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Buck Martin Quarry

Occurrence in McMullen county in Texas, United States with commodity Zeolites
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064519
MRDS ID TC38905
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Martin Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.667, 28.45861 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MILES WEST OF TILDEN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McMullen(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockaway Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

George West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crystal City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Frio(hydrologic unit)

Nueces(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas McMullen

Comments on the location information

  • NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAPS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clinoptilolite Ore
Montmorillonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 50% CLINOPTILOLITE, 30% MONTMORILLONITE, UP TO 20% OPAL-CT.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 170
USGS model code 25oa
Deposit model name Sedimentary zeolites: Zeolites in tuffs of open hydrologic systems (BC

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Manning Formation (Jackson Group)
    Rock description Manning Formation (Jackson Gp)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.667, 28.45861
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to bottom 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALL UNITS DEPOSITED IN A COASTAL LAGOON ENVIRONMENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tilden

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Buck Martin

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.238HA

Comments on the workings information

  • NEARLY CIRCULAR OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWIE, M.R., AND BARKER, J.M., 1987, COMPARISON OF SELECTED ZEOLITE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, AND TEXAS, IN PIERCE, H.W. ED., PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST FORUM ON ORE GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL PAPER 4, P. 90-105

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLINOPTILOLITE-BEARING TUFF UP TO 8 FT THICK, THINS TO SOUTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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