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Bruce Pit

Producer in Wilson county in Texas, United States with commodity Clay
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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. 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 10062920
MRDS ID TC36521
Record type Site
Current site name Bruce Pit
Related records 10251112

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.29393, 29.24886 (WGS84)
Elevation 148
Relative position 0.4 MI N20W OF SASPAMCO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wilson(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saspamco(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 Wilson

Comments on the location information

  • 2.7 MI E FM 16 04 ON ROAD E FROM ELMENDORF ALONG SP RR, THEN NW, BEHIND PLANT ON PRIVATE ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SEWER PIPE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 219
USGS model code 31k.2
Deposit model name Fire clay

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.29393, 29.24886
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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 Dickey, W. S., Clay Manufacturing Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 137.16M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MAY BE FORMER SAN ANTONIO SEWER PIPE AND MANUFACTURING CO. PITS SHUT DOWN IN 1930.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TX BEG, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Long, Keith 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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