Woodbridge Clay Products Co.

Producer in Prince William county in Virginia, 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. 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 10067931
MRDS ID W000831
Record type Site
Current site name Woodbridge Clay Products Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.50441, 38.73782 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince William(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nokesville(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 County
United States Virginia Prince William

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.50441, 38.73782

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEVAN, D.C., 1972, DIRECTORY OF MIN. INDUSTRY IN VA., P. 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY USED MAINLY IN MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS. PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE. PLANT LOCATED ON HWY. 661 ABOUT 0.5 MI SE OF INTERSECTION WITH HWY 28. OLD PIT LOCATED S OF PLANT, BUT NOW CLAY AND SHALE ARE EXTRACTED FROM A PIT JUST NE OF THE PLANT. COORIDINATES ARE ON OLD PIT. PLANT AND PIT LOCATION FROM VA. STATE GEOLOGIST, JAMES L. CALVER, ORAL COMMUNICATION, 8/8/72

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.