Troup Pit

Producer in Cherokee county in Texas, United States with commodities Kaolin, Bentonite
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064371
MRDS ID TC38722
Record type Site
Current site name Troup Pit
Related records 10129853

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.06106, 32.10157 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Griffin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tyler(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tyler(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Angelina(hydrologic unit)

Neches(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neches(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Cherokee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Bentonite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USE: CERAMICS, DRILLING MUD, FOUNDRY SAND, MEDICAL, COSMETIC

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore
Kaolinite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Wilcox Group
    Rock description Wilcox Gp
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.06106, 32.10157

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 Southern Clay Products, Inc.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PROCESSED BY GENERAL REFACTORIES CO. PLANT AT TROUP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TX BEG RI 54 P. 35.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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