Unnamed Former Gravel Pit N.E. of Bellevue

Past Producer in District of Columbia, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10067708
MRDS ID W000512
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Former Gravel Pit N.E. of Bellevue

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.01329, 38.82975 (WGS84)
Elevation 46
Relative position JUST NORTH OF CHESAPEAKE ST. AND JUST WEST OF ANACOSTIA FREEWAY

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

Alexandria(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington West(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 > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.01329, 38.82975

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ON JOHNSON MAP, FORMATION CALLED SUNDERLAND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO INDICATION OF AMOUNT OR YEARS OF PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOT VERY MUCH INFORMATION AVAILABLE CONCERNING THIS GRAVEL PIT. PIT SYMBOL ON DARTON'S PLATE 1. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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