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Shale Prospect

Occurrence in Culpeper county in Virginia, United States with commodity 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 10067979
MRDS ID W000881
Record type Site
Current site name Shale Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.8672, 38.40282 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position 2 1/2 MI. SW OF LIGNUM ON STATE RD 647

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Culpeper(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Germanna Bridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(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
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore
Shale 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 > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Shale & Mudstone, Newark Group
    Rock description Shale & Mudstone, Newark Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.8672, 38.40282
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 40 TO 60 DEG. E
    Dip 22 TO 26 DEG. NW
    Length 224.03M

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. 30

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ABOVE FIGURES APPLY TO THE EXPOSED ROAD CUT DIMENSIONS
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT IS SAMPLE R-679 IN THE CALVER REF

Reporter information

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

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