Shale Prospect Nw of Bealeton

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. 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 10067975
MRDS ID W000877
Record type Site
Current site name Shale Prospect Nw of Bealeton

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.77664, 38.58087 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Relative position AT THE JUNCTION OF STATE HWY 28 AND STATE RD. 661 ABOUT 1 MI. NW OF BEALETON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fauquier(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Remington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington West(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 Fauquier

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE ROCK IS NOT VERY PLASTIC, RED IN COLOR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore

Analytical data

Result THE 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) -77.77664, 38.58087

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 DEG E
    Dip 20 DEG. NW
    Thickness 2.44M

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. 46

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS OVERLAIN BY A 2 FT. SOIL OVERBURDEN. ABOVE FIGURES REFER TO THE EXPOSED ROADCUT
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SAMPLE R-242 IN THE CALVER REF.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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