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Clay Prospect W. of Butzner Corner

Occurrence in Stafford county in Virginia, United States with commodity Clay
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  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 10067956
MRDS ID W000858
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Prospect W. of Butzner Corner

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.37691, 38.25448 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Relative position ALONG HWY. 3 ABOUT 1 MI. W. OF BUTZNER CORNER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stafford(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Stafford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL IS FAIRLY 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, Calvert Formation
    Rock description Clay, Calvert Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.37691, 38.25448
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CLAY WEATHERS TO FORM RECTANGULAR PLATES

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. 173

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOVE FIGURE REFERS TO EXPOSED ROADCUT. DEPOSIT OVERLAIN BY UP TO 12 FT. OF SAND AND GRAVEL
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SAMPLE R-306 IN THE CALVER REF.

Reporter information

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

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