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Unnamed Pit

Producer in Medina 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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10062988
MRDS ID TC36597
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Pit
Related records 10226934

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.29952, 29.33914 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 1.4 MI N65W OF D'HANIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Medina(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

D'Hanis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Uvalde(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hondo(hydrologic unit)

Nueces(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Medina

Comments on the location information

  • 0.1 MI N US90 ON FM 1796 THEN 0.4 MI W ON COUNTY ROAD, 1.5 MI NW ON PVT ROAD, BEHIND PLANT, JUST WEST OF SECO CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BRICKS, TILES, STRUCTURAL CLAY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Escondido Formation
    Rock description Escondido Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.29952, 29.33914
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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 D'Hanis Brick And Tile Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall width 152.4M

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-MAR-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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