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Beckman 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. 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 10063000
MRDS ID TC36611
Record type Site
Current site name Beckman Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.59727, 29.61052 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Relative position AT BECKMAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bexar(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Braunfels(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

  • 0.9 MI N FM 1604 ON I10 (N OF CITY), BOTH SIDES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AGGREGATE, ROADBASE, RIPRAP, BALLAST, FILLER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 55% CAO, 0.1-0.4% MGO

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.59727, 29.61052
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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 Mc Donough Brothers, Inc. (?-?) Redland Stone Products Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 2977.21M
    Overall depth 24.38M
    Overall width 1882.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TX BEG, RI56, P. 57.

  • 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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