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Unnamed Pit

Producer in Parker county in Texas, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory)
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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 10107176
MRDS ID TC38756
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.03976, 32.79432 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Parker(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Wells East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mineral Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Abilene(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Brazos-Palo Pinto(hydrologic unit)

Middle Brazos-Bosque(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Parker

Comments on the location information

  • SANTA ISABEL IS THE NEAREST LOCALITY. MINES INCLUDE LAS PELEAS, EL ALID, LA MARIA, MATRONA, AND SAN ISABEL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BRICK, STRUCTURAL TILE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 219
USGS model code 31k.2
Deposit model name Fire clay

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Strawn Group, East Mountain Shale
    Rock description Strawn Gp, East Mountain Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.03976, 32.79432
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS OCCUR IN THE CONTACT OF THE SEGOVIA BATHOLITH WITH PALEOZOIC METAMORPHIC ROCKS.

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 Mineral Wells Clay Products, 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-JUL-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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