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Phyllite and Sandstone Prospect W of Wilderness

Occurrence in Orange county in Virginia, United States with commodities Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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 10067973
MRDS ID W000875
Record type Site
Current site name Phyllite and Sandstone Prospect W of Wilderness

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.72803, 38.32587 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position ALONG STATE HWY. 20 JUST W OF WILDERNESS AT INTERSECTION OF HWYS. 3 AND 20

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chancellorsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapidan-Upper Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Orange

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Tertiary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL IS NOT TOO PLASTIC

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Phyllite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result CALVER REF. CONTAINS MANY TEST RESULTS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Phyllite & Sandstone, Wissahickon Formation
    Rock description Phyllite & Sandstone, Wissahickon Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.72803, 38.32587
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 DEG. E.*
    Dip VERTICAL*
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 137.16M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PHYLLITE IS INTERBEDDED WITH LAYERS OF SANDSTONE

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. 101

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SAMPLE R-1189 IN THE CALVER REF.
Deposit * REFERS TO CLEAVAGE OF THE ROCK. OTHER FIGURES REFER TO EXPOSED ROADCUT. ROCKS OVERLAIN BY UP TO 5 FT. OF CLAY

Reporter information

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

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