Henderson Pit

Producer in Fayette county in Texas, United States with commodity Bentonite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062348
MRDS ID TC35716
Record type Site
Current site name Henderson Pit
Related records 10227310

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.08529, 29.8633 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fayette(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Muldoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seguin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seguin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Colorado-Cummins(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Fayette

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Jackson Group
    Rock description Jackson Gp
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Cadell Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Milwhite Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.