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Hog Mountain Quarry

Producer in Burnet county in Texas, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065130
MRDS ID TC40156
Record type Site
Current site name Hog Mountain Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.377, 30.60549 (WGS84)
Elevation 268
Relative position 7 MI N50W MARBLE FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burnet(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dunman Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buchanan-Lyndon B. Johnson Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Llano(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Burnet

Comments on the location information

  • S OF FM 1431 AT END OF RR SPUR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Town Mountain Granite
    Rock description Town Mountain Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.377, 30.60549
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1964-

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Texas Construction Material Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on development

  • ECON COMMENTS: QUARRIED TO MAKE SPECIFICATION BLOCKS 2 TO 18 ST IN SIZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE DUNMAN MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, LLANO, BURNET, AND BLANCO COUNTIES, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GQ-44, 10 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIGHT PINK, SOMEWHAT PORPHYRITIC, COARSE-GRAINED GRANITE COMPOSED OF MICROCLINE PHENOCRYSTS (AVG 26 MM LONG, MAX 40 MM LONG), WITH MICROPERTHITE, PLAGIOCLASE, QUARTZ, HORNBLENDE, BIOTITE, MAGNETITE, TITANITE, APATITE, AND ZIRCON. MATRIX GRAIN SIZE AVERAGES 8 MM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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