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Clay Prospect Ne of Kinsale

Occurrence in Westmoreland county in Virginia, 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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 10067941
MRDS ID W000843
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Prospect Ne of Kinsale

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.55299, 38.04115 (WGS84)
Elevation 3
Relative position 1.6 MI. NE OF KINSALE ON THE S. SIDE OF THE YEOCOMICO RIVER ABOUT 800 FT. W. OF WEST POINT.

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

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) -76.55299, 38.04115
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: CHESAPEAKE GROUP ; GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION BEST FITS ST. MARYS FM. WHICH WOULD UNDERLIE THE PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENTS

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. 217

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT EXPOSED ALONG THE RIVER BANK
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SAMPLE R-2737 IN THE JOHNSON REF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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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