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Easton Clay Pit

Past Producer in Talbot county in Maryland, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067934
MRDS ID W000835
Record type Site
Current site name Easton Clay Pit
Related records 10291799

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.11076, 38.78225 (WGS84)
Relative position APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF EASTON ALONG HWY 33

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Talbot(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Easton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Choptank(hydrologic unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Talbot

Comments on the location information

  • PRECISE LOCATION UNKNOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE CLAY IS SOMEWHAT SANDY IN SOME PLACES AND ELSEWHERE PLASTIC AND TOUGH. COLOR VARIES FROM DRAB TO YELLOWISH-BROWN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Lowland Deposits, Gravels, Sand, Silts, & Clays
    Rock description Lowland Deposits, Gravels, Sand, Silts, & Clays
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.11076, 38.78225
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ROCK WAS FORMERLY CALLED THE TALBOT FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1926 IT HAD BEEN UTILIZED ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY FOR OVER 40 YEARS. VOLUME OF PRODUCTION NOT AVAILABLE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CLAY EASY TO WORK, AS ONLY A THIN COVER OF VEGETATION IS OVER IT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, B.L., 1926, MD. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, TALBOT CO. REPT., P. 8

Reporter information

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

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

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