Sweetwater Gypsum Quarry

Producer in Nolan county in Texas, United States with commodities Gypsum-Anhydrite, Perlite
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275839
MAS/MILS ID 0483530001
Record type Site
Current site name Sweetwater Gypsum Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -100.46149, 32.49625 (WGS84)
Elevation 664
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nolan(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sweetwater(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sweetwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Big Spring(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clear Fork Brazos(hydrologic unit)

Middle Brazos-Clear Fork(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Nolan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary
Perlite Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Ogallala 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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM PROD TAB 1973 OWN/OP: US GYPSUM CO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.