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Unnamed Quarry

Producer in Comal county in Texas, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063195
MRDS ID TC36849
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.21504, 29.89134 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1.8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANYON CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Comal(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Backbone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Braunfels(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Guadalupe(hydrologic unit)

Guadalupe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Comal

Comments on the location information

  • SECTIONS 59,60,62,63,64,65, BLOCK S2, EL AND RR RAILROAD CO. SURVEY LAT-LONG IS FOR TOWN OF SHUMLA. NO MINES OR PROSPECTS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP.
  • ON FM 306 NORTH OF CANYON CITY NEAR BOAT RAMPS OF CANYON LAKE. MARKED AS GRAVEL PIT ON TOPO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

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) -98.21504, 29.89134
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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 L. D. Krause Construction Co.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED DURING WORLD WAR I.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MN OXIDES FILL SOLUTION CAVITIES AND SINK HOLES ALONG NE-TRENDING FRACTURES.

Reporter information

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

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