I'm doing a report on 10 minerals mined in Virginia and one of the ones i found was limestone. Can anyone tell me where it is mined in Virginia?
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http://www.mme.state.va.us/Dmm/Orphaned%20Mineral%20Mines/Docs/Orphaned%20Mineral%20Mines.htm\n\nEach year West Virginia mines and quarries produce 10 to 13 million tons of limestone and dolomite valued at between $40,000,000 and $53,000,000. These materials are used to make a wide variety of products, including: construction aggregate, agricultural lime, coal mine safety dust, fluxing agents, desulfurization sorbents for coal-fired power plants, lime, and acid neutralizers. (Copy from: http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/geology/geolmrls.htm)
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There are some pay to dig sites in  Marion County. Fluorite and Galena near El Dorado, Near Cave in the Rock there are some Fluorspar mines, and some Calcite near Golconda. This is from the GPAA mining guide. Lots of luck, hope you find a bunch.
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It looks like an opal to me.  Check the hardness, if you can inscribe it with a steel knife it is softer than 6-7on the Moh's hardness scale, and probably an opal. if the blue mineral scatches glass it is harder than 5.
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Too long to list:\nhttp://seis.natsci.csulb.edu/bperry/ROCKS.htm\ngood site
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Many open-pit mines or quarries are cause for concern not for the actual mining but for the processes carried out after mining.\n\nThe rough material or the ore brought out of the mine has to be processed w/ chemicals in order to obtain a particular metal or mineral. This is one of the major causes of concern.\n\nMines such as this often have holding ponds in which water from the mining process accumulates. Along w/ the water are the many chemicals used in processing the ore.\n\nFlooding of these holding ponds are a cause for concern as they run a risk of contaminating local aquifers & watersheds.\n\nSometimes earthen dams are used in holding back water in these contamination ponds. If flooding does occur, the odds of the dam giving way are very likely.\n\nThe soil also runs a risk of being contaminated by these chemicals, staying there for many, many years.\n\nOne such scenario happened at a small gold mining operation in Jefferson, SC in the early 1990's.\n\nCyanide is often used in the gold recovery process. In the particular case mentioned above, the holding ponds containing the cyanide laced water contaminated the Lynches River killing hundreds of fish & making many ill. The cause of this accident was an earthen dam that gave way after many days of hard rain.
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There was a mine (or two) called Surrender. I'm guessing it comes from that. \n\nThe museum might help you\n\nSwaledale Museum, \nThe Green, \nReeth, \nRichmond, \nN-Yorks, \nDL11 6QT\n \n\n  \nE-mail:\n museum@swaledale.org\n \n\n  \nTelephone:\n (01748) 884118
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Send orders to: Daniel W. Bly, 403 18th Street, Grottoes, VA 24441; e-mail: dwbly@aol.com\n\nEighteenth-century Swiss and German pioneer families of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and their European origins and ancestors. Families in this volume: Brambach, Coffelt, Foltz, Hockman, Hoover, Niswanger-Niswander, Stephens, Wakeman, and Zehring.
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There are also sites devoted to positions in Virginia:\nhttp://www.stateinformation.com/virem.html\n\nHope this helps!
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From the 1890 Census.  You can find the data at:\n\nhttp://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/censusbin/census/cen.pl?year=890
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this site should answer your questions... \nhttp://www.graymont.com/what_is_lime.shtml
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I don't believe any of the choices are correct, I'd be curious to see your source.\n\nThe Quakers had early settlements in Virginia, nothing really specifically connected witht eh Appalachain Mountains.
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Absolutely correct! I second the motion.\n\nThere is never a 100% guarantee of anything in mineral prospecting. Even with a good site analysis and positive assay results, it may be there in commercial amounts, or just enough for collector's amusement.
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Almost Everything You Might Want to Know about Virginia\n\nLocation:\nLocated midway between New York and Florida, Virginia is the gateway to the South. It is also sometimes classified in the Mid-Atlantic region. The Commonwealth is bordered by Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, and Maryland to the north; the Atlantic Ocean to the east; North Carolina and Tennessee to the south; and West Virginia and Kentucky to the west.\n\nGeography:\nWestern Virginia is mountainous, covered by the Allegheny and Blue Ridge mountains with the great Shenandoah Valley falling between the ranges. The central piedmont region, with its rolling hills, flattens out into the sandy coastal plain toward the Atlantic Ocean.\n\nClimate:\nMild with four distinct seasons\n\nArea:\n42,767 square miles\n\nPopulation:\n6,872,900 in 1999\n\nMajor Industries:\nManufacturing, exports, tourism, which accounted for $13.1 billion in 2000 - up from $12.4 billion in 1999 - and employed more than 200,000 workers, high technology and agriculture\n\nCapital:\nRichmond (since 1780)\n\nBeverage: Milk\nBird: Cardinal\nBoat: Chesapeake Bay Deadrise\nDog: Foxhound\nFish: Brook Trout\nFlag: The flag of Virginia contains the state seal in a field of blue. It was first used in the 1830s but not officially adopted until 1930.\nFloral Emblem: Dogwood\nFolk Dance: Square Dancing\nInsect: Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly\nSeal: The great seal of Virginia is circular.In the center is a figure of Virtus, the goddess of virtue, dressed as a warrior.She holds a spear in her right hand, with its point held downward touching the earth. In her left hand is a sheathed sword pointing upward.Her left foot rests on the chest of the figure of tyrany, who is lying on the ground. Above the figure is the word "Virginia," and under the figures is the state motto "Sic Semper Tyrannis" or "Thus Always to Tyrants." The seal, designed by George Wythe, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was first adopted in 1776 and modified in 1930.\nShell: Oyster
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It's not right in your area, but in your state. Try contacting the Genesee Valley Flint Knappers Association. They make stone tools like arrow heads and spear points, so they might be able to share some places to find flint and related silicaceous rocks. Also, the town of Herkimer NY is the source of the famous Herkimer diamonds, which are not really diamonds but nicely shaped quartz crystals. It's not far from you on the Thruway. If you want to take a day trip into Connecticut, the whole Connecticut River valley has lots of garnet, (the CT state stone). Contact some gem or rock shops, they can probably put you in touch with local collectors. Enjoy!
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It would really help if you knew where he had found it, fossil assemblages vary from country to country, and even locally. If you know where it is from try contacting the local museum or geology department of the university in that area.
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Yes ! I was 14 and living in Washington,  DC - my friend and I went to bike in our favorite park ( LITTLE FOREST ) and he brought his dad's metal detector along. There was once a fort     (or fortification) that the soldiers used from the war against the British and during the civil war. We thought that would be a great place to look for goodies and we were right !  We found three stashes of gold coins and relics glore that had  been ( delibrately ) buried since George Washington's & Abe Lincoln's presidencies !   Amazing ( net worth ) then in 1970,  $10,000+   Now - I ain't goin' to say !!!
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You could start here:\n\nhttp://webmineral.com/data/Magadiite.shtml