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Hedgman Ore Banks

Prospect in Prince George's county in Maryland, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067995
MRDS ID W000899
Record type Site
Current site name Hedgman Ore Banks
Related records 10291842

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.87939, 38.99614 (WGS84)
Elevation 46
Relative position NORTH OF GREENBELT RD. AND JUST EAST OF THE BELTWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince George's(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington East(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 Maryland Prince George's

Comments on the location information

  • TOPO SHEET LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE; LAT-LONG VALUES FROM USGS NATIONAL ATLAS ARE FOR A LOCATION IN THE GIVEN COUNTY AND 1:24000 QUADRANGLE USING THE POSITION FROM NEAREST PROMINENT LOCALITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.87939, 38.99614
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NODULES

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ARUNDEL IS ONE OF THREE FORMATIONS IN THE POTOMAC GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. N. S. Hedgman

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS EVER ANY PRODUCTION. NO ORE WAS VISIBLE WHEN SINGEWALD VISITED THE WORKINGS (AROUND 1911)

Comments on development

  • THE DEPOSIT IS DEVELOPED BY 2 SMALL OPENINGS, ONE 70 BY 30 FT. AND THE OTHER 50 BY 30 FT ; ECON.COM: PRODUCTION FELL OFF AND ENDED DUE TO A LACK OF A STEADY MARKET AT SUFFICIENTLY REMUNERATIVE PRICES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, J.T. JR., 1911, MD. GEOL. SURV. VOL. 9, P. 290

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, N.C., 1961, USGS MAP MR-12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT IS ONLY MENTIONED BY THE SINGEWALD REFERENCE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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