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Unnamed Quarry

Occurrence in Comal 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063193
MRDS ID TC36842
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.27199, 29.77357 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.25 MILES EAST OF VALLEY VIEW AND 4.5 MILES SOUTH OF CANYON LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Comal(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smithson Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Braunfels(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Guadalupe(hydrologic unit)

Guadalupe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Comal

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF TEXAS HIGHWAY 46, ACROSS STREAM FROM ROAD TO CRANES MILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result LIMESTONE: 53.6% CAO, 1.4% MGO
Result DOLOSTONE: 36.4% CAO, 14.2% MGO.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 237
USGS model code 32g
Deposit model name Limestone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Edwards Limestone
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1994 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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