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Dixie Graphite Mine

Past Producer in Llano county in Texas, United States with commodity Graphite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099521
MRDS ID TC40204
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Graphite Mine
Alternate or previous names Heath

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.61089, 30.79048 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 MI SW OF LONE GROVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Llano(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Llano(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

  • N OF FM 2241. LAT LONG FOR OLD HEATH AU MINE WHICH IS AT OR NEAR DIXIE GRAPHITE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Packsaddle Schist
    Rock description Packsaddle Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.61089, 30.79048
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1918-

Mining district

District name Lone Grove

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dixie Graphite Co.

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on development

  • ECONOMIC COMMENTS: OLD HEATH AU MILL CONVERTED 1916 TO PROCESS GRAPHITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHELF, C., 1943, GRAPHITE IN LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY PUBLICATION MRSC-57, 19P

  • 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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