Mudstone Prospect Se of Carters Wharf

Occurrence in Richmond City (City) county in Virginia, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  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 10067943
MRDS ID W000845
Record type Site
Current site name Mudstone Prospect Se of Carters Wharf

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.92162, 38.06976 (WGS84)
Elevation 15
Relative position ON RIVER BLUFF ABOUT 900 FT. SE OF TERMINATION OF STATE RD. 622 AT CARTERS WHARF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Richmond City (City)(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Champlain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leonardtown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Richmond City (City)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Analytical data

Result JOHNSON REF.CONTAINS MANY TEST RESULTS

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.92162, 38.06976

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MUDSTONE UNDERLAIN BY 8 TO 10 FT. OF DIATOM-BEARING MUDSTONE AND GREENISH-GRAY CLAYEY SAND WITH TRACES OF GLAUCONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES ESTIMATED BY REPORTER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, S.S. AND TYRRELL, 1967, VA. MIN. RES. REPT. 8, P. 173

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOVE FIGURE REFERS TO RIVER BLUFF EXPOSURE. MUDSTONE OVERLAIN BY ABOUT 30 FT. OF SEDIMENTS.
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SAMPLE R-3044 IN THE JOHNSON REF.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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