Milwhite Quarry

Past Producer in Burnet county in Texas, United States with commodity Silica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065132
MRDS ID TC40159
Record type Site
Current site name Milwhite Quarry
Alternate or previous names Harris Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.21532, 31.02687 (WGS84)
Elevation 343
Relative position 2.8 MI S35W OF LAMPASAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burnet(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lampasas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Saba(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brownwood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lampasas(hydrologic unit)

Little(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Burnet

Comments on the location information

  • ON E BANK MCNETT CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tripoli Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.21532, 31.02687

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mcnett Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner The Milwhite Co.

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on development

  • ECON COMMENTS: MOST OF THE BETTER-GRADE MATERIAL MINED OUT IN A TWO YEAR PERIOD.

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-SEP-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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