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Pierce Mill Road Quarry

Past Producer in District of Columbia, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067713
MRDS ID W000519
Record type Site
Current site name Pierce Mill Road Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.06274, 38.94336 (WGS84)
Elevation 84
Relative position ON EAST SIDE OF CONNECTICUT AVE. AT VAN NESS 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
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRANITE GENERALLY LIGHT GRAY AND COARSE GRAINED, WITH A MARKEDLY FOLIATED TEXTURE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.06274, 38.94336
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRESUMABLY THERE WAS PRODUCTION, BUT NO FIGURES OR YEARS AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASHINGTON, H.S., 1921, JOUR. WASH. ACAD. SCI., VOL. 11, NO. 19., PP 461, 462.

  • Deposit

    HIGGINS, M.W., 1972, GSA BULL., VOL. 83. NO. 4, FIG 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE CONCERNING THIS QUARRY. AGE OF GRANITE FROM REF. 2. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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