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Wilson Molding Sand Pit

Past Producer in Anne Arundel county in Maryland, United States with commodity Silica
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  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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067937
MRDS ID W000839
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Molding Sand Pit
Related records 10194245

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.61938, 38.72864 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES WSW OF FRIENDSHIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anne Arundel(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Beach(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Patuxent(hydrologic unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Anne Arundel

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE, AS REFERENCE IS NOT PRECISE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE MOLDING SAND IS QUITE UNIFORM. IT IS OVERLAIN BY A SOD 8-10 INS. THICK

Analytical data

Result TRAINER REFERENCE GIVES RESULTS OF FINENESS TEST, AND BOND AND PERMEABILITY TEST

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Upland Deposits, Gravel & Sand
    Rock description Upland Deposits, Gravel & Sand
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.61938, 38.72864
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Plum Point Molding Sand Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lial Wilson

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES AND YEARS NOT AVAILABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRAINER, D.W. JR., 1928, MD. GEOL. SUR., V. 12,P 59-60

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, N.C., 1961, USGS MAP MR-12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE TRAINER REF. PLACES THE DEPOSIT IN THE SUNDERLAND FM., BUT MD. STATE GEOLOGICAL MAP PLACES THE SUNDERLAND IN THE UPLAND DEPOSITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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