Massaponax Sand and Gravel Corp. Pit

Producer in Caroline county in Virginia, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068167
MRDS ID W001110
Record type Site
Current site name Massaponax Sand and Gravel Corp. Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.36663, 38.24226 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caroline(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rappahannock Academy(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 Caroline

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 7 1/2 MIN. TOPO MAP, 1969, RAPPAHANNOCK ACADEMY.

  • Deposit

    CALVER, J.L., VA. STATE GEOLOGIST, WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, 9/8/72

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE. HOST ROCK DEDUCED FROM VA. STATE GEOL. MAP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Geraci, Philip J. And Wright, N.A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.