Gifford-Hill Cement Plant

Producer in Ellis county in Texas, United States with commodities Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10300394
MAS/MILS ID 0481390006
Record type Site
Current site name Gifford-Hill Cement Plant
Alternate or previous names Midlothian Plant and Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -97.00589, 32.52076 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ellis(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Britton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Worth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dallas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower West Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Upper Trinity(hydrologic accounting unit)

Trinity(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Ellis

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Limestone, General Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -97.00589, 32.52076

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 Owner
    Owner Gifford-Hill And Co
    ID 4100026
    Home office Texas

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOWER CRETACEOUS LIMESTONE OF AUSTIN GROUP AND

  • Deposit

    EAGLE FORD SHALE QUARRIED AT PLANT FOR PORTLAND

  • Deposit

    CEMENT MANUFACTURE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 09/30/1990
MSHA mine ID4100026
Mine name (MSHA)Ash Grove Cement Company
Current operatorAsh Grove Cement Company
Current controller (parent)CRH PLC
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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