Houston Barite,Plant

Producer in Harris county in Texas, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Bentonite, Strontium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129991
MAS/MILS ID 0482010004
Record type Site
Current site name Houston Barite,Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -95.27993, 29.77744 (WGS84)
Elevation 14
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harris(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Settegast(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buffalo-San Jacinto(hydrologic unit)

San Jacinto(hydrologic accounting unit)

Galveston Bay-San Jacinto(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Harris

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Bentonite Primary
Strontium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) Beaumont Formation, areas predominantly clay

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Milwhiteco., Inc
    ID 4100908
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRINDS MEXICAN STRONTIUM AND DOMESTIC BENTONITE CLAY

  • Deposit

    FOR DRILLING MUD MANUFACTURE

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 11-79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 01/19/1989
MSHA mine ID4100908
Mine name (MSHA)Houston Plant
Current operatorMilwhite Inc
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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