Pit Number 3

Past Producer in Northampton 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076291
MRDS ID W023256
Record type Site
Current site name Pit Number 3
Related records 10300902

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.90604, 37.52922 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northampton(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jamesville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chincoteague(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chincoteague(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nanticoke(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Northampton

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = CHINCOTEAGUE 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.90604, 37.52922

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

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OPERATED BY A. WILSON CURTIS.

  • Deposit

    MONSANTO INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS COMPANY.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATE ROCK IS MINED FROM RESIDUUM OF THE ORDOVICIAN BIGBY-

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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