| Deposit ID | 10067924 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W000823 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fairfax Quarry Occurrence |
| Alternate or previous names | Centreville Quarry |
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.49025, 38.82643 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 76 |
| Relative position | 4.6 KM (3.5 MI) WSW OF CENTREVILLE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Fairfax(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Manassas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Washington West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan(hydrologic unit)
Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)
Potomac(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Fairfax |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Diabase | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Apophyllite | Gangue |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Labradorite | Gangue |
| Laumontite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Prehnite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | LOS ANGELES LOSS (500 REV.): 20.0 |
|---|---|
| Result | ABSORPTION: 0.33 |
| Result | SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 3.00. |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Diabase | ||||||||
| Rock description | Diabase | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
| Rock unit name | Diabase |
| Rock description | Diabase |
| (1) | -77.49025, 38.82643 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Culpeper (Potomac) Triassic Basin |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faulting |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 3M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1926 |
| District name | Culpeper Basin |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fairfax Quarries, Inc. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Luck Quarries (Charles S. Luck) |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W000823 |
SRC.REF: GOOCH AND OTHERS, 1960, P. 34.
SWEET, P.C., 1980, DIRECTORY OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY-1979: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 55 P.
GOOCH, E.O., WOOD, R.S., AND PARROTT, W.T., 1960, SOURCES OF AGGREGATE USED IN VIRGINIA HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 1, 65 P.
MEDICI, J.C., 1972, MINERALS OF THE FAIRFAX QUARRY, CENTREVILLE, VIRGINIA: MINERALOGICAL RECORD, V. 3, NO. 4, P. 173-179.
1977 GEOLMAP A.A. DRAKE, JR. & A.J. FROELICH: MAPPED AREA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PRODUCTION FIGURES UNAVAILABLE. QUARRY INDICATED ON TOPO SHEET JUST S.W. OF BULLS RUN AS A QUARRY SYMBOL. U.S.G.S. STANDARD ROCK SAMPLE, W-1, IS THE DIABASE FROM THIS QUARRY (SEE U.S.G.S. BULL. 980). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1972 | Wright, Nancy A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1980 | Meintzer, Robt. E. (Sweet, P. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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