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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Val Verde county in Texas, United States with commodity Nitrogen-Nitrates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063204
MRDS ID TC36872
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.3968, 29.72162 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF SHUMLA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Val Verde(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Zuberbueler Bend NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Comstock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Del Rio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Amistad Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Amistad National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Val Verde

Comments on the location information

  • NOT SHOWN ON TOPO; LAT-LONG VALUES FROM THE NATIONAL ATLAS ARE FOR A LOCATION GIVEN IN POSITION FROM NEAREST PROMINENT LOCALITY FIELD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nitrogen-Nitrates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Devils River Limestone
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 FT IN HEIGHT. ABANDONED RAILROAD TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAXWELL, R.A., 1962, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 43, P. 100

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 TO 3 INCHES BAT GUANO ON TUNNEL FLOOR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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