Clay Prospect Ene of Kinsale

Occurrence in Westmoreland 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. 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 10067939
MRDS ID W000841
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Prospect Ene of Kinsale

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.57384, 38.03254 (WGS84)
Elevation 6
Relative position 0.4 MI NW OF KINSALE ABOUT 35 FT. OFF NW SIDE OF STATE RD. 607 AND 225 FT. SW OF INTERSECTION WITH STATE RD. 608

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Westmoreland(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinsale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leonardtown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Potomac(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Westmoreland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Gravel Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result JOHNSON REF. CONTAINS MANY TEST RESULTS.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.57384, 38.03254

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: CHESAPEAKE GROUP ; GEOL.DESC: PROSPECT APPEARS TO BE OVERLAIN BY QUATERNARY TERRACE DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES ESTIMATED BY REPORTER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, S.S., AND TYRRELL, 1967, VA. MIN. RES. REPT. 8, P. 215

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SAMPLE R-2735 IN THE JOHNSON REF.
Deposit AUGER HOLE DRILLED TO DEPTH OF ONLY 5 FT. 2 FT. OF SANDY SOIL OVERLIES THE CLAY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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