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Unnamed Diatomite Pit At Popes Creek

Past Producer in Charles county in Maryland, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067942
MRDS ID W000844
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Diatomite Pit At Popes Creek
Related records 10243141

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.98857, 38.39587 (WGS84)
Elevation 3
Relative position AT MOUTH OF POPES CREEK ON THE EAST SIDE OF POTOMAC RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Charles(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Popes Creek(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 Maryland Charles

Comments on the location information

  • SPECIFIC LOCATION NOT KNOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.98857, 38.39587
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1888

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1888 THIS PIT'S OUTPUT IN COMBINATION WITH THAT OF LYONS WHARF PIT WAS 1500 SHORT TONS, VALUED AT $7500

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE ONCE PRODUCTIVE DEPOSIT NEAR POPES CREEK CAN STILL BE CONSIDERED A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF LARGE SUPPLIES

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCT WAS SHIPPED BY WATER TO NEW YORK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNECHTEL, M.M., AND HOSTERMAN, 1965, USGS PP 525-D, P. D 151-152

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.

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