W.A. White No.1 & No.2 Pits

Unknown in Cherokee county in Texas, United States with commodity Ball Clay
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 10299864
MAS/MILS ID 0480730002
Record type Site
Current site name W.A. White No.1 & No.2 Pits
Alternate or previous names General Refractories Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -95.04883, 32.10988 (WGS84)
Elevation 120
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Griffin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tyler(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tyler(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Angelina(hydrologic unit)

Neches(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neches(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Cherokee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Ball Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -95.04883, 32.10988

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
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 General Refractories Co.
    ID 4101874
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REOCENE WILCOX GROUP

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 7-79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Garner 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 01/17/1983
MSHA mine ID4101874
Mine name (MSHA)W A White
Current operatorGeneral Refractories Company
Current controller (parent)Dicalite Management Group LLC
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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