Chestertown Pit

Past Producer in Kent county in Maryland, United States with commodity Clay
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073746
MRDS ID W019894
Record type Site
Current site name Chestertown Pit
Related records 10145726

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.07853, 39.22225 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kent(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chestertown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chester-Sassafras(hydrologic unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Kent

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.07853, 39.22225

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EDWARDS, JR., J., 1971, MARYLAND I.C. 11, P. 2.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT JUNE 27 AND 28, 1972.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OPERATED BY CHESTERTOWN BRICK COMPANY, INCORPORATED.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION CONSISTS OF A QUARRY AND A MILL AND PRODUCES SILICA SAND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1971 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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