Potomac Sand and Gravel Co. Dredge Deposit

Producer in Charles county in Maryland, 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 10067921
MRDS ID W000820
Record type Site
Current site name Potomac Sand and Gravel Co. Dredge Deposit
Related records 10243074

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.08635, 38.68976 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Charles(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Vernon(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)

Federal lands

National Park Service(Agency)

Agency NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Piscataway Park(Other Designation)

Other Designation NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Charles

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.08635, 38.68976

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EDGERTON, C.D., 1969, US BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 37

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit KNOWN TO HAVE PRODUCTION THROUGH 1969. PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE. OPERATION LOCATED AT GREENWAY FLATS. ; 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.