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

N.Y. Ave.-N. Capitol St. Sand Deposit

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067712
MRDS ID W000517
Record type Site
Current site name N.Y. Ave.-N. Capitol St. Sand Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.00857, 38.90725 (WGS84)
Elevation 18
Relative position NEW YORK AVE. AT NORTH CAPITOL ST.

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

Washington West(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
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    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) -77.00857, 38.90725
ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Rate Of Flow

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: KNOWN AS WICOMICO FM. ON GEOLOGIC MAP OF REF. 1.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years PRE-1900

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS OR AMOUNTS NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE AREA IS NOW ENTIRELY BUILT OVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DARTON, N.H., AND KEITH, A., 1901, USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF US FOLIO 70, P. 7

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ONLY REFERENCE TO THIS DEPOSIT IS IN THE USGS FOLIO. ; 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.

Maps centered on this site