Highlands Dredge & Plant

Past Producer in Harris county in Texas, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159632
MAS/MILS ID 0482010039
Record type Site
Current site name Highlands Dredge & Plant
Alternate or previous names Lloyd Dredge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.05443, 29.81634 (WGS84)
Elevation 8

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harris(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highlands(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
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.05443, 29.81634

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Offshore
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sand Services Inc
    ID 4102339
    Interest 100
    Home office Texas
    Year 1978

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1978 Stringer 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 02/04/1994
MSHA mine ID4102339
Mine name (MSHA)Walkers Sand Incorporated
Current operatorWalker Sand Inc
Current controller (parent)Travis Delbert Walker
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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