VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 130 CATALOGUE OF FIELDTRIP GUIDEBOOKS AND ROAD I,OGS FOR VIRGINIA Christopher B. Devan COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS, AND ENERGY DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Stanley S. Johnson, State Geologist CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA 1993 WRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PTJBLICATION I.3O CATALOGUE OF FIELDTRIP GIIIDEBOOKS AND ROAD LOGS FOR VIRGINIA Christopher B. Devan COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS, AND ENERGY DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Stanley S. Johnson, State Geotogist CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINTA 1993 DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS, AND ENERGY RICTIMOND,VIRGINIA O.Gene Dishner, Directs DIYISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES CHARI.JOTTESVIUI" VIRGINIA Stanley S. Jotrnson, State Geologist and Division Director STAIIF Kay T. Ramsey, Executive Secretary RESEARCH BRANCH James F. Conley, Manager GEO{.,oGrc MAPPING SECTION ECONOMIC GEOI.OGY SECTION Thas M. edrig[t,II, S*tisr ttread PalmerC. Sweet, Section lbad C. R. B€rquist, Jr., C€ologist Senior Willia$r F, Giannini, Geologist Senior Nick IL Evans, Geologist Senior Jrck E.l.{olde, Ceologist Senior William S. Henika, Geologist Senis Michael L. Upchurch, Ccologist Senior John D. ldarr, Jr., C*ologist Senior C'erald P. Wilkes, fulogist Senior SOUTHWEST SECTION Alfred R. Taylor, Sectbn Head APPLIED GEOLOGY SECTION James A. Invett, Geolqgist Senior Elizabeth V. M. Campbell, Geologist Senior William W. Whitlock, Crcologist Senior Karen K. Hostettler, Geologist Senior David A. Hubbrd, Jr., Geologist Senior INFCIRMATION SERVICES AND Roy S. Sites, Geologist Senior PUBLICAfiONS SECTION David B. Spers, Creologist Senior Eugene K. Ra&r, Section Head andEditor D. Allen Penick, Jr., Creologist Senior Vernon N. Morris, Cartographic Drafter Assistant SUPPORT BRANCH Delms J .Green, Office hifanager Lou A. Car@r, Office Services Spocialist Christopter B. Devan, Librarian Daniel W. Johnson, Trades/Utilities Worker Charles B. Marshdl, Geologist Technician Edwin W. Marshall, Crcolqgist Technician Paige S. Roach, Stoeoperations Supervisor co*,ff#l#li'f** Portions of publicatiurs may be quoted if credit is given to the author and the Division of Minerat Resources PREFACE Within the Commonwealth of Virginia, nearly every geological phenomenon is or has been found. Thiscatalogueof fieldripguidebooksandroadlogsisdesignedtoassistindividualsinterested in examining the splendid assortment of geological features in Virginia. The arrangement is by County or City so ttrat trips of local inlerest may be planned. When selecting a desirable location for an excursion, planners should look at adjacent and nearby counties as well as the sarting point in order !o achieve the ideal site for a trip. In addition to the arangement by counties, several field nips have been listed under the headings Blue Ridge Parkway, Shenandoah National Park, and Skyline Drive. No attempthas been made !o describe the subjectmatterof the rips included; frequently the title will be revealing and occasionally there is a helpful note, but the material itself will have to be examined to determine its appropriateness for a particular group or area of study. It must be remembered, however, ttrat the guidebools for these nips were prepared over many years, designed for an assortment of purposes and for a variety of people, mainly geologists or students studying geology. Nearly all of the fieldrip guidebooks are available for examination in the Division's library. These may not be borrowed, but a limited number of pages may be copied at no charge. There is a charge for copies of more than nventy-five pages. Many of the Division publications may be purchasedfromtheSalesOfficeoftheDivision. Bracketedsymbols[...]indicatethelocationwithin the library. In any compilation of this sort" there are bound to be both errors and omissions. The compiler has found and corrected many entries and cheerfully accepts responsibility for those he did not find, requesting only that they be called to his attention. The non-errors and non-omissions are largely due to the efforts of Eugene Rader and Karen Hostettler for which the compiler expresses his thanks. CONTENTS Daaa r --- lll IDqce ___ lI/i^^ /t^.