Big Sandy Sand Pit

Producer in Orange county in Texas, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107142
MRDS ID TC36712
Record type Site
Current site name Big Sandy Sand Pit
Related records 10240321

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.88742, 30.0869 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Terry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Charles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Charles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sabine(hydrologic unit)

Sabine(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sabine(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Orange

Comments on the location information

  • 2.5 MI FROM FM 1135 ON TX 105, THEN 0.8 MI N, 0.5 MI E, S SIDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONCRETE AND ASPHALT AGGREGATE, ROADBASE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.88742, 30.0869

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 Big Sandy Sand Co. Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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