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Old Unnamed Gravel Pits N. of Us Soldiers Home

Past Producer in District of Columbia, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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 10067711
MRDS ID W000516
Record type Site
Current site name Old Unnamed Gravel Pits N. of Us Soldiers Home

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.00745, 38.9442 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position PITS LOCATED ALONG HAREWOOD RD.

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

Washington West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington West(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
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.00745, 38.9442
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PITS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN IN THE BRANDYWINE GRAVEL.

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 GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF US, FOLIO 70, ECON. GEOL. SHEET.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, P.M., 1964, USGS WSP 1776, PLATE 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PITS APPEAR ONLY AS SYMBOLS ON THE FOLIO'S ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SHEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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