Redfish Bay Deposit

Occurrence in Aransas county in Texas, United States with commodity Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093299
MRDS ID TC38902
Record type Site
Current site name Redfish Bay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.08361, 27.95863 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aransas(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Estes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corpus Christi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corpus Christi(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Aransas

Comments on the location information

  • JUST OFFSHORE FROM PALM HARBOR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.08361, 27.95863

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer L.W. Richardson Construction Co.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED DURING DREDGING OPERATIONS IN REDFISH BAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAXWELL, R.A., 1962, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH TEXAS: TEXAS BEG RI 43, P. 22-23

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HARD, RESISTANT, COQUINA LIMESTONE BED, 6 IN TO 6 FT THICK (AVERAGE 2 FT) OVERLAIN BY 4-5 FT SAND AND 1-2 FT WATER.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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