Old Unnamed Brick Clay Deposit W. of Good Hope

Past Producer in District of Columbia, 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. 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 10067705
MRDS ID W000508
Record type Site
Current site name Old Unnamed Brick Clay Deposit W. of Good Hope

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.97523, 38.86364 (WGS84)
Elevation 53
Relative position BETWEEN GOOD HOPE RD. AND FT. STANTON RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

District of Columbia(county)

District of Columbia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anacostia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States District of Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.97523, 38.86364

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS OR AMOUNTS NOT AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DARTON, N.H., AND KEITH, A., 1901, USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF US, FOLIO 70

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, P.M., 1964, USGS WSP 1776, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ONLY MENTION OF THIS DEPOSIT IS A QUARRY SYMBOL ON THE FOLIO'S ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SHEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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