Cap Rock Pit

Producer in Ector county in Texas, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10130159
MAS/MILS ID 0481350007
Record type Site
Current site name Cap Rock Pit
Alternate or previous names Ector County Pits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -102.55545, 31.74737 (WGS84)
Elevation 938
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ector(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Penwell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Odessa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pecos(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Landreth-Monument Draws(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Ector

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Tertiary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Fredericksburg Group

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jones Brothers Rental Equipment Co. Inc
    ID 4102640
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOWER CRETACEOUS EDWARDS FORMATION USED FOR

  • Deposit

    PORTLAND CEMENT

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 10-79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-83 Garner 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 04/26/1984
MSHA mine ID4102640
Mine name (MSHA)Hence Barrow Pit Or Crusher #9772-1
Current operatorJones Brothers Rental Equipment Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Ronnie Jones; Terry Bryant
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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