Clay Prospect S. of Stafford Court House

Occurrence in Stafford 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10067954
MRDS ID W000856
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Prospect S. of Stafford Court House

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.42275, 38.40115 (WGS84)
Elevation 46
Relative position ALONG US HWY. 1, ABOUT 1 1/2 MI. SW OF STAFFORD COURT HOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stafford(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stafford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Potomac(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Stafford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL IS PLASTIC

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result CALVER REF. CONTAINS MANY TEST RESULTS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Clay, Patapsco Formation
    Rock description Clay, Patapsco Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.42275, 38.40115

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M
    Length 152.4M

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

    CALVER, J.L., HAMLIN, AND WOOD, 1961, VA. MIN. RES. REPT. 2, P. 182

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOVE FIGURES REFER TO THE EXPOSED ROADCUT. DEPOSIT COVERED BY UP TO 5 FT. OF SAND AND GRAVEL
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SAMPLE R-313 IN THE CALVER 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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