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Padelecki 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062928
MRDS ID TC36531
Record type Site
Current site name Padelecki Pit
Alternate or previous names Saint Hedwig
Related records 10251532

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.20115, 29.41497 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position AT SAINT HEDWIG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bexar(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Hedwig(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cibolo(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

  • 2 MI E FM 1518 ON FM 1346 IN SAINT HEDWIG, OFF TO N. NOT SHOWN ON 1973 TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLAY PIPE. FOR FIRING TESTS SEE USGS B901, P. 107-108.

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Wilcox Group
    Rock description Wilcox Gp
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.20115, 29.41497
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1920'S, 1934-

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dickey, W. S., Clay Manufacturing Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Padelecki

Comments on development

  • 4 TEST HOLES DRILLED IN EARLY 1930'S BY USGS/WPA. ; ECON.COM: SOME CLAY MINED 1934- BY SAN JOSE POTTERY CO. AND PROCESSED AND FIRED AT SAN ANTONIO PLANT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TX BEG, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS.

  • Deposit

    USGS B901.

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

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