Quarry In the Vicinity of Georgetown

Past Producer in District of Columbia, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067716
MRDS ID W000523
Record type Site
Current site name Quarry In the Vicinity of Georgetown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.05746, 38.91809 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Relative position JUST N. OF MASSACHUSETTS AVE. AT ROCK CREEK

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
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DIORITE IS MASSIVE AND TOUGH, AND DIFFICULT TO QUARRY AND DRESS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.05746, 38.91809

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years AROUND 1900 AND EARLIER

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES OR YEARS NOT AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DARTON, N.H., AND KEITH, A., 1901, USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF US FOLIO 70, P.7.

  • Deposit

    HIGGINS, M.W., 1972, GSA BULL., VOL. 83, NO. 4, FIG 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARRY SYMBOL ON ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SHEET OF FOLIO PLACES QUARRY IN GRANITE, BUT TEXT SAYS QUARRY IN DIORITE. MAYBE GRANITE OVERLIES DIORITE IN THIS AREA. AGE OF ROCK FROM REF. 2. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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