Halsted Mine

Past Producer in Fayette county in Texas, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067169
MRDS ID TX00007
Record type Site
Current site name Halsted Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -96.80334, 29.89773 (WGS84)
Elevation 94
Relative position 1.45 MI S65W OF HALSTED.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fayette(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Grange East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seguin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Colorado-Cummins(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Fayette

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Flint Ore
Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Oakville Sandstone

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLINT COBBLES DERIVED FROM EROSION OF CHERTY CRET LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Southern Products And Silica Co.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FLINT PEBBLES WERE HAND SORTED AND SENT TO COLUMBUS, TEXAS FOR PROCESSING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PUBLICATION 4301, P. 48-49

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Long, K. R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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