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Unnamed Pits

Producer in Palo Pinto 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10064355
MRDS ID TC38702
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Pits
Alternate or previous names Highway No. 1 Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.19422, 32.79821 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.1 MI SW OF BRAZOS RIVER, N SIDE US 180, 5 MI W OF MINERAL WELLS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Palo Pinto(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Wells West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mineral Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Abilene(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Brazos-Palo Pinto(hydrologic unit)

Middle Brazos-Bosque(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Palo Pinto

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES FOR MODERN OPERATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONCRETE AGGREGATE, ROADBASE. SEE PLUMMER ET AL (1935) P. 215 FOR MECHANICAL ANALYSIS AND COMPOSITION.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.19422, 32.79821
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MIDDLE AND UPPER TERRACE GRAVEL DEPOSITS OF PLEIS BRAZOS RIVER.

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 Mineral Wells Sand And Gravel

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PLUMMER, F.B. AND HORNBERGER, J., JR., 1935, GEOLOGY OF PALO PINTO COUNTY, TEXAS, UNIV. OF TEXAS BULLETIN 3534, P. 215

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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