Clodine Pit

Producer in Fort Bend county in Texas, United States with commodity Clay
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  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 10300431
MRDS ID TC36532
MAS/MILS ID 0481570003
Record type Site
Current site name Clodine Pit
Related records 10062929

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -95.69805, 29.70744 (WGS84)
Elevation 25
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fort Bend(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clodine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buffalo-San Jacinto(hydrologic unit)

San Jacinto(hydrologic accounting unit)

Galveston Bay-San Jacinto(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Fort Bend

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -95.69805, 29.70744

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 Texas Industries Inc
    ID 4100303
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-MAR-79 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 03/27/2008
MSHA mine ID4100303
Mine name (MSHA)CLODINE PIT
Current operatorTXI Operations LP
Current controller (parent)Martin Marietta Materials Inc
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MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date.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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