Mason County Quarry

Producer in Mason county in Texas, United States with commodity Granite
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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 10299947
MAS/MILS ID 0483190005
Record type Site
Current site name Mason County Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -99.17785, 30.69851 (WGS84)
Elevation 458
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mason(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mason(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mason(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Llano(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Llano(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Mason

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -99.17785, 30.69851

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Capital Granite Quarries
    ID 4102369
    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 08/23/1991
MSHA mine ID4102369
Mine name (MSHA)Diamond Pearl
Current operatorCold Spring Granite Company
Current controller (parent)Patrick Alexander; Michael O'Connor
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MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date.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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