Shale Prospect Se of Elk Run

Occurrence in Fauquier county in Virginia, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067972
MRDS ID W000874
Record type Site
Current site name Shale Prospect Se of Elk Run

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.66776, 38.55254 (WGS84)
Elevation 99
Relative position ON STATE RD 610 JUST SE OF ELK RUN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fauquier(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midland(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Fauquier

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL IS FAIRLY PLASTIC AND SMOOTH WORKING

Analytical data

Result CALVER REF. CONTAINS MANY TEST RESULTS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Shale & Siltstone, Newark Group
    Rock description Shale & Siltstone, Newark Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.66776, 38.55254

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 TO 75 DEG. E
    Dip 17 TO 22 DEG. NW
    Thickness 59.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED BY REPORTER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALVER, J.L., HAMLIN, AND WOOD, 1961, VA. MIN. RES. REPT. 2, P. 49

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SAMPLE R-595 IN THE CALVER REF
Deposit AN OVERBURDEN OF SOIL UP TO 7 FT. THICK IS PRESENT. ABOVE FIGURES REFER TO THE EXPOSED ROADCUT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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