Mine detail: Broad Branch Road Quarries

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Location: District of Columbia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.95336, -77.05385
dep_id: 10105462
mrds_id: W000518
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Granite
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A.
hrock_type: Granite
References:
  • Deposit:: DARTON, N.H., AND KEITH, A., 1901, USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF US FOLIO 70, P. 7
  • Deposit:: WASHINGTON, H.S., 1921, JOUR. WASHINGTON ACAD. SCI., VOL. 11, NO. 19, PP. 461, 463, 464.
  • Deposit:: HIGGINS, M.W., 1972, GSA BULL, VOL 83, NO. 4, FIG. 1.
  • Deposit:: MERRILL, G.P., 1895, GSA. BULL., VOL. 6, PP 321-332.
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