Bowie Operating Corp. Clay Pit

Past Producer in Prince George's county in Maryland, 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067997
MRDS ID W000901
Record type Site
Current site name Bowie Operating Corp. Clay Pit
Related records 10243715

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.79856, 38.99447 (WGS84)
Elevation 52
Relative position APPEARS TO BE IN SE QUADRANT OF INTERSECTION OF HILLMEADE AND FLETCHERTOWN ROADS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince George's(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lanham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Patuxent(hydrologic unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Prince George's

Comments on the location information

  • PRECISE LOCATION UNKNOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

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) -76.79856, 38.99447

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bowie Operating Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES AND YEARS NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT NOT LISTED IN THE 1966 DIRECTORY OF MINERAL PRODUCERS, SO ASSUMED TO BE INACTIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS ALMOST NO INFORMATION ABOUT THIS DEPOSIT. ONLY MENTIONED IN THE PEARRE REF ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

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.