Alpine Bentonite Pit

Occurrence in Brewster 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062351
MRDS ID TC35721
Record type Site
Current site name Alpine Bentonite Pit
Related records 10203053

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.66714, 30.35437 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alpine South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alpine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Stockton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyanosa-Hackberry Draws(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Brewster

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM TOWN OF ALPINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.66714, 30.35437

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rhodes Ind.

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.