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Bulverde Road 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062924
MRDS ID TC36526
Record type Site
Current site name Bulverde Road Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.40671, 29.60635 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 2.8 MI N10E OF WETMORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bexar(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Longhorn(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

Comments on the location information

  • 3.8 MI E US 281 ON FM 1604 (N OF CITY) THEN 0.2 MI N ON PRIVATE ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AGGREGATE, ROAD BASE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 237
USGS model code 32g
Deposit model name Limestone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.40671, 29.60635
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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 Olmos Rock (? -?), Vulcan Materials Co. Sw Division

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 0.58M
    Overall width 418.42M

Comments on the workings information

  • HEIGHT 90 FT. PIT DIMENSIONS IN 1973.

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 R. U.S. Geological Survey

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