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Old Hickory (Prospect)Southern Materials Co. Quarry (Past Producer)Ferndale Park Quarry (Past Producer)Blue Granite Quarry + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Lassiter Quarry + 5 more nearby (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
5 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

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10
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

1
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Granite 10Zirconium 1Titanium 1Aluminum 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Southern Materials Co. QuarryGranite—Past Producer37.204, -77.501
Lassiter QuarryGranite—Past Producer37.214, -77.450
Blue Granite QuarryGranite—Past Producer37.209, -77.469
Lassiter QuarryGranite—Past Producer37.214, -77.445
Grey Granite QuarryGranite—Past Producer37.209, -77.462
Old HickoryZirconium, Titanium—Prospect36.917, -77.566
Sheep Pasture QuarryGranite—Past Producer37.208, -77.444
Asylum QuarryGranite—Past Producer37.211, -77.454
Burns & Campbell QuarryGranite—Past Producer37.213, -77.451
Ferndale Park QuarryGranite—Past Producer37.221, -77.480
Granite Grove QuarryGranite—Past Producer37.212, -77.457

Nearby counties

Colonial Heights (City) County · Richmond city · Chesterfield County · Henrico County · Powhatan County

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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