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Fairfax Quarry, Centreville, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA

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Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fairfax Quarry, Centreville, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1328447
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1328447:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
30.5km (19.0 miles)Cabin Branch Mine (Dumfries Mine), Dumfries, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
41.6km (25.8 miles)Fort Washington, Prince Georges County, Maryland, USA
41.8km (26.0 miles)Fort Foote Village, Prince Georges County, Maryland, USA
44.1km (27.4 miles)Wheeler Road, Hillcrest Heights, Prince Georges County, Maryland, USA
58.8km (36.5 miles)Muirkirk Pit (Maryland Clay Products), Prince Georges County, Maryland, USA
64.4km (40.0 miles)Popes Creek, Charles County, Maryland, USA
82.1km (51.0 miles)Rosenberger Quarry, Hayfield, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
82.7km (51.4 miles)Stodler Quarry, Hayfield, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
91.5km (56.9 miles)Sulphur Mine (Crenshaw Mine; Victoria Furnace Mine), Mineral, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
92.5km (57.5 miles)Cofer prospect (Piedmont Mineral Associates prospect), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
References
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Report (issue)
the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station,Virginia; x ca.; pho­tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color plates...C. A.Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIACOUNTY:Longest dimension approximately 13 cm.,photograph...ofVirginiaR. V. DIETRICH*Professor of Geology and Associate Dean of Arts& Sciences,Virginia Polytechnic...Polytechnic InstituteResearch Division Bulletin 47Virginia Polytechnic Institute,Blacksburg, Va. 24061*... © R. V. Dietrich and the Research DivisionofVirginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970Printed and bound
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VIRGINIAMINERAL LOCALINDEXAlthough perhaps best known for its turquoise crystals, apophyllite on...kyanite,Virginia has, in fact, over 150 mineral species.andD. A L L E N P E N I C K , JR.Virginia Division...Mineral ResourcesP. O. Box 3667Charlottesville,Virginia 22903T H I S V I R G I N I A M I N E R A L L...world-wide locality index.The localities are listed bycounty, followed by a listingof the most prominent minerals...source of information in thisVirginia indexwas Minerals ofVirginia (1970) by R . V . Dietrich. A l
Journal (issue)
February 1987No.1VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITY INDEXD. Allen Penick, Jr.ThisVirginia mineral locality...world-wide locality indexThe localities are listed bycounty, followed bya listing of the most prominent minerals...source of information in thisVirginiaindex was Minerals ofVirginia (1970) by R. V.Dietrich. Although...of the index.Some of the famous localities inVirginia, suchUpdated from Rocks and Minerals, Vol. 60...pegmatite in AmeliaCounty andthe Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) inCampbellCounty, are now closed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fromVirginiaby RICHARD S. MITCHELLClark HallUniversity ofVirginiaCharlottesville,Virginia 22903...samecounty. I talso has been observed i n pegmatites i nPowhatanCounty, SpotsylvaniaCounty,and...world have specimens ofallanite from AmherstCounty,Virginia.The mineral is usually black and is coated...radioactive. The mineral was reported inAmherstCounty as early as 1874. Mallet( 1 8 7 7 ) first described...Specimensfrom the Rutherford pegmatites, inAmeliaCounty, are famous for the per­fection of their thin
Journal (issue)
INDUSTRY OFVIRGINIA IN 1974'ADVANCE SUMMARYTotal value of mineral production inVirginia in1974 was...value increased.Table 1. -Mineral production inVirginia.Stone, the second-ranking mineral commodity...production and value while portlandcement andgypsum both decreased in output, but increased in value...cooperative agreement between the Bureau and theVirginia Division of Mineral Resources.11973Mineral...items that cannot be disclosed:Aplite, cement,gypsum, kyanite, andvalues indicated by symbol W . .
