W.E. Grahm and Sons Division, Gainesville Crushed Stone Quarry

Past Producer in Prince William county in Virginia, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10068153
MRDS ID W001088
Record type Site
Current site name W.E. Grahm and Sons Division, Gainesville Crushed Stone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.62387, 38.78976 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince William(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gainesville(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 Prince William

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diabase Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.62387, 38.78976

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 7 1/2 MIN. TOPO MAP, 1968, GAINESVILLE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOST ROCK DEDUCED FROM VA. STATE GEOLOGIC MAP. ADDITIONAL QUARRY IN THOROUGHFARE GAP SHEET. NOT LISTED IN 1972 DIRECTORY OF MIN. INDUSTRY IN VA., BUT IN 1966 DIRECTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Geraci, Philip J. And Wright, N.A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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