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Leesburg Post Office, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States

Alternative Names:	Leesburg Post Office, Leesburgh Post Office
Type:	Post office - a public building in which mail is received, sorted and distributed
Mindat.org Region:	Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Region:	Loudoun County, Virginia, United States
Latitude:	39° 6' 53" N
Longitude:	77° 33' 47" W
Lat/Long (dec):	39.11483,-77.56332
Köppen climate type:	Cfa : Humid subtropical climate
Elevation:	104m
Mindat Feature ID:	4769137
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:4769137:5
GUID:	fd96f959-14a7-4b9a-b364-0dc844296674

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
White Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 6' 34" N	77° 33' 40" W	0.6km (0.4 miles)
Quarry (MRDS - 10227917), Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 6' 5" N	77° 34' 9" W	1.5km (1.0 miles)
Potomac Mine, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 5' 59" N	77° 33' 0" W	2.0km (1.2 miles)
Goose Creek Mine (Eagle Mine), Culpeper Basin, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 5' 37" N	77° 30' 21" W	5.5km (3.4 miles)
Leesburg Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 4' 59" N	77° 30' 46" W	5.6km (3.5 miles)
Unnamed Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10276962), Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 5' 48" N	77° 30' 4" W	5.7km (3.6 miles)
Old Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 4' 6" N	77° 30' 57" W	6.6km (4.1 miles)
New Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 4' 6" N	77° 30' 57" W	6.6km (4.1 miles)
Luck Stone Quarry, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 3' 18" N	77° 32' 0" W	7.1km (4.4 miles)
Goose Creek, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 6' 4" N	77° 28' 37" W	7.6km (4.7 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10251960), Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 2' 14" N	77° 37' 7" W	9.8km (6.1 miles)
Gneiss Quarry, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 5' 53" N	77° 40' 35" W	10.0km (6.2 miles)
Veasco Quarry (MRDS - 10276445), Oatlands, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 2' 20" N	77° 38' 21" W	10.7km (6.6 miles)
Unnamed PGE Occurrence (MRDS - 10048644), Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 1' 17" N	77° 36' 11" W	10.9km (6.8 miles)
Graywacke Quarry, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 1' 40" N	77° 37' 34" W	11.1km (6.9 miles)
Loudon Marble Company Quarry, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 1' 30" N	77° 40' 55" W	14.3km (8.9 miles)
Furnace Mountain Mine, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 15' 8" N	77° 32' 14" W	15.4km (9.6 miles)
Dickerson Trap Rock Quarries, Dickerson, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA	39° 13' 2" N	77° 26' 3" W	15.9km (9.9 miles)
Sterling Copper Occurrence, Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	39° 0' 20" N	77° 26' 4" W	16.5km (10.2 miles)
Dickerson, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA	39° 13' 4" N	77° 25' 27" W	16.6km (10.3 miles)
Shale Prospect, Arcola, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	38° 57' 56" N	77° 32' 4" W	16.8km (10.4 miles)
Government Quarry, Seneca sandstone quarries, Seneca, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA	39° 4' 37" N	77° 21' 55" W	17.6km (10.9 miles)
Shale Prospect, Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	38° 58' 53" N	77° 26' 51" W	17.9km (11.1 miles)
Peter's Quarry, Seneca sandstone quarries, Seneca, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA	39° 4' 11" N	77° 21' 50" W	17.9km (11.1 miles)
Point of Rocks bank, Frederick County, Maryland, USA	39° 16' 39" N	77° 32' 5" W	18.3km (11.3 miles)
College Quarry, Seneca sandstone quarries, Seneca, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA	39° 4' 7" N	77° 21' 23" W	18.6km (11.5 miles)
Seneca Quarry, Seneca sandstone quarries, Seneca, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA	39° 4' 9" N	77° 20' 55" W	19.2km (11.9 miles)
Seneca sandstone quarries, Seneca, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA	39° 4' 8" N	77° 20' 49" W	19.3km (12.0 miles)
Loudoun Quarries Inc. Quarry, Herndon, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	38° 58' 27" N	77° 25' 26" W	19.7km (12.3 miles)
Seneca, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA	39° 4' 42" N	77° 20' 21" W	19.8km (12.3 miles)

View of the quarry.

New Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

Babingtonite

Old Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

Stilbite Subgroup

Old Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

View of the quarry.

New Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

Babingtonite

Old Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

Stilbite Subgroup

Old Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

View of the quarry.

New Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

Babingtonite

Old Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

Minerals recorded nearby (within 19.8 km)

ⓘ Actinolite

ⓘ Albite

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'

ⓘ 'var: Byssolite'

ⓘ 'Ancylite'

ⓘ 'Apophyllite Group'

ⓘ Goosecreekite (TL)

ⓘ Harmotome

ⓘ Hematite

ⓘ var: Specularite

ⓘ 'Heulandite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

ⓘ Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

ⓘ Loudounite (TL)

ⓘ 'Stilbite Subgroup'

ⓘ Talc

ⓘ Thaumasite

ⓘ Thomsonite-Ca

ⓘ 'Thomsonite Subgroup'

Rock types recorded nearby (within 19.8 km)

ⓘ 'Dolerite'

ⓘ Gneiss

ⓘ Shale

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Laurentides Domain, North America Plate	Domain
USA	Country
Virginia, USA	State
Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	County
Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA	Town

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