--+-. lv CATALOGUE OF FIELDTRIP GUIDEBOOKS AND ROAD LOGS FOR VIRGIMA Christopher B. Devan ALBEMARLE COTJNTY tQE 375.M61 Annual freld trip, 1947, Pegau, A. A., McGill, W. M., Road log of the geotogy from Madison to Cumberland Steidmann,E., 1947, in Geology Section, VirginiaAcademy Counties, in the Pledmont, central Yirginia, Conley' J. F., p of Science, 5 p. Johnson, S. S., 1 975, Virginia Minerals, v. 2 l, no. 4, .29'38. tQE 174.v531 Stratigraphy and structure across the Blue Ridge Annual fietd trip, 1959, Espenshade, G. H., Gooch, E. O., anticlinorium in central Virginia, ConleY, J. F., 1988,20th 1959, in Geology Section, Virginia Academy of Science, 4 p. Annual Meeting,Virginia Geological Field Conferenc e,26p - IQE 174.V531 IQE l74.C7sl Note: Alberene, Arvonia, Willis Mountain. Virginia Piedmont geology along tle James River from Charlottesville to West Virginia by way of Waynesboro, Richmond to the Blue Ridge, Glover, L., III, Tucker, R. D., Staunton and Monterey. (Excursion B-5), Butts, C. ,1932, 1979, in Glover, L., III, and Read, J. F., Guides to field nips ir Bevan, A. C., Northern Virginia, Guidebook 11, 16th l-3 for Southeastern Section meeting, Geological Society of International Geological Congress, p. 13-28, map. America, VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and State University, IQE 80.I5s111 p. l-41, maps. IQE 174.G419791 Fietd guide to the Arvonia-Schuyler district, Brown, W. R.,197 9, in Glover, L. III, and Read, J. F., Guides o field trips l-3 for Southeastern Section Meeting Geological Society of ALLEGHEI{Y COI.JNTY America, VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and State University, p.24-33. Dulles Airport to Hot Springs, Vlroodrum Airport historical route IQE 174.G4 19791 (Roanoke) to Hot Springs; geological and description, Webb, H. W., 198 1, American Petroleum Insti- Geologic travelog from Charlottesville to tute, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, l7 p. Saltville,Virginia, 1984, Bird, S. O., II, 1984, Virginia tQE l7a.wael Division of Mineral Resources, 15 p., maps. quadrangles, tQE l74.B5el Eagle Rock,Strom, Oriskany and Salisbury Note: For the Symposium on the Quaiernary of Virginia. Road log, McGuire, O. S., and Biggs, Thomas H.,19?3, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 16 p. Geology of the Greenfield and Sherando quadrangles, tQE l74.M8l Virginia, Bartholomew, M. 1.,1977, Virginia Division of Note: To accompany VDMR Report of Investigations 24; Mineral Resources, Publication 4,43 p., maps. Rich Patch. Geology of the northern half of the Crozet quadrangle, Central and southern Appalachian geomorphology' (T Albemarle County, Virginia, [M.S. Thesis], Wilson, J. K., Tennessee,Virginia and West Virginia 150), Clark, G. 1986, University of Georgia, I 15 p., maps. M. and others, 1989, iz Glacial geology and geomorphology of North America, v.2; Field trips for the 28th International Geology of the Shenandoah National Parh, Yirginia, Geological Congress, American Geophysical Union, 105p. Gathright" T. M, II, 1976, Virginia Division of Mineral IQE l.r28.G3l Resoulses, Bulletin 86,93 p., maps. Falling Spring, Allegheny County, Virginia, Dennen, K. Geology, soils and land use in central Virginia, Sherwood, O., piecchio, R. J., 1984, in Rader, E.K', and Gathright, T. W. C., Dunford, J. S., 1979, iz Exline, J. D., Guidebook for M.,II, Sratigaphy and structure in the thermal springs area field trips in Virginia, Virginia Department of Education, p. of the western anticlines, 16th Annual Virginia Geologic t7-24. Field Conferen ce, p. 17'19. IQE 174.N3g 19791 [QE l74.R3s] Mineral guide toMarylandand Virginia areas, Morrill,P., Field guide to selected Paleozoic rocks, Valley and Ridge 196?, Park View Press, Hanisonburg, Virginia,40 p. Province, Virginia Part I, Roanoke, Clifton Forge' Front VIRGINIA DryISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Royal ares, Gathright, T. M, II, and Rader, E. K., l9gl, P.,l967,Park View Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia,40 p. Virginia Minerals, v. 27, n. 3, p. l7 -23. IQE 37s.M6l Geobg;r Field trip, Roanokc area, Anonymous, 1969, Southern field excursion guklebooh, Dierich, R. V.,l%2, Seismological Society of America, Southeastern Section, 3rd General Congress, International Mineralogical Associa- Virginia Folytechnic Institute and State University, 15 p., tion, Geology Fund, VPI Educational Foundation,5g p. maps. [QE l74.D3s] tQE r74.v521 Hot Springs field trip, 1937, Anonymous, 1937, in Geology AMHERST COIJNTY Section, Virginia Acacemy of Science, 2 p. tQE 174.v531 Guidebook, Lexington to Buehanan via Btue Ridge Park- way, Spencer, E. W., 197A, Znd Virginia Ceology Field Paleozoic stratigraphy and Appalachian exploration Conference,9 p., maps. trends,localities 39-6, Dennison, J. M., 1981, American [QE 174.Sag 1970] Association of Petroleum Geologists, Road log,34 p., De- scription,62 p. Lynchburg Group and the Moneta Formation: a rift [voFR-l0l] sequence in the BIue Ridge Appatacbians of central Vir- ginia, Field Trip guide, Yy'ang, P., 1991, in Wang, P., Road log to several thermal springs of western Virginia, Geology and tectonic significance of the late Precambrian Gathright, T. M, II, 1975, Near-normal Geothermal Gradient easoern BlueRidgecoversequence in central Virginia [Ph. D. Workshop, Virginia, Division of Mineral Resources, 39 p. dissertationl, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Uni- tQE 174.c31 versity, p. 190-203, maps. [Vertical File - Author];