Ermler Pit

Past Producer in Bexar county in Texas, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062357
MRDS ID TC35727
Record type Site
Current site name Ermler Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.3106, 29.25636 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MI E OF ELMENDORF.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bexar(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elmendorf(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Antonio(hydrologic unit)

San Antonio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Bexar

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Wilcox Group; Carrizo
    Rock description Wilcox Gp;Carrizo

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.3106, 29.25636

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.49M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLAYS CONTAIN ABUNDANT PLANT FOSSILS. OVERBURDEN CONSISTS OF CARRIZO SAND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner San Antonio Sewer Pipe And Manufacturing Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B901

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.