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San Saba Quarry

Producer in McCulloch county in Texas, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Ore body information
  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 10062942
MRDS ID TC36549
Record type Site
Current site name San Saba Quarry
Related records 10130177

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.17368, 30.98853 (WGS84)
Elevation 472
Relative position 1.7 MI S25E OF VOCA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McCulloch(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spice Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mason(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Saba(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Concho(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas McCulloch

Comments on the location information

  • N OF FM 3293 BETWEEN FM 1851 AND FM 734.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOLD & CORE, REFRACTORY, SILICON CARBIDE, BLASTING, CHEMICALS, FILLERS, FILTRATION, ROOFING GRANULES, HYDRAULIC FRACTURING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Lower Unit, Hickory Sandstone Member, Riley Formation
    Rock description Lower Unit, Hickory Sandstone Mbr, Riley Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.17368, 30.98853
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 2.74M

Comments on the geologic information

  • POORLY SORTED, MEDIUM TO THICK BEDDED SANDSTONE WITH MANY THIN CLAY BEDS.

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 San Saba Sand Co. , Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp. (1960 - ), Us Silica
    First year 1957
    Last year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 21.34M
    Overall width 137.16M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TX BEG, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS.

  • Deposit

    TX BEG RI 53.

  • 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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