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Unnamed Pits

Producer in Bastrop 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10107125
MRDS ID TC36601
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.29057, 30.32272 (WGS84)
Elevation 149
Relative position AT BUTLER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bastrop(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elgin East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Austin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Austin(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 Bastrop

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI N US 290 ON FM 696, BOTH SIDES (TWO PITS).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BRICK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 217
USGS model code 31k
Deposit model name Sedimentary kaolin

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Willcox Group
    Rock description Willcox Gp
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.29057, 30.32272
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Elgin-Butler Brick Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS CLOSELY SPACED PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TX BEG, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS.

  • Deposit

    TX BEG RI 37, P. 27-29.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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

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