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LocalitiesBull Run Quarry, Conklin, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

3rd Jan 2014 08:50 UTCSteve Sorrell Expert

Received a package today with a Virginia apophyllite specimen in it. It has two(!) Hugh Ford labels. One is labelled as Bull Run, near Centreville, Fairfax Co., Virginia, and the second simply as Near Centerville (sic), Fairfax Co.

Bull Run Quarry in Mindat is in Loudoun Co. adjacent to (west of) Fairfax Co. Bull Run, the place, is in Prince William Co., also adjacent to (south of) Fairfax Co. Bull Run River runs about halfway between Centreville and Bull Run, and could be the divider between each of the Counties. Centreville and Bull Run are about 17 miles (about 27k) apart. Conklin and Bull Run are about 11.8 miles apart (ie: closer). Centreville and Conklin are only 8.7 miles apart (closest).

So, after all that (phew!), I think I am right in saying that this specimen is likely to be Bull Run Quarry, and the Fairfax Co. on the labels is most likely because Ford chose Centreville as the nearest significant town.

Any comments/suggestions welcomed...

Regards

Steve

3rd Jan 2014 14:23 UTCTom Tucker

Since your label specifies Bull Run, I'd suggest that it is from the Bull Run Quarry, just across the county line in Loudoun County. That was a well known, frequently collected locality until closed to collectors by new management. This quarry produced some very nice apophyllites.

Bull Run, a run or small stream, not a river, forms the boundary between Fairfax and Prince William Counties. It's also very close to the Centreville Quarry, Fairfax County, which produced some of the best apophyllites in the world.

11th Jan 2014 03:25 UTCSteve Sorrell Expert

Thanks Tom

20th Oct 2014 15:32 UTCCasper Voogt

yes, must be Bull Run quarry. It produces some nice stuff.

20th Oct 2014 21:33 UTCChris Krietsch

I live less than 2 miles from the quarry in Centreville, No one allowed in. I drive for a delivery company and deliver about 80 houses in the country in Fauquier County Virginia five days a week. Most of the driveways are gravel. About half contain gravel from the diabase quarries east of the mountains (usually from Culpeper, Warrenton, Manassas and Centreville area quarries) the rest are from quarries west of of the mountains. This year lots of storms here motivated people to have their driveways redone. Lots of prehnite in small quarter size pieces and most have white (apophyllite) ? sprays. I usually pick up a couple every day. Have about 20 on the bathroom vanity now. I cab a prehnite here and there when I have time. If any one is interested in a small rough driveway picker I will send one or two if you want to pay the postage. Unfortunately I can't tell you what quarry they came from, because most people do not know where the stone in their driveway came from. One lady had some bigger (half dollar size) pieces and I cabbed one and showed to her, now she wants to buy a cabbing machine.

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