New Braunfels Quarry & Plant No.265

Producer in Comal county in Texas, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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 10226990
MAS/MILS ID 0480910004
Record type Site
Current site name New Braunfels Quarry & Plant No.265
Alternate or previous names New Braunfels Quarry, Horton and Horton

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -98.18972, 29.67834 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Comal(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Braunfels West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Braunfels(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Guadalupe(hydrologic unit)

Guadalupe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Comal

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -98.18972, 29.67834

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 Parker Brothers Andco., Inc
    ID 4100994
    Interest 100
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOWER CRET EDWARDS FM

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 10-79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-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)

StatusActive since 03/27/1972
MSHA mine ID4100994
Mine name (MSHA)Balcones Quarry
Current operatorCEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC
Current controller (parent)Cemex S A
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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