blue...to about the north line of thE county." Throughout this area cassiterite has been found at many points...considered to b e along the upper waters of Irish Creek. The country rock is a coarse hornblendic granite...rarely more than a foot or so in width, and the cassiterite occurs in disseminated crystals, nodules and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS (PART GOOCHLAND By PHILIP East Derry, COUNTY In N edge of the James R...Midlothian, Line Creek Mills. Extensive gold mining formerly on ex treme W and county line around Rte...about four feet of clay-gravel on the bottom of the creek that is very difficult to work but has never been...processed by Powhattan Mining Co. on Little Byrd Creek. Hydraulic op erations were 30 to 40 ft. above...deep. Bell Shaft. Garden Wall M. Shaft. FLUVANNA COUNTY 2 / 2 M i 4 4 2 2 ROCKS AND MINERALS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1. L., 1979, Reconnaissance geologyof the Ginny Creek zinc-lead-silver and Nimiuktuk barite deposits,...AGE OF MINERALIZED GREISENS IN THE IRISH VIRGINIA BLUE CREEK TIN DISTRICT, RIDGE T. A. HUDSON...Georgia,Athens,Georgia30602 Introduction The Irish Creek tin district is developedin Precambriangneisses...Precambriangneisses locatedalongthe westernflank of the Virginia BlueRidge,approximately45 km north of Lynchburg(Fig...and it is likely that greisenformation in the Irish Creek districtwas,at leastin part, associated with |  | | Journal (issue) | | United States 174 160 175 179 Victoria 183 Virginia .186 CONTENTS V PAGE Washington Western Australia...carrying magnetite, similar to the forma-, The cassiterite is found, not in the quartz, Hill, Johannesburg...1904. At Kuils River crystallized pinkish-gray cassiterite occurs with wolframite in Placers have been formed...5-foot quartz vein cutting granite. At Bushveld cassiterite occurs with quartz in decomposed granite. The...Forbes Reef deposits cassiterite occurs large isolated crystals of cassiterite. in an aplite dike and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 04:13 19 December 2014 Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado A s virtually every collector knows...and some districts, such as those in San Diego County, California, and many of those in Minas Gerais...premier aquamarine localities, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, was highlighted by Jacobson and Lees... at Waterford, Oxford County; and the Square pit at Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Good crystals are...North Chatham, Carroll County, and the Sugarloaf Mountain area, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Other New |  | | Report (issue) | | Pleaoc teturn this publication to the Virginia Geologieal Survcy whcn you havc no further uce for it...COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSTON ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Deposits of Virginra BY ARTHUR A. PEGAU UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1932 COMMONWEALTH, OF VTRGINIA STATE COMMISSION...COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN, State Geologist Bulletin...33 Pegmatite Deposits of Virginia BY ARTHUR A. PEGAU UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1932 RICHMOND: DrvrsroN |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Cassiterite................................................rhombic crystal faces, from Nugget mine, Gilpin County, Colo.-................... II. A, Wedge-shaped...rhombic crystal faces, from Nugget mine, Gilpin County, Colo.............................. IV. A, Hiibnerite...from Clifton mining district, Deep Creek Mountains, Tooele County, Utah; B, Scheelite and gray quartz...Scheelite, 6 miles south of Osceola, White Pine County, Nev............................. XV. .4, Stolzite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | practiB. H. B. cally ended. Cassiterite from Irish Creek, Rockbridge Co., Virginia. By W. G. BROWN (Amer....coarse-grained, much t lecomposed granite or gneiss. The cassiterite is associated with quartz and wolframite and...also been observed. Some of the crystals of cassiterite have been examined ; in m e case the forms P...The following is a coniplete analysis of the cassiterite :Sn02. SiO?. T%05. Fe,O,. CaO. MgO. 94...Branchi-ille, Connecticut. 4. Prom Amelia Court House, Virginia. 5. F r o m Royalston, Mass. 6, From Stoneham |  | | Report (volume) | | Beryllium Deposits of the Mount Antero Region, Chaffee County, Colorado By JOHN W. ADAMS A CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC...analyses of minor elements in beryl from Chaffee County, Colo_-.-__ -_-------_------m 108 109 A CONTRIBUTION...BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE MOUNT ANTERO REGION, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO By JOHN W. ADAMS ABSTRACT Pegmatite...vicinity of Mount Antero and White Mountain, Chaffee County, Colo. The pegmatites, which generally do not exceed...INTRODUCTION Mount Antero and White Mountain, in Chaffee County, Colo., have been known for many years as a source |  | | 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) | | about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to see the famous collection...in Los Angeles can walk across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrill—the display of some of...Leadville (Lake Co.). Colo., almost at the end of Lake County, I found a specimen of small radiating chrysocolla...of Culloden, and one mile S. of the Monroe-Lamar County line. The cordierite occurs in knots and irregularshaped |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Survey (Ret') AwN.+JnsenRSEN'U. S. Geolog'ical County, Jewell Jeannette Glass was born at Daieville,...washington, the Petrologists' club of washington, the Virginia Academy of Sciences,the American Geophysical Union...(1933) . Rare chemical constituents of Amelia (Virginia) pegmatite dikes, and their mineral sources Trans...(1934). The pegmatite minerals from near Amelia, virginia. Amer. M,inerar.20,741 76g (1935). (with E. P...in metamorphosed Triassic conglomerate in York County, Pennsylvania. Ame.y.M.inerol,.23,430 43S (193g) |
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Irish Creek, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA