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Swilley Pit

Producer in Harris county in Texas, 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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062909
MRDS ID TC36509
Record type Site
Current site name Swilley Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.13162, 29.89274 (WGS84)
Elevation 5
Relative position 4 MI N80W OF BARRETT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harris(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harmaston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buffalo-San Jacinto(hydrologic unit)

San Jacinto(hydrologic accounting unit)

Galveston Bay-San Jacinto(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Harris

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AGGREGATE, ROADBASE, CONTAINERS, MOLD AND CORE, BLASTING TRACTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Montgomery Formation
    Rock description Montgomery Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.13162, 29.89274
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Specialty Sand Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 731.52M
    Overall width 396.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEXAS BEG, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS.

  • Deposit

    TX BEG RI 60.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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