Beck Pit & Plant

Producer in Hidalgo county in Texas, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130190
MRDS ID TC36746
MAS/MILS ID 0482150002
Record type Site
Current site name Beck Pit & Plant
Alternate or previous names Beck Pit, Beck Quarry and Plant
Related records 10063112

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -98.41611, 26.26865 (WGS84)
Elevation 64
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Citrus City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McAllen(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McAllen(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Laguna Madre(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hidalgo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Goliad Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Valley Caliche Products
    ID 4101477
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR QUARRIES W/IN 4 MI OF BECK. CO. USES SEVERAL PORTABLE CRUSHERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALICHE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-OCT-95 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 08/12/2022
MSHA mine ID4101477
Mine name (MSHA)Beck Quarry
Current operatorValley Caliche Products Inc
Current controller (parent)Robert H Thompson; Cory Thompson
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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