Brownwood Quarry

Producer in Brown county in Texas, United States with commodity Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064352
MRDS ID TC38699
Record type Site
Current site name Brownwood Quarry
Related records 10202844

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.00535, 31.69824 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brown(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bangs East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coleman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brownwood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pecan Bayou(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Concho(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Brown

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AGGREGATE, FILLER, FLUXSTONE, RIPRAP, ROADBASE, SURFACE TREATMENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

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 Adams Branch
    Rock description Adams Branch
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

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 White Mines Co. (?-?) Vulcan 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-JUN-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 07/04/1976
MSHA mine ID4100083
Mine name (MSHA)Brownwood Quarry
Current operatorVulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Current controller (parent)Vulcan Materials Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1835 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references