Clay Prospect Ne of Massaponax

Occurrence in Spotsylvania 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 10067959
MRDS ID W000861
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Prospect Ne of Massaponax

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.46358, 38.21476 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position ALONG STATE RD. 608 ABOUT 3 1/4 MI. NE OF MASSAPONAX

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spotsylvania(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guinea(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Spotsylvania

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL IS PLASTIC

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result CALVER REF. CONTAINS MANY TEST RESULTS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Clay, Calvert Formation
    Rock description Clay, Calvert Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.46358, 38.21476

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALVER, J.L., HAMLIN, AND WOOD, 1961, VA. MIN. RES. REPT. 2, P. 167

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SAMPLE R-682 IN THE CALVER REF.
Deposit ABOVE FIGURES REFER TO EXPOSED ROADCUT. 5 FT. OF CLAY WAS ENCOUNTERED IN AN AUGER HOLE

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.