No current usage?
(†Virginia Quartz Hypersthene Norite (CA) considered abandoned? Uncertain if used by the CA Geol. Survey. Not used by the USGS.)
Mesozoic, late
Not stated; occurs in Perris fault block, Riverside Co., CA. Named from occurrence near Old Virginia Mine, Perris-Elsinore area, Riverside Co., CA (Dudley, 1935).
Peninsular Ranges province
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