Clay Prospect S. of Wellington

Occurrence in Prince William 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 10067965
MRDS ID W000867
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Prospect S. of Wellington

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.56691, 38.75143 (WGS84)
Elevation 69
Relative position IN A FIELD S.W. OF LINTON HALL MILITARY SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince William(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gainesville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Prince William

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL IS PLASTIC AND SMOOTH WORKING

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.56691, 38.75143

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT IS ALLUVIAL

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. 122

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AUGER HOLES WERE DRILLED TO A DEPTH OF 3 FT
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SAMPLE R-1543 IN THE CALVER REF

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.