Misplaced Pages

Purcell Knob
Purcell KnobLoudoun County Virginia, U.S.
Highest point
Elevation	1,207 ft (368 m)
Prominence	267 ft (81 m)
Coordinates	39°15′29″N 77°44′59″W / 39.2581571°N 77.7497153°W / 39.2581571; -77.7497153
Geography
Location	Loudoun County Virginia, U.S.
Parent range	Blue Ridge Mountains Appalachian Mountains

Purcell Knob is a spur of the Blue Ridge Mountain in Loudoun County, Virginia. The 1,207 feet (368 m) peak is just northeast of the main ridge at Keyes Gap and southeast of the village of Neersville.

Purcell Knob is notable for exposure of the sericitic phyllite base of the Paleozoic Loudoun Formation in its antiformal syncline.

References

1. ^ "Purcell Knob, Virginia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
2. "Purcell Knob". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
3. "Paleozoic Rocks". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-01-25.

This Loudoun County, Virginia state location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Mountains of Virginia
• Mountains of Loudoun County, Virginia
• Blue Ridge Mountains
• Loudoun County, Virginia, geography stubs