Waco Quarry

Producer in McLennan county in Texas, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Clay
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 10064394
MRDS ID TC38750
Record type Site
Current site name Waco Quarry
Related records 10227433

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.23947, 31.48241 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McLennan(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lorena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Temple(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Waco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bosque(hydrologic unit)

Middle Brazos-Bosque(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas McLennan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CEMENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
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 > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Austin Group;Taylor Group
    Rock description Austin Gp;Taylor Gp

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.23947, 31.48241

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 Lehigh Portland Cement 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-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.