Unnamed Gravel Pits 1.5 Mi W. of Port Royal

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 10068274
MRDS ID W001234
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gravel Pits 1.5 Mi W. of Port Royal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.21051, 38.17865 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caroline(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Royal(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)

Federal lands

Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

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) -77.21051, 38.17865

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 7.5 MIN TOPO MAP, 1968, PORT ROYAL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIT NOT FIELD CHECKED TO DETERMINE IF ACTIVE. HOST A 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.