Clay Prospect S. of Greenfield

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067960
MRDS ID W000862
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Prospect S. of Greenfield

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.42191, 38.24004 (WGS84)
Elevation 24
Relative position ALONG STATE RD 609 ABOUT 5 MI. S. OF FREDRICKSBURG

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

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, Patuxent Formation
    Rock description Clay, Patuxent Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.42191, 38.24004

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.13M
    Length 64.01M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CALVER REF. DESCRIBES AGE AS TERTIARY(?), BUT STATE GEOL. MAP INDICATES DEPOSIT IN CRETACEOUS

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

    CALVER, J.L., HAMLIN, AND WOOD, 1961, VA. MIN. RES. REPT. 2, P. 166

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SAMPLE R-681 IN THE CALVER REF.
Deposit ABOVE FIGURES REFER TO THE EXPOSED ROADCUT

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.