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Bexar County Quarry

Producer in Bexar county in Texas, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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 10062917
MRDS ID TC36518
Record type Site
Current site name Bexar County Quarry
Related records 10227056

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.58811, 29.59774 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI EAST OF JCT IH10 AND FM1604.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bexar(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Braunfels(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
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AGGREGATE, ROADBASE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Edwards
    Rock description Edwards
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

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 Affiliated Aggregates
  • Type Operator
    Owner Pioneer Concrete Of Texas Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 2977.21M
    Overall depth 18.29M
    Overall width 1850.7M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE, COMPLEX QUARRY (1973 DIMENSION).

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FORMERLY OPERATED BY MCDONOUGH BROS. INC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEXAS BEG RI 56, P. 57.

  • Deposit

    TEXAS BEG, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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