Galveston Plant

Producer in Galveston county in Texas, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10203402
MAS/MILS ID 0481670008
Record type Site
Current site name Galveston Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -94.80022, 29.30026 (WGS84)
Elevation 10

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Galveston(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galveston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Galveston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Galveston Bay(hydrologic unit)

Galveston Bay-Sabine Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Galveston Bay-San Jacinto(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Galveston

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -94.80022, 29.30026

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 Operator
    Owner Dresser Minerals
    ID 4102515
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-MAR-1979 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 01/07/2009
MSHA mine ID4102515
Mine name (MSHA)Galveston Grinding Plant
Current operatorM-I L L C
Current controller (parent)Schlumberger Ltd
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MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date.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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