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Pearsall Mine

Past Producer in Frio county in Texas, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067170
MRDS ID TX00008
Record type Site
Current site name Pearsall Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.08395, 28.94026 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Relative position 3.3 MI N10E OF PEARSALL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Frio(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearsall North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crystal City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crystal City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Frio(hydrologic unit)

Nueces(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Frio

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED TO MAKE GRINDING PEBBLES.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.08395, 28.94026
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.ENV: M10GEOSYNCLINAL SED ROCKS
  • GRAVEL IS COMPOSED MOSTLY OF FLINT PEBBLES WITH A FEW PEBBLES OF SANDSTONE AND FRAGMENTS OF PETRIFIED WOOD. LOWER BEDS ARE CEMENTED BY LIME.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1940'S

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. B. Zachry Co.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THIS IS THE FIRST FLINT PEBBLE OPERATION IN TEXAS, ESTABLISHED 1940 BY MCGAUGHTY AND CARTER, LATER ACQUIRED BY H.B. ZACHRY CO. PEBBLES SCREENED AND SIZED AT MINE SITE WERE SENT TO SAN ANTONIO FOR PROCESSING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PUBLICATION 4301, P. 48

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST FLINT PEBBLES ARE 2 TO 6 INCHES IN SIZE BUT RANGE FROM LESS THAN 1 INCH TO ALMOST 12 INCHES, AND ARE SUBANGULAR TO ROUND. DEPOSIT IS 5-10 AC IN EXTENT AND 6-8 FT THICK.

Reporter information

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

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