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Waters Pits

Producer in Eastland county in Texas, United States with commodities Kaolin, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064374
MRDS ID TC38725
Record type Site
Current site name Waters Pits
Alternate or previous names Ceramitex, Quinn, Gallagher

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.95174, 32.39266 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eastland(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cisco North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stephenville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Abilene(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Leon(hydrologic unit)

Little(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Eastland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CERAMICS. SEE PLUMER ET AL (1949) P. 16-17 AND P. 31 FOR ANALYSES AND FIRING TESTS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Illite Ore
Kaolinite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 219
USGS model code 31k.2
Deposit model name Fire clay

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Cisco Group;Quinn Clay
    Rock description Cisco Gp;Quinn Clay
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.95174, 32.39266
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.75M
    Depth to top 4.27M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer Guy Quinn
Production years 1941-

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ceramitex, Inc (?-) Guy Quinn ), N. D. Gallagher Clay Products Co. )
    First year 1946
  • Type Owner
    Owner G. Quinn, N. D. Gallagher

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES IN A 23 ACRE TRACT ON QUINN PROPERTY. THE ADJACENT GALLAGHER PIT EXPLOITS A MUCH LARGER RESERVE.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PLUMER, F.B., ET AL , 1949, CLAY DEPOSITS OF THE CISCO GROUP OF NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS: UNIV. OF TEXAS PUBLICATION 4915, 42 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    PLUMMER ET AL (1949), P. 12

Reporter information

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

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