Newark Supergroup; Jurassic Basalt (VAJb;0)

Newark Supergroup; Jurassic Basalt

Fine- to medium-crystalline, equigranular, porphyritic, vesicular, or amygdaloidal; medium- to dark-gray subophitic intergrowths of plagioclase laths and clinopyroxene with amygdules of calcite, zeolites, and prehnite. Occurs only in the Culpeper basin as three principle basalt flows separated by sedimentary rocks.

State	Virginia
Name	Newark Supergroup; Jurassic Basalt
Geologic age	Lower Jurassic
Lithologic constituents	Major Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Flow)
Comments	Mesozoic Basins
References	Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 1993, Geologic Map of Virginia: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, scale 1:500,000. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 2003, Digital Representation of the 1993 Geologic Map of Virginia, Publication 174, CD ROM (ISO-9660) contains image file, expanded explanation in pdf, and ESRI shapefiles, scale 1:500,000.
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 34878
Counties	Culpeper - Fauquier - Loudoun - Prince William

Newark Supergroup; Jurassic Basalt

Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 1993, Geologic Map of Virginia: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, scale 1:500,000.

Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 2003, Digital Representation of the 1993 Geologic Map of Virginia, Publication 174, CD ROM (ISO-9660) contains image file, expanded explanation in pdf, and ESRI shapefiles, scale 1:500,000.