Old Clay Deposit N. of Solomons Is.

Past Producer in Calvert county in Maryland, United States with commodity Brick Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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 10067887
MRDS ID W000763
Record type Site
Current site name Old Clay Deposit N. of Solomons Is.
Related records 10194134

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.45827, 38.32337 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calvert(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solomons Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leonardtown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Patuxent(hydrologic unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Calvert

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.45827, 38.32337

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHATTUCK, G.B., AND MILLER, 1906, GEOL. ATLAS OF U.S., FOLIO 136, P. 7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS AT ONE TIME WAS THE ONLY IMPORTANT BRICKYARD IN CALVERT CO. DISCONTINUED BEFORE 1906. LOCATED JUST N. OF SOLOMONS ISLAND AT ROUSBY-ON-THE PATUXENT. PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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