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Fisher Quarry

Producer in Howard 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. 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064359
MRDS ID TC38707
Record type Site
Current site name Fisher Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.46486, 32.19905 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI S OF BIG SPRING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Howard(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Spring South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Big Spring(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Big Spring(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beals(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Howard

Comments on the location information

  • 1.6 MI N OF FM 33 ON US HWY 87, E SIDE.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • AGGREGATE

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 Edwards Formation
    Rock description Edwards Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Antlers Sand
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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 Price Construction Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 9.6M

Reference information

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.

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