1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Old Unnamed Gravel Pit E. of Ft. Dupont Park

Past Producer in District of Columbia, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067704
MRDS ID W000506
Record type Site
Current site name Old Unnamed Gravel Pit E. of Ft. Dupont Park

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.93745, 38.87336 (WGS84)
Elevation 84
Relative position AT INTERSECTION OF ALABAMA AVE. AND RIDGE RD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

District of Columbia(county)

District of Columbia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anacostia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States District of Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Brandywine Formation, Gravel
    Rock description Brandywine Formation, Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.93745, 38.87336
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS AND FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: AREA NOW URBANIZED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DARTON, N.H., AND KEITH, A., 1901, USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF US, FOLIO 70

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, P.M., 1964, USGS WSP 1776, PLATE 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit JOHNSTON REF. USED TO DETERMINE AGE OF SEDIMENTS. ONLY MENTION OF DEPOSIT IS QUARRY SYMBOL ON FOLIO'S ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SHEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site