Clay Prospect Just N. of Milford

Occurrence in Caroline 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 10067961
MRDS ID W000863
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Prospect Just N. of Milford

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.37025, 38.03116 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Relative position 5 MI. N. OF MILFORD ON S.W. SIDE OF STATE RD. 722 JUST SE OF ITS INTERSECTION W. STATE HWY. 207

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caroline(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bowling Green(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mattaponi(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Caroline

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result JOHNSON 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) -77.37025, 38.03116

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY IS SANDY AND MICACEOUS
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SAMPLE R-2798 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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