Report (issue)
precious-metaloccurrences in theCulpeperbasin, northernVirginiaLEADERS:Joseph P. SmootGilpin... S. Geological SurveyNational CenterReston,Virginia 22092U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report...precious-metal occurrences in theCulpeperbasin,northernVirginiaLEADERS: Joseph P. Smoot and Gilpin...THECULPEPERBASINSTOP 1.Sandstone-hosted copper mineralization,Rt. 28, Sterling,Virginia.STOP...661, Chantilly,Virginia.STOP 3.Culpeper Crushed StoneQuarry,Stevensburg,VirginiaSTOP 4. Granophyre
Report (issue)
VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 62MINERALS FORVIRGINIAHarry W. Webb and John P...P. MooreCOMMONWEALTH OFVIRGINIADEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGYDIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES...VIRGIN IA1985 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 62MINERALS FORVIRGINIAHarry W. Webb...Webb and John P. MooreCOMMONWEALTH OFVIRGINIADEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGYDIVISION OF MINERAL...for erops. VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 62MINERALS FORVIRGINIAHarry W. Webb
Journal (issue)
theVirginia Polytechnic Institute, Engineering Experiment StationSeries, dealing withVirginia Mineral...Mineral Localities:Virginia Mineral Localities (1960 Edition)Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement...(Supplement I)Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement II)Virginia Minerals and Rocks (3rd Edition)Ex LIBRIS...\Ii!IIIIBULLETINOF THE·,I!VIiiVIRGINIA POLYTECHNICINSTITUTEEngineering Experiment Station...Series No. 151Ii!I·1"ii:cHIIII!VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITIES( SUPPLEMENT II )ByRichard
Report (issue)
Anne ArundelCounty43BaltimoreCounty45HowardCounty-74MontgomeryCounty88Prince Georges...GeorgesCounty120Virginia.129ArlingtonCounty129FairfaxCounty131FauquierCounty139...139LoudounCounty143Prince WilliamCounty149Diabase quarries of northernVirginia155 CAPTIONS...forming a ridge north of Route 7 nearDranesville,Virginia.Figure 7.Locations of mineral deposits in...mines in theSoldiers Delight region, BaltimoreCounty, Maryland.Adapted from Pearre and Heyl , 19.60
Report (issue)
COMPOSITION OF STREAMS DURING LOW FLOWFAIRFAXCOUNTY,VIRGINIAby J. D. LarsonREPRODUCED FROM BEST AVAILABLE...dischargeof streams during low flow--FairfaxCounty,VirginiaFigure 1. Diagrammatic representation...August 1977 inFairfaxCounty,Virginia73. Generalized geology ofFairfaxCounty,Virginia94. Chlordane...samplesinFairfaxCounty,Virginia175.--DDT content of stream-bottom samples inFairfaxCounty, Virginia...^airfaxCounty,Virginia19 Pace7. Lead content of stream-bottom samples inFairfaxCounty, Virginia
Report (issue)
assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey,Pennsylvania,Virginia , Maryland , North Carolina,and other Eastern...Massachusetts,Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,Virginia, Maryland , North Carolina, and South Carolina...appropriate, theapplicable early Mesozoicbasin, State,county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle...of entries, thebasin name and the Stateare cited. More than onebasin, State,county, or quadrangle...are not restricted to an exposed early Mesozoicbasin.The term "regional" indicates that the reference
Report (issue)
abovesalt domes, commonly formed by dehydration ofgypsum; in igneous rocks, fumarolic deposits, andin seafloor...in hydrothermal mineral deposits.Association:Gypsum, halite, sylvite, polyhalite, dolomite, calcite...In theUSA, from Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey; in theFairfaxquarry,Centreville,Fairfax Co., Virginia;...Virginia; large deposits in the Carlsbad potash district, Eddy Co., NewMexico; at the Boiling Salt Dome
Report (issue)
Association:Zeolites, apophyllite, analcime, calcite,gypsum, pyrite.Distribution: In the Bjelke mine, near... In theUSA,at Paterson and Great Notch, Passaic Co., New Jersey; in the Goose Creekquarry, Leesburg...Leesburg,Loudoun Co., and theFairfaxquarry,Centreville,Fairfax Co.,Virginia; from Crestmore, Riverside...Concepci¶on del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico. In the Basaltquarry, Prospect,New South Wales, Australia. A number
Report (issue)
and C.M. SearsU.S. Geological SurveyReston,Virginia 22092Open-File Report 92-448This report is...Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6B.County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........Section A: Occurrences located north of the Hartfordbasin, NewHampshire ...................... .67B. Section...Section B: Occurrences located in the Hartfordbasin and vicinity,Massachusetts .......................Section C: Occurrences located in the Hartfordbasin and vicinity,Connecticut .....................
Report (issue)
SURVEYCHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIKKCTORAETTEER OFVIRGINIABYHENRYWASHINGTONGOVERNMENTPRINTING1904...for publication as abulletin, a gazetteer ofVirginia.Very respectful!}7 ,HENRY GANNETT,Geographer... A GAZETTEER OFVIRGINIA.By HENKY GANNETT.GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE.Virginia is one of tho easternmost...eastern course it follows to theAtlantic coast.Virginia was one of the original thirteen States. It adopted...it comprised not onlyits present area but WestVirginia and Kentitck}^. Kentucky wasset off and admitted
Report (issue)
to some aspects of the geology of theCulpeperbasin ofVirginia.The editors are grateful to the authors...stratigraphic section through the northern Newarkbasin, New Jersey 19By MichaelS. Fedosh and Joseph P...of early Mesozoic rocks of the northernNewarkbasin, New Jersey and New York 31By R.A. Parker, H.F...and Deep Runbasins in the eastern Piedmont ofVirginia 40By Eleanora I. Robbins and Robert E. Weems...phytoclasts of theNewark Supergroup in the Hartfordbasin 68By R.K. Kotra, R.M. Gottfried, E.C. Spiker, L
Journal (issue)
Mushrush:SpringerInternationalIndoor Radon inVirginia and MarylandIndex to Volume 12 Enviaeae...well as all27 Congress Street, Salem, MA 01970,USA,this journal may be reproduced photograph-article...Service Center SecaucusersSecaucus, NJ 07094,USA.tected by copyright, which covers the exclu-Copyright...York Inc.175 Fifth AvenueNew York, NY 10010,USATelephone (212) 460-1500Telex 23 22 35Responsible...York Inc.175 Fifth AvenueNew York, NY 10010,USAAttention: Dieter FinkelmeierTelephone (212) 460-1612
Journal (issue)
ythANNUALJEWELRY GEM &MINERAL SHOWFeaturingVirginia Minerals, Minesand LocalitiesBE A PROSPECTOR...14,1977VIRGINIA BEACH CIVIC CENTER(THE DOME)19TH AND PACIFIC AVENUEVIRGINIA BEACH,VIRGINIA Rocks&...Minerals fromVirginiaRichard S. Mitchell230 Mineral and Fossil Collecting Sites inVirginiaPalmer C....Resume: Pseudomorphs inVirginiaR. V. Dietrich244 The Geology ofVirginiaW. Cullen Sherwood250 Prehnite—Apophyllite...Minerals ofVirginiaJ. Alexander SpeerMinerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, LouisaCounty,VirginiaRichard
Journal (issue)
Mary Lynn WhiteMinerals of theFairfaxQuarry,Centreville,Virginia................John C. Medici...universi­ties in the area, including the Los AngelesCounty Museumof Natural History, California Institute...314-726-2236).amlier linritcon ijolilen csilcite!mcailccounty*south ilakotnExtensive mining of six miles of...workings.In the 1870’s the Trigo Mountains, YumaCounty, Ari­zona occurrences were discovered. The list...analysis. The vanadinite is from the Apache mine, GilaCounty,Arizona, and the arsenopyrite is from Zacatecas
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Troutcreek, in Sc. Claircounty. The strata in this field aremore faulted und...prong of Canoecreek, in St. Claircounty, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibbcounty, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, inShelbycounty, the field has an average width of 5 or 6miles. Below that point the width...miles beingin the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibbcounty. The southern end of this field has a greater...Jeffersoncounty; Helena, Montevallo, andBrierfield, Shelbycounty; and at Blocion. Bibbcounty.The Warrior
Journal (issue)
walk in Arlington, VA .................. p. 11Gypsum sands .............................................. p. 13AFMS: Earth science history inUSA ......... p. 14EFMLS: Safety matters ....................face to produce variations such as:NorthernVirginia Mineral Clubmembers,Please join your club officers...GA) and yellow (left, fromthe Meikle Mine, ElkoCounty, NV). Photos: Bob Cooke.Barite was named in 1800...deposit) at hot springs.Barite rose from ClevelandCounty, OK. Photo: Bob Cooke.So what is barite used
Report (issue)
250-12,460 ft, sec. 14, T. 45 S., R. 27 E., LeeCounty, Fla.Named for the nearby Able Canal.The Able...Glades Group in the subsurface ofthe South Floridabasin, where it is the uppermost of four regionallypersistent...the Omar FormationPleistoceneVirginia, MarylandAtlantic CoastbasinMixon, R.B., 1985, Stratigraphic...Cenozoicdeposits in the southern Delmarva Peninsula,Virginia and Maryland: U.S. GeologicalSurvey Professional...H-20, northwest of Wattsville,northern AccomackCounty, Va. Reference sections: facies E and F,sand pits
Journal (issue)
Japan/ Munich, GermanyLaguna Beach, California,USAtel: +1 949 494 5155 / info@kristalle.com The...SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2020ArticlesThe White RockQuarry, Clay Center, OttawaCounty, Ohio ...............651by C. J...(see page 672),from the White Rockquarry,Clay Center, OttawaCounty,Ohio. Daniel Trinchillo (FineMinerals...$324/three years,(Canada) $196/one year, (outsideUSA other than Canada) $275 for one yearSubscription...trips to the MesaGrande district, the Crestmorequarry, and other localities, andRussell’s mineral collection
Report (issue)
.........Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington.Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville...Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle.WestVirginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown.Wisconsin......See Bauxite and Hallpysite.Asbestos. TallapoosaCounty, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; notfound...commercial quantity or quality.Asphalt. ColbertCounty, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities:BibbCounty, Pratts Ferry; CalhounCounty, near Tampa; ClayCounty,T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
About 18 miles northeast nearJamestown in CherokeeCounty is anotherlead mine."ARIZONA—A letter dated Sept...Reservation northof this community (in ApacheCounty)with "high hopes" of finding the legendary diamond...finally secured a lease to theRock Landing No. 2quarry in HaddamNeck, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. Also...properties on Squaw Creek, Mineral HillDistrict, LemhiCounty, Idaho. It is reported they are after Columbite...newrelated property in Eureka District, LemhiCounty, Idaho. Good Assays of Uranium,Vanadium and Rare
 
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