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Unnamed Pit

Past Producer in Angelina county in Texas, United States with commodity Bentonite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062904
MRDS ID TC36503
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.66689, 31.33909 (WGS84)
Elevation 90
Relative position 2.8 MI E OF INTERSECTION FM 325 AND FM840 IN LUFKIN, ON N SIDE OF FM 325.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Angelina(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lufkin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lufkin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Palestine(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Neches(hydrologic unit)

Neches(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neches(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Angelina

Comments on the location information

  • NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAPS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FILTERING, DECOLORIZING. CLAY MUST BE ACTIVATED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 189
USGS model code 28e
Deposit model name Sedimentary bentonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Jackson Group;Catahoula
    Rock description Jackson Gp;Catahoula
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.66689, 31.33909
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1958-

Mining district

District name Zavalla -Lufkin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.66M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CLAY PROCESSED AND ACTIVATED AT NACOGDOCHES PLANT FROM 1958.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEXAS BEG R154, P. 46

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Long, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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