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Voca Pits

Producer in McCulloch county in Texas, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062919
MRDS ID TC36520
Record type Site
Current site name Voca Pits
Related records 10153966

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.17674, 30.98492 (WGS84)
Elevation 472
Relative position 1.9 MI S17E OF VOCA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McCulloch(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spice Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mason(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Saba(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Concho(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas McCulloch

Comments on the location information

  • ON S SIDE OF FM 3293 BETWEEN FM 1851 AND FM 734.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HOLD AND CORE, SAWING AND SANDING, FILLERS, GRINDING, TRACTION, HYDRAULIC FRACTURING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Lower Member, Hickory Sandstone Member, Riley Formation
    Rock description Lower Mbr, Hickory Sandstone Mbr, Riley Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.17674, 30.98492
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • POORLY SORTED, MEDIUM TO THICK BEDDED SANDSTONE WITH THIN CLAY BEDS.

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 Heart Of Texas Mining Corp ( ) Texas Mining Co. ( )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEXAS BEG RI 53.

  • Deposit

    TEXAS BEG, 1991, NONPETROLUEM PRODUCERS IN TEXAS.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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