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Mccombs Ranch Quarries

Producer in Culberson county in Texas, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062906
MRDS ID TC36505
Record type Site
Current site name Mccombs Ranch Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.72829, 31.94848 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509
Relative position 6 MI N50E OF PINE SPRING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Culberson(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Independence Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Guadalupe Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Delaware(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Culberson

Comments on the location information

  • IN BEAR CANYON BETWEEN U.S. HIGHWAY 62 AND MCCOMB RANCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED LOCALLY AS BUILDING STONE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bell Canyon Formation
    Rock description Bell Canyon Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.72829, 31.94848
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS QUARRIES.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: QUARRIED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLAGGY LIMESTONE BED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Long, K. R. U.S. Geological Survey

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