J.M. Clayton Co. Oystershell Deposit

Past Producer in Dorchester county in Maryland, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105497
MRDS ID W000762
Record type Site
Current site name J.M. Clayton Co. Oystershell Deposit
Related records 10267047

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.07882, 38.57531 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dorchester(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cambridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Choptank(hydrologic unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Dorchester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Oyster Shells Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.07882, 38.57531

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EDWARDS, J.JR., 1966, MD. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY I.C. 3, P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPANY WAS ACTIVE AT LEAST THROUGH 1966. EXACT LOCATION IS UNKNOWN. ADDRESS OF CO. LISTED AS CAMBRIDGE, MD. SHELLS PROBABLY COME FROM CHESAPEAKE BAY AND NEARBY RIVERS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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