W.S. Henika, 6 x 9-inch soft cover book, 18 pages, one plate includes folded 42.5 x 39-inch color 1:24,000-scale geologic map, three figures, four tables, 1981. Text describes the geologic structure and stratigraphy of the Villamont and Montvale 7.5-minute quadrangles (portions of Bedford and Botetourt counties). Structures include the Pulaski thrust sheet, the folds and faults within the Blue Ridge thrust sheet, the Peaks of Otter fault, the Glade Creek fault, the window south of Fincastle, the Glade Creek window, the Goose Creek window, the Salem thrust sheet, and the Coyner Mountain structure. The mineral resource section discusses stone, shale and clay, and iron ore resources. It includes chemical composition and highway aggregate test data of dolomite for the Blue Ridge Stone Corp. quarry in Blue Ridge, Virginia and test data results for hematite and limonite ore (two samples) and geologic and economic factors affecting land modification. Bedrock geologic map with surficial deposits and four cross-sections. Location of sinkholes, active and inactive mines and quarries and prospects are shown. Rock and fossil repository samples and reference localities are depicted.
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