Brownsville Mill

Producer in Cameron county in Texas, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Bentonite
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 10276221
MAS/MILS ID 0480610002
Record type Site
Current site name Brownsville Mill
Alternate or previous names Milwhite Company Drilling Mud Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -97.40499, 25.95616 (WGS84)
Elevation 10
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cameron(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Brownsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brownsville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brownsville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Laguna Madre(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Cameron

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Bentonite Primary

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 The Milwhiteco., Inc
    ID 4101665
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 7-79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-OCT-95 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 03/05/2025
MSHA mine ID4101665
Mine name (MSHA)Brownsville Mill
Current operatorMilwhite, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Milwhite Inc
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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External references