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Chromite from
Potomac Mine, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Potomac Mine, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:109718
Long-form Identifier:1:3:109718:4
GUID (UUID V4):a3619d9c-2030-4cd7-8696-b03655c3dceb
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
20.8km (12.9 miles) Dranesville, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) Tschiffely (Wheatlands) Aggregate Quarry, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
38.1km (23.7 miles) Etchison Mine, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) Lyd Griffith Property, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
58.3km (36.3 miles) Carroll Mine, Sykesville, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
58.6km (36.4 miles) Springfield Mine (Mr. Tysons Mine; Sykesville Mine), Sykesville, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
65.1km (40.5 miles) Mineral Hill Mine, Louisville, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
70.1km (43.5 miles) Harris Mine, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
70.8km (44.0 miles) Choate Mine, Owings Mills, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...forming a ridge north of Route 7 near Dranesville, Virginia. Figure 7. Locations of mineral deposits in...mines in the Soldiers Delight region, Baltimore County, Maryland. Adapted from Pearre and Heyl , 19.60
Report (issue)
the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; pho­ tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color plates...C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...of Virginia R. V. DIETRICH* Professor of Geology and Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic...Polytechnic Institute Research Division Bulletin 47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. 24061 *... © R. V. Dietrich and the Research Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970 Printed and bound
Report (volume)
California-Bldg. 3, Rm. 3128, 345 Middlefield Rd. • RESTON, Virginia-USGS National Center, Rm. 1C402, 12201 Sunrise...in stratigraphic nomenclature in Maryland and Virginia UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON:...Highly generalized map of part of the Maryland-Virginia Piedmont showing distribution of ultramafic rocks...plots of some ultramafic rocks from the Maryland-Virginia Piedmont .......................................and CIPW norms of some ultramafic rocks from the Virginia and Maryland Piedmont ............. AIO Aii
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East D e r r y , N . H . 0 3 0 4 1 (PART INTRODUCTION...mines in Virginia, north of the James River, with the ex­ ceptions as follows: Albemarle County was very...northern Virginia. Maps used were the U.S.G.S. Topo­ graphical Sheets. Also used were the county road maps...of H i g h w a y s Richmond, Virginia The price is 2 0 cents per county. Other states could well follow...very high grade iron. Credit should be given the Virginia Department of Mineral Resources in Charlottesville
Report (issue)
472±4 Ma 478±6 Ma Oo* Early Ordovician 483±9 Ma Mine Run Complex Oi O|po O|mIV O|mIII O|gu O|mII... Kps Jdl* Jdo Jmw Qtlp Qts Jd TKb Kpc Potomac Formation Kp Intrusive rocks Stratified and...Qbc Kp Qtlp af upper Paleocene Unconformity Potomac Formation Qts af Kps 58 55 33 Qal Qchow...Allen Crider Jr. (2012–2017) 8 10 KILOMETERS 9 VIRGINIA MAP LOCATION Tc Calvert and (or) Choptank Formations... Zircons from amphibolite on an island in the Potomac River yielded a 207Pb/206Pb crystallization age
Report (volume)
.........Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville...Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin......See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Journal (issue)
that when new at this business of collecti ng, the mine dumps in Penn• sylvania's anthracite region "·ere...pleasure of bunting around in the glacial debris and mine dumps of this arctic wonderland, where the sun never...northwest fo r our first destination the Herk imer County quar tz locality at )liddleYille about 125 mile:...and which is in the eastern part of J efferson County. On arrival in the ,·Ulage, we found to our regret...of the same county. J efferson, is Antwerp. made famous by the Sterling iron mine. The mine has long since
Report (volume)
............................................. Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
Journal (issue)
Lininger HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE A History of Chromite and Copper in Maryland: The Tyson Years by Sally...HISTORIC MINERAL LOCALITY A Brief History of the Copper Mine at Bare Hills, Maryland by Herbert C. Moore HISTORIC...HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE William Keith's Copper Mine: Prelude to the Maryland-Pennsylvania Border War...between the larger states of Pennsylvania and Virginia. In spite of its smaller square mileage it encompasses...recognized the economic value of the abundant chromite beds scattered in the serpentine barrens of northern
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Report (issue)
imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. ^Reston, Virginia 1994 CONTENTS Foreword ii Introduction 1 Pre-Mesozoic...Hamburg terrane 2 NA2e: Jefferson terrane 3 NA2g: Potomac composite terrane 5 NA2h: Smith River terrane 6...with the Arvonia Slate and Quantico Formation in Virginia (Drake and others 1989); if so, all of these would...or post-Taconian overstep sequence across the Potomac and Chopawamsic terranes (Horton and others, 1989a)...tectonic province. Its southeast boundary, with the Potomac composite terrane, is the Pleasant Grove-Huntingdon
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Report (volume)
