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Collins Quarry

Past Producer in Llano county in Texas, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Talc-Soapstone
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065161
MRDS ID TC40198
Record type Site
Current site name Collins Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.71006, 30.62604 (WGS84)
Elevation 474
Relative position 1.45 MI N10W OF OXFORD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Llano(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Llano South(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 Llano

Comments on the location information

  • SHOWN AS PROSPECT ON TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Magnetite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.71006, 30.62604
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Length 182.88M
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1912

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY. BY 1912 3 PITS HAD BEEN EXCAVATED IN A 250 ACRE AREA: (1) 20 FT DIAMETER, 10 FT DEEP; (2) 30 FT DIAMETER, 10-15 FT DEEP, WITH A 275 FT DRILL HOLE, ALL IN SERPENTINE; (3) 20 FT LONG, 10 FT WIDE, 10 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., 1945, SOAPSTONE AND SERPENTINE IN THE CENTRAL MIERAL REGION OF TEXAS, IN TEXAS MINERAL RESOURCES: UNIV. TEXAS PUB. 4301, P. 55-91.

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, S., 1912, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, LLANO-BURNET FOLIO, TEXAS: USGS FOLIO 183, 12 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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