Old Dredgings-Piscataway Creek

Past Producer in Prince George's county in Maryland, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067919
MRDS ID W000818
Record type Site
Current site name Old Dredgings-Piscataway Creek
Related records 10218800

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.02912, 38.69421 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince George's(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Vernon(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)

Federal lands

National Park Service(Agency)

Agency NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Piscataway Park(Other Designation)

Other Designation NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Prince George's

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Lowland Deposits

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Capitol Material Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE. DREDGING OPERATIONS CEASED SOMETIME AFTER 1938. DREDGINGS ARE DELTA DEPOSITS BROUGHT DOWN FROM THE PLATEAUS AND TERRACES TO THE EAST AND NORTH. ; 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.