Phosphate Occurrence

Occurrence in Burnet county in Texas, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065172
MRDS ID TC40212
Record type Site
Current site name Phosphate Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.28032, 30.54882 (WGS84)
Elevation 287
Relative position 1.5 MI S10W OF MARBLE FALLS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burnet(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marble Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Austin-Travis 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

  • IN ROAD MATERIAL PIT 0.25 MI W OF US HWY 281.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result 14.5% P2O5.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Honeycut Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.35M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE OCCURRENCE

Comments on the workings information

  • ROAD MATERIALS PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO DEPOSITS: NE DEPOSIT 300 FT LONG, 250 FT WIDE; SW DEPOSIT 150 FT IN DIAMETER.

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.