to the Knowledge of the Older Mesozoic Flora of Virginia, by "William Morris Fontaiue. 1883. 4°. xi, 144... 4°. xiv, 152 pp. 26 pi. Price $1.00. XV. The Potomac or Younger Mosozoic Flora, by William Morris Fontaino...Agassiz, by Warren Uphani. Geology of the Potomac Formation iu Virginia, by W. M. Fontaine. BULLETINS. 1. On...meridian of 70° 30', from Tompkins County, N. T., to Bradford County, Pa., by Henry S. Williams. 1884....cents. 10. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, Now York, by JohnM. Clarice. .1885. 8°. 80 pp
Report (issue)
...........................................80 Virginia ................................................Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont...marble with talc and tremolite. Talc deposits in Virginia are all derived from ultramafic rocks and are...for which production is reported are indicated by mine symbols on these figures, however, the quantity...material that must have been removed to constitute a mine is an indefinite one. Areas that are permissive
Report (issue)
belt-Charlotte belt boundary, North Carolina and Virginia, by O. T. Tobisch and Lynn Glover III______________...Pliocene ash-flow tuff, Buzzard Creek area, Harney County, Oreg., by G. W. Walker.________ Petrography and...Brightseat and Aquia Formations (Maryland and Virginia), by J. E. Hazel________________________._________...density as an indicator of base flow in part of the Potomac River basin, by F. W. Trainer________________ C177...BELT-CHARLOTTE BELT BOUNDARY NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA By OTHMAR T. TOBISCH' and LYNN GLOVER III, Santa
Report (volume)
Miscellaneous Products 87 The Detailed Study of County Resources 87 The Special Investigation of Road...Chesapeake Bay near Queenstown VIII. The Falls of the Potomac 114 123 142 146 148 IX. View of the Youghiogheny...Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 152 X. The Gorge of the Potomac, at Harper's Ferry looking east, on the Baltimore...Geology, 1732—1891," Watson's " Bibliography of Virginia," and many lists of works on special subjects...State of Maryland," Phillips' " Cartography of Virginia," " Winsor's Narrative and Critical History, vol
Book
from Hyner View, Hyner Run Slate Park, Clinton County, showing accordant ridges in the Appalachian Plateaus...of the Ridge and Valley province in Huntingdon County. Flooded meanders of Raystown Lake on the Raystown...Nickel-copper deposit (Gap mine) James M. McNeal D. Zinc-lead-silver Arthur W Rose E . Chromite Ann G. ":)!lie and...XXI Pulpit rocks on Warrior Ridge in Huntingdon County, co1nposed of the Lower Devonian Ridgeley Sandstone...description of the falls of the Youghiogheny in Fayette County. Johann David Schopf, a naturalist trained in Germany
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ultramafic Diana Mills pluton, Piedmont Province, Virginia Brent E. Owens | Elizabeth S. Telep Department...College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA Correspondence Brent E. Owens, Department of...College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA. Email: beowen@wm.edu Present Address Elizabeth S...S. Telep, HydroGeoLogic, Inc., Reston, Virginia 20190, USA. W. Brent Garry, NASA Goddard Space Flight...Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA. | W. Brent Garry The Silurian Diana Mills pluton is a metamorphosed
Journal (issue)
Map of Warren County. Bedrock and surficial maps are be­ ing prepared for the Warren County groundwater...Geol. Survey. The Peach Bottom Structure, York County. A 6· to 7-km-wide swath centered on the Peach...Survey. Geology of the Freeburg Quad­ rangle, Snyder County. Mapping of the Tuscarora-to-Catskill section on...quehanna River eastward through most of Lancaster County and is being continued into Chester and Montgomery... Survey. The Peach Bottom Structure, Lancaster County. The Cardiff conglomeratic quartzite comprises
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Report (issue)
of the Needles Eye Wilderness Study Area, Gila County, Arizona. [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. G.P.O, 1987...of the Fishhooks Wilderness Study Area, Graham County, Arizona. Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1987...PLY--VIRGINIA. Carrington, Natalie R. Selected publications on the water resources of Virginia. Richmond... (585) qG8sa Serie A nr.9 BORINGS--NEVADA--NYE COUNTY. Geology of drill hole UE25p/l : a test hole into... GIS GISS Main PAGE BORINGS OKLAHOMA GRADY COUNTY. Flores, Romeo M. Lithofacies description and
Book
CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...visit Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical pearls in delicate...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets
Journal (issue)
prepare a reconnaissance geologic map of Cumberland County in cooperation with A. Becher and W. Wetterhall...Magnetite and calcite samples from Dillsburg, Grace Mine, French Creek, and Boyertown are being analyzed...Applications of ERTS-1 Remote Sensing to Strip Mine and Acid-Mine Drainage Problems in Pa. [W . Branch of Susquehanna... (2) detecting areas adversely affected by acid-mine drainage, and (3) determining the effectiveness...Associates, Inc. Relationship between Underg round Mine Water Pools and Subsidence in the Northeastern Pa
Report (issue)
Geologic map of the Marysvale quadrangle, Piute County, Utah. Utah : Utah Geological and Mineral Survey...Beg, Mirza Akhtar. Mineral resources of Randolph County, Alabama. ITuscaloosa, AL] : Geological Survey...Mountain quadrangle, Gunnison, Hinsdale, and Ouray County, Colorado. Reston, Va. : U.S. Geological Survey...Fairfax and Arlington Counties, and Alexandria City, Virginia. Reston, Va. : U.S. Geological Survey, 1986. ...Bedrock geology of the Monroe quadrangle, Orange County, New York. [Albany, N.Y.] : Geological Survey,
 
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