Mine detail: Shale Prospect Nw of Bealeton

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Location: Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.58087, -77.77664
dep_id: 10067975
mrds_id: W000877
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Shale
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A.
hrock_unit: Shale & Siltstone, Newark Group
hrock_type: Shale
tectonic: Appalachian Foldbelt
References:
  • CALVER, J.L., HAMLIN AND WOOD, 1961, VA. MIN. RES. REPT. 2, P. 4
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