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Hester Sand Pit

Producer in Galveston 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063186
MRDS ID TC36832
Record type Site
Current site name Hester Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.99051, 29.33693 (WGS84)
Elevation 2
Relative position 2.3 MI SW OF TOWN OF LA MARQUE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Galveston(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Galveston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Galveston Bay(hydrologic unit)

Galveston Bay-Sabine Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Galveston Bay-San Jacinto(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Galveston

Comments on the location information

  • 5 MI W I-45 ON FM 1764, THEN RT 3 MI SW ON TX 6, THEN LEFT ON HOLLOWAY RD, LEFT SIDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR CONSTRUCTION.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Sand Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.99051, 29.33693
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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 Hester Materials Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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