Unnamed Gravel Pit

Producer in Caroline county in Virginia, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110342
MRDS ID W001310
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.44913, 38.13616 (WGS84)
Relative position UNNAMED GRAVEL PIT 0.9 MI. NE. OF CROSBYS CORNERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caroline(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guinea(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mattaponi(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Caroline

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.44913, 38.13616

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 7.5 MIN. TOPO MAP, 1966, GUINEA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIT NOT FIELD CHECKED TO DETERMINE IF ACTIVE. PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE. VA. STATE GEOL. MAP SHOWS AREA UNDERLAIN BY CALVERT FM.(MIOCENE).
Deposit TITANIUM MINERALS OCCUR AS DISSEMINATIONS IN ANORTHOSITE, IN NELSONITE DIKES, AND IN ADJACENT PEDLAR GNEISS. TOTAL RESOURCES 46 MILLION TONS ILMENITE AND 5 MILLION TONS RUTILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Geraci, Philip J. And Wright, N.A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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