Mudstone Prospect East of Greenville

Occurrence in Fauquier county in Virginia, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10067966
MRDS ID W000868
Record type Site
Current site name Mudstone Prospect East of Greenville

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.64526, 38.72254 (WGS84)
Elevation 107
Relative position ON STATE RD. 652, 1 MI E. OF GREENVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fauquier(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Catlett(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 Fauquier

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result CALVER REF. CONTAINS MANY TEST RESULTS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.64526, 38.72254

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 DEG. E
    Dip 30 DEG. NW
    Thickness 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO LAYERS OF MUDSTONE ARE SEPERATED BY A 5-FT. LAYER OF SANDSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED BY REPORTER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALVER, J.L., HAMLIN, AND WOOD, 1961, VA. MIN. RES. REPT. 2, P. 47

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OVERLAIN BY 2 FT. OF SOIL. ABOVE FIGURES REFER TO EXPOSED ROAD CUT
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SAMPLE R-593 IN THE CALVER REF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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