Musselman Brothers Dimension Stone Quarry

Producer in Prince William county in Virginia, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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 10068137
MRDS ID W001068
Record type Site
Current site name Musselman Brothers Dimension Stone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.7022, 38.87281 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fauquier(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thoroughfare Gap(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, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.7022, 38.87281

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALVER, J.L., VA. STATE GEOLOGIST, PERSONAL LETTER, 9/8/72

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS ONE OF 15 THAT FOLLOW THE STRIKE OF BULL RUN MOUNTAINS. GEOLOGY DEDUCED FROM VA. STATE GEOLOGIC MAP

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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