Graham-Virginia Granite Quarry

Producer in Fairfax county in Virginia, United States with commodity Granite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067925
MRDS ID W000824
Record type Site
Current site name Graham-Virginia Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.25996, 38.68837 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfax(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Occoquan(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Fairfax

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.25996, 38.68837

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEVAN, D.C., 1972 DIRECTORY IN VA., P. 14

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE. DEPOSIT LOCATED JUST ACROSS THE RIVER FROM OCCOQUAN. QUARRY SYMBOLS INDICATE DEPOSIT ON TOPO SHEET. GRANITE USED AS CRUSHED STONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.