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Calaveras Unnamed Pit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105265
MRDS ID TC35730
Record type Site
Current site name Calaveras Unnamed Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.25976, 29.22331 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wilson(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saspamco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Antonio(hydrologic unit)

San Antonio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Wilson

Comments on the location information

  • SW OF CALAVERAS. LOCATION FROM TOWN OF CALAVERAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR BRICK. FOR FIRING TESTS AND ANALYSES SEE USGS B901, P. 148.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.25976, 29.22331
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1860'S-1915

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mackey Brick And Tile Co. ; Antonio Garcia (1870'S)
    First year 1879
    Last year 1915
  • Type Owner
    Owner Johns

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MANY PITS EXHAUSTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B901

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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