Kerr Caliche Pits

Producer in Lubbock county in Texas, United States with commodity 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 10203179
MAS/MILS ID 0483030003
Record type Site
Current site name Kerr Caliche Pits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -101.79214, 33.44592 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lubbock(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodrow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Slaton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lubbock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos(hydrologic unit)

Brazos Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Brazos Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Lubbock

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Blackwater Draw Formation

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 Operator
    Owner Kerr Const Co
    ID 4102468
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner James C. Kerr
    ID 4102468
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE COMMODITY IS CALICHE (POUROUS LINESTONE CEMENT

  • Deposit

    CONTAINING SAND AND GRAVEL)

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 1-80

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 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 05/22/1990
MSHA mine ID4102468
Mine name (MSHA)Kerr Caliche Pits
Current operatorKerr Construction Company
Mine typeSurface (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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