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Moesker Pit

Producer in Gonzales county in Texas, United States with commodities Bentonite, Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10062930
MRDS ID TC36534
Record type Site
Current site name Moesker Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.23918, 29.64468 (WGS84)
Elevation 101
Relative position 8 MI NW OF MOULTON ON FM 1680.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gonzales(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flatonia NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seguin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seguin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Guadalupe(hydrologic unit)

Guadalupe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Gonzales

Comments on the location information

  • ON FM 1680, BOTH SIDES (TWO PITS).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary
Clay Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 189
USGS model code 28e
Deposit model name Sedimentary bentonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.23918, 29.64468
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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 Southern Clay Products Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 914.4M
    Overall width 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • COMBINED DIMENSIONS OF BOTH PITS IN 1981.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TX BEG, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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