Unnamed Sand Pit

Producer in King George 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. 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 10110306
MRDS ID W001229
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.15496, 38.23615 (WGS84)
Relative position UNNAMED SAND PIT .3 MI. SW. OF OFFICE HALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King George(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 King George

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.15496, 38.23615

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, 1968, PORT ROYAL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND UNDERLAIN BY CALVERT FM. PIT NOT FIELD CHECKED TO DETERMINE IF ACTIVE. 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.