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Unnamed Old Sand Pits 2 Sw of Ft. Stanton Park

Past Producer in District of Columbia, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105460
MRDS ID W000510
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Old Sand Pits 2 Sw of Ft. Stanton Park

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.983, 38.85725 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Relative position ON MORRIS AND HOWARD ROADS WEST OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP SCHOOL (ANACOSTIA).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

District of Columbia(county)

District of Columbia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anacostia(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
United States District of Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.983, 38.85725
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CRETACEOUS SAND (40 FT. THICK) APPEARS TO BE OVERLAIN BY 10 FT. OF BLACK SAND, GREY CLAY, AND PLATEAU GRAVEL. SAND CALLED MAGOTHY IN DARTON REF.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES OR YEARS NOT AVAILABLE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: AREA NOW TOTALLY URBANIZED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DARTON, N.H., 1939, USGS BULL. 906-A, P 31, PL 1.

  • Deposit

    DARTON, N.H. AND KEITH, A, 1901, USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF US FOLIO 70

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, P.M., 1964, USGS WSP 1776, PL. 1.

  • Production

    DARTON 1939 REF.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PITS SHOWN ON FOLIO REFERENCE
Deposit ACCORDING TO DARTON'S 1939 REF. THIS IS THE LARGEST SAND PIT IN THE ANACOSTIA REGION. TWO PITS ARE SHOWN ON THE 1901 FOLIO, BUT ONLY ONE IS SHOWN ON THE 1939 REFERENCE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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