Sandstone Quarry

Producer in Llano county in Texas, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065140
MRDS ID TC40171
Record type Site
Current site name Sandstone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.60283, 30.71077 (WGS84)
Elevation 378
Relative position 5.2 MI N60W OF GAINESVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Llano(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cap Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Llano(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 Llano

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Riley Formation, Hickory Sandstone Member
    Rock description Riley Formation, Hickory Sandstone Mbr
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.60283, 30.71077

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT PRODUCER

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE CAP MOUNTAIN, QUADRANGLE, LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GQ-45, 24 P

  • 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.