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Wright Pit

Producer in Bexar 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 10062927
MRDS ID TC36530
Record type Site
Current site name Wright Pit
Related records 10226790

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.45476, 29.18775 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Relative position 18 MI S OF SAN ANTONIO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bexar(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Losoya(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Medina(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

  • 1.7 MI W I37 ON FM 1518 (S OF CITY), THEN 3.1 MI SW ON COUNTY ROAD, W SIDE. LABELED GRAVEL PIT ON TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLAY 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) -98.45476, 29.18775
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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 655.32M
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall width 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT DIMENSIONS IN 1984.

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

Beyond USGS

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

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