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Shale and Clay Prospect

Occurrence in Culpeper county in Virginia, United States with commodities Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  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 10067976
MRDS ID W000878
Record type Site
Current site name Shale and Clay Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.85414, 38.51226 (WGS84)
Elevation 98
Relative position ALONG SOUTHERN RAILROAD AT ELKWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Culpeper(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Remington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapidan-Upper Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Culpeper

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLAY IS PLASTIC AND SMOOTH WORKING, BUT SHRINKAGE IS TOO HIGH FOR CLAY TO BE USED ALONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result THE CALVER REF. CONTAINS MANY TEST RESULTS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Shale, Newark Group
    Rock description Shale, Newark Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.85414, 38.51226
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M
    Length 396.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: SHALE AND CLAY ; GEOL.DESC: THE SHALE IS CUT BY VEINS OF LIGHT-GRAY CLAY

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

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: COULD BE MIXED WITH OTHER MATERIALS TO IMPROVE THEIR PLASTICITY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALVER, J.L., HAMLIN, AND WOOD, 1961, VA. MIN. RES. REPT. 2, P. 29

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ABOVE FIGURES APPLY TO EXPOSED ROAD CUT DIMENSIONS
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT IS SAMPLE R-678 IN THE CALVER REF
Deposit ALONG SOUTHERN R.R. AT ELKWOOD

Reporter information

